Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Chester

Influencing Skills
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 2.35% - 1.27%
As % of the General category 2.90% - 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £479 - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £438 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -18.60% +19.44% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Cheshire median hourly rate - - £40.00

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 69 59 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 81.18% 84.29% 74.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 33
10th Percentile £190 £513 £380
25th Percentile £513 £552 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £610 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +10.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £588
90th Percentile £758 £743 £673
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 18
10th Percentile £12.61 £14.58 £17.43
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.00 £30.54
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +2.94% +47.83%
75th Percentile £37.19 - £35.00
90th Percentile - - £38.08
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.87 £26.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -27.42% -14.87% +85.09%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Chester

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement