Influencing Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 104 80
Rank change year-on-year -13 -24 +18
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 16 56 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.59% 1.71% 2.97%
As % of the General category 1.07% 3.08% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 106
10th Percentile £380 £370 £308
25th Percentile £402 £450 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +8.18% -1.14%
75th Percentile £750 £605 £575
90th Percentile £825 £650 £700
England median daily rate £575 £588 £539
% change year-on-year -2.13% +9.05% +5.12%
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 £32.50
% change year-on-year -38.02% +89.23% +27.45%

All General Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,492 1,816 2,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.40% 55.32% 54.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,292 2,034
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +18.41%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £556
90th Percentile £734 £694 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 80 99
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.31 £13.48
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.84 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% +21.31% +16.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.75 £27.13
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West Midlands -5 13 £700 +30.54% 40
East Midlands +9 3 £418 -18.04% 25
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 3 (18.75%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe XD
2 2 (12.50%) Sketch
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Figma
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Axure RP
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Automotive
3 2 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Games Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 2 (12.50%) UI Designer
3 2 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
3 2 (12.50%) UX Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Vendor Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Agile Coach
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
1 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.25%) IoT
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (18.75%) User Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) UX Design
4 2 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) APMG
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Adobe
2 2 (12.50%) Databricks
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Planview