Influencing Skills Job Trends in Lancashire

Influencing Skills
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 70 40
Rank change year-on-year +18 -30 +35
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 10 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.89% 0.61% 0.78%
As % of the General category 1.21% 0.96% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -11.11% -28.95%
75th Percentile - - £78,107
90th Percentile £69,291 - £82,221
North West median annual salary £85,000 £50,000 £58,920
% change year-on-year +70.00% -15.14% -10.73%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 824 523 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 73.64% 63.32% 56.77%
Number of salaries quoted 164 327 182
10th Percentile £25,988 £34,750 £25,825
25th Percentile £32,475 £40,988 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,436 £50,055 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +10.01% +1.11%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,943 £52,875
90th Percentile £64,301 £66,067 £69,560
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -0.97% -1.90%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in Lancashire

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Blackpool - 5 £66,220 - 1
Preston +10 2 £54,793 -8.68% 6
Blackburn - 1 £54,793 -
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
Influencing Skills
North West

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (20.00%) Simulink
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Avionics
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Senior
1 9 (90.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 9 (90.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Verilog
1 2 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Coaching
2 9 (90.00%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (90.00%) Cryptography
2 9 (90.00%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (90.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
1 9 (90.00%) HNC
1 9 (90.00%) HND
2 7 (70.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility