Influencing Skills Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Influencing Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 125 180
Rank change year-on-year -152 +55 +98
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 142 828 833
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 2.45% 1.96%
As % of the General category 1.24% 3.99% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 103 212 389
10th Percentile £47,231 £40,988 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £42,202 £48,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,718 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.12% -14.28% +8.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £82,350 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,875 £100,001
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,427 20,734 28,142
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 75.33% 61.29% 66.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,555 15,127 18,703
10th Percentile £25,267 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% -12.50% -

Influencing Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Influencing Skills trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Influencing Skills.

Influencing Skills salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Influencing Skills salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) Confluence
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.94%) AWS
2 21 (14.79%) Azure
3 14 (9.86%) GCP
4 13 (9.15%) Serverless
5 11 (7.75%) GitHub
6 10 (7.04%) SaaS
7 8 (5.63%) Amazon S3
7 8 (5.63%) Amazon SQS
7 8 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.93%) Snowflake
9 6 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (4.23%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.11%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.41%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.41%) PaaS
12 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.70%) Figma
12 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.52%) Firewall
2 4 (2.82%) HTTP
2 4 (2.82%) LAN
2 4 (2.82%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.82%) VPN
2 4 (2.82%) WAN
3 3 (2.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) Tableau
2 4 (2.82%) Power BI
3 2 (1.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.70%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.70%) Power Query
4 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.82%) Spinnaker
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
General
1 77 (54.23%) Social Skills
2 48 (33.80%) Finance
3 35 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.38%) Marketing
4 19 (13.38%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (11.97%) Banking
5 17 (11.97%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (7.75%) Legal
7 9 (6.34%) Retail
8 8 (5.63%) Health Technology
8 8 (5.63%) Law
8 8 (5.63%) Publishing
8 8 (5.63%) Tech for Good
9 7 (4.93%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.82%) Military
11 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (20.42%) Analyst
2 28 (19.72%) Senior
3 26 (18.31%) Architect
3 26 (18.31%) Lead
4 14 (9.86%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (8.45%) Software Engineer
5 12 (8.45%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (7.75%) Lead Software Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) Financial Analyst
7 8 (5.63%) IT Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Developer
9 6 (4.23%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.52%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (3.52%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.82%) Enterprise Architect
11 4 (2.82%) IT Manager
11 4 (2.82%) Python Developer
11 4 (2.82%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.63%) Django
1 8 (5.63%) RESTful
2 4 (2.82%) Android Jetpack
2 4 (2.82%) EDI
2 4 (2.82%) HTML
2 4 (2.82%) Jetpack Compose
2 4 (2.82%) REST
2 4 (2.82%) SOAP
2 4 (2.82%) SwiftUI
2 4 (2.82%) XML
2 4 (2.82%) XSLT
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
3 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.70%) ADO
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.70%) Blazor
3 1 (0.70%) Pandas
3 1 (0.70%) PySpark
3 1 (0.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.75%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.23%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.52%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.41%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.41%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.41%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.41%) IoT
6 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.70%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.70%) Social Media
7 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Linux
1 5 (3.52%) Windows
2 4 (2.82%) Android
2 4 (2.82%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.82%) Unix
3 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (42.25%) Agile
2 26 (18.31%) Coaching
3 25 (17.61%) Roadmaps
4 24 (16.90%) Analytics
4 24 (16.90%) Mentoring
5 23 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (16.20%) Software Engineering
6 22 (15.49%) Decision-Making
7 21 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (12.68%) Artificial Intelligence
8 18 (12.68%) CI/CD
8 18 (12.68%) Project Management
9 17 (11.97%) DevOps
9 17 (11.97%) Migration
10 16 (11.27%) Information Security
11 14 (9.86%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (9.86%) Strategic Roadmap
11 14 (9.86%) Strategic Thinking
12 12 (8.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.72%) Python
2 19 (13.38%) SQL
3 5 (3.52%) Bash
3 5 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.82%) C
4 4 (2.82%) Jython
4 4 (2.82%) Perl
4 4 (2.82%) Swift
5 3 (2.11%) R
6 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.70%) C#
7 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.68%) Degree
3 16 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.52%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.11%) CISSP
6 2 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) ACCA
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CCSK
7 1 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) CIMA
7 1 (0.70%) CISM
7 1 (0.70%) CRISC
7 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) ISEB
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.70%) MCSD
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.34%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.63%) QA
4 6 (4.23%) GDPR
5 5 (3.52%) PMO
6 4 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.41%) COBIT
8 2 (1.41%) GRC
8 2 (1.41%) NIST
9 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.70%) GAAP
9 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Terraform
2 3 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.70%) Kibana
3 1 (0.70%) Nagios
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.23%) Google
3 5 (3.52%) VMware
4 4 (2.82%) Dynatrace
4 4 (2.82%) TippingPoint
5 3 (2.11%) IBM
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) SAP
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe
6 1 (0.70%) Citrix
6 1 (0.70%) Commvault
6 1 (0.70%) Databricks
6 1 (0.70%) Foundry
6 1 (0.70%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.70%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.70%) Palantir
6 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.70%) Snow
6 1 (0.70%) Splunk