Hybrid/Remote Microsoft PowerPoint Contract Job Trends

Microsoft PowerPoint
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 176 176
Rank change year-on-year -46 0 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 119 129 181
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.33% 1.21%
As % of the Applications category 18.00% 17.89% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 70 86
10th Percentile £172 £235 £183
25th Percentile £298 £313 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £438
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -6.74% -7.89%
75th Percentile £515 £500 £550
90th Percentile £606 £677 £712
UK median daily rate £436 £402 £450
% change year-on-year +8.59% -10.72% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 33
10th Percentile £13.92 £14.83 £11.25
25th Percentile £15.81 £18.62 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.28 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +4.90% -28.29%
75th Percentile £31.75 £39.89 £27.25
90th Percentile £54.20 £63.40 £49.26
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% -58.63%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft PowerPoint falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 661 721 1,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.44% 7.41% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 442 492
10th Percentile £285 £213 £183
25th Percentile £350 £277 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% -2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £711
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 53 174
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.00 £12.89
25th Percentile £16.70 £14.20 £15.59
Median hourly rate £22.63 £17.80 £35.52
Median % change year-on-year +27.13% -49.89% -21.06%
75th Percentile £37.00 £32.05 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.58 £63.40 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -9.56% +28.57% -46.15%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft PowerPoint and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Microsoft PowerPoint daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Microsoft PowerPoint hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 24 (20.17%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.40%) Confluence
3 2 (1.68%) CMS
Applications
1 99 (83.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (54.62%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (21.01%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (13.45%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.84%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Loan IQ
2 2 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.68%) Shopify
3 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.84%) Magento
3 1 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.84%) Primavera
3 1 (0.84%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.84%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.84%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.08%) Azure
2 11 (9.24%) AWS
2 11 (9.24%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.20%) SaaS
4 4 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.68%) BigCommerce
5 2 (1.68%) GitHub
5 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.84%) Asana
6 1 (0.84%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.84%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.84%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.84%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.40%) Firewall
2 9 (7.56%) Wireless
3 2 (1.68%) VPN
4 1 (0.84%) BGP
4 1 (0.84%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.84%) Intranet
4 1 (0.84%) LAN
4 1 (0.84%) Network Security
4 1 (0.84%) OSPF
4 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.84%) WAN
4 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) Power BI
2 2 (1.68%) Power Query
2 2 (1.68%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.84%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.84%) SQLPlus
3 1 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (15.13%) JIRA
2 9 (7.56%) Burp Suite
2 9 (7.56%) Metasploit
3 3 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.68%) Git
4 2 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.84%) Subversion
5 1 (0.84%) Toad
5 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 80 (67.23%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.25%) Finance
3 30 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (21.85%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (20.17%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (12.61%) Banking
7 10 (8.40%) Marketing
7 10 (8.40%) Retail
8 8 (6.72%) Legal
8 8 (6.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (5.04%) Investment Banking
11 5 (4.20%) Advertising
11 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
11 5 (4.20%) Public Speaking
12 3 (2.52%) Automotive
12 3 (2.52%) Front Office
12 3 (2.52%) Publishing
13 2 (1.68%) Billing
13 2 (1.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (28.57%) Analyst
2 17 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 13 (10.92%) Project Manager
4 9 (7.56%) Penetration Tester
4 9 (7.56%) Senior
4 9 (7.56%) Tester
5 7 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Migration Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) PMO Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Technical Support
6 6 (5.04%) Transformation Analyst
7 5 (4.20%) Clinical Project Manager
7 5 (4.20%) Trainer
8 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Business Analyst
8 4 (3.36%) Salesforce Trainer
8 4 (3.36%) Senior PMO
8 4 (3.36%) Senior PMO Analyst
8 4 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (3.36%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (3.36%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (5.04%) VML
2 4 (3.36%) JDO
3 2 (1.68%) ADO
4 1 (0.84%) .NET
4 1 (0.84%) COM
4 1 (0.84%) FHIR
4 1 (0.84%) Flutter
4 1 (0.84%) HTML
4 1 (0.84%) React Native
4 1 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (9.24%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.56%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.72%) Product Ownership
5 6 (5.04%) Life Science
6 5 (4.20%) Learning Management System
6 5 (4.20%) PMI
6 5 (4.20%) Tandem
7 4 (3.36%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.84%) FMCG
9 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.84%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.84%) NHS
9 1 (0.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.84%) Unix
2 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) Project Management
2 33 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (22.69%) Agile
4 26 (21.85%) Project Delivery
4 26 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (17.65%) Time Management
7 20 (16.81%) Business Analysis
8 19 (15.97%) Decision-Making
9 17 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 16 (13.45%) Migration
11 15 (12.61%) Waterfall
11 15 (12.61%) Workshop Facilitation
12 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (10.92%) Commercial Awareness
13 13 (10.92%) Customer Service
14 11 (9.24%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (9.24%) Data Analysis
14 11 (9.24%) Impact Assessments
14 11 (9.24%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.04%) SQL
2 2 (1.68%) VBA
3 1 (0.84%) C#
3 1 (0.84%) Perl
3 1 (0.84%) PHP
3 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.84%) Python
3 1 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (46.22%) Degree
2 19 (15.97%) Security Cleared
3 18 (15.13%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (7.56%) CHECK Team Member
4 9 (7.56%) CREST Certified
4 9 (7.56%) Cyber Scheme
4 9 (7.56%) Postgraduate
5 7 (5.88%) PMI Certification
6 6 (5.04%) PMP
7 5 (4.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.36%) CBAP
8 4 (3.36%) CSPO
9 3 (2.52%) IIBA
10 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (1.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.84%) CRISC
11 1 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (27.73%) PMO
2 16 (13.45%) QA
3 10 (8.40%) GDPR
4 9 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (7.56%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.88%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.68%) MiFID
6 2 (1.68%) P3O
6 2 (1.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.84%) HL7
7 1 (0.84%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.56%) Nmap
2 3 (2.52%) Ansible
3 1 (0.84%) SCCM
3 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (46.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) Oracle
2 9 (7.56%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.04%) Google
4 5 (4.20%) Adobe
4 5 (4.20%) SAP
4 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.52%) NEC
6 2 (1.68%) Cisco
6 2 (1.68%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.68%) Sonatype
7 1 (0.84%) Apple
7 1 (0.84%) Ariba
7 1 (0.84%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.84%) F5
7 1 (0.84%) Juniper
7 1 (0.84%) Pega
7 1 (0.84%) Remedy
7 1 (0.84%) Splunk
7 1 (0.84%) Zscaler