Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Influencing Skills
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.08% - 2.70%
As % of the General category 1.79% - 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £156 - £402
25th Percentile £285 - £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £409
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.10%
75th Percentile £538 - £575
90th Percentile £560 - £688
North East median daily rate £500 - £409
% change year-on-year - - -18.20%

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 223 123 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 60.27% 57.48% 52.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 69 67
10th Percentile £218 £305 £174
25th Percentile £370 £350 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £501 £573 £625
90th Percentile £575 £631 £720
North East median daily rate £448 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.79% - -12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 6
10th Percentile £15.25 - £16.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £23.75
Median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.04% -72.67% +207.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £66.56
90th Percentile - £19.75 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.74% +18.69%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Tyne and Wear

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £310 - 4
Sunderland - 2 £500 -
Influencing Skills
North East

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (25.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Content Management
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (25.00%) User Research
1 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (25.00%) Workday