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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 178 194
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 127 135 182
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.17% 1.25% 1.09%
As % of the Applications category 17.40% 18.17% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 100 104
10th Percentile £256 £208 £217
25th Percentile £300 £313 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £448 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -4.79% +4.44%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £570
90th Percentile £600 £666 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 36
10th Percentile - - £11.63
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.50 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.00 £28.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +7.69% -42.60%
75th Percentile £23.75 £31.50 £26.69
90th Percentile £54.00 - £43.66
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £21.10
% change year-on-year +10.91% -23.08% -8.26%

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 730 743 1,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.71% 6.90% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 489 610
10th Percentile £259 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £285 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £676
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 27 160
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.54 £13.22
25th Percentile £17.50 £19.00 £15.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -42.22%
75th Percentile £39.63 £41.88 £51.88
90th Percentile £82.25 £50.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £27.13 £19.88
% change year-on-year -28.11% +36.48% -38.85%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 32 (25.20%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.66%) Confluence
3 7 (5.51%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.51%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 108 (85.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (40.94%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (23.62%) MS Visio
4 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Loan IQ
2 3 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.79%) Primavera
3 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.32%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (16.54%) Azure
3 10 (7.87%) AWS
4 8 (6.30%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.72%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.15%) GitHub
6 4 (3.15%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (3.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (3.15%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.79%) Asana
7 1 (0.79%) Collibra
7 1 (0.79%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.79%) Miro
7 1 (0.79%) Slack
7 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.79%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) Firewall
2 9 (7.09%) Wireless
3 7 (5.51%) Skype
4 1 (0.79%) BGP
4 1 (0.79%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.79%) LAN
4 1 (0.79%) Network Security
4 1 (0.79%) OSPF
4 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
4 1 (0.79%) WAN
4 1 (0.79%) WebEx
4 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) Power BI
2 4 (3.15%) Tableau
3 2 (1.57%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.79%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 17 (13.39%) JIRA
2 9 (7.09%) Burp Suite
2 9 (7.09%) Metasploit
3 4 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.79%) Git
4 1 (0.79%) Toad
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 88 (69.29%) Social Skills
2 47 (37.01%) Finance
3 32 (25.20%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.75%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (14.17%) Banking
6 17 (13.39%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (10.24%) Public Sector
8 12 (9.45%) Legal
9 8 (6.30%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (6.30%) Marketing
10 6 (4.72%) Investment Banking
11 5 (3.94%) Billing
11 5 (3.94%) Retail
12 4 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (3.15%) Manufacturing
13 3 (2.36%) Front Office
13 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.57%) Electronics
14 2 (1.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (39.37%) Analyst
2 24 (18.90%) Business Analyst
3 10 (7.87%) Administrator
4 9 (7.09%) Penetration Tester
4 9 (7.09%) Support Analyst
4 9 (7.09%) Systems Administrator
4 9 (7.09%) Tester
5 7 (5.51%) Operational Support Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) Operations Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) Operations Support Analyst
6 6 (4.72%) Senior
7 5 (3.94%) Architect
7 5 (3.94%) Lead
7 5 (3.94%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (3.94%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Project Officer
7 5 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.94%) Support Officer
7 5 (3.94%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (3.94%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.15%) VML
3 2 (1.57%) ADO
4 1 (0.79%) .NET
4 1 (0.79%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.66%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.09%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.30%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.72%) Learning Management System
6 5 (3.94%) e-Learning
7 4 (3.15%) PMI
7 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.36%) NHS
8 3 (2.36%) Tandem
9 2 (1.57%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.79%) iPhone
10 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.79%) Social Media
10 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.87%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.07%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (29.92%) Project Management
3 32 (25.20%) Agile
4 25 (19.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (18.90%) Time Management
6 21 (16.54%) Migration
6 21 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (15.75%) Business Analysis
7 20 (15.75%) Project Delivery
8 17 (13.39%) Process Improvement
9 14 (11.02%) Customer Service
9 14 (11.02%) DevOps
9 14 (11.02%) Waterfall
10 13 (10.24%) Commercial Awareness
10 13 (10.24%) Risk Management
11 12 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.45%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (9.45%) User Stories
12 11 (8.66%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.30%) SQL
2 5 (3.94%) Python
3 3 (2.36%) VBA
4 2 (1.57%) C#
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.79%) Perl
5 1 (0.79%) PHP
5 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Degree
2 18 (14.17%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.09%) CHECK Team Member
4 9 (7.09%) CREST Certified
4 9 (7.09%) Cyber Scheme
4 9 (7.09%) Postgraduate
5 7 (5.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.15%) CBAP
6 4 (3.15%) CSPO
6 4 (3.15%) IIBA
6 4 (3.15%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.36%) PMP
8 2 (1.57%) CISSP
8 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.79%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (24.41%) PMO
2 14 (11.02%) QA
3 11 (8.66%) GDPR
4 10 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (7.09%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.72%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.57%) MiFID
8 1 (0.79%) COBIT
8 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.79%) SLA
8 1 (0.79%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (6.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.09%) Nmap
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.51%) SCCM
3 5 (3.94%) Ansible
4 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (48.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.87%) SAP
3 8 (6.30%) Oracle
4 6 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.15%) Google
5 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.15%) Sonatype
6 2 (1.57%) NEC
6 2 (1.57%) Planview
7 1 (0.79%) Adobe
7 1 (0.79%) Apple
7 1 (0.79%) Ariba
7 1 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco
7 1 (0.79%) F5
7 1 (0.79%) Juniper
7 1 (0.79%) Remedy
7 1 (0.79%) Tradeweb