Influencing Skills Job Trends in London

Influencing Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 228 264
Rank change year-on-year +35 +36 -6
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 222 216 227
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.42% 1.45% 1.08%
As % of the General category 2.20% 1.95% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 131 94 145
10th Percentile £68,000 £50,420 £52,500
25th Percentile £76,000 £61,563 £63,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £98,125 £92,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £120,000 £109,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -11.11% +3.85%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,093 11,076 13,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 64.60% 74.19% 65.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,217 5,811 10,835
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,840 £37,075
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in London

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in London

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Central London +29 42 £85,000 -2.02% 29
West London +8 19 £87,500 +25.00% 8
East London - 6 - - 7
South London +34 1 £77,500 +31.33% 1
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (2.70%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Appian
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.90%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (29.73%) AWS
2 65 (29.28%) Azure
3 25 (11.26%) GCP
4 15 (6.76%) Amazon S3
4 15 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (6.76%) Serverless
5 14 (6.31%) Amazon SQS
6 13 (5.86%) GitHub
6 13 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 12 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (5.41%) Slack
8 11 (4.95%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.95%) SaaS
9 10 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (3.15%) Adobe Analytics
10 7 (3.15%) Figma
10 7 (3.15%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.50%) HTTP
2 9 (4.05%) Network Security
3 8 (3.60%) Firewall
4 7 (3.15%) SD-WAN
4 7 (3.15%) WAN
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) Internet
6 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.50%) Data Lake
3 9 (4.05%) Power BI
4 5 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.25%) Tableau
5 4 (1.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) Looker
6 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (8.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.90%) GitLab
2 2 (0.90%) JMeter
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 127 (57.21%) Social Skills
2 97 (43.69%) Finance
3 44 (19.82%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.86%) Banking
5 24 (10.81%) Marketing
6 23 (10.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (9.01%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (8.11%) Law
9 17 (7.66%) Legal
10 14 (6.31%) Health Technology
10 14 (6.31%) Publishing
10 14 (6.31%) Tech for Good
11 13 (5.86%) Advertising
12 11 (4.95%) Retail
13 10 (4.50%) Public Sector
14 5 (2.25%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.90%) Games
15 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.45%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 61 (27.48%) Senior
2 39 (17.57%) Lead
3 30 (13.51%) Senior Manager
4 27 (12.16%) Architect
5 17 (7.66%) Business Manager
6 16 (7.21%) Business Development Manager
6 16 (7.21%) Development Manager
7 14 (6.31%) AWS Developer
7 14 (6.31%) Developer
7 14 (6.31%) Lead Developer
7 14 (6.31%) Lead Python Developer
7 14 (6.31%) Python Developer
7 14 (6.31%) React Developer
7 14 (6.31%) Senior Business Development Manager
7 14 (6.31%) Senior Business Manager
7 14 (6.31%) Senior Development Manager
8 11 (4.95%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (4.50%) Software Development Engineer
9 10 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.76%) RESTful
2 11 (4.95%) REST
3 4 (1.80%) EDI
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.90%) Kafka
5 2 (0.90%) Playwright
6 1 (0.45%) JSON
6 1 (0.45%) LDAP
6 1 (0.45%) OAuth
6 1 (0.45%) OpenID
6 1 (0.45%) SAML
6 1 (0.45%) Web Services
6 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.21%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.86%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.50%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.80%) AS400
7 4 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.80%) iSeries
7 4 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.35%) FMCG
8 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.90%) Blog
9 2 (0.90%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.90%) IoT
9 2 (0.90%) Social Media
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.80%) Unix
2 2 (0.90%) Android
2 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (29.73%) Agile
2 60 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (25.68%) Roadmaps
3 57 (25.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (24.77%) Mentoring
5 48 (21.62%) Decision-Making
6 45 (20.27%) AI
7 40 (18.02%) Coaching
8 38 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (15.32%) CI/CD
10 32 (14.41%) Analytics
11 30 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (13.51%) DevOps
12 28 (12.61%) Risk Management
13 26 (11.71%) Information Security
14 24 (10.81%) Business Development
14 24 (10.81%) User Experience
15 23 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (10.36%) Vulnerability Management
16 22 (9.91%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.22%) Python
2 16 (7.21%) SQL
3 14 (6.31%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.86%) Java
5 12 (5.41%) Bash
5 12 (5.41%) Go
6 8 (3.60%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.90%) C#
7 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (15.32%) Degree
2 19 (8.56%) CISSP
3 12 (5.41%) CISA
3 12 (5.41%) CISM
4 7 (3.15%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.70%) MBA
6 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.25%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.80%) ACCA
7 4 (1.80%) CRISC
8 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.35%) CCSP
8 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.35%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.45%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.57%) NIST
2 30 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (10.36%) Accessibility
4 20 (9.01%) GDPR
5 16 (7.21%) QA
6 14 (6.31%) Data Quality
7 11 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (4.95%) PCI DSS
8 9 (4.05%) GRC
9 8 (3.60%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.35%) COBIT
11 3 (1.35%) ITGC
11 3 (1.35%) SLA
12 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.90%) PMO
13 1 (0.45%) FINRA
13 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.05%) CASB
2 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.15%) SCCM
4 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.31%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.86%) Oracle
3 13 (5.86%) SAP
4 12 (5.41%) Databricks
4 12 (5.41%) Tenable
5 7 (3.15%) Adobe
5 7 (3.15%) Qualtrics
6 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.25%) Workday
7 4 (1.80%) Facebook
7 4 (1.80%) IBM
7 4 (1.80%) YouTube
8 1 (0.45%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.45%) Google
8 1 (0.45%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) TOWER Software