Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Newport

Influencing Skills
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 4.55% - 10.59%
As % of the General category 10.81% - 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £446 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 - £400
75th Percentile £512 - -
90th Percentile £550 - -
South Wales median daily rate £448 £560 £400
% change year-on-year -20.09% +40.00% -33.33%

All General Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 37 18 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 42.05% 78.26% 69.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 21
10th Percentile £249 £157 £190
25th Percentile £416 £265 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +9.38% -27.27%
75th Percentile £547 £473 £588
90th Percentile £671 £508 £625
South Wales median daily rate £475 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 17
10th Percentile £28.30 £15.80 -
25th Percentile £45.25 £17.00 £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £19.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +163.16% -57.78% -6.50%
75th Percentile £54.06 £21.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £59.05 £22.20 £78.25
South Wales median hourly rate £21.63 £14.61 £45.00
% change year-on-year +48.02% -67.53% +268.85%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Newport

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Newport over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Newport

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Tricentis Tosca
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP