Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Influencing Skills
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 74 67
Rank change year-on-year +26 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 22 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.03% 0.43% 1.30%
As % of the General category 5.05% 0.81% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 1 4
10th Percentile £213 - £479
25th Percentile £308 £613 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £651
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -4.03% +18.41%
75th Percentile £546 £638 £733
90th Percentile £674 - £773
South West median daily rate £550 £394 £653
% change year-on-year +39.68% -39.66% +18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £28.96 -
25th Percentile £75.00 £34.50 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% +35.71% -46.15%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.13 -
90th Percentile - £54.25 -
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +68.42% +54.47% -47.22%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 436 495 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 60.14% 53.75% 49.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 253 358
10th Percentile £235 £213 £275
25th Percentile £362 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £679 £688 £707
South West median daily rate £488 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -3.47% -8.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 55
10th Percentile £6.00 £31.97 £31.52
25th Percentile £18.13 £58.31 £38.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £53.99 £73.44 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £79.25 £80.90
South West median hourly rate £24.29 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -62.63% +18.18% +3.20%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Bristol

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Bristol

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (4.55%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Primavera
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Matillion
1 9 (40.91%) Snowflake
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Boomi
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Marketing
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.55%) Electronics
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Lead
3 4 (18.18%) Data Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Snowflake Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Data Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Governance Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Snowflake Data Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Snowflake Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Project Leader
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Software Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.55%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Thought Leadership
2 11 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 11 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 9 (40.91%) Business Development
4 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (31.82%) Project Delivery
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Agile
7 4 (18.18%) Analytics
7 4 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (18.18%) Data Strategy
7 4 (18.18%) User Experience
8 3 (13.64%) Change Control
8 3 (13.64%) Coaching
8 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
9 2 (9.09%) Change Management
9 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) IFS
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) MuleSoft