Presentation Skills Job Trends in the South West

Presentation Skills
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 95 94
Rank change year-on-year -39 -1 +103
Permanent jobs citing Presentation Skills 63 88 205
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.02% 2.77% 2.94%
As % of the General category 2.36% 4.18% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 159
10th Percentile £25,891 £39,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £42,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +12.64% -8.42%
75th Percentile £46,875 £72,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,639 £80,000 £70,487
England median annual salary £60,922 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.04% +5.45% -18.52%

All General Skills
South West

Presentation Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,669 2,105 3,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.04% 66.32% 55.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,659 1,011 2,926
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,625 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,780 £40,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,828
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +14.99% -4.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Presentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Presentation Skills job vacancy trend in the South West

Presentation Skills
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Presentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Presentation Skills in the South West

Presentation Skills
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presentation Skills within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +22 18 £43,250 -3.89% 10
Devon -35 14 - - 9
Bristol -15 12 £37,500 -23.47% 14
Wiltshire 0 9 £45,000 -48.57% 6
Dorset -12 4 £30,000 -37.08% 3
Cornwall - 3 - - 2
Somerset - 3 £25,768 - 5
Presentation Skills
England

Presentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (3.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.59%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) GitHub
1 8 (12.70%) SaaS
2 5 (7.94%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.35%) Figma
4 3 (4.76%) Azure
4 3 (4.76%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.17%) AWS
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 9 (14.29%) WAN
2 8 (12.70%) 5G
3 5 (7.94%) Broadband
4 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.59%) LAN
4 1 (1.59%) Profibus
4 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.94%) Power BI
2 3 (4.76%) Big Data
3 2 (3.17%) Tableau
4 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Git
1 8 (12.70%) LabVIEW
2 5 (7.94%) JIRA
General
1 39 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.63%) Finance
4 11 (17.46%) Electronics
5 8 (12.70%) Marketing
6 7 (11.11%) Retail
7 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (7.94%) Aerospace
8 5 (7.94%) Financial Institution
9 4 (6.35%) Aviation
9 4 (6.35%) Legal
9 4 (6.35%) Military
10 3 (4.76%) Avionics
10 3 (4.76%) Games
10 3 (4.76%) Humanities
10 3 (4.76%) Law
10 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
11 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Product Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Product Test Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Senior
2 8 (12.70%) Verification Engineer
3 5 (7.94%) Account Manager
3 5 (7.94%) Architect
3 5 (7.94%) Lead
4 4 (6.35%) Customer Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 3 (4.76%) Business Manager
5 3 (4.76%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (4.76%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Senior Technical Support
5 3 (4.76%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Support Technician
5 3 (4.76%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Technical Support
5 3 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) pytest
2 3 (4.76%) HTML
3 1 (1.59%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (17.46%) Onboarding
3 8 (12.70%) Self-Driving Car
4 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
5 5 (7.94%) Driving Licence
6 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
6 4 (6.35%) Mobile App
6 4 (6.35%) Social Media
6 4 (6.35%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (4.76%) LIMS
7 3 (4.76%) NHS
7 3 (4.76%) Satnav
8 2 (3.17%) e-Learning
8 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.59%) Blog
9 1 (1.59%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.59%) FPGA
9 1 (1.59%) PropTech
9 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Unix
3 5 (7.94%) Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (30.16%) B2B
3 16 (25.40%) CRM
4 13 (20.63%) Analytics
4 13 (20.63%) Business Development
5 11 (17.46%) Test Automation
5 11 (17.46%) Validation
6 10 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (14.29%) Project Management
7 9 (14.29%) Test Scripting
8 8 (12.70%) Physics
8 8 (12.70%) System Testing
8 8 (12.70%) Test Assurance
8 8 (12.70%) Verification and Validation
9 7 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 6 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (9.52%) AI
10 6 (9.52%) Content Strategy
10 6 (9.52%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) Python
2 11 (17.46%) MATLAB
3 6 (9.52%) C
4 3 (4.76%) C++
4 3 (4.76%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (4.76%) Tcl
5 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.17%) Rust
5 2 (3.17%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.59%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.59%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (41.27%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) HND
2 11 (17.46%) Security Cleared
3 8 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.76%) ECDL
6 2 (3.17%) ACCA
6 2 (3.17%) CIMA
6 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.17%) PMP
7 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.59%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Firmware
1 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.94%) HubSpot
4 4 (6.35%) Adobe
5 3 (4.76%) Google
6 2 (3.17%) Anaplan
6 2 (3.17%) Genesys
6 2 (3.17%) IBM
6 2 (3.17%) SAP
6 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.17%) Verint
7 1 (1.59%) EMC
7 1 (1.59%) Oracle
7 1 (1.59%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.59%) VMware