Influencing Skills Contracts in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 122 108
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 -7
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 18 55 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.82% 1.51% 2.05%
As % of the General category 1.23% 2.43% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 37 69
10th Percentile £356 £428 £414
25th Percentile £409 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +5.77%
75th Percentile £622 £763 £700
90th Percentile £638 £845 £760
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £69.25
Median hourly rate - - £70.50
75th Percentile - - £71.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 - £70.50
% change year-on-year - - +93.15%

All General Skills
City of London

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 2,268 2,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.26% 62.22% 57.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,038 1,596 1,780
10th Percentile £339 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £693 £738 £680
90th Percentile £804 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £556 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -7.29% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 26
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -52.81% +154.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £53.75 £57.00
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +137.33%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (5.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
2 3 (16.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Programme Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Development Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Support Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (5.56%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Agile
1 10 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (33.33%) Data Science
3 5 (27.78%) Change Management
3 5 (27.78%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (22.22%) Business Case
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Backlog Management
5 3 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (16.67%) Kanban
5 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 3 (16.67%) Matrix Management
5 3 (16.67%) Release Management
5 3 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 3 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (5.56%) SAP