Influencing Skills Job Trends in the North of England

Influencing Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. 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 182 151 189
Rank change year-on-year -31 +38 -26
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 105 117 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.83% 1.49% 1.15%
As % of the General category 1.41% 2.17% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 58 35 97
10th Percentile £47,125 £40,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £58,253 £47,020 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £54,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.24% -7.63% +2.16%
75th Percentile £95,000 £61,874 £84,964
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £91,934
England median annual salary £76,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -11.11% +3.85%

All General Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7,470 5,392 7,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.79% 68.64% 58.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,733 2,374 5,822
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £33,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,250 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.87% -9.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,200 £85,000 £80,000
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 the North of England

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the North of England

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West -14 53 £87,500 +75.00% 38
Yorkshire -25 38 £70,000 -17.89% 18
North East +3 14 £63,076 +11.24% 3
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 9 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.90%) Simulink
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.38%) Azure
2 11 (10.48%) AWS
3 10 (9.52%) Adobe Analytics
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.57%) Figma
5 7 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.81%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.86%) GCP
9 2 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.95%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) DMZ
1 1 (0.95%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.95%) GIS
2 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) JIRA
General
1 43 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 33 (31.43%) Finance
3 16 (15.24%) Manufacturing
4 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.52%) Banking
6 5 (4.76%) Avionics
6 5 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.81%) Marketing
8 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.90%) Games
9 2 (1.90%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.90%) Law
9 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Digital Economy
10 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.95%) Legal
10 1 (0.95%) Local Government
10 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (16.19%) Architect
2 12 (11.43%) QA Manager
2 12 (11.43%) Quality Manager
3 9 (8.57%) Business Manager
4 8 (7.62%) Business Architect
4 8 (7.62%) Lead
4 8 (7.62%) Senior
5 7 (6.67%) Product Manager
5 7 (6.67%) Strategy Manager
6 6 (5.71%) Service Manager
7 5 (4.76%) Operations Manager
7 5 (4.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Trainer
8 4 (3.81%) Data Architect
8 4 (3.81%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Project Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.86%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (2.86%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) Kafka
1 2 (1.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 7 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (1.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.90%) Verilog
2 2 (1.90%) VHDL
3 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.95%) NHS
3 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (23.81%) Coaching
3 21 (20.00%) Agile
4 19 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (16.19%) Roadmaps
6 16 (15.24%) Customer Experience
7 15 (14.29%) Analytics
8 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (12.38%) Business Strategy
9 13 (12.38%) Strategic Thinking
10 12 (11.43%) Customer Engagement
10 12 (11.43%) Internal Audit
10 12 (11.43%) Mentoring
10 12 (11.43%) QMS
10 12 (11.43%) Quality Management
11 11 (10.48%) CRM
11 11 (10.48%) IT Strategy
11 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.48%) User Experience
12 10 (9.52%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.81%) Java
2 2 (1.90%) C#
3 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Degree
2 5 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (4.76%) HNC
2 5 (4.76%) HND
3 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.90%) CISA
4 2 (1.90%) CISM
4 2 (1.90%) City & Guilds
4 2 (1.90%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.95%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.86%) QA
2 11 (10.48%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.81%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.90%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 13 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.52%) Adobe
3 8 (7.62%) Qualtrics
4 3 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
4 3 (2.86%) Sparx
5 2 (1.90%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.95%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle
6 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow