Influencing Skills Contracts in Cheshire

Influencing Skills
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 46 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 12 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.67% 2.18% 2.64%
As % of the General category 3.83% 3.51% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile - £444 £435
25th Percentile £405 £528 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £555 £515
Median % change year-on-year -26.13% +7.77% +7.01%
75th Percentile £507 £574 £688
90th Percentile £544 £585 £700
North West median daily rate £410 £555 £606
% change year-on-year -26.13% -8.45% +24.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £40.00
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £52.78 £40.00
% change year-on-year -38.42% +31.95% +66.70%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 313 313 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.71% 62.10% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 200 205
10th Percentile £325 £276 £219
25th Percentile £388 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £566
90th Percentile £688 £627 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 19
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.57 £14.65
25th Percentile £27.20 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.25 £33.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £36.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Cheshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Cheshire

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Cheshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Cheshire

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe - 9 £410 -
Macclesfield +9 1 £550 -
Warrington - 1 £525 - 3
Influencing Skills
North West

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Automotive
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Augmented Reality
1 5 (41.67%) e-Learning
1 5 (41.67%) Podcast
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (41.67%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Change Management
2 6 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (41.67%) Benchmarking
3 5 (41.67%) Business Case
3 5 (41.67%) Coaching
3 5 (41.67%) Supplier Management
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
4 4 (33.33%) Six Sigma
4 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Business Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) IIBA
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification