Hybrid/Remote Influencing Skills Job Trends

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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 280 118
Rank change year-on-year +100 -162 +68
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 256 149 826
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.02% 2.54%
As % of the General category 2.49% 1.38% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 183 105 208
10th Percentile £50,972 £47,231 £40,988
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,243 £41,964
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +36.79% -11.67%
75th Percentile £87,283 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £91,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.19% +6.67% -4.76%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,264 10,803 20,165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.60% 74.27% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,811 6,473 15,093
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Influencing Skills and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Influencing Skills salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 20 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.13%) Confluence
3 2 (0.78%) Apache
3 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.17%) Primavera
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.53%) AWS
2 40 (15.63%) Azure
3 21 (8.20%) GitHub
4 16 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
5 14 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.47%) Serverless
6 10 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.52%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.13%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.13%) GCP
9 6 (2.34%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.95%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.56%) Figma
11 4 (1.56%) SaaS
12 3 (1.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.25%) HTTP
2 2 (0.78%) Broadband
2 2 (0.78%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (0.39%) Internet
3 1 (0.39%) Intranet
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) MPLS
3 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.39%) SNA
3 1 (0.39%) WAN
3 1 (0.39%) Wireless
3 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.95%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.17%) Metadata
6 2 (0.78%) Big Data
6 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (4.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.78%) JMeter
2 2 (0.78%) MLflow
3 1 (0.39%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
General
1 118 (46.09%) Social Skills
2 109 (42.58%) Finance
3 53 (20.70%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (7.03%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.64%) Banking
8 15 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.69%) Health Technology
9 12 (4.69%) Law
9 12 (4.69%) Marketing
9 12 (4.69%) Publishing
10 11 (4.30%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.30%) Retail
11 8 (3.13%) Tech for Good
12 7 (2.73%) Legal
12 7 (2.73%) Local Government
13 5 (1.95%) Advertising
14 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (18.36%) Lead
2 39 (15.23%) Senior
3 30 (11.72%) Architect
4 16 (6.25%) Development Engineer
4 16 (6.25%) Product Manager
4 16 (6.25%) Senior Development Engineer
4 16 (6.25%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 16 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (6.25%) Software Development Engineer
4 16 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 15 (5.86%) Analyst
6 12 (4.69%) Business Analyst
7 11 (4.30%) Senior Manager
8 10 (3.91%) Business Architect
9 9 (3.52%) Business Manager
10 8 (3.13%) AWS Developer
10 8 (3.13%) Developer
10 8 (3.13%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.13%) Lead Developer
10 8 (3.13%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.25%) REST
2 8 (3.13%) RESTful
3 2 (0.78%) EDI
3 2 (0.78%) Kafka
3 2 (0.78%) Playwright
4 1 (0.39%) OLE
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.03%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.64%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.95%) FMCG
7 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.17%) Blog
8 3 (1.17%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.17%) Smart City
8 3 (1.17%) Social Media
9 2 (0.78%) BBC
9 2 (0.78%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.56%) Unix
2 2 (0.78%) Android
2 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.30%) Roadmaps
2 71 (27.73%) Mentoring
3 70 (27.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 62 (24.22%) Decision-Making
5 55 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (20.31%) Agile
7 47 (18.36%) AI
8 45 (17.58%) Coaching
9 38 (14.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 35 (13.67%) Analytics
11 33 (12.89%) Product Management
12 29 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (11.33%) User Experience
13 28 (10.94%) Process Improvement
13 28 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
14 26 (10.16%) Data Modelling
14 26 (10.16%) IT Strategy
15 24 (9.38%) CI/CD
16 23 (8.98%) Business Strategy
17 22 (8.59%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.20%) Java
2 15 (5.86%) SQL
3 10 (3.91%) Python
4 2 (0.78%) Bicep
4 2 (0.78%) C#
4 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (16.41%) Degree
2 28 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.69%) DBS Check
5 10 (3.91%) CISSP
6 9 (3.52%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.13%) CISM
8 7 (2.73%) CISA
9 5 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.95%) CIPD
10 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.78%) ACCA
11 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CBAP
12 1 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.39%) CIMA
12 1 (0.39%) IIBA
12 1 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.86%) QA
2 12 (4.69%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.30%) GRC
4 7 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.95%) GDPR
6 5 (1.95%) NIST
7 4 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.78%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.39%) COBIT
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.39%) ITGC
9 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 52 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.25%) SAP
3 11 (4.30%) Oracle
4 9 (3.52%) Databricks
5 6 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.95%) IBM
6 5 (1.95%) Workday
7 4 (1.56%) Adobe
7 4 (1.56%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.56%) Pardot
8 3 (1.17%) Sparx
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco
9 1 (0.39%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.39%) Splunk
9 1 (0.39%) TOWER Software