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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 143 115
Rank change year-on-year +8 -28 +33
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 30 39 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.91% 0.83% 1.81%
As % of the General category 1.54% 1.53% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 73
10th Percentile - £413 £414
25th Percentile £405 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £544 £585 £638
90th Percentile £580 £665 £700
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.78 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% +31.95% +78.57%
75th Percentile £61.25 - -
90th Percentile £63.50 - -
England median hourly rate £46.25 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year +21.33% -38.02% +92.19%

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 1,954 2,552 3,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 58.96% 54.62% 55.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,497 2,177
10th Percentile £240 £257 £300
25th Percentile £367 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £600
90th Percentile £660 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 312 90
10th Percentile £12.98 £12.13 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.31 £16.95
Median hourly rate £25.04 £16.06 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.90% -37.02% +31.04%
75th Percentile £44.53 £33.30 £37.30
90th Percentile £72.75 £48.75 £53.54
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.57% -5.38% +51.16%

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 11 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 11 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 +12 21 £450 -18.18% 50
Yorkshire +6 8 £563 +7.14% 39
North East -6 1 - - 9
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 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.33%) Figma
1 1 (3.33%) IaaS
1 1 (3.33%) PaaS
1 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) GitLab
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Automotive
3 7 (23.33%) Finance
4 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (16.67%) Retail
6 4 (13.33%) Legal
7 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (6.67%) Law
8 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
8 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (3.33%) Digital Health
9 1 (3.33%) Electronics
9 1 (3.33%) Marketing
9 1 (3.33%) Military
9 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Analyst
1 5 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) Change Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (6.67%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Business Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Designer
3 2 (6.67%) Lead
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.33%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Content Designer
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Designer
4 1 (3.33%) Information Governance Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Information Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (16.67%) e-Learning
2 5 (16.67%) Podcast
2 5 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) PMI
3 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Change Management
2 11 (36.67%) Agile
2 11 (36.67%) Project Management
3 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (23.33%) Business Case
4 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Coaching
5 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (16.67%) Benchmarking
6 5 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 5 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) Supplier Management
7 4 (13.33%) Budget Management
7 4 (13.33%) Feasibility Study
7 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
7 4 (13.33%) Scrum
7 4 (13.33%) Six Sigma
8 3 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) IIBA
2 4 (13.33%) ISEB
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.33%) ACCA
5 1 (3.33%) APMG
5 1 (3.33%) CIMA
5 1 (3.33%) PMP
5 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.33%) Workday