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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 153 228
Rank change year-on-year -79 +75 -30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 131 167 113
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.70% 0.88%
As % of the Applications category 17.47% 21.06% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 76 71
10th Percentile £191 £276 £225
25th Percentile £308 £315 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £416 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -2.06% -10.05%
75th Percentile £520 £561 £550
90th Percentile £629 £619 £750
UK median daily rate £449 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +2.57% -2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 2
10th Percentile £15.32 £16.60 £28.25
25th Percentile £15.81 £21.02 £33.88
Median hourly rate £17.71 £26.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.68% -41.56% +99.73%
75th Percentile £27.08 £53.01 £54.38
90th Percentile £30.00 £63.40 £58.95
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £19.83 £16.23
% change year-on-year +4.64% +22.18% -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 750 793 760
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.59% 8.09% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 440 492
10th Percentile £213 £235 £185
25th Percentile £314 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £631 £649 £650
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.15% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 93 61
10th Percentile £14.71 £7.40 £13.64
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.20 £20.75
Median hourly rate £21.86 £22.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -37.03% +35.37%
75th Percentile £36.81 £36.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £48.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £23.08 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.33% +31.86% -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 1 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 1 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 25 (19.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (84.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (54.20%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (10.69%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.29%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.53%) 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%) Trello
7 1 (0.76%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.29%) Primavera
2 3 (2.29%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.53%) Shopify
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%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.76%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.98%) Power Platform
2 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.40%) Azure
4 7 (5.34%) SaaS
5 6 (4.58%) AWS
6 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.05%) Smartsheet
8 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.53%) BigCommerce
9 2 (1.53%) Figma
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.53%) Miro
9 2 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.76%) Asana
10 1 (0.76%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.76%) Canva
10 1 (0.76%) GCP
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) DHCP
1 2 (1.53%) DNS
1 2 (1.53%) Firewall
1 2 (1.53%) LAN
1 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.53%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.53%) WAN
2 1 (0.76%) Internet
2 1 (0.76%) Intranet
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.76%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.21%) Power BI
2 5 (3.82%) Power Query
3 2 (1.53%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.76%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (16.03%) 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 82 (62.60%) Social Skills
2 52 (39.69%) Finance
3 39 (29.77%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (19.85%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (16.03%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (11.45%) Banking
7 11 (8.40%) Legal
8 9 (6.87%) Public Sector
9 8 (6.11%) Marketing
9 8 (6.11%) Retail
10 7 (5.34%) Advertising
10 7 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (3.82%) Arabic Language
12 5 (3.82%) French Language
12 5 (3.82%) Public Speaking
13 4 (3.05%) Aviation
13 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
14 3 (2.29%) Law
15 2 (1.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (17.56%) Analyst
2 18 (13.74%) Project Manager
3 10 (7.63%) Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Senior
4 8 (6.11%) Administrator
4 8 (6.11%) Support Analyst
5 7 (5.34%) Coordinator
5 7 (5.34%) PMO Analyst
6 6 (4.58%) IT Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Project Coordinator
6 6 (4.58%) Technical Support
7 5 (3.82%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Clinical Project Manager
7 5 (3.82%) IT Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (3.82%) IT Support
7 5 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Service Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) JDO
2 2 (1.53%) .NET
2 2 (1.53%) ADO
2 2 (1.53%) HTML
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.53%) VML
3 1 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.76%) FHIR
3 1 (0.76%) Flutter
3 1 (0.76%) React Native
3 1 (0.76%) REST
3 1 (0.76%) SOAP
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Web Services
3 1 (0.76%) XBRL
3 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.50%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.45%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.87%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.82%) Life Science
4 5 (3.82%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.29%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.53%) Blog
6 2 (1.53%) EPoS
6 2 (1.53%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.53%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.76%) Animation
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.76%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.76%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 3 (2.29%) Linux
3 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) VMS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (32.06%) Project Management
3 33 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (22.14%) Agile
4 29 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (22.14%) Project Delivery
5 26 (19.85%) Decision-Making
6 22 (16.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (13.74%) Data Analysis
8 15 (11.45%) Analytics
8 15 (11.45%) Waterfall
9 14 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
10 13 (9.92%) Business Case
10 13 (9.92%) Customer Service
10 13 (9.92%) PRINCE2
11 12 (9.16%) Budgeting
11 12 (9.16%) Change Management
12 11 (8.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 11 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (8.40%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.58%) SQL
2 4 (3.05%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) Korn
3 3 (2.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.53%) VBA
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.76%) Java
5 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (41.98%) Degree
2 13 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.11%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.34%) PMP
6 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.05%) CIPD
7 3 (2.29%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.53%) CISM
8 2 (1.53%) CISSP
8 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.76%) ACCA
9 1 (0.76%) CEH
9 1 (0.76%) CIMA
9 1 (0.76%) CISA
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.76%) GIAC
9 1 (0.76%) MBA
9 1 (0.76%) MCSE
9 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (27.48%) PMO
2 7 (5.34%) QA
3 5 (3.82%) P3O
4 3 (2.29%) GRC
5 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.53%) GDPR
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.53%) NIST
5 2 (1.53%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.76%) HL7
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.76%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) Ansible
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (64.89%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) SAP
2 12 (9.16%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.82%) Adobe
3 5 (3.82%) Oracle
3 5 (3.82%) Planview
4 4 (3.05%) Google
4 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.53%) Databricks
5 2 (1.53%) F5
5 2 (1.53%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.53%) Workday
6 1 (0.76%) Apple
6 1 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.76%) Okta
6 1 (0.76%) Pega
6 1 (0.76%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.76%) Splunk