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 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 230 157 215
Rank change year-on-year -73 +58 +32
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 744 1,855 1,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.87% 1.80%
As % of the General category 1.97% 3.13% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 355 566 694
10th Percentile £50,639 £40,262 £39,088
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,283 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £81,576
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £98,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.72%

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 37,726 59,322 68,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.95% 59.79% 68.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,745 39,670 37,231
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £43,162
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 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -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 11 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 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
England -75 644 £62,500 +4.17% 765
UK excluding London -43 526 £55,000 - 409
London -70 178 £80,000 +11.33% 457
Work from Home -166 150 £73,750 +39.15% 496
North of England +25 134 £54,793 +4.37% 94
North West +24 114 £54,793 +8.11% 48
South East -52 103 £70,000 +33.86% 129
East of England +42 97 £50,967 -8.21% 29
Midlands -58 90 £67,629 +15.11% 62
West Midlands -43 69 £62,500 -9.60% 39
Scotland +2 51 £75,882 +54.15% 38
South West +24 39 £68,525 +14.21% 49
East Midlands +25 20 £68,525 +37.05% 21
Yorkshire +28 19 £85,253 +28.68% 38
Wales -32 6 £70,000 +32.73% 5
Northern Ireland - 5 £82,801 - 10
North East +30 1 £81,764 +44.22% 9
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 - 2

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 12 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.21%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.94%) Confluence
4 3 (0.40%) SAS
5 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.40%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.27%) SPSS
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 81 (10.89%) AWS
2 61 (8.20%) Azure
3 27 (3.63%) GCP
4 26 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 18 (2.42%) Snowflake
6 17 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (2.02%) Serverless
8 13 (1.75%) GitHub
8 13 (1.75%) SaaS
9 9 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.94%) Amazon S3
11 7 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (0.94%) PaaS
12 6 (0.81%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.54%) Figma
14 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.02%) Network Security
2 11 (1.48%) Firewall
3 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.67%) LAN
4 5 (0.67%) VPN
4 5 (0.67%) WAN
5 4 (0.54%) HTTP
5 4 (0.54%) Intranet
6 3 (0.40%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) BGP
7 2 (0.27%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) DNS
7 2 (0.27%) OSPF
8 1 (0.13%) FTP
8 1 (0.13%) Internet
8 1 (0.13%) MPLS
8 1 (0.13%) VoIP
8 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.13%) Wireless
8 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.65%) Tableau
2 30 (4.03%) Data Lake
3 23 (3.09%) Power BI
4 19 (2.55%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.88%) Metadata
6 10 (1.34%) Data Vault
6 10 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.40%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.40%) MS Access
8 3 (0.40%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.40%) Power Query
9 2 (0.27%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (5.24%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (1.34%) JIRA
3 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.54%) Spinnaker
5 2 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) JMeter
General
1 490 (65.86%) Social Skills
2 209 (28.09%) Analytical Skills
3 179 (24.06%) Finance
4 66 (8.87%) Legal
5 62 (8.33%) Avionics
6 59 (7.93%) Law
7 50 (6.72%) Marketing
8 39 (5.24%) Banking
9 38 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 37 (4.97%) Public Sector
11 35 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (3.36%) Retail
13 13 (1.75%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.21%) Military
15 8 (1.08%) Local Government
16 7 (0.94%) Health Technology
16 7 (0.94%) Multimedia
16 7 (0.94%) Publishing
16 7 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 175 (23.52%) Senior
2 155 (20.83%) Analyst
3 139 (18.68%) Lead
4 88 (11.83%) Business Change Analyst
4 88 (11.83%) Change Analyst
5 71 (9.54%) Architect
6 63 (8.47%) Systems Engineer
7 62 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 39 (5.24%) Principal Engineer
8 39 (5.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 38 (5.11%) Project Manager
10 24 (3.23%) Senior Manager
11 23 (3.09%) Enterprise Architect
11 23 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (2.82%) Audit Manager
13 19 (2.55%) IT Manager
14 17 (2.28%) Data Analyst
14 17 (2.28%) Product Manager
15 15 (2.02%) Programme Manager
15 15 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.75%) EDI
2 10 (1.34%) Kafka
3 9 (1.21%) JSON
4 8 (1.08%) Django
5 7 (0.94%) RESTful
6 4 (0.54%) Android Jetpack
6 4 (0.54%) HTML
6 4 (0.54%) Jetpack Compose
6 4 (0.54%) REST
6 4 (0.54%) SOAP
6 4 (0.54%) SwiftUI
6 4 (0.54%) XML
6 4 (0.54%) XSLT
7 3 (0.40%) OAuth
7 3 (0.40%) Pandas
8 2 (0.27%) .NET
8 2 (0.27%) Matplotlib
8 2 (0.27%) PySpark
8 2 (0.27%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.27%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.36%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (2.02%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.34%) Social Media
7 9 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.81%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.67%) PMI
12 4 (0.54%) Data Fabric
12 4 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.54%) NHS
12 4 (0.54%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.40%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.40%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.40%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.61%) Windows
2 7 (0.94%) Android
2 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.67%) Linux
4 4 (0.54%) Unix
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (25.13%) Agile
3 169 (22.72%) Collaborative Working
4 168 (22.58%) Roadmaps
5 152 (20.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 150 (20.16%) Strategic Thinking
7 137 (18.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 136 (18.28%) Business Case
9 133 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 124 (16.67%) Coaching
11 120 (16.13%) Change Management
12 114 (15.32%) Systems Engineering
13 113 (15.19%) Project Management
14 104 (13.98%) Business Analysis
15 100 (13.44%) Workshop Facilitation
16 99 (13.31%) Analytics
17 90 (12.10%) Use Case
18 88 (11.83%) MoSCoW
19 82 (11.02%) Risk Management
20 79 (10.62%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.12%) Python
2 47 (6.32%) SQL
3 14 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.75%) R
5 5 (0.67%) Bash
6 4 (0.54%) C
6 4 (0.54%) Jython
6 4 (0.54%) Perl
6 4 (0.54%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.54%) Swift
7 3 (0.40%) Java
8 2 (0.27%) Scala
9 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.13%) C#
9 1 (0.13%) Groovy
9 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 152 (20.43%) Degree
2 89 (11.96%) CBAP
3 67 (9.01%) HNC
4 62 (8.33%) HND
5 52 (6.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 51 (6.85%) Security Cleared
7 39 (5.24%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.48%) CISA
8 11 (1.48%) CISSP
9 10 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.94%) MBA
12 6 (0.81%) CCSK
13 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.67%) PMP
14 3 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.40%) CCSP
14 3 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.63%) GDPR
3 24 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.96%) QA
5 20 (2.69%) NIST
6 15 (2.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.48%) PMO
10 10 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (1.34%) GRC
11 7 (0.94%) NCSC
12 4 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (0.54%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.27%) COBIT
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.27%) ITGC
14 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.81%) Terraform
2 5 (0.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.54%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.40%) CASB
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) Nagios
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (7.80%) Microsoft
2 13 (1.75%) Informatica
2 13 (1.75%) Salesforce
3 11 (1.48%) Google
4 9 (1.21%) SAP
4 9 (1.21%) Symantec
4 9 (1.21%) YouTube
5 8 (1.08%) Facebook
6 7 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.81%) Carbon Black
7 6 (0.81%) Oracle
8 5 (0.67%) Adobe
8 5 (0.67%) TippingPoint
8 5 (0.67%) VMware
9 4 (0.54%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.54%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.54%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.54%) Siebel
9 4 (0.54%) StreamSets
10 3 (0.40%) Databricks