Influencing Skills Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Influencing Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 194 158 190
Rank change year-on-year -36 +32 -15
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 110 204 335
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.11% 1.33% 1.30%
As % of the General category 1.78% 2.26% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 118 237
10th Percentile £375 £393 £394
25th Percentile £450 £433 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £746
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £564
% change year-on-year - -2.53% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 49 2
10th Percentile £36.44 - £42.50
25th Percentile £61.23 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £81.03 £38.12 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.55% -27.39% +162.50%
75th Percentile £87.05 - £58.75
90th Percentile - - £62.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year -14.74% -38.02% +132.08%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Influencing Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Influencing Skills trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Influencing Skills.

Influencing Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Influencing Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Influencing Skills.

Influencing Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Influencing Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.82%) CMS
1 2 (1.82%) Confluence
1 2 (1.82%) NetWeaver
1 2 (1.82%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.91%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.91%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.73%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.82%) Maximo
2 2 (1.82%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.91%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.73%) Azure
2 7 (6.36%) AWS
3 6 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.55%) GitHub
5 4 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.64%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (3.64%) SaaS
5 4 (3.64%) Sentry
6 3 (2.73%) IaaS
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.73%) PaaS
6 3 (2.73%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.82%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.91%) Canva
8 1 (0.91%) dbt
8 1 (0.91%) Figma
8 1 (0.91%) Miro
8 1 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.82%) LAN
1 2 (1.82%) WAN
2 1 (0.91%) Internet
2 1 (0.91%) Network Security
2 1 (0.91%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) Power BI
2 5 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.55%) Metadata
3 4 (3.64%) Big Data
3 4 (3.64%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.64%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.64%) RDBMS
3 4 (3.64%) Redis
3 4 (3.64%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.82%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.91%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 5 (4.55%) JIRA
2 4 (3.64%) CircleCI
2 4 (3.64%) ER Studio
2 4 (3.64%) ERwin
3 1 (0.91%) Git
3 1 (0.91%) GitLab
General
1 74 (67.27%) Social Skills
2 40 (36.36%) Finance
3 25 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.82%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (8.18%) Legal
7 8 (7.27%) Marketing
8 6 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.55%) Banking
10 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.64%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.64%) Retail
10 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.73%) Agriculture
11 3 (2.73%) Front Office
11 3 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.82%) Billing
12 2 (1.82%) French Language
12 2 (1.82%) Military
12 2 (1.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (16.36%) Architect
2 16 (14.55%) Analyst
3 13 (11.82%) Business Analyst
4 12 (10.91%) Lead
5 10 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 9 (8.18%) Change Manager
7 6 (5.45%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (4.55%) HR Manager
8 5 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.64%) Data Modeller
9 4 (3.64%) Developer
9 4 (3.64%) Python Developer
9 4 (3.64%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.73%) Azure Architect
10 3 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (2.73%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.73%) Payroll Manager
10 3 (2.73%) Programme Manager
10 3 (2.73%) Security Analyst
10 3 (2.73%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) Django
2 4 (3.64%) Express.js
2 4 (3.64%) Node.js
2 4 (3.64%) React
2 4 (3.64%) REST
3 2 (1.82%) Middleware
3 2 (1.82%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.82%) SAP PI
3 2 (1.82%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.91%) .NET
4 1 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.91%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.64%) Data Fabric
3 4 (3.64%) FMCG
4 3 (2.73%) IoT
4 3 (2.73%) Life Science
4 3 (2.73%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.73%) PMI
4 3 (2.73%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.82%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.82%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.82%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.82%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.45%) Linux
1 6 (5.45%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.82%) Unix
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (30.00%) Agile
3 30 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (22.73%) Project Management
5 18 (16.36%) Strategic Thinking
6 17 (15.45%) Change Management
6 17 (15.45%) Risk Management
7 16 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (14.55%) Decision-Making
8 15 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (12.73%) Analytics
10 11 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 10 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (8.18%) ITIL
12 9 (8.18%) Product Strategy
12 9 (8.18%) Service Design
13 8 (7.27%) PRINCE2
13 8 (7.27%) Roadmaps
13 8 (7.27%) Scrum
14 7 (6.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.18%) Python
1 9 (8.18%) SQL
2 4 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.82%) ABAP
3 2 (1.82%) Bash
3 2 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (18.18%) Degree
2 12 (10.91%) SC Cleared
2 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.55%) PMP
5 4 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.73%) CISM
6 3 (2.73%) CISSP
7 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.91%) APMP
8 1 (0.91%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.91%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.91%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.55%) PMO
3 3 (2.73%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.73%) QA
4 2 (1.82%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.82%) NIST
4 2 (1.82%) P3O
5 1 (0.91%) COBIT
5 1 (0.91%) COSO
5 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.91%) GDPR
5 1 (0.91%) GRC
5 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.82%) RACF
3 1 (0.91%) Firmware
3 1 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.64%) Grafana
2 1 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.91%) CASB
2 1 (0.91%) Kibana
2 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.91%) Nagios
2 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.27%) SAP
3 4 (3.64%) Oracle
4 3 (2.73%) Databricks
5 2 (1.82%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.82%) Ariba
5 2 (1.82%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.82%) IBM
5 2 (1.82%) Planview
5 2 (1.82%) QAD
5 2 (1.82%) Qualys
5 2 (1.82%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.82%) VMware
6 1 (0.91%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.91%) Commvault
6 1 (0.91%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.91%) EMC
6 1 (0.91%) Forcepoint
6 1 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.91%) Splunk