Contract General Skills Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£388	-	113 20.73%	87
Finance	2	Up 21 places+21	£450	+20.00%	94 17.25%	70
Public Sector	8	Down -1 place-1	£475	+13.43%	58 10.64%	30
Analytical Skills	12	Up 5 places+5	£389	-4.30%	40 7.34%	46
Manufacturing	28	Up 6 places+6	£363	-40.81%	22 4.04%	18
Welsh Language	32	Up 2 places+2	£282	-14.72%	17 3.12%	15
Aerospace	37	No change0	£550	-	12 2.20%	8
Organisational Skills	38	Down -10 places-10	£213	-35.83%	11 2.02%	10
Military	42	Down -4 places-4	£700	+166.66%	7 1.28%	5
Telecoms	44	Down -10 places-10	£160	-56.16%	5 0.92%	15
Legal	44	Down -8 places-8	£500	+11.11%	5 0.92%	10
Documentation Skills	44	Down -7 places-7	£500	+21.21%	5 0.92%	3
Banking	44	Down -8 places-8	£450	-	5 0.92%	2
Back Office	45	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.73%	1
Marketing	45	Down -12 places-12	£160	-60.00%	4 0.73%	17
Influencing Skills	45	Down -9 places-9	£550	-10.20%	4 0.73%	3
Local Government	46	Down -8 places-8	£413	-2.94%	3 0.55%	8
Electronics	46	Down -9 places-9	£160	-	3 0.55%	8
Law	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.55%	5
Digital Health	46	Down -9 places-9	£214	-53.61%	3 0.55%	2
Presentation Skills	47	Down -21 places-21	-	-	2 0.37%	8
Dutch Language	47	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%
French Language	47	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%
Pharmaceutical	47	Down -15 places-15	£175	-42.71%	2 0.37%	2
Humanities	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.18%	1
Social Science	48	Down -10 places-10	-	-	1 0.18%	1
Automotive	48	Down -11 places-11	-	-	1 0.18%	7
Retail	48	Down -12 places-12	£190	+29.51%	1 0.18%	18
Billing	48	Down -10 places-10	£475	-13.63%	1 0.18%	2
General Ledger	48	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.18%	1