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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 112 143
Rank change year-on-year -3 +31 +12
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 46 205 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.56% 3.07% 1.87%
As % of the General category 2.40% 4.23% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 24
10th Percentile £46,087 £38,325 £34,876
25th Percentile £50,179 £41,250 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,882 £49,225 £51,650
Median % change year-on-year +54.15% -4.70% +8.17%
75th Percentile £86,770 £92,813 £68,714
90th Percentile £116,122 £103,949 £73,644
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +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 1,916 4,841 3,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 64.91% 72.42% 75.26%
Number of salaries quoted 900 1,537 1,685
10th Percentile £25,080 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,313 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -12.17% +4.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,025 £82,548 £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 14 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 14 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 +44 37 £75,882 -5.15% 10
Glasgow +41 4 £84,500 +98.82% 17
Fife - 3 - - 1
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 (4.35%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) AWS
2 4 (8.70%) Snowflake
3 2 (4.35%) Amazon EMR
3 2 (4.35%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) Tableau
2 3 (6.52%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.52%) MS Access
3 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.17%) Data Vault
4 1 (2.17%) Metadata
General
1 37 (80.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (47.83%) Finance
3 13 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Banking
5 4 (8.70%) Legal
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.35%) Back Office
7 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Marketing
8 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Audit Manager
2 9 (19.57%) Architect
3 7 (15.22%) Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Data Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Product Owner
5 4 (8.70%) Fraud Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Integration Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Lead Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Sustainability Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Data Science Leader
7 2 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) JSON
2 2 (4.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.17%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Agile
1 19 (41.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (39.13%) Roadmaps
3 14 (30.43%) Coaching
4 13 (28.26%) Risk Management
5 12 (26.09%) Analytics
5 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (21.74%) Internal Audit
7 9 (19.57%) Data Management
7 9 (19.57%) Strategic Roadmap
8 8 (17.39%) Data Analytics
9 6 (13.04%) Backlog Management
9 6 (13.04%) Creative Thinking
9 6 (13.04%) Migration
9 6 (13.04%) Visualisation
10 5 (10.87%) Backlog Refinement
10 5 (10.87%) Data Science
10 5 (10.87%) Product Backlog
10 5 (10.87%) Product Roadmap
10 5 (10.87%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) Python
3 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) CISA
2 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (6.52%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) ITGC
3 1 (2.17%) NCSC
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.17%) Informatica
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft