Presentation Skills Contract Job Trends in Reading

Presentation Skills
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 68 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -28
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 6 23 18
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.85% 2.11% 1.75%
As % of the General category 1.36% 3.62% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 8
10th Percentile £432 - £374
25th Percentile £441 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +2.86% -24.96%
75th Percentile £531 £525 £472
90th Percentile £565 £758 £542
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £548 £450
% change year-on-year +9.59% +21.67% -22.41%

All General Skills
Reading

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 common skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 440 635 656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 62.41% 58.36% 63.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 299 371
10th Percentile £275 £300 £210
25th Percentile £413 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £698 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 7 10
10th Percentile £14.68 £25.70 £16.41
25th Percentile £14.75 £35.75 £57.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% +5.48%
75th Percentile £81.00 £69.80 £66.14
90th Percentile £95.75 £79.92 £68.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.39 £58.30 £59.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -2.02% +77.61%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Presentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Presentation Skills job vacancy trend in Reading

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Advertising
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PS Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP QM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) Content Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Creative Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Direct Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Discrete Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Virgin Media