Influencing Skills Contracts in Leeds

Influencing Skills
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 58 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 3 5 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.65% 0.63% 2.26%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.20% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 19
10th Percentile £576 - £445
25th Percentile £597 £413 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +34.21% -13.64% +28.28%
75th Percentile £672 £549 £600
90th Percentile £689 £557 £628
West Yorkshire median daily rate £638 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +34.21% -13.64% +25.71%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 263 416 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 56.56% 52.07% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 245 599
10th Percentile £240 £264 £363
25th Percentile £340 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £631
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 34 6
10th Percentile £31.59 £11.87 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.76 £12.15 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £17.62
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -28.89% -21.59%
75th Percentile £96.64 £15.19 £57.00
90th Percentile £97.79 - £70.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £13.50 £17.24
% change year-on-year +83.85% -21.69% -7.81%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Leeds

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Leeds

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Leeds

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Leeds

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Content Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) PMO