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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 180 213
Rank change year-on-year -111 +33 -31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 397 423 378
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.53% 1.14%
As % of the Applications category 15.92% 17.46% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 215 160
10th Percentile £192 £241 £213
25th Percentile £305 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% -10.46%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £566
90th Percentile £637 £650 £753
UK median daily rate £439 £413 £445
% change year-on-year +6.30% -7.30% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 56 118
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.75 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.85 £15.07
Median % change year-on-year +33.40% +25.08% -27.51%
75th Percentile £35.13 £27.86 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.14 £35.50 £26.15
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £19.00 £15.07
% change year-on-year +13.14% +26.09% -26.77%

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 2,493 2,423 2,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.45% 8.78% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,375 1,176
10th Percentile £213 £195 £170
25th Percentile £325 £294 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £439 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +3.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 329 350
10th Percentile £13.52 £14.04 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.20 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £23.63 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +40.45% -28.77%
75th Percentile £39.50 £36.00 £41.88
90th Percentile £74.25 £61.45 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.84 £17.80
% change year-on-year -3.68% +28.31% -22.27%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -90 184 £494 +9.29% 268
South East -38 73 £500 +48.15% 120
North of England -101 50 £400 - 88
Midlands -48 32 £475 +54.98% 53
South West -30 31 £310 -43.08% 50
West Midlands -41 28 £475 +54.98% 41
Yorkshire -58 27 £400 - 36
North West -54 23 £399 -11.39% 48
East of England -49 17 £509 +36.01% 26
East Midlands -19 4 £490 - 12
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 70 (17.63%) SharePoint
2 37 (9.32%) Confluence
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.76%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) Moodle
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 350 (88.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 177 (44.58%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (16.37%) Microsoft Project
4 64 (16.12%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.51%) Photoshop
7 4 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.76%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.25%) InDesign
9 1 (0.25%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.25%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Magento
2 5 (1.26%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.26%) Primavera
3 4 (1.01%) SAP MM
3 4 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.01%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.76%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.50%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.25%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 62 (15.62%) Power Platform
2 27 (6.80%) Azure
3 25 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.79%) AWS
5 11 (2.77%) SaaS
6 10 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (2.02%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.51%) GitHub
9 6 (1.51%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.51%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.26%) Figma
10 5 (1.26%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.26%) Lucidchart
10 5 (1.26%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.01%) GCP
11 4 (1.01%) Google Docs
11 4 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.02%) WAN
2 10 (2.52%) LAN
3 9 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.51%) BGP
5 6 (1.51%) MPLS
5 6 (1.51%) SNMP
5 6 (1.51%) TACACS
6 4 (1.01%) Internet
6 4 (1.01%) RSVP
6 4 (1.01%) VPN
7 3 (0.76%) DHCP
7 3 (0.76%) DNS
7 3 (0.76%) Firewall
7 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.50%) FTP
8 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.25%) Intranet
9 1 (0.25%) Network Security
9 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.36%) Power BI
2 10 (2.52%) Power Query
3 5 (1.26%) Tableau
4 3 (0.76%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.50%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.25%) DataStage
6 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.25%) GIS
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 66 (16.62%) JIRA
2 13 (3.27%) Git
3 9 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.02%) Subversion
5 3 (0.76%) MLflow
5 3 (0.76%) Selenium
5 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.50%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.50%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.50%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.50%) MSI
6 2 (0.50%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.50%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.50%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.50%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.50%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 224 (56.42%) Social Skills
2 163 (41.06%) Finance
3 125 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (24.18%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (11.59%) Banking
6 32 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (7.81%) Marketing
8 24 (6.05%) Retail
9 22 (5.54%) Legal
10 17 (4.28%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.77%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.77%) Military
14 10 (2.52%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.52%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.76%) French Language
15 7 (1.76%) Front Office
16 5 (1.26%) Arabic Language
16 5 (1.26%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 85 (21.41%) Analyst
2 37 (9.32%) Project Manager
3 35 (8.82%) Senior
4 29 (7.30%) Business Analyst
5 21 (5.29%) Administrator
5 21 (5.29%) Consultant
5 21 (5.29%) PMO Analyst
6 20 (5.04%) Coordinator
7 19 (4.79%) Project Officer
8 18 (4.53%) Support Officer
9 17 (4.28%) Lead
10 16 (4.03%) Project Support Officer
11 14 (3.53%) Senior Manager
12 13 (3.27%) Project Coordinator
13 12 (3.02%) Architect
13 12 (3.02%) PMO Manager
14 11 (2.77%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.77%) Support Specialist
15 10 (2.52%) Senior PMO
15 10 (2.52%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.27%) VML
2 6 (1.51%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.51%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.51%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.51%) YANG
3 4 (1.01%) .NET
3 4 (1.01%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (1.01%) JDO
3 4 (1.01%) Web Services
3 4 (1.01%) XML
4 3 (0.76%) ADO
4 3 (0.76%) HTML
4 3 (0.76%) NumPy
4 3 (0.76%) Pandas
4 3 (0.76%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.76%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.50%) Flutter
5 2 (0.50%) Playwright
5 2 (0.50%) React Native
5 2 (0.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.80%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (6.55%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.51%) Life Science
8 6 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.26%) Graphic Design
9 5 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.01%) CMDB
10 4 (1.01%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.01%) PMI
10 4 (1.01%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.01%) Video Editing
10 4 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.27%) Windows
2 6 (1.51%) Linux
3 4 (1.01%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (1.01%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
3 4 (1.01%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (36.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 113 (28.46%) Project Management
3 98 (24.69%) Agile
3 98 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (22.67%) Project Delivery
5 85 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (14.61%) Waterfall
8 56 (14.11%) Decision-Making
9 47 (11.84%) Data Analysis
10 43 (10.83%) PRINCE2
11 42 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
12 39 (9.82%) Analytics
12 39 (9.82%) Business Case
13 38 (9.57%) Portfolio Management
14 36 (9.07%) Change Management
14 36 (9.07%) Risk Management
15 33 (8.31%) AI
16 30 (7.56%) DevOps
17 29 (7.30%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.30%) SQL
2 19 (4.79%) Python
3 7 (1.76%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.76%) VBA
4 5 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.01%) Bicep
6 3 (0.76%) Korn
7 2 (0.50%) C++
7 2 (0.50%) Java
7 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.50%) VB
7 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.25%) C#
8 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 110 (27.71%) Degree
2 84 (21.16%) Security Cleared
3 53 (13.35%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.55%) PMI Certification
5 24 (6.05%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.54%) PMP
7 12 (3.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.51%) CCIE
10 6 (1.51%) JNCIE
10 6 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.01%) CIPD
11 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.76%) CISM
12 3 (0.76%) CISSP
12 3 (0.76%) IIBA
13 2 (0.50%) CAPM
13 2 (0.50%) CISA
13 2 (0.50%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (25.19%) PMO
2 19 (4.79%) QA
3 17 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.02%) P3O
5 7 (1.76%) GRC
6 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.01%) NIST
8 3 (0.76%) GMP
8 3 (0.76%) MiFID
8 3 (0.76%) SLA
9 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.50%) GDPR
9 2 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.77%) Ansible
2 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.01%) SCCM
3 4 (1.01%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 253 (63.73%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.57%) ServiceNow
3 26 (6.55%) SAP
4 21 (5.29%) Google
5 14 (3.53%) Oracle
6 13 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.52%) Cisco
8 9 (2.27%) Adobe
8 9 (2.27%) F5
9 8 (2.02%) Planview
10 7 (1.76%) Workday
11 6 (1.51%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.51%) Juniper
12 5 (1.26%) Apple
12 5 (1.26%) Splunk
13 4 (1.01%) Databricks
13 4 (1.01%) Okta
13 4 (1.01%) Qualys
13 4 (1.01%) TOWER Software
13 4 (1.01%) Wrike