Influencing Skills Contracts in Bedfordshire

Influencing Skills
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 17 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 18 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.56% 7.32% 4.86%
As % of the General category 2.96% 9.38% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile - £463 -
25th Percentile - £481 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £333
Median % change year-on-year - +50.04% -42.54%
75th Percentile £503 - £450
90th Percentile £504 £540 £569
East of England median daily rate £514 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +2.85% -11.11% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £75.00 £38.12 £65.00
% change year-on-year +96.75% -41.35% -

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 135 192 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 86.54% 78.05% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 107 77
10th Percentile £350 £308 £208
25th Percentile £500 £406 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £681 £586 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 £634
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 3
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £59.00
25th Percentile £27.94 £15.39 £70.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £38.33 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Bedfordshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Bedfordshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Bedfordshire

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Luton -11 3 £500 - 1
Bedford - 1 £504 - 1
Influencing Skills
East of England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Training Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP