Influencing Skills Contracts in Dorset

Influencing Skills
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Dorset. 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 23 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.02% - 1.39%
As % of the General category 1.61% - 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £226
25th Percentile £650 - £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £288
75th Percentile £750 - £312
90th Percentile - - £323
South West median daily rate £600 £630 £600
% change year-on-year -4.72% +4.96% +12.15%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 62 76 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 63.27% 46.06% 49.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 44
10th Percentile £285 £193 £241
25th Percentile £413 £325 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -20.45% +11.68%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £750 £676
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 35
10th Percentile £14.56 £11.87 £14.80
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.69 £17.79
Median hourly rate £15.31 £15.62 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% -72.25% +11.33%
75th Percentile £16.92 £47.83 £61.35
90th Percentile £17.79 £57.33 £69.08
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Dorset

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Dorset

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset 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
Poole - 1 £700 - 1
Influencing Skills
South West

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks