Influencing Skills Jobs

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 cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 158 213
Rank change year-on-year -67 +55 +40
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 772 1,835 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.83% 1.76%
As % of the General category 2.01% 3.08% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 337 559 680
10th Percentile £50,748 £40,262 £38,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £81,620
90th Percentile £97,236 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38,329 59,604 67,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 70.22% 59.56% 68.25%
Number of salaries quoted 17,634 39,680 36,383
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

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 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK

Influencing Skills
Top 18 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 23 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
England -64 682 £61,000 +1.67% 1,870
UK excluding London -54 518 £55,000 - 1,602
Work from Home -147 206 £70,000 +32.08% 787
London -56 188 £80,000 +10.34% 480
South East -36 122 £70,000 +36.86% 459
North of England +2 110 £54,793 +4.37% 359
East of England +45 100 £50,967 -4.83% 209
North West +13 93 £54,793 +8.11% 175
Midlands -44 92 £62,500 +8.70% 285
West Midlands -27 70 £62,500 -10.71% 148
Scotland -5 42 £75,882 +54.15% 93
South West +28 39 £68,525 +14.21% 197
East Midlands +18 21 £68,525 +37.05% 122
Yorkshire +23 16 £65,000 - 143
Wales -36 7 £70,000 +32.73% 37
Northern Ireland - 5 £82,801 - 19
North East +28 1 £81,764 +44.22% 42
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -

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 79 (10.23%) Confluence
2 13 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.26%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 94 (12.18%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.04%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.39%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.26%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.13%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (9.59%) Asana
2 72 (9.33%) Miro
3 70 (9.07%) Azure
4 66 (8.55%) AWS
5 30 (3.89%) GCP
6 24 (3.11%) Power Platform
7 18 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 10 (1.30%) GitHub
9 10 (1.30%) SaaS
9 10 (1.30%) Serverless
10 7 (0.91%) PaaS
11 6 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
11 6 (0.78%) Amazon SageMaker
11 6 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.65%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.52%) Figma
13 4 (0.52%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (9.33%) Broadband
2 16 (2.07%) Network Security
3 7 (0.91%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) Intranet
5 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.39%) VLAN
6 2 (0.26%) ADSL2
6 2 (0.26%) BGP
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
6 2 (0.26%) OSPF
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.13%) IPsec
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) MPLS
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.18%) Data Lake
2 28 (3.63%) Tableau
3 21 (2.72%) Power BI
4 10 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (0.65%) Metadata
6 3 (0.39%) MS Access
6 3 (0.39%) Power Query
6 3 (0.39%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.13%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.13%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 82 (10.62%) JIRA
2 39 (5.05%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 466 (60.36%) Social Skills
2 235 (30.44%) Finance
3 218 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.46%) Law
5 64 (8.29%) Legal
6 62 (8.03%) Avionics
7 42 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (5.18%) Marketing
9 37 (4.79%) Public Sector
10 36 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (4.15%) Banking
12 26 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.72%) Retail
14 12 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.17%) Military
16 8 (1.04%) Local Government
16 8 (1.04%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.91%) Automotive
18 6 (0.78%) Police
19 5 (0.65%) German Language
Job Titles
1 228 (29.53%) Analyst
2 169 (21.89%) Senior
3 117 (15.16%) Lead
4 88 (11.40%) Business Change Analyst
4 88 (11.40%) Change Analyst
5 72 (9.33%) Product Analyst
6 64 (8.29%) Systems Engineer
7 63 (8.16%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 55 (7.12%) Architect
9 39 (5.05%) Principal Engineer
9 39 (5.05%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 33 (4.27%) Project Manager
11 23 (2.98%) Senior Manager
12 21 (2.72%) Audit Manager
13 17 (2.20%) Data Analyst
14 16 (2.07%) Enterprise Architect
15 15 (1.94%) Product Manager
15 15 (1.94%) Product Owner
16 13 (1.68%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (1.68%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.68%) EDI
2 9 (1.17%) JSON
3 8 (1.04%) Django
4 6 (0.78%) Kafka
5 4 (0.52%) .NET
5 4 (0.52%) Android Jetpack
5 4 (0.52%) Jetpack Compose
5 4 (0.52%) REST
5 4 (0.52%) SwiftUI
6 3 (0.39%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.39%) OAuth
7 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.26%) MSMQ
7 2 (0.26%) Pandas
7 2 (0.26%) RESTful
8 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.13%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.13%) React
8 1 (0.13%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.13%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 114 (14.77%) Product Ownership
2 82 (10.62%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (9.33%) Over-the-Top Content
3 72 (9.33%) Video\Live Streaming
4 32 (4.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (3.24%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.17%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (0.78%) IoT
10 6 (0.78%) Social Media
10 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.65%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.52%) NHS
12 4 (0.52%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.52%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.39%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.04%) Windows
2 7 (0.91%) Android
2 7 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (32.25%) Agile
2 230 (29.79%) Roadmaps
3 212 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (25.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 170 (22.02%) Collaborative Working
6 148 (19.17%) Strategic Thinking
7 140 (18.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 136 (17.62%) Business Case
9 133 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 114 (14.77%) Change Management
11 113 (14.64%) Project Management
12 112 (14.51%) Coaching
13 108 (13.99%) Systems Engineering
14 105 (13.60%) Product Management
15 104 (13.47%) Business Analysis
16 102 (13.21%) Workshop Facilitation
17 95 (12.31%) CRM
18 91 (11.79%) Analytics
18 91 (11.79%) Customer-Centricity
19 90 (11.66%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 42 (5.44%) Python
2 41 (5.31%) SQL
3 13 (1.68%) R
4 10 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.52%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.52%) Swift
6 3 (0.39%) Java
7 2 (0.26%) Scala
7 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.13%) Bash
8 1 (0.13%) C#
8 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (18.78%) Degree
2 89 (11.53%) CBAP
3 67 (8.68%) HNC
4 62 (8.03%) HND
5 45 (5.83%) Security Cleared
6 36 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (4.15%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.42%) CISA
8 11 (1.42%) CISSP
9 10 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.91%) MBA
12 6 (0.78%) CCSK
12 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.78%) PMP
13 5 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.39%) CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.39%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.24%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.72%) NIST
3 19 (2.46%) GDPR
4 16 (2.07%) QA
5 15 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.94%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.81%) PMO
7 13 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.30%) GRC
9 8 (1.04%) NCSC
10 7 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.65%) Automotive SPICE
11 5 (0.65%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.26%) COBIT
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.26%) ITGC
13 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (0.65%) Functional Safety
1 5 (0.65%) Terraform
2 4 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.39%) CASB
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) Kibana
5 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.13%) Nagios
5 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.13%) SCOM
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 128 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 88 (11.40%) Salesforce
3 14 (1.81%) Google
4 9 (1.17%) Symantec
5 8 (1.04%) SAP
6 7 (0.91%) Databricks
6 7 (0.91%) Informatica
6 7 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 7 (0.91%) YouTube
7 6 (0.78%) Adobe
7 6 (0.78%) Carbon Black
7 6 (0.78%) Facebook
7 6 (0.78%) Oracle
7 6 (0.78%) TippingPoint
8 4 (0.52%) Broadcom
8 4 (0.52%) Guidewire
8 4 (0.52%) Optimizely
8 4 (0.52%) Siebel
9 3 (0.39%) Cisco
9 3 (0.39%) Zscaler