Influencing Skills Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 81 84
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 21 8 26
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.15% 0.67% 1.42%
As % of the General category 1.93% 1.23% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 20
10th Percentile £371 £483 £523
25th Percentile £425 £535 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £595 £587
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +1.28% +6.81%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £593
90th Percentile £689 £710 £661
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,087 652 1,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 59.50% 54.79% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 365 665
10th Percentile £230 £250 £275
25th Percentile £384 £375 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% +0.49%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £664 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 23 21
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.64 £13.57
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.30 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +18.42% -
75th Percentile £52.38 £40.13 £21.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £32.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.41 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% -7.85% +29.31%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Influencing Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
West Yorkshire -7 11 £488 -22.00% 3
South Yorkshire -38 10 £492 -10.55% 3
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) Asana
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
2 2 (9.52%) Smartsheet
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) DNS
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) VSAN
2 1 (4.76%) BIG-IP
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (4.76%) DHCP
2 1 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (14.29%) Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (9.52%) Legal
7 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
3 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Chief Technology Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Procurement Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Programme Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Programme Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior SAP Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (19.05%) Change Management
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
3 4 (19.05%) SDLC
3 4 (19.05%) Waterfall
4 3 (14.29%) Backlog Management
4 3 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (14.29%) Business Case
4 3 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) Observability
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Product Backlog
4 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 3 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) GRC
1 1 (4.76%) PMO
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.52%) VMware NSX
1 2 (9.52%) vSphere
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Ansible
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Argo
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Podman
2 1 (4.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) F5
2 2 (9.52%) Red Hat
2 2 (9.52%) VMware
2 2 (9.52%) Wrike
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Concur
3 1 (4.76%) Genesys
3 1 (4.76%) Infoblox
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) NetApp
3 1 (4.76%) NetScout
3 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.76%) SevOne