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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 184 201
Rank change year-on-year -98 +17 -28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 388 405 451
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.49% 1.25%
As % of the Applications category 15.79% 17.16% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 206 189
10th Percentile £205 £215 £196
25th Percentile £305 £296 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £449
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.10% -8.16%
75th Percentile £555 £562 £553
90th Percentile £638 £640 £732
UK median daily rate £428 £400 £433
% change year-on-year +6.88% -7.51% -8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 51 138
10th Percentile £15.11 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £17.71 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £27.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.36% +8.20% -33.42%
75th Percentile £30.78 £27.89 £16.85
90th Percentile £86.48 £35.50 £26.50
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +32.63% +25.67% -31.82%

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 2,457 2,360 2,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.46% 8.67% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 1,349 1,346
10th Percentile £218 £200 £165
25th Percentile £325 £285 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -8.05%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £635
UK median daily rate £446 £422 £400
% change year-on-year +5.71% +5.38% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 303 502
10th Percentile £13.57 £14.20 £11.77
25th Percentile £16.83 £15.84 £14.27
Median hourly rate £23.16 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +42.86% -31.93%
75th Percentile £37.50 £41.98 £38.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £63.17 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £23.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year -4.02% +32.75% -30.77%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -61 191 £500 +17.65% 78
South East -30 61 £462 +36.74% 43
North of England -102 45 £397 -0.66% 27
Midlands -41 37 £475 +51.76% 19
West Midlands -46 32 £475 +51.76% 10
South West -27 30 £310 -43.08% 6
Yorkshire -56 23 £400 -3.03% 9
North West -60 22 £376 +2.18% 15
East of England -56 16 £509 +71.96% 15
East Midlands -12 5 £470 - 9
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 61 (15.72%) SharePoint
2 39 (10.05%) Confluence
3 5 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.03%) CMS
4 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.52%) Moodle
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 334 (86.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 180 (46.39%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (18.56%) MS Visio
4 62 (15.98%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.80%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.55%) Photoshop
7 4 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.77%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.26%) InDesign
9 1 (0.26%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.26%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.06%) Loan IQ
1 8 (2.06%) Magento
2 7 (1.80%) Primavera
3 6 (1.55%) SAP MM
3 6 (1.55%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.52%) Shopify
5 2 (0.52%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.52%) TrackWise
6 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.66%) Power Platform
2 28 (7.22%) Azure
3 25 (6.44%) AWS
3 25 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.35%) GitHub
5 11 (2.84%) SaaS
6 8 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.06%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.06%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.80%) Figma
8 6 (1.55%) Lucidchart
8 6 (1.55%) Smartsheet
8 6 (1.55%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.29%) Amazon SageMaker
9 5 (1.29%) Dagster
9 5 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.29%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.29%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.09%) WAN
2 10 (2.58%) LAN
3 9 (2.32%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.06%) BGP
4 8 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.80%) Internet
6 6 (1.55%) Firewall
6 6 (1.55%) MPLS
6 6 (1.55%) SNMP
6 6 (1.55%) TACACS
7 5 (1.29%) VPN
8 4 (1.03%) RSVP
9 3 (0.77%) DHCP
9 3 (0.77%) DNS
9 3 (0.77%) FTP
9 3 (0.77%) Network Security
9 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.52%) BIG-IP
10 2 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 2 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (12.63%) Power BI
2 7 (1.80%) Power Query
3 5 (1.29%) Tableau
4 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.77%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.26%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.26%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.26%) DataStage
6 1 (0.26%) Db2
6 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.26%) GIS
6 1 (0.26%) Metadata
6 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (18.81%) JIRA
2 15 (3.87%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.61%) Git
4 8 (2.06%) Subversion
5 6 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.29%) MLflow
7 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.52%) MSI
8 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) Toad
9 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.26%) Selenium
9 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 216 (55.67%) Social Skills
2 156 (40.21%) Finance
3 107 (27.58%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (19.59%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (11.08%) Banking
6 32 (8.25%) Marketing
7 31 (7.99%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (6.44%) Legal
9 22 (5.67%) Retail
10 19 (4.90%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.61%) Investment Banking
12 13 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (3.09%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.84%) Military
15 10 (2.58%) Telecoms
16 8 (2.06%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.55%) Front Office
18 5 (1.29%) Automotive
18 5 (1.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 88 (22.68%) Analyst
2 42 (10.82%) Business Analyst
3 38 (9.79%) Project Manager
4 34 (8.76%) Senior
5 21 (5.41%) Consultant
6 19 (4.90%) Coordinator
6 19 (4.90%) Lead
6 19 (4.90%) Project Officer
7 17 (4.38%) PMO Analyst
8 16 (4.12%) Support Officer
9 15 (3.87%) Project Support Officer
10 13 (3.35%) Architect
11 12 (3.09%) Administrator
11 12 (3.09%) IT Analyst
11 12 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.84%) Project Coordinator
12 11 (2.84%) Service Manager
12 11 (2.84%) Transformation Analyst
13 10 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.58%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.32%) VML
2 6 (1.55%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.55%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.55%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.55%) YANG
3 5 (1.29%) NumPy
3 5 (1.29%) Pandas
3 5 (1.29%) scikit-learn
3 5 (1.29%) Seaborn
4 4 (1.03%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.03%) JDO
4 4 (1.03%) XML
5 3 (0.77%) REST
5 3 (0.77%) Web Services
5 3 (0.77%) XSLT
6 2 (0.52%) .NET
6 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.52%) Flutter
6 2 (0.52%) HTML
6 2 (0.52%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (6.70%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.35%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.06%) Graphic Design
7 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.55%) Life Science
7 6 (1.55%) PMI
7 6 (1.55%) Social Media
8 5 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.03%) CMDB
9 4 (1.03%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.03%) Video Editing
9 4 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.12%) Windows
2 4 (1.03%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (1.03%) Linux
2 4 (1.03%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.03%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.26%) Android
3 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.15%) Project Management
1 117 (30.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 99 (25.52%) Agile
3 94 (24.23%) Project Delivery
4 85 (21.91%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (16.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 60 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (15.21%) Decision-Making
8 58 (14.95%) Waterfall
9 39 (10.05%) Analytics
10 38 (9.79%) DevOps
10 38 (9.79%) Migration
11 37 (9.54%) Business Analysis
11 37 (9.54%) Data Analysis
12 35 (9.02%) AI
13 34 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (8.76%) PRINCE2
14 33 (8.51%) Business Case
15 31 (7.99%) Portfolio Management
15 31 (7.99%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.73%) SQL
2 22 (5.67%) Python
3 7 (1.80%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.29%) VB
4 5 (1.29%) VBA
5 4 (1.03%) Bicep
6 3 (0.77%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.52%) C++
7 2 (0.52%) Java
7 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.26%) C#
8 1 (0.26%) Korn
8 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (31.70%) Degree
2 71 (18.30%) Security Cleared
3 50 (12.89%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.67%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.64%) PMP
6 15 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.87%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.06%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.80%) CCIE
9 7 (1.80%) JNCIE
10 6 (1.55%) CBAP
10 6 (1.55%) IIBA
11 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.77%) CISM
12 3 (0.77%) CISSP
13 2 (0.52%) CIMA
13 2 (0.52%) GIAC
13 2 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (21.91%) PMO
2 17 (4.38%) QA
3 16 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.29%) P3O
5 4 (1.03%) MiFID
5 4 (1.03%) NIST
6 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (0.77%) SLA
7 2 (0.52%) GDPR
7 2 (0.52%) GMP
7 2 (0.52%) GRC
7 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) FATCA
8 1 (0.26%) GAAP
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 6 (1.55%) Docker
2 4 (1.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (4.64%) Ansible
2 6 (1.55%) Terraform
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.03%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Nmap
4 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 228 (58.76%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.76%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.93%) SAP
4 18 (4.64%) Google
5 15 (3.87%) Adobe
6 13 (3.35%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.09%) Cisco
7 12 (3.09%) Oracle
8 11 (2.84%) F5
9 10 (2.58%) Splunk
10 8 (2.06%) Juniper
10 8 (2.06%) Workday
11 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.55%) Planview
11 6 (1.55%) Sonatype
12 5 (1.29%) Apple
12 5 (1.29%) TOWER Software
13 4 (1.03%) HubSpot
13 4 (1.03%) Qualys
13 4 (1.03%) Remedy