Presentation Skills Contracts in Scotland

Presentation Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 76 111
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 -8
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 16 53 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.98% 2.39% 1.82%
As % of the General category 1.37% 3.68% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 36 32
10th Percentile £411 £193 £269
25th Percentile £435 £413 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £465 £465
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% - +9.41%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £631
90th Percentile £563 £648 £721
UK median daily rate £519 £515 £534
% change year-on-year +0.68% -3.56% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.42 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £37.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year +74.83% -29.18% +61.54%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Presentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Presentation Skills in Scotland

Presentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Presentation Skills in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Presentation Skills in Scotland

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Presentation Skills in Scotland

Presentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Presentation Skills in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Presentation Skills in Scotland

Presentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Glasgow +3 12 £488 -9.30% 10
Edinburgh -23 4 £480 +0.95% 23
Presentation Skills
UK

Presentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (18.75%) GitHub
3 3 (18.75%) Serverless
4 1 (6.25%) Asana
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) DB2
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) GitLab
1 3 (18.75%) JUnit
1 3 (18.75%) Mockito
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Report Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Hibernate
1 3 (18.75%) Spring
1 3 (18.75%) Spring Boot
1 3 (18.75%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Derivative
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Equities
2 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Business Case
2 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
3 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Functional Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Microservices
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) SDLC
4 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CISM
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.25%) Qualys
3 1 (6.25%) Reuters
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow