Influencing Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 86 68
Rank change year-on-year -13 -18 +14
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 14 55 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.73% 2.26% 3.10%
As % of the General category 1.29% 3.79% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 80
10th Percentile £509 £435 £312
25th Percentile £513 £450 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £539 £504
Median % change year-on-year +29.93% +6.95% +11.94%
75th Percentile £788 £592 £600
90th Percentile £825 £679 £700
England median daily rate £575 £575 £531
% change year-on-year - +8.39% +3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £16.05 -
25th Percentile £27.63 £22.13 -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £33.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% - -
75th Percentile £28.88 £46.13 -
90th Percentile - £52.95 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -38.02% +108.47% +16.83%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,088 1,450 2,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.67% 59.50% 56.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,021 1,554
10th Percentile £261 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +18.01%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 43 53
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.00 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.89 £12.91 £12.79
Median hourly rate £19.59 £18.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.83% +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £39.92 £26.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.75 £55.75 £23.45
England median hourly rate £28.71 £34.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year -15.56% +60.91% -6.09%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +4 6 £700 +17.89% 13
Warwickshire -13 5 £663 +46.41% 1
Coventry +8 1 - - 4
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
1 1 (7.14%) RDBMS
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Multimedia
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Leader
2 2 (14.29%) Vendor Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 2 (14.29%) NHS
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Agile
1 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
1 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Data Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Change Control
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 2 (14.29%) Data Science
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Spend Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) APMG
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (14.29%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Databricks
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Adobe
3 1 (7.14%) Planview
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow