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 in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 113 126
Rank change year-on-year -36 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 51 104 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.89% 1.84% 1.89%
As % of the General category 1.79% 3.16% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 80 96
10th Percentile £330 £340 £351
25th Percentile £363 £404 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +7.32% +4.70%
75th Percentile £688 £661 £625
90th Percentile £750 £678 £661
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £17.24 - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate £18.35 £13.57 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.22% +0.52% -50.91%
75th Percentile £24.64 - £15.25
90th Percentile £33.49 - -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -38.02% +80.88% +23.64%

All General Skills
South East

Influencing Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,850 3,296 4,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.54% 58.20% 55.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,560 2,221 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £236 £225
25th Percentile £359 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 156 211
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.24 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.71 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £64.72 £33.81
90th Percentile £70.39 £74.50 £52.50
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -31 24 £625 +38.12% 14
Surrey +28 21 £365 -31.78% 8
Berkshire -32 17 £625 +31.58% 6
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £508 +35.33% 2
West Sussex -3 3 £193 -71.50% 2
Oxfordshire 0 2 - - 6
Hampshire -16 1 - - 3
Kent - 1 £650 - 6
Sussex - 1 £425 -
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 11 (21.57%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) Apache
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) AWS
2 3 (5.88%) PaaS
2 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
3 2 (3.92%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.96%) IaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Internet
2 2 (3.92%) LAN
2 2 (3.92%) SSL
2 2 (3.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Power BI
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (21.57%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.92%) Git
2 2 (3.92%) JMeter
2 2 (3.92%) Selenium
General
1 34 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (43.14%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (35.29%) Finance
4 7 (13.73%) Marketing
4 7 (13.73%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (11.76%) Electronics
5 6 (11.76%) Korean Language
5 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (9.80%) Legal
7 4 (7.84%) Local Government
7 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (5.88%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (5.88%) Retail
9 2 (3.92%) Automotive
9 2 (3.92%) Banking
9 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 8 (15.69%) Digital Project Manager
3 7 (13.73%) Lead
4 4 (7.84%) Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Architect
4 4 (7.84%) Problem Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Delivery Project Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Project Leader
5 3 (5.88%) Senior
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Capability Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Junior
6 2 (3.92%) Junior Digital Project Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Site Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Telecoms Manager
6 2 (3.92%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) .NET
1 2 (3.92%) .NET Core
1 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.92%) Kafka
1 2 (3.92%) Middleware
1 2 (3.92%) RESTful
2 1 (1.96%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) JSON
2 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.73%) Virtual Team
3 4 (7.84%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.88%) Solar Power
5 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) PKI
5 2 (3.92%) PMI
6 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Linux
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) VMS
2 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (52.94%) Project Management
2 24 (47.06%) Agile
3 17 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (29.41%) Roadmaps
6 14 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (25.49%) People Management
7 13 (25.49%) PRINCE2
8 12 (23.53%) E-Commerce
8 12 (23.53%) Project Delivery
9 11 (21.57%) Change Management
10 8 (15.69%) Active Listening
10 8 (15.69%) Analytics
10 8 (15.69%) Decision-Making
11 7 (13.73%) Customer Engagement
11 7 (13.73%) User Experience
12 6 (11.76%) Data Analysis
12 6 (11.76%) Incident Management
12 6 (11.76%) Problem Management
12 6 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (7.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) NVQ Level 4
3 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) PgMP
4 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CCNA
5 1 (1.96%) CCSP
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.96%) ISSEP
5 1 (1.96%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) PMO
2 5 (9.80%) QA
3 3 (5.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.96%) GxP
4 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (7.84%) BT
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle
1 4 (7.84%) SAP
2 2 (3.92%) Databricks
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe
3 1 (1.96%) Facebook
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.96%) NEC
3 1 (1.96%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.96%) Splunk