Influencing Skills Contracts in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 61 60
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 5 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.65% 0.67% 1.04%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.24% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile £331 £391 £370
25th Percentile - £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £418 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% -35.69% +45.25%
75th Percentile - £434 -
90th Percentile £359 - £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 467 404 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.81% 53.79% 49.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 266 308
10th Percentile £213 £213 £223
25th Percentile £325 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.01% -10.10% +11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £575 £650
90th Percentile £575 £626 £745
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.20% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 39 26
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.75 £12.53
25th Percentile £18.41 £14.27 £16.69
Median hourly rate £23.75 £17.00 £42.52
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -60.01% +97.74%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.45 £51.50
90th Percentile £37.60 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Northamptonshire -12 5 £358 -9.94% 9
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Deadline-Driven
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft