Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Influencing Skills
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 +23
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 5 2 24
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.98% 0.70% 3.90%
As % of the General category 3.25% 1.17% 6.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 21
10th Percentile £408 - £246
25th Percentile - £513 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £473 £538 £600
90th Percentile £500 - £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £415 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -20.95% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.21
25th Percentile - - £13.27
Median hourly rate - - £13.37
75th Percentile - - £13.47
90th Percentile - - £13.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £13.37

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 154 171 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 61.11% 59.79% 59.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 109 277
10th Percentile £227 £232 £275
25th Percentile £325 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £600
90th Percentile £640 £625 £715
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £418 £450 £513
% change year-on-year -7.22% -12.20% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 4
10th Percentile £14.66 £16.61 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.70 £13.17
Median hourly rate £29.61 £30.00 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +124.38% +2.85%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £13.57
90th Percentile - £37.50 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.81 £30.00 £13.57
% change year-on-year -20.65% +121.08% -8.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Alation
1 1 (20.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Service Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Transition Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Enablement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft