Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Influencing Skills
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 4.17% - 0.61%
As % of the General category 6.67% - 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £401 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -16.55% -3.90% -

All General Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 general skills in South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 15 3 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 62.50% 60.00% 55.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 32
10th Percentile £349 - £259
25th Percentile £478 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £619 - £667
90th Percentile £743 - £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.54% -7.69% +50.05%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
East Kilbride - 1 - -
Influencing Skills
Scotland

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft