Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends 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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.52% 0.59% 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.93% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.91%
75th Percentile £638 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 £268 £684
% change year-on-year +114.94% -60.89% +18.96%

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 96 107 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 49.48% 63.31% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 73 52
10th Percentile £178 £213 £163
25th Percentile £220 £369 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +6.88% -4.78%
75th Percentile £456 £649 £605
90th Percentile £578 £829 £686
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £23.45
25th Percentile £61.50 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £46.09
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.82%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £55.47
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +13.64% -11.66%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Somerset

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

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 4 December 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 - 1 £625 - 7
Influencing Skills
South West

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto