Influencing Skills Contracts in South Wales, Co-occurring Skills & Contractor Rates

Influencing Skills
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

Location	6 months to 17 Jun 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	30	39	-
Rank change year-on-year	+9	-	-
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills	3	1	0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales	1.23%	0.29%	-
As % of the General category	2.31%	0.66%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	1	0
10^th Percentile	£504	-	-
25^th Percentile	£518	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£560	£1,000	-
Median % change year-on-year	-44.00%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£621	-	-
90^th Percentile	£646	-	-
Wales median daily rate	£560	£1,000	-
% change year-on-year	-44.00%	-	-

All General Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills	130	151	221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales	53.50%	44.54%	46.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	81	77	155
10^th Percentile	£180	£122	£181
25^th Percentile	£285	£143	£309
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£375	£380	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-1.32%	-24.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£480	£550	£588
90^th Percentile	£575	£625	£638
Wales median daily rate	£383	£425	£475
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	-10.53%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	19	23	14
10^th Percentile	£12.91	£11.17	-
25^th Percentile	£14.23	£16.63	£10.92
Median hourly rate	£16.00	£25.36	£11.56
Median % change year-on-year	-36.91%	+119.38%	-48.62%
75^th Percentile	£41.25	£59.38	£17.57
90^th Percentile	£45.00	£87.24	£42.61
Wales median hourly rate	£16.00	£25.18	£12.60
% change year-on-year	-36.46%	+99.84%	-49.60%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in South Wales

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in South Wales

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in South Wales

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in South Wales

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Cardiff	+4	3	£560	-44.00%	56
Influencing Skills Wales

Influencing Skills
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 17 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Influencing Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region with a requirement for Influencing Skills.

1	2 (66.67%)	Change Management
1	2 (66.67%)	Stakeholder Engagement
2	1 (33.33%)	Google Workspace
2	1 (33.33%)	Decision-Making
2	1 (33.33%)	Google Docs
2	1 (33.33%)	Google Sheets
2	1 (33.33%)	Social Skills
2	1 (33.33%)	Finance
2	1 (33.33%)	Stakeholder Management
2	1 (33.33%)	Banking
2	1 (33.33%)	Google
2	1 (33.33%)	Retail Banking
2	1 (33.33%)	Taxonomies
2	1 (33.33%)	SAP
2	1 (33.33%)	CRM

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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	1 (33.33%)	Google Docs
1	1 (33.33%)	Google Sheets
1	1 (33.33%)	Google Workspace

General
1	1 (33.33%)	Banking
1	1 (33.33%)	Finance
1	1 (33.33%)	Retail Banking
1	1 (33.33%)	Social Skills

Job Titles
1	1 (33.33%)	Analyst
1	1 (33.33%)	Banking Analyst
1	1 (33.33%)	Business Analyst
1	1 (33.33%)	Change Manager
1	1 (33.33%)	CRM Manager
1	1 (33.33%)	Lead
1	1 (33.33%)	Retail Banking Business Analyst
1	1 (33.33%)	Risk Analyst
1	1 (33.33%)	Risk Business Analyst

Miscellaneous
1	1 (33.33%)	Taxonomies

Processes & Methodologies
1	2 (66.67%)	Change Management
1	2 (66.67%)	Stakeholder Engagement
2	1 (33.33%)	CRM
2	1 (33.33%)	Decision-Making
2	1 (33.33%)	Stakeholder Management

Vendors
1	1 (33.33%)	Google
1	1 (33.33%)	SAP

Influencing SkillsWales > South Wales

All General SkillsSouth Wales

Influencing SkillsJob Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Influencing SkillsContractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Influencing SkillsDaily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Influencing SkillsContractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Influencing SkillsContract Job Locations in South Wales

Influencing SkillsTop 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

Influencing SkillsCo-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category