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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 154 228
Rank change year-on-year -90 +74 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 131 167 112
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.72% 0.87%
As % of the Applications category 17.56% 21.19% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 75 70
10th Percentile £191 £276 £224
25th Percentile £308 £315 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £413 £419
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -1.49% -11.84%
75th Percentile £520 £561 £550
90th Percentile £629 £619 £753
UK median daily rate £447 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +2.17% -2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 2
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.60 £28.25
25th Percentile £15.81 £21.02 £33.88
Median hourly rate £16.76 £26.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.28% -41.56% +99.73%
75th Percentile £25.62 £53.01 £54.38
90th Percentile £30.00 £63.40 £58.95
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £19.83 £16.23
% change year-on-year +0.86% +22.18% -21.14%

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 746 788 758
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.56% 8.09% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 436 490
10th Percentile £213 £235 £185
25th Percentile £314 £313 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £538
90th Percentile £631 £649 £650
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 92 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £6.70 £13.64
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.20 £20.75
Median hourly rate £21.72 £22.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -36.19% +34.62%
75th Percentile £34.50 £37.56 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £48.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £19.83 £23.10 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.16% +32.00% -22.33%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 (18.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (84.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (54.96%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (10.69%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.29%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.76%) InDesign
7 1 (0.76%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.76%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.76%) Trello
7 1 (0.76%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.29%) Primavera
2 3 (2.29%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.53%) Shopify
4 1 (0.76%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.76%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.76%) Magento
4 1 (0.76%) Maximo
4 1 (0.76%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.76%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.98%) Power Platform
2 15 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.40%) Azure
4 7 (5.34%) SaaS
5 6 (4.58%) AWS
6 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.05%) Smartsheet
8 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.53%) BigCommerce
9 2 (1.53%) Figma
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.53%) Miro
9 2 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.76%) Asana
10 1 (0.76%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.76%) Canva
10 1 (0.76%) GCP
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) DHCP
1 2 (1.53%) DNS
1 2 (1.53%) Firewall
1 2 (1.53%) LAN
1 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.53%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.53%) WAN
2 1 (0.76%) Internet
2 1 (0.76%) Intranet
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.76%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.21%) Power BI
2 5 (3.82%) Power Query
3 2 (1.53%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.76%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (16.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) eggPlant
2 1 (0.76%) Git
2 1 (0.76%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.76%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (0.76%) Selenium
2 1 (0.76%) SilkTest
2 1 (0.76%) SOAtest
2 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 82 (62.60%) Social Skills
2 53 (40.46%) Finance
3 38 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (20.61%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (15.27%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (11.45%) Banking
7 10 (7.63%) Legal
8 9 (6.87%) Public Sector
9 8 (6.11%) Advertising
9 8 (6.11%) Marketing
9 8 (6.11%) Retail
10 7 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (3.82%) Arabic Language
11 5 (3.82%) French Language
11 5 (3.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (3.82%) Public Speaking
12 4 (3.05%) Aviation
12 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
13 3 (2.29%) Law
14 2 (1.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (17.56%) Analyst
2 17 (12.98%) Project Manager
3 10 (7.63%) Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Senior
4 9 (6.87%) Administrator
5 8 (6.11%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.34%) Coordinator
6 7 (5.34%) PMO Analyst
7 6 (4.58%) IT Manager
7 6 (4.58%) Project Coordinator
7 6 (4.58%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.82%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Clinical Project Manager
8 5 (3.82%) IT Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) IT Project Manager
8 5 (3.82%) IT Support
8 5 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) JDO
2 2 (1.53%) .NET
2 2 (1.53%) ADO
2 2 (1.53%) HTML
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.53%) VML
3 1 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.76%) FHIR
3 1 (0.76%) Flutter
3 1 (0.76%) React Native
3 1 (0.76%) REST
3 1 (0.76%) SOAP
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Web Services
3 1 (0.76%) XBRL
3 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.50%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.45%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.63%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.82%) Life Science
4 5 (3.82%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.29%) Blog
5 3 (2.29%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.53%) EPoS
6 2 (1.53%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.53%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.76%) Animation
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.76%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.76%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 3 (2.29%) Linux
3 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) VMS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (31.30%) Project Management
3 32 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (22.14%) Project Delivery
5 28 (21.37%) Agile
6 26 (19.85%) Decision-Making
7 22 (16.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (13.74%) Data Analysis
9 15 (11.45%) Analytics
10 14 (10.69%) Waterfall
10 14 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
11 13 (9.92%) Business Case
11 13 (9.92%) Customer Service
11 13 (9.92%) PRINCE2
12 12 (9.16%) Budgeting
12 12 (9.16%) Change Management
13 11 (8.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 11 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (8.40%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.58%) SQL
2 4 (3.05%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) Korn
3 3 (2.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.53%) VBA
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.76%) Java
5 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (41.22%) Degree
2 13 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.11%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.34%) PMP
6 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.05%) CIPD
7 2 (1.53%) CISM
7 2 (1.53%) CISSP
7 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.76%) ACCA
8 1 (0.76%) CAPM
8 1 (0.76%) CIMA
8 1 (0.76%) CISA
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.76%) GIAC
8 1 (0.76%) MBA
8 1 (0.76%) MCSE
8 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (26.72%) PMO
2 7 (5.34%) QA
3 5 (3.82%) P3O
4 3 (2.29%) GRC
5 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.53%) GDPR
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.53%) NIST
5 2 (1.53%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.76%) HL7
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.76%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) Ansible
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (65.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) SAP
2 12 (9.16%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.82%) Adobe
3 5 (3.82%) Oracle
3 5 (3.82%) Planview
4 4 (3.05%) Google
4 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.53%) Databricks
5 2 (1.53%) F5
5 2 (1.53%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.53%) Workday
6 1 (0.76%) Apple
6 1 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.76%) Okta
6 1 (0.76%) Pega
6 1 (0.76%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.76%) Splunk