Influencing Skills Contracts in Reading

Influencing Skills
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Reading. 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 58 78 61
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 +13
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 2 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 1.09% 2.50%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.80% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 15
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile - £563 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +7.03%
75th Percentile - £625 £606
90th Percentile - £648 £690
Berkshire median daily rate - £625 £440
% change year-on-year - +42.05% -6.43%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 404 722 649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 67.67% 60.57% 62.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 341 397
10th Percentile £319 £205 £363
25th Percentile £450 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £675
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 41 9
10th Percentile - £42.00 £39.70
25th Percentile - £52.90 £52.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -52.92% -4.75% +130.98%
75th Percentile - £76.99 £66.21
90th Percentile - £87.53 £70.80
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Reading

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Finance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management