Contract General Skills Statistics in the West Midlands

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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	£470	-3.58%	858 24.17%	328
Public Sector	9	Up 7 places+7	£490	+3.15%	470 13.24%	68
Finance	10	Down 1 place-1	£525	+1.01%	465 13.10%	127
Analytical Skills	19	Down 8 places-8	£450	-7.69%	340 9.58%	109
Organisational Skills	57	Up 35 places+35	£447	+23.37%	132 3.72%	51
Manufacturing	63	Up 14 places+14	£447	+0.73%	122 3.44%	190
Legal	71	Up 8 places+8	£464	-7.25%	109 3.07%	47
Automotive	76	Up 7 places+7	£663	+68.25%	101 2.85%	46
Banking	84	Down 27 places-27	£575	+9.52%	90 2.54%	10
Retail	90	Up 30 places+30	£550	+20.54%	84 2.37%	64
Inclusion and Diversity	92	Down 5 places-5	£425	+2.40%	82 2.31%	27
Influencing Skills	98	Down 3 places-3	£578	+21.57%	76 2.14%	22
Local Government	113	Up 17 places+17	£475	-20.83%	61 1.72%	12
Marketing	117	Down 2 places-2	£625	+36.98%	57 1.61%	42
Presentation Skills	130	Down 47 places-47	£450	-4.25%	44 1.24%	24
Telecoms	132	Down 45 places-45	£530	+39.47%	42 1.18%	43
Documentation Skills	145	Down 54 places-54	£500	-	29 0.82%	15
Investment Banking	149	Down 40 places-40	£688	+37.50%	25 0.70%
Billing	153	Down 20 places-20	£470	-43.03%	21 0.59%	7
Military	154	Down 29 places-29	£675	+22.72%	20 0.56%	19
Law	154	Down 51 places-51	£545	-2.28%	20 0.56%	13
General Ledger	156	Down 23 places-23	£429	-25.39%	18 0.51%
Police	157	Down 26 places-26	£500	-14.89%	17 0.48%	6
Electronics	157	Down 26 places-26	-	-	17 0.48%	74
Pharmaceutical	160	New entry-	£850	-	14 0.39%	19