Influencing Skills Job Trends in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 106 116
Rank change year-on-year -18 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 12 23 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.48% 1.00% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.84% 1.73% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £39,300 £47,550 £38,570
25th Percentile £42,000 £49,500 £40,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £56,700 £43,814
Median % change year-on-year +31.57% +29.41% -16.55%
75th Percentile £78,800 £63,750 £60,513
90th Percentile £81,020 £66,000 £69,955
England median annual salary £76,125 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.80% -10.71% +7.69%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,434 1,332 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 56.88% 57.99% 54.45%
Number of salaries quoted 852 595 691
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the East Midlands

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leicestershire +12 5 £74,600 +19.36% 1
Nottinghamshire +8 4 £58,300 +2.82% 4
Derbyshire -11 3 - -
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Metadata
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Change Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Governance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Governance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Payroll Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Payroll Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Change Control
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Business Case
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) RBAC
4 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) CEH
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) GCIH
2 2 (16.67%) OSCP
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle