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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 212 246
Rank change year-on-year +53 +34 +25
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 1,833 1,735 2,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 1.76% 1.66%
As % of the General category 3.06% 2.58% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 558 675 1,327
10th Percentile £40,262 £38,500 £35,969
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £76,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,000 £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 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +39 1,461 £60,000 -4.00% 441
UK excluding London +11 1,225 £55,000 - 306
Work from Home +57 808 £52,869 -11.18% 169
London +107 486 £72,500 -0.26% 171
South East +60 318 £51,147 -21.31% 70
Midlands -25 246 £57,500 +4.55% 62
Scotland +25 205 £49,225 +9.92% 21
West Midlands -10 205 £70,000 +29.63% 37
North of England -74 154 £52,500 -4.55% 79
South West +26 125 £60,000 +20.00% 35
Wales +49 89 £52,738 +22.46% 7
East of England +56 88 £53,555 -2.63% 35
North West -71 79 £50,685 -7.85% 54
Yorkshire -33 55 £65,000 +16.07% 20
East Midlands -16 39 £50,000 -31.03% 25
North East +11 20 £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
1 165 (9.00%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.25%) 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
1 532 (29.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.93%) 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
4 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
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 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 96 (5.24%) AWS
2 90 (4.91%) Azure
3 40 (2.18%) Power Platform
4 25 (1.36%) GCP
5 20 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (0.76%) SaaS
8 11 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (0.55%) PaaS
10 9 (0.49%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.44%) Azure AKS
11 8 (0.44%) Azure App Service
11 8 (0.44%) IaaS
12 7 (0.38%) Collibra
12 7 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 5 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 5 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.22%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 449 (24.50%) Broadband
2 11 (0.60%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Network Security
3 10 (0.55%) DNS
4 4 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.16%) WAN
6 2 (0.11%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.11%) DHCP
6 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.11%) Intranet
6 2 (0.11%) LAN
6 2 (0.11%) SSL
6 2 (0.11%) VLAN
6 2 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.055%) 4G
7 1 (0.055%) 5G
7 1 (0.055%) IKE
7 1 (0.055%) Internet
7 1 (0.055%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (9.00%) Big Data
2 163 (8.89%) NoSQL
3 29 (1.58%) Power BI
3 29 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.55%) Tableau
7 7 (0.38%) Data Mining
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 Integration Services
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%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 28 (1.53%) JIRA
2 17 (0.93%) Cucumber
3 15 (0.82%) Git
4 14 (0.76%) 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 1,267 (69.12%) Social Skills
2 941 (51.34%) Finance
3 780 (42.55%) Analytical Skills
4 327 (17.84%) Law
5 316 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 234 (12.77%) Marketing
7 225 (12.27%) Presentation Skills
8 180 (9.82%) Manufacturing
9 153 (8.35%) Organisational Skills
10 90 (4.91%) Legal
11 87 (4.75%) Public Sector
12 78 (4.26%) Retail
13 54 (2.95%) Financial Institution
14 46 (2.51%) Automotive
15 44 (2.40%) Aerospace
16 35 (1.91%) Banking
17 21 (1.15%) Games
18 18 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (0.98%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 683 (37.26%) Analyst
2 427 (23.30%) Senior
3 250 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
4 241 (13.15%) Lead
5 142 (7.75%) Software Engineer
6 129 (7.04%) Project Manager
7 128 (6.98%) Lead Software Engineer
8 121 (6.60%) IT Engineer
9 120 (6.55%) Product Analyst
9 120 (6.55%) Sales Analyst
10 118 (6.44%) Commercial Analyst
11 116 (6.33%) Graduate
12 115 (6.27%) Automation Engineer
12 115 (6.27%) Graduate IT Engineer
12 115 (6.27%) IT Graduate
13 114 (6.22%) Financial Analyst
14 108 (5.89%) Big Data Engineer
14 108 (5.89%) Lead Big Data Engineer
14 108 (5.89%) Scala Engineer
14 108 (5.89%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.42%) HTML
2 21 (1.15%) React
3 17 (0.93%) .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 (7.58%) FMCG
2 86 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 78 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.29%) IoT
6 41 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.09%) Driving Licence
10 14 (0.76%) Cyberattack
10 14 (0.76%) PMI
10 14 (0.76%) Social Media
11 13 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.71%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.65%) Robotics
12 12 (0.65%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
14 10 (0.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.36%) Windows
2 15 (0.82%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.76%) Linux
4 12 (0.65%) Android
5 11 (0.60%) Apple iOS
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 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (48.28%) Agile
2 724 (39.50%) Mentoring
3 609 (33.22%) Decision-Making
4 546 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
5 512 (27.93%) Business Case
6 478 (26.08%) Actionable Insight
7 465 (25.37%) Budgeting
8 453 (24.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 382 (20.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 203 (11.07%) Software Engineering
11 201 (10.97%) Coaching
12 196 (10.69%) SDLC
13 194 (10.58%) Project Management
14 172 (9.38%) CI/CD
15 161 (8.78%) Performance Tuning
16 160 (8.73%) Customer Service
17 155 (8.46%) Customer Requirements
18 142 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
19 135 (7.36%) Roadmaps
20 131 (7.15%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 216 (11.78%) SQL
2 195 (10.64%) Java
3 165 (9.00%) Scala
4 40 (2.18%) Python
4 40 (2.18%) SystemVerilog
5 20 (1.09%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.04%) C#
7 15 (0.82%) C++
7 15 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.44%) VBA
9 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.33%) C
11 5 (0.27%) Go
12 3 (0.16%) Perl
12 3 (0.16%) PHP
12 3 (0.16%) R
12 3 (0.16%) VB
13 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.055%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 465 (25.37%) Degree
2 452 (24.66%) CIMA
3 450 (24.55%) ACCA
4 127 (6.93%) Security Cleared
5 117 (6.38%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 60 (3.27%) SC Cleared
7 36 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (1.20%) CISSP
9 22 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.04%) PMI Certification
11 16 (0.87%) 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 (3.06%) QA
2 30 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.36%) GDPR
4 24 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.31%) PMO
5 12 (0.65%) NCSC
6 11 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 9 (0.49%) GRC
9 8 (0.44%) COBIT
10 7 (0.38%) DO-254
10 7 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.22%) NIST
11 4 (0.22%) SLA
12 3 (0.16%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
13 2 (0.11%) IASME
13 2 (0.11%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (0.87%) Docker
2 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.055%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.055%) Firmware
4 1 (0.055%) IAG
4 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.04%) Functional Safety
3 13 (0.71%) 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%) Nessus
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) WSUS
10 1 (0.055%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.055%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 601 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.69%) Cadence
3 28 (1.53%) Synopsys
4 27 (1.47%) Workday
5 26 (1.42%) SAP
5 26 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.20%) VMware
7 21 (1.15%) IFS
8 18 (0.98%) Google
8 18 (0.98%) Salesforce
9 14 (0.76%) Databricks
10 10 (0.55%) Oracle
11 9 (0.49%) Adobe
12 7 (0.38%) Minitab
13 4 (0.22%) BT
13 4 (0.22%) CA
13 4 (0.22%) Computacenter
13 4 (0.22%) Teradata
14 3 (0.16%) Netskope
14 3 (0.16%) Qualys