Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Preston

Influencing Skills
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.23% - -
As % of the General category 6.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 - -

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 26 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 49.46% 72.22% 62.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 8 13
10th Percentile £251 £178 £231
25th Percentile £391 £200 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £491 £488
90th Percentile £618 £556 £538
Lancashire median daily rate £453 £475 £600
% change year-on-year -4.74% -20.83% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 25
10th Percentile £39.59 £19.20 £18.13
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.76 £37.55
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -23.71% +21.25%
75th Percentile £47.12 £67.50 £55.15
90th Percentile £63.40 £67.91 £76.55
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £36.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +25.65% -21.65% +15.45%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Preston

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (33.33%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Architect
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW Architect
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (33.33%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Source to Pay
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle