Presentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 127 112 163
Rank change year-on-year -15 +51 +58
Permanent jobs citing Presentation Skills 1,389 3,816 3,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.62% 3.11% 2.35%
As % of the General category 3.99% 4.52% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 716 1,621 1,787
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £103,750 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,888 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -2.02% +3.77% -3.64%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,825 84,481 76,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.73% 68.77% 59.91%
Number of salaries quoted 24,374 48,187 48,005
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% +3.68%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England -22 1,110 £59,556 -11.77% 935
UK excluding London +1 888 £53,888 -2.02% 512
Work from Home -3 588 £60,249 -7.31% 410
London -47 368 £72,500 -3.33% 457
North of England +11 218 £51,528 +2.57% 121
South East -52 158 £55,000 -8.33% 142
Midlands +10 152 £55,000 +7.32% 100
South West +85 144 £40,000 -30.43% 68
North West +43 135 £50,000 +17.65% 73
Scotland -16 113 £58,750 +21.13% 24
West Midlands +3 104 £57,500 +17.35% 63
Yorkshire +3 81 £55,000 -10.20% 29
East Midlands +12 46 £48,750 -18.75% 36
Wales +15 42 £51,528 -1.85% 18
Northern Ireland +67 37 £63,750 +43.26% 2
East of England +5 28 £42,500 -15.00% 60
North East +24 4 £43,750 -16.67% 19

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 54 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.81%) Confluence
3 24 (1.73%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.44%) Apache
5 15 (1.08%) SAS
6 8 (0.58%) CMS
7 5 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 2 (0.14%) Drupal
8 2 (0.14%) JBoss
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.072%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.072%) nginx
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 88 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 21 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Sketch
6 4 (0.29%) SPSS
7 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.22%) Simulink
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.14%) Marvel
8 2 (0.14%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.072%) CANalyzer
9 1 (0.072%) InVision
9 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.86%) SAP MM
2 12 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.79%) SAP SD
4 9 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.58%) Endur
6 7 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.29%) Primavera
8 4 (0.29%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.22%) Cerner Millennium
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.22%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 257 (18.50%) Azure
2 143 (10.30%) AWS
3 138 (9.94%) Power Platform
4 132 (9.50%) SaaS
5 87 (6.26%) IaaS
6 86 (6.19%) PaaS
7 85 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (3.10%) GCP
9 23 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.51%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (1.01%) Serverless
14 13 (0.94%) Power Automate
15 12 (0.86%) Canva
15 12 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.86%) Entra ID
15 12 (0.86%) SurveyMonkey
16 11 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.76%) SAN
2 43 (3.10%) LAN
3 39 (2.81%) WAN
4 30 (2.16%) Firewall
5 26 (1.87%) TCP/IP
6 24 (1.73%) DNS
7 22 (1.58%) Network Security
7 22 (1.58%) SD-WAN
8 21 (1.51%) 5G
9 14 (1.01%) DHCP
9 14 (1.01%) Internet
10 12 (0.86%) Modbus
11 10 (0.72%) Wireless
12 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.50%) BGP
13 7 (0.50%) OSPF
14 6 (0.43%) HTTP
14 6 (0.43%) SMTP
15 5 (0.36%) PPP
15 5 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (9.50%) Power BI
2 51 (3.67%) Tableau
3 38 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 36 (2.59%) Metadata
5 23 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.72%) Big Data
9 10 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (0.65%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.50%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
12 7 (0.50%) MS Access
12 7 (0.50%) Power Query
13 6 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 58 (4.18%) JIRA
2 40 (2.88%) Git
3 38 (2.74%) Visual Studio
4 30 (2.16%) Bitbucket
5 18 (1.30%) MSI
6 16 (1.15%) AdminStudio
6 16 (1.15%) InstallShield
7 11 (0.79%) IBM UrbanCode
8 8 (0.58%) LabVIEW
8 8 (0.58%) Postman
8 8 (0.58%) Selenium
9 7 (0.50%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.36%) Gradle
10 5 (0.36%) JUnit
10 5 (0.36%) Maven
10 5 (0.36%) Mocha
10 5 (0.36%) Sinon.JS
11 4 (0.29%) ERwin
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,064 (76.60%) Social Skills
2 366 (26.35%) Finance
3 235 (16.92%) Influencing Skills
4 226 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (9.07%) Marketing
6 125 (9.00%) Retail
7 122 (8.78%) Organisational Skills
8 117 (8.42%) Banking
9 103 (7.42%) Public Sector
10 82 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 49 (3.53%) Games
12 34 (2.45%) Law
13 25 (1.80%) Legal
14 23 (1.66%) Billing
15 21 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.30%) Manufacturing
18 17 (1.22%) Telecoms
19 15 (1.08%) Local Government
20 13 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 248 (17.85%) Business Manager
2 246 (17.71%) Development Manager
3 237 (17.06%) Business Development Manager
4 226 (16.27%) Architect
5 220 (15.84%) Analyst
6 154 (11.09%) Senior
7 126 (9.07%) Consultant
8 92 (6.62%) Infrastructure Architect
9 70 (5.04%) Developer
10 62 (4.46%) Project Manager
11 61 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
12 55 (3.96%) Business Analyst
13 50 (3.60%) Lead
14 48 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
15 36 (2.59%) Data Manager
16 32 (2.30%) Data Analyst
17 29 (2.09%) 3D Developer
17 29 (2.09%) Games Developer
17 29 (2.09%) Technical Architect
17 29 (2.09%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 23 (1.66%) .NET
3 18 (1.30%) CSS
3 18 (1.30%) HTML
4 17 (1.22%) OpenAPI
5 16 (1.15%) REST
6 13 (0.94%) Web Services
7 10 (0.72%) Kafka
7 10 (0.72%) pytest
8 9 (0.65%) Middleware
9 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.58%) JSON
9 8 (0.58%) React
9 8 (0.58%) Swagger
9 8 (0.58%) XML
10 7 (0.50%) Entity Framework
10 7 (0.50%) Node.js
10 7 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.50%) PySpark
10 7 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (6.26%) Public Cloud
3 79 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 71 (5.11%) Virtual Team
5 70 (5.04%) Private Cloud
6 69 (4.97%) Management Information System
7 54 (3.89%) Data Centre
8 52 (3.74%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.09%) Virtual Reality
10 28 (2.02%) Credit Risk
11 23 (1.66%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.37%) IoT
13 18 (1.30%) GNSS
14 17 (1.22%) PMI
15 16 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.15%) Shadow IT
16 15 (1.08%) Cloud Native
16 15 (1.08%) Reinsurance
17 14 (1.01%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.94%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 157 (11.30%) Windows
2 121 (8.71%) Linux
3 26 (1.87%) Unix
4 21 (1.51%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.30%) Windows 7
6 11 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.50%) Android
9 5 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.29%) VMS
11 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.072%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (34.27%) Agile
2 364 (26.21%) Business Development
3 362 (26.06%) Actionable Insight
4 312 (22.46%) Coaching
5 295 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (20.23%) Project Management
7 232 (16.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 156 (11.23%) Analytics
9 139 (10.01%) Business Intelligence
9 139 (10.01%) Mentoring
10 137 (9.86%) DevOps
11 131 (9.43%) Decision-Making
12 122 (8.78%) ITIL
13 120 (8.64%) Scrum
14 113 (8.14%) Data Analysis
15 112 (8.06%) Project Delivery
16 110 (7.92%) Waterfall
17 107 (7.70%) TOGAF
18 102 (7.34%) Business Analysis
18 102 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 158 (11.38%) SQL
2 123 (8.86%) Python
3 81 (5.83%) C#
4 55 (3.96%) Java
5 36 (2.59%) R
6 26 (1.87%) PowerShell
7 24 (1.73%) JavaScript
8 23 (1.66%) VB
9 15 (1.08%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.94%) Groovy
11 12 (0.86%) C++
12 11 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 7 (0.50%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.43%) VB.NET
14 6 (0.43%) VBA
15 5 (0.36%) Bash
16 4 (0.29%) Perl
16 4 (0.29%) PHP
17 3 (0.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 361 (25.99%) Security Cleared
2 293 (21.09%) Degree
3 227 (16.34%) SC Cleared
4 65 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (4.18%) Master's Degree
6 54 (3.89%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.38%) AWS Certification
10 32 (2.30%) CISSP
11 31 (2.23%) Azure Certification
12 27 (1.94%) CISM
13 26 (1.87%) PMI Certification
13 26 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
14 23 (1.66%) OSCP
15 17 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.72%) ACCA
17 10 (0.72%) HND
17 10 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 29 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 28 (2.02%) IFRS
4 25 (1.80%) PMO
4 25 (1.80%) QA
5 22 (1.58%) IFRS 9
6 19 (1.37%) GDPR
6 19 (1.37%) NIST
6 19 (1.37%) SLA
7 16 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.08%) GRC
9 14 (1.01%) CRD IV
10 12 (0.86%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.43%) GAAP
13 6 (0.43%) IASME
14 4 (0.29%) COBIT
System Software
1 68 (4.90%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.73%) Docker
4 16 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
8 1 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 82 (5.90%) Terraform
2 77 (5.54%) Ansible
3 27 (1.94%) SCCM
4 16 (1.15%) WSUS
5 13 (0.94%) Kubernetes
6 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.86%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 5 (0.36%) Kibana
8 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.22%) Control-M
9 3 (0.22%) Nmap
10 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.14%) Nagios
10 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.072%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.072%) Salt
11 1 (0.072%) vRealize
11 1 (0.072%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.072%) VxRail
Vendors
1 260 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.70%) Oracle
3 77 (5.54%) Google
4 58 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 50 (3.60%) SAP
6 48 (3.46%) Salesforce
7 40 (2.88%) VMware
8 30 (2.16%) Databricks
9 23 (1.66%) Remedy
10 21 (1.51%) Cisco
11 18 (1.30%) Autodesk
12 17 (1.22%) IBM
13 14 (1.01%) Citrix
14 12 (0.86%) Civica
14 12 (0.86%) Hotjar
14 12 (0.86%) Northgate
15 10 (0.72%) HP
16 7 (0.50%) Dell
16 7 (0.50%) MuleSoft
16 7 (0.50%) OpenLink