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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 160 221
Rank change year-on-year -89 +61 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 120 158 122
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 1.56% 0.90%
As % of the Applications category 16.93% 19.75% 15.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 73 69
10th Percentile £169 £272 £213
25th Percentile £300 £309 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £395
Median % change year-on-year - +1.27% -16.84%
75th Percentile £506 £538 £550
90th Percentile £604 £618 £800
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 5
10th Percentile - £16.60 £18.90
25th Percentile £15.81 £21.02 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.10 £24.40 £27.52
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% -11.32% +22.13%
75th Percentile £28.54 £32.05 £53.00
90th Percentile £32.45 £63.40 £58.40
UK median hourly rate £23.64 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +25.38% +25.67% -30.23%

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 709 800 777
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.25% 7.90% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 465 471
10th Percentile £213 £235 £185
25th Percentile £325 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -1.18%
75th Percentile £549 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £644 £638
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 88 112
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.35 £13.34
25th Percentile £16.42 £14.20 £19.54
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -48.14% +33.15%
75th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year +0.22% +27.13% -28.80%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.17%) Confluence
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.67%) CMS
Applications
1 101 (84.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (55.83%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (11.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.67%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.83%) InDesign
6 1 (0.83%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.83%) Trello
6 1 (0.83%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Loan IQ
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.67%) Primavera
2 2 (1.67%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.67%) Shopify
3 1 (0.83%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.83%) Magento
3 1 (0.83%) Maximo
3 1 (0.83%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.83%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (10.83%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.33%) Azure
3 7 (5.83%) SaaS
4 6 (5.00%) AWS
5 4 (3.33%) Smartsheet
6 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.50%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.67%) BigCommerce
7 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.67%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.83%) Asana
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.83%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.83%) Miro
8 1 (0.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.50%) Firewall
2 2 (1.67%) DHCP
2 2 (1.67%) DNS
2 2 (1.67%) LAN
2 2 (1.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.67%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.67%) WAN
3 1 (0.83%) Internet
3 1 (0.83%) Intranet
3 1 (0.83%) Network Security
3 1 (0.83%) VPN
3 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.17%) Power BI
2 4 (3.33%) Power Query
3 2 (1.67%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.83%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (15.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.67%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.83%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.83%) Subversion
3 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 77 (64.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (32.50%) Finance
3 37 (30.83%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (17.50%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (14.17%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (12.50%) Banking
7 11 (9.17%) Legal
8 7 (5.83%) Marketing
8 7 (5.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (5.83%) Retail
9 5 (4.17%) Advertising
9 5 (4.17%) Arabic Language
9 5 (4.17%) French Language
9 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.17%) Public Speaking
10 4 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.50%) Aviation
11 3 (2.50%) Investment Banking
11 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.33%) Analyst
2 20 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 9 (7.50%) Coordinator
3 9 (7.50%) Senior
4 7 (5.83%) Support Analyst
5 6 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
5 6 (5.00%) Technical Support
6 5 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) Clinical Project Manager
6 5 (4.17%) IT Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 5 (4.17%) IT Support
6 5 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) PMO Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) Service Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (4.17%) Service Desk Support
6 5 (4.17%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 4 (3.33%) Consultant
7 4 (3.33%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.33%) JDO
2 2 (1.67%) VML
3 1 (0.83%) .NET
3 1 (0.83%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.83%) COM
3 1 (0.83%) FHIR
3 1 (0.83%) Flutter
3 1 (0.83%) HTML
3 1 (0.83%) React Native
3 1 (0.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (10.83%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.00%) Life Science
5 4 (3.33%) PMI
6 3 (2.50%) Tandem
7 2 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.67%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.67%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.83%) Animation
8 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.83%) CMDB
8 1 (0.83%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.83%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.83%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.83%) VMS
2 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.17%) Project Management
2 38 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 28 (23.33%) Decision-Making
5 26 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (20.83%) Agile
7 16 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (11.67%) Analytics
8 14 (11.67%) Customer Service
8 14 (11.67%) Data Analysis
9 13 (10.83%) Budgeting
9 13 (10.83%) Waterfall
10 12 (10.00%) Business Case
10 12 (10.00%) PRINCE2
10 12 (10.00%) Risk Management
10 12 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (9.17%) Customer Experience
11 11 (9.17%) Matrix Organization
12 10 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (2.50%) Python
1 3 (2.50%) SQL
2 2 (1.67%) VBA
3 1 (0.83%) Bicep
3 1 (0.83%) C#
3 1 (0.83%) Korn
3 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (46.67%) Degree
2 11 (9.17%) PMI Certification
3 9 (7.50%) PMP
3 9 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.33%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.67%) CISM
7 2 (1.67%) CISSP
7 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.67%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (1.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.83%) CEH
8 1 (0.83%) CIMA
8 1 (0.83%) GCFA
8 1 (0.83%) GCIA
8 1 (0.83%) GCIH
8 1 (0.83%) GIAC
8 1 (0.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.83%) PMO
2 7 (5.83%) QA
3 4 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.33%) P3O
4 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.67%) GDPR
5 2 (1.67%) NIST
5 2 (1.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.83%) GRC
6 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.83%) HL7
6 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.83%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Nmap
2 1 (0.83%) SCCM
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.83%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.83%) SAP
4 5 (4.17%) Adobe
4 5 (4.17%) Google
5 4 (3.33%) Planview
5 4 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.67%) F5
6 2 (1.67%) Oracle
6 2 (1.67%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.67%) Workday
7 1 (0.83%) Apple
7 1 (0.83%) Ariba
7 1 (0.83%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.83%) BMC
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco
7 1 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.83%) Okta
7 1 (0.83%) Tenable