Influencing Skills Job Trends in England

Influencing Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 246 255
Rank change year-on-year +43 +9 -52
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 681 498 853
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 1.27% 1.15%
As % of the General category 1.92% 1.82% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 367 258 510
10th Percentile £49,583 £47,231 £40,988
25th Percentile £60,511 £50,967 £47,668
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.60% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £83,438 £79,375
90th Percentile £113,300 £106,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £77,203 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.52% -3.85% -

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,457 27,433 44,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.08% 70.10% 60.43%
Number of salaries quoted 20,004 14,000 33,605
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,080 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,043
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.02% -13.07%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in England

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in England

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
London +51 231 £82,500 +8.55% 116
South East +91 173 £62,500 +22.63% 83
North of England -15 119 £75,000 +37.25% 64
Midlands -7 72 £66,000 +5.60% 39
North West -12 58 £90,000 +75.61% 39
Yorkshire -20 45 £64,000 -24.93% 21
West Midlands +3 43 £67,000 +7.20% 23
East of England -41 35 £67,500 +32.44% 13
South West -27 33 £58,497 -14.63% 20
East Midlands -16 29 £65,000 -5.14% 16
North East -6 16 £63,076 - 4
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 22 (3.23%) Confluence
2 15 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) Appian
3 2 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 50 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.91%) Spreadsheet
4 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 41 (6.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.06%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.29%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Primavera
7 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (15.86%) Azure
2 95 (13.95%) AWS
3 55 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (4.99%) Power Platform
5 30 (4.41%) GCP
6 25 (3.67%) Adobe Analytics
7 23 (3.38%) Figma
8 22 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.23%) SaaS
9 19 (2.79%) Serverless
10 16 (2.35%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.20%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (1.91%) GitHub
14 12 (1.76%) Snowflake
15 11 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
16 10 (1.47%) OneDrive
17 7 (1.03%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.47%) HTTP
2 9 (1.32%) Network Security
3 8 (1.17%) Firewall
4 7 (1.03%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.03%) WAN
5 2 (0.29%) DNS
5 2 (0.29%) Internet
5 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) Intranet
6 1 (0.15%) IPsec
6 1 (0.15%) SSL
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.82%) Power BI
2 8 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
3 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.73%) Metadata
4 5 (0.73%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.73%) Tableau
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.44%) Looker
7 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.15%) Big Data
8 1 (0.15%) GIS
8 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 72 (10.57%) JIRA
2 40 (5.87%) eCATT
3 12 (1.76%) NeoLoad
4 3 (0.44%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.29%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 334 (49.05%) Social Skills
2 277 (40.68%) Finance
3 106 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (13.22%) Manufacturing
5 89 (13.07%) Marketing
6 76 (11.16%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (8.08%) Legal
8 53 (7.78%) Banking
8 53 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (5.87%) Public Sector
10 34 (4.99%) Local Government
11 30 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (4.11%) Law
13 27 (3.96%) Retail
14 25 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (3.08%) Fire and Rescue
16 19 (2.79%) Publishing
17 18 (2.64%) Advertising
17 18 (2.64%) Health Technology
18 14 (2.06%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 133 (19.53%) Senior
2 92 (13.51%) Lead
3 87 (12.78%) Analyst
4 71 (10.43%) Architect
4 71 (10.43%) Senior Manager
5 44 (6.46%) Business Manager
6 43 (6.31%) Development Manager
7 40 (5.87%) Project Manager
8 36 (5.29%) Senior Development Manager
9 24 (3.52%) Consultant
10 23 (3.38%) Development Project Manager
10 23 (3.38%) Senior Project Manager
11 21 (3.08%) Test Analyst
12 20 (2.94%) Business Development Manager
13 19 (2.79%) Strategy Manager
14 18 (2.64%) Technologist
15 17 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.35%) Data Analyst
16 16 (2.35%) Quality Manager
16 16 (2.35%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.50%) RESTful
2 11 (1.62%) REST
3 6 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.59%) EDI
5 3 (0.44%) Kafka
6 2 (0.29%) Middleware
6 2 (0.29%) OAuth
6 2 (0.29%) OpenID
6 2 (0.29%) Playwright
7 1 (0.15%) .NET
7 1 (0.15%) JSON
7 1 (0.15%) LDAP
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.15%) SAML
7 1 (0.15%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.15%) Web Services
7 1 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.08%) NHS
4 21 (3.08%) Security Posture
5 16 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.06%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.47%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.03%) Social Media
12 6 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.88%) Blog
12 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.59%) Unix
2 2 (0.29%) Android
2 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.29%) Windows
2 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (33.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 194 (28.49%) Agile
3 149 (21.88%) Roadmaps
4 144 (21.15%) Decision-Making
5 143 (21.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 117 (17.18%) Risk Management
7 104 (15.27%) Mentoring
8 96 (14.10%) Coaching
9 95 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 85 (12.48%) Analytics
11 84 (12.33%) AI
12 80 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
13 78 (11.45%) ERP
14 70 (10.28%) Visualisation
15 69 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
16 62 (9.10%) User Experience
17 61 (8.96%) Project Management
18 52 (7.64%) Business Strategy
19 50 (7.34%) Change Management
20 49 (7.20%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.90%) Python
2 33 (4.85%) SQL
3 18 (2.64%) Java
4 12 (1.76%) VBA
5 9 (1.32%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.03%) Bash
6 7 (1.03%) Go
7 4 (0.59%) C#
7 4 (0.59%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 99 (14.54%) Degree
2 39 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.41%) CISSP
3 30 (4.41%) PMP
4 27 (3.96%) PMI Certification
5 20 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.79%) CISM
7 18 (2.64%) CIMA
8 17 (2.50%) ACCA
9 16 (2.35%) DBS Check
10 15 (2.20%) CISA
11 13 (1.91%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.32%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.88%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.73%) APMP
15 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.73%) CRISC
15 5 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (12.92%) QA
2 42 (6.17%) Accessibility
2 42 (6.17%) NIST
3 36 (5.29%) GDPR
4 35 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.82%) Data Quality
6 21 (3.08%) GRC
7 17 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (2.50%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.47%) PMO
9 9 (1.32%) NIST 800
10 7 (1.03%) NCSC
10 7 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.88%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.88%) SOC 3
12 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.44%) SLA
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Docker
4 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 40 (5.87%) HP ALM
2 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.32%) CASB
4 7 (1.03%) SCCM
5 4 (0.59%) Terraform
6 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 105 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.45%) SAP
3 40 (5.87%) HP
4 31 (4.55%) Oracle
5 25 (3.67%) Adobe
6 20 (2.94%) Qualtrics
7 17 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.62%) Databricks
10 9 (1.32%) IBM
11 8 (1.17%) Workday
12 7 (1.03%) Tenable
13 5 (0.73%) VMware
14 4 (0.59%) Facebook
14 4 (0.59%) Hotjar
14 4 (0.59%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.59%) LexisNexis
14 4 (0.59%) NEC
14 4 (0.59%) YouTube
15 3 (0.44%) Sparx