Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Influencing Skills
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 10 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 3.88% - 1.86%
As % of the General category 5.52% - 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £354 - £458
25th Percentile £358 - £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +52.94%
75th Percentile £484 - £675
90th Percentile £488 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £456 £440 £600
% change year-on-year +3.64% -26.67% +41.18%

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 181 105 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 70.16% 65.22% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 77 65
10th Percentile £325 £295 £237
25th Percentile £360 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.84% +6.89%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £530
90th Percentile £550 £639 £580
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £438 £450
% change year-on-year -4.05% -2.72% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £25.18
25th Percentile - £23.10 £50.50
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.55% +100.99%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.27 £17.66 £26.34
% change year-on-year +26.08% -32.95% +64.93%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Northamptonshire

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Northampton - 10 £404 - 5
Influencing Skills
East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (70.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (50.00%) Kanban
4 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (50.00%) Scrum
4 5 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (40.00%) Budgeting
5 4 (40.00%) Business Transformation
5 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
5 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (40.00%) User Experience
5 4 (40.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Bash
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GDPR
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Citrix
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) SAP