Influencing Skills Contracts in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 97 81
Rank change year-on-year +2 -16 +22
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Influencing Skills 14 24 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.85% 1.07% 2.21%
As % of the General category 1.36% 2.04% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 50
10th Percentile £414 £324 £298
25th Percentile £426 £374 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £588 £518
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +13.53% +15.00%
75th Percentile £598 £700 £600
90th Percentile £598 £975 £675
South East median daily rate £573 £415 £543
% change year-on-year +37.95% -23.61% +5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £20.49 - £13.21
25th Percentile £21.37 - £13.27
Median hourly rate £23.21 - £13.37
75th Percentile £25.42 - £13.47
90th Percentile £26.52 - £13.53
South East median hourly rate £23.21 £18.35 £13.57
% change year-on-year +26.46% +35.22% -34.51%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,033 1,178 1,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 62.64% 52.31% 60.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 620 1,083
10th Percentile £250 £235 £261
25th Percentile £394 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.67%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £624
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 79 53
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.00 £16.37
25th Percentile £14.48 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.33 £58.49 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -65.24% +80.97% +53.90%
75th Percentile £53.56 £70.39 £62.50
90th Percentile £87.48 £87.46 £69.95
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +142.16%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +4 7 £595 +20.20% 47
Buckinghamshire +5 5 £415 -36.15% 14
Oxfordshire -11 2 £525 - 8
Influencing Skills
South East

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.14%) CMS
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Alation
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) Collibra
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Miro
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Billing
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Lead
2 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Transition Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Transition Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) GTM Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) ITSM
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Content Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Economics
5 1 (7.14%) Logistics
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing Management
5 1 (7.14%) Pay per click
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Project Governance
5 1 (7.14%) Statistics
5 1 (7.14%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) BT
3 1 (7.14%) Facebook
3 1 (7.14%) HubSpot
3 1 (7.14%) Informatica
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy
3 1 (7.14%) SAP