Influencing Skills Jobs in the North West

Influencing Skills
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 219 146
Rank change year-on-year +21 -73 -1
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 95 80 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.22% 0.77% 2.27%
As % of the General category 1.73% 1.47% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 58 59 48
10th Percentile £49,169 £38,750 £39,294
25th Percentile - £40,988 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,685 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.85% -
75th Percentile - £61,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,975 £84,964 £89,693
England median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% -4.00% +4.17%

All General Skills
North West

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 common skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,490 5,440 5,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.35% 52.58% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,982 2,369
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North West.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the North West

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Lancashire -35 62 £54,793 +8.11% 30
Manchester +38 26 £53,750 +13.16% 74
Cheshire +2 5 £67,750 +12.92% 47
Merseyside +34 1 £60,394 +47.30% 20
Cumbria -68 1 £46,820 +18.53%
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.11%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.53%) AWS
2 6 (6.32%) Azure
3 4 (4.21%) Snowflake
4 3 (3.16%) GCP
4 3 (3.16%) GitHub
4 3 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.16%) SaaS
5 2 (2.11%) Amazon EMR
5 2 (2.11%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.05%) Asana
6 1 (1.05%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (1.05%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) Network Security
2 1 (1.05%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) Tableau
2 3 (3.16%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.16%) Power BI
3 1 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.05%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 84 (88.42%) Social Skills
2 61 (64.21%) Avionics
3 18 (18.95%) Finance
4 7 (7.37%) Banking
5 5 (5.26%) Legal
6 4 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Law
8 2 (2.11%) Automotive
8 2 (2.11%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.05%) Games
9 1 (1.05%) Local Government
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (67.37%) Senior
2 61 (64.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 61 (64.21%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (8.42%) Architect
4 7 (7.37%) Lead
5 6 (6.32%) Analyst
6 3 (3.16%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (3.16%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 3 (3.16%) Product Owner
6 3 (3.16%) Security Engineer
6 3 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.11%) AWS Architect
7 2 (2.11%) Azure Architect
7 2 (2.11%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.11%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 2 (2.11%) Payments Architect
7 2 (2.11%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.11%) Principal Security Architect
7 2 (2.11%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.32%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.05%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.05%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.05%) Social Media
5 1 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (65.26%) Collaborative Working
2 61 (64.21%) Coaching
2 61 (64.21%) Cryptography
2 61 (64.21%) Customer Requirements
2 61 (64.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 61 (64.21%) Systems Engineering
3 13 (13.68%) Agile
4 9 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.37%) Business Strategy
5 7 (7.37%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (7.37%) Roadmaps
5 7 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (6.32%) Project Management
6 6 (6.32%) TOGAF
7 5 (5.26%) Data Science
7 5 (5.26%) Decision-Making
7 5 (5.26%) Information Security
8 4 (4.21%) Budget Management
8 4 (4.21%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (4.21%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) SQL
2 2 (2.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (64.21%) Degree
1 61 (64.21%) HNC
1 61 (64.21%) HND
2 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.05%) CISA
3 1 (1.05%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.11%) GDPR
2 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.11%) NCSC
2 2 (2.11%) NIST
2 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.11%) QA
3 1 (1.05%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.16%) Google
3 1 (1.05%) IBM
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle
3 1 (1.05%) Salesforce