Influencing Skills Contracts in Central London

Influencing Skills
London > Central London

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 105 110
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +30
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Influencing Skills 30 27 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.48% 1.18% 1.67%
As % of the General category 1.98% 1.76% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 36
10th Percentile £353 £399 £463
25th Percentile £435 £506 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -9.62% +6.34%
75th Percentile £727 £676 £717
90th Percentile £822 £686 £825
London median daily rate £565 £579 £625
% change year-on-year -2.38% -7.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £52.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +9.47% - -

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,513 1,537 2,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.42% 67.00% 63.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,029 1,556
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £424 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 12
10th Percentile £19.05 £14.80 -
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +18.68% -43.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £52.50 £35.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £87.00 £41.89
London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.25 £34.62
% change year-on-year -14.89% +1.82% -3.83%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Central London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Central London

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +1 28 £575 +4.55% 57
Influencing Skills
London

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (3.33%) Confluence
1 1 (3.33%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Workday HCM
2 1 (3.33%) HFM
2 1 (3.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP PS
2 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.33%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) GCP
2 2 (6.67%) OCI
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) LAN
1 1 (3.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Star Schema
2 1 (3.33%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 19 (63.33%) Finance
2 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (43.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Legal
5 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Banking
6 3 (10.00%) Front Office
7 2 (6.67%) Back Office
7 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.33%) Billing
8 1 (3.33%) French Language
8 1 (3.33%) Retail
8 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
1 7 (23.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Lead
2 3 (10.00%) Project Leader
2 3 (10.00%) Senior
2 3 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Architect
3 2 (6.67%) Change Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) Programme Director
3 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (3.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Data Scientist
4 1 (3.33%) Governance Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Product Owner
4 1 (3.33%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.33%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.00%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
4 6 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (16.67%) Analytics
5 5 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 5 (16.67%) Migration
5 5 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 4 (13.33%) Change Management
6 4 (13.33%) Data Reconciliation
6 4 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
6 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.33%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) Scrum
6 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (13.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (3.33%) Python
1 1 (3.33%) R
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.33%) IFRS
3 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (10.00%) SAP
4 2 (6.67%) Adaptive Insights
4 2 (6.67%) Workday
5 1 (3.33%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (3.33%) Citrix
5 1 (3.33%) Databricks
5 1 (3.33%) Google
5 1 (3.33%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.33%) IFS
5 1 (3.33%) Marketo
5 1 (3.33%) Tagetik