Influencing Skills Contracts in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 17 28 32
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.63% 2.06% 0.68%
As % of the General category 4.05% 3.33% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £259 £449
25th Percentile - £296 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £357 £519
Median % change year-on-year +54.28% -31.28% +80.43%
75th Percentile - £417 £555
90th Percentile - £454 £563
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £478 £475
% change year-on-year +15.06% +0.63% +65.22%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 89
10th Percentile £296 £219 £171
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £550
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £439
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Market Research
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) GCFE
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) GREM
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA