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 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 107 86
Rank change year-on-year -14 -21 +14
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 20 51 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 1.58% 2.88%
As % of the General category 1.27% 2.90% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 98
10th Percentile £380 £370 £321
25th Percentile £402 £444 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £498
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +5.67% -1.14%
75th Percentile £750 £605 £575
90th Percentile £825 £650 £700
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £21.57 £16.05 -
25th Percentile £25.46 £22.13 -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £33.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% - -
75th Percentile £30.14 £46.13 -
90th Percentile £32.41 £52.95 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -38.02% +80.88% +23.64%

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 1,579 1,760 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 53.56% 54.68% 55.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,070 1,256 2,052
10th Percentile £206 £228 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 80 94
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.45 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.90 £14.20 £13.90
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +20.00% +29.31%
75th Percentile £34.47 £43.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.12 £51.85 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

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 22 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 22 June 2024. 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 -7 15 £700 +30.23% 23
East Midlands +4 5 £418 -13.37% 20
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:

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (15.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (10.00%) Adobe XD
2 2 (10.00%) Sketch
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
1 2 (10.00%) SAN
1 2 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Automotive
3 2 (10.00%) Games
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Agile Coach
2 3 (15.00%) Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Games Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
3 2 (10.00%) UI Designer
3 2 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
3 2 (10.00%) UX Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Vendor Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
1 2 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (10.00%) NHS
1 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (20.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) Coaching
4 4 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Agile Coaching
5 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (15.00%) User Experience
6 2 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (10.00%) Data Science
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) APMG
3 1 (5.00%) CIPD
3 1 (5.00%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Adobe
2 2 (10.00%) Databricks
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Planview