Contract General Skills Statistics in the West Midlands

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£475	+5.55%	677 20.79%	426
Finance	5	Up 1 place+1	£514	+2.80%	451 13.85%	280
Public Sector	16	Up 2 places+2	£500	+8.10%	335 10.29%	112
Analytical Skills	21	Down -13 places-13	£469	+4.22%	292 8.97%	176
Banking	47	Up 25 places+25	£575	+4.54%	139 4.27%	23
Automotive	79	Down -27 places-27	£250	-39.02%	85 2.61%	71
Legal	80	Down -25 places-25	£550	+11.44%	84 2.58%	102
Manufacturing	86	Down -19 places-19	£420	-11.57%	74 2.27%	141
Local Government	88	Up 4 places+4	£525	-	72 2.21%	34
Organisational Skills	104	Down -57 places-57	£425	+21.42%	56 1.72%	68
Investment Banking	104	Down -9 places-9	£875	+59.09%	56 1.72%
Inclusion and Diversity	112	Down -57 places-57	£540	+20.67%	48 1.47%	62
Documentation Skills	115	Down -39 places-39	£496	+24.00%	45 1.38%	15
Influencing Skills	117	Down -33 places-33	£528	-12.00%	43 1.32%	31
Retail	119	Down -39 places-39	£500	+12.67%	41 1.26%	85
Marketing	121	Down -32 places-32	£425	-5.55%	39 1.20%	116
Telecoms	128	Down -61 places-61	£525	+27.27%	32 0.98%	51
Law	130	Down -64 places-64	£600	+9.09%	30 0.92%	46
Police	134	New entry-	£563	-	26 0.80%	8
Presentation Skills	134	Down -72 places-72	£496	-5.52%	26 0.80%	44
Billing	147	Down -51 places-51	£500	+58.73%	13 0.40%	11
Publishing	150	Down -52 places-52	£500	-	10 0.31%	6
Electronics	151	Down -56 places-56	£320	-28.88%	9 0.28%	28
Aerospace	151	Down -63 places-63	-	-	9 0.28%	32
Military	151	Down -56 places-56	£563	+1.35%	9 0.28%	17