Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends 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 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 58 60
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -19
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 7 10 8
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.07% 1.42% 1.03%
As % of the General category 1.70% 2.35% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £385 £570 £378
25th Percentile £412 - £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £678 £725
Median % change year-on-year -29.94% -6.48% +62.01%
75th Percentile £544 - £775
90th Percentile £598 £708 £790
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -26.00% -10.71% +29.63%

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 411 426 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 62.84% 60.51% 47.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 275 251
10th Percentile £243 £198 £263
25th Percentile £395 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £649
90th Percentile £650 £745 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 13
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.43 £14.22
25th Percentile £20.69 £20.69 £15.12
Median hourly rate £23.70 £24.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -2.75% +31.58%
75th Percentile £26.51 £53.94 £47.50
90th Percentile - £57.53 £66.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.61 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.69% +19.10% +13.51%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Birmingham

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Housing Management
3 1 (14.29%) Journey Map
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) User Journey Map
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft