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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 245 206
Rank change year-on-year +51 -39 -41
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 452 300 460
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 0.97% 1.18%
As % of the General category 2.35% 1.61% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 172 307
10th Percentile £358 £325 £363
25th Percentile £429 £439 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £668 £671
90th Percentile £775 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £534 £550
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 11
10th Percentile £31.49 £24.63 £13.57
25th Percentile £35.60 £25.26 £22.07
Median hourly rate £43.10 £32.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -5.80% -43.90%
75th Percentile £62.38 £75.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £87.85 £93.20 £37.50
UK median hourly rate £43.10 £31.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year +37.90% -9.42% -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 19,262 18,620 23,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.06% 60.39% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,243 11,201 15,746
10th Percentile £275 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £626 £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 1,237 689 1,036
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.92 £18.00 £17.41
Median hourly rate £24.00 £30.45 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% -7.73% +29.31%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.27 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.25 £71.28
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.72 £32.00
% change year-on-year -13.42% -13.38% +28.00%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +66 213 £600 +4.35% 96
North of England -10 76 £475 -13.83% 32
Midlands -9 60 £458 -25.73% 27
South East +8 57 £523 +39.47% 95
North West -3 49 £456 -5.19% 18
West Midlands -9 45 £463 -24.92% 15
South West +28 30 £575 +114.94% 23
Yorkshire -15 24 £509 -14.54% 11
East Midlands -9 15 £456 +3.64% 12
East of England -10 8 £595 +18.17% 21
North East - 3 £525 - 3
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 (3.54%) Confluence
2 8 (1.77%) Apache
2 8 (1.77%) JBoss
2 8 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.77%) WebLogic
3 4 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.66%) CMS
5 2 (0.44%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.44%) SAP EP
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.22%) Blender
6 1 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.55%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.44%) HFM
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.44%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.44%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.22%) Endur
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.22%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 75 (16.59%) Azure
2 46 (10.18%) AWS
3 31 (6.86%) GCP
4 22 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.42%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.76%) SaaS
8 15 (3.32%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.77%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.11%) IaaS
11 5 (1.11%) Matillion
11 5 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.88%) dbt
12 4 (0.88%) PaaS
12 4 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.66%) Alation
13 3 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.77%) DNS
1 8 (1.77%) Firewall
2 7 (1.55%) DHCP
2 7 (1.55%) WAN
3 6 (1.33%) VLAN
3 6 (1.33%) VPN
4 5 (1.11%) Network Security
5 4 (0.88%) BGP
5 4 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.88%) LAN
5 4 (0.88%) MPLS
5 4 (0.88%) OSPF
5 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.88%) VSAN
6 3 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.66%) EIGRP
6 3 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.66%) IPv4
6 3 (0.66%) IPv6
6 3 (0.66%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.42%) Power BI
2 10 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.77%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.33%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.33%) Metadata
5 5 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.11%) Star Schema
5 5 (1.11%) Tableau
6 4 (0.88%) Big Data
7 3 (0.66%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.44%) GIS
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.22%) Looker
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 31 (6.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.99%) Git
2 9 (1.99%) Selenium
3 8 (1.77%) Eclipse
3 8 (1.77%) IntelliJ
3 8 (1.77%) JUnit
4 6 (1.33%) GitLab
5 5 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
General
1 267 (59.07%) Social Skills
2 157 (34.73%) Finance
3 115 (25.44%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 43 (9.51%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (7.30%) Banking
7 19 (4.20%) Marketing
7 19 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (3.98%) Retail
9 12 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.65%) Legal
9 12 (2.65%) Publishing
10 10 (2.21%) Front Office
10 10 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.77%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.33%) Automotive
12 6 (1.33%) Back Office
12 6 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.11%) Law
13 5 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (16.15%) Analyst
2 66 (14.60%) Lead
3 60 (13.27%) Architect
4 54 (11.95%) Business Analyst
5 38 (8.41%) Senior
6 37 (8.19%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (4.20%) Change Manager
8 19 (4.20%) Programme Manager
9 15 (3.32%) Consultant
10 12 (2.65%) Service Manager
11 11 (2.43%) Transition Manager
12 10 (2.21%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.21%) Senior Manager
13 9 (1.99%) IT Manager
13 9 (1.99%) Product Manager
13 9 (1.99%) Service Transition Manager
14 8 (1.77%) Designer
14 8 (1.77%) Technical Analyst
15 7 (1.55%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.65%) REST
1 12 (2.65%) XML
2 11 (2.43%) HTML
3 10 (2.21%) Spring
4 9 (1.99%) .NET
4 9 (1.99%) SailPoint
4 9 (1.99%) SOAP
5 8 (1.77%) EJB
5 8 (1.77%) Hibernate
5 8 (1.77%) HTML5
5 8 (1.77%) J2EE
5 8 (1.77%) J2SE
5 8 (1.77%) JSON
5 8 (1.77%) Kafka
5 8 (1.77%) Play Framework
6 4 (0.88%) Middleware
7 3 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.66%) Node.js
7 3 (0.66%) PySpark
7 3 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.86%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.77%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.55%) NHS
9 6 (1.33%) PMI
10 5 (1.11%) Derivative
10 5 (1.11%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.11%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.88%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.88%) Windows
2 12 (2.65%) Unix
3 6 (1.33%) VMS
4 5 (1.11%) Linux
5 4 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (38.50%) Agile
2 170 (37.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 124 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (23.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 102 (22.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (19.69%) Decision-Making
7 85 (18.81%) Roadmaps
8 68 (15.04%) Project Management
9 64 (14.16%) Project Delivery
10 63 (13.94%) Change Management
11 55 (12.17%) Scrum
12 52 (11.50%) DevOps
13 46 (10.18%) Strategic Thinking
14 44 (9.73%) Mentoring
14 44 (9.73%) Risk Management
15 43 (9.51%) AI
16 38 (8.41%) Service Management
16 38 (8.41%) Waterfall
17 37 (8.19%) Migration
18 36 (7.96%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.64%) Python
1 30 (6.64%) SQL
2 26 (5.75%) Java
3 10 (2.21%) Scala
4 9 (1.99%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.33%) C#
6 5 (1.11%) Bash
7 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.44%) ABAP
8 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.44%) R
8 2 (0.44%) Ruby
9 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.22%) Go
9 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 80 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 79 (17.48%) Degree
3 71 (15.71%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.88%) PMI Certification
5 12 (2.65%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (1.99%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.99%) CISSP
6 9 (1.99%) PMP
7 8 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.11%) APMG
10 5 (1.11%) ISEB
10 5 (1.11%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.42%) GDPR
3 18 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.32%) QA
5 12 (2.65%) NIST
6 11 (2.43%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.99%) PMO
8 7 (1.55%) GRC
9 5 (1.11%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.88%) SLA
11 3 (0.66%) COBIT
11 3 (0.66%) WCAG
12 2 (0.44%) NCSC
13 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 14 (3.10%) Docker
1 14 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.55%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.88%) vSphere
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (4.87%) Terraform
2 12 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.77%) Puppet
4 6 (1.33%) Ansible
4 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.33%) SCCM
5 2 (0.44%) Rancher
6 1 (0.22%) Argo
6 1 (0.22%) Consul
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Packer
6 1 (0.22%) Podman
6 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.08%) SAP
3 24 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.20%) Oracle
5 18 (3.98%) Workday
6 14 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.10%) VMware
7 12 (2.65%) Ariba
8 10 (2.21%) Google
9 8 (1.77%) webMethods
10 6 (1.33%) Cisco
10 6 (1.33%) Citrix
10 6 (1.33%) F5
10 6 (1.33%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.11%) Databricks
11 5 (1.11%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.11%) IFS
12 4 (0.88%) Adobe
12 4 (0.88%) Avaloq
13 3 (0.66%) Murex