Influencing Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 89 70
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 +10
Contract jobs citing Influencing Skills 15 40 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.73% 1.81% 3.36%
As % of the General category 1.37% 3.22% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 78
10th Percentile £428 £410 £309
25th Percentile £513 £450 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% +7.61% -0.10%
75th Percentile £788 £594 £575
90th Percentile £825 £668 £700
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £21.57 £16.05 -
25th Percentile £25.46 £22.13 -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £33.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% - -
75th Percentile £30.14 £46.13 -
90th Percentile £32.41 £52.95 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £61.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -38.02% +80.88% +23.64%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,095 1,242 2,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.62% 56.12% 57.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 870 1,537
10th Percentile £250 £262 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +17.02%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £703 £675
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 45 45
10th Percentile £11.15 £12.20 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.93 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.30 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +23.35% +13.33%
75th Percentile £34.73 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £54.00 £22.25
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Influencing Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Influencing Skills in the West Midlands

Influencing Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Birmingham +4 5 £700 +24.44% 13
Warwickshire -9 5 £663 +46.81% 4
Staffordshire +8 2 £300 - 4
Worcestershire - 1 - - 1
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 1 (6.67%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) SAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Automotive
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
2 2 (13.33%) Vendor Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Designer
3 1 (6.67%) HR Advisor
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Project Change Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
1 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Change Management
2 4 (26.67%) Performance Management
2 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Data Science
4 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) APMG
3 1 (6.67%) CIPD
3 1 (6.67%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Databricks
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Planview