Contract General Skills Statistics

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£513	+2.50%	13,240 24.18%	4,387
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	10,310 18.83%	2,484
Public Sector	18	No change0	£525	+5.00%	5,325 9.72%	884
Analytical Skills	23	Down 6 places-6	£500	-	4,883 8.92%	1,616
Banking	30	Down 6 places-6	£550	-	3,308 6.04%	333
Manufacturing	86	Up 18 places+18	£550	+4.76%	1,759 3.21%	1,969
Organisational Skills	93	Up 37 places+37	£400	-5.88%	1,663 3.04%	592
Retail	94	Up 35 places+35	£550	+4.76%	1,641 3.00%	755
Legal	106	Up 11 places+11	£525	+5.00%	1,421 2.59%	470
Marketing	140	Down 37 places-37	£500	+11.11%	1,122 2.05%	804
Influencing Skills	143	Up 60 places+60	£575	+14.42%	1,107 2.02%	277
Telecoms	166	Down 45 places-45	£460	+2.22%	982 1.79%	493
Aerospace	167	Up 137 places+137	£575	+8.49%	980 1.79%	943
Documentation Skills	174	Down 34 places-34	£500	-	946 1.73%	143
Inclusion and Diversity	207	Down 47 places-47	£450	-5.26%	804 1.47%	651
Local Government	245	Up 16 places+16	£525	+5.00%	623 1.14%	144
Investment Banking	251	Down 85 places-85	£650	-2.25%	608 1.11%	43
Front Office	265	Down 97 places-97	£725	-3.33%	571 1.04%	43
Military	272	Up 29 places+29	£575	-6.12%	556 1.02%	296
Law	285	Down 31 places-31	£550	-	524 0.96%	468
Presentation Skills	298	Down 100 places-100	£500	-	503 0.92%	309
Pharmaceutical	358	Down 102 places-102	£525	-8.69%	386 0.70%	175
Automotive	367	Up 5 places+5	£550	+18.91%	375 0.68%	328
Billing	377	Down 18 places-18	£525	+2.43%	354 0.65%	81
Electronics	383	Down 64 places-64	£425	-5.55%	346 0.63%	1,429
Financial Institution	400	Down 140 places-140	£600	-	322 0.59%	78
Back Office	411	Down 39 places-39	£650	+0.30%	309 0.56%	266
Police	438	Up 37 places+37	£538	-2.27%	270 0.49%	37
Aviation	472	Up 8 places+8	£575	+21.05%	228 0.42%	164
Publishing	474	Down 56 places-56	£475	+0.05%	226 0.41%	54
General Ledger	485	Down 47 places-47	£590	-1.66%	215 0.39%	36
Advertising	490	Down 32 places-32	£425	-4.22%	210 0.38%	167
Games	552	Down 110 places-110	£500	+19.76%	143 0.26%	116
Retail Banking	561	Down 108 places-108	£485	-4.61%	134 0.24%	14
French Language	590	Down 119 places-119	£525	+12.90%	103 0.19%	44
Avionics	599	Down 36 places-36	£638	-	94 0.17%	86
German Language	600	Down 112 places-112	£450	-18.18%	93 0.17%	36
Spanish Language	608	Down 110 places-110	£522	+25.10%	85 0.16%	19
Corporate Banking	612	Down 113 places-113	£531	-16.70%	81 0.15%	3
Private Banking	616	Down 78 places-78	£625	+16.27%	77 0.14%	10
Social Housing	627	Down 85 places-85	£500	+11.11%	66 0.12%	33
Italian Language	630	Down 92 places-92	£500	+184.09%	63 0.12%	11
Welsh Language	634	Down 82 places-82	£100	-55.97%	59 0.11%	15
TTP	642	Down 120 places-120	£550	-4.34%	51 0.093%	14
Digital Health	647	Down 111 places-111	£525	+59.69%	46 0.084%	16
Legal Technology	648	Down 97 places-97	£544	-22.32%	45 0.082%	31