Influencing Skills Contracts in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 108 122
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 -13
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 20 19 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.14% 0.87% 1.48%
As % of the General category 1.60% 1.31% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 37
10th Percentile £528 £363 £428
25th Percentile £550 £431 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -16.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £656 £606 £763
90th Percentile £701 £638 £845
Central London median daily rate £625 £545 £650
% change year-on-year +14.68% -16.15% +18.18%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,248 1,455 2,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.07% 66.38% 62.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 1,034 1,603
10th Percentile £332 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -53.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP PS
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Google Docs
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Legal
4 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.00%) Front Office
6 2 (10.00%) Military
7 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.00%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (5.00%) Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
1 6 (30.00%) Business Analyst
1 6 (30.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Change Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Pricing Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Senior
2 2 (10.00%) Senior Change Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Trainer
3 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (5.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 1 (5.00%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Marketo
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Progress
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) SAP