Influencing Skills Job Trends in the East of England

Influencing Skills
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 138 140
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +41
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 51 35 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.81% 1.15% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.81% 1.69% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 29 21 52
10th Percentile £35,000 - £45,790
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £59,000 £51,523
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +14.51% -6.32%
75th Percentile £87,775 £66,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,000 - £93,750
England median annual salary £71,000 £64,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +10.94% +8.47% -5.60%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,821 2,073 3,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 45.03% 67.99% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 915 2,568
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the East of England

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the East of England

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Cambridgeshire -13 23 £60,100 -6.09% 6
Hertfordshire -12 15 £82,500 +50.00% 11
Bedfordshire +16 9 £56,156 -12.26% 4
Essex -20 2 £95,000 +59.66% 5
Norfolk -27 1 £75,000 +25.73%
Suffolk - 1 - - 2
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) CMS
Business Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Primavera
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) AWS
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
1 7 (13.73%) SaaS
2 4 (7.84%) Serverless
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.88%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.92%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.96%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) DHCP
1 3 (5.88%) DNS
1 3 (5.88%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Marketing
3 10 (19.61%) Finance
4 9 (17.65%) Retail
5 8 (15.69%) Legal
6 5 (9.80%) Publishing
7 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
8 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Automotive
9 1 (1.96%) German Language
9 1 (1.96%) Law
9 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (27.45%) Lead
2 10 (19.61%) Senior
3 8 (15.69%) Senior Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Support Specialist
5 4 (7.84%) Programme Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Programme Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Service Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Service Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Leader
6 3 (5.88%) Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Head of IT
6 3 (5.88%) Head of Service Management
6 3 (5.88%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Platform Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Data Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Data Quality Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Integration Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Product Lead
7 2 (3.92%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Taxonomies
2 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.84%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.88%) Smart City
5 2 (3.92%) Educational Technology
5 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
1 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
1 14 (27.45%) Decision-Making
2 12 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 11 (21.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 8 (15.69%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (15.69%) Agile
5 8 (15.69%) Coaching
5 8 (15.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 8 (15.69%) E-Commerce
5 8 (15.69%) Matrix Organization
6 7 (13.73%) Analytics
6 7 (13.73%) B2B
6 7 (13.73%) Demand Generation
6 7 (13.73%) Observability
6 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.73%) Project Management
6 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
7 6 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) DBS Check
2 10 (19.61%) Degree
3 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.84%) PMP
6 3 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (5.88%) CCSK
6 3 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.88%) CISSP
6 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) PMO
2 3 (5.88%) NCSC
2 3 (5.88%) NIST
2 3 (5.88%) NIST 800
3 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.92%) QA
4 1 (1.96%) GRC
4 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) SAP
3 4 (7.84%) HubSpot
4 3 (5.88%) Pardot
4 3 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (1.96%) Google