Influencing Skills Contracts in Shropshire

Influencing Skills
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 29 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 2.31% - 1.17%
As % of the General category 3.66% - 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £518 - -
25th Percentile £534 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 - £535
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.90%
75th Percentile £611 - £553
90th Percentile £631 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £575 £700 £538
% change year-on-year -17.86% +30.23% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £28.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year - -15.67% -

All General Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 82 50 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 63.08% 37.31% 59.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 39 86
10th Percentile £210 £248 £320
25th Percentile £332 £343 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £519 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% -3.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £537 £535 £548
90th Percentile £541 £538 £596
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - £11.32 £57.50
90th Percentile - £14.26 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
% change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Shropshire

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Shropshire

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire 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
Telford - 3 £569 - 2
Influencing Skills
West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) NetWeaver
2 1 (33.33%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (66.67%) Bitbucket
1 2 (66.67%) CA Gen
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) QA Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Architect
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
1 1 (33.33%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) SAP