Influencing Skills Jobs 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 115 141
Rank change year-on-year 0 +26 +26
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 44 202 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.48% 2.97% 2.01%
As % of the General category 2.17% 4.19% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 26
10th Percentile £46,087 £38,000 £35,274
25th Percentile £46,238 £41,250 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,764 £49,225 £44,782
Median % change year-on-year +66.10% +9.92% -9.99%
75th Percentile £86,776 £79,806 £73,120
90th Percentile £95,244 £101,550 £87,419
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +5.00%

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 common skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,030 4,825 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.49% 71.05% 75.03%
Number of salaries quoted 907 1,555 1,597
10th Percentile £25,060 £27,500 £32,650
25th Percentile £32,851 £38,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,175 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,600 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in Scotland.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in Scotland

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

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 29 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
Edinburgh +52 37 £81,764 +66.10% 17
Fife - 3 - -
Glasgow +32 2 £84,500 +98.82% 11
Stirling - 2 £48,798 - 1
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Snowflake
3 2 (4.55%) Amazon EMR
3 2 (4.55%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) Tableau
2 3 (6.82%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.82%) MS Access
3 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
General
1 35 (79.55%) Social Skills
2 19 (43.18%) Finance
3 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (25.00%) Banking
5 4 (9.09%) Legal
6 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.55%) Back Office
7 2 (4.55%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Audit Manager
2 7 (15.91%) Analyst
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Product Owner
4 5 (11.36%) Data Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Fraud Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Integration Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Sustainability Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Data Science Leader
7 2 (4.55%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Lead
7 2 (4.55%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.27%) Principal Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) JSON
2 2 (4.55%) Kafka
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Roadmaps
1 18 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (38.64%) Agile
3 14 (31.82%) Coaching
4 13 (29.55%) Risk Management
5 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (25.00%) Analytics
7 10 (22.73%) Internal Audit
8 8 (18.18%) Data Analytics
8 8 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
9 7 (15.91%) Backlog Management
9 7 (15.91%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (15.91%) Data Management
10 6 (13.64%) Backlog Refinement
10 6 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
10 6 (13.64%) Product Vision
10 6 (13.64%) Visualisation
11 5 (11.36%) Data Extraction
11 5 (11.36%) Data Migration
11 5 (11.36%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) SQL
2 5 (11.36%) Python
3 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) CISA
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) CISSP
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (4.55%) GDPR
2 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.27%) ITGC
3 1 (2.27%) NCSC
3 1 (2.27%) NIST
3 1 (2.27%) PMO
3 1 (2.27%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Citrix