Influencing Skills Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Influencing Skills
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 82 56
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 +68
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 8 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.93% 0.43% 2.05%
As % of the General category 1.90% 0.71% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £64,650 £60,163 £58,125
25th Percentile £76,125 £66,594 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £137,500 £79,625 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year +72.68% -2.00% +67.08%
75th Percentile £195,000 £94,094 £98,750
90th Percentile - £101,388 -
East of England median annual salary £85,000 £50,967 £65,000
% change year-on-year +66.77% -21.59% +4.00%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 common skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 421 565 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 48.73% 60.04% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 268 252 190
10th Percentile £28,950 £33,920 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.12%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £66,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,125 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -1.96%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in Cambridgeshire

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Peterborough -1 5 £57,000 - 1
Cambridge +12 2 £190,000 +138.62% 2
Influencing Skills
East of England

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
1 4 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Chief Security Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) AI
5 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISA
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Verint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft