Influencing Skills Jobs in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 152 178
Rank change year-on-year +36 +26 -4
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 70 93 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.06% 1.38% 1.41%
As % of the General category 2.69% 2.62% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 22
10th Percentile - £40,697 £44,575
25th Percentile - £49,993 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £57,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -9.80% +15.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £74,235
90th Percentile £89,750 £72,500 £88,423
South East median annual salary £70,000 £52,293 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.86% -19.55% +18.18%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,598 3,543 3,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 76.52% 52.71% 64.45%
Number of salaries quoted 763 2,209 1,700
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,682 £34,000 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £73,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the Thames Valley

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire +24 37 £97,500 +77.29% 32
Buckinghamshire +35 32 £50,967 -27.19% 1
Oxfordshire +31 1 £72,500 +38.64% 12
Influencing Skills
South East

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (1.43%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.57%) Azure
2 1 (1.43%) AWS
2 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 62 (88.57%) Social Skills
2 42 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (42.86%) Law
4 18 (25.71%) Legal
5 9 (12.86%) Finance
6 4 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (50.00%) Senior
2 30 (42.86%) Analyst
3 27 (38.57%) Business Change Analyst
3 27 (38.57%) Change Analyst
4 18 (25.71%) Lead
5 4 (5.71%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Audit Analyst
6 3 (4.29%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.29%) Transformation Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Transformation Programme Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Architect
7 2 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.43%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (1.43%) Business Transformation Manager
8 1 (1.43%) Head of Technology
8 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Architect
8 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 1 (1.43%) Senior Manager
8 1 (1.43%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (1.43%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.43%) REST
1 1 (1.43%) SwiftUI
1 1 (1.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.43%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.43%) FMCG
3 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Android
1 1 (1.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (70.00%) Business Case
2 42 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (47.14%) Roadmaps
4 31 (44.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 30 (42.86%) Change Management
6 28 (40.00%) Business Analysis
6 28 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
6 28 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (38.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (38.57%) MoSCoW
7 27 (38.57%) Strategic Thinking
7 27 (38.57%) Use Case
7 27 (38.57%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (32.86%) Project Delivery
10 20 (28.57%) Project Management
11 18 (25.71%) Computer Science
11 18 (25.71%) IT Strategy
11 18 (25.71%) Technology Strategy
12 17 (24.29%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 27 (38.57%) CBAP
2 18 (25.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.43%) PMO
1 1 (1.43%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (1.43%) Atlassian
1 1 (1.43%) Salesforce