Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Influencing Skills
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 83 41
Rank change year-on-year -12 -42 +46
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 19 6 72
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.87% 0.49% 4.13%
As % of the General category 1.74% 0.86% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile £430 £395 £430
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £478
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +9.83% -4.40%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £513
90th Percentile £691 £830 £550
England median daily rate £565 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.73% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 49
Median hourly rate £62.00 - £38.12
England median hourly rate £99.50 £60.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +65.83% +57.40% -38.02%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,092 699 1,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 49.89% 56.69% 57.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 325 356
10th Percentile £188 £195 £216
25th Percentile £325 £338 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £561
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 157 390
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.59 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.45 £16.30
Median hourly rate £21.25 £39.32 £39.78
Median % change year-on-year -45.96% -1.14% +117.89%
75th Percentile £64.69 £66.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.25 £81.81 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.34% -28.00% +21.67%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the East of England

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the East of England

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 23 July 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
Bedfordshire 0 6 £533 +6.50%
Hertfordshire -8 5 £513 -43.06% 13
Cambridgeshire +10 3 £500 -9.09% 9
Suffolk -4 3 £650 +85.71%
Norfolk - 1 £550 - 2
Essex - 1 - - 4
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Primavera
1 1 (5.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) IaaS
1 2 (10.53%) PaaS
1 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) Google Gemini
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Health
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Project Controller
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) FHIR
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) PyTorch
1 1 (5.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.26%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) NHS
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (47.37%) PRINCE2
3 8 (42.11%) Decision-Making
3 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (36.84%) Project Management
5 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (26.32%) Business Case
7 4 (21.05%) Agile
7 4 (21.05%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.79%) Emotional Intelligence
8 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (15.79%) ERP
8 3 (15.79%) Information Security
8 3 (15.79%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 3 (15.79%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (21.05%) PMP
3 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.26%) APMG
5 1 (5.26%) CISM
5 1 (5.26%) CISSP
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.26%) ISACA
5 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Zscaler