Microsoft PowerPoint Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 187 204
Rank change year-on-year -111 +17 -30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 376 415 420
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.51% 1.22%
As % of the Applications category 15.42% 17.32% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 209 184
10th Percentile £200 £235 £200
25th Percentile £305 £304 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -11.69%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £637 £650 £745
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 57 126
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £17.43 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.63% +25.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £33.31 £27.83 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.06 £35.50 £25.17
UK median hourly rate £23.64 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +25.38% +25.67% -30.23%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,439 2,396 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.41% 8.73% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,367 1,263
10th Percentile £213 £200 £169
25th Percentile £325 £294 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 318 420
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £11.71
25th Percentile £17.20 £15.84 £14.48
Median hourly rate £24.50 £23.82 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +36.93% -30.43%
75th Percentile £38.75 £40.32 £40.00
90th Percentile £74.70 £61.55 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year +0.22% +27.13% -28.80%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
London -80 180 £496 +10.22% 90
South East -43 64 £462 +36.74% 58
North of England -103 40 £388 -4.49% 36
Midlands -41 36 £475 +64.64% 22
South West -24 31 £310 -43.08% 22
West Midlands -42 31 £475 +64.64% 12
North West -53 22 £376 -16.56% 20
Yorkshire -64 18 £399 -1.69% 13
East of England -52 17 £509 +71.96% 16
East Midlands -12 5 £470 - 10
Microsoft PowerPoint
UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 64 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 35 (9.31%) Confluence
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.80%) CMS
6 2 (0.53%) Moodle
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 328 (87.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 173 (46.01%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (18.35%) MS Visio
4 63 (16.76%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (1.60%) Photoshop
7 4 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.80%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.27%) InDesign
9 1 (0.27%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.27%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.13%) Magento
2 6 (1.60%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.60%) Primavera
2 6 (1.60%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.33%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.80%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.80%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.53%) Shopify
5 2 (0.53%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.30%) Power Platform
2 27 (7.18%) Azure
3 25 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.12%) AWS
5 12 (3.19%) SaaS
6 8 (2.13%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.13%) GitHub
6 8 (2.13%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.60%) Figma
8 6 (1.60%) Lucidchart
8 6 (1.60%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.33%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.33%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.33%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.06%) Collibra
10 4 (1.06%) Google Docs
10 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.66%) WAN
2 9 (2.39%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.13%) LAN
3 8 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.60%) BGP
4 6 (1.60%) Internet
4 6 (1.60%) MPLS
4 6 (1.60%) SNMP
4 6 (1.60%) TACACS
5 4 (1.06%) Firewall
5 4 (1.06%) RSVP
5 4 (1.06%) VPN
6 3 (0.80%) DHCP
6 3 (0.80%) DNS
6 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.53%) FTP
7 2 (0.53%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.27%) Network Security
8 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.23%) Power BI
2 7 (1.86%) Power Query
3 5 (1.33%) Tableau
4 3 (0.80%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.53%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.27%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.27%) DataStage
6 1 (0.27%) Db2
6 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.27%) GIS
6 1 (0.27%) Metadata
6 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 70 (18.62%) JIRA
2 13 (3.46%) Git
3 11 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.13%) Subversion
5 4 (1.06%) MLflow
6 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.53%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.53%) MSI
7 2 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.53%) Toad
8 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.27%) Selenium
8 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 207 (55.05%) Social Skills
2 150 (39.89%) Finance
3 110 (29.26%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (21.28%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (9.57%) Banking
6 31 (8.24%) Marketing
6 31 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (6.38%) Legal
8 22 (5.85%) Retail
9 19 (5.05%) Public Sector
10 13 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.46%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.93%) Military
12 10 (2.66%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.86%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.60%) French Language
14 6 (1.60%) Front Office
15 5 (1.33%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 74 (19.68%) Analyst
2 38 (10.11%) Project Manager
3 33 (8.78%) Senior
4 31 (8.24%) Business Analyst
5 21 (5.59%) Coordinator
6 20 (5.32%) Consultant
7 18 (4.79%) Lead
7 18 (4.79%) PMO Analyst
7 18 (4.79%) Project Officer
8 16 (4.26%) Support Officer
9 15 (3.99%) Project Support Officer
10 13 (3.46%) Administrator
10 13 (3.46%) Project Coordinator
10 13 (3.46%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.19%) IT Analyst
12 11 (2.93%) Architect
12 11 (2.93%) Service Manager
13 10 (2.66%) PMO Manager
13 10 (2.66%) Senior Project Manager
14 9 (2.39%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.39%) VML
2 6 (1.60%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.60%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.60%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.60%) YANG
3 4 (1.06%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (1.06%) JDO
3 4 (1.06%) NumPy
3 4 (1.06%) Pandas
3 4 (1.06%) scikit-learn
3 4 (1.06%) Seaborn
4 3 (0.80%) REST
4 3 (0.80%) XML
5 2 (0.53%) .NET
5 2 (0.53%) ADO
5 2 (0.53%) Flutter
5 2 (0.53%) HTML
5 2 (0.53%) React Native
5 2 (0.53%) Web Services
5 2 (0.53%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.98%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (3.19%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.66%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.86%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.86%) Life Science
8 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.33%) PMI
9 5 (1.33%) Social Media
9 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.06%) CMDB
10 4 (1.06%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.72%) Windows
2 4 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (1.06%) Linux
2 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.06%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (32.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 110 (29.26%) Project Management
3 92 (24.47%) Agile
4 90 (23.94%) Project Delivery
5 84 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 57 (15.16%) Decision-Making
8 53 (14.10%) Waterfall
9 39 (10.37%) Analytics
9 39 (10.37%) Data Analysis
9 39 (10.37%) PRINCE2
10 33 (8.78%) AI
10 33 (8.78%) Business Case
11 32 (8.51%) Portfolio Management
11 32 (8.51%) Risk Management
12 31 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (8.24%) Change Management
13 29 (7.71%) Business Analysis
14 26 (6.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.45%) SQL
2 21 (5.59%) Python
3 7 (1.86%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.33%) VB
4 5 (1.33%) VBA
5 4 (1.06%) Bicep
6 3 (0.80%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.53%) C++
7 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.27%) C#
8 1 (0.27%) Java
8 1 (0.27%) Korn
8 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (31.38%) Degree
2 74 (19.68%) Security Cleared
3 49 (13.03%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.38%) PMI Certification
5 21 (5.59%) PMP
6 18 (4.79%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (2.13%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.60%) CCIE
11 6 (1.60%) JNCIE
12 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.80%) CISM
13 3 (0.80%) CISSP
14 2 (0.53%) CISA
14 2 (0.53%) GCIH
14 2 (0.53%) MCSE
14 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (24.20%) PMO
2 17 (4.52%) QA
3 15 (3.99%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.86%) P3O
5 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.06%) MiFID
6 4 (1.06%) NIST
7 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.80%) GMP
7 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.80%) SLA
8 2 (0.53%) GDPR
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (1.33%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (3.19%) Ansible
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.06%) SCCM
2 4 (1.06%) Terraform
3 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Nmap
3 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 229 (60.90%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.78%) ServiceNow
3 22 (5.85%) SAP
4 18 (4.79%) Google
5 14 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.46%) Adobe
7 12 (3.19%) Oracle
8 10 (2.66%) Cisco
9 9 (2.39%) F5
9 9 (2.39%) Workday
10 7 (1.86%) Planview
11 6 (1.60%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.60%) Juniper
11 6 (1.60%) Splunk
12 5 (1.33%) Apple
13 4 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.06%) HubSpot
13 4 (1.06%) Qualys
13 4 (1.06%) Rapid7
13 4 (1.06%) TOWER Software