Influencing Skills Job Trends in Durham

Influencing Skills
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 39 26
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.98% 0.47% 1.69%
As % of the General category 1.56% 0.70% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £41,200
25th Percentile - £54,200 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £56,700 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +23.26% -
75th Percentile - £59,200 £54,375
90th Percentile - - £59,400
North East median annual salary £75,000 £56,700 £65,000
% change year-on-year +32.28% -12.77% +4.00%

All General Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 128 142 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 62.75% 66.05% 57.06%
Number of salaries quoted 39 39 82
10th Percentile £25,070 £29,450 £30,125
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £32,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,309 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.39% +5.91% +26.28%
75th Percentile £48,188 £62,433 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £61,445
North East median annual salary £40,662 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.68% +5.26% -3.23%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Durham

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the Durham region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Darlington +8 2 - -
Influencing Skills
North East

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Planning Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning