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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 204 204
Rank change year-on-year -69 0 -27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 432 389 406
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 1.40% 1.24%
As % of the Applications category 16.63% 16.22% 18.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 209 188
10th Percentile £238 £232 £207
25th Percentile £310 £313 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £591
90th Percentile £637 £650 £758
UK median daily rate £451 £429 £450
% change year-on-year +5.13% -4.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 42 108
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.71 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +16.14% -21.14%
75th Percentile £29.86 £32.05 £16.85
90th Percentile £42.50 £35.50 £22.63
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.84 £16.23
% change year-on-year -29.95% +40.73% -21.14%

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 2,598 2,398 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.63% 8.65% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,303 1,372 1,215
10th Percentile £206 £190 £175
25th Percentile £313 £295 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £536
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £430 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 300 241
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.98 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.83 £16.36 £15.62
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% +47.06% -33.88%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £59.60 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £24.62 £17.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +44.82% -32.00%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -77 193 £488 -0.51% 388
South East -3 92 £483 +42.96% 106
North of England -74 58 £418 +11.33% 80
Midlands -39 37 £475 +58.33% 62
North West -60 30 £488 +30.00% 45
West Midlands -45 29 £475 +58.33% 46
South West -34 27 £310 -43.73% 51
Yorkshire -43 26 £400 +10.34% 25
East of England -34 16 £509 +30.10% 47
East Midlands -11 8 £490 - 16
North East -38 2 - - 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
1 101 (23.38%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.41%) Confluence
3 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.46%) CMS
5 2 (0.46%) Moodle
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 373 (86.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 171 (39.58%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (15.51%) MS Visio
4 63 (14.58%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.55%) Photoshop
6 9 (2.08%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.93%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.93%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.23%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.23%) InDesign
11 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.23%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.85%) Magento
2 6 (1.39%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.16%) Primavera
3 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.93%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.69%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.46%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.46%) Workfront
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
7 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.35%) Power Platform
2 33 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.41%) Azure
4 16 (3.70%) AWS
5 13 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.01%) SaaS
6 12 (2.78%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (1.85%) Figma
7 8 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.62%) Google Workspace
8 7 (1.62%) Lucidchart
8 7 (1.62%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.62%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.16%) Miro
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.93%) GCP
10 4 (0.93%) Google Docs
10 4 (0.93%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.31%) LAN
1 10 (2.31%) WAN
2 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.16%) FTP
4 4 (0.93%) BGP
4 4 (0.93%) MPLS
4 4 (0.93%) RSVP
4 4 (0.93%) SNMP
4 4 (0.93%) TACACS
5 3 (0.69%) DHCP
5 3 (0.69%) DNS
5 3 (0.69%) Firewall
5 3 (0.69%) Internet
5 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.69%) VPN
6 2 (0.46%) Intranet
6 2 (0.46%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.23%) Network Security
7 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.73%) Power BI
2 12 (2.78%) Power Query
3 4 (0.93%) Tableau
4 3 (0.69%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.69%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.69%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.46%) DTS
5 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.23%) DataStage
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 60 (13.89%) JIRA
2 10 (2.31%) Git
3 8 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.85%) Subversion
4 4 (0.93%) Selenium
5 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.46%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.46%) MSI
6 2 (0.46%) Postman
6 2 (0.46%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.46%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.46%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.46%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.46%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
General
1 261 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 173 (40.05%) Finance
3 135 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (27.31%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (9.03%) Banking
6 36 (8.33%) Marketing
7 29 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (6.25%) Retail
9 24 (5.56%) Public Sector
10 22 (5.09%) Legal
11 19 (4.40%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.78%) Military
14 9 (2.08%) French Language
15 8 (1.85%) Front Office
15 8 (1.85%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.62%) Advertising
16 7 (1.62%) Investment Banking
17 5 (1.16%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 77 (17.82%) Analyst
2 40 (9.26%) Project Manager
3 35 (8.10%) Senior
4 32 (7.41%) Administrator
5 28 (6.48%) Coordinator
6 24 (5.56%) Consultant
7 21 (4.86%) Business Analyst
8 20 (4.63%) Lead
8 20 (4.63%) Project Officer
9 19 (4.40%) PMO Analyst
9 19 (4.40%) Support Officer
10 17 (3.94%) Project Support Officer
11 15 (3.47%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.24%) Architect
12 14 (3.24%) Project Coordinator
12 14 (3.24%) Support Specialist
13 13 (3.01%) PMO Planner
14 11 (2.55%) Senior Project Manager
15 10 (2.31%) PMO Manager
16 9 (2.08%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.85%) VML
2 7 (1.62%) Web Services
2 7 (1.62%) XML
3 5 (1.16%) .NET
3 5 (1.16%) XSLT
4 4 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.93%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.93%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.93%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.93%) Terraform
4 4 (0.93%) YANG
5 3 (0.69%) ADO
5 3 (0.69%) HTML
5 3 (0.69%) Middleware
6 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.46%) JDO
6 2 (0.46%) React Native
6 2 (0.46%) REST
6 2 (0.46%) SOAP
6 2 (0.46%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 33 (7.64%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.85%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.62%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.62%) Video Editing
8 6 (1.39%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.39%) Life Science
8 6 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.16%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.93%) CMDB
10 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.93%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.78%) Windows
2 6 (1.39%) Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.46%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (39.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 116 (26.85%) Project Management
3 110 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (22.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 96 (22.22%) Agile
6 87 (20.14%) Project Delivery
7 79 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (15.28%) Decision-Making
9 56 (12.96%) Waterfall
10 49 (11.34%) Data Analysis
11 44 (10.19%) AI
11 44 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (9.72%) Analytics
12 42 (9.72%) PRINCE2
13 40 (9.26%) Risk Management
14 38 (8.80%) Business Case
15 36 (8.33%) Change Management
16 34 (7.87%) Portfolio Management
16 34 (7.87%) Project Governance
17 32 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.63%) SQL
2 13 (3.01%) Python
3 7 (1.62%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.16%) VBA
5 4 (0.93%) Bicep
5 4 (0.93%) Korn
6 2 (0.46%) C++
6 2 (0.46%) Java
6 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 111 (25.69%) Degree
2 94 (21.76%) Security Cleared
3 54 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.10%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.09%) PMI Certification
6 18 (4.17%) PMP
7 12 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.16%) CIPD
9 5 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.93%) CCIE
10 4 (0.93%) IIBA
10 4 (0.93%) JNCIE
11 3 (0.69%) CAPM
11 3 (0.69%) CISM
11 3 (0.69%) CISSP
11 3 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.46%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (25.69%) PMO
2 22 (5.09%) QA
3 14 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.31%) GRC
5 8 (1.85%) P3O
6 6 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.16%) NIST
8 3 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.69%) GMP
8 3 (0.69%) MiFID
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 2 (0.46%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (1.85%) Ansible
1 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.69%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 278 (64.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.80%) ServiceNow
3 28 (6.48%) SAP
4 20 (4.63%) Google
5 15 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.78%) Oracle
7 10 (2.31%) Adobe
8 9 (2.08%) Workday
9 7 (1.62%) Cisco
9 7 (1.62%) F5
10 6 (1.39%) Planview
11 4 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.93%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.93%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.93%) Juniper
11 4 (0.93%) Qualys
11 4 (0.93%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.93%) Splunk
11 4 (0.93%) TOWER Software
11 4 (0.93%) Wrike