Influencing Skills Contracts in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 42 61 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 0
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 8 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.53% 0.78% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.37% 1.47% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £438 £533 -
25th Percentile £503 £577 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £563
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +24.44% +6.13%
75th Percentile £678 £750 £638
90th Percentile £757 - £660
West Midlands median daily rate £575 £700 £538
% change year-on-year -17.86% +30.23% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £12.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - £28.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year - -15.67% -

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 338 409 532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 64.75% 52.91% 58.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 280 361
10th Percentile £163 £212 £263
25th Percentile £375 £373 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% -12.15% +10.81%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 32 28
10th Percentile - £11.78 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.73 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.70 £25.33 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year -41.95% +45.61% +0.83%
75th Percentile £24.06 £48.75 £29.12
90th Percentile £45.95 £56.25 £74.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
% change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HCM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) International Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Business Change Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Information Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Storytelling
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle