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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 206 234
Rank change year-on-year +55 +28 -37
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 848 378 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.82% 1.36% 1.02%
As % of the General category 3.25% 2.12% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 243 183
10th Percentile £419 £350 £326
25th Percentile £492 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -4.69%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £672
90th Percentile £775 £761 £760
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +15.00% -6.98% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 11
10th Percentile £61.25 £31.49 £25.26
25th Percentile £63.13 £35.60 £29.59
Median hourly rate £86.25 £48.01 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +79.67% +25.93% +10.49%
75th Percentile £103.94 £64.06 £50.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £79.38 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £48.01 £38.12
% change year-on-year +77.06% +25.93% +10.49%

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 26,098 17,849 19,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.03% 64.14% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,323 11,310 11,503
10th Percentile £313 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
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 2,282 1,021 933
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.96 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.66 £25.15 £38.85
Median % change year-on-year +21.89% -35.26% +41.27%
75th Percentile £57.00 £45.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.30% -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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +55 443 £625 +13.64% 833
South East +28 128 £568 +6.92% 259
North of England -22 123 £514 +6.53% 221
Midlands -15 76 £575 +25.68% 162
West Midlands -12 67 £580 +5.45% 103
Yorkshire 0 60 £514 -4.37% 80
North West -46 52 £525 +12.00% 132
South West -32 37 £550 - 105
East of England -11 25 £533 -3.18% 73
North East -34 11 £349 - 10
East Midlands -21 8 £500 +38.89% 59
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 29 (3.42%) Confluence
2 23 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.65%) SAS
4 13 (1.53%) CMS
5 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.47%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.47%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.24%) CICS
7 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
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 24 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.94%) 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 (0.24%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.24%) 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 95 (11.20%) Azure
2 64 (7.55%) AWS
3 57 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.48%) SaaS
5 30 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (3.07%) GCP
6 26 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (1.77%) GitHub
7 15 (1.77%) PaaS
8 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 12 (1.42%) Serverless
9 9 (1.06%) Snowflake
10 8 (0.94%) Amazon S3
10 8 (0.94%) Google Analytics
10 8 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 7 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.65%) Broadband
1 14 (1.65%) Network Security
2 10 (1.18%) Firewall
3 9 (1.06%) WAN
4 7 (0.83%) DNS
4 7 (0.83%) LAN
5 4 (0.47%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.47%) VPN
5 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.35%) ATM
6 3 (0.35%) BGP
6 3 (0.35%) DHCP
6 3 (0.35%) MPLS
6 3 (0.35%) NAS
6 3 (0.35%) SAN
6 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.35%) VLAN
6 3 (0.35%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.19%) Power BI
2 38 (4.48%) Metadata
3 18 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.00%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.06%) Pentaho
7 7 (0.83%) Looker
7 7 (0.83%) Tableau
8 5 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (0.47%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 4 (0.47%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (0.47%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.35%) Db2
11 2 (0.24%) Big Data
11 2 (0.24%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 53 (6.25%) JIRA
2 9 (1.06%) Git
3 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.24%) 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
1 391 (46.11%) Social Skills
2 307 (36.20%) Finance
3 158 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (18.04%) Public Sector
5 75 (8.84%) Banking
6 52 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (5.54%) Marketing
8 44 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.72%) Legal
10 37 (4.36%) Retail
11 26 (3.07%) Military
12 24 (2.83%) Law
13 23 (2.71%) Local Government
14 22 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (2.48%) Aerospace
16 20 (2.36%) Telecoms
17 18 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
18 17 (2.00%) Manufacturing
19 15 (1.77%) Corporate Banking
20 14 (1.65%) Billing
Job Titles
1 165 (19.46%) Lead
2 157 (18.51%) Architect
3 87 (10.26%) Analyst
4 79 (9.32%) Senior
5 65 (7.67%) Project Manager
6 48 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 36 (4.25%) Consultant
8 33 (3.89%) Programme Manager
8 33 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
9 30 (3.54%) Data Architect
10 29 (3.42%) Product Manager
11 26 (3.07%) Enterprise Architect
11 26 (3.07%) Security Architect
11 26 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.83%) Product Owner
12 24 (2.83%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.71%) IT Manager
14 20 (2.36%) Senior Business Analyst
15 19 (2.24%) Change Manager
16 18 (2.12%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.12%) Terraform
2 11 (1.30%) ATL
2 11 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (1.18%) Middleware
4 9 (1.06%) Kafka
4 9 (1.06%) SOAP
5 8 (0.94%) REST
5 8 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (0.59%) SAPUI5
6 5 (0.59%) Web Services
7 4 (0.47%) .NET
7 4 (0.47%) LDAP
7 4 (0.47%) Node.js
7 4 (0.47%) React
7 4 (0.47%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.35%) CSS
8 3 (0.35%) HTML
8 3 (0.35%) OAuth
8 3 (0.35%) OpenID
8 3 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 96 (11.32%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.78%) Cloud Native
3 35 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.42%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.12%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.00%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.89%) Social Media
13 15 (1.77%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.42%) NHS
15 10 (1.18%) Data Structures
16 9 (1.06%) Autonomous Agent
17 8 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
18 7 (0.83%) Security Posture
19 6 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
19 6 (0.71%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.65%) 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
1 433 (51.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 260 (30.66%) Agile
3 249 (29.36%) Decision-Making
4 227 (26.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 220 (25.94%) Roadmaps
6 169 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 168 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (15.33%) AI
9 112 (13.21%) Analytics
10 93 (10.97%) Change Management
11 90 (10.61%) Risk Management
12 89 (10.50%) Project Management
13 83 (9.79%) DevOps
13 83 (9.79%) Migration
14 79 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
15 75 (8.84%) Strategic Thinking
16 73 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
16 73 (8.61%) Project Delivery
16 73 (8.61%) Workshop Facilitation
17 72 (8.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 42 (4.95%) SQL
2 35 (4.13%) Python
3 24 (2.83%) Java
4 6 (0.71%) TypeScript
5 5 (0.59%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.59%) Ruby
6 4 (0.47%) ABAP
6 4 (0.47%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.35%) Bicep
7 3 (0.35%) R
7 3 (0.35%) VBA
8 2 (0.24%) C#
8 2 (0.24%) PHP
8 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 203 (23.94%) Security Cleared
2 153 (18.04%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.03%) Degree
4 36 (4.25%) PMP
5 34 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.01%) PMI Certification
6 29 (3.42%) CISSP
7 26 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (2.95%) CISM
9 22 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 11 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.94%) APMG
14 8 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
14 8 (0.94%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.83%) CRISC
16 5 (0.59%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.25%) PMO
2 36 (4.25%) QA
3 28 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (3.07%) NIST
5 22 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 20 (2.36%) GDPR
7 17 (2.00%) GRC
8 12 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 11 (1.30%) NCSC
10 10 (1.18%) NIST 800
11 9 (1.06%) SLA
12 6 (0.71%) COBIT
13 5 (0.59%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.47%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.35%) IFRS
15 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 3 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.18%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.59%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.35%) NFS
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.18%) 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 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.24%) Kibana
5 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 92 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.66%) SAP
3 44 (5.19%) Oracle
4 31 (3.66%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.24%) Google
6 18 (2.12%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.00%) Databricks
8 9 (1.06%) Cisco
8 9 (1.06%) Denodo
8 9 (1.06%) VMware
9 7 (0.83%) Workday
10 6 (0.71%) Pega
10 6 (0.71%) Planview
11 5 (0.59%) IBM
11 5 (0.59%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.47%) Adobe
12 4 (0.47%) Ariba
12 4 (0.47%) Foundry
12 4 (0.47%) UiPath
13 3 (0.35%) SolarWinds