Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Influencing Skills
Manchester > Stockport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Stockport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 7.69% - -
As % of the General category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £469 £429 £650
% change year-on-year +9.32% -34.00% +31.65%

All General Skills
Stockport

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 general skills in Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 53.85% 18.18% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £292
25th Percentile £153 £133 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 £145 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.07% -67.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £207 £158 £549
90th Percentile £525 - £596
Manchester median daily rate £450 £460 £486
% change year-on-year -2.17% -5.40% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.38
25th Percentile - - £12.11
Median hourly rate - - £13.31
75th Percentile - - £35.41
90th Percentile - - £48.66
Manchester median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.62% +83.41% -33.56%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Stockport

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

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

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

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Business Change
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA