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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 132 103
Rank change year-on-year -60 -29 -4
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 228 273 416
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 2.15% 2.33%
As % of the General category 2.15% 3.19% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 160 263
10th Percentile £400 £310 £160
25th Percentile £450 £409 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £702 £678 £642
90th Percentile £794 £825 £750
England median daily rate £516 £524 £520
% change year-on-year -1.52% +0.72% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 18
10th Percentile £51.08 - £33.65
25th Percentile £51.61 - £33.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £95.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% +80.95% +29.85%
75th Percentile £67.13 - £86.50
90th Percentile £72.90 - £87.18
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £39.84
% change year-on-year -3.85% +63.15% -34.69%

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 10,611 8,571 11,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.11% 67.49% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,914 5,809 8,082
10th Percentile £348 £336 £331
25th Percentile £425 £448 £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 £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 137 253
10th Percentile £18.37 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +15.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £29.52 £28.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +2.68% -17.65%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -28 35 £563 +2.27% 75
South London -12 8 £450 -15.89% 1
West London -25 5 £706 +40.55% 6
East London - 3 £500 - 4
North London +2 1 £538 +16.22% 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 13 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.26%) Confluence
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.88%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
Applications
1 31 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (11.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.70%) Loan IQ
2 7 (3.07%) Endur
3 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.88%) Shopify
3 2 (0.88%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.88%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.68%) Azure
2 40 (17.54%) AWS
3 18 (7.89%) SaaS
4 14 (6.14%) GCP
4 14 (6.14%) GitHub
5 13 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.39%) IaaS
7 10 (4.39%) PaaS
8 9 (3.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (3.95%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (3.51%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.07%) OCI
11 6 (2.63%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.39%) Firewall
2 3 (1.32%) Intranet
2 3 (1.32%) Network Security
3 2 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.88%) DMZ
3 2 (0.88%) Internet
3 2 (0.88%) IOS XR
3 2 (0.88%) Junos
3 2 (0.88%) LAN
3 2 (0.88%) NAS
3 2 (0.88%) NX-OS
3 2 (0.88%) SAN
3 2 (0.88%) VXLAN
3 2 (0.88%) WAN
3 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.39%) Power BI
2 7 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.75%) Metadata
4 2 (0.88%) Big Data
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.44%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (13.16%) JIRA
2 14 (6.14%) Git
3 6 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.88%) Snyk
5 2 (0.88%) Storybook
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.44%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.44%) jMock
6 1 (0.44%) JUnit
6 1 (0.44%) Maven
6 1 (0.44%) Mockito
6 1 (0.44%) Postman
6 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 162 (71.05%) Social Skills
2 83 (36.40%) Finance
3 67 (29.39%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.04%) Banking
5 29 (12.72%) Public Sector
6 21 (9.21%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (7.02%) Retail
9 15 (6.58%) Marketing
10 10 (4.39%) Legal
11 9 (3.95%) Front Office
12 7 (3.07%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.19%) Advertising
13 5 (2.19%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.75%) Aviation
14 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (27.63%) Analyst
2 48 (21.05%) Business Analyst
3 36 (15.79%) Architect
4 26 (11.40%) Senior
5 16 (7.02%) Cloud Architect
6 14 (6.14%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (5.70%) Lead
7 13 (5.70%) Migration Analyst
8 12 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.26%) Transformation Analyst
9 11 (4.82%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.82%) Consultant
9 11 (4.82%) Integration Architect
9 11 (4.82%) Senior Business Analyst
10 9 (3.95%) Developer
11 8 (3.51%) Data Scientist
11 8 (3.51%) Project Manager
12 7 (3.07%) Change Manager
13 6 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.82%) Middleware
2 9 (3.95%) VML
3 8 (3.51%) .NET
4 7 (3.07%) PyTorch
4 7 (3.07%) TensorFlow
5 5 (2.19%) REST
6 4 (1.75%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.32%) EDI
7 3 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.32%) Playwright
8 2 (0.88%) CSS
8 2 (0.88%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.88%) LDAP
8 2 (0.88%) NumPy
8 2 (0.88%) Pandas
8 2 (0.88%) pytest
8 2 (0.88%) Spring
8 2 (0.88%) Web Services
8 2 (0.88%) XML
8 2 (0.88%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.40%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.39%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.51%) PMI
5 7 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.07%) Tandem
6 6 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.63%) Reinsurance
7 5 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.75%) Derivative
8 4 (1.75%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.70%) Windows
2 7 (3.07%) Linux
3 3 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (44.74%) Agile
2 72 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (22.81%) Project Delivery
5 47 (20.61%) Decision-Making
6 43 (18.86%) Roadmaps
7 39 (17.11%) Business Analysis
8 38 (16.67%) Project Management
9 36 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (14.91%) Analytics
10 34 (14.91%) User Stories
11 32 (14.04%) DevOps
11 32 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
12 30 (13.16%) Migration
13 29 (12.72%) AI
13 29 (12.72%) Workshop Facilitation
14 28 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (11.84%) Change Management
15 27 (11.84%) Waterfall
16 25 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.09%) Python
2 16 (7.02%) SQL
3 15 (6.58%) Java
4 2 (0.88%) Apex Code
4 2 (0.88%) C++
4 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.88%) R
4 2 (0.88%) VBA
5 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (24.12%) Degree
2 38 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 24 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 19 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.82%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.07%) CISSP
8 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (2.19%) CSPO
9 5 (2.19%) PMP
9 5 (2.19%) SANS
10 4 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.75%) CBAP
10 4 (1.75%) CISM
11 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.32%) CCSP
11 3 (1.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.14%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.82%) GDPR
2 11 (4.82%) PMO
3 10 (4.39%) NIST
4 7 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.07%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.63%) QA
6 5 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.75%) SLA
8 3 (1.32%) GRC
8 3 (1.32%) NCSC
8 3 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.88%) DICOM
9 2 (0.88%) GAAP
9 2 (0.88%) HL7
9 2 (0.88%) IFRS
9 2 (0.88%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.88%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.70%) Docker
2 8 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.44%) Postfix
3 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.95%) Kubernetes
1 9 (3.95%) Terraform
2 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) Control-M
4 2 (0.88%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.88%) Puppet
5 1 (0.44%) Grafana
5 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 54 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.46%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.26%) SAP
4 9 (3.95%) Databricks
4 9 (3.95%) Software AG
5 8 (3.51%) Google
5 8 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.63%) Cisco
6 6 (2.63%) Juniper
6 6 (2.63%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.19%) Oracle
7 5 (2.19%) Rapid7
8 4 (1.75%) Citrix
8 4 (1.75%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.75%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.75%) Workday
9 3 (1.32%) Adobe
9 3 (1.32%) Ariba
9 3 (1.32%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.32%) Informatica