Influencing Skills Contracts in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 64 68
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 23 49 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.78% 3.90% 3.28%
As % of the General category 3.79% 5.33% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 37 43
10th Percentile £382 £156 £300
25th Percentile £408 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +14.46%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £549
90th Percentile £675 £645 £588
Scotland median daily rate £475 £508 £450
% change year-on-year -6.40% +12.78% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.55
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 - £14.55
% change year-on-year - - -67.67%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 607 919 1,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 73.49% 73.05% 74.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 656 1,049
10th Percentile £178 £243 £230
25th Percentile £359 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £561
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £464
% change year-on-year - +2.37% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 6 15
10th Percentile £14.33 £14.11 £16.02
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.61 £18.64
Median hourly rate £40.00 £21.47 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.35% -46.34% -22.24%
75th Percentile £60.75 £36.17 £50.63
90th Percentile £67.23 £54.25 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
% change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) LAN
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SilkCentral
General
1 17 (73.91%) Public Sector
2 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Publishing
5 1 (4.35%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
1 7 (30.43%) Project Manager
2 6 (26.09%) Business Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Designer
3 5 (21.74%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Agile Project Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Content Designer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Content Designer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Designer
5 3 (13.04%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Azure Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Delivery Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Project Leader
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) User Research
3 10 (43.48%) User Stories
4 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
4 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
4 8 (34.78%) Scrum
5 7 (30.43%) Change Control
5 7 (30.43%) Coaching
5 7 (30.43%) Dependency Management
5 7 (30.43%) DevOps
5 7 (30.43%) Project Management
5 7 (30.43%) Software Delivery
5 7 (30.43%) Supplier Management
6 6 (26.09%) Business Analysis
6 6 (26.09%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
6 6 (26.09%) User Experience
7 5 (21.74%) Epics
7 5 (21.74%) Story Mapping
7 5 (21.74%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.70%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Cadence
2 2 (8.70%) Databricks
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe