Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in South London

Influencing Skills
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.56% - 1.32%
As % of the General category 0.85% - 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile £413 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.36%
75th Percentile £438 - £642
90th Percentile - - £667
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.69%

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 118 107 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 65.56% 54.04% 70.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 61 156
10th Percentile £228 £205 £212
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -11.21% -2.73%
75th Percentile £635 £564 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £686
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile - - £16.82
25th Percentile - £17.25 £23.19
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £53.99
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -63.88% +24.12%
75th Percentile - £21.75 £55.59
90th Percentile - - £66.78
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -11.28% +29.09% -19.45%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in South London

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Croydon - 1 £425 - 1
Influencing Skills
London

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) D3.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG