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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 150 224
Rank change year-on-year -91 +74 -20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 134 166 113
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 1.69% 0.89%
As % of the Applications category 17.56% 21.56% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 74 77
10th Percentile £195 £275 £211
25th Percentile £308 £310 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £416 £413
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +0.91% -12.23%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £550
90th Percentile £624 £619 £738
UK median daily rate £450 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 1
10th Percentile £14.06 £21.04 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £23.89 £24.50
Median hourly rate £15.81 £32.05 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.67% +14.46% +24.28%
75th Percentile £23.64 £63.40 £31.50
90th Percentile £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £22.06 £16.23
% change year-on-year -20.65% +35.89% -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 763 770 772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.63% 7.86% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 425 505
10th Percentile £213 £235 £180
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £431 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +1.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £531 £550 £538
90th Percentile £626 £644 £638
UK median daily rate £430 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 80 46
10th Percentile £14.30 £6.00 £13.42
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.00 £19.69
Median hourly rate £18.18 £26.30 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.89% -17.81% +24.47%
75th Percentile £41.50 £43.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £48.86 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £17.86 £23.45 £17.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% +34.00% -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 20 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 20 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 27 (20.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.99%) Confluence
3 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 115 (85.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (52.24%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (17.91%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (10.45%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.99%) Photoshop
6 3 (2.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.75%) InDesign
8 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.75%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.75%) Trello
8 1 (0.75%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.24%) Primavera
2 3 (2.24%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.75%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.75%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.75%) Magento
3 1 (0.75%) Maximo
3 1 (0.75%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.69%) Power Platform
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.21%) Azure
4 6 (4.48%) AWS
5 5 (3.73%) SaaS
5 5 (3.73%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.99%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.24%) Figma
8 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.49%) Miro
8 2 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.75%) Asana
9 1 (0.75%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.75%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.75%) Canva
9 1 (0.75%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) DHCP
1 2 (1.49%) DNS
1 2 (1.49%) Firewall
1 2 (1.49%) LAN
1 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.49%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.49%) WAN
2 1 (0.75%) Internet
2 1 (0.75%) Intranet
2 1 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.69%) Power BI
2 5 (3.73%) Power Query
3 2 (1.49%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (14.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) eggPlant
2 1 (0.75%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.75%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (0.75%) Selenium
2 1 (0.75%) SilkTest
2 1 (0.75%) SOAtest
2 1 (0.75%) Subversion
General
1 86 (64.18%) Social Skills
2 54 (40.30%) Finance
3 39 (29.10%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (23.88%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (12.69%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (11.19%) Banking
7 10 (7.46%) Legal
8 9 (6.72%) Public Sector
9 7 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
9 7 (5.22%) Retail
10 6 (4.48%) Advertising
10 6 (4.48%) Marketing
11 5 (3.73%) Arabic Language
11 5 (3.73%) French Language
12 4 (2.99%) Aviation
13 3 (2.24%) Law
13 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (2.24%) Public Speaking
14 2 (1.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 21 (15.67%) Analyst
2 18 (13.43%) Project Manager
3 11 (8.21%) Consultant
3 11 (8.21%) Coordinator
3 11 (8.21%) Senior
4 9 (6.72%) Administrator
5 8 (5.97%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.22%) PMO Analyst
7 6 (4.48%) IT Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Project Coordinator
7 6 (4.48%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.73%) IT Project Manager
8 5 (3.73%) IT Support
8 5 (3.73%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Project Officer
8 5 (3.73%) Senior PMO
8 5 (3.73%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.99%) JDO
2 2 (1.49%) .NET
2 2 (1.49%) ADO
2 2 (1.49%) HTML
2 2 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.75%) SOAP
3 1 (0.75%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) VML
3 1 (0.75%) Web Services
3 1 (0.75%) XBRL
3 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (10.45%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.73%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.24%) Blog
5 3 (2.24%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.24%) Life Science
5 3 (2.24%) Video Editing
6 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.49%) EPoS
6 2 (1.49%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.49%) PMI
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.75%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.75%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.46%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.75%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) VMS
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (29.85%) Project Management
3 33 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (21.64%) Agile
6 28 (20.90%) Decision-Making
6 28 (20.90%) Project Delivery
7 22 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (11.19%) Data Analysis
9 14 (10.45%) PRINCE2
9 14 (10.45%) Waterfall
10 13 (9.70%) Analytics
10 13 (9.70%) Project Governance
11 12 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (8.96%) Change Management
11 12 (8.96%) Customer Service
11 12 (8.96%) Workshop Facilitation
12 11 (8.21%) Budgeting
12 11 (8.21%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 11 (8.21%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.48%) SQL
2 4 (2.99%) Python
3 3 (2.24%) Korn
3 3 (2.24%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.49%) VBA
5 1 (0.75%) Bicep
5 1 (0.75%) C#
5 1 (0.75%) Java
5 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 48 (35.82%) Degree
2 13 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.97%) PMI Certification
5 6 (4.48%) PMP
6 4 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.99%) CIPD
7 2 (1.49%) CISM
7 2 (1.49%) CISSP
7 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.75%) ACCA
8 1 (0.75%) CAPM
8 1 (0.75%) CIMA
8 1 (0.75%) CISA
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.75%) GIAC
8 1 (0.75%) ISSAP
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (29.10%) PMO
2 6 (4.48%) QA
3 5 (3.73%) P3O
4 3 (2.24%) GRC
5 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) GDPR
6 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 92 (68.66%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.96%) ServiceNow
3 11 (8.21%) SAP
4 5 (3.73%) Planview
5 4 (2.99%) Google
5 4 (2.99%) Oracle
6 3 (2.24%) Adobe
7 2 (1.49%) Databricks
7 2 (1.49%) F5
7 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.49%) Workday
8 1 (0.75%) Ariba
8 1 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.75%) Okta
8 1 (0.75%) Pega
8 1 (0.75%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.75%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.75%) Splunk