Influencing Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 218 198 244
Rank change year-on-year -20 +46 +124
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 854 2,352 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.91% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.45% 2.78% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 433 1,149 1,045
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +1.60% +6.84%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,800 £97,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £53,112
% change year-on-year +13.04% +8.26% +1.17%

All General Skills
UK

Influencing Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,825 84,481 76,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.73% 68.77% 59.91%
Number of salaries quoted 24,374 48,187 48,005
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% +3.68%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the UK

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the UK

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK

Influencing Skills
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England -32 701 £70,576 +12.92% 477
UK excluding London -25 580 £65,000 +13.04% 299
Work from Home +33 409 £70,576 +5.20% 255
London +41 229 £80,000 +6.67% 194
North of England +7 135 £70,000 +16.67% 94
South East -20 101 £67,500 +12.50% 69
South West +5 100 £65,000 +8.33% 42
Midlands -62 95 £60,000 +22.45% 50
West Midlands -44 79 £60,000 +20.00% 40
Scotland +56 78 £91,313 +14.67% 16
North West +98 75 £65,000 +0.05% 64
Yorkshire -40 54 £83,577 +40.40% 24
East of England +59 33 £65,000 +10.64% 33
Wales +24 25 £41,768 +10.84% 7
East Midlands +27 16 £56,250 +25.00% 10
Northern Ireland +36 14 - - 1
North East +41 6 £52,250 -16.40% 7

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (2.93%) Apache Spark
2 16 (1.87%) Confluence
3 12 (1.41%) Apache
4 6 (0.70%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.35%) Drupal
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) TPMS
7 1 (0.12%) WildFly
Applications
1 25 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.59%) SAP CRM
2 5 (0.59%) SAP CX
2 5 (0.59%) SAP GTS
2 5 (0.59%) SAP SD
2 5 (0.59%) SAP WM
3 4 (0.47%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.47%) SAP PM
3 4 (0.47%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.12%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 79 (9.25%) Azure
2 48 (5.62%) AWS
3 42 (4.92%) GCP
3 42 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 15 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.52%) SaaS
6 10 (1.17%) GitHub
6 10 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (1.17%) Vertex AI
7 9 (1.05%) Datadog
7 9 (1.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (1.05%) PaaS
8 8 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (0.94%) IaaS
9 7 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.47%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.87%) Network Security
2 11 (1.29%) Firewall
3 4 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (0.47%) LAN
3 4 (0.47%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.47%) WAN
3 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.35%) DNS
4 3 (0.35%) Internet
4 3 (0.35%) MPLS
4 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (0.35%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.35%) VPN
4 3 (0.35%) WLAN
5 2 (0.23%) HTTP
5 2 (0.23%) PBX
5 2 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.98%) Power BI
2 26 (3.04%) NoSQL
3 25 (2.93%) Big Data
4 22 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (2.46%) Metadata
6 19 (2.22%) BigQuery
7 18 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.99%) MySQL
9 14 (1.64%) Data Mart
9 14 (1.64%) Electronic Patient Records
10 13 (1.52%) Tableau
11 11 (1.29%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.29%) Looker
12 10 (1.17%) Bigtable
12 10 (1.17%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.70%) SQL Server
14 5 (0.59%) Essbase
14 5 (0.59%) Redis
15 4 (0.47%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 31 (3.63%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.16%) JIRA
3 15 (1.76%) Cucumber
4 14 (1.64%) Git
5 13 (1.52%) Gradle
5 13 (1.52%) Maven
5 13 (1.52%) Mocha
5 13 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (1.17%) Artifactory
7 9 (1.05%) Selenium
7 9 (1.05%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.94%) Ant
8 8 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.94%) Spinnaker
8 8 (0.94%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.70%) JUnit
10 5 (0.59%) ERwin
10 5 (0.59%) GitLab
10 5 (0.59%) Sinon.JS
11 2 (0.23%) GoogleTest
General
1 514 (60.19%) Social Skills
2 356 (41.69%) Finance
3 235 (27.52%) Presentation Skills
4 114 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (12.76%) Banking
6 79 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (7.03%) Retail
8 49 (5.74%) Legal
9 43 (5.04%) Marketing
10 35 (4.10%) Law
11 34 (3.98%) Public Sector
12 32 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.76%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.17%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.17%) Retail Finance
15 9 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.94%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.82%) Advertising
17 7 (0.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (21.66%) Business Manager
2 176 (20.61%) Development Manager
3 173 (20.26%) Business Development Manager
4 123 (14.40%) Lead
5 79 (9.25%) Architect
6 76 (8.90%) Analyst
7 75 (8.78%) Senior
8 62 (7.26%) Project Manager
9 49 (5.74%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (4.92%) Business Analyst
11 34 (3.98%) Senior Manager
12 32 (3.75%) Consultant
13 23 (2.69%) IT Manager
13 23 (2.69%) Service Manager
14 22 (2.58%) Data Manager
15 21 (2.46%) Lead Software Engineer
15 21 (2.46%) Software Engineer
16 19 (2.22%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 19 (2.22%) Security Manager
17 17 (1.99%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.99%) .NET
2 11 (1.29%) Kafka
3 8 (0.94%) HTML
3 8 (0.94%) Middleware
4 7 (0.82%) Node.js
5 6 (0.70%) CSS
5 6 (0.70%) React
6 5 (0.59%) Chai
6 5 (0.59%) Express.js
6 5 (0.59%) Keycloak
6 5 (0.59%) Nunjucks
6 5 (0.59%) REST
6 5 (0.59%) SOAP
6 5 (0.59%) Velocity
7 4 (0.47%) EDI
8 3 (0.35%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.35%) J2EE
9 2 (0.23%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.23%) pytest
9 2 (0.23%) Sphinx
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.45%) Virtual Team
3 30 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.81%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.69%) Credit Risk
7 19 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.11%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.99%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
10 13 (1.52%) Mali
11 11 (1.29%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.17%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.17%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.82%) FMCG
14 7 (0.82%) Robotics
15 5 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.57%) Linux
2 25 (2.93%) Android
3 19 (2.22%) Windows
4 17 (1.99%) Unix
5 13 (1.52%) AIX
6 12 (1.41%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.29%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (40.98%) Agile
2 270 (31.62%) Coaching
3 216 (25.29%) Business Development
4 194 (22.72%) Actionable Insight
5 134 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (15.69%) Roadmaps
6 105 (12.30%) Analytics
6 105 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 100 (11.71%) DevOps
8 98 (11.48%) Decision-Making
9 97 (11.36%) Project Management
10 96 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (10.77%) Risk Management
12 87 (10.19%) Project Delivery
13 78 (9.13%) ITIL
14 71 (8.31%) Mentoring
15 68 (7.96%) Artificial Intelligence
16 65 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
17 58 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
18 57 (6.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (7.14%) SQL
2 33 (3.86%) Java
2 33 (3.86%) Python
3 16 (1.87%) C++
4 14 (1.64%) C#
5 13 (1.52%) C
5 13 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 12 (1.41%) Scala
7 11 (1.29%) Bash
7 11 (1.29%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.17%) R
9 9 (1.05%) Search Processing Language
9 9 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.70%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.23%) Groovy
12 2 (0.23%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 225 (26.35%) Security Cleared
2 114 (13.35%) Degree
3 92 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.63%) TOGAF Certification
5 20 (2.34%) CISSP
6 16 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 9 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.05%) CCSP
12 8 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.82%) APMP
13 7 (0.82%) CISM
13 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.70%) PMP
15 5 (0.59%) CCNP
15 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.98%) QA
2 25 (2.93%) PMO
3 23 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.41%) SLA
6 11 (1.29%) IFRS
6 11 (1.29%) NIST
7 10 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
9 8 (0.94%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.59%) DO-254
11 5 (0.59%) GDPR
12 4 (0.47%) COBIT
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 15 (1.76%) Docker
2 13 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (1.52%) Firmware
3 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (4.80%) Terraform
2 25 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.76%) Kibana
4 11 (1.29%) Ansible
5 9 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.05%) SCOM
6 8 (0.94%) Grafana
6 8 (0.94%) Nagios
6 8 (0.94%) Puppet
7 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.23%) Nessus
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 84 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.45%) Oracle
3 35 (4.10%) Google
4 23 (2.69%) SAP
5 18 (2.11%) Splunk
6 17 (1.99%) New Relic
7 16 (1.87%) BMC
8 12 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.29%) VMware
10 9 (1.05%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.94%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.94%) Veracode
12 7 (0.82%) Cisco
13 6 (0.70%) NEC
13 6 (0.70%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.70%) Workday
14 5 (0.59%) BT
15 4 (0.47%) Informatica
15 4 (0.47%) Sun