Contract General Skills Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£400	+20.78%	125 20.23%	169
Finance	6	Up 1 place+1	£530	+14.59%	69 11.17%	120
Public Sector	7	Down -1 place-1	£475	-	68 11.00%	58
Analytical Skills	25	Down -9 places-9	£530	+32.08%	30 4.85%	63
Manufacturing	28	Up 6 places+6	£550	+289.38%	27 4.37%	48
Welsh Language	30	Up 2 places+2	£100	-69.95%	25 4.05%	43
Organisational Skills	41	Down -13 places-13	-	-	14 2.27%	36
Legal	42	Down -11 places-11	£450	+69.81%	13 2.10%	25
Aerospace	45	New entry-	-	-	10 1.62%	16
Military	45	Down -7 places-7	£563	+114.28%	10 1.62%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	49	Down -14 places-14	£375	+13.23%	6 0.97%	26
Aviation	49	New entry-	-	-	6 0.97%	8
Police	50	Down -13 places-13	-	-	5 0.81%	9
Influencing Skills	50	Down -14 places-14	£448	-20.08%	5 0.81%	11
Documentation Skills	50	Down -20 places-20	£394	+21.15%	5 0.81%	3
Banking	50	Down -16 places-16	£450	-9.09%	5 0.81%	20
Pharmaceutical	51	Down -19 places-19	£175	-42.71%	4 0.65%	10
Retail	51	Down -14 places-14	-	-	4 0.65%	33
Humanities	52	New entry-	-	-	3 0.49%
Social Science	52	New entry-	-	-	3 0.49%
Local Government	52	Down -15 places-15	£425	-	3 0.49%	21
Law	52	Down -16 places-16	£560	-11.28%	3 0.49%	12
Back Office	53	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.32%	1
Telecoms	53	Down -18 places-18	£500	+132.55%	2 0.32%	27
Marketing	53	Down -19 places-19	£400	+81.81%	2 0.32%	35
Digital Health	53	Down -16 places-16	-	-	2 0.32%	6
Electronics	54	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.16%	8
Automotive	54	Down -16 places-16	-	-	1 0.16%	7
Environmental Health	54	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%
Billing	54	Down -16 places-16	£475	-13.63%	1 0.16%	6
General Ledger	54	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.16%