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 in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 97 90
Rank change year-on-year +20 -7 -17
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 20 14 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.49% 0.72% 2.06%
As % of the General category 2.38% 1.27% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 15
10th Percentile £470 £509 £420
25th Percentile £510 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £538
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +30.23% +7.50%
75th Percentile £662 £788 £591
90th Percentile £774 £825 £660
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
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 £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +108.47%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 841 1,101 1,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.53% 56.55% 58.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 758 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £237
25th Percentile £360 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 42
10th Percentile - £11.06 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.34 £26.82
90th Percentile £33.91 £56.25 £56.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +19 8 £600 -14.29% 15
Warwickshire +5 7 £550 -16.98% 12
Shropshire - 3 £569 - 2
Worcestershire - 1 £825 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (5.00%) SAP EP
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP CRM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (5.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) IDMS
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (10.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (10.00%) CA Gen
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) International Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Lead
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Business Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) QA Leader
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Business Change Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Technical Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Rollout Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Rollout Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (5.00%) SAP PI
1 1 (5.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (5.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Change Management
1 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
2 4 (20.00%) Project Management
2 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (15.00%) Scrum
3 3 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (15.00%) Time Management
3 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (10.00%) Business Change Management
4 2 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk Management
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) COBOL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) ABAP
2 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) ISEB
1 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (10.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Ariba
2 1 (5.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.00%) IBM
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle