Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends 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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 6 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 2.01% - 4.78%
As % of the General category 3.49% - 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £474
25th Percentile £516 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 - £500
75th Percentile £562 - £525
90th Percentile £585 - £570
East of England median daily rate £533 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -3.18% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £61.00 - £38.12

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 general skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 172 169 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 57.53% 72.22% 67.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 81
10th Percentile £310 £160 £313
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 16
10th Percentile £12.71 £51.98 £30.56
25th Percentile £18.64 £66.25 £47.81
Median hourly rate £63.00 £87.50 £56.58
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +54.66% +2.86%
75th Percentile £74.25 £91.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £89.36 - £69.38
East of England median hourly rate £22.84 £41.45 £40.75
% change year-on-year -44.90% +1.72% +129.97%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Influencing Skills

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 18 August 2026. 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 - 6 £533 - 1
Influencing Skills
East of England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Management Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Controller
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 3 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
4 1 (16.67%) Earned Value Management
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) APMG
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP