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 advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 119 114
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 31 55 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.97% 1.50% 1.53%
As % of the General category 1.88% 3.05% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 39
10th Percentile £459 £289 £407
25th Percentile £500 £516 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £575 £533
Median % change year-on-year +14.78% +7.98% +4.41%
75th Percentile £775 £672 £606
90th Percentile - £706 £653
England median daily rate £575 £575 £530
% change year-on-year - +8.49% +3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 0
10th Percentile £44.88 - -
25th Percentile £46.56 £57.25 -
Median hourly rate £51.25 £61.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £54.06 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £54.63 - -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -38.02% +108.47% +16.83%

All General Skills
South West

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,646 1,804 1,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.63% 49.21% 51.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,318 1,327
10th Percentile £213 £271 £227
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +11.98% +3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 135 131
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £38.53 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £61.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +46.43% +5.22%
75th Percentile £67.38 £71.28 £54.92
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.65 £63.60
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.81 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.82% +61.91% -4.44%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 -6 13 £500 -23.08% 11
Wiltshire +6 10 £750 +25.00% 5
Gloucestershire - 3 £550 - 2
Devon - 2 £660 - 2
Cornwall - 1 - -
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 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 8 (25.81%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) IaaS
3 2 (6.45%) PaaS
3 2 (6.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) 4G
1 1 (3.23%) 5G
1 1 (3.23%) DNS
1 1 (3.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.23%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 13 (41.94%) Public Sector
3 9 (29.03%) Manufacturing
3 9 (29.03%) Telecoms
4 8 (25.81%) Electronics
4 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 8 (25.81%) Marketing
5 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Architect
2 8 (25.81%) Project Manager
2 8 (25.81%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Deployment Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Deployment Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Lead Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Management Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Migration Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
1 4 (12.90%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Life Science
3 1 (3.23%) PKI
3 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Agile
1 12 (38.71%) Programme Management
1 12 (38.71%) Project Management
2 10 (32.26%) Document Management
3 9 (29.03%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (25.81%) Case Management
4 8 (25.81%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (25.81%) Identity Management
5 7 (22.58%) Project Delivery
6 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
7 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
8 4 (12.90%) Change Management
8 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (9.68%) Conflict Resolution
9 3 (9.68%) Emotional Intelligence
9 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
9 3 (9.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) Security Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) DV Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) Degree
5 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (6.45%) PMP
6 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe
3 1 (3.23%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) VMware