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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 93 96
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +46
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 37 29 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.68% 1.21% 1.79%
As % of the General category 2.82% 2.26% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 33
10th Percentile £358 £390 £400
25th Percentile £405 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -4.55% +15.18%
75th Percentile £494 £585 £619
90th Percentile £588 £613 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £53.53 - -
25th Percentile £57.69 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £93.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +132.50% -7.74%
75th Percentile £67.19 - -
90th Percentile £71.13 - -
England median hourly rate £57.26 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year +50.20% -4.70% -1.06%

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 1,314 1,282 1,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 59.84% 53.55% 53.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 773 1,084
10th Percentile £269 £300 £265
25th Percentile £384 £405 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 113 111
10th Percentile £12.82 - £15.72
25th Percentile £14.55 £16.06 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £30.00 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +10.29% +18.12%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £56.80 £61.99
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.75
% change year-on-year -34.02% +32.59% +18.80%

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 2 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 August 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
Manchester +13 20 £493 -1.50% 33
Cheshire -17 14 £438 -22.05% 8
Lancashire - 2 £450 - 29
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
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 (10.81%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
1 4 (10.81%) SaaS
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Google Docs
2 1 (2.70%) Google Sheets
2 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 20 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Finance
3 5 (13.51%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Automotive
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.81%) Publishing
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Law
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.70%) Electronics
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Analyst
1 6 (16.22%) Business Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Change Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Lead
3 4 (10.81%) Governance Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Service Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Service Transition Leader
4 3 (8.11%) Service Transition Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Transition Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Digital Designer
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.70%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.70%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Change Management
2 16 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (40.54%) Agile
4 9 (24.32%) Waterfall
5 7 (18.92%) ITIL
5 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
5 7 (18.92%) Service Design
5 7 (18.92%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.22%) Project Management
6 6 (16.22%) Service Management
7 5 (13.51%) Business Strategy
7 5 (13.51%) Coaching
7 5 (13.51%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (13.51%) Programme Governance
8 4 (10.81%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (10.81%) Budget Management
8 4 (10.81%) Business Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) IIBA
3 4 (10.81%) ISEB
3 4 (10.81%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.41%) BC Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.70%) ACCA
6 1 (2.70%) APMG
6 1 (2.70%) CIMA
6 1 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.41%) SCCM
2 1 (2.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Ariba
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) SAP