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

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 108 118
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 -37
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Influencing Skills 37 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.47% 0.86% 0.94%
As % of the General category 2.35% 1.54% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 21
10th Percentile £358 £395 £370
25th Percentile £371 £494 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £613 £540
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +13.43% +13.09%
75th Percentile £625 £750 £675
90th Percentile £741 £825 £700
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Median hourly rate £35.60 £26.45 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.59% -23.33% +91.67%
England median hourly rate £48.01 £38.12 £34.50
% change year-on-year +25.93% +10.49% -20.42%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,572 1,491 1,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.33% 55.45% 50.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 987 1,036
10th Percentile £220 £229 £250
25th Percentile £357 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £540 £620 £618
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 104 73
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £13.34
25th Percentile £18.22 £14.70 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -27.44% +44.97%
75th Percentile £35.29 £33.93 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.74
% change year-on-year -34.02% +37.42% +12.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +5 31 £588 -6.00% 38
East Midlands -5 6 £358 -14.35% 24
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 (5.41%) NetWeaver
1 2 (5.41%) SAP EP
2 1 (2.70%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.70%) Blender
1 1 (2.70%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.41%) Figma
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 30 (81.08%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Automotive
3 6 (16.22%) Banking
4 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Architect
2 5 (13.51%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Business Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Lead
3 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Designer
4 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.41%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.41%) SAP Architect
4 2 (5.41%) SAP Technical Architect
4 2 (5.41%) Technical Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Animator
5 1 (2.70%) IT Technical Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) PMO Lead
5 1 (2.70%) Rollout Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Scrum Master
5 1 (2.70%) UI Designer
5 1 (2.70%) UX Designer
5 1 (2.70%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (5.41%) SAP PI
1 2 (5.41%) SAPUI5
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) Framer.js
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Animation
4 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.70%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.70%) Social Media
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Decision-Making
1 16 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (29.73%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Change Management
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
3 9 (24.32%) Programme Management
3 9 (24.32%) Project Delivery
3 9 (24.32%) Project Management
3 9 (24.32%) User Experience
4 7 (18.92%) Risk Management
4 7 (18.92%) UX Design
5 6 (16.22%) Product Strategy
5 6 (16.22%) Scrum
5 6 (16.22%) Technology Transformation
6 5 (13.51%) Business Analysis
6 5 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (13.51%) Process Improvement
6 5 (13.51%) Technology Roadmap
6 5 (13.51%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) Java
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
3 1 (2.70%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.70%) GRC
1 1 (2.70%) P3O
1 1 (2.70%) PMO
1 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe
2 2 (5.41%) Ariba
2 2 (5.41%) Autodesk
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) ESRI
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle