Influencing Skills Contracts in the South West

Influencing Skills
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the South West. 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 94 127 114
Rank change year-on-year +33 -13 +10
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 17 30 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 0.94% 1.46%
As % of the General category 1.77% 1.82% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 30
10th Percentile £463 £458 £289
25th Percentile £500 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +4.96% +12.15%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £672
90th Percentile £775 - £706
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £44.88 -
25th Percentile £25.26 £46.56 £57.25
Median hourly rate £27.13 £51.25 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.07% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £28.99 £54.06 £65.75
90th Percentile - £54.63 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +108.47%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 961 1,651 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 51.61% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 989 1,321
10th Percentile £218 £213 £275
25th Percentile £399 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £678 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 269 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 £87.58
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the South West

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South West

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the South West

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the South West

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +13 7 £488 -2.50% 26
Somerset - 7 £620 - 11
Wiltshire +24 1 - - 6
Gloucestershire +15 1 £950 +72.73% 20
Dorset - 1 £700 - 2
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (5.88%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
2 2 (11.76%) Matillion
2 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 2 (11.76%) BGP
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) MPLS
2 2 (11.76%) OSPF
2 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
2 2 (11.76%) VLAN
2 2 (11.76%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Metadata
2 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.76%) Military
6 1 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Snowflake Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Snowflake Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Director
4 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (35.29%) Budget Management
3 6 (35.29%) Business Case
3 6 (35.29%) Supplier Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
4 5 (29.41%) Data Management
4 5 (29.41%) Machine Learning
4 5 (29.41%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Analytics
5 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) Business Development
5 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Data Governance Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 4 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
5 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
5 2 (11.76%) CCIE
5 2 (11.76%) CCNP
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.76%) JNCIE
5 2 (11.76%) JNCIP
5 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
5 2 (11.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Databricks
1 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
1 2 (11.76%) Google
1 2 (11.76%) Juniper
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) SAP