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 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +40
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 8 14 22
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.29% 1.84% 2.21%
As % of the General category 1.73% 2.63% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 15
10th Percentile £412 £125 £378
25th Percentile £420 £258 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -11.11% +16.13%
75th Percentile £470 £513 £525
90th Percentile £481 £593 £575
Scotland median daily rate £460 £500 £472
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.88% +11.12%

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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 463 532 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.68% 70.09% 75.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 269 464
10th Percentile £223 £161 £171
25th Percentile £409 £318 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £600 £594 £613
Scotland median daily rate £463 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +5.11% -7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 7
10th Percentile £16.95 £12.48 £12.63
25th Percentile - £14.32 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.87 £20.29 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +14.48% -5.87%
75th Percentile £26.97 £24.18 £57.60
90th Percentile £60.88 £44.17 £61.90
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £18.00 £19.34
% change year-on-year -0.72% -6.93% +6.79%

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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
1 2 (25.00%) Equities
1 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) BDD
4 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Ethnography
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Bloomberg
2 2 (25.00%) Reuters