Influencing Skills Contracts in the South East

Influencing Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 121 134
Rank change year-on-year -36 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 43 107 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.78% 1.84% 1.72%
As % of the General category 1.53% 3.14% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 84 91
10th Percentile £326 £350 £350
25th Percentile £447 £414 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +5.77% +6.23%
75th Percentile £700 £652 £642
90th Percentile £806 £678 £663
England median daily rate £575 £575 £531
% change year-on-year - +8.39% +3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £17.24 - £13.60
25th Percentile - - £16.38
Median hourly rate £18.35 - £22.50
75th Percentile £24.64 - £28.38
90th Percentile £33.49 - £31.00
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -38.02% +108.47% +16.83%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,814 3,408 4,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.93% 58.47% 54.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 2,321 2,793
10th Percentile £205 £245 £213
25th Percentile £355 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £660
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 166 220
10th Percentile £12.91 £18.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.67 £25.00 £14.45
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £32.56
90th Percentile £70.29 £73.11 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -28 25 £625 +42.05% 31
Berkshire -28 19 £625 +42.05% 16
Surrey +12 10 £570 +6.54% 2
Buckinghamshire +14 5 £508 +22.29% 9
East Sussex +7 2 £625 -23.08% 1
Hampshire -8 2 £588 +6.82% 11
West Sussex -11 2 £193 -71.50% 4
Oxfordshire +2 1 - - 6
Sussex -3 1 £425 -32.00%
Kent - 1 £650 - 2
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (9.30%) Confluence
2 2 (4.65%) Apache
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Azure
1 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.65%) AWS
2 2 (4.65%) PaaS
2 2 (4.65%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Internet
2 2 (4.65%) SSL
3 1 (2.33%) DHCP
3 1 (2.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
1 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.65%) Git
2 2 (4.65%) JMeter
2 2 (4.65%) Selenium
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 21 (48.84%) Finance
3 14 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Telecoms
5 6 (13.95%) Legal
6 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (9.30%) Local Government
7 4 (9.30%) Retail
8 2 (4.65%) Automotive
8 2 (4.65%) Banking
8 2 (4.65%) Electronics
8 2 (4.65%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.65%) Marketing
9 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Lead
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Problem Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Operations Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Project Leader
6 3 (6.98%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Site Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Telecoms Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Capability Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Agile Project Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Digital Project Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Information Governance Officer
8 1 (2.33%) Lead Project Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) .NET
1 2 (4.65%) .NET Core
1 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.65%) Kafka
1 2 (4.65%) RESTful
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) JSON
2 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.23%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.98%) PKI
3 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) PMI
3 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) Solar Power
4 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
2 2 (4.65%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) VMS
2 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Project Management
2 19 (44.19%) Agile
3 13 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (27.91%) PRINCE2
5 11 (25.58%) Change Management
6 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (20.93%) Business Strategy
7 9 (20.93%) Project Delivery
8 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
8 8 (18.60%) Matrix Organization
8 8 (18.60%) Roadmaps
9 7 (16.28%) Proactive Management
10 6 (13.95%) Incident Management
10 6 (13.95%) ITIL
10 6 (13.95%) Problem Management
11 5 (11.63%) E-Commerce
11 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
11 5 (11.63%) Resource Management
11 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) NVQ Level 4
3 3 (6.98%) PMI Certification
3 3 (6.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) PgMP
4 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
5 1 (2.33%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) PMO
2 2 (4.65%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) BT
2 4 (9.30%) SAP
3 3 (6.98%) Oracle
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe
5 1 (2.33%) Citrix
5 1 (2.33%) Facebook
5 1 (2.33%) NEC