Influencing Skills
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +5 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | 0.93% | 0.65% |
| As % of the General category | - | 1.56% | 1.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £300 | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £550 | £700 | £536 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | +30.54% | +7.46% |
All General Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 44 | 64 | 93 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 64.71% | 59.26% | 60.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 37 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £140 | £211 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £300 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £375 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.47% | +30.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £463 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £555 | £528 | £745 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.32% | +2.50% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.25 | £13.95 | £13.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.40 | £14.71 | £17.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.89 | £15.61 | £22.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.83% | -30.37% | +14.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £20.31 | £16.67 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £28.13 | £44.50 | £26.21 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.07 | £19.00 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.92% | -2.56% | +18.18% |
Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Staffordshire.