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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 200 247
Rank change year-on-year +50 +47 -58
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 860 389 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.85% 1.40% 0.97%
As % of the General category 3.29% 2.18% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 253 181
10th Percentile £419 £350 £325
25th Percentile £490 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% -1.74%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £761 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +15.00% -6.98% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 7
10th Percentile £61.25 £31.49 £22.74
25th Percentile £63.13 £35.60 £25.26
Median hourly rate £86.25 £48.01 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +79.67% +41.48% -1.65%
75th Percentile £103.94 £64.06 £53.13
90th Percentile £104.00 £79.38 £70.20
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £48.01 £31.97
% change year-on-year +77.06% +50.18% -7.35%

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 26,165 17,810 18,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.21% 64.19% 58.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,329 11,306 11,300
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.28% -3.00%
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 2,331 1,021 882
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.76 £16.17 £17.63
Median hourly rate £29.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% -32.93% +27.12%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.40
90th Percentile £78.51 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% +27.27%

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 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 30 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 30 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 +55 449 £625 +8.70% 734
South East +32 130 £569 +14.85% 225
North of England -38 122 £515 +6.74% 220
Midlands -8 78 £575 +25.68% 141
West Midlands -11 69 £580 +5.45% 95
Yorkshire -7 60 £515 -4.19% 78
North West -45 51 £525 +12.00% 132
South West -31 40 £550 +4.76% 100
East of England -7 25 £533 -3.18% 67
North East -27 13 £400 - 11
East Midlands -20 8 £500 +38.89% 46
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 30 (3.49%) Confluence
2 23 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.63%) SAS
4 13 (1.51%) CMS
5 6 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.47%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.47%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) CICS
7 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.47%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.12%) Endur
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Primavera
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 97 (11.28%) Azure
2 66 (7.67%) AWS
3 54 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 41 (4.77%) SaaS
5 31 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.26%) GCP
7 27 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (1.74%) PaaS
9 14 (1.63%) GitHub
10 12 (1.40%) Serverless
11 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 9 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.93%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.93%) Google Analytics
13 8 (0.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 7 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.81%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.74%) Network Security
2 14 (1.63%) Broadband
3 10 (1.16%) Firewall
4 9 (1.05%) WAN
5 7 (0.81%) DNS
5 7 (0.81%) LAN
6 4 (0.47%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.47%) VPN
6 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.35%) ATM
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
7 3 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.35%) MPLS
7 3 (0.35%) NAS
7 3 (0.35%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.35%) VLAN
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.00%) Power BI
2 38 (4.42%) Metadata
3 18 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.98%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.05%) Pentaho
7 7 (0.81%) Looker
8 6 (0.70%) Tableau
9 5 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
10 4 (0.47%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 4 (0.47%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 4 (0.47%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.35%) Db2
12 2 (0.23%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.23%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 55 (6.40%) JIRA
2 8 (0.93%) Git
3 7 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
6 2 (0.23%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) Sinon.JS
General
1 397 (46.16%) Social Skills
2 307 (35.70%) Finance
3 159 (18.49%) Public Sector
4 155 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (8.95%) Banking
6 51 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
7 50 (5.81%) Marketing
8 46 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (4.30%) Legal
9 37 (4.30%) Retail
10 28 (3.26%) Military
11 23 (2.67%) Local Government
12 22 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (2.56%) Law
13 21 (2.44%) Aerospace
14 19 (2.21%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.98%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.86%) Aviation
16 16 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.74%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (19.77%) Lead
2 159 (18.49%) Architect
3 85 (9.88%) Senior
4 82 (9.53%) Analyst
5 66 (7.67%) Project Manager
6 48 (5.58%) Business Analyst
7 35 (4.07%) Programme Manager
8 34 (3.95%) Consultant
9 32 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.60%) Data Architect
10 31 (3.60%) Product Manager
11 27 (3.14%) Enterprise Architect
11 27 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
12 26 (3.02%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.91%) Product Owner
14 24 (2.79%) IT Manager
14 24 (2.79%) Security Architect
15 21 (2.44%) Senior Business Analyst
16 19 (2.21%) Lead Architect
16 19 (2.21%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.09%) Terraform
2 14 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (1.28%) ATL
4 10 (1.16%) Kafka
4 10 (1.16%) Middleware
5 9 (1.05%) SOAP
6 8 (0.93%) REST
6 8 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (0.58%) SAPUI5
7 5 (0.58%) Web Services
8 4 (0.47%) .NET
8 4 (0.47%) LDAP
8 4 (0.47%) Node.js
8 4 (0.47%) React
8 4 (0.47%) SAP PI
9 3 (0.35%) CSS
9 3 (0.35%) HTML
9 3 (0.35%) OAuth
9 3 (0.35%) OpenID
9 3 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.86%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 38 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.98%) AI Agents
9 17 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.86%) Social Media
11 15 (1.74%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.28%) NHS
13 9 (1.05%) Autonomous Agent
13 9 (1.05%) Operational Technology
14 8 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.93%) Security Posture
15 7 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.63%) Windows
2 4 (0.47%) Unix
3 3 (0.35%) Linux
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (51.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 265 (30.81%) Agile
3 252 (29.30%) Decision-Making
4 230 (26.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 229 (26.63%) Roadmaps
6 167 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (15.47%) AI
9 116 (13.49%) Analytics
10 94 (10.93%) Change Management
11 91 (10.58%) Risk Management
12 88 (10.23%) Project Management
13 85 (9.88%) DevOps
13 85 (9.88%) Migration
14 79 (9.19%) Enterprise Architecture
15 77 (8.95%) Strategic Thinking
16 75 (8.72%) Workshop Facilitation
17 73 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
17 73 (8.49%) Scrum
18 72 (8.37%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 42 (4.88%) SQL
2 33 (3.84%) Python
3 23 (2.67%) Java
4 6 (0.70%) TypeScript
5 5 (0.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.47%) ABAP
6 4 (0.47%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.47%) Ruby
7 3 (0.35%) Bicep
7 3 (0.35%) R
8 2 (0.23%) C#
8 2 (0.23%) PHP
8 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.12%) COBOL
9 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 209 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 158 (18.37%) SC Cleared
3 104 (12.09%) Degree
4 36 (4.19%) PMP
5 34 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 34 (3.95%) PMI Certification
6 29 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 29 (3.37%) CISSP
7 25 (2.91%) CISM
8 22 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 11 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.16%) APMG
13 8 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
13 8 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.81%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.81%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.53%) QA
3 36 (4.19%) PMO
4 28 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.02%) NIST
6 22 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 22 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 22 (2.56%) GDPR
7 18 (2.09%) GRC
8 12 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 12 (1.40%) NCSC
9 10 (1.16%) NIST 800
10 8 (0.93%) SLA
11 6 (0.70%) COBIT
12 5 (0.58%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.47%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.35%) IFRS
14 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 3 (0.35%) WCAG
15 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 10 (1.16%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.35%) NFS
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.16%) Ansible
3 4 (0.47%) Kustomize
3 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.35%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.35%) Grafana
4 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.23%) Kibana
5 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 93 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.58%) SAP
3 45 (5.23%) Oracle
4 32 (3.72%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.33%) Google
7 16 (1.86%) Databricks
8 9 (1.05%) Cisco
8 9 (1.05%) Denodo
8 9 (1.05%) VMware
9 8 (0.93%) Pega
10 7 (0.81%) Workday
11 6 (0.70%) Planview
12 5 (0.58%) IBM
12 5 (0.58%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.47%) Adobe
13 4 (0.47%) Ariba
13 4 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.47%) UiPath
14 3 (0.35%) SolarWinds