Microsoft PowerPoint Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft PowerPoint
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 83 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 27 20 48
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.83% 1.42% 2.83%
As % of the Applications category 26.73% 17.09% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 16
10th Percentile £340 £315 £94
25th Percentile £356 £400 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £380
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +31.58% -
75th Percentile £490 £800 £464
90th Percentile £588 £815 £669
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £415
% change year-on-year +5.56% +8.43% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £30.12
25th Percentile £55.25 - £30.31
Median hourly rate £59.50 - £32.91
75th Percentile £63.75 - £41.72
90th Percentile - - £53.81
South East median hourly rate £40.38 £32.71 £27.75
% change year-on-year +23.45% +17.86% +56.43%

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

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 requiring software application skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 101 117 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.85% 8.33% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 55 156
10th Percentile £224 £158 £148
25th Percentile £372 £219 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £218
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +49.43% -42.00%
75th Percentile £535 £498 £451
90th Percentile £600 £630 £538
South East median daily rate £475 £403 £319
% change year-on-year +17.87% +26.43% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 13
10th Percentile £14.30 - £21.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £41.25 £30.41
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% -5.99% +139.71%
75th Percentile £22.81 £53.59 £61.50
90th Percentile £43.57 £59.49 £62.35
South East median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -53.26% +38.61% -6.45%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft PowerPoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in Berkshire

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +12 13 £388 -38.00% 3
Wokingham -16 12 £475 -20.83%
Bracknell - 1 £575 -
Microsoft PowerPoint
South East

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 7 (25.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (85.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Canva
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Firewall
1 11 (40.74%) Wireless
2 2 (7.41%) BGP
2 2 (7.41%) MPLS
2 2 (7.41%) SNMP
2 2 (7.41%) TACACS
2 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Burp Suite
1 11 (40.74%) Metasploit
2 6 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 21 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.41%) Marketing
6 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.70%) Electronics
7 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Penetration Tester
1 11 (40.74%) Tester
2 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Junior
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Support Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Portfolio Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) IP Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Senior PMO
4 2 (7.41%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Change Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) ADO
2 2 (7.41%) NETCONF
2 2 (7.41%) OpenConfig
2 2 (7.41%) RESTCONF
2 2 (7.41%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Penetration Testing
1 11 (40.74%) Regulatory Compliance
2 9 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 9 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (29.63%) Business Development
3 8 (29.63%) Commercial Awareness
3 8 (29.63%) Information Security
3 8 (29.63%) Line Management
3 8 (29.63%) Security Management
4 6 (22.22%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.11%) Change Control
7 3 (11.11%) Change Management
7 3 (11.11%) Demand Management
7 3 (11.11%) DevOps
7 3 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (11.11%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 12 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) CHECK Team Member
4 10 (37.04%) Degree
5 9 (33.33%) CREST Certified
5 9 (33.33%) Cyber Scheme
5 9 (33.33%) Postgraduate
6 2 (7.41%) CCIE
6 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.41%) JNCIE
7 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) PMO
2 11 (40.74%) GDPR
2 11 (40.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (40.74%) PCI DSS
3 9 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Nmap
2 2 (7.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) IFS
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) F5
3 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.41%) Juniper
3 2 (7.41%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow