Influencing Skills Contracts in the South East

Influencing Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 134 160 118
Rank change year-on-year +26 -42 +20
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 25 45 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 0.81% 1.84%
As % of the General category 1.35% 1.60% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 84
10th Percentile £500 £326 £350
25th Percentile £506 £447 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £632 £700 £652
90th Percentile £675 £806 £678
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £26.62 £17.24 -
25th Percentile £36.70 - -
Median hourly rate £53.48 £18.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +191.44% - -
75th Percentile £70.27 £24.64 -
90th Percentile £80.34 £33.49 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +108.47%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +28 10 £525 -16.00% 40
Berkshire +20 8 - - 34
West Sussex +17 8 £623 +222.20% 4
Hampshire +26 3 £348 -40.85% 16
Surrey +10 3 £650 +14.04% 14
Buckinghamshire +12 1 - - 5
Oxfordshire +5 1 £525 - 6
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (24.00%) NetWeaver
1 6 (24.00%) SAP EP
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) SAP CRM
2 2 (8.00%) Maximo
2 2 (8.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) PaaS
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
1 2 (8.00%) Qlik Sense
General
1 21 (84.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Agriculture
5 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Billing
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Architect
2 7 (28.00%) Technical Architect
3 6 (24.00%) SAP Architect
3 6 (24.00%) SAP Technical Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
5 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) HR Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Lead
6 2 (8.00%) Payroll Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Commercial Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Finance Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Oracle Business Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Report Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Controller
7 1 (4.00%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (24.00%) SAP PI
1 6 (24.00%) SAPUI5
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Life Science
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Collaborative Working
1 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 8 (32.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 7 (28.00%) ERP
2 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Project Management
2 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (24.00%) CRM
3 6 (24.00%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
5 4 (16.00%) Migration
5 4 (16.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (12.00%) Analytics
6 3 (12.00%) Change Management
6 3 (12.00%) ITIL
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
7 2 (8.00%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) ABAP
1 6 (24.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (8.00%) PMP
5 1 (4.00%) APMP
5 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) PMO
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) SAP
2 6 (24.00%) Ariba
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (8.00%) Oracle
5 1 (4.00%) Databricks
5 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
5 1 (4.00%) IBM
5 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.00%) VMware