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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 241 201
Rank change year-on-year +42 -40 -17
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 533 257 425
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 1.08% 1.16%
As % of the General category 2.37% 1.69% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 157 245
10th Percentile £413 £358 £400
25th Percentile £500 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -3.16%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £700
90th Percentile £900 £768 £850
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 62
10th Percentile £28.23 £15.15 £26.82
25th Percentile £37.00 £30.08 -
Median hourly rate £91.12 £60.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +51.86% +57.40% -38.02%
75th Percentile £103.81 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £85.82 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £62.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +36.00% +63.96% -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 22,472 15,240 21,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.13% 64.03% 57.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,830 9,879 13,642
10th Percentile £312 £285 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,521 667 1,801
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £16.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £27.13 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -9.58% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.74
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.40 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.49% -8.67% -7.69%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +37 292 £625 +13.64% 247
North of England -12 92 £485 -3.00% 84
South East -29 59 £600 -3.61% 85
Midlands -32 50 £500 -11.11% 48
North West -9 46 £461 +1.26% 41
West Midlands -35 41 £503 -16.17% 29
Yorkshire -26 40 £527 -6.31% 34
South West -26 22 £555 -5.53% 27
East Midlands -26 8 £500 -4.76% 19
East of England -37 8 £570 +11.22% 25
North East -17 6 £475 - 9
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 23 (4.32%) Confluence
2 12 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.88%) CICS
4 7 (1.31%) CMS
5 5 (0.94%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.56%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) InVision
7 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.19%) Sketch
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.56%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Actimize
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.57%) Azure
2 55 (10.32%) AWS
3 33 (6.19%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.82%) SaaS
5 27 (5.07%) GCP
6 18 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.44%) OpenShift
8 11 (2.06%) Serverless
9 10 (1.88%) GitHub
10 9 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (1.31%) PaaS
12 7 (1.31%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.13%) Figma
13 6 (1.13%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.94%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.63%) Firewall
2 5 (0.94%) Network Security
3 4 (0.75%) Intranet
4 3 (0.56%) WAN
5 2 (0.38%) Broadband
5 2 (0.38%) LAN
5 2 (0.38%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.19%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) IPsec
6 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.19%) MIMO
6 1 (0.19%) MPLS
6 1 (0.19%) OSPF
6 1 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.19%) RSVP
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.88%) Power BI
2 14 (2.63%) Metadata
3 10 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.69%) DataStage
4 9 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.50%) Tableau
6 5 (0.94%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.75%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.56%) Pentaho
9 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.38%) Big Data
9 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.38%) GIS
9 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.38%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (7.50%) JIRA
2 19 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.31%) Git
4 4 (0.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.38%) MSI
5 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.19%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) Selenium
6 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 268 (50.28%) Social Skills
2 180 (33.77%) Finance
3 94 (17.64%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.26%) Banking
6 30 (5.63%) Legal
7 26 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (3.75%) Retail
10 18 (3.38%) Law
10 18 (3.38%) Marketing
11 16 (3.00%) Local Government
11 16 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.63%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.63%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.25%) Front Office
14 11 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.88%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 99 (18.57%) Architect
2 91 (17.07%) Lead
3 63 (11.82%) Analyst
4 59 (11.07%) Senior
5 47 (8.82%) Business Analyst
6 39 (7.32%) Project Manager
7 28 (5.25%) Programme Manager
8 24 (4.50%) Consultant
9 23 (4.32%) Designer
10 20 (3.75%) Enterprise Architect
11 19 (3.56%) Technical Architect
12 14 (2.63%) Change Manager
12 14 (2.63%) Product Manager
12 14 (2.63%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (2.44%) CyberArk Architect
13 13 (2.44%) Security Architect
13 13 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.25%) Lead Architect
15 11 (2.06%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.81%) Middleware
2 14 (2.63%) LDAP
2 14 (2.63%) OpenID
2 14 (2.63%) SAML
3 12 (2.25%) Kafka
4 8 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.94%) REST
6 4 (0.75%) React
6 4 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (0.75%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.56%) Node.js
7 3 (0.56%) Pandas
7 3 (0.56%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.56%) Spring
8 2 (0.38%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.38%) NumPy
8 2 (0.38%) PySpark
8 2 (0.38%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.38%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.38%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.75%) Product Ownership
3 34 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.75%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.19%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.25%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.88%) BYOD
10 10 (1.88%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.69%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.69%) NHS
11 9 (1.69%) VSAM
12 7 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.94%) Fixed Income
14 5 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.81%) Linux
2 9 (1.69%) AIX
2 9 (1.69%) Solaris
2 9 (1.69%) Unix
3 7 (1.31%) Windows
4 3 (0.56%) Android
4 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.56%) VMS
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (40.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (31.71%) Agile
3 123 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 104 (19.51%) Decision-Making
5 97 (18.20%) Roadmaps
6 95 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (14.45%) AI
9 71 (13.32%) DevOps
10 64 (12.01%) Project Management
11 59 (11.07%) CI/CD
12 58 (10.88%) Change Management
13 53 (9.94%) Analytics
14 47 (8.82%) Project Delivery
15 46 (8.63%) Mentoring
16 44 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
16 44 (8.26%) Risk Management
17 43 (8.07%) Coaching
17 43 (8.07%) Migration
18 41 (7.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.19%) Python
2 26 (4.88%) Java
3 23 (4.32%) SQL
4 9 (1.69%) COBOL
4 9 (1.69%) Ruby
5 5 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.56%) ABAP
6 3 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.56%) R
7 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.38%) VBA
7 2 (0.38%) VBScript
8 1 (0.19%) Bicep
8 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (20.08%) Security Cleared
2 87 (16.32%) SC Cleared
3 67 (12.57%) Degree
4 13 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (1.88%) CISSP
5 10 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.88%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.69%) PMP
7 6 (1.13%) CISM
7 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.75%) IIBA
8 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.56%) CBAP
9 3 (0.56%) CIPD
9 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (4.50%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.50%) NIST
3 22 (4.13%) NCSC
3 22 (4.13%) QA
4 18 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.38%) PMO
5 17 (3.19%) GDPR
6 8 (1.50%) GRC
7 7 (1.31%) SLA
8 6 (1.13%) WCAG
9 5 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.75%) COREP
10 4 (0.75%) FINREP
10 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.56%) IFRS
11 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 9 (1.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.38%) Terraform
3 4 (0.75%) Ansible
3 4 (0.75%) Kustomize
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Rancher
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) logstash
6 1 (0.19%) Nessus
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.07%) SAP
3 26 (4.88%) Oracle
4 18 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.63%) CyberArk
6 13 (2.44%) Splunk
7 11 (2.06%) IBM
7 11 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.06%) VMware
8 8 (1.50%) Databricks
8 8 (1.50%) Google
9 6 (1.13%) Workday
10 5 (0.94%) GoldenSource
10 5 (0.94%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.75%) Avaloq
11 4 (0.75%) Pega
12 3 (0.56%) Ariba
12 3 (0.56%) Denodo
12 3 (0.56%) Informatica
12 3 (0.56%) Sitecore