Influencing Skills Contracts in the North West

Influencing Skills
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 102 112 94
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 +22
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 18 25 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.91% 0.91% 1.97%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.69% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 48
10th Percentile £343 £481 £400
25th Percentile £405 £509 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £555 £606
Median % change year-on-year -26.13% -8.45% +24.36%
75th Percentile £519 £585 £695
90th Percentile £539 £723 £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% +66.70%
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,131 1,478 1,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 57.47% 53.65% 51.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 905 1,142
10th Percentile £265 £300 £305
25th Percentile £380 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 191 82
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.50 £19.28
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £49.06 £36.72 £38.39
90th Percentile £75.38 £51.91 £52.90
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cheshire +1 12 £410 -26.13% 8
Manchester +15 6 £429 -22.00% 37
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (22.22%) Confluence
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.56%) IaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Intranet
1 1 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Automotive
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Retail
4 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
5 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (11.11%) Legal
6 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (5.56%) Law
7 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.56%) Military
7 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Change Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Service Transition Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Augmented Reality
1 5 (27.78%) e-Learning
1 5 (27.78%) Podcast
1 5 (27.78%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (27.78%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (5.56%) Blog
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Change Management
2 7 (38.89%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Coaching
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) Benchmarking
4 5 (27.78%) Business Case
4 5 (27.78%) Supplier Management
5 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (22.22%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (22.22%) Six Sigma
5 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.11%) Business Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) IIBA
1 4 (22.22%) ISEB
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) ACCA
3 1 (5.56%) APMG
3 1 (5.56%) CIMA
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft