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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 109 111
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +26
Contract jobs citing Presentation Skills 839 1,304 2,133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.97% 2.28% 2.42%
As % of the General category 3.40% 3.89% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 823 1,339
10th Percentile £253 £325 £350
25th Percentile £408 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.80%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £813 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £490 £490
% change year-on-year +7.14% - +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 30 32
10th Percentile £26.25 £13.43 £17.00
25th Percentile £33.00 £26.13 £27.19
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.86 £36.83
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +19.09% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £43.19
90th Percentile - £65.00 £52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -19.05% +29.63% +84.09%

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 24,681 33,520 49,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.02% 58.54% 56.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,587 23,230 34,613
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,020 1,422
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £52.78 £61.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £66.59 £72.50 £59.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -3.52%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -8 719 £525 -4.11% 1,164
London -19 382 £525 -12.50% 441
UK excluding London +7 356 £525 +7.14% 774
Work from Home -1 244 £525 +1.25% 549
South East -10 108 £525 +5.00% 198
South West +47 72 £463 -7.40% 92
North of England +15 50 £565 +17.71% 198
Scotland +25 43 £465 +6.29% 40
East of England +16 39 £513 +2.50% 96
Midlands -35 39 £525 +2.94% 159
West Midlands -23 29 £538 +6.44% 94
North West +3 28 £500 +3.90% 107
Yorkshire +13 17 £600 +25.00% 74
East Midlands +4 10 £500 -3.57% 65
Wales +21 6 £538 +2.38% 28
North East +17 5 £897 +49.49% 22

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 22 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.43%) Confluence
3 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.95%) MTS
4 6 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.72%) CMS
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
6 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.36%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Tornado
Applications
1 102 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (10.73%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.89%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (4.05%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (2.03%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.83%) Sketch
8 6 (0.72%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.72%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.48%) SPSS
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.24%) Trello
10 2 (0.24%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.12%) InVision
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.67%) Aligne
3 11 (1.31%) Endur
4 8 (0.95%) EuroRunner
5 7 (0.83%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.83%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.72%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.60%) Shopify
7 5 (0.60%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle 11i
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.36%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.36%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 96 (11.44%) Azure
2 53 (6.32%) Power Platform
3 47 (5.60%) AWS
4 37 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.74%) GitHub
6 18 (2.15%) SaaS
7 14 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.55%) Google Workspace
9 12 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 12 (1.43%) Figma
9 12 (1.43%) GCP
9 12 (1.43%) Serverless
10 11 (1.31%) IaaS
10 11 (1.31%) OCI
10 11 (1.31%) PaaS
11 9 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.22%) Firewall
2 18 (2.15%) WAN
3 17 (2.03%) VoIP
4 15 (1.79%) LAN
5 14 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.55%) PBX
7 12 (1.43%) Ethernet
8 11 (1.31%) Network Security
9 10 (1.19%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (1.19%) Radio Access Network
10 9 (1.07%) DNS
10 9 (1.07%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.07%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (1.07%) Wireless
11 8 (0.95%) VPN
12 7 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.72%) LTE
13 6 (0.72%) RANAP
13 6 (0.72%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.84%) Power BI
2 23 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.03%) Tableau
4 16 (1.91%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.79%) Metadata
6 13 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.95%) Big Data
7 8 (0.95%) Data Mining
7 8 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.72%) PowerCenter
10 5 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.60%) Power Query
10 5 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 60 (7.15%) JIRA
2 24 (2.86%) Git
3 13 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
5 11 (1.31%) Eclipse
6 9 (1.07%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.83%) GitLab
8 4 (0.48%) Appium
8 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.48%) ERwin
8 4 (0.48%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) Pylint
9 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.24%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 598 (71.28%) Social Skills
2 274 (32.66%) Finance
3 190 (22.65%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.28%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 51 (6.08%) Marketing
7 43 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.89%) Banking
9 38 (4.53%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.34%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.86%) Legal
12 23 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.26%) German Language
13 19 (2.26%) Law
14 18 (2.15%) Retail
15 17 (2.03%) Military
16 12 (1.43%) Automotive
16 12 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.43%) Local Government
17 9 (1.07%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 137 (16.33%) Analyst
2 105 (12.51%) Architect
3 83 (9.89%) Consultant
4 81 (9.65%) Senior
5 74 (8.82%) Project Manager
6 70 (8.34%) Lead
7 68 (8.10%) Business Analyst
8 47 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.81%) Developer
10 30 (3.58%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.58%) Support Engineer
11 24 (2.86%) Project Leader
12 22 (2.62%) Desktop Support
12 22 (2.62%) Windows Engineer
13 21 (2.50%) Desktop Engineer
13 21 (2.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 20 (2.38%) Designer
14 20 (2.38%) Windows Support Engineer
15 14 (1.67%) Senior Manager
16 13 (1.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.10%) Web Services
2 22 (2.62%) HTML
3 20 (2.38%) CSS
4 18 (2.15%) Node.js
4 18 (2.15%) REST
5 16 (1.91%) SOAP
6 14 (1.67%) React
7 13 (1.55%) .NET
8 9 (1.07%) Kafka
9 7 (0.83%) .NET Core
9 7 (0.83%) jQuery
9 7 (0.83%) Middleware
9 7 (0.83%) Pandas
9 7 (0.83%) pytest
9 7 (0.83%) YAML
10 6 (0.72%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.72%) LDAP
10 6 (0.72%) PySpark
11 5 (0.60%) NumPy
11 5 (0.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.36%) Renewable Energy
2 38 (4.53%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.53%) Solar Panel
3 37 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 15 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 15 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.31%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.07%) Derivative
8 9 (1.07%) PMI
8 9 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (0.95%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.95%) Digital Media
9 8 (0.95%) FMCG
9 8 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (0.95%) Market Risk
10 7 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 71 (8.46%) Windows
2 37 (4.41%) Linux
3 16 (1.91%) Unix
4 10 (1.19%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.19%) Windows 7
5 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.72%) AIX
7 4 (0.48%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.36%) Android
8 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) OS/390
10 1 (0.12%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (26.70%) Agile
2 219 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (21.81%) Project Management
4 168 (20.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 142 (16.92%) Decision-Making
6 98 (11.68%) Time Management
7 91 (10.85%) Project Delivery
8 78 (9.30%) PRINCE2
9 76 (9.06%) Workshop Facilitation
10 73 (8.70%) Roadmaps
11 70 (8.34%) Analytics
11 70 (8.34%) DevOps
12 62 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (7.27%) Change Management
13 61 (7.27%) Data Management
13 61 (7.27%) Migration
14 57 (6.79%) Business Analysis
15 56 (6.67%) ITIL
16 55 (6.56%) Process Improvement
17 52 (6.20%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.94%) SQL
2 44 (5.24%) Python
3 32 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.62%) C#
5 19 (2.26%) Java
6 18 (2.15%) C++
7 15 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.07%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.95%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.72%) Bicep
10 6 (0.72%) R
11 3 (0.36%) Bash
11 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.36%) VBA
11 3 (0.36%) XPath
12 2 (0.24%) C
12 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.24%) Rust
12 2 (0.24%) VB
12 2 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 153 (18.24%) Degree
2 150 (17.88%) Security Cleared
3 87 (10.37%) SC Cleared
4 72 (8.58%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.10%) Master's Degree
6 25 (2.98%) APMP
7 17 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.91%) CISM
8 16 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 14 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.67%) PMP
10 12 (1.43%) CCNP
11 10 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.07%) CISSP
12 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.95%) ACCA
13 8 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.96%) PMO
2 34 (4.05%) QA
3 27 (3.22%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.67%) SLA
6 9 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.72%) GDPR
8 6 (0.72%) NIST
9 4 (0.48%) IFRS
9 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.24%) WCAG
11 1 (0.12%) GAMP
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 30 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.55%) Docker
3 12 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.48%) vSphere
6 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.24%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) HDFS
7 2 (0.24%) NFS
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Snort
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (2.26%) Terraform
2 13 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.95%) Nessus
3 8 (0.95%) VxRail
4 7 (0.83%) SCCM
5 6 (0.72%) Data Guard
5 6 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.48%) Kibana
6 4 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Grafana
7 2 (0.24%) Nagios
7 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.24%) TIBCO Hawk
8 1 (0.12%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) Iperf
Vendors
1 180 (21.45%) Microsoft
2 77 (9.18%) SAP
3 46 (5.48%) Oracle
4 28 (3.34%) Cisco
5 23 (2.74%) Google
5 23 (2.74%) VMware
6 21 (2.50%) Dell
7 20 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.26%) Adobe
9 17 (2.03%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.31%) Ariba
10 11 (1.31%) Juniper
11 10 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.07%) Databricks
13 8 (0.95%) Citrix
13 8 (0.95%) Informatica
14 7 (0.83%) F5
14 7 (0.83%) ScienceLogic
15 6 (0.72%) BiZZdesign
15 6 (0.72%) HP