Presentation Skills Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Presentation Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 83 152
Rank change year-on-year -146 +69 -5
Permanent jobs citing Presentation Skills 418 960 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 3.48% 1.95%
As % of the General category 1.53% 5.11% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 206 231 723
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,569 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,188 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,375 £83,750 £73,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -18.52%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 27,261 18,791 35,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.93% 68.14% 59.31%
Number of salaries quoted 14,299 9,194 24,770
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,387 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +10.29% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Presentation Skills job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Presentation Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Presentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Presentation Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presentation Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +28 138 £52,500 -9.48% 127
North of England -171 92 £50,000 -0.99% 85
South West -48 62 £40,000 -17.26% 44
North West -68 60 £50,000 - 45
Midlands -119 51 £65,000 +35.42% 67
East of England -8 43 £70,000 +20.69% 40
West Midlands -72 34 £68,000 +28.30% 43
Yorkshire -152 20 £50,000 -9.09% 33
Scotland -28 17 £36,250 -19.44% 10
East Midlands -83 17 £41,250 -6.25% 24
North East -21 12 £57,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -33 11 - - 4
Wales -13 6 - - 7
Presentation Skills
UK

Presentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (0.72%) Confluence
1 3 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.48%) CMS
2 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.48%) Trello
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 52 (12.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) Postilion
3 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 52 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
2 46 (11.00%) Power Platform
3 28 (6.70%) Azure
4 25 (5.98%) SaaS
5 13 (3.11%) AWS
6 11 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (2.39%) Figma
8 8 (1.91%) GCP
8 8 (1.91%) GitHub
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.72%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.72%) Miro
11 2 (0.48%) Asana
11 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.24%) Amplience
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.24%) Canva
12 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.66%) WAN
2 25 (5.98%) Firewall
3 23 (5.50%) LAN
4 16 (3.83%) Broadband
5 10 (2.39%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.91%) 5G
7 7 (1.67%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.72%) Network Security
8 3 (0.72%) Profibus
8 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.48%) ATM
9 2 (0.48%) VPN
9 2 (0.48%) Wireless
10 1 (0.24%) DNS
10 1 (0.24%) Internet
10 1 (0.24%) MPLS
10 1 (0.24%) SAN
10 1 (0.24%) SNMP
10 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.77%) Power BI
2 20 (4.78%) Tableau
3 15 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.48%) Power Query
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.24%) Looker
6 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 80 (19.14%) JIRA
2 50 (11.96%) eCATT
3 22 (5.26%) NeoLoad
4 8 (1.91%) Git
4 8 (1.91%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 250 (59.81%) Social Skills
2 138 (33.01%) Finance
3 133 (31.82%) Marketing
4 108 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (14.59%) Influencing Skills
6 59 (14.11%) Manufacturing
7 44 (10.53%) Public Sector
8 31 (7.42%) Retail
9 23 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (4.55%) Games
11 19 (4.55%) Law
12 13 (3.11%) Local Government
12 13 (3.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.63%) Electronics
14 10 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.15%) Legal
15 9 (2.15%) Military
16 7 (1.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 69 (16.51%) Analyst
2 67 (16.03%) Senior
3 47 (11.24%) Architect
4 36 (8.61%) Senior Manager
5 32 (7.66%) Business Manager
6 27 (6.46%) Sales Executive
7 25 (5.98%) Account Manager
7 25 (5.98%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (5.50%) Lead
9 22 (5.26%) Test Analyst
10 21 (5.02%) Business Development Manager
10 21 (5.02%) Development Manager
11 20 (4.78%) Presales Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) Juniper Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) LAN Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 19 (4.55%) WAN Engineer
13 18 (4.31%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.91%) pytest
2 4 (0.96%) .NET
2 4 (0.96%) HTML
3 2 (0.48%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) MACH
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.10%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (10.77%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.50%) Virtual Team
4 17 (4.07%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.35%) Social Media
7 13 (3.11%) NHS
8 11 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
10 8 (1.91%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.91%) Self-Driving Car
11 6 (1.44%) Life Science
11 6 (1.44%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.20%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.20%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.96%) Digital Media
13 4 (0.96%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.72%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.72%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.87%) Windows
2 8 (1.91%) Unix
3 7 (1.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (28.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (26.08%) Business Development
2 109 (26.08%) Decision-Making
3 101 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (19.62%) B2B
5 81 (19.38%) Project Management
6 74 (17.70%) CRM
7 63 (15.07%) Visualisation
8 61 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 54 (12.92%) Strategic Thinking
10 52 (12.44%) Risk Management
11 50 (11.96%) Analytics
11 50 (11.96%) Roadmaps
11 50 (11.96%) Source to Pay
11 50 (11.96%) Test Management
12 49 (11.72%) Business Intelligence
13 47 (11.24%) AI
14 44 (10.53%) ERP
15 42 (10.05%) Business Strategy
15 42 (10.05%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.78%) SQL
2 14 (3.35%) Python
3 12 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (1.91%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.96%) C
5 4 (0.96%) C++
6 3 (0.72%) C#
7 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.48%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.48%) Embedded C++
7 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.48%) Perl
7 2 (0.48%) PHP
7 2 (0.48%) Rust
7 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (19.62%) Degree
2 26 (6.22%) PMP
3 22 (5.26%) CCNA
3 22 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (4.78%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.55%) JNCIA
6 16 (3.83%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 10 (2.39%) SC Cleared
9 9 (2.15%) HND
10 8 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.91%) CFA
11 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.44%) ACCA
12 6 (1.44%) CIMA
12 6 (1.44%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.96%) City & Guilds
13 4 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.96%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.98%) QA
2 11 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (1.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 8 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.91%) NIST
4 6 (1.44%) GDPR
4 6 (1.44%) PMO
5 4 (0.96%) COBIT
5 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.72%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.48%) GxP
7 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 50 (11.96%) HP ALM
2 4 (0.96%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.48%) Ansible
3 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) Puppet
3 2 (0.48%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) OpenView
4 1 (0.24%) QRadar
4 1 (0.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 56 (13.40%) SAP
2 51 (12.20%) HP
3 45 (10.77%) Salesforce
4 42 (10.05%) Microsoft
5 40 (9.57%) ServiceNow
6 29 (6.94%) HubSpot
7 28 (6.70%) Fortinet
8 25 (5.98%) Cisco
9 20 (4.78%) Aruba
9 20 (4.78%) BMC
9 20 (4.78%) Juniper
10 18 (4.31%) Anaplan
10 18 (4.31%) Genesys
10 18 (4.31%) Verint
11 11 (2.63%) Adobe
12 4 (0.96%) EMC
12 4 (0.96%) VMware
13 3 (0.72%) BT
13 3 (0.72%) Mitel
13 3 (0.72%) Sophos