Influencing Skills Jobs in the South East

Influencing Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 141 202
Rank change year-on-year -54 +61 -16
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 93 325 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 1.95% 1.64%
As % of the General category 1.70% 3.44% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51 60 69
10th Percentile - £34,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,967 £46,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £65,666
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -20.05% +19.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,563 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,739 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,456 9,434 9,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 64.46% 56.54% 64.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,561 6,049 4,646
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the South East

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +45 60 £50,967 -11.36% 33
Buckinghamshire +45 34 £50,967 -27.19% 3
Berkshire +31 25 £85,000 +54.56% 30
Isle of Wight - 17 £70,000 -
Hampshire +52 4 £125,000 +152.53% 9
Surrey -41 4 £63,750 +34.21% 9
Kent +32 3 £62,500 - 5
East Sussex +12 3 £62,500 - 2
Oxfordshire +37 1 £72,500 +38.64% 5
West Sussex +35 1 - - 3
Influencing Skills
England

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.08%) AWS
1 1 (1.08%) Azure
1 1 (1.08%) GitHub
1 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.08%) SaaS
1 1 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.08%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (1.08%) DHCP
1 1 (1.08%) DNS
1 1 (1.08%) Firewall
1 1 (1.08%) Intranet
1 1 (1.08%) IP Telephony
1 1 (1.08%) IPsec
1 1 (1.08%) LAN
1 1 (1.08%) MPLS
1 1 (1.08%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.08%) VLAN
1 1 (1.08%) VPN
1 1 (1.08%) WAN
1 1 (1.08%) Wireless
1 1 (1.08%) Wireless Security
1 1 (1.08%) Wireshark
1 1 (1.08%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 57 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 36 (38.71%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.43%) Law
4 18 (19.35%) Legal
5 14 (15.05%) Finance
6 7 (7.53%) Retail
7 4 (4.30%) Marketing
7 4 (4.30%) Military
8 3 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (35.48%) Analyst
2 27 (29.03%) Business Change Analyst
2 27 (29.03%) Change Analyst
3 25 (26.88%) Senior
4 20 (21.51%) Project Manager
5 19 (20.43%) Lead
6 5 (5.38%) IT Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) Programme Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) Audit Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Architect
8 3 (3.23%) Business Manager
8 3 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.23%) Transformation Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Transformation Programme Manager
9 2 (2.15%) Head of Technology
10 1 (1.08%) Business Transformation Manager
10 1 (1.08%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.08%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (1.08%) EDI
1 1 (1.08%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.08%) Middleware
1 1 (1.08%) React
1 1 (1.08%) REST
1 1 (1.08%) SwiftUI
1 1 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.08%) Data Fabric
2 1 (1.08%) FMCG
2 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Android
1 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (53.76%) Business Case
2 47 (50.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 43 (46.24%) Project Management
4 33 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (34.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (33.33%) Change Management
7 29 (31.18%) Strategic Thinking
8 28 (30.11%) Business Analysis
8 28 (30.11%) Collaborative Working
9 27 (29.03%) MoSCoW
9 27 (29.03%) Use Case
9 27 (29.03%) Workshop Facilitation
10 24 (25.81%) Project Delivery
10 24 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (24.73%) Roadmaps
12 20 (21.51%) Strategic Roadmap
13 19 (20.43%) IT Strategy
13 19 (20.43%) Technology Strategy
14 18 (19.35%) Computer Science
14 18 (19.35%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.08%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.08%) Python
1 1 (1.08%) R
1 1 (1.08%) Swift
1 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (29.03%) CBAP
2 20 (21.51%) Degree
3 17 (18.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.08%) CCNP
6 1 (1.08%) CISA
6 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CISSP
6 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.08%) CRISC
6 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.08%) PMP
6 1 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.08%) COBIT
3 1 (1.08%) GRC
3 1 (1.08%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) PMO
3 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.08%) Cisco
2 1 (1.08%) Foundry
2 1 (1.08%) Palantir
2 1 (1.08%) Riverbed
2 1 (1.08%) Salesforce