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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 233 189
Rank change year-on-year +27 -44 -35
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 369 340 577
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.05% 1.35%
As % of the General category 2.08% 1.80% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 183 398
10th Percentile £350 £326 £363
25th Percentile £413 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £587
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -6.38% +6.81%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £677
90th Percentile £775 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -6.05% -6.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 9
10th Percentile £31.49 £36.19 £13.49
25th Percentile £35.60 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £38.12 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.00% +10.49% -20.42%
75th Percentile £64.38 £39.19 £35.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £52.00 £38.00
UK median hourly rate £54.51 £38.12 £34.75
% change year-on-year +43.00% +9.70% -17.12%

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 17,758 18,917 25,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.49% 58.18% 59.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,241 11,538 17,497
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £415 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £780
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 982 997
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.46 £16.66
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.68 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.97% +40.64% +10.93%
75th Percentile £47.12 £61.30 £58.59
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.48 £70.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.48 £27.50
% change year-on-year -31.06% +32.66% +12.24%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +28 179 £550 -4.35% 259
North of England +10 70 £475 -15.56% 86
North West -2 47 £456 -15.12% 50
Midlands +10 44 £470 -21.67% 59
West Midlands +4 33 £575 -8.00% 29
South West +45 32 £550 +39.68% 27
South East -3 27 £595 +52.56% 159
Yorkshire 0 22 £538 -13.13% 29
East Midlands +2 11 £360 -13.88% 30
East of England -14 5 £550 +10.00% 18
North East -4 1 - - 10
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.98%) Confluence
2 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.81%) CMS
3 3 (0.81%) IIS
4 2 (0.54%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.54%) SAP EP
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) JBoss
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.27%) Blender
7 1 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.17%) SAP PS
3 6 (1.63%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.81%) Primavera
5 2 (0.54%) HFM
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.54%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.27%) Endur
6 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.27%) Shopify
6 1 (0.27%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.76%) Azure
2 21 (5.69%) AWS
3 18 (4.88%) GCP
4 17 (4.61%) SaaS
5 12 (3.25%) Snowflake
6 10 (2.71%) Matillion
7 9 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.17%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.08%) Asana
9 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.08%) dbt
9 4 (1.08%) Figma
9 4 (1.08%) GitHub
10 3 (0.81%) Alation
10 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.81%) Google Sheets
10 3 (0.81%) Miro
10 3 (0.81%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.36%) WAN
2 3 (0.81%) Firewall
2 3 (0.81%) Internet
2 3 (0.81%) VLAN
2 3 (0.81%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) DHCP
3 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) LAN
3 2 (0.54%) VSAN
4 1 (0.27%) BGP
4 1 (0.27%) Broadband
4 1 (0.27%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.27%) MPLS
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) OSPF
4 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.17%) Metadata
2 8 (2.17%) Power BI
3 6 (1.63%) Star Schema
4 5 (1.36%) Big Data
4 5 (1.36%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.36%) Tableau
5 4 (1.08%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Redis
8 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.27%) DTS
8 1 (0.27%) GIS
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 25 (6.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.27%) ERwin
4 1 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.27%) JUnit
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 207 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 147 (39.84%) Finance
3 95 (25.75%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.67%) Marketing
6 30 (8.13%) Banking
7 27 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.52%) Retail
10 12 (3.25%) Legal
11 10 (2.71%) Automotive
11 10 (2.71%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.44%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.44%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.17%) Back Office
13 8 (2.17%) Front Office
13 8 (2.17%) Publishing
14 7 (1.90%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (14.36%) Analyst
2 48 (13.01%) Architect
3 45 (12.20%) Lead
4 42 (11.38%) Business Analyst
5 36 (9.76%) Project Manager
6 31 (8.40%) Senior
7 20 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (4.34%) Change Manager
9 15 (4.07%) Consultant
10 12 (3.25%) Senior Manager
11 11 (2.98%) Product Manager
11 11 (2.98%) Programme Manager
11 11 (2.98%) Transition Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Business Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Service Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Service Transition Manager
13 8 (2.17%) Designer
13 8 (2.17%) Governance Manager
14 7 (1.90%) Business Change Manager
14 7 (1.90%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.17%) .NET
2 6 (1.63%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.36%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.36%) XML
4 4 (1.08%) HTML
4 4 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.08%) React
4 4 (1.08%) REST
5 3 (0.81%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.81%) Kafka
5 3 (0.81%) MSMQ
6 2 (0.54%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.54%) Django
6 2 (0.54%) Express.js
6 2 (0.54%) Middleware
6 2 (0.54%) Node.js
6 2 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.54%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.54%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.67%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.63%) PMI
8 5 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.36%) Social Media
9 4 (1.08%) Derivative
9 4 (1.08%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.81%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.81%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.98%) Windows
2 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.23%) Agile
2 121 (32.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (18.97%) Project Management
5 69 (18.70%) Decision-Making
6 67 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (16.53%) Roadmaps
8 60 (16.26%) Change Management
9 53 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (13.82%) Project Delivery
11 37 (10.03%) Waterfall
12 36 (9.76%) Scrum
13 33 (8.94%) Risk Management
14 31 (8.40%) Analytics
14 31 (8.40%) Business Analysis
14 31 (8.40%) Service Design
14 31 (8.40%) Strategic Thinking
15 30 (8.13%) User Experience
16 28 (7.59%) Business Strategy
17 27 (7.32%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.42%) SQL
2 16 (4.34%) Python
3 14 (3.79%) Java
4 9 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.36%) Bash
6 4 (1.08%) C#
6 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.81%) Scala
7 3 (0.81%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.54%) ABAP
8 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.54%) R
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 67 (18.16%) Degree
2 49 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 44 (11.92%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.98%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.44%) PMP
6 7 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.36%) ISEB
9 4 (1.08%) IIBA
9 4 (1.08%) RIBA
9 4 (1.08%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.81%) APMP
10 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.81%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.81%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 3 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.15%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.07%) GDPR
3 13 (3.52%) QA
4 12 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.25%) PMO
5 10 (2.71%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.90%) NIST
7 5 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.36%) SLA
8 3 (0.81%) COBIT
8 3 (0.81%) GRC
8 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) P3O
9 1 (0.27%) PERC
9 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.08%) Docker
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.63%) SCCM
3 5 (1.36%) Terraform
4 3 (0.81%) Grafana
4 3 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Puppet
5 1 (0.27%) SCOM
5 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.21%) SAP
3 15 (4.07%) Oracle
4 11 (2.98%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.71%) Google
5 10 (2.71%) Workday
6 9 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.63%) Citrix
7 6 (1.63%) VMware
8 5 (1.36%) Ariba
8 5 (1.36%) IFS
9 4 (1.08%) Adobe
9 4 (1.08%) Databricks
10 3 (0.81%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.81%) Facebook
11 2 (0.54%) Adaptive Insights
11 2 (0.54%) Planview
11 2 (0.54%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.54%) Tagetik
11 2 (0.54%) Wrike