Influencing Skills Contracts in Reading

Influencing Skills
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 79 61 72
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 -22
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 13 26 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.10% 2.50% 1.78%
As % of the General category 1.81% 4.01% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 13
10th Percentile - £328 £307
25th Percentile £563 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +7.03% +6.05%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £500
90th Percentile £648 £690 £765
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +42.05% -2.22% -2.70%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 720 649 764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.81% 62.34% 56.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 397 455
10th Percentile £205 £363 £242
25th Percentile £363 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +0.21%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £588
90th Percentile £675 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 6
10th Percentile £42.00 £39.70 £17.63
25th Percentile £52.90 £52.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +130.98% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76.99 £66.21 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.53 £70.80 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £55.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year +8.18% +161.59% -2.48%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Electronics
6 2 (15.38%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (15.38%) Marketing
7 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Problem Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Operations Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Site Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Presales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Proactive Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Experience
2 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Due Diligence
2 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
2 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
3 3 (23.08%) Business Case
3 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Change Control
3 3 (23.08%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (23.08%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Project Governance
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) BT