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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 75 73
Rank change year-on-year +19 -2 +48
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 13 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.40% 0.46% 1.36%
As % of the General category 3.13% 0.78% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 7
10th Percentile - £60,163 £60,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £66,594 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £79,625 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.52% +13.75% +46.60%
75th Percentile £87,500 £94,094 £84,375
90th Percentile £195,000 £101,388 £98,750
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £50,967 £62,500
% change year-on-year +32.44% -18.45% +6.38%

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 general skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 415 516 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 44.82% 59.31% 58.43%
Number of salaries quoted 278 198 424
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,228 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £80,000 £80,001
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -4.76%

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 28 January 2026.

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 28 January 2026. 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
Cambridge +9 8 £60,100 -24.52% 5
Peterborough -4 4 - - 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 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
1 4 (30.77%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Power BI
1 4 (30.77%) Tableau
General
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Publishing
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 2 (15.38%) Chief Security Officer
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Officer
4 2 (15.38%) Product Owner
4 2 (15.38%) Security Officer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Product Owner
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Product Owner
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cloud Native
1 4 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (30.77%) Freedom of Information Act
1 4 (30.77%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Data Protection
3 6 (46.15%) Mentoring
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Coaching
4 4 (30.77%) Conflict Resolution
4 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
4 4 (30.77%) Design Thinking
4 4 (30.77%) Event-Driven
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (30.77%) Observability
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (30.77%) Technical Debt
4 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) DBS Check
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Verint