Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Luton

Influencing Skills
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 8 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 4.52% - 3.81%
As % of the General category 8.89% - 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £516 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 - £500
75th Percentile £562 - -
90th Percentile £585 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £533 - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £66.10 - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile £89.50 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 90 122 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 50.85% 74.85% 74.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 59 45
10th Percentile £433 £159 £425
25th Percentile £500 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £581
90th Percentile £660 £690 £650
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £554 £500
% change year-on-year -9.71% +10.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 23 6
10th Percentile £59.68 £64.70 £48.13
25th Percentile £67.60 £72.75 £55.16
Median hourly rate £74.00 £87.50 £56.58
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +54.66% +2.86%
75th Percentile £89.08 £91.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £90.70 - £71.88
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £86.25 £55.33
% change year-on-year -26.96% +55.90% +0.59%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Luton

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in Luton over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Luton

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Procurement Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Management Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Product Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Project Controller
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 3 (37.50%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Key Management
3 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) ISACA
4 1 (12.50%) APMG
4 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (12.50%) PMP
4 1 (12.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NCSC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
1 2 (25.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP