Influencing Skills Contracts in the North of England

Influencing Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 140 138
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 45 44 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.26% 0.91% 1.37%
As % of the General category 2.09% 1.67% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 53
10th Percentile £358 £399 £400
25th Percentile £405 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -4.55% +17.96%
75th Percentile £534 £585 £638
90th Percentile £572 £622 £698
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £52.60 - -
25th Percentile £55.38 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.78 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% +31.95% +78.57%
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £64.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £38.12 £61.50
% change year-on-year +57.40% -38.02% +82.22%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,154 2,627 3,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 60.32% 54.36% 56.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,506 2,086
10th Percentile £263 £266 £270
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £493 £511
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -3.57% +4.34%
75th Percentile £570 £576 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.92% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 303 109
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.48 £13.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £16.17 £21.36
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -24.30% +10.37%
75th Percentile £47.94 £35.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £75.75 £48.75 £50.80
England median hourly rate £27.70 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% +9.65% +30.43%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
North West +7 25 £410 -20.00% 66
Yorkshire +8 19 £525 - 58
North East +1 1 - - 7
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (13.33%) Confluence
2 3 (6.67%) IIS
3 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) SaaS
2 3 (6.67%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) Asana
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.22%) Figma
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub
4 1 (2.22%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.22%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.22%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) GitLab
2 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 25 (55.56%) Finance
3 14 (31.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Automotive
5 4 (8.89%) Legal
5 4 (8.89%) Publishing
6 2 (4.44%) Banking
6 2 (4.44%) Law
6 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.22%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.22%) Electronics
7 1 (2.22%) Marketing
7 1 (2.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Project Manager
2 6 (13.33%) Analyst
2 6 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Lead
3 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.89%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Change Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Service Transition Leader
5 3 (6.67%) Service Transition Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Software Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Transition Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Designer
6 2 (4.44%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.11%) .NET
1 5 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 3 (6.67%) MSMQ
3 1 (2.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.89%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.67%) N-Tier
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.44%) PMI
5 1 (2.22%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Agile
2 20 (44.44%) Change Management
3 18 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 14 (31.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (28.89%) Project Delivery
7 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (22.22%) PRINCE2
8 10 (22.22%) Project Management
9 8 (17.78%) Service Design
10 7 (15.56%) Business Strategy
10 7 (15.56%) ITIL
11 6 (13.33%) Matrix Organization
11 6 (13.33%) Programme Governance
11 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 6 (13.33%) Scrum
11 6 (13.33%) Service Management
12 5 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
12 5 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
12 5 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) VB.NET
2 1 (2.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) PMP
3 4 (8.89%) IIBA
3 4 (8.89%) ISEB
3 4 (8.89%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (8.89%) RIBA
4 3 (6.67%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.22%) ACCA
6 1 (2.22%) APMG
6 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.22%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Grafana
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) SCOM
1 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.44%) Wrike
4 1 (2.22%) AppDynamics
4 1 (2.22%) Ariba
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) Citrix
4 1 (2.22%) Dell
4 1 (2.22%) Google
4 1 (2.22%) HP
4 1 (2.22%) IBM
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) SAP
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