Influencing Skills Contracts in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 117 89 105
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 -13
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 25 62 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 2.11% 1.72%
As % of the General category 1.67% 3.37% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 44 33
10th Percentile £325 £323 £320
25th Percentile £448 £350 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £440 £550
Median % change year-on-year +42.05% -20.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £700 £555 £650
90th Percentile £975 £650 -
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £520
% change year-on-year +4.55% +5.77% +6.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.12 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.35 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,495 1,839 2,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.85% 62.61% 59.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 1,239 1,313
10th Percentile £205 £304 £205
25th Percentile £325 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.07% +3.78%
75th Percentile £589 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 41 74
10th Percentile £17.89 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £48.40 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.85% +84.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £21.85
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.75 £31.45
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -28 19 £625 +42.05% 16
Buckinghamshire +14 5 £508 +22.29% 9
Oxfordshire +2 1 - - 6
Influencing Skills
South East

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (12.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Banking
6 2 (8.00%) Electronics
6 2 (8.00%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (8.00%) Marketing
6 2 (8.00%) Retail
7 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 5 (20.00%) Senior
1 5 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Problem Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Operations Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Site Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Capability Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
5 1 (4.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 1 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Deployment Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) PMI
2 2 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Solar Power
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (28.00%) Proactive Management
2 7 (28.00%) Project Management
2 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 6 (24.00%) Matrix Organization
4 5 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 5 (20.00%) Change Control
4 5 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Due Diligence
5 4 (16.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (16.00%) Problem Management
5 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) PgMP
2 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) BT
2 1 (4.00%) Citrix
2 1 (4.00%) Facebook
2 1 (4.00%) NEC
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle