Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Influencing Skills
Essex > Basildon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Basildon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 1.35% - -
As % of the General category 1.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median daily rate - - £625
% change year-on-year - - +38.89%

All General Skills
Basildon

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 general skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 57 15 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 77.03% 62.50% 48.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 7 15
10th Percentile £348 £317 £102
25th Percentile £402 £347 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% - -20.79%
75th Percentile £592 £449 £592
90th Percentile £600 £478 £645
Essex median daily rate £500 £388 £411
% change year-on-year +29.03% -5.78% -17.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £38.63
25th Percentile £12.55 - £54.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £50.00 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.00% -15.97% +1.28%
75th Percentile £30.75 - £71.00
90th Percentile £48.30 - £80.63
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £17.92 £59.50
% change year-on-year -2.34% -69.88% -4.80%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Basildon

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree