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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 241 202
Rank change year-on-year +45 -39 -44
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 439 316 484
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.02% 1.24%
As % of the General category 2.26% 1.71% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 178 325
10th Percentile £358 £324 £363
25th Percentile £425 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +1.14% -
75th Percentile £675 £673 £669
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £542 £534 £550
% change year-on-year +1.45% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 11
10th Percentile £31.49 £24.63 £13.57
25th Percentile £35.60 £25.26 £22.07
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -5.80% -43.90%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.73 £35.00
90th Percentile £90.34 £76.80 £37.50
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year +39.88% -5.80% -43.90%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,401 18,445 23,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.66% 59.39% 59.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,294 11,086 15,855
10th Percentile £275 £300 £294
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,275 685 1,021
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £24.61 £31.97 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -23.02% -1.08% +25.71%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.95 £59.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year -16.93% -8.55% +26.84%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +24 204 £625 +8.70% 186
North of England -14 76 £475 -11.13% 62
Midlands -6 59 £458 -26.80% 43
South East +6 52 £523 +32.41% 106
North West -9 49 £456 +10.61% 42
West Midlands -19 45 £463 -26.00% 24
South West +20 33 £553 +65.54% 38
Yorkshire -20 25 £492 -17.31% 18
East Midlands -10 14 £456 +3.64% 19
East of England -21 7 £625 +24.13% 35
North East - 2 £550 - 2
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 16 (3.64%) Confluence
2 8 (1.82%) Apache
2 8 (1.82%) JBoss
2 8 (1.82%) WebLogic
3 6 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.68%) CMS
5 3 (0.68%) IIS
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.23%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.23%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.23%) Blender
5 1 (0.23%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.23%) Sketch
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.82%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.46%) HFM
4 2 (0.46%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) Endur
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.23%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 68 (15.49%) Azure
2 43 (9.79%) AWS
3 28 (6.38%) GCP
4 21 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (3.42%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.19%) SaaS
9 10 (2.28%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.59%) Matillion
12 5 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.91%) dbt
13 4 (0.91%) IaaS
14 3 (0.68%) Alation
14 3 (0.68%) Figma
14 3 (0.68%) GitHub
14 3 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.82%) DNS
1 8 (1.82%) Firewall
2 7 (1.59%) DHCP
2 7 (1.59%) WAN
3 6 (1.37%) VLAN
3 6 (1.37%) VPN
4 4 (0.91%) BGP
4 4 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.91%) LAN
4 4 (0.91%) MPLS
4 4 (0.91%) Network Security
4 4 (0.91%) OSPF
4 4 (0.91%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.91%) VSAN
5 3 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (0.68%) EIGRP
5 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.68%) IPv4
5 3 (0.68%) VXLAN
5 3 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.10%) Power BI
2 8 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (1.82%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.14%) Metadata
4 5 (1.14%) Star Schema
4 5 (1.14%) Tableau
5 4 (0.91%) Big Data
5 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.68%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.46%) GIS
8 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.23%) DTS
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 31 (7.06%) JIRA
2 9 (2.05%) Git
2 9 (2.05%) Selenium
3 8 (1.82%) Eclipse
3 8 (1.82%) IntelliJ
3 8 (1.82%) JUnit
4 6 (1.37%) GitLab
5 5 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.46%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
General
1 255 (58.09%) Social Skills
2 159 (36.22%) Finance
3 113 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.62%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.88%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (8.20%) Banking
7 21 (4.78%) Marketing
8 18 (4.10%) Retail
9 17 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.73%) Publishing
11 11 (2.51%) Legal
12 10 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.05%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.82%) Front Office
15 7 (1.59%) Back Office
16 6 (1.37%) Automotive
16 6 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 69 (15.72%) Analyst
2 68 (15.49%) Lead
3 55 (12.53%) Architect
4 51 (11.62%) Business Analyst
5 36 (8.20%) Senior
6 35 (7.97%) Project Manager
7 24 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.10%) Change Manager
9 17 (3.87%) Programme Manager
10 12 (2.73%) Consultant
11 11 (2.51%) Transition Manager
12 10 (2.28%) Product Manager
12 10 (2.28%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.28%) Senior Manager
13 9 (2.05%) Service Manager
13 9 (2.05%) Service Transition Manager
14 8 (1.82%) Designer
14 8 (1.82%) Technical Analyst
15 7 (1.59%) Business Change Manager
15 7 (1.59%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.73%) XML
2 11 (2.51%) HTML
2 11 (2.51%) REST
3 10 (2.28%) .NET
3 10 (2.28%) Spring
4 9 (2.05%) SailPoint
4 9 (2.05%) SOAP
5 8 (1.82%) EJB
5 8 (1.82%) Hibernate
5 8 (1.82%) HTML5
5 8 (1.82%) J2EE
5 8 (1.82%) J2SE
5 8 (1.82%) JSON
5 8 (1.82%) Play Framework
6 7 (1.59%) Kafka
7 4 (0.91%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.91%) Middleware
8 3 (0.68%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.68%) MSMQ
8 3 (0.68%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.61%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.14%) Derivative
9 5 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.14%) NHS
9 5 (1.14%) PMI
9 5 (1.14%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.91%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.91%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.68%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.19%) Windows
2 12 (2.73%) Unix
3 5 (1.14%) Linux
3 5 (1.14%) VMS
4 4 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (39.64%) Agile
2 168 (38.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (22.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 98 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 82 (18.68%) Decision-Making
6 82 (18.68%) Roadmaps
7 67 (15.26%) Project Management
8 65 (14.81%) Change Management
9 59 (13.44%) Project Delivery
10 56 (12.76%) Scrum
11 46 (10.48%) DevOps
12 45 (10.25%) Mentoring
13 43 (9.79%) Risk Management
14 42 (9.57%) Strategic Thinking
15 40 (9.11%) AI
16 37 (8.43%) Service Design
16 37 (8.43%) Waterfall
17 35 (7.97%) Migration
17 35 (7.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.83%) SQL
2 29 (6.61%) Python
3 24 (5.47%) Java
4 10 (2.28%) Scala
5 9 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.37%) C#
7 5 (1.14%) Bash
8 4 (0.91%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.68%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.46%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.46%) R
10 2 (0.46%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) Go
11 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 78 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 75 (17.08%) Degree
3 69 (15.72%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (2.51%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.28%) PMP
7 9 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.05%) CISSP
8 8 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.37%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.14%) CCNP
11 5 (1.14%) ISEB
11 5 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.56%) GDPR
3 16 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.42%) QA
5 12 (2.73%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.51%) NIST
7 7 (1.59%) PMO
8 6 (1.37%) GRC
8 6 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.14%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.91%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.91%) SLA
11 3 (0.68%) COBIT
11 3 (0.68%) WCAG
12 2 (0.46%) NCSC
13 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 14 (3.19%) Docker
1 14 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.59%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.91%) vSphere
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (4.78%) Terraform
2 11 (2.51%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.82%) Puppet
4 6 (1.37%) Ansible
4 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.37%) SCCM
5 2 (0.46%) Rancher
6 1 (0.23%) Argo
6 1 (0.23%) Consul
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) Packer
6 1 (0.23%) Podman
6 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 57 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.29%) SAP
3 21 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.33%) Workday
5 18 (4.10%) Oracle
6 14 (3.19%) VMware
7 11 (2.51%) Google
8 10 (2.28%) Ariba
8 10 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.82%) webMethods
10 7 (1.59%) Citrix
11 6 (1.37%) Cisco
11 6 (1.37%) F5
11 6 (1.37%) IFS
11 6 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.14%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.91%) Adobe
13 4 (0.91%) Avaloq
13 4 (0.91%) Databricks
14 3 (0.68%) Meraki