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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 159 209
Rank change year-on-year -87 +50 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 132 156 115
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.97% 1.61% 0.93%
As % of the Applications category 16.97% 20.86% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 73 79
10th Percentile £216 £275 £195
25th Percentile £350 £304 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £550
90th Percentile £631 £619 £734
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -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 £16.75 £26.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year -36.31% +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 778 748 777
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.72% 7.74% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 411 509
10th Percentile £213 £235 £178
25th Percentile £313 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £538
90th Percentile £638 £649 £638
UK median daily rate £435 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.35% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 85 40
10th Percentile £14.07 £6.00 £15.86
25th Percentile £15.39 £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 £45.00 £43.00 £45.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £52.55 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £25.00 £18.88
% change year-on-year -29.60% +32.45% -24.50%

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 7 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 7 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 (22.73%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.55%) Confluence
3 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (84.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (47.73%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (14.39%) MS Visio
4 16 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (3.03%) Photoshop
6 3 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (2.27%) 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%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.27%) Primavera
2 3 (2.27%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.52%) Workfront
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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.15%) Power Platform
2 16 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.61%) Azure
4 6 (4.55%) AWS
4 6 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.55%) Figma
5 5 (3.79%) Lucidchart
5 5 (3.79%) Miro
5 5 (3.79%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.79%) Smartsheet
6 3 (2.27%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.27%) SaaS
7 2 (1.52%) IaaS
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.52%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.76%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.52%) DHCP
1 2 (1.52%) DNS
1 2 (1.52%) Firewall
1 2 (1.52%) LAN
1 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.52%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.52%) WAN
2 1 (0.76%) Internet
2 1 (0.76%) Intranet
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.39%) Power BI
2 5 (3.79%) Power Query
3 2 (1.52%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.76%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (15.91%) 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 81 (61.36%) Social Skills
2 54 (40.91%) Finance
3 39 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (9.85%) Banking
6 12 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (8.33%) Legal
7 11 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 9 (6.82%) Marketing
9 8 (6.06%) Retail
10 7 (5.30%) Manufacturing
11 6 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (3.79%) Arabic Language
12 5 (3.79%) French Language
13 3 (2.27%) Advertising
13 3 (2.27%) Aviation
14 2 (1.52%) Automotive
14 2 (1.52%) Law
14 2 (1.52%) Legal Technology
14 2 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (18.94%) Analyst
2 14 (10.61%) Project Manager
3 11 (8.33%) Consultant
4 10 (7.58%) Coordinator
4 10 (7.58%) Senior
5 9 (6.82%) Administrator
6 8 (6.06%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.30%) PMO Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Lead
9 5 (3.79%) Architect
9 5 (3.79%) IT Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) IT Support
9 5 (3.79%) Project Coordinator
9 5 (3.79%) Service Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) Service Desk Support
9 5 (3.79%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) .NET
1 2 (1.52%) ADO
1 2 (1.52%) Flutter
1 2 (1.52%) HTML
1 2 (1.52%) JDO
1 2 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.52%) React Native
1 2 (1.52%) REST
2 1 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.76%) SOAP
2 1 (0.76%) Terraform
2 1 (0.76%) VML
2 1 (0.76%) Web Services
2 1 (0.76%) XBRL
2 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.61%) Management Information System
1 14 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.55%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.27%) Blog
4 3 (2.27%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.27%) Video Editing
5 2 (1.52%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.52%) EPoS
5 2 (1.52%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.52%) PMI
6 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.58%) Windows
2 3 (2.27%) Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.76%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) VMS
3 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 35 (26.52%) Project Management
3 32 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (22.73%) Decision-Making
6 29 (21.97%) Project Delivery
7 28 (21.21%) Agile
8 23 (17.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (13.64%) Analytics
10 17 (12.88%) AI
11 16 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (12.12%) Waterfall
12 15 (11.36%) Business Case
12 15 (11.36%) Data Analysis
13 14 (10.61%) PRINCE2
13 14 (10.61%) Project Governance
14 13 (9.85%) Roadmaps
15 12 (9.09%) Change Management
16 11 (8.33%) Customer Service
16 11 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.55%) SQL
2 4 (3.03%) Python
3 3 (2.27%) Korn
3 3 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.52%) VBA
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.76%) Java
5 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (31.82%) Degree
2 16 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.06%) PMI Certification
5 6 (4.55%) PMP
6 4 (3.03%) CIPD
7 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.52%) CISM
7 2 (1.52%) CISSP
7 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.52%) MBA
7 2 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.76%) APMP
8 1 (0.76%) CASP
8 1 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (28.03%) PMO
2 7 (5.30%) QA
3 4 (3.03%) P3O
4 3 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.27%) GRC
5 2 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.76%) GDPR
6 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.76%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 93 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.36%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.58%) SAP
4 7 (5.30%) Oracle
5 5 (3.79%) Adobe
5 5 (3.79%) Google
5 5 (3.79%) Planview
6 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.52%) Databricks
7 2 (1.52%) F5
7 2 (1.52%) Workday
8 1 (0.76%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.76%) NEC
8 1 (0.76%) Okta
8 1 (0.76%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.76%) Splunk
8 1 (0.76%) Tenable