Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in England

Influencing Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 207 229
Rank change year-on-year +48 +22 -41
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 811 363 339
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.33% 1.04%
As % of the General category 3.15% 2.06% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 235 183
10th Percentile £425 £350 £326
25th Percentile £492 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £695 £638 £668
90th Percentile £776 £775 £769
UK median daily rate £575 £505 £538
% change year-on-year +13.86% -6.05% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 20
10th Percentile £61.48 £31.49 £36.47
25th Percentile £71.88 £35.60 -
Median hourly rate £88.75 £54.51 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +62.81% +43.00% +10.49%
75th Percentile £104.00 £64.38 £38.65
90th Percentile - £80.50 £51.63
UK median hourly rate £86.25 £54.51 £38.12
% change year-on-year +58.23% +43.00% +9.70%

All General Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,770 17,637 18,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.74% 64.46% 58.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,199 11,153 11,617
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,176 1,003 989
10th Percentile £13.68 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.08 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.85
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -35.26% +41.27%
75th Percentile £57.00 £47.31 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.13 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.28
% change year-on-year +19.28% -32.54% +35.56%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in England

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
London +57 426 £630 +14.55% 1,136
South East +22 122 £568 -4.54% 300
North of England -25 117 £514 +8.21% 276
Midlands -15 72 £563 +18.42% 184
West Midlands -21 62 £600 +4.35% 116
Yorkshire +3 57 £515 -4.28% 101
North West -41 50 £525 +16.67% 163
South West -47 34 £550 - 100
East of England -9 25 £533 -3.18% 110
North East -29 10 £349 - 18
East Midlands -12 9 £500 +39.28% 68
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 27 (3.33%) Confluence
2 22 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.73%) SAS
4 11 (1.36%) CMS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.37%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.37%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.25%) CICS
7 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.37%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.37%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.12%) Endur
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.12%) Primavera
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 95 (11.71%) Azure
2 66 (8.14%) AWS
3 49 (6.04%) Power Platform
4 36 (4.44%) SaaS
5 29 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (3.08%) GCP
6 25 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.10%) GitHub
8 16 (1.97%) PaaS
9 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (1.48%) Serverless
10 9 (1.11%) Snowflake
11 7 (0.86%) Google Analytics
11 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (0.74%) Amazon S3
12 6 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (0.74%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.74%) OCI
12 6 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.73%) Broadband
2 13 (1.60%) Network Security
3 10 (1.23%) Firewall
4 9 (1.11%) WAN
5 7 (0.86%) LAN
6 6 (0.74%) DNS
7 4 (0.49%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.37%) ATM
8 3 (0.37%) BGP
8 3 (0.37%) DHCP
8 3 (0.37%) MPLS
8 3 (0.37%) NAS
8 3 (0.37%) SAN
8 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.37%) VLAN
8 3 (0.37%) VPN
8 3 (0.37%) Wireless
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.44%) Metadata
1 36 (4.44%) Power BI
2 17 (2.10%) Data Lake
3 13 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.11%) Pentaho
6 7 (0.86%) Tableau
7 6 (0.74%) Looker
8 4 (0.49%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (0.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 4 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (0.49%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.37%) Big Data
9 3 (0.37%) Db2
10 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (6.04%) JIRA
2 11 (1.36%) Git
3 7 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.37%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) Sinon.JS
General
1 378 (46.61%) Social Skills
2 296 (36.50%) Finance
3 153 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (18.37%) Public Sector
5 73 (9.00%) Banking
6 50 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
7 45 (5.55%) Marketing
8 44 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.93%) Legal
10 36 (4.44%) Retail
11 25 (3.08%) Military
12 24 (2.96%) Law
12 24 (2.96%) Local Government
13 20 (2.47%) Aerospace
13 20 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.47%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.85%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.73%) Billing
16 14 (1.73%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 162 (19.98%) Lead
2 153 (18.87%) Architect
3 83 (10.23%) Analyst
4 79 (9.74%) Senior
5 62 (7.64%) Project Manager
6 46 (5.67%) Business Analyst
7 37 (4.56%) Consultant
8 31 (3.82%) Programme Manager
8 31 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
9 30 (3.70%) Data Architect
10 27 (3.33%) Enterprise Architect
11 26 (3.21%) Security Architect
12 25 (3.08%) Senior Manager
13 24 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (2.84%) Product Manager
15 20 (2.47%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.47%) Product Owner
15 20 (2.47%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.34%) Change Manager
17 18 (2.22%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) Terraform
2 11 (1.36%) ATL
2 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (1.11%) Kafka
4 8 (0.99%) Middleware
4 8 (0.99%) REST
5 5 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (0.62%) SOAP
6 4 (0.49%) .NET
6 4 (0.49%) LDAP
6 4 (0.49%) React
6 4 (0.49%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.37%) CSS
7 3 (0.37%) HTML
7 3 (0.37%) Node.js
7 3 (0.37%) OAuth
7 3 (0.37%) OpenID
7 3 (0.37%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.37%) Spring
7 3 (0.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.11%) Product Ownership
2 50 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.22%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.10%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.97%) Social Media
13 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.36%) NHS
15 9 (1.11%) Autonomous Agent
15 9 (1.11%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
17 6 (0.74%) FMCG
17 6 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
17 6 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.73%) Windows
2 4 (0.49%) Unix
3 3 (0.37%) Linux
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (50.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 246 (30.33%) Decision-Making
3 239 (29.47%) Agile
4 224 (27.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 206 (25.40%) Roadmaps
6 163 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 122 (15.04%) AI
9 107 (13.19%) Analytics
10 85 (10.48%) Change Management
11 83 (10.23%) Risk Management
12 81 (9.99%) Project Management
13 80 (9.86%) Migration
14 78 (9.62%) DevOps
15 74 (9.12%) Enterprise Architecture
16 72 (8.88%) Strategic Thinking
17 70 (8.63%) Project Delivery
18 69 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
19 68 (8.38%) Business Case
19 68 (8.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.56%) Python
2 35 (4.32%) SQL
3 26 (3.21%) Java
4 8 (0.99%) Ruby
5 6 (0.74%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.49%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.37%) ABAP
8 3 (0.37%) Bicep
8 3 (0.37%) R
8 3 (0.37%) VBA
9 2 (0.25%) C#
9 2 (0.25%) PHP
9 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 196 (24.17%) Security Cleared
2 152 (18.74%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.97%) Degree
4 32 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 29 (3.58%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.58%) PMP
6 25 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (3.08%) CISSP
7 23 (2.84%) CISM
8 19 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
10 13 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.99%) APMG
12 8 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.86%) CRISC
14 6 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
15 5 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.55%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.19%) PMO
3 33 (4.07%) QA
4 26 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (3.08%) NIST
6 22 (2.71%) GDPR
7 21 (2.59%) Accessibility
7 21 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.85%) GRC
9 11 (1.36%) NCSC
10 10 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 10 (1.23%) NIST 800
11 9 (1.11%) SLA
12 6 (0.74%) COBIT
13 5 (0.62%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.37%) IFRS
15 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 3 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.23%) Docker
2 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.62%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.37%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) Firmware
5 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.23%) Ansible
3 4 (0.49%) Kustomize
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.37%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.25%) Kibana
5 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) Nessus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 91 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.80%) Oracle
3 45 (5.55%) SAP
4 31 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.10%) Databricks
6 16 (1.97%) Google
6 16 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.11%) Cisco
7 9 (1.11%) Denodo
7 9 (1.11%) VMware
8 7 (0.86%) Workday
9 6 (0.74%) Ariba
9 6 (0.74%) Pega
10 5 (0.62%) IBM
10 5 (0.62%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.49%) Adobe
11 4 (0.49%) Foundry
12 3 (0.37%) F5
12 3 (0.37%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.37%) Sybase