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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 170 171
Rank change year-on-year -44 +1 +33
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 431 407 531
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.30% 1.56% 1.39%
As % of the Applications category 17.30% 20.07% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 223 293
10th Percentile £283 £210 £192
25th Percentile £350 £319 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -9.09% +14.25%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £690 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £439 £475
% change year-on-year +2.45% -7.53% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 47 73
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.44 £13.14
25th Percentile £15.30 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -35.08% +25.75%
75th Percentile £25.47 £21.46 £28.30
90th Percentile £32.96 £30.16 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £21.10
% change year-on-year +10.91% -23.08% +6.14%

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 2,492 2,028 3,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.54% 7.78% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 1,167 1,868
10th Percentile £200 £174 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -10.71%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £550
90th Percentile £668 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 184 465
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.49 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £14.14
Median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -29.95% +31.01% -36.82%
75th Percentile £29.16 £43.75 £42.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.04 £27.13 £20.58
% change year-on-year -29.82% +31.80% -33.61%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -9 220 £500 +2.25% 104
North of England -33 76 £439 +52.34% 38
South East -7 55 £475 +5.56% 72
Midlands -36 41 £453 -13.81% 43
North West -18 38 £450 +29.31% 18
Yorkshire -35 36 £340 +51.11% 18
West Midlands -33 22 £318 -39.52% 38
East Midlands -9 20 £455 +2.25% 5
South West -26 17 £548 +17.81% 15
East of England -58 16 £375 -25.00% 18
North East -18 2 £390 -48.00% 2
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 (23.43%) SharePoint
2 65 (15.08%) Confluence
3 11 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.09%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.70%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 374 (86.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 173 (40.14%) Microsoft Office
3 92 (21.35%) MS Visio
4 49 (11.37%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.93%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.70%) InDesign
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.16%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.16%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.70%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.46%) Primavera
4 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.46%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (10.44%) Azure
3 36 (8.35%) Power Platform
4 18 (4.18%) AWS
5 17 (3.94%) GitHub
6 12 (2.78%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.55%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.86%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.16%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Canva
11 4 (0.93%) Collibra
11 4 (0.93%) Figma
11 4 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.70%) Miro
12 3 (0.70%) Slack
12 3 (0.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.71%) Firewall
2 14 (3.25%) WAN
2 14 (3.25%) Wireless
3 13 (3.02%) LAN
4 10 (2.32%) VPN
5 9 (2.09%) Skype
6 7 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.39%) BGP
7 6 (1.39%) Internet
8 4 (0.93%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.93%) Network Security
8 4 (0.93%) OSPF
8 4 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.70%) Softphone
10 2 (0.46%) MPLS
10 2 (0.46%) TACACS
10 2 (0.46%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.89%) Power BI
2 28 (6.50%) Tableau
3 6 (1.39%) Metadata
4 4 (0.93%) MS Access
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.93%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.93%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.70%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.46%) DB2
6 2 (0.46%) EDMS
6 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.23%) Big Data
7 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 96 (22.27%) JIRA
2 17 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.48%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (2.78%) Burp Suite
4 12 (2.78%) Metasploit
5 6 (1.39%) Toad
6 4 (0.93%) Git
7 3 (0.70%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.46%) Selenium
8 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 247 (57.31%) Social Skills
2 187 (43.39%) Finance
3 95 (22.04%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (18.10%) Banking
5 56 (12.99%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (9.98%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (8.12%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.26%) Legal
8 27 (6.26%) Marketing
9 16 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.32%) Retail
13 7 (1.62%) Billing
13 7 (1.62%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.39%) International Banking
15 5 (1.16%) Electronics
15 5 (1.16%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 140 (32.48%) Analyst
2 64 (14.85%) Business Analyst
3 28 (6.50%) Architect
4 27 (6.26%) Project Manager
5 26 (6.03%) Senior
6 24 (5.57%) PMO Analyst
6 24 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (4.87%) Administrator
7 21 (4.87%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (4.18%) Consultant
8 18 (4.18%) Technical Business Analyst
9 17 (3.94%) Lead
10 14 (3.25%) PMO Manager
10 14 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.02%) Support Analyst
11 13 (3.02%) Tester
12 12 (2.78%) Penetration Tester
13 11 (2.55%) Payments Architect
13 11 (2.55%) Payments Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.32%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.93%) ADO
2 4 (0.93%) VML
3 3 (0.70%) Playwright
4 2 (0.46%) CSS
4 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.46%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.46%) HTML
4 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.46%) Node.js
4 2 (0.46%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.46%) React
4 2 (0.46%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.46%) RESTful
4 2 (0.46%) YANG
5 1 (0.23%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.23%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.23%) Web Services
5 1 (0.23%) XML
5 1 (0.23%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.21%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.18%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.32%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.62%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.62%) Learning Management System
7 7 (1.62%) Social Media
8 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.39%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.39%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.39%) PMI
9 5 (1.16%) NHS
9 5 (1.16%) Tandem
10 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.93%) Equities
10 4 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.57%) Windows
2 6 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.93%) Unix
3 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (25.06%) Project Management
3 102 (23.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 94 (21.81%) Project Delivery
5 89 (20.65%) Agile
6 67 (15.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (14.39%) DevOps
8 58 (13.46%) Migration
9 56 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (12.06%) Decision-Making
11 47 (10.90%) Time Management
12 46 (10.67%) Process Improvement
13 43 (9.98%) Business Analysis
14 42 (9.74%) Waterfall
15 41 (9.51%) Risk Management
16 40 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (8.58%) Regulatory Compliance
18 33 (7.66%) PRINCE2
18 33 (7.66%) Workshop Facilitation
19 32 (7.42%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.12%) SQL
2 19 (4.41%) Python
3 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.16%) C#
4 5 (1.16%) R
5 4 (0.93%) Perl
5 4 (0.93%) PHP
5 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.93%) VB
5 4 (0.93%) VBA
6 3 (0.70%) Java
6 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 115 (26.68%) Degree
2 62 (14.39%) Security Cleared
3 48 (11.14%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 13 (3.02%) PMP
6 12 (2.78%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.32%) CBAP
8 10 (2.32%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.32%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.32%) IIBA
8 10 (2.32%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.39%) CISSP
12 5 (1.16%) CCIE
12 5 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.16%) JNCIE
13 4 (0.93%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (22.74%) PMO
2 25 (5.80%) QA
3 22 (5.10%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (3.71%) GDPR
6 12 (2.78%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.39%) P3O
8 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.70%) GRC
9 3 (0.70%) SLA
10 2 (0.46%) COBIT
10 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.46%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.23%) FATCA
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.23%) NIST
11 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.70%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.87%) Ansible
2 18 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.78%) Nmap
3 12 (2.78%) SCCM
4 4 (0.93%) Terraform
5 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 204 (47.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.73%) Oracle
3 19 (4.41%) SAP
4 18 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.48%) Sonatype
6 12 (2.78%) Adobe
6 12 (2.78%) Cisco
7 9 (2.09%) Planview
7 9 (2.09%) Remedy
7 9 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.62%) Google
9 6 (1.39%) F5
9 6 (1.39%) Juniper
10 5 (1.16%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.16%) Splunk
11 4 (0.93%) Apple
11 4 (0.93%) Arista
11 4 (0.93%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.93%) Citrix
11 4 (0.93%) Zscaler