Influencing Skills Job Trends in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 57 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 -5 +44
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.79% 0.43% 1.45%
As % of the General category 1.75% 0.73% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £60,163 -
25th Percentile £55,750 £66,594 £96,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,050 £79,625 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.05% -18.33% +104.19%
75th Percentile £195,000 £94,094 £98,750
90th Percentile - £101,388 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £85,000 £79,625 £81,250
% change year-on-year +6.75% -2.00% +70.16%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 228 274 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 45.24% 58.30% 55.28%
Number of salaries quoted 143 126 155
10th Percentile £30,370 £38,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -0.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £69,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.00% -4.76%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Cambridge over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in Cambridge

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Chief Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Observability
2 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (50.00%) CISA
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP