Influencing Skills Contracts in Scotland

Influencing Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Scotland. 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 84 78 76
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 32 51 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.97% 2.30% 3.39%
As % of the General category 2.73% 3.54% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 74
10th Percentile £226 £363 £317
25th Percentile £433 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £490 £506
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -3.21% +17.73%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £606 £600 £669
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £564
% change year-on-year - -2.53% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.64 -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +132.08%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +5 15 £480 -6.12% 14
Edinburgh -3 15 £450 - 10
Perthshire 0 1 £550 +10.00% 1
Scottish Borders - 1 - -
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
3 3 (9.38%) IaaS
3 3 (9.38%) PaaS
3 3 (9.38%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 24 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 14 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (28.13%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Agile Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Insight Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Risk Officer
6 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
1 3 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) PMI
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Unix
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
2 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Project Management
3 9 (28.13%) Risk Management
3 9 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.88%) Scrum
5 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 6 (18.75%) DevOps
5 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.63%) Change Control
6 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (15.63%) Information Security
6 5 (15.63%) Software Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Visualisation
7 4 (12.50%) Analytics
7 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) R
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) CISM
2 3 (9.38%) CISSP
3 1 (3.13%) ACCA
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) CCAB
3 1 (3.13%) CIMA
3 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.13%) ICAEW
3 1 (3.13%) ISACA
3 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) CASB
1 1 (3.13%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) CyberArk
2 2 (6.25%) Qualys
3 1 (3.13%) Forcepoint
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle