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 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 138 106 101
Rank change year-on-year -32 -5 +50
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 21 77 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.51% 2.15% 1.73%
As % of the General category 1.00% 3.42% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 21
10th Percentile £57,750 - £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £50,967 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.77% -21.59% +4.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 - £90,000
90th Percentile £195,000 £57,625 -
England median annual salary £76,125 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.80% -10.71% +7.69%

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 2,107 2,250 1,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 51.02% 62.80% 62.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 834 925
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £80,000
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 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 1 January 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 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
Cambridgeshire +16 8 £137,500 +72.68% 2
Hertfordshire -27 7 £77,500 +52.06% 13
Norfolk +11 6 - - 4
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:

Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
1 4 (19.05%) Tableau
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (19.05%) Agriculture
6 3 (14.29%) Law
7 1 (4.76%) Publishing
7 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Development Manager
1 5 (23.81%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Business Development Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Business Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 2 (9.52%) Chief Security Officer
3 2 (9.52%) Head of Design
3 2 (9.52%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (9.52%) Security Officer
4 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Product Development Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (19.05%) Freedom of Information Act
1 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 4 (19.05%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Business Development
4 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (19.05%) Coaching
4 4 (19.05%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (19.05%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (19.05%) Logistics
4 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
5 3 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 3 (14.29%) Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
1 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) ACCA
2 2 (9.52%) CIMA
2 2 (9.52%) CISA
2 2 (9.52%) CISM
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Verint
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow