Influencing Skills Contracts in Somerset

Influencing Skills
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Somerset. 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 17 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 5.04% - 1.45%
As % of the General category 8.54% - 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £575 - £235
25th Percentile £588 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.74%
75th Percentile £700 - £602
90th Percentile £775 - £648
South West median daily rate £600 £630 £600
% change year-on-year -4.72% +4.96% +12.15%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 82 116 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 58.99% 57.14% 56.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 56 92
10th Percentile £327 £205 £164
25th Percentile £481 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile £739 £606 £720
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 9
10th Percentile - £12.50 £18.05
25th Percentile - £22.63 £31.25
Median hourly rate £14.42 £25.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.32% -37.50% -19.60%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - £42.40 £64.60
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Somerset

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in Somerset

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Somerset

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Bath - 4 £675 - 1
Taunton - 3 £620 - 1
Influencing Skills
South West

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) MPLS
1 2 (28.57%) OSPF
1 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Metadata
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Budget Management
1 5 (71.43%) Business Case
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (71.43%) Supplier Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Culture Change
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) JNCIE
3 2 (28.57%) JNCIP
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 2 (28.57%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) Juniper
1 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto