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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 134 103
Rank change year-on-year -48 -31 -1
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 220 278 412
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 2.00% 2.26%
As % of the General category 2.30% 3.08% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 146 254
10th Percentile £360 £342 £206
25th Percentile £448 £450 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £563 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +9.33% -14.25%
75th Percentile £671 £750 £638
90th Percentile £780 £866 £749
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 20
10th Percentile £44.05 £37.25 £33.65
25th Percentile £50.72 £38.75 £33.75
Median hourly rate £87.50 £42.50 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -49.85% +54.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.38 £86.50
90th Percentile - £84.75 £88.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.59% +39.38% -38.46%

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 9,573 9,038 11,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.78% 65.02% 63.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,235 5,711 8,329
10th Percentile £343 £328 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £694
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £541
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.91% -1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 113 235
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.15 £16.18
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.00 £19.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +20.69% +5.45%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £52.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £74.50
England median hourly rate £22.85 £29.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.58% +15.00% +1.13%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -14 40 £473 -0.42% 20
South London +1 10 £450 +5.88% 10
West London -15 3 - - 3
East London - 1 £500 - 2
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 14 (6.36%) Confluence
2 8 (3.64%) nginx
3 5 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.91%) CMS
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.91%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (12.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (11.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.64%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 4 (1.82%) 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 10 (4.55%) Endur
2 8 (3.64%) Loan IQ
3 6 (2.73%) SAP EWM
3 6 (2.73%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.91%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.45%) HFM
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.45%) RMDS
5 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.36%) Azure
2 39 (17.73%) AWS
3 18 (8.18%) Power Platform
3 18 (8.18%) SaaS
4 16 (7.27%) Amazon ECS
4 16 (7.27%) GCP
5 15 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 12 (5.45%) Amazon S3
6 12 (5.45%) GitHub
7 10 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.09%) IaaS
8 9 (4.09%) PaaS
9 8 (3.64%) Amazon ELB
9 8 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (3.64%) AWS KMS
9 8 (3.64%) Route 53
9 8 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (3.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.45%) Firewall
2 11 (5.00%) DNS
3 10 (4.55%) HTTP
3 10 (4.55%) SMTP
4 8 (3.64%) FTP
4 8 (3.64%) IMAP
4 8 (3.64%) OpenLDAP
4 8 (3.64%) SSH
5 5 (2.27%) Internet
5 5 (2.27%) Network Security
6 4 (1.82%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.91%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.91%) Junos
7 2 (0.91%) LAN
7 2 (0.91%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.91%) VPN
7 2 (0.91%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.82%) Power BI
2 10 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.64%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.27%) Metadata
5 5 (2.27%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.82%) Tableau
7 3 (1.36%) Looker
7 3 (1.36%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.45%) Big Data
9 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.45%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.45%) Redis
9 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (14.09%) JIRA
2 17 (7.73%) Git
3 13 (5.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.64%) Vagrant
5 4 (1.82%) GitLab
6 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.91%) Snyk
6 2 (0.91%) Storybook
7 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.45%) GCC
7 1 (0.45%) MSI
7 1 (0.45%) Postman
7 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.45%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.45%) webpack
General
1 154 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 78 (35.45%) Finance
3 61 (27.73%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (12.73%) Public Sector
5 26 (11.82%) Banking
6 18 (8.18%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (8.18%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.91%) Marketing
8 10 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.55%) Retail
9 7 (3.18%) Front Office
10 5 (2.27%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.27%) Legal
11 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.91%) Games
12 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.91%) Law
12 2 (0.91%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 58 (26.36%) Analyst
2 36 (16.36%) Business Analyst
3 34 (15.45%) Architect
4 23 (10.45%) Senior
5 17 (7.73%) Consultant
6 15 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (5.45%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (5.00%) Lead
9 10 (4.55%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (4.55%) Integration Architect
10 9 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.09%) Developer
10 9 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) AWS Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.64%) Migration Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.18%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.45%) Middleware
2 9 (4.09%) LDAP
3 6 (2.73%) .NET
4 5 (2.27%) VML
5 3 (1.36%) AWS CDK
5 3 (1.36%) CSS
5 3 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.36%) Playwright
5 3 (1.36%) REST
6 2 (0.91%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.91%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.91%) Next.js
6 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.91%) pytest
6 2 (0.91%) RESTful
6 2 (0.91%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (0.91%) XML
6 2 (0.91%) XML Messaging
7 1 (0.45%) React
7 1 (0.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.27%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.64%) Replication
5 7 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.18%) PMI
6 6 (2.73%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.27%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.82%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.82%) Tandem
9 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.91%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.91%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.91%) FMCG
10 2 (0.91%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.18%) Windows
2 14 (6.36%) Linux
3 8 (3.64%) Amazon Linux
3 8 (3.64%) Ubuntu
3 8 (3.64%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (38.64%) Agile
2 68 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (29.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 39 (17.73%) Decision-Making
6 38 (17.27%) Project Delivery
7 36 (16.36%) Business Analysis
8 34 (15.45%) DevOps
8 34 (15.45%) Project Management
9 33 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (13.18%) User Stories
11 28 (12.73%) Change Management
12 26 (11.82%) Cloud Security
12 26 (11.82%) User Acceptance Testing
13 25 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (10.91%) AI
14 24 (10.91%) Analytics
14 24 (10.91%) Validation
15 23 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
16 22 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.91%) Python
1 24 (10.91%) SQL
2 14 (6.36%) Java
3 11 (5.00%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.64%) Groovy
5 4 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.45%) C#
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.45%) Korn
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (30.45%) Degree
2 45 (20.45%) Security Cleared
3 33 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 23 (10.45%) Master's Degree
5 19 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.00%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.55%) PMI Certification
8 9 (4.09%) CISSP
9 7 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.18%) SAP Certification
10 6 (2.73%) CISM
10 6 (2.73%) FFIEC
11 5 (2.27%) SANS
11 5 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (1.82%) CBAP
13 3 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.36%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.18%) NIST
2 15 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.36%) PCI DSS
4 13 (5.91%) PMO
4 13 (5.91%) QA
5 9 (4.09%) GDPR
5 9 (4.09%) GRC
6 8 (3.64%) Accessibility
6 8 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.18%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.82%) NCSC
9 3 (1.36%) Basel III
9 3 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.36%) SLA
10 2 (0.91%) COBIT
10 2 (0.91%) GAAP
10 2 (0.91%) IFRS
10 2 (0.91%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.91%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (9.55%) Docker
2 8 (3.64%) DFS Replication
2 8 (3.64%) Dovecot
2 8 (3.64%) Postfix
2 8 (3.64%) Squid
3 6 (2.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (8.64%) Terraform
2 11 (5.00%) Prometheus
3 9 (4.09%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.64%) Grafana
4 8 (3.64%) Nessus
4 8 (3.64%) Proxmox
5 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.36%) Ansible
7 2 (0.91%) Control-M
7 2 (0.91%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.91%) Puppet
7 2 (0.91%) SCCM
8 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.45%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 55 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.82%) SAP
3 14 (6.36%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.45%) Salesforce
5 9 (4.09%) Databricks
5 9 (4.09%) Google
5 9 (4.09%) Oracle
5 9 (4.09%) Software AG
6 8 (3.64%) Jaspersoft
6 8 (3.64%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.18%) Cisco
8 5 (2.27%) Juniper
8 5 (2.27%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.82%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.82%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.82%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.36%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.36%) New Relic
10 3 (1.36%) Splunk
10 3 (1.36%) Workday