Influencing Skills Job Trends in Stockport

Influencing Skills
Manchester > Stockport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Stockport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 7.55% - -
As % of the General category 9.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £76,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £69,964 £80,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.55% +88.24% -22.73%

All General Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 41 55 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 77.36% 82.09% 67.02%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 24
10th Percentile £30,950 £28,300 £33,500
25th Percentile £34,750 £30,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -35.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £60,000 £67,625
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Stockport

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft