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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 83 89
Rank change year-on-year -48 +6 +111
Permanent jobs citing Presentation Skills 62 89 227
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.96% 3.16% 2.97%
As % of the General category 2.32% 4.65% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 30 25 172
10th Percentile £26,160 £39,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +9.62% -8.42%
75th Percentile £53,438 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,222 £76,000 £66,350
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -22.22%

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 2,677 1,916 4,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.65% 68.04% 54.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 1,027 3,189
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.65% -4.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.20%

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 19 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 19 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
Bristol -25 16 £27,500 -43.88% 12
Gloucestershire +14 13 £45,750 +3.98% 13
Devon -36 11 - - 5
Wiltshire +2 10 £53,422 -23.68% 4
Dorset -14 6 £30,000 -37.08% 3
Cornwall - 3 - - 2
Somerset - 3 £25,768 - 9
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 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.23%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) GitHub
1 8 (12.90%) SaaS
2 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.45%) Figma
4 3 (4.84%) Azure
5 1 (1.61%) AWS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.52%) SD-WAN
1 9 (14.52%) WAN
2 8 (12.90%) 5G
3 5 (8.06%) Broadband
4 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.61%) LAN
4 1 (1.61%) Profibus
4 1 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Tableau
3 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Git
1 8 (12.90%) LabVIEW
2 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 38 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Finance
4 9 (14.52%) Marketing
5 8 (12.90%) Electronics
5 8 (12.90%) Retail
6 6 (9.68%) Aerospace
6 6 (9.68%) Legal
6 6 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (8.06%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.84%) Games
8 3 (4.84%) Humanities
8 3 (4.84%) Law
8 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.61%) Aviation
10 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.61%) Military
10 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (14.52%) Test Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Product Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Product Test Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Verification Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Lead
4 5 (8.06%) Account Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 3 (4.84%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.84%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 3 (4.84%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.84%) IT Assistant
6 3 (4.84%) IT Support
6 3 (4.84%) IT Support Assistant
6 3 (4.84%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Product Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Product Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Sales Executive
6 3 (4.84%) Support Assistant
6 3 (4.84%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) pytest
2 4 (6.45%) HTML
3 2 (3.23%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 8 (12.90%) Self-Driving Car
3 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 5 (8.06%) Social Media
5 4 (6.45%) Mobile App
5 4 (6.45%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (4.84%) LIMS
6 3 (4.84%) NHS
7 2 (3.23%) Algorithms
7 2 (3.23%) Device Driver
7 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
7 2 (3.23%) e-Learning
7 2 (3.23%) FPGA
7 2 (3.23%) VHDL
7 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.61%) Blog
8 1 (1.61%) Podcast
8 1 (1.61%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.52%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Unix
3 3 (4.84%) Linux
4 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) B2B
1 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (24.19%) CRM
3 13 (20.97%) Business Development
4 10 (16.13%) Analytics
4 10 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (16.13%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (14.52%) Test Scripting
6 8 (12.90%) Physics
6 8 (12.90%) Project Management
6 8 (12.90%) System Testing
6 8 (12.90%) Test Assurance
6 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
6 8 (12.90%) Validation
6 8 (12.90%) Verification and Validation
7 7 (11.29%) Content Strategy
7 7 (11.29%) Customer Service
7 7 (11.29%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (9.68%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) Python
2 8 (12.90%) MATLAB
3 4 (6.45%) C
3 4 (6.45%) C++
4 2 (3.23%) Embedded C
4 2 (3.23%) Embedded C++
4 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.23%) PHP
4 2 (3.23%) Rust
4 2 (3.23%) SQL
4 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) Degree
2 8 (12.90%) HND
3 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.84%) ECDL
5 2 (3.23%) ACCA
5 2 (3.23%) CIMA
5 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.23%) PMP
6 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (1.61%) GDPR
1 1 (1.61%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Firmware
2 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Salesforce
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.06%) HubSpot
4 4 (6.45%) Adobe
5 2 (3.23%) Anaplan
5 2 (3.23%) Genesys
5 2 (3.23%) IBM
5 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.23%) Verint
6 1 (1.61%) EMC
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle
6 1 (1.61%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.61%) VMware