Contract General Skills Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£406	+22.67%	145 22.10%	300
Public Sector	6	Down -1 place-1	£468	+4.82%	77 11.74%	75
Finance	9	Up 1 place+1	£525	+20.68%	62 9.45%	206
Welsh Language	21	Up 7 places+7	£100	-68.71%	36 5.49%	45
Analytical Skills	28	Down -15 places-15	£488	+18.18%	26 3.96%	133
Manufacturing	29	Up 7 places+7	£550	+228.35%	25 3.81%	135
Organisational Skills	31	Down -5 places-5	-	-	23 3.51%	50
Police	36	Up 5 places+5	-	-	18 2.74%	1
Legal	39	Down -8 places-8	£450	+95.65%	15 2.29%	61
Aerospace	45	New entry-	-	-	9 1.37%	32
Military	45	Down -4 places-4	£425	+61.90%	9 1.37%	11
Documentation Skills	45	Down -13 places-13	£369	-10.06%	9 1.37%	6
Telecoms	46	Down -6 places-6	£200	+19.40%	8 1.22%	16
Aviation	46	New entry-	-	-	8 1.22%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	47	Down -8 places-8	£394	+18.89%	7 1.07%	67
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -12 places-12	£175	-42.71%	6 0.91%	15
Law	50	Down -11 places-11	£560	-11.28%	4 0.61%	29
Influencing Skills	50	Down -10 places-10	£448	+11.52%	4 0.61%	37
Banking	50	Down -9 places-9	£450	-9.09%	4 0.61%	37
Retail	50	Down -11 places-11	-	-	4 0.61%	73
Humanities	51	New entry-	-	-	3 0.46%	4
Social Science	51	New entry-	-	-	3 0.46%
Local Government	51	Down -10 places-10	£425	-	3 0.46%	25
Marketing	52	Down -13 places-13	£400	+138.80%	2 0.30%	64
Digital Health	52	Down -11 places-11	-	-	2 0.30%	4
Electronics	53	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.15%	46
Environmental Health	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
Automotive	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	11
General Ledger	53	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.15%