Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in East London

Influencing Skills
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in East London 2.08% 0.86% 0.79%
As % of the General category 3.13% 1.47% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £516 - £670
25th Percentile £541 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £641 - £800
90th Percentile £669 - £830
London median daily rate £625 £574 £579
% change year-on-year +8.89% -0.86% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £8.00 -
London median hourly rate £27.50 £51.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -46.60% -14.17% -12.73%

All General Skills
East 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 general skills in East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 64 68 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 66.67% 58.62% 67.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 56 150
10th Percentile £379 - £398
25th Percentile £450 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £539 £597
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -9.76% +13.71%
75th Percentile £630 £598 £650
90th Percentile £689 £675 £771
London median daily rate £537 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 10
10th Percentile £21.61 £13.00 -
25th Percentile - £20.50 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.03 £26.63 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +86.91% -36.64%
75th Percentile £27.79 £31.45 £37.83
90th Percentile £42.02 £36.58 £38.28
London median hourly rate £28.28 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -19.21% +16.67% -6.25%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in East London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in East London over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in East London

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 6 March 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets - 2 £588 -
Influencing Skills
London

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Trainer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP