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 have cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 225 252
Rank change year-on-year +62 +27 +13
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 1,823 1,609 2,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.73% 1.70% 1.67%
As % of the General category 2.98% 2.51% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 548 653 1,365
10th Percentile £40,183 £39,059 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,064
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.82% -1.56%
75th Percentile £76,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 61,146 64,155 110,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.10% 67.68% 65.14%
Number of salaries quoted 40,306 35,663 51,819
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £81,250 £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +55 1,457 £60,000 -7.69% 470
UK excluding London +17 1,219 £55,000 - 275
Work from Home +43 808 £52,738 -11.40% 202
London +98 482 £72,500 -0.97% 209
South East +61 319 £50,000 -23.08% 51
Midlands -6 249 £57,500 +4.55% 53
West Midlands -1 208 £70,000 +27.27% 37
Scotland +6 199 £49,225 +5.71% 17
North of England -78 157 £52,500 -4.55% 85
South West +19 120 £60,000 +9.09% 31
Wales +45 89 £52,738 +22.46% 6
East of England +42 86 £53,555 -2.63% 36
North West -85 80 £50,685 -7.85% 58
Yorkshire -23 58 £61,156 +8.24% 21
East Midlands -25 39 £50,000 -31.03% 16
North East +5 19 £57,311 +33.28% 8

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
1 159 (8.72%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.04%) Confluence
4 7 (0.38%) SAS
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.055%) Drupal
6 1 (0.055%) Liferay
Applications
1 531 (29.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 195 (10.70%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.33%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
8 5 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.22%) SPSS
10 2 (0.11%) CATIA
10 2 (0.11%) NASTRAN
11 1 (0.055%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (0.60%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.27%) SAP WM
3 4 (0.22%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.11%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.11%) SAP GTS
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.055%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.055%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.055%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (4.83%) AWS
2 86 (4.72%) Azure
3 39 (2.14%) Power Platform
4 25 (1.37%) GCP
5 18 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (0.71%) SaaS
7 11 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (0.55%) PaaS
9 9 (0.49%) IaaS
9 9 (0.49%) PowerApps
10 8 (0.44%) Azure AKS
10 8 (0.44%) Azure App Service
11 7 (0.38%) Collibra
11 7 (0.38%) WhatsApp
12 5 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.22%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (0.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 449 (24.63%) Broadband
2 12 (0.66%) Firewall
3 10 (0.55%) DNS
4 7 (0.38%) Network Security
5 5 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.22%) WAN
7 3 (0.16%) LAN
8 2 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.11%) DHCP
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) SSL
8 2 (0.11%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 2 (0.11%) VPN
9 1 (0.055%) 4G
9 1 (0.055%) 5G
9 1 (0.055%) IKE
9 1 (0.055%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (8.72%) Big Data
2 157 (8.61%) NoSQL
3 29 (1.59%) Power BI
3 29 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.55%) Tableau
7 7 (0.38%) Data Mining
7 7 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.33%) Delta Lake
8 6 (0.33%) GIS
8 6 (0.33%) Metadata
8 6 (0.33%) Power Query
8 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.27%) PowerPivot
9 5 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (1.48%) JIRA
2 17 (0.93%) Cucumber
3 15 (0.82%) Git
4 14 (0.77%) Selenium
5 13 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.44%) 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%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.11%) CANoe
10 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.11%) Spinnaker
10 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.055%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 1,269 (69.61%) Social Skills
2 933 (51.18%) Finance
3 776 (42.57%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (17.44%) Law
5 307 (16.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 226 (12.40%) Marketing
7 224 (12.29%) Presentation Skills
8 182 (9.98%) Manufacturing
9 154 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
10 96 (5.27%) Legal
11 88 (4.83%) Public Sector
12 78 (4.28%) Retail
13 52 (2.85%) Financial Institution
14 46 (2.52%) Automotive
15 40 (2.19%) Aerospace
16 35 (1.92%) Banking
17 22 (1.21%) Games
18 21 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
19 20 (1.10%) Telecoms
20 15 (0.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 680 (37.30%) Analyst
2 423 (23.20%) Senior
3 250 (13.71%) Senior Analyst
4 235 (12.89%) Lead
5 139 (7.62%) Project Manager
6 136 (7.46%) Software Engineer
7 122 (6.69%) Lead Software Engineer
8 121 (6.64%) IT Engineer
9 120 (6.58%) Product Analyst
9 120 (6.58%) Sales Analyst
10 118 (6.47%) Commercial Analyst
11 116 (6.36%) Graduate
12 115 (6.31%) Automation Engineer
12 115 (6.31%) Graduate IT Engineer
12 115 (6.31%) IT Graduate
13 114 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
14 104 (5.70%) Big Data Software Engineer
14 104 (5.70%) Lead Big Data Engineer
14 104 (5.70%) Scala Engineer
14 104 (5.70%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.43%) HTML
2 19 (1.04%) React
3 16 (0.88%) .NET
4 13 (0.71%) CSS
5 10 (0.55%) .NET Core
5 10 (0.55%) .NET Framework
5 10 (0.55%) ASP.NET
5 10 (0.55%) Gherkin
5 10 (0.55%) RESTful
6 9 (0.49%) JSON
6 9 (0.49%) YAML
7 8 (0.44%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 8 (0.44%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (0.44%) Blazor
7 8 (0.44%) Entity Framework
7 8 (0.44%) HTML5
7 8 (0.44%) Razor View Engine
7 8 (0.44%) XML
8 6 (0.33%) EDI
8 6 (0.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 139 (7.62%) FMCG
2 87 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 75 (4.11%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.30%) IoT
7 32 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 14 (0.77%) Cyberattack
10 14 (0.77%) PMI
10 14 (0.77%) Social Media
11 13 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.71%) Data Centre
11 13 (0.71%) Robotics
12 12 (0.66%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.55%) Digital Media
14 10 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.37%) Windows
2 15 (0.82%) Windows Server
3 12 (0.66%) Linux
4 11 (0.60%) Android
4 11 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.22%) DC/OS
5 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.16%) Unix
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 875 (48.00%) Agile
2 728 (39.93%) Mentoring
3 602 (33.02%) Decision-Making
4 550 (30.17%) Problem-Solving
5 512 (28.09%) Business Case
6 478 (26.22%) Actionable Insight
7 466 (25.56%) Budgeting
8 454 (24.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 382 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 201 (11.03%) Coaching
11 200 (10.97%) Project Management
12 194 (10.64%) Software Engineering
13 187 (10.26%) SDLC
14 164 (9.00%) CI/CD
15 160 (8.78%) Customer Service
16 155 (8.50%) Customer Requirements
16 155 (8.50%) Performance Tuning
17 141 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 133 (7.30%) Roadmaps
19 128 (7.02%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 211 (11.57%) SQL
2 187 (10.26%) Java
3 159 (8.72%) Scala
4 40 (2.19%) SystemVerilog
5 39 (2.14%) Python
6 19 (1.04%) C#
7 18 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 15 (0.82%) C++
8 15 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.44%) VBA
10 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.27%) C
11 5 (0.27%) Go
12 4 (0.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.16%) PHP
13 3 (0.16%) R
13 3 (0.16%) VB
14 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.055%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 473 (25.95%) Degree
2 452 (24.79%) CIMA
3 450 (24.68%) ACCA
4 130 (7.13%) Security Cleared
5 117 (6.42%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 61 (3.35%) SC Cleared
7 36 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 22 (1.21%) CISSP
8 22 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 19 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 18 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.71%) CRISC
13 10 (0.55%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.49%) PMP
15 8 (0.44%) HNC
16 7 (0.38%) HND
16 7 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 5 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (3.07%) QA
2 29 (1.59%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.37%) GDPR
4 24 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.32%) PMO
5 13 (0.71%) NCSC
6 12 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 9 (0.49%) GRC
9 8 (0.44%) COBIT
10 7 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.22%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.22%) NIST
11 4 (0.22%) SLA
12 3 (0.16%) DO-254
13 2 (0.11%) COSHH
13 2 (0.11%) IASME
13 2 (0.11%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (0.88%) Docker
2 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.055%) IAG
4 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.04%) Functional Safety
3 16 (0.88%) SCOM
4 7 (0.38%) Terraform
5 6 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.22%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.16%) CASB
8 3 (0.16%) Grafana
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Nessus
9 2 (0.11%) WSUS
10 1 (0.055%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.055%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 599 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.70%) Cadence
3 28 (1.54%) Synopsys
3 28 (1.54%) Workday
4 27 (1.48%) ServiceNow
5 24 (1.32%) SAP
6 23 (1.26%) IFS
7 21 (1.15%) VMware
8 18 (0.99%) Google
9 16 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 14 (0.77%) Databricks
11 10 (0.55%) Oracle
12 9 (0.49%) Adobe
13 7 (0.38%) Minitab
14 4 (0.22%) BT
14 4 (0.22%) CA
14 4 (0.22%) Teradata
15 3 (0.16%) Computacenter
15 3 (0.16%) Netskope
15 3 (0.16%) Zscaler