Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Influencing Skills
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Wokingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 32 22
Rank change year-on-year -17 -10 -
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 1.06% 1.56% 2.94%
As % of the General category 2.63% 4.35% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £371 - £925
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - £950
75th Percentile £476 - £975
90th Percentile £512 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £537 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +26.32%

All General Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 152 69 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 40.21% 35.94% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 40 8
10th Percentile £330 £362 £498
25th Percentile £375 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £504 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -12.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £515 £591 £711
90th Percentile £599 £678 £975
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.10% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.15 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £41.14 £58.49
% change year-on-year +103.15% -29.66% +133.96%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Wokingham over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Wokingham

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Balsamiq
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Police
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Advisor
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CCTV
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Focus Group
3 2 (50.00%) Order Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Epics
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC