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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 214 185
Rank change year-on-year -20 -29 -20
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 265 414 681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.09% 1.14% 1.41%
As % of the General category 1.70% 1.95% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 238 459
10th Percentile £360 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +9.81%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £678
90th Percentile £763 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 62 22
10th Percentile £15.15 £26.82 £41.25
25th Percentile £39.96 - £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.12 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.51% -38.02% +92.19%
75th Percentile £86.03 - £65.75
90th Percentile £90.23 - £74.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year +70.51% -38.02% +95.24%

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 15,564 21,180 28,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.13% 58.25% 59.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,084 13,654 20,110
10th Percentile £295 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 673 1,769 931
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.00 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.46 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.25 £30.16 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% -7.20% +51.16%
75th Percentile £55.25 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.43 £30.00 £33.60
% change year-on-year -8.58% -10.72% +49.68%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 May 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 -22 145 £550 -9.84% 449
North of England +8 29 £500 -9.09% 99
South East +35 27 £616 +7.64% 134
Midlands +24 25 £525 - 56
North West +4 19 £450 -18.18% 55
West Midlands +16 18 £563 -19.64% 34
South West +30 17 £600 +0.08% 49
Yorkshire +8 9 £563 +7.14% 36
East of England -37 9 £513 +2.50% 31
East Midlands +14 7 £525 +25.60% 22
North East -1 1 - - 8
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 10 (3.77%) Confluence
2 7 (2.64%) NetWeaver
2 7 (2.64%) SAP EP
3 4 (1.51%) CMS
3 4 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.13%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.64%) SAP CRM
3 5 (1.89%) SAP PS
4 3 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.75%) Maximo
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.75%) Shopify
6 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.38%) Primavera
6 1 (0.38%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.38%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.57%) Azure
2 14 (5.28%) AWS
3 11 (4.15%) SaaS
4 9 (3.40%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.02%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (2.64%) GCP
7 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.26%) GitHub
7 6 (2.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 5 (1.89%) IaaS
8 5 (1.89%) PaaS
8 5 (1.89%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.13%) Matillion
9 3 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.13%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.13%) Sentry
10 2 (0.75%) Collibra
10 2 (0.75%) dbt
10 2 (0.75%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.26%) WAN
2 4 (1.51%) Internet
2 4 (1.51%) LAN
3 3 (1.13%) Firewall
4 2 (0.75%) BGP
4 2 (0.75%) MPLS
4 2 (0.75%) OSPF
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.75%) VLAN
4 2 (0.75%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.38%) DHCP
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.15%) Metadata
2 10 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.40%) Power BI
4 4 (1.51%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.13%) Redis
6 2 (0.75%) Big Data
6 2 (0.75%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.75%) IDMS
6 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.75%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.75%) Tableau
7 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (7.55%) JIRA
2 6 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.51%) ERwin
3 4 (1.51%) GitLab
4 3 (1.13%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.75%) CA Gen
5 2 (0.75%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.75%) MagicDraw
6 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.38%) Gatling
General
1 166 (62.64%) Social Skills
2 100 (37.74%) Finance
3 66 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.30%) Marketing
6 20 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.66%) Banking
7 15 (5.66%) Legal
8 14 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (4.15%) Front Office
9 11 (4.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (4.15%) Retail
10 10 (3.77%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.64%) Automotive
12 7 (2.64%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.26%) Military
14 5 (1.89%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.89%) Billing
15 4 (1.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (18.87%) Architect
2 39 (14.72%) Lead
3 37 (13.96%) Analyst
4 30 (11.32%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.81%) Project Manager
6 22 (8.30%) Senior
7 18 (6.79%) Change Manager
8 13 (4.91%) Business Manager
8 13 (4.91%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.15%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.77%) Business Change Manager
11 9 (3.40%) Product Manager
11 9 (3.40%) SAP Architect
12 8 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.02%) Technical Business Analyst
13 7 (2.64%) SAP Technical Architect
14 6 (2.26%) Business Project Manager
14 6 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
14 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.64%) SAP Fiori
1 7 (2.64%) SAP PI
1 7 (2.64%) SAPUI5
2 4 (1.51%) Middleware
2 4 (1.51%) Node.js
2 4 (1.51%) React
3 3 (1.13%) .NET
3 3 (1.13%) Django
3 3 (1.13%) Express.js
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.13%) REST
4 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.75%) VML
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) Playwright
5 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.26%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.89%) Learning Management System
5 5 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.89%) PMI
5 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.51%) Life Science
7 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Market Risk
7 3 (1.13%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.13%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.13%) Social Media
7 3 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.64%) Windows
2 6 (2.26%) Linux
3 2 (0.75%) Unix
4 1 (0.38%) Android
4 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.70%) Agile
2 73 (27.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 68 (25.66%) Project Management
4 65 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (14.72%) Change Management
6 38 (14.34%) Decision-Making
7 37 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (12.83%) Analytics
9 32 (12.08%) Risk Management
10 30 (11.32%) Roadmaps
11 29 (10.94%) Project Delivery
11 29 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (10.94%) Strategic Thinking
12 27 (10.19%) Scrum
13 24 (9.06%) Waterfall
14 23 (8.68%) Collaborative Working
15 22 (8.30%) Business Analysis
16 21 (7.92%) Business Case
16 21 (7.92%) Business Strategy
17 19 (7.17%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.66%) SQL
2 11 (4.15%) Python
3 9 (3.40%) Java
4 7 (2.64%) ABAP
5 4 (1.51%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.51%) R
6 2 (0.75%) COBOL
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 44 (16.60%) Degree
2 37 (13.96%) Security Cleared
3 35 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.77%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.26%) IIBA
6 6 (2.26%) ISEB
6 6 (2.26%) PMP
7 5 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.13%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CCIE
9 2 (0.75%) CCNP
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.75%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.75%) JNCIP
9 2 (0.75%) MBA
9 2 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.17%) QA
2 17 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.77%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.02%) PMO
5 5 (1.89%) SLA
6 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.13%) NIST
7 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.75%) COBIT
8 2 (0.75%) GDPR
8 2 (0.75%) GxP
8 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.38%) COSO
9 1 (0.38%) GRC
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS
9 1 (0.38%) P3O
9 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.26%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.51%) Grafana
2 2 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.38%) Kibana
3 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.38%) Nagios
3 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.38%) Puppet
3 1 (0.38%) SCOM
3 1 (0.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.57%) SAP
3 19 (7.17%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.02%) Databricks
4 8 (3.02%) Oracle
5 7 (2.64%) Ariba
5 7 (2.64%) Cisco
5 7 (2.64%) Google
6 4 (1.51%) DocuSign
6 4 (1.51%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.13%) IBM
8 2 (0.75%) Adobe
8 2 (0.75%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.75%) Juniper
8 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.75%) QAD
8 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.75%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.75%) VMware
8 2 (0.75%) Workday