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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 213 242
Rank change year-on-year +55 +29 +40
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 1,857 1,900 2,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 1.81% 1.66%
As % of the General category 3.16% 2.63% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 568 781 1,254
10th Percentile £40,770 £41,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £76,500 £81,250 £78,003
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £57,250 £53,112
% change year-on-year -0.44% +7.79% -3.43%

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 58,777 72,286 97,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.87% 68.73% 63.53%
Number of salaries quoted 39,592 38,758 50,916
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK

Influencing Skills
Top 16 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 25 April 2024. 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 +48 1,483 £60,000 -7.69% 453
UK excluding London +2 1,249 £57,000 -0.44% 267
Work from Home +53 830 £56,435 -13.64% 164
London +98 485 £72,500 - 200
South East +57 323 £52,500 -21.15% 72
Midlands -26 244 £60,000 +11.11% 48
Scotland +25 207 £80,000 +19.01% 10
West Midlands -20 207 £70,000 +32.08% 26
North of England -81 168 £52,500 -11.02% 61
South West +18 126 £60,000 +5.26% 35
East of England +74 92 £57,500 +4.55% 35
Wales +52 89 £52,738 +22.46% 8
North West -52 85 £50,685 -7.85% 40
Yorkshire -42 61 £65,000 +4.00% 17
East Midlands -20 36 £50,000 -31.03% 22
North East +19 22 £56,693 +31.84% 6

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
1 171 (9.21%) Apache Spark
2 24 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.92%) Confluence
4 7 (0.38%) Apache
5 3 (0.16%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Drupal
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.054%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 528 (28.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.32%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.11%) CATIA
9 2 (0.11%) NASTRAN
9 2 (0.11%) SPSS
10 1 (0.054%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.75%) Workday HCM
2 8 (0.43%) SAP WM
3 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 5 (0.27%) SAP CX
4 5 (0.27%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.27%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.22%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.11%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.054%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.054%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.054%) iTrent
8 1 (0.054%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (5.12%) AWS
2 94 (5.06%) Azure
3 47 (2.53%) Power Platform
4 33 (1.78%) GCP
5 21 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (0.70%) SaaS
8 11 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (0.48%) PowerApps
10 8 (0.43%) Azure AKS
10 8 (0.43%) Azure App Service
10 8 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.43%) PaaS
11 7 (0.38%) GitHub
11 7 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.38%) Vertex AI
11 7 (0.38%) WhatsApp
12 6 (0.32%) Collibra
12 6 (0.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 449 (24.18%) Broadband
2 11 (0.59%) Firewall
2 11 (0.59%) Network Security
3 10 (0.54%) DNS
4 3 (0.16%) DHCP
5 2 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.11%) Intranet
5 2 (0.11%) LAN
5 2 (0.11%) SSL
5 2 (0.11%) VLAN
5 2 (0.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.11%) WAN
5 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.054%) 4G
6 1 (0.054%) 5G
6 1 (0.054%) IKE
6 1 (0.054%) Internet
6 1 (0.054%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (9.21%) Big Data
2 169 (9.10%) NoSQL
3 34 (1.83%) Power BI
4 26 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 16 (0.86%) Tableau
8 13 (0.70%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.65%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.48%) MySQL
10 9 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.38%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.38%) Looker
12 6 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.32%) Bigtable
12 6 (0.32%) GIS
12 6 (0.32%) Metadata
13 5 (0.27%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (1.45%) JIRA
2 21 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 17 (0.92%) Cucumber
4 16 (0.86%) Git
5 14 (0.75%) Selenium
6 8 (0.43%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.38%) Postman
8 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.16%) JMeter
9 3 (0.16%) Maven
9 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.11%) CANoe
10 2 (0.11%) GitLab
10 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.054%) Appium
General
1 1,275 (68.66%) Social Skills
2 966 (52.02%) Finance
3 781 (42.06%) Analytical Skills
4 324 (17.45%) Law
5 308 (16.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 233 (12.55%) Marketing
7 229 (12.33%) Presentation Skills
8 174 (9.37%) Manufacturing
9 153 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
10 90 (4.85%) Public Sector
11 85 (4.58%) Legal
12 80 (4.31%) Retail
13 54 (2.91%) Financial Institution
14 45 (2.42%) Automotive
14 45 (2.42%) Banking
15 42 (2.26%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.13%) Games
17 18 (0.97%) Telecoms
18 13 (0.70%) Local Government
19 12 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 689 (37.10%) Analyst
2 423 (22.78%) Senior
3 250 (13.46%) Senior Analyst
4 246 (13.25%) Lead
5 144 (7.75%) Software Engineer
6 130 (7.00%) Lead Software Engineer
7 126 (6.79%) Project Manager
8 121 (6.52%) IT Engineer
9 120 (6.46%) Product Analyst
9 120 (6.46%) Sales Analyst
10 118 (6.35%) Commercial Analyst
11 116 (6.25%) Graduate
12 115 (6.19%) Automation Engineer
12 115 (6.19%) Graduate IT Engineer
12 115 (6.19%) IT Graduate
13 114 (6.14%) Financial Analyst
14 108 (5.82%) Architect
14 108 (5.82%) Big Data Software Engineer
14 108 (5.82%) Scala Engineer
14 108 (5.82%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.13%) React
3 16 (0.86%) .NET
4 13 (0.70%) CSS
5 10 (0.54%) .NET Core
5 10 (0.54%) Gherkin
5 10 (0.54%) Kafka
5 10 (0.54%) RESTful
6 9 (0.48%) HTML5
6 9 (0.48%) JSON
6 9 (0.48%) YAML
7 8 (0.43%) .NET Framework
7 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (0.43%) Blazor
7 8 (0.43%) Entity Framework
7 8 (0.43%) Razor View Engine
7 8 (0.43%) XML
8 6 (0.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 137 (7.38%) FMCG
2 86 (4.63%) Management Information System
3 81 (4.36%) Cloud Native
4 47 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.32%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.26%) IoT
7 28 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 17 (0.92%) Robotics
11 14 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (0.75%) Cyberattack
11 14 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 14 (0.75%) PMI
11 14 (0.75%) Social Media
12 13 (0.70%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.54%) Digital Media
14 10 (0.54%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.24%) Windows
2 18 (0.97%) Android
3 16 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.81%) Linux
5 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.22%) DC/OS
6 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.11%) CentOS
8 2 (0.11%) Unix
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 916 (49.33%) Agile
2 728 (39.20%) Mentoring
3 603 (32.47%) Decision-Making
4 543 (29.24%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (27.52%) Business Case
6 480 (25.85%) Actionable Insight
7 465 (25.04%) Budgeting
8 453 (24.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 387 (20.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 208 (11.20%) Coaching
11 206 (11.09%) Software Engineering
12 195 (10.50%) SDLC
13 190 (10.23%) Project Management
14 184 (9.91%) CI/CD
15 161 (8.67%) Performance Tuning
16 157 (8.45%) Customer Requirements
16 157 (8.45%) Customer Service
17 154 (8.29%) Roadmaps
18 142 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
19 130 (7.00%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 205 (11.04%) SQL
2 194 (10.45%) Java
3 165 (8.89%) Scala
4 40 (2.15%) SystemVerilog
5 35 (1.88%) Python
6 21 (1.13%) C#
7 20 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 16 (0.86%) C++
8 16 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.59%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.32%) C
11 5 (0.27%) Go
11 5 (0.27%) PHP
12 4 (0.22%) VB
13 3 (0.16%) Perl
13 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.11%) R
14 2 (0.11%) VBA
15 1 (0.054%) Groovy
15 1 (0.054%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 463 (24.93%) Degree
2 452 (24.34%) CIMA
3 450 (24.23%) ACCA
4 133 (7.16%) Security Cleared
5 117 (6.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 65 (3.50%) SC Cleared
7 35 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (1.18%) CISSP
10 21 (1.13%) PMI Certification
11 20 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 18 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (0.70%) CRISC
14 11 (0.59%) PMP
15 9 (0.48%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.38%) HNC
17 6 (0.32%) HND
18 5 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
18 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (3.55%) QA
2 32 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.35%) GDPR
4 22 (1.18%) PMO
5 21 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.59%) NCSC
7 10 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.43%) GRC
9 7 (0.38%) COBIT
9 7 (0.38%) DO-254
9 7 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
10 4 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.22%) SLA
11 3 (0.16%) IFRS
11 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.16%) NIST
11 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.11%) IASME
12 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 16 (0.86%) Docker
2 9 (0.48%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.32%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.02%) Functional Safety
3 15 (0.81%) Terraform
4 7 (0.38%) SCOM
5 6 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.22%) Grafana
7 4 (0.22%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.16%) CASB
8 3 (0.16%) Nessus
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) WSUS
10 1 (0.054%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.054%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.054%) Puppet
Vendors
1 609 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.67%) SAP
3 30 (1.62%) Cadence
3 30 (1.62%) ServiceNow
3 30 (1.62%) Workday
4 28 (1.51%) Synopsys
5 27 (1.45%) Google
6 22 (1.18%) VMware
7 21 (1.13%) IFS
8 19 (1.02%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.70%) Oracle
10 11 (0.59%) Databricks
11 9 (0.48%) Adobe
12 7 (0.38%) Minitab
13 4 (0.22%) BT
13 4 (0.22%) CA
13 4 (0.22%) Citrix
13 4 (0.22%) Computacenter
13 4 (0.22%) Teradata
14 3 (0.16%) Symantec