Presentation Skills Contracts

Presentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 118 113
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +32
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 870 1,301 2,128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.02% 2.20% 2.40%
As % of the General category 3.47% 3.76% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 810 1,340
10th Percentile £259 £320 £350
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +1.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £602 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £813 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 32
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.84 £17.00
25th Percentile £30.94 £31.00 £24.57
Median hourly rate £37.18 £52.50 £33.32
Median % change year-on-year -29.18% +57.56% +51.45%
75th Percentile £57.37 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £65.00 - £48.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.18 £60.00 £32.77
% change year-on-year -38.03% +83.09% +49.91%

All General Skills
UK

Presentation Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,090 34,580 49,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.15% 58.46% 56.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,823 23,988 34,549
10th Percentile £275 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £766 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,061 1,440
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.98 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.39 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +51.75% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.05
90th Percentile £65.01 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -2.59% +54.67% -6.02%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England -2 739 £525 -4.55% 1,129
London -10 397 £516 -14.00% 411
UK excluding London +17 372 £513 +2.50% 716
Work from Home +11 251 £525 - 493
South East -11 110 £525 +5.00% 165
South West +51 70 £463 -12.85% 103
Scotland +44 54 £465 +2.76% 33
North of England +18 52 £555 +15.63% 182
East of England +20 45 £500 - 103
Midlands -21 36 £525 +2.94% 144
North West +11 29 £500 +5.26% 109
West Midlands -20 26 £538 +5.39% 89
Yorkshire +15 17 £600 +25.00% 59
East Midlands +12 10 £500 +1.16% 55
North East +24 6 £873 +45.58% 18
Wales +16 6 £538 +2.38% 24

Presentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.84%) Confluence
3 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.92%) MTS
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.69%) CMS
6 5 (0.57%) Apache
7 4 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.46%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.34%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
9 2 (0.23%) Moodle
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Tornado
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 102 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (10.69%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (6.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (3.91%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (1.95%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.92%) Sketch
8 6 (0.69%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.69%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.34%) SPSS
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.23%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.23%) Trello
10 2 (0.23%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.11%) InVision
11 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 18 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.61%) Aligne
3 13 (1.49%) Endur
4 8 (0.92%) EuroRunner
4 8 (0.92%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.69%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.69%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.69%) SAP PM
5 6 (0.69%) Shopify
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.57%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle 11i
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.34%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 105 (12.07%) Azure
2 56 (6.44%) Power Platform
3 48 (5.52%) AWS
3 48 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (2.64%) GitHub
6 18 (2.07%) SaaS
7 14 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 14 (1.61%) GCP
8 13 (1.49%) Figma
8 13 (1.49%) Google Workspace
9 12 (1.38%) IaaS
9 12 (1.38%) Serverless
10 11 (1.26%) PaaS
11 10 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (1.15%) OCI
12 9 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.68%) Firewall
2 19 (2.18%) WAN
3 17 (1.95%) VoIP
4 16 (1.84%) LAN
5 13 (1.49%) PBX
5 13 (1.49%) Wireless
6 12 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.26%) Network Security
8 10 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (1.03%) DNS
9 9 (1.03%) Ethernet
9 9 (1.03%) Radio Access Network
9 9 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (0.92%) VPN
11 7 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (0.80%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.69%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.57%) 4G
13 5 (0.57%) LTE
13 5 (0.57%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.86%) Power BI
2 26 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.07%) Tableau
4 16 (1.84%) Metadata
4 16 (1.84%) Oracle Database
5 13 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.15%) Big Data
6 10 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.92%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.69%) PowerCenter
10 5 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.57%) MySQL
10 5 (0.57%) Power Query
10 5 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 71 (8.16%) JIRA
2 24 (2.76%) Git
3 12 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.92%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.80%) GitLab
7 4 (0.46%) Appium
7 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.46%) ERwin
7 4 (0.46%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.23%) Pylint
9 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 624 (71.72%) Social Skills
2 282 (32.41%) Finance
3 198 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
5 77 (8.85%) Public Sector
6 51 (5.86%) Marketing
7 45 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.71%) Banking
9 33 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 29 (3.33%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.76%) Legal
12 23 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.07%) German Language
13 18 (2.07%) Law
13 18 (2.07%) Retail
14 15 (1.72%) Automotive
15 13 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.49%) Military
16 12 (1.38%) Local Government
17 10 (1.15%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 142 (16.32%) Analyst
2 104 (11.95%) Architect
3 78 (8.97%) Senior
4 77 (8.85%) Consultant
5 73 (8.39%) Project Manager
6 70 (8.05%) Business Analyst
7 69 (7.93%) Lead
8 47 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.79%) Developer
10 29 (3.33%) Data Analyst
10 29 (3.33%) Support Engineer
11 24 (2.76%) Project Leader
12 22 (2.53%) Desktop Support
13 20 (2.30%) Designer
13 20 (2.30%) Desktop Engineer
13 20 (2.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 20 (2.30%) Windows Engineer
14 18 (2.07%) Windows Support Engineer
15 15 (1.72%) IT Analyst
16 14 (1.61%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.64%) Web Services
2 22 (2.53%) HTML
3 20 (2.30%) CSS
4 19 (2.18%) REST
5 16 (1.84%) Node.js
5 16 (1.84%) SOAP
6 15 (1.72%) React
7 12 (1.38%) .NET
8 11 (1.26%) Kafka
9 10 (1.15%) ADO
10 8 (0.92%) .NET Core
10 8 (0.92%) Pandas
10 8 (0.92%) PySpark
10 8 (0.92%) pytest
11 7 (0.80%) GraphQL
11 7 (0.80%) jQuery
11 7 (0.80%) LDAP
11 7 (0.80%) Middleware
11 7 (0.80%) YAML
12 6 (0.69%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.29%) Renewable Energy
2 41 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 39 (4.48%) Solar Panel
4 28 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.84%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.26%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.26%) PMI
9 10 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.03%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.92%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.92%) Derivative
11 8 (0.92%) Digital Media
11 8 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.92%) FMCG
11 8 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.92%) Market Risk
12 7 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (8.62%) Windows
2 42 (4.83%) Linux
3 16 (1.84%) Unix
4 10 (1.15%) Windows 7
5 9 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.69%) AIX
7 6 (0.69%) Android
8 5 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.46%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.11%) OS/390
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (26.44%) Agile
3 193 (22.18%) Project Management
4 178 (20.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 137 (15.75%) Decision-Making
6 95 (10.92%) Time Management
7 88 (10.11%) Project Delivery
8 82 (9.43%) PRINCE2
9 79 (9.08%) Workshop Facilitation
10 76 (8.74%) DevOps
11 73 (8.39%) Roadmaps
12 68 (7.82%) Analytics
13 63 (7.24%) Business Analysis
13 63 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
13 63 (7.24%) Migration
14 62 (7.13%) Data Management
14 62 (7.13%) ITIL
15 61 (7.01%) Change Management
16 59 (6.78%) Process Improvement
17 52 (5.98%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (9.20%) SQL
2 50 (5.75%) Python
3 29 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.07%) Java
5 17 (1.95%) C#
6 16 (1.84%) C++
7 14 (1.61%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.80%) Bicep
11 6 (0.69%) R
12 4 (0.46%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.34%) Bash
13 3 (0.34%) VBA
13 3 (0.34%) XPath
14 2 (0.23%) Go
14 2 (0.23%) Scala
14 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.23%) VB
14 2 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 162 (18.62%) Degree
2 152 (17.47%) Security Cleared
3 82 (9.43%) SC Cleared
4 79 (9.08%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.22%) Master's Degree
6 25 (2.87%) APMP
6 25 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.07%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 15 (1.72%) CISM
10 14 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.49%) PMP
12 11 (1.26%) CCNP
12 11 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.92%) ACCA
13 8 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.92%) CISA
13 8 (0.92%) CISSP
13 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.75%) PMO
2 33 (3.79%) QA
3 29 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.87%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.61%) SLA
6 9 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.46%) GDPR
9 4 (0.46%) IFRS
9 4 (0.46%) NIST
9 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) GAMP
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.61%) Docker
4 6 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.69%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.34%) Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.23%) HDFS
7 2 (0.23%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.11%) Snort
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (2.30%) Terraform
2 15 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.38%) SCCM
4 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.92%) Nessus
5 8 (0.92%) VxRail
6 6 (0.69%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.46%) Kibana
7 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.34%) Puppet
9 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.23%) Avamar
9 2 (0.23%) Nagios
9 2 (0.23%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.23%) SCOM
9 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.23%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 191 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.62%) SAP
3 47 (5.40%) Oracle
4 30 (3.45%) Cisco
4 30 (3.45%) VMware
5 24 (2.76%) Google
6 20 (2.30%) Adobe
6 20 (2.30%) Dell
7 18 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.26%) Juniper
9 10 (1.15%) Citrix
9 10 (1.15%) Databricks
9 10 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.03%) Ariba
11 8 (0.92%) Informatica
12 7 (0.80%) F5
12 7 (0.80%) HP
12 7 (0.80%) ScienceLogic
13 6 (0.69%) BiZZdesign