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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 138 100
Rank change year-on-year -49 -38 +8
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 211 274 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.47% 1.92% 2.34%
As % of the General category 2.23% 2.97% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 142 248
10th Percentile £372 £350 £196
25th Percentile £425 £450 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £574 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +9.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £644
90th Percentile £794 £850 £747
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 20
10th Percentile £52.09 £37.25 £33.65
25th Percentile £70.84 £38.75 £35.63
Median hourly rate £88.75 £42.50 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year +108.82% -49.85% +54.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.38 £86.50
90th Percentile - £84.75 £88.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £49.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year +32.65% -14.53% -11.80%

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 9,473 9,228 11,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.82% 64.76% 64.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 5,871 8,328
10th Percentile £350 £325 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 113 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.24
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £45.56 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 38 £484 -7.90% 55
South London +1 11 £463 +21.71% 8
West London -16 3 - - 8
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 15 (7.11%) Confluence
2 10 (4.74%) nginx
3 5 (2.37%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.95%) CMS
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.95%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (10.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (4.74%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.21%) Endur
2 6 (2.84%) SAP EWM
2 6 (2.84%) SAP WM
3 4 (1.90%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.95%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.47%) HFM
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.47%) RMDS
5 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.12%) Azure
2 34 (16.11%) AWS
3 18 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.11%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.64%) Amazon S3
6 13 (6.16%) GCP
7 12 (5.69%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (5.69%) SaaS
8 11 (5.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (4.74%) Amazon ELB
9 10 (4.74%) AWS KMS
9 10 (4.74%) Route 53
9 10 (4.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 7 (3.32%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.84%) OCI
13 5 (2.37%) GitHub
14 4 (1.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.90%) Firewall
2 14 (6.64%) DNS
3 12 (5.69%) HTTP
3 12 (5.69%) SMTP
4 10 (4.74%) FTP
4 10 (4.74%) IMAP
4 10 (4.74%) OpenLDAP
4 10 (4.74%) SSH
5 5 (2.37%) Internet
5 5 (2.37%) Network Security
6 4 (1.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.42%) VPN
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.95%) DHCP
8 2 (0.95%) DMZ
8 2 (0.95%) Intranet
8 2 (0.95%) Junos
8 2 (0.95%) SSL
8 2 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.16%) Power BI
3 12 (5.69%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (5.21%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.74%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.84%) Redis
6 6 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.90%) Metadata
7 4 (1.90%) Tableau
8 3 (1.42%) Looker
8 3 (1.42%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.47%) MySQL
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.47%) Power Query
10 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (13.74%) JIRA
2 15 (7.11%) Git
3 12 (5.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.74%) Vagrant
5 6 (2.84%) webpack
6 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.95%) Snyk
6 2 (0.95%) Storybook
7 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.47%) GCC
7 1 (0.47%) GitLab
7 1 (0.47%) MSI
7 1 (0.47%) Postman
7 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 155 (73.46%) Social Skills
2 79 (37.44%) Finance
3 52 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.80%) Banking
5 26 (12.32%) Public Sector
6 19 (9.00%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (6.16%) Marketing
9 8 (3.79%) Retail
10 7 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.84%) Front Office
12 5 (2.37%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.37%) Legal
13 4 (1.90%) Games
14 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.95%) Advertising
15 2 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.95%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 51 (24.17%) Analyst
2 32 (15.17%) Architect
2 32 (15.17%) Business Analyst
3 22 (10.43%) Senior
4 20 (9.48%) Consultant
5 15 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (5.21%) Lead
7 10 (4.74%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (4.74%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 10 (4.74%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (4.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 10 (4.74%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.79%) Endur Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) Implementation Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) OpenLink Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.21%) LDAP
2 10 (4.74%) Middleware
3 8 (3.79%) CSS
4 7 (3.32%) HTML
4 7 (3.32%) HTML5
5 6 (2.84%) Bootstrap
5 6 (2.84%) jQuery
5 6 (2.84%) Memcached
5 6 (2.84%) React
6 3 (1.42%) Playwright
6 3 (1.42%) REST
6 3 (1.42%) VML
7 2 (0.95%) .NET
7 2 (0.95%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.95%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.95%) RESTful
7 2 (0.95%) Spring
7 2 (0.95%) XML
7 2 (0.95%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.85%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.21%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.21%) Replication
4 7 (3.32%) PMI
4 7 (3.32%) Reinsurance
4 7 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.84%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.84%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.90%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.95%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.95%) FMCG
9 2 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.58%) Windows
2 13 (6.16%) Linux
3 10 (4.74%) Amazon Linux
3 10 (4.74%) Ubuntu
3 10 (4.74%) VMS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (37.91%) Agile
2 59 (27.96%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (27.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (22.27%) Roadmaps
5 41 (19.43%) Decision-Making
6 38 (18.01%) Business Analysis
7 32 (15.17%) Project Delivery
8 31 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (13.74%) DevOps
9 29 (13.74%) Project Management
10 28 (13.27%) Change Management
11 25 (11.85%) Analytics
11 25 (11.85%) User Stories
12 23 (10.90%) Requirements Gathering
12 23 (10.90%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (10.43%) Cloud Security
14 21 (9.95%) Workshop Facilitation
15 20 (9.48%) Business Case
15 20 (9.48%) Validation
16 19 (9.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.85%) SQL
2 21 (9.95%) Python
3 15 (7.11%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.74%) Groovy
5 7 (3.32%) Java
6 3 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.47%) C#
8 1 (0.47%) Korn
8 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (29.38%) Degree
2 38 (18.01%) Security Cleared
3 29 (13.74%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.06%) Master's Degree
5 14 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.21%) AWS Certification
6 11 (5.21%) Azure Certification
6 11 (5.21%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.32%) SAP Certification
8 6 (2.84%) CISSP
8 6 (2.84%) FFIEC
9 5 (2.37%) CBAP
9 5 (2.37%) CISM
10 4 (1.90%) PMP
10 4 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.42%) SANS
12 2 (0.95%) CCNP
12 2 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (7.11%) QA
2 14 (6.64%) NIST
3 13 (6.16%) Accessibility
4 12 (5.69%) PMO
5 10 (4.74%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.27%) GRC
7 8 (3.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (2.84%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.37%) GDPR
10 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (1.42%) Basel III
11 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.42%) NCSC
12 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.95%) COBIT
12 2 (0.95%) GAAP
12 2 (0.95%) IFRS
12 2 (0.95%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (7.58%) Docker
2 10 (4.74%) DFS Replication
2 10 (4.74%) Dovecot
2 10 (4.74%) Postfix
2 10 (4.74%) Squid
3 7 (3.32%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.64%) Terraform
2 10 (4.74%) Grafana
2 10 (4.74%) Nessus
2 10 (4.74%) Prometheus
2 10 (4.74%) Proxmox
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.95%) Control-M
4 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.95%) SCCM
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.47%) Ansible
5 1 (0.47%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 48 (22.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.11%) Oracle
2 15 (7.11%) SAP
2 15 (7.11%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.16%) Salesforce
4 10 (4.74%) Jaspersoft
5 7 (3.32%) Software AG
6 6 (2.84%) Databricks
6 6 (2.84%) Google
6 6 (2.84%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.37%) Cisco
7 5 (2.37%) Workday
8 4 (1.90%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.90%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.42%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.42%) Juniper
9 3 (1.42%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (1.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.95%) Informatica
10 2 (0.95%) Remedy