Influencing Skills Contracts 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 221 186
Rank change year-on-year -10 -35 -32
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 301 418 659
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.14% 1.12% 1.38%
As % of the General category 1.79% 1.95% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 234 447
10th Percentile £350 £369 £363
25th Percentile £425 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £579
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.71% +5.29%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £678
90th Percentile £760 £825 £799
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 61 16
10th Percentile £19.91 £18.97 £13.37
25th Percentile £33.00 - £24.19
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.12 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.40% -38.02% +82.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £65.75
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year +60.68% -38.02% +75.71%

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 16,841 21,385 28,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.91% 57.26% 59.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,813 13,650 19,777
10th Percentile £282 £300 £315
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 839 1,772 959
10th Percentile £13.37 £13.00 £13.99
25th Percentile £16.46 £15.67 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.90 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% +9.65% +27.13%
75th Percentile £51.14 £53.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.22 £31.80 £30.54
% change year-on-year -14.42% +4.13% +25.42%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in England.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in England.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in England over the 6 months to 4 July 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 4 July 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 -2 160 £575 -6.12% 1,207
North of England +10 45 £476 -9.29% 318
South East +15 28 £625 +28.15% 308
South West +36 26 £525 -14.25% 160
North West +3 25 £410 -18.00% 182
Yorkshire +8 19 £525 - 106
Midlands +12 18 £563 +0.63% 173
West Midlands +16 14 £575 -17.86% 113
East of England -35 10 £513 +4.81% 113
East Midlands +3 4 £358 -14.35% 60
North East +2 1 - - 32
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 8 (2.66%) Confluence
2 7 (2.33%) NetWeaver
2 7 (2.33%) SAP EP
3 4 (1.33%) CMS
4 3 (1.00%) IIS
4 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.66%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (4.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.33%) SAP CRM
2 7 (2.33%) SAP PS
3 3 (1.00%) Primavera
4 2 (0.66%) Maximo
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.66%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.33%) HFM
5 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (8.31%) Azure
2 13 (4.32%) AWS
3 12 (3.99%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.99%) Snowflake
4 11 (3.65%) SaaS
5 10 (3.32%) Matillion
6 9 (2.99%) GCP
7 8 (2.66%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.66%) GitHub
9 4 (1.33%) Asana
9 4 (1.33%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.00%) Google Sheets
10 3 (1.00%) IaaS
10 3 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.00%) PaaS
10 3 (1.00%) Sentry
10 3 (1.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) WAN
2 3 (1.00%) Firewall
2 3 (1.00%) Internet
2 3 (1.00%) LAN
2 3 (1.00%) VLAN
2 3 (1.00%) VPN
3 2 (0.66%) BGP
3 2 (0.66%) MPLS
3 2 (0.66%) OSPF
3 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.33%) DHCP
4 1 (0.33%) DNS
4 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (3.99%) Power BI
2 11 (3.65%) Metadata
3 6 (1.99%) Big Data
4 4 (1.33%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.33%) Data Vault
4 4 (1.33%) Star Schema
4 4 (1.33%) Tableau
5 3 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.00%) Redis
5 3 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (7.31%) JIRA
2 4 (1.33%) ERwin
2 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.00%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.66%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.66%) MagicDraw
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 182 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 131 (43.52%) Finance
3 80 (26.58%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.97%) Marketing
5 26 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.64%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (7.31%) Banking
8 14 (4.65%) Legal
8 14 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (4.32%) Front Office
9 13 (4.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (3.32%) Retail
11 8 (2.66%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.99%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.66%) Automotive
14 5 (1.66%) Billing
14 5 (1.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (17.28%) Architect
2 42 (13.95%) Lead
3 41 (13.62%) Analyst
4 33 (10.96%) Project Manager
5 32 (10.63%) Business Analyst
6 25 (8.31%) Senior
7 17 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.32%) Change Manager
9 14 (4.65%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.99%) Business Manager
10 12 (3.99%) Technical Architect
11 9 (2.99%) Business Change Manager
11 9 (2.99%) Consultant
11 9 (2.99%) Product Manager
11 9 (2.99%) SAP Architect
11 9 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
11 9 (2.99%) Technical Business Analyst
12 7 (2.33%) IT Manager
12 7 (2.33%) SAP Technical Architect
12 7 (2.33%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.33%) .NET
1 7 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
1 7 (2.33%) SAP PI
1 7 (2.33%) SAPUI5
2 6 (1.99%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.33%) Node.js
3 4 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.33%) React
3 4 (1.33%) REST
4 3 (1.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.00%) Django
4 3 (1.00%) Express.js
4 3 (1.00%) Middleware
4 3 (1.00%) MSMQ
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
6 1 (0.33%) EDI
6 1 (0.33%) Kafka
6 1 (0.33%) LDAP
6 1 (0.33%) SAML
6 1 (0.33%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.33%) PMI
7 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.99%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.66%) Social Media
9 4 (1.33%) Derivative
9 4 (1.33%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.33%) Life Science
10 3 (1.00%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.00%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.33%) Windows
2 4 (1.33%) Linux
3 1 (0.33%) Android
3 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.89%) Agile
2 83 (27.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (23.92%) Project Management
5 47 (15.61%) Change Management
6 46 (15.28%) Decision-Making
7 45 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (12.96%) Project Delivery
9 37 (12.29%) Analytics
9 37 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (10.96%) Roadmaps
11 29 (9.63%) Risk Management
11 29 (9.63%) Scrum
11 29 (9.63%) Strategic Thinking
11 29 (9.63%) Waterfall
12 28 (9.30%) Business Strategy
13 24 (7.97%) Business Analysis
13 24 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (7.64%) Mentoring
14 23 (7.64%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.31%) SQL
2 17 (5.65%) Python
3 12 (3.99%) Java
4 7 (2.33%) ABAP
5 5 (1.66%) R
6 4 (1.33%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.00%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.33%) Bash
9 1 (0.33%) Go
9 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (17.28%) Degree
2 43 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 41 (13.62%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.99%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.99%) PMP
6 7 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.99%) IIBA
8 5 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.33%) ISEB
9 4 (1.33%) RIBA
10 3 (1.00%) CCNP
10 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.00%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.66%) ACCA
11 2 (0.66%) CCIE
11 2 (0.66%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.65%) QA
3 13 (4.32%) PMO
4 10 (3.32%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.33%) GDPR
5 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.00%) NIST
7 2 (0.66%) GxP
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.33%) COBIT
8 1 (0.33%) COSO
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) IFRS
8 1 (0.33%) P3O
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.33%) Grafana
2 3 (1.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) Ansible
3 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) SCOM
3 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (11.96%) SAP
2 34 (11.30%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.32%) Google
4 10 (3.32%) Oracle
5 8 (2.66%) Ariba
5 8 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.99%) Cisco
6 6 (1.99%) Databricks
7 4 (1.33%) DocuSign
8 3 (1.00%) Facebook
8 3 (1.00%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.00%) IFS
8 3 (1.00%) Planview
9 2 (0.66%) Citrix
9 2 (0.66%) Dell
9 2 (0.66%) IBM
9 2 (0.66%) Juniper
9 2 (0.66%) QAD
9 2 (0.66%) VMware