Influencing Skills Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 90 129
Rank change year-on-year -8 +39 -42
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 32 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.31% 1.05% 0.85%
As % of the General category 2.45% 1.47% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 18
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,642 £48,625
25th Percentile £50,903 £63,989 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £85,253 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% +2.01% +36.45%
75th Percentile £80,250 £93,778 £91,934
90th Percentile £89,625 £99,634 £104,854
Yorkshire median annual salary £64,000 £85,253 £79,932
% change year-on-year -24.93% +6.66% +33.22%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 general skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,306 814 1,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 53.33% 71.53% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 740 493 1,308
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -8.90%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in West Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Leeds -31 14 £58,000 -21.13% 7
Pontefract - 12 - -
Bradford -19 2 £68,125 +29.76% 3
Wakefield - 1 - -
Influencing Skills
Yorkshire

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) IaaS
4 2 (6.25%) PaaS
4 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Intranet
General
1 13 (40.63%) Manufacturing
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.13%) Games
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) QA Manager
1 12 (37.50%) Quality Manager
2 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 2 (6.25%) Administrator
3 2 (6.25%) Architect
3 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (6.25%) Head of Architecture
3 2 (6.25%) Head of Technical Architecture
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Administrator
4 1 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.13%) ERP Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Head of Business Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Head of Development
4 1 (3.13%) Head of IT Development
4 1 (3.13%) ITIL Change Manager
4 1 (3.13%) ITIL Problem Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Java Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Problem Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Product Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) FMCG
2 1 (3.13%) NHS
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
1 12 (37.50%) Internal Audit
1 12 (37.50%) QMS
1 12 (37.50%) Quality Management
2 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (18.75%) DevOps
4 5 (15.63%) Agile
4 5 (15.63%) CRM
4 5 (15.63%) IT Strategy
5 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 4 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (9.38%) Change Management
6 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
6 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
6 3 (9.38%) Line Management
6 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.38%) Project Management
6 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) CBAP
1 1 (3.13%) CISA
1 1 (3.13%) CISM
1 1 (3.13%) Degree
1 1 (3.13%) IIBA
1 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.25%) Sparx
3 1 (3.13%) Qualtrics
3 1 (3.13%) SAP