Influencing Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 83 114 105
Rank change year-on-year +31 -9 -22
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 28 19 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.46% 0.69% 1.80%
As % of the General category 2.35% 1.26% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 26
10th Percentile £436 £402 £370
25th Percentile £509 £508 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £700 £539
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +29.93% +7.97%
75th Percentile £634 £759 £627
90th Percentile £726 £825 £663
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £16.05
25th Percentile - £27.63 £22.13
Median hourly rate - £28.25 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.67% -
75th Percentile - £28.88 £46.13
90th Percentile - - £52.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +108.47%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +20 20 £575 -17.86% 32
East Midlands +14 8 £525 +25.60% 12
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.57%) SAP EP
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SAP CRM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP HCM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) IDMS
2 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (7.14%) Bitbucket
1 2 (7.14%) CA Gen
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
General
1 10 (35.71%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.14%) International Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Lead
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Business Change Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Business Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Change Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Transformation
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) QA Leader
3 2 (7.14%) Senior
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Business Change Officer
4 1 (3.57%) Category Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Rollout Manager
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Architect
4 1 (3.57%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Gherkin
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.57%) SAP PI
1 1 (3.57%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Credit Risk
1 2 (7.14%) Educational Technology
1 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) Housing Association
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Risk Management
2 7 (25.00%) Agile
2 7 (25.00%) Change Management
2 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.86%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (17.86%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (17.86%) ITIL
4 5 (17.86%) Proactive Management
4 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.86%) Supplier Management
4 5 (17.86%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 4 (14.29%) Business Change Management
5 4 (14.29%) Contract Management
5 4 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 3 (10.71%) Business Analysis
6 3 (10.71%) Scrum
6 3 (10.71%) Time Management
6 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) COBOL
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) ABAP
2 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
1 2 (7.14%) ISEB
1 2 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 2 (7.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) GRC
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.57%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Ariba
2 1 (3.57%) Autodesk
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.57%) IBM
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle