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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 61 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +7
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 8 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.37% 0.56% 0.89%
As % of the General category 2.41% 1.18% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £558 - £449
25th Percentile £559 £413 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -29.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £644 £491 £638
90th Percentile £678 £524 £658
West Yorkshire median daily rate £569 £425 £575
% change year-on-year +33.82% -26.09% -

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 332 340 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 57.04% 47.35% 60.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 201 462
10th Percentile £235 £350 £339
25th Percentile £375 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £574 £575 £650
90th Percentile £638 £650 £743
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.56 £14.63 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.09% -23.03% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £18.02 £21.16
90th Percentile £79.33 £40.00 £21.31
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £18.50
% change year-on-year +51.38% -20.95% -1.07%

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 11 August 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Asana
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
1 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Health
4 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Content Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Information Governance Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Business Case
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) UX Design
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) E-Procurement
5 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Wrike