Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Influencing Skills
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 6.45% - 0.96%
As % of the General category 9.23% - 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £1,050 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,100 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £1,150 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £625 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +8.70% - +21.05%

All General Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 65 26 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 69.89% 54.17% 81.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 53
10th Percentile £369 £172 £203
25th Percentile £456 £240 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year +84.41% -14.71% -32.00%
75th Percentile £716 £453 £538
90th Percentile £913 £475 £627
West London median daily rate £506 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +26.56% - -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £15.08 - -
25th Percentile £16.69 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.38 £19.20 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +3.78% -32.73%
75th Percentile £24.07 - £30.16
90th Percentile £26.88 - £46.50
West London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.27 £30.16
% change year-on-year +23.48% -26.16% -49.73%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Uxbridge - 5 £1,100 - 1
Stockley Park - 1 - -
Influencing Skills
West London

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Aviation
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Lead Data Scientist
1 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Data Scientist
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Deep Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
1 2 (33.33%) QA