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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 153 214
Rank change year-on-year -92 +61 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 134 164 114
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 1.70% 0.92%
As % of the Applications category 17.43% 21.47% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 76 78
10th Percentile £216 £275 £197
25th Percentile £322 £304 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £406
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -1.54% -9.72%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £637 £619 £736
UK median daily rate £455 £436 £450
% change year-on-year +4.30% -3.06% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 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% +25.76%
75th Percentile £22.90 £63.40 £31.50
90th Percentile £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £26.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year -39.16% +62.05% -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 769 764 775
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.66% 7.90% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 420 508
10th Percentile £213 £235 £178
25th Percentile £313 £315 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £436 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +2.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £639 £638
UK median daily rate £428 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 87 40
10th Percentile £14.26 £6.00 £14.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £17.27 £20.56
Median hourly rate £18.18 £28.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.23% -10.94% +24.47%
75th Percentile £46.25 £42.63 £45.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £51.07 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £17.71 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -29.18% +47.06% -32.00%

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 30 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 30 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 26 (19.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.24%) Confluence
2 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.49%) CMS
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 112 (83.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (11.94%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.99%) Photoshop
6 3 (2.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.75%) InDesign
7 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.75%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.75%) Trello
7 1 (0.75%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.24%) Primavera
2 3 (2.24%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.49%) Workfront
4 1 (0.75%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.75%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.75%) Magento
4 1 (0.75%) Maximo
4 1 (0.75%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.94%) Power Platform
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.21%) Azure
4 6 (4.48%) AWS
5 5 (3.73%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.99%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.99%) SaaS
7 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.24%) Figma
8 2 (1.49%) IaaS
8 2 (1.49%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.49%) Miro
8 2 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.75%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (0.75%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.75%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
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 16 (11.94%) 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 18 (13.43%) 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 84 (62.69%) Social Skills
2 53 (39.55%) Finance
3 40 (29.85%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (23.13%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (11.19%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (9.70%) Banking
7 11 (8.21%) Legal
7 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
8 9 (6.72%) Marketing
9 8 (5.97%) Retail
10 7 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.73%) Arabic Language
11 5 (3.73%) French Language
12 4 (2.99%) Advertising
13 3 (2.24%) Aviation
14 2 (1.49%) Automotive
14 2 (1.49%) Japanese Language
14 2 (1.49%) Law
14 2 (1.49%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 23 (17.16%) Analyst
2 16 (11.94%) 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%) PMO Analyst
5 8 (5.97%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.22%) IT Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (3.73%) Architect
8 5 (3.73%) Enterprise Architect
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%) 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 2 (1.49%) .NET
1 2 (1.49%) ADO
1 2 (1.49%) Flutter
1 2 (1.49%) HTML
1 2 (1.49%) JDO
1 2 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.49%) React Native
1 2 (1.49%) REST
2 1 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.75%) SOAP
2 1 (0.75%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) VML
2 1 (0.75%) Web Services
2 1 (0.75%) XBRL
2 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.19%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (10.45%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.48%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.24%) Blog
5 3 (2.24%) Learning Management System
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%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
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%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
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 38 (28.36%) Project Management
3 32 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (23.13%) Decision-Making
4 31 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (20.90%) Project Delivery
6 27 (20.15%) Agile
7 22 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (11.94%) Analytics
8 16 (11.94%) Data Analysis
9 14 (10.45%) PRINCE2
9 14 (10.45%) Project Governance
9 14 (10.45%) Waterfall
10 13 (9.70%) AI
10 13 (9.70%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (8.96%) Business Case
11 12 (8.96%) Customer Service
12 11 (8.21%) Change Management
12 11 (8.21%) Roadmaps
13 10 (7.46%) Service Delivery
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 45 (33.58%) Degree
2 13 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.72%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.22%) PMP
6 4 (2.99%) CIPD
7 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.49%) CISM
7 2 (1.49%) CISSP
7 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.49%) MBA
7 2 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.75%) APMP
8 1 (0.75%) CASP
8 1 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (29.10%) PMO
2 7 (5.22%) QA
3 5 (3.73%) P3O
4 3 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.24%) GRC
5 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
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 93 (69.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.96%) ServiceNow
3 11 (8.21%) SAP
4 7 (5.22%) Oracle
5 5 (3.73%) Adobe
5 5 (3.73%) Google
5 5 (3.73%) Planview
6 4 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.49%) Databricks
7 2 (1.49%) F5
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