Influencing Skills Contracts in the North of England

Influencing Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the North of England. 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 140 142 113
Rank change year-on-year +2 -29 +23
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 26 43 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.79% 0.90% 2.02%
As % of the General category 1.34% 1.64% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 27 86
10th Percentile £372 £413 £401
25th Percentile £405 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £561
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.00% +15.13%
75th Percentile £534 £634 £675
90th Percentile £576 £718 £700
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.78 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.42% +31.95% +95.22%
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +108.47%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,947 2,614 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.09% 54.82% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,539 2,212
10th Percentile £255 £256 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £600
90th Percentile £662 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 310 96
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.11 £14.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.30 £17.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.06 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.67% -35.76% +33.69%
75th Percentile £39.75 £27.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £48.75 £53.17
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West +10 18 £410 -26.13% 55
Yorkshire -2 7 £538 +1.90% 47
North East 0 1 - - 8
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (19.23%) Confluence
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.85%) Figma
2 1 (3.85%) IaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DHCP
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
1 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Automotive
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Retail
6 3 (11.54%) Legal
6 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (3.85%) Law
8 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.85%) Marketing
8 1 (3.85%) Military
8 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Change Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.85%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (19.23%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (19.23%) e-Learning
2 5 (19.23%) Podcast
2 5 (19.23%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.69%) PMI
3 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.85%) Blog
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Change Management
2 11 (42.31%) Agile
3 9 (34.62%) Project Management
4 7 (26.92%) Business Case
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) Coaching
5 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) Waterfall
6 5 (19.23%) Benchmarking
6 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
6 5 (19.23%) Supplier Management
7 4 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (15.38%) Feasibility Study
7 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 4 (15.38%) Scrum
7 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma
8 3 (11.54%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
1 4 (15.38%) IIBA
1 4 (15.38%) ISEB
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) ACCA
3 1 (3.85%) APMG
3 1 (3.85%) CIMA
3 1 (3.85%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Workday