Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Influencing Skills
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.09% - 1.60%
As % of the General category 6.33% - 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £493 - £500
25th Percentile £556 - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £615
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.38%
75th Percentile £806 - £636
90th Percentile £878 - £645
Hampshire median daily rate £650 £608 £540
% change year-on-year +7.00% +12.50% -1.82%

All General Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 79 75 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 48.77% 49.02% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 55
10th Percentile £180 £200 £275
25th Percentile £350 £219 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £356 £538
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -33.77% +2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £518 £614
90th Percentile £693 £623 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £33.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.71%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £47.81
90th Percentile £81.10 - £61.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -70.41% +27.27% +69.23%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Southampton

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Southampton over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Southampton

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Coach
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Commercial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (40.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001