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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 159 209
Rank change year-on-year -91 +50 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 134 154 116
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.59% 0.93%
As % of the Applications category 16.88% 21.04% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 70 79
10th Percentile £249 £275 £195
25th Percentile £355 £304 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £433 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.72% +1.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £555
90th Percentile £630 £619 £755
UK median daily rate £475 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +7.95% -2.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 1
10th Percentile £14.06 £17.85 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £21.02 £24.50
Median hourly rate £15.81 £26.30 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.89% -6.07% +25.76%
75th Percentile £22.90 £63.40 £31.50
90th Percentile £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.75 £22.06 £16.23
% change year-on-year -24.05% +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 794 732 778
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.81% 7.53% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 399 514
10th Percentile £213 £240 £178
25th Percentile £313 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £561 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £646
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 89 40
10th Percentile £14.06 £6.00 £16.59
25th Percentile £15.04 £18.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £18.18 £28.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.23% -10.94% +24.47%
75th Percentile £44.38 £43.00 £44.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.68 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £23.54 £21.50
% change year-on-year -25.66% +9.49% -16.37%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 30 (22.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.48%) Confluence
3 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.24%) SAS
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 108 (80.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (44.03%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (14.93%) MS Visio
4 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.99%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (2.99%) Photoshop
5 4 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.75%) InDesign
6 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.75%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.75%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.93%) Power Platform
2 17 (12.69%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (11.19%) Azure
4 7 (5.22%) AWS
4 7 (5.22%) Figma
5 6 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.48%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.73%) Lucidchart
6 5 (3.73%) Miro
6 5 (3.73%) Smartsheet
7 4 (2.99%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.24%) SaaS
9 2 (1.49%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.49%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.49%) GCP
9 2 (1.49%) IaaS
10 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) DHCP
1 2 (1.49%) DNS
1 2 (1.49%) Firewall
1 2 (1.49%) Internet
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%) Intranet
2 1 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.43%) Power BI
2 4 (2.99%) Power Query
3 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.75%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (15.67%) 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 76 (56.72%) Social Skills
2 53 (39.55%) Finance
3 40 (29.85%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (22.39%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (9.70%) Banking
6 12 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (8.21%) Legal
7 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
8 8 (5.97%) Marketing
8 8 (5.97%) Retail
9 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
10 6 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (3.73%) Arabic Language
11 5 (3.73%) French Language
12 3 (2.24%) Advertising
12 3 (2.24%) Aviation
12 3 (2.24%) Japanese Language
12 3 (2.24%) Multimedia
12 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (17.91%) Analyst
2 14 (10.45%) Project Manager
3 13 (9.70%) Senior
4 11 (8.21%) Consultant
4 11 (8.21%) Coordinator
5 9 (6.72%) Administrator
6 7 (5.22%) Lead
6 7 (5.22%) PMO Analyst
6 7 (5.22%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.48%) Architect
7 6 (4.48%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.48%) Enterprise Architect
7 6 (4.48%) IT Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Project Coordinator
7 6 (4.48%) Senior Manager
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%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) .NET
1 2 (1.49%) ADO
1 2 (1.49%) Azure Blueprints
1 2 (1.49%) Flutter
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.49%) React Native
1 2 (1.49%) REST
1 2 (1.49%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) HTML
2 1 (0.75%) SOAP
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%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.70%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.22%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.99%) Video Editing
6 3 (2.24%) Blog
6 3 (2.24%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.24%) Life Science
6 3 (2.24%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.49%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.49%) CMDB
7 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.49%) EPoS
7 2 (1.49%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.49%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.21%) Windows
2 4 (2.99%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Alpine Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.75%) macOS
4 1 (0.75%) Unix
4 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (43.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (26.87%) Project Management
3 33 (24.63%) Decision-Making
4 32 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (21.64%) Project Delivery
7 28 (20.90%) Agile
8 25 (18.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (14.93%) AI
10 19 (14.18%) Analytics
11 17 (12.69%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (12.69%) Waterfall
12 15 (11.19%) Business Case
12 15 (11.19%) Roadmaps
13 14 (10.45%) Data Analysis
13 14 (10.45%) Project Governance
14 13 (9.70%) Change Management
14 13 (9.70%) PRINCE2
15 11 (8.21%) DevOps
15 11 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.22%) Python
1 7 (5.22%) SQL
2 4 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.24%) Korn
4 2 (1.49%) Bicep
4 2 (1.49%) R
4 2 (1.49%) VBA
5 1 (0.75%) C#
5 1 (0.75%) Java
5 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (29.85%) Degree
2 16 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.97%) PMI Certification
5 6 (4.48%) PMP
6 4 (2.99%) CIPD
7 3 (2.24%) CISM
7 3 (2.24%) CISSP
8 2 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.49%) MBA
8 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.75%) GREM
9 1 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (26.87%) PMO
2 6 (4.48%) QA
3 4 (2.99%) P3O
4 3 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.24%) GRC
4 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.24%) NIST
5 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.49%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.49%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.75%) GDPR
6 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.75%) SLA
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%) Ansible
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 93 (69.40%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.45%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.46%) SAP
4 6 (4.48%) Oracle
5 5 (3.73%) Google
5 5 (3.73%) Planview
5 5 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.99%) Adobe
7 2 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.49%) Databricks
7 2 (1.49%) F5
7 2 (1.49%) Okta
7 2 (1.49%) Qualys
7 2 (1.49%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.49%) Splunk
7 2 (1.49%) Tenable
7 2 (1.49%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.49%) Workday
8 1 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.75%) Sitecore