Presentation Skills Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Presentation Skills
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 63 53
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +41
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 7 6 27
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.18% 0.99% 2.95%
As % of the General category 1.65% 1.35% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 18
10th Percentile £407 £392 £400
25th Percentile £408 £395 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £400 £481
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -16.88% -9.20%
75th Percentile £433 £538 £525
90th Percentile £436 £620 £579
Scotland median daily rate £460 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -8.00% +1.27% -1.25%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 424 446 697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 71.38% 73.84% 76.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 242 427
10th Percentile £170 £192 £168
25th Percentile £398 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £536 £565
90th Percentile £625 £637 £636
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 14
10th Percentile £16.66 £20.20 £14.17
25th Percentile - £22.36 £19.01
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £49.35
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% -51.00% +170.63%
75th Percentile £31.13 - £62.25
90th Percentile £65.38 £53.35 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £21.19
% change year-on-year -25.54% +13.29% +25.10%

Presentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Presentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Presentation Skills job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Presentation Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Derivative
1 1 (14.29%) Equities
1 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Document Management
3 2 (28.57%) Ethnography
3 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Qualitative Research
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Journey Map
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Reuters