Influencing Skills Job Trends in Scotland

Influencing Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 82 113
Rank change year-on-year -34 +31 +28
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 26 51 206
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.79% 2.61% 3.25%
As % of the General category 1.68% 3.41% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 13
10th Percentile £57,250 £46,087 £38,650
25th Percentile £69,375 £50,179 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,882 £49,225
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% +54.15% -13.24%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,770 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £116,122 £103,649
UK median annual salary £75,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.19% +6.67% -4.76%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,548 1,494 4,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.05% 76.58% 74.72%
Number of salaries quoted 655 670 1,553
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,481 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £33,076 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +1.94% -10.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £83,510
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Glasgow -2 18 £90,000 +6.51% 4
Edinburgh -31 6 £70,000 -7.75% 6
Dundee - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £52,000 -
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) AWS
2 7 (26.92%) Snowflake
3 6 (23.08%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.85%) Asana
4 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
4 1 (3.85%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Architect
1 8 (30.77%) Senior
2 7 (26.92%) Data Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Governance Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Security Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Software Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Senior IT Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Implementation Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Incident Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Problem Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
2 2 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (30.77%) Analytics
2 8 (30.77%) Data Engineering
2 8 (30.77%) Data Strategy
3 7 (26.92%) Architectural Design
3 7 (26.92%) Architectural Patterns
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) Data Architecture
3 7 (26.92%) Data Design
3 7 (26.92%) Data Governance
4 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 5 (19.23%) Agile
5 5 (19.23%) AI
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 4 (15.38%) Information Security
6 4 (15.38%) Information Security Management
6 4 (15.38%) IT Governance
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (15.38%) Security Management
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Java
1 2 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CISM
1 4 (15.38%) CISSP
1 4 (15.38%) CRISC
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) ACCA
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) CIMA
3 1 (3.85%) CSPO
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) Data Quality
2 4 (15.38%) COBIT
2 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (15.38%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) OpenAI