Presentation Skills Contract Job Trends in London

Presentation Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 134 98
Rank change year-on-year -70 -36 +6
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 223 255 424
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 2.02% 2.35%
As % of the General category 2.13% 3.02% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 153 258
10th Percentile £389 £310 £160
25th Percentile £453 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £520 £516
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% +0.87% -14.08%
75th Percentile £710 £700 £649
90th Percentile £799 £850 £754
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 23
10th Percentile £51.25 - £33.65
25th Percentile £52.06 - £41.88
Median hourly rate £64.75 £95.00 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.84% +12.43% +92.66%
75th Percentile £81.00 - £86.50
90th Percentile £88.65 - £88.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -3.85% +40.54% -28.85%

All General Skills
London

Presentation Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,469 8,437 11,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.97% 66.83% 63.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,829 5,713 8,163
10th Percentile £350 £336 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £782 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 139 254
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.85 £15.65
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £47.75 £55.13 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.68 £72.13
England median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -14.10% +15.25% -25.63%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Presentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Presentation Skills job vacancy trend in London

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills in London over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Presentation Skills in London

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Presentation Skills in London over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Presentation Skills in London

Presentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presentation Skills within the London region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -20 38 £531 +11.84% 69
South London -11 7 £450 -4.26% 1
West London -21 4 £850 +69.15% 7
East London - 3 £500 - 6
North London +2 1 £538 +16.22% 3
Presentation Skills
England

Presentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (5.38%) Confluence
2 10 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.90%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (12.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (2.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.83%) Loan IQ
2 8 (3.59%) Endur
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.90%) Shopify
3 2 (0.90%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.90%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.45%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 57 (25.56%) Azure
2 37 (16.59%) AWS
3 19 (8.52%) SaaS
4 15 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.28%) GitHub
6 13 (5.83%) GCP
7 11 (4.93%) IaaS
7 11 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.93%) PaaS
8 10 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.14%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.14%) Entra ID
11 7 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.14%) OCI
11 7 (3.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (2.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.48%) Firewall
2 4 (1.79%) Network Security
3 3 (1.35%) Intranet
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.90%) DMZ
4 2 (0.90%) Internet
4 2 (0.90%) IOS XR
4 2 (0.90%) Junos
4 2 (0.90%) LAN
4 2 (0.90%) NAS
4 2 (0.90%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.90%) SAN
4 2 (0.90%) VXLAN
4 2 (0.90%) WAN
4 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.93%) Power BI
2 7 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.69%) Metadata
4 2 (0.90%) Big Data
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.90%) Tableau
5 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.45%) Looker
5 1 (0.45%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (14.35%) JIRA
2 15 (6.73%) Git
3 5 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.79%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.90%) Snyk
5 2 (0.90%) Storybook
6 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.45%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) Toad
General
1 155 (69.51%) Social Skills
2 79 (35.43%) Finance
3 65 (29.15%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.80%) Banking
5 28 (12.56%) Public Sector
6 20 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (8.52%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (7.17%) Marketing
9 13 (5.83%) Retail
10 12 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (4.04%) Legal
12 8 (3.59%) Front Office
13 7 (3.14%) Investment Banking
14 5 (2.24%) Advertising
14 5 (2.24%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.79%) Aviation
15 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
16 3 (1.35%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (1.35%) Law
17 2 (0.90%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 59 (26.46%) Analyst
2 38 (17.04%) Business Analyst
3 34 (15.25%) Architect
4 26 (11.66%) Senior
5 14 (6.28%) Cloud Architect
6 13 (5.83%) Lead
6 13 (5.83%) Migration Analyst
6 13 (5.83%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (5.38%) Transformation Analyst
8 11 (4.93%) Consultant
8 11 (4.93%) Integration Architect
8 11 (4.93%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (4.48%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.59%) Developer
10 8 (3.59%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.14%) Change Manager
11 7 (3.14%) Data Scientist
11 7 (3.14%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.69%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.38%) Middleware
2 8 (3.59%) .NET
3 6 (2.69%) PyTorch
3 6 (2.69%) TensorFlow
3 6 (2.69%) VML
4 4 (1.79%) AWS CDK
4 4 (1.79%) REST
5 3 (1.35%) EDI
5 3 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.35%) Playwright
6 2 (0.90%) CSS
6 2 (0.90%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.90%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.90%) LDAP
6 2 (0.90%) Next.js
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.90%) pytest
6 2 (0.90%) XML
6 2 (0.90%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.48%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.14%) Tandem
5 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.69%) PMI
5 6 (2.69%) Reinsurance
6 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.79%) Derivative
7 4 (1.79%) Learning Management System
7 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.35%) FMCG
8 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.28%) Windows
2 6 (2.69%) Linux
3 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (43.05%) Agile
2 72 (32.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (21.52%) Project Delivery
5 44 (19.73%) Decision-Making
6 41 (18.39%) Roadmaps
7 38 (17.04%) Project Management
8 34 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (14.35%) Analytics
9 32 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (13.90%) Business Analysis
11 30 (13.45%) DevOps
12 29 (13.00%) Migration
13 28 (12.56%) AI
13 28 (12.56%) User Stories
14 27 (12.11%) User Acceptance Testing
14 27 (12.11%) Waterfall
14 27 (12.11%) Workshop Facilitation
15 26 (11.66%) Change Management
16 25 (11.21%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.97%) Python
2 16 (7.17%) SQL
3 15 (6.73%) Java
4 3 (1.35%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.90%) C++
5 2 (0.90%) VBA
6 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (23.77%) Degree
2 43 (19.28%) Security Cleared
3 31 (13.90%) SC Cleared
4 23 (10.31%) Master's Degree
5 19 (8.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.04%) PMI Certification
7 8 (3.59%) CISSP
8 7 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.24%) CISM
10 5 (2.24%) PMP
10 5 (2.24%) SANS
11 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.35%) CCSP
11 3 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.35%) OSCP
12 2 (0.90%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.83%) Data Quality
1 13 (5.83%) GDPR
1 13 (5.83%) NIST
1 13 (5.83%) PMO
2 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.59%) PCI DSS
3 7 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.14%) QA
4 5 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.79%) GRC
5 4 (1.79%) NCSC
5 4 (1.79%) SLA
6 3 (1.35%) Basel III
6 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.90%) DICOM
7 2 (0.90%) HL7
7 2 (0.90%) IFRS
7 2 (0.90%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 13 (5.83%) Docker
2 7 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (4.04%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.04%) Terraform
2 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.35%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 2 (0.90%) Control-M
4 2 (0.90%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.90%) Puppet
5 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 59 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.07%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.38%) SAP
4 10 (4.48%) Google
4 10 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.04%) Databricks
5 9 (4.04%) Software AG
6 7 (3.14%) Cisco
6 7 (3.14%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.69%) Juniper
7 6 (2.69%) Oracle
8 5 (2.24%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.79%) Citrix
9 4 (1.79%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.79%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.35%) Adobe
10 3 (1.35%) Ariba
10 3 (1.35%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.35%) Informatica
10 3 (1.35%) VMware