Influencing Skills Contracts in London

Influencing Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in London. 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 215 193 217
Rank change year-on-year -22 +24 -38
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 145 207 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.17% 1.19% 1.21%
As % of the General category 1.73% 1.88% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 149 222
10th Percentile £351 £400 £351
25th Percentile £450 £481 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £638
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -4.31% +15.86%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £748
90th Percentile £774 £875 £913
England median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +9.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £16.70 - £42.88
25th Percentile £29.75 £46.25 £61.25
Median hourly rate £51.50 £47.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -30.91% +102.21%
75th Percentile £73.25 £48.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £86.30 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year +70.51% -38.02% +92.19%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,400 11,028 16,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.72% 63.15% 63.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,645 7,869 11,891
10th Percentile £343 £336 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 232 210
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.55 £16.59
25th Percentile £22.90 £18.13 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.92 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -11.95% -15.44%
75th Percentile £51.18 £44.00 £57.07
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.25
England median hourly rate £27.25 £30.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.65% -7.20% +51.16%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +6 25 £600 +9.09% 11
West London +16 6 £575 - 5
East London +16 1 - -
South London +2 1 - - 2
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (2.07%) CMS
2 2 (1.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.07%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.45%) SAP PS
3 3 (2.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.69%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.34%) Azure
2 10 (6.90%) AWS
3 8 (5.52%) SaaS
4 6 (4.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.45%) GitHub
6 3 (2.07%) GCP
6 3 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.07%) IaaS
6 3 (2.07%) PaaS
6 3 (2.07%) Sentry
7 2 (1.38%) Asana
7 2 (1.38%) BigCommerce
7 2 (1.38%) dbt
7 2 (1.38%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.38%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.69%) ClickUp
8 1 (0.69%) Matillion
8 1 (0.69%) Miro
8 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) Internet
2 2 (1.38%) LAN
2 2 (1.38%) WAN
3 1 (0.69%) DHCP
3 1 (0.69%) DNS
3 1 (0.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.76%) Data Vault
2 4 (2.76%) Metadata
3 3 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.07%) Redis
4 2 (1.38%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.38%) Power BI
4 2 (1.38%) Star Schema
4 2 (1.38%) Tableau
5 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (6.21%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.07%) CircleCI
3 3 (2.07%) GitLab
4 2 (1.38%) ERwin
4 2 (1.38%) MagicDraw
5 1 (0.69%) Gatling
General
1 100 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 61 (42.07%) Finance
3 44 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.41%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.03%) Marketing
6 15 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (9.66%) Banking
8 11 (7.59%) Front Office
9 9 (6.21%) Retail
10 8 (5.52%) Legal
10 8 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.45%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.76%) Investment Banking
13 3 (2.07%) Billing
13 3 (2.07%) Military
13 3 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.38%) Advertising
14 2 (1.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Architect
2 27 (18.62%) Analyst
3 21 (14.48%) Business Analyst
4 20 (13.79%) Lead
5 13 (8.97%) Project Manager
6 9 (6.21%) Change Manager
7 8 (5.52%) Business Manager
7 8 (5.52%) Senior
8 7 (4.83%) Technical Analyst
8 7 (4.83%) Technical Business Analyst
9 6 (4.14%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 6 (4.14%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Business Change Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Business Project Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Consultant
10 5 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.45%) Project Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Data Architect
11 4 (2.76%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) Node.js
1 4 (2.76%) React
2 3 (2.07%) Django
2 3 (2.07%) Express.js
2 3 (2.07%) REST
3 2 (1.38%) Middleware
3 2 (1.38%) VML
4 1 (0.69%) .NET
4 1 (0.69%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) HTML
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.07%) Digital Signage
5 3 (2.07%) Market Risk
5 3 (2.07%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.07%) PMI
5 3 (2.07%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.38%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.38%) IoT
6 2 (1.38%) NHS
6 2 (1.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.38%) Social Media
7 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.07%) Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.69%) Android
3 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.41%) Agile
2 43 (29.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (22.07%) Project Management
5 28 (19.31%) Decision-Making
6 22 (15.17%) Analytics
7 19 (13.10%) Scrum
8 17 (11.72%) Project Delivery
8 17 (11.72%) Risk Management
9 16 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (10.34%) Roadmaps
11 14 (9.66%) Change Management
11 14 (9.66%) Strategic Thinking
12 13 (8.97%) Business Analysis
12 13 (8.97%) DevOps
13 12 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (8.28%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (7.59%) Process Improvement
14 11 (7.59%) Translating Business Requirements
15 10 (6.90%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.59%) Python
1 11 (7.59%) SQL
2 4 (2.76%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.76%) R
3 1 (0.69%) Bash
3 1 (0.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (16.55%) Degree
2 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.41%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.07%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.38%) CBAP
7 2 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) IIBA
7 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.38%) PMP
8 1 (0.69%) APMP
8 1 (0.69%) CISA
8 1 (0.69%) CISM
8 1 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.69%) CRISC
8 1 (0.69%) CSPO
8 1 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.90%) Data Quality
1 10 (6.90%) QA
2 4 (2.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.76%) PMO
3 3 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.38%) COBIT
4 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.69%) COSO
5 1 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.69%) IFRS
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) P3O
5 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.07%) Grafana
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.69%) Ansible
2 1 (0.69%) Kibana
2 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.69%) Nagios
2 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.69%) Puppet
2 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.41%) Salesforce
3 14 (9.66%) SAP
4 5 (3.45%) Google
5 4 (2.76%) DocuSign
5 4 (2.76%) Oracle
6 3 (2.07%) Cisco
6 3 (2.07%) Databricks
7 2 (1.38%) Adobe
7 2 (1.38%) QAD
7 2 (1.38%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.69%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.69%) Commvault
8 1 (0.69%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.69%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.69%) Instagram
8 1 (0.69%) Planview
8 1 (0.69%) Progress
8 1 (0.69%) VMware
8 1 (0.69%) Workday