Influencing Skills Job Trends in Bristol

Influencing Skills
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 92 95
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +18
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 17 15 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.83% 1.07% 2.25%
As % of the General category 1.98% 1.86% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 28
10th Percentile £49,185 £43,549 £46,306
25th Percentile £51,356 £54,723 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -22.40% +33.59%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,034 £96,539
90th Percentile £85,750 £101,875 £140,748
South West median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £71,538
% change year-on-year -6.24% +0.63% +20.23%

All General Skills
Bristol

Influencing Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 857 808 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 41.83% 57.67% 60.42%
Number of salaries quoted 661 444 851
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -7.60% +8.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,625 £91,934
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% +2.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Bristol

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in Bristol

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Matillion
2 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Local Government
6 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.88%) Automotive
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Data Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Data Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Data Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Application Support Team Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Support
4 2 (11.76%) Finance Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Project Office Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Relationships Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Applications Support
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (35.29%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Development
5 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 3 (17.65%) Data Strategy
5 3 (17.65%) DevOps
5 3 (17.65%) Logistics
5 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
5 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (17.65%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
6 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Def Stans
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (5.88%) Sparx
3 1 (5.88%) Verint
3 1 (5.88%) VMware