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 advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 93 123
Rank change year-on-year -18 +30 -23
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 25 63 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 1.96% 1.47%
As % of the General category 1.69% 3.79% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 48 48
10th Percentile £481 £400 £407
25th Percentile £509 £464 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £606 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +24.36% +5.69%
75th Percentile £585 £695 £525
90th Percentile £723 £700 £579
England median daily rate £575 £575 £530
% change year-on-year - +8.49% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £17.52
25th Percentile - - £19.43
Median hourly rate £52.78 £40.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.95% +66.70% -27.83%
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £42.75
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -38.02% +108.47% +16.83%

All General Skills
North West

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,483 1,661 1,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.48% 51.58% 49.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,139 1,400
10th Percentile £300 £305 £213
25th Percentile £398 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +10.04%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £546
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.67% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 84 117
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.68 £11.98
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.51% +27.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.95 £37.66 £44.03
90th Percentile £51.91 £52.73 £56.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.76% +58.69% -4.78%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 0 11 £555 +7.77% 8
Manchester -6 8 £550 +1.15% 23
Lancashire +5 3 - - 2
Cumbria -22 2 - - 2
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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) IaaS
1 2 (8.00%) PaaS
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (8.00%) SaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (12.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (12.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
3 1 (4.00%) Metadata
3 1 (4.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Analyst
1 5 (20.00%) Architect
1 5 (20.00%) Data Manager
1 5 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Data Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Integration Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Data Governance Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Data Governance Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Governance Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Project Planner
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
1 3 (12.00%) Reference Data
1 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (12.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.00%) CMDB
2 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (20.00%) Data Design
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.00%) Content Management
5 3 (12.00%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (12.00%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (12.00%) CRM
5 3 (12.00%) Data Engineering
5 3 (12.00%) Data Management
5 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (12.00%) ETL
5 3 (12.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (12.00%) SOA
5 3 (12.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.00%) PhD
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) GDPR
1 2 (8.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) SAP
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow