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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 133 97
Rank change year-on-year -44 -36 +2
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 218 272 420
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 1.96% 2.31%
As % of the General category 2.30% 3.02% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 141 258
10th Percentile £358 £348 £206
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £671 £750 £647
90th Percentile £784 £851 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 21
10th Percentile £52.09 £37.25 £33.65
25th Percentile £70.84 £38.75 £33.75
Median hourly rate £88.75 £42.50 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.82% -49.70% +53.64%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.38 £86.50
90th Percentile - £84.75 £87.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year +16.59% +31.18% -34.62%

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 9,490 9,007 11,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.10% 64.88% 64.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,203 5,712 8,331
10th Percentile £343 £327 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -5.97% -3.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 109 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.00 £19.31
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +22.27% +2.23%
75th Percentile £46.50 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.47 £73.72
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £28.13
% change year-on-year -23.33% +6.67% +8.90%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -9 40 £473 -5.40% 30
South London 0 10 £463 +8.82% 16
West London -17 3 - - 5
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 (6.42%) Confluence
2 9 (4.13%) nginx
3 5 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.92%) CMS
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.92%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.46%) Apache
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (11.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (11.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (4.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Endur
2 6 (2.75%) Loan IQ
2 6 (2.75%) SAP EWM
2 6 (2.75%) SAP WM
3 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.92%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.46%) HFM
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.46%) RMDS
4 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.77%) Azure
2 39 (17.89%) AWS
3 17 (7.80%) Power Platform
3 17 (7.80%) SaaS
4 16 (7.34%) Amazon ECS
5 15 (6.88%) GCP
5 15 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 13 (5.96%) Amazon S3
7 11 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (5.05%) GitHub
8 9 (4.13%) Amazon ELB
8 9 (4.13%) AWS KMS
8 9 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.13%) Route 53
8 9 (4.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.21%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.21%) IaaS
9 7 (3.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.09%) Firewall
2 12 (5.50%) DNS
3 11 (5.05%) HTTP
3 11 (5.05%) SMTP
4 9 (4.13%) FTP
4 9 (4.13%) IMAP
4 9 (4.13%) OpenLDAP
4 9 (4.13%) SSH
5 5 (2.29%) Internet
5 5 (2.29%) Network Security
6 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.92%) DMZ
7 2 (0.92%) Intranet
7 2 (0.92%) Junos
7 2 (0.92%) LAN
7 2 (0.92%) SSL
7 2 (0.92%) VPN
7 2 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.88%) Power BI
2 12 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (4.13%) Amazon Aurora
5 7 (3.21%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.83%) Tableau
7 3 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.38%) Looker
7 3 (1.38%) Metadata
7 3 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.38%) Redis
7 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.38%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.46%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.46%) Power Query
9 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (13.30%) JIRA
2 17 (7.80%) Git
3 14 (6.42%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.13%) Vagrant
5 4 (1.83%) GitLab
6 3 (1.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.92%) Snyk
7 2 (0.92%) Storybook
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) GCC
8 1 (0.46%) MSI
8 1 (0.46%) Postman
8 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.46%) Selenium
8 1 (0.46%) Subversion
8 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 157 (72.02%) Social Skills
2 79 (36.24%) Finance
3 59 (27.06%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.39%) Banking
4 27 (12.39%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.72%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.50%) Marketing
8 10 (4.59%) Retail
9 7 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.21%) Front Office
10 5 (2.29%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.83%) Legal
12 3 (1.38%) Games
12 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.92%) Advertising
13 2 (0.92%) Law
13 2 (0.92%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 55 (25.23%) Analyst
2 35 (16.06%) Business Analyst
3 31 (14.22%) Architect
4 22 (10.09%) Senior
5 17 (7.80%) Consultant
6 15 (6.88%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.05%) Cloud Architect
7 11 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.05%) Lead
8 10 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (4.59%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.13%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Developer
9 9 (4.13%) Integration Architect
9 9 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.67%) Endur Business Analyst
10 8 (3.67%) OpenLink Analyst
10 8 (3.67%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.50%) Middleware
2 10 (4.59%) LDAP
3 5 (2.29%) .NET
3 5 (2.29%) CSS
3 5 (2.29%) VML
4 3 (1.38%) AWS CDK
4 3 (1.38%) Bootstrap
4 3 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.38%) HTML
4 3 (1.38%) HTML5
4 3 (1.38%) jQuery
4 3 (1.38%) Memcached
4 3 (1.38%) Playwright
4 3 (1.38%) React
4 3 (1.38%) REST
5 2 (0.92%) FastAPI
5 2 (0.92%) Next.js
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.92%) pytest
5 2 (0.92%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.39%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.42%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (4.13%) Replication
5 8 (3.67%) PMI
6 6 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.75%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.83%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.83%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.38%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.38%) Tandem
10 2 (0.92%) Derivative
10 2 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.92%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.26%) Windows
2 15 (6.88%) Linux
3 9 (4.13%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (4.13%) Ubuntu
3 9 (4.13%) VMS
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (38.99%) Agile
2 67 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (28.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (20.18%) Roadmaps
5 40 (18.35%) Decision-Making
6 39 (17.89%) Business Analysis
7 36 (16.51%) Project Delivery
8 34 (15.60%) DevOps
9 33 (15.14%) Project Management
10 31 (14.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (12.39%) Change Management
11 27 (12.39%) User Stories
12 26 (11.93%) Analytics
13 25 (11.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 24 (11.01%) Cloud Security
14 24 (11.01%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (11.01%) Validation
15 23 (10.55%) Workshop Facilitation
16 22 (10.09%) AI
16 22 (10.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.01%) Python
2 23 (10.55%) SQL
3 14 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.96%) Java
5 9 (4.13%) Groovy
6 4 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.46%) C#
8 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.46%) Korn
8 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (31.19%) Degree
2 43 (19.72%) Security Cleared
3 32 (14.68%) SC Cleared
4 22 (10.09%) Master's Degree
5 19 (8.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.50%) AWS Certification
7 11 (5.05%) PMI Certification
8 10 (4.59%) Azure Certification
9 9 (4.13%) CISSP
10 7 (3.21%) SAP Certification
11 6 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.75%) CISM
11 6 (2.75%) FFIEC
12 5 (2.29%) CBAP
12 5 (2.29%) SANS
13 4 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.38%) CCNP
14 3 (1.38%) CCSP
14 3 (1.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.80%) NIST
2 15 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.88%) QA
3 13 (5.96%) PCI DSS
3 13 (5.96%) PMO
4 11 (5.05%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.13%) GRC
6 8 (3.67%) GDPR
6 8 (3.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (2.75%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.38%) Basel III
9 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.38%) NCSC
9 3 (1.38%) SLA
10 2 (0.92%) COBIT
10 2 (0.92%) GAAP
10 2 (0.92%) IFRS
10 2 (0.92%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (9.63%) Docker
2 9 (4.13%) DFS Replication
2 9 (4.13%) Dovecot
2 9 (4.13%) Postfix
2 9 (4.13%) Squid
3 7 (3.21%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (8.72%) Terraform
2 12 (5.50%) Prometheus
3 9 (4.13%) Grafana
3 9 (4.13%) Nessus
3 9 (4.13%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.67%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.38%) Ansible
7 2 (0.92%) Control-M
7 2 (0.92%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.92%) Puppet
7 2 (0.92%) SCCM
8 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.46%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 50 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.88%) SAP
3 14 (6.42%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.96%) Salesforce
5 11 (5.05%) Oracle
6 9 (4.13%) Jaspersoft
6 9 (4.13%) Software AG
7 8 (3.67%) Google
8 7 (3.21%) Databricks
8 7 (3.21%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.75%) Cisco
10 5 (2.29%) Workday
11 4 (1.83%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.83%) Guidewire
11 4 (1.83%) Juniper
11 4 (1.83%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.83%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.38%) New Relic
12 3 (1.38%) Splunk