Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 45 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +20 +12
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 11 29 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.74% 3.55% 2.91%
As % of the General category 2.28% 5.05% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 25
10th Percentile £463 £385 £410
25th Percentile £496 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.43% -0.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £594 £522 £538
90th Percentile £673 £536 £582
Scotland median daily rate £490 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.89% -10.00% -0.70%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 483 574 808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 76.30% 70.34% 75.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 295 520
10th Percentile £263 £157 £207
25th Percentile £413 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.45%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £619 £600
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 5
10th Percentile £16.95 £12.85 £14.08
25th Percentile - £13.98 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.20 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +2.71% -5.87%
75th Percentile £41.85 £23.92 £41.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £55.75 £48.62
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £17.46 £19.18
% change year-on-year +10.14% -8.97% -3.38%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Edinburgh

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Influencing Skills

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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) IaaS
1 4 (36.36%) PaaS
1 4 (36.36%) SaaS
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon S3
3 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (9.09%) OpenShift
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 8 (72.73%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Product Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Product Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) AWS CDK
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) Next.js
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
1 4 (36.36%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
1 9 (81.82%) Roadmaps
2 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
3 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) Architecture Roadmap
5 4 (36.36%) Coaching
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (27.27%) Product Management
6 3 (27.27%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (27.27%) Scrum
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (18.18%) Product Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
7 2 (18.18%) Test Planning
7 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft