Influencing Skills Job Trends in County Antrim

Influencing Skills
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 46 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.54% 0.60% -
As % of the General category 1.01% 0.94% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £57,500 - -

All General Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 199 212 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 53.64% 64.05% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 88 74 115
10th Percentile £27,138 £39,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £95,000 £80,070
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% +3.09%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +12 2 £57,500 - 6
Influencing Skills
Northern Ireland

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) SNA
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet