Influencing Skills Contracts in Berkshire

Influencing Skills
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 85 105 73
Rank change year-on-year +20 -32 +24
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 8 19 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.68% 0.96% 2.32%
As % of the General category 1.08% 1.69% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 26
10th Percentile - £468 £326
25th Percentile - £563 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +42.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile - £838 £565
90th Percentile - £975 £656
South East median daily rate £610 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +6.09% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £26.62 - -
25th Percentile £36.70 - -
Median hourly rate £53.48 - -
75th Percentile £70.27 - -
90th Percentile £80.34 - -
South East median hourly rate £53.48 £18.35 -
% change year-on-year +191.44% - -

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 739 1,127 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.00% 56.80% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 708
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £413 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £632 £589 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 87 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.75 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.47 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Berkshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Berkshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Berkshire

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Berkshire

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire 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
Wokingham -9 3 - - 1
Bracknell - 3 - - 3
Reading +20 2 - - 11
Influencing Skills
South East

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) PaaS
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Agriculture
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) HR Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Payroll Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Finance Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Major Incident Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Life Science
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) People Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 1 (12.50%) Converged Infrastructure
5 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) VMware