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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 174 176
Rank change year-on-year -43 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 436 411 505
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.61% 1.34%
As % of the Applications category 16.70% 20.05% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 225 250
10th Percentile £270 £209 £174
25th Percentile £349 £308 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £427 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% -10.20% +5.56%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £607
90th Percentile £625 £645 £775
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 37 95
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.93 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.44 £14.48
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -9.83% -32.08%
75th Percentile £25.47 £21.46 £26.50
90th Percentile £37.55 £24.08 £34.32
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £18.07
% change year-on-year +10.91% -10.16% -31.83%

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 2,610 2,050 3,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.17% 8.02% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,217 1,725
10th Percentile £205 £180 £158
25th Percentile £324 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +1.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £544
90th Percentile £664 £638 £666
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 193 546
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.62 £16.75 £14.18
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.60% +41.03% -50.63%
75th Percentile £27.44 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year -28.71% +39.10% -45.83%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -28 215 £500 +11.11% 79
North of England -48 78 £396 +17.68% 48
South East -17 63 £475 +5.56% 61
Midlands -31 45 £455 -13.33% 34
Yorkshire -51 39 £340 +51.11% 17
North West -13 37 £450 +25.00% 29
West Midlands -41 27 £322 -38.67% 20
East Midlands -6 19 £455 +2.25% 14
South West -29 15 £548 +21.67% 19
East of England -65 15 £363 -9.26% 16
North East -18 2 £390 -42.22% 3
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 94 (21.56%) SharePoint
2 70 (16.06%) Confluence
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.69%) CMS
4 3 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.69%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 371 (85.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 173 (39.68%) Microsoft Office
3 90 (20.64%) MS Visio
4 49 (11.24%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 12 (2.75%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.61%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.38%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.69%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.69%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.46%) Primavera
6 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.46%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 42 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (9.40%) Azure
3 29 (6.65%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.05%) AWS
5 18 (4.13%) GitHub
6 11 (2.52%) Snowflake
7 10 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.61%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.15%) Canva
9 5 (1.15%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.15%) OpenShift
10 4 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.92%) Collibra
10 4 (0.92%) Figma
10 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) GCP
11 3 (0.69%) SaaS
11 3 (0.69%) Slack
11 3 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.90%) Firewall
2 15 (3.44%) WAN
2 15 (3.44%) Wireless
3 12 (2.75%) LAN
4 9 (2.06%) Internet
4 9 (2.06%) VPN
5 8 (1.83%) BGP
6 5 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.92%) BIG-IP
7 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 4 (0.92%) MPLS
7 4 (0.92%) Network Security
7 4 (0.92%) OSPF
7 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.92%) SNMP
7 4 (0.92%) TACACS
7 4 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.69%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.42%) Power BI
2 23 (5.28%) Tableau
3 6 (1.38%) Metadata
4 5 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.92%) MS Access
5 4 (0.92%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.92%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.92%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.46%) EDMS
7 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.23%) Big Data
8 1 (0.23%) Impala
8 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 107 (24.54%) JIRA
2 17 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.67%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.98%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.98%) Metasploit
5 7 (1.61%) Toad
6 6 (1.38%) Git
7 4 (0.92%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.46%) MLflow
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 256 (58.72%) Social Skills
2 181 (41.51%) Finance
3 94 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (18.81%) Banking
5 56 (12.84%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (10.78%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (7.80%) Public Sector
8 31 (7.11%) Legal
9 26 (5.96%) Marketing
10 18 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.75%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.52%) Retail
13 11 (2.52%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.29%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.38%) Billing
15 6 (1.38%) Electronics
15 6 (1.38%) Front Office
15 6 (1.38%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (32.11%) Analyst
2 68 (15.60%) Business Analyst
3 27 (6.19%) Project Manager
4 25 (5.73%) Architect
4 25 (5.73%) PMO Analyst
4 25 (5.73%) Senior
5 23 (5.28%) Administrator
6 22 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (4.82%) Technical Analyst
8 20 (4.59%) Consultant
9 19 (4.36%) Lead
9 19 (4.36%) Technical Business Analyst
10 16 (3.67%) PMO Manager
10 16 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.44%) Tester
12 14 (3.21%) Coordinator
13 13 (2.98%) Migration Analyst
13 13 (2.98%) Penetration Tester
14 12 (2.75%) Transformation Analyst
15 11 (2.52%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.92%) NETCONF
2 4 (0.92%) OpenConfig
2 4 (0.92%) Playwright
2 4 (0.92%) RESTCONF
2 4 (0.92%) VML
2 4 (0.92%) YANG
3 3 (0.69%) ADO
3 3 (0.69%) XML
4 2 (0.46%) NumPy
4 2 (0.46%) Pandas
4 2 (0.46%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.46%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.46%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) XSLT
5 1 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.23%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.23%) React
5 1 (0.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.94%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.28%) Data Centre
4 22 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 18 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.52%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.06%) Learning Management System
8 8 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.61%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.61%) PMI
9 7 (1.61%) Tandem
10 6 (1.38%) Social Media
11 5 (1.15%) Equities
11 5 (1.15%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.15%) Graphic Design
11 5 (1.15%) NHS
12 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.92%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.50%) Windows
2 4 (0.92%) Unix
3 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (24.77%) Project Management
3 101 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (22.71%) Project Delivery
5 98 (22.48%) Agile
6 66 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (13.99%) DevOps
8 58 (13.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 57 (13.07%) Migration
10 49 (11.24%) Business Analysis
10 49 (11.24%) Decision-Making
11 48 (11.01%) Time Management
11 48 (11.01%) Waterfall
12 45 (10.32%) Process Improvement
13 36 (8.26%) Risk Management
14 34 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (7.80%) Regulatory Compliance
15 33 (7.57%) PRINCE2
15 33 (7.57%) Workshop Facilitation
16 32 (7.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.49%) SQL
2 22 (5.05%) Python
3 6 (1.38%) C#
3 6 (1.38%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.38%) VB
4 4 (0.92%) Perl
4 4 (0.92%) PHP
4 4 (0.92%) PL/SQL
4 4 (0.92%) TypeScript
5 3 (0.69%) VBA
6 2 (0.46%) Java
6 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.46%) R
6 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 114 (26.15%) Degree
2 68 (15.60%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.84%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.90%) PMP
5 16 (3.67%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.98%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.52%) CREST Certified
7 11 (2.52%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.52%) Postgraduate
8 10 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.06%) CBAP
9 9 (2.06%) IIBA
10 7 (1.61%) CCIE
10 7 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.61%) JNCIE
10 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.15%) CISSP
12 4 (0.92%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (22.48%) PMO
2 26 (5.96%) QA
3 22 (5.05%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.90%) GDPR
5 14 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.98%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.38%) P3O
8 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.69%) GRC
9 3 (0.69%) MiFID
9 3 (0.69%) SLA
10 2 (0.46%) COBIT
10 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.23%) FATCA
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.23%) NIST
11 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (5.50%) Ansible
2 13 (2.98%) Nmap
3 12 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.38%) SCCM
5 4 (0.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 212 (48.62%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.19%) Oracle
3 17 (3.90%) SAP
3 17 (3.90%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.67%) Sonatype
5 14 (3.21%) Cisco
6 12 (2.75%) Adobe
7 11 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.06%) Google
9 8 (1.83%) F5
9 8 (1.83%) Juniper
9 8 (1.83%) Planview
10 7 (1.61%) Remedy
11 6 (1.38%) Charles River
11 6 (1.38%) Splunk
11 6 (1.38%) Workday
12 5 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.15%) Databricks
13 4 (0.92%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.92%) Fortinet