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 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 223 205
Rank change year-on-year +43 -18 -12
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 685 328 409
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.20% 1.18%
As % of the General category 2.74% 1.88% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 216 222
10th Percentile £413 £350 £363
25th Percentile £471 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £700 £639 £700
90th Percentile £800 £769 £823
UK median daily rate £564 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +7.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 59
10th Percentile £61.70 £20.49 £32.49
25th Percentile £85.00 £33.14 -
Median hourly rate £99.50 £57.26 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +73.78% +50.20% -38.02%
75th Percentile £104.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £98.37 £60.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +63.94% +57.40% -38.02%

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 25,013 17,444 19,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.41% 63.66% 57.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,025 11,136 12,870
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £653
90th Percentile £749 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,837 919 1,425
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.33 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.25 £16.39 £16.39
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -31.79% +27.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.10 £58.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.00 £70.11
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £25.32 £35.50
% change year-on-year +30.33% -28.68% +18.14%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 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
London +40 350 £625 +8.70% 290
North of England -27 109 £498 +10.56% 106
South East +3 104 £568 -4.54% 110
Midlands -16 59 £511 -2.76% 60
North West -35 52 £466 +5.31% 60
Yorkshire -22 47 £515 -2.00% 38
West Midlands -23 47 £575 - 35
South West -35 27 £547 +4.24% 34
East of England -5 19 £533 +1.43% 25
East Midlands -10 10 £500 +39.66% 25
North East -33 10 £400 - 8
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 21 (3.07%) Confluence
2 19 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.46%) CICS
3 10 (1.46%) CMS
4 9 (1.31%) SAS
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.44%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.44%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.58%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.58%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.44%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.29%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.15%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 80 (11.68%) Azure
2 60 (8.76%) AWS
3 36 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 27 (3.94%) SaaS
5 25 (3.65%) GCP
6 22 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.63%) GitHub
8 16 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (1.90%) PaaS
10 10 (1.46%) Serverless
11 9 (1.31%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.73%) IaaS
15 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.73%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.07%) Firewall
2 11 (1.61%) Network Security
3 9 (1.31%) WAN
4 8 (1.17%) LAN
5 6 (0.88%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) VPN
7 4 (0.58%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.44%) ATM
8 3 (0.44%) BGP
8 3 (0.44%) Broadband
8 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.44%) DHCP
8 3 (0.44%) IPsec
8 3 (0.44%) MPLS
8 3 (0.44%) NAS
8 3 (0.44%) OSPF
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
8 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.44%) VLAN
8 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.94%) Power BI
2 17 (2.48%) Metadata
3 11 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.31%) DataStage
6 8 (1.17%) Tableau
7 6 (0.88%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.73%) Pentaho
9 4 (0.58%) Db2
9 4 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.58%) Looker
9 4 (0.58%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.58%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 4 (0.58%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 3 (0.44%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.29%) Big Data
11 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.29%) GIS
11 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (5.55%) JIRA
2 12 (1.75%) Git
3 10 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.58%) Selenium
6 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.44%) GitLab
7 2 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.29%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.29%) MSI
7 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 335 (48.91%) Social Skills
2 225 (32.85%) Finance
3 132 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (18.25%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.91%) Banking
6 35 (5.11%) Legal
7 34 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.53%) Marketing
9 28 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (3.94%) Retail
11 25 (3.65%) Law
12 21 (3.07%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.77%) Aerospace
14 15 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (2.04%) Local Government
16 13 (1.90%) Billing
17 12 (1.75%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.75%) Military
18 11 (1.61%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (18.25%) Lead
2 124 (18.10%) Architect
3 73 (10.66%) Analyst
4 70 (10.22%) Senior
5 51 (7.45%) Project Manager
6 41 (5.99%) Business Analyst
7 28 (4.09%) Designer
7 28 (4.09%) Programme Manager
8 26 (3.80%) Consultant
9 25 (3.65%) Enterprise Architect
10 22 (3.21%) Security Architect
11 21 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (3.07%) Technical Architect
12 19 (2.77%) Product Manager
12 19 (2.77%) Senior Manager
13 17 (2.48%) User Researcher
14 16 (2.34%) Change Manager
15 15 (2.19%) IT Manager
15 15 (2.19%) Lead Architect
15 15 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.92%) Middleware
2 9 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (1.17%) Kafka
4 7 (1.02%) REST
5 6 (0.88%) React
6 4 (0.58%) LDAP
6 4 (0.58%) Node.js
6 4 (0.58%) Playwright
6 4 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (0.58%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.44%) Bootstrap
7 3 (0.44%) JSON
7 3 (0.44%) Pandas
7 3 (0.44%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.44%) SOAP
7 3 (0.44%) Spring
8 2 (0.29%) CSS
8 2 (0.29%) NumPy
8 2 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.88%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.13%) Cloud Native
3 30 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.50%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.75%) Mainframe
10 11 (1.61%) BYOD
10 11 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.46%) NHS
12 9 (1.31%) VSAM
13 8 (1.17%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.02%) FMCG
15 6 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.34%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Unix
3 11 (1.61%) Windows
4 9 (1.31%) AIX
4 9 (1.31%) Solaris
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (44.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 214 (31.24%) Agile
3 178 (25.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 170 (24.82%) Decision-Making
5 156 (22.77%) Roadmaps
6 132 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (13.43%) AI
9 76 (11.09%) Analytics
10 73 (10.66%) Change Management
11 72 (10.51%) Migration
12 70 (10.22%) Project Management
13 65 (9.49%) DevOps
14 63 (9.20%) Mentoring
15 59 (8.61%) ITIL
16 58 (8.47%) Strategic Thinking
17 57 (8.32%) CI/CD
17 57 (8.32%) Risk Management
18 56 (8.18%) ERP
18 56 (8.18%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.40%) Python
2 29 (4.23%) Java
3 28 (4.09%) SQL
4 10 (1.46%) Ruby
5 9 (1.31%) COBOL
6 6 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.44%) ABAP
8 3 (0.44%) Bicep
9 2 (0.29%) R
9 2 (0.29%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) VBScript
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) PHP
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 156 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 122 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.12%) Degree
4 24 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.63%) CISSP
6 18 (2.63%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.48%) PMP
8 14 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.04%) CISM
8 14 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 8 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (1.17%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.73%) CRISC
14 4 (0.58%) CISA
14 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.50%) PMO
3 24 (3.50%) QA
4 21 (3.07%) GDPR
5 18 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.48%) NIST
7 12 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 10 (1.46%) GRC
9 9 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (1.31%) NCSC
9 9 (1.31%) SLA
10 7 (1.02%) WCAG
11 5 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.58%) COBIT
12 4 (0.58%) COREP
12 4 (0.58%) FINREP
12 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 10 (1.46%) Docker
2 8 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.44%) NFS
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.63%) Terraform
3 9 (1.31%) Ansible
4 4 (0.58%) Kustomize
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.29%) Rancher
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Nessus
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (9.34%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.99%) Oracle
3 37 (5.40%) SAP
4 24 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.34%) VMware
6 13 (1.90%) Databricks
7 12 (1.75%) Google
8 11 (1.61%) IBM
9 9 (1.31%) Cisco
10 8 (1.17%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.73%) Denodo
11 5 (0.73%) GoldenSource
11 5 (0.73%) Workday
12 4 (0.58%) Ariba
12 4 (0.58%) Pega
13 3 (0.44%) F5
13 3 (0.44%) Greenplum
13 3 (0.44%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.44%) Sparx
13 3 (0.44%) Sybase