Presentation Skills Contracts

Presentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Presentation Skills in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 119 113
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +37
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 887 1,301 2,093
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.03% 2.18% 2.36%
As % of the General category 3.49% 3.73% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 813 1,318
10th Percentile £234 £321 £350
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +1.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £601 £700 £638
90th Percentile £744 £800 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 31
10th Percentile £17.43 £14.77 £17.00
25th Percentile £31.69 £31.00 £23.40
Median hourly rate £37.18 £52.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.18% +61.54% +47.73%
75th Percentile £63.12 £65.00 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 - £46.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.18 £65.00 £29.38
% change year-on-year -42.80% +121.24% +34.40%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,387 34,897 49,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.23% 58.47% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,033 24,201 34,488
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,062 1,440
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +59.71% -2.60%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.91% +65.08% -7.50%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Presentation Skills over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Presentation Skills in the UK

Presentation Skills
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Presentation Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 756 £520 -5.27% 1,109
London -12 406 £500 -16.67% 407
UK excluding London +19 378 £500 - 715
Work from Home +2 262 £525 - 387
South East -13 111 £525 +7.14% 173
South West +43 72 £469 -14.73% 114
North of England +21 54 £555 +15.63% 159
Scotland +36 53 £465 - 40
East of England +25 47 £488 -2.50% 103
Midlands -24 37 £519 +0.73% 139
North West +18 31 £500 +5.26% 88
West Midlands -19 27 £525 +1.79% 87
Yorkshire +16 17 £600 +25.00% 54
East Midlands +11 10 £500 +1.16% 52
North East +25 6 £873 +45.58% 21
Wales +15 6 £538 +2.38% 27

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 24 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.80%) Confluence
3 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.90%) MTS
5 7 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.68%) Apache
6 6 (0.68%) CMS
7 5 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.56%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.34%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
9 2 (0.23%) Moodle
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Tornado
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 101 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (10.82%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (6.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.62%) Microsoft Project
5 32 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (1.92%) MS Visio
7 9 (1.01%) Sketch
8 6 (0.68%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.34%) SPSS
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.23%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.23%) Siemens NX
11 2 (0.23%) Trello
11 2 (0.23%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.11%) InVision
12 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.58%) Aligne
3 13 (1.47%) Endur
4 10 (1.13%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.90%) EuroRunner
5 8 (0.90%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.68%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.68%) Shopify
7 5 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.56%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.56%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
9 3 (0.34%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 107 (12.06%) Azure
2 57 (6.43%) Power Platform
3 51 (5.75%) AWS
4 48 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.59%) GitHub
7 19 (2.14%) SaaS
8 16 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (1.58%) Entra ID
9 14 (1.58%) Figma
9 14 (1.58%) GCP
10 13 (1.47%) Google Workspace
11 12 (1.35%) IaaS
12 11 (1.24%) OCI
12 11 (1.24%) PaaS
12 11 (1.24%) Serverless
13 9 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.72%) Firewall
2 20 (2.25%) WAN
3 17 (1.92%) LAN
3 17 (1.92%) VoIP
4 14 (1.58%) Wireless
5 13 (1.47%) PBX
6 12 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.24%) Network Security
8 10 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (1.13%) DNS
9 9 (1.01%) Ethernet
9 9 (1.01%) Radio Access Network
9 9 (1.01%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (1.01%) VPN
10 7 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.79%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.68%) Internet
11 6 (0.68%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.56%) 3G
12 5 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.86%) Power BI
2 29 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.03%) Tableau
4 17 (1.92%) Metadata
5 16 (1.80%) Oracle Database
6 13 (1.47%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.24%) Big Data
9 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.90%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.90%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.68%) Hadoop
11 6 (0.68%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.68%) MySQL
11 6 (0.68%) PowerCenter
11 6 (0.68%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 70 (7.89%) JIRA
2 25 (2.82%) Git
3 12 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.13%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.90%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.90%) GitLab
7 4 (0.45%) Appium
7 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.45%) ERwin
7 4 (0.45%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.23%) Pylint
9 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.11%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 632 (71.25%) Social Skills
2 287 (32.36%) Finance
3 196 (22.10%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (11.27%) Organisational Skills
5 77 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 48 (5.41%) Marketing
7 46 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (4.51%) Banking
9 34 (3.83%) Telecoms
10 29 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 23 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.59%) Legal
12 19 (2.14%) Retail
13 18 (2.03%) Law
14 17 (1.92%) German Language
15 15 (1.69%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.58%) Automotive
17 13 (1.47%) Local Government
17 13 (1.47%) Military
18 10 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 145 (16.35%) Analyst
2 102 (11.50%) Architect
3 81 (9.13%) Consultant
4 77 (8.68%) Senior
5 73 (8.23%) Project Manager
6 72 (8.12%) Business Analyst
7 63 (7.10%) Lead
8 49 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.95%) Developer
10 32 (3.61%) Support Engineer
11 30 (3.38%) Data Analyst
12 26 (2.93%) Desktop Support
13 25 (2.82%) Desktop Engineer
14 23 (2.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 23 (2.59%) Project Leader
15 22 (2.48%) Windows Engineer
16 20 (2.25%) Windows Support Engineer
17 19 (2.14%) Designer
18 14 (1.58%) IT Analyst
18 14 (1.58%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.59%) Web Services
2 22 (2.48%) HTML
3 20 (2.25%) CSS
4 19 (2.14%) REST
5 16 (1.80%) Node.js
5 16 (1.80%) SOAP
6 15 (1.69%) React
7 12 (1.35%) .NET
7 12 (1.35%) Kafka
8 10 (1.13%) ADO
9 9 (1.01%) Pandas
9 9 (1.01%) PySpark
10 8 (0.90%) .NET Core
10 8 (0.90%) pytest
11 7 (0.79%) GraphQL
11 7 (0.79%) jQuery
11 7 (0.79%) LDAP
11 7 (0.79%) Middleware
11 7 (0.79%) YAML
12 6 (0.68%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.30%) Renewable Energy
2 41 (4.62%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.40%) Solar Panel
4 29 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.37%) Virtual Team
6 19 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.92%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.24%) PMI
10 10 (1.13%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.90%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.90%) Derivative
12 8 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.90%) FMCG
12 8 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.90%) Market Risk
13 7 (0.79%) NHS
13 7 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (8.91%) Windows
2 45 (5.07%) Linux
3 17 (1.92%) Unix
4 11 (1.24%) Windows 7
4 11 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.79%) Android
6 6 (0.68%) AIX
6 6 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.45%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) OS/390
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
2 231 (26.04%) Agile
3 196 (22.10%) Project Management
4 177 (19.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 137 (15.45%) Decision-Making
6 95 (10.71%) Time Management
7 89 (10.03%) Project Delivery
8 82 (9.24%) Workshop Facilitation
9 81 (9.13%) PRINCE2
10 75 (8.46%) DevOps
11 74 (8.34%) Roadmaps
12 70 (7.89%) Migration
13 68 (7.67%) Analytics
13 68 (7.67%) Business Analysis
14 64 (7.22%) Business Intelligence
15 63 (7.10%) Data Management
15 63 (7.10%) ITIL
15 63 (7.10%) Process Improvement
16 59 (6.65%) Change Management
17 52 (5.86%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 83 (9.36%) SQL
2 55 (6.20%) Python
3 29 (3.27%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.14%) Java
5 17 (1.92%) C#
6 15 (1.69%) C++
7 12 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.13%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.79%) Bicep
10 7 (0.79%) R
11 4 (0.45%) Bash
11 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.34%) Scala
12 3 (0.34%) VBA
12 3 (0.34%) XPath
13 2 (0.23%) Go
13 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 163 (18.38%) Degree
2 158 (17.81%) Security Cleared
3 90 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 80 (9.02%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.04%) Master's Degree
6 25 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (2.71%) APMP
8 17 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 14 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.58%) CISM
11 12 (1.35%) PMP
12 11 (1.24%) CCNP
12 11 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.90%) ACCA
13 8 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.90%) CISA
14 7 (0.79%) CISSP
15 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.75%) PMO
2 36 (4.06%) QA
3 29 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.80%) SLA
6 9 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.45%) GDPR
9 4 (0.45%) IFRS
9 4 (0.45%) NIST
9 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
12 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 36 (4.06%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.69%) Docker
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.45%) Firmware
5 4 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.45%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) HDFS
6 2 (0.23%) NFS
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Snort
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (2.25%) Terraform
2 16 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.35%) SCCM
4 11 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.90%) Nessus
5 8 (0.90%) VxRail
6 6 (0.68%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (0.56%) Kibana
8 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.34%) Nagios
9 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.34%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) Avamar
10 2 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.23%) SCOM
10 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.23%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 195 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 73 (8.23%) SAP
3 52 (5.86%) Oracle
4 31 (3.49%) Cisco
4 31 (3.49%) VMware
5 24 (2.71%) Google
6 23 (2.59%) Dell
7 21 (2.37%) Adobe
8 19 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 18 (2.03%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.35%) Databricks
11 11 (1.24%) Citrix
11 11 (1.24%) Juniper
12 10 (1.13%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.01%) Ariba
14 8 (0.90%) HP
14 8 (0.90%) Informatica
15 7 (0.79%) F5
15 7 (0.79%) ScienceLogic
16 6 (0.68%) BiZZdesign