Influencing Skills Jobs in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 166 196
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +43
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 1,251 1,223 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.76% 2.03% 2.03%
As % of the General category 3.07% 2.96% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 382 404 742
10th Percentile £39,500 £38,026 £35,125
25th Percentile £43,175 £44,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,538 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +3.55% -3.43%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,235 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,904 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,700 41,380 42,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.36% 68.67% 60.02%
Number of salaries quoted 26,450 18,780 24,155
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +50 328 £52,500 -20.05% 44
Midlands -27 247 £58,750 +6.82% 54
Scotland +23 206 £49,225 -13.24% 17
West Midlands -15 206 £69,138 +28.78% 34
North of England -81 165 £52,500 -4.55% 69
South West +18 126 £60,000 +20.00% 41
East of England +64 90 £57,500 +4.55% 27
Wales +51 89 £52,738 +22.46% 7
North West -61 84 £50,685 -7.85% 45
Yorkshire -37 59 £67,500 +17.39% 21
East Midlands -19 39 £50,000 -31.03% 20
North East +16 22 £56,693 +31.84% 5
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 164 (13.11%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.88%) Confluence
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.080%) SAS
Applications
1 262 (20.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 184 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.16%) CATIA
8 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.080%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.080%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 74 (5.92%) AWS
2 54 (4.32%) Azure
3 20 (1.60%) Power Platform
4 11 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
5 9 (0.72%) GCP
5 9 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.64%) Azure AKS
6 8 (0.64%) Azure App Service
7 6 (0.48%) WhatsApp
8 4 (0.32%) SaaS
9 3 (0.24%) BrowserStack
9 3 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.24%) Google Analytics
9 3 (0.24%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.24%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.24%) Sauce Labs
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (0.16%) Contentsquare
10 2 (0.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 214 (17.11%) Broadband
2 9 (0.72%) Network Security
3 8 (0.64%) DNS
4 2 (0.16%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.16%) DHCP
4 2 (0.16%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.16%) Intranet
4 2 (0.16%) SSL
4 2 (0.16%) VLAN
5 1 (0.080%) 4G
5 1 (0.080%) 5G
5 1 (0.080%) Firewall
5 1 (0.080%) IKE
5 1 (0.080%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.080%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.080%) WAN
5 1 (0.080%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (13.11%) Big Data
2 161 (12.87%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.44%) Power BI
4 18 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.56%) Data Mining
6 6 (0.48%) GIS
6 6 (0.48%) Tableau
7 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (0.32%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.32%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.24%) Flink
9 3 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.24%) Metadata
10 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.16%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (1.28%) JIRA
2 13 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 12 (0.96%) Selenium
4 11 (0.88%) Git
5 8 (0.64%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.56%) Postman
7 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.24%) JMeter
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.24%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) CANoe
9 2 (0.16%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.080%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.080%) GitLab
10 1 (0.080%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.080%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 820 (65.55%) Social Skills
2 628 (50.20%) Finance
3 466 (37.25%) Analytical Skills
4 271 (21.66%) Law
5 256 (20.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 203 (16.23%) Marketing
7 154 (12.31%) Presentation Skills
8 145 (11.59%) Organisational Skills
9 125 (9.99%) Manufacturing
10 74 (5.92%) Public Sector
11 70 (5.60%) Retail
12 59 (4.72%) Legal
13 53 (4.24%) Financial Institution
14 44 (3.52%) Automotive
15 37 (2.96%) Aerospace
16 28 (2.24%) Banking
17 17 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.28%) Games
19 15 (1.20%) Telecoms
20 12 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 417 (33.33%) Analyst
2 261 (20.86%) Senior
3 190 (15.19%) Lead
4 142 (11.35%) Software Engineer
5 129 (10.31%) Senior Analyst
6 128 (10.23%) Lead Software Engineer
7 120 (9.59%) Product Analyst
7 120 (9.59%) Sales Analyst
8 108 (8.63%) Big Data Engineer
8 108 (8.63%) Big Data Software Engineer
8 108 (8.63%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 108 (8.63%) Scala Engineer
8 108 (8.63%) Scala Software Engineer
9 96 (7.67%) Java Engineer
9 96 (7.67%) Java Scala Software Engineer
9 96 (7.67%) Java Software Engineer
9 96 (7.67%) Lead Java Engineer
9 96 (7.67%) Project Manager
10 78 (6.24%) Architect
11 69 (5.52%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.52%) React
2 10 (0.80%) .NET
2 10 (0.80%) Gherkin
3 9 (0.72%) CSS
3 9 (0.72%) HTML
3 9 (0.72%) JSON
3 9 (0.72%) YAML
4 8 (0.64%) .NET Core
4 8 (0.64%) .NET Framework
4 8 (0.64%) ASP.NET
4 8 (0.64%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 8 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web API
4 8 (0.64%) Blazor
4 8 (0.64%) Entity Framework
4 8 (0.64%) HTML5
4 8 (0.64%) Razor View Engine
4 8 (0.64%) RESTful
4 8 (0.64%) XML
5 6 (0.48%) EDI
6 5 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.35%) FMCG
2 76 (6.08%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.92%) Management Information System
4 40 (3.20%) IoT
5 24 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 12 (0.96%) PMI
9 11 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 11 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 11 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (0.72%) Social Media
11 6 (0.48%) Digital Signage
11 6 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (0.48%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.40%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.40%) NHS
12 5 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.72%) Android
2 8 (0.64%) Windows
3 7 (0.56%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.56%) Linux
4 5 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.16%) CentOS
6 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (43.96%) Agile
2 441 (35.25%) Mentoring
3 394 (31.49%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (23.18%) Decision-Making
5 278 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 265 (21.18%) Business Case
7 239 (19.10%) Actionable Insight
8 231 (18.47%) Budgeting
9 220 (17.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 202 (16.15%) Software Engineering
11 190 (15.19%) SDLC
12 161 (12.87%) Performance Tuning
13 159 (12.71%) Coaching
14 155 (12.39%) CI/CD
14 155 (12.39%) Customer Requirements
15 149 (11.91%) Customer Service
16 132 (10.55%) Project Management
17 130 (10.39%) Operational Stability
18 124 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
19 120 (9.59%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 187 (14.95%) Java
1 187 (14.95%) SQL
2 164 (13.11%) Scala
3 40 (3.20%) SystemVerilog
4 29 (2.32%) Python
5 18 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.20%) C++
7 13 (1.04%) C#
8 10 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.40%) C
11 3 (0.24%) Go
11 3 (0.24%) Perl
11 3 (0.24%) PHP
11 3 (0.24%) VB
12 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.16%) R
13 1 (0.080%) Bash
13 1 (0.080%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.080%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 341 (27.26%) Degree
2 215 (17.19%) ACCA
3 214 (17.11%) CIMA
4 85 (6.79%) Security Cleared
5 70 (5.60%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 42 (3.36%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
8 19 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.20%) PMI Certification
10 11 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.88%) CRISC
11 7 (0.56%) HNC
11 7 (0.56%) HND
11 7 (0.56%) PMP
12 6 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.48%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.32%) APMP
13 4 (0.32%) CISM
13 4 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.72%) QA
2 21 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (1.60%) Data Quality
4 19 (1.52%) PMO
5 14 (1.12%) GDPR
6 10 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.64%) GRC
8 7 (0.56%) DO-254
8 7 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
9 6 (0.48%) COBIT
10 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.32%) SLA
11 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.16%) COSHH
11 2 (0.16%) IASME
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.16%) NIST
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.04%) SCOM
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
4 4 (0.32%) Terraform
5 3 (0.24%) Nessus
6 2 (0.16%) Ansible
6 2 (0.16%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.16%) WSUS
7 1 (0.080%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.080%) Grafana
7 1 (0.080%) Kibana
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.080%) Puppet
Vendors
1 333 (26.62%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.24%) Cadence
2 28 (2.24%) Synopsys
3 24 (1.92%) ServiceNow
4 21 (1.68%) IFS
4 21 (1.68%) SAP
5 16 (1.28%) VMware
5 16 (1.28%) Workday
6 7 (0.56%) Google
6 7 (0.56%) Minitab
6 7 (0.56%) Oracle
7 6 (0.48%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.40%) Adobe
9 4 (0.32%) BT
10 3 (0.24%) Ariba
10 3 (0.24%) CA
10 3 (0.24%) Citrix
10 3 (0.24%) Databricks
10 3 (0.24%) Qualys
10 3 (0.24%) Teradata