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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 154 144
Rank change year-on-year -102 -10 -52
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 189 245 298
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 1.82% 1.84%
As % of the General category 1.54% 2.64% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 116 137
10th Percentile £425 £334 £217
25th Percentile £469 £419 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £638
90th Percentile £825 £738 £775
England median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £33.57 - £36.25
25th Percentile £38.75 £46.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £48.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -4.00% +44.05%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £58.75 - £68.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.85% - +52.94%

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 12,250 9,277 10,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.90% 68.89% 62.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,788 6,161 6,924
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 186 137
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.17 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -11.64% +14.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £64.50 £64.25 £65.42
England median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -44 24 £638 +15.91% 45
South London -21 5 £503 -16.25% 4
West London -18 3 £563 +12.22% 32
East London - 3 £638 - 6
North London - 2 £544 -
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 8 (4.23%) Confluence
1 8 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.17%) CMS
3 3 (1.59%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) nginx
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.53%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 22 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Endur
2 5 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.06%) Findur
3 2 (1.06%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 2 (1.06%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.53%) Aligne
4 1 (0.53%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.53%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.53%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (0.53%) Shopify
4 1 (0.53%) ZaiNet
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.70%) Azure
2 17 (8.99%) AWS
3 9 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.23%) GCP
5 7 (3.70%) SaaS
6 6 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (2.12%) Serverless
9 3 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.59%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.59%) AWS KMS
9 3 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.59%) Figma
9 3 (1.59%) Route 53
9 3 (1.59%) Salesforce Einstein
10 2 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.06%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.17%) Network Security
2 4 (2.12%) Firewall
3 3 (1.59%) Internet
4 2 (1.06%) BGP
4 2 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.06%) DWDM
4 2 (1.06%) MPLS
4 2 (1.06%) OSPF
4 2 (1.06%) WebEx
4 2 (1.06%) Wireless
4 2 (1.06%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) FTP
5 1 (0.53%) HTTP
5 1 (0.53%) IMAP
5 1 (0.53%) NAS
5 1 (0.53%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.53%) SMTP
5 1 (0.53%) SSH
5 1 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) Power BI
2 8 (4.23%) Metadata
3 6 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.12%) Tableau
5 3 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.06%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.06%) MySQL
7 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.53%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.29%) JIRA
2 6 (3.17%) Git
3 3 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (1.06%) DbUnit
4 2 (1.06%) jMock
4 2 (1.06%) JUnit
4 2 (1.06%) Maven
4 2 (1.06%) Mockito
4 2 (1.06%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.53%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.53%) Mocha
5 1 (0.53%) Sinon.JS
5 1 (0.53%) Vagrant
General
1 134 (70.90%) Social Skills
2 83 (43.92%) Finance
3 58 (30.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (11.64%) Banking
6 17 (8.99%) Legal
7 16 (8.47%) Retail
8 15 (7.94%) Marketing
8 15 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (6.35%) Public Sector
11 8 (4.23%) Front Office
12 6 (3.17%) Investment Banking
12 6 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.65%) Automotive
14 4 (2.12%) Aeronautics
15 3 (1.59%) Advertising
15 3 (1.59%) Electronics
15 3 (1.59%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.59%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 41 (21.69%) Analyst
2 36 (19.05%) Business Analyst
3 32 (16.93%) Senior
4 22 (11.64%) Lead
5 15 (7.94%) Project Manager
6 14 (7.41%) Architect
6 14 (7.41%) Consultant
6 14 (7.41%) Developer
7 13 (6.88%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (5.29%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (3.70%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.17%) Security Engineer
11 5 (2.65%) Change Consultant
11 5 (2.65%) Content Strategist
11 5 (2.65%) Data Scientist
11 5 (2.65%) Designer
11 5 (2.65%) Reinsurance Business Analyst
12 4 (2.12%) Data Business Analyst
12 4 (2.12%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.23%) REST
1 8 (4.23%) VML
2 7 (3.70%) JSON
3 6 (3.17%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.65%) Node.js
4 5 (2.65%) PyTorch
4 5 (2.65%) SOAP
4 5 (2.65%) TensorFlow
5 4 (2.12%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.12%) Kafka
6 3 (1.59%) .NET
6 3 (1.59%) CSS
6 3 (1.59%) HTML
6 3 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.59%) Middleware
6 3 (1.59%) OAuth
6 3 (1.59%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.59%) Spring
6 3 (1.59%) Web Services
6 3 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.05%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.70%) Reinsurance
4 6 (3.17%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.65%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.12%) PMI
6 4 (2.12%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.59%) Derivative
7 3 (1.59%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.76%) Linux
2 5 (2.65%) Windows
3 4 (2.12%) Unix
4 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.53%) CentOS
5 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.53%) VMS
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (45.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 64 (33.86%) Agile
3 42 (22.22%) Analytics
3 42 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (20.11%) Project Delivery
5 37 (19.58%) Decision-Making
6 35 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
7 29 (15.34%) Business Analysis
8 28 (14.81%) AI
9 27 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.23%) Change Management
11 24 (12.70%) Project Management
11 24 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (12.17%) Risk Management
12 23 (12.17%) Roadmaps
13 22 (11.64%) Business Case
13 22 (11.64%) DevOps
14 20 (10.58%) User Stories
15 19 (10.05%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.64%) Python
1 22 (11.64%) SQL
2 12 (6.35%) Java
3 5 (2.65%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.59%) Apex Code
4 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.06%) R
5 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.06%) VBA
6 1 (0.53%) ABAP
6 1 (0.53%) C++
6 1 (0.53%) COBOL
6 1 (0.53%) Groovy
6 1 (0.53%) RPG
6 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (22.75%) Degree
2 17 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.35%) PMI Certification
3 12 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.76%) PMP
5 7 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.17%) CISSP
6 6 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.65%) CSPO
8 4 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.12%) CISM
8 4 (2.12%) RIBA
9 3 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.59%) CBAP
9 3 (1.59%) CEH
9 3 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.06%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.94%) PMO
2 11 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.23%) QA
4 6 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.17%) GDPR
5 4 (2.12%) ISO 15022
5 4 (2.12%) ISO 20022
5 4 (2.12%) NIST
6 3 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.06%) GRC
7 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.06%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.06%) PERC
8 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.53%) DICOM
8 1 (0.53%) HL7
8 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.70%) Docker
2 3 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.59%) Postfix
3 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
3 1 (0.53%) Dovecot
3 1 (0.53%) Squid
3 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.12%) Grafana
2 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) Nessus
3 1 (0.53%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.53%) Puppet
3 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 9 (4.76%) SAP
4 7 (3.70%) IBM
4 7 (3.70%) Oracle
5 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.65%) Databricks
7 4 (2.12%) Splunk
8 3 (1.59%) Adobe
8 3 (1.59%) Braze
8 3 (1.59%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.59%) Google
8 3 (1.59%) Jaspersoft
8 3 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.06%) Ariba
9 2 (1.06%) Cisco
9 2 (1.06%) Duck Creek
9 2 (1.06%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.06%) NetBase
9 2 (1.06%) Veritas