Microsoft PowerPoint Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft PowerPoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft PowerPoint over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft PowerPoint UK / England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	176	170	149
Rank change year-on-year	-6	-21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint	597	750	813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.40%	1.54%	1.59%
As % of the Applications category	16.22%	16.91%	14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	348	439	482
Median daily rate	£375	£356	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.33%	-5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£200	£175	£175
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£525	£525
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+7.69%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	37	50
Median hourly rate	£20.50	£19.61	£13.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+4.53%	+45.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.16	£12.35	£9.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£44.10	£37.25	£33.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£18.00	£19.61	£13.46
% change year-on-year	-8.21%	+45.69%

Microsoft PowerPoint is in the software application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract Software Application Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	3680	4435	5499
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	8.66%	9.10%	10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	2141	2693	3131
Median daily rate	£375	£338	£340
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-0.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£170	£150	£160
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£500	£523
UK excluding London median daily rate	£338	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+3.84%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	281	392	528
Median hourly rate	£17.25	£17.00	£15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.47%	+13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£10.84	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.63	£37.50	£35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.64	£16.50	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-5.21%	+13.79%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Microsoft PowerPoint as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in England

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor 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 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-49	260	£385	-3.75%	52
South East	+61	177	£354	+1.07%	27
East of England	-3	35	£325	-21.21%	12
North West	-4	31	£325	-	7
West Midlands	-20	27	£350	+29.62%	2
Yorkshire	+21	23	£320	+4.06%	8
South West	-11	21	£325	+18.18%	19
East Midlands	-16	14	£438	+25.00%	3
North East	+64	5	£520	+7.21%	1
Midlands	+13	2	-	-	5
Microsoft PowerPoint UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Microsoft PowerPoint.

1	980 (82.98%)	Microsoft Excel
2	458 (38.78%)	Microsoft
3	454 (38.44%)	Microsoft Office
4	414 (35.06%)	Finance
5	316 (26.76%)	MS Visio
6	289 (24.47%)	Project Management
7	216 (18.29%)	Analytical Skills
8	215 (18.20%)	PMO
9	213 (18.04%)	Microsoft Project
10	196 (16.60%)	SharePoint
11	176 (14.90%)	Stakeholder Management
12	174 (14.73%)	Agile Software Development
13	141 (11.94%)	PRINCE2
14	133 (11.26%)	Degree
15	123 (10.41%)	Banking

16	122 (10.33%)	Programme Management
17	109 (9.23%)	Telecoms
17	109 (9.23%)	Change Management
18	98 (8.30%)	ITIL
19	91 (7.71%)	Data Analysis
20	89 (7.54%)	Marketing
21	86 (7.28%)	SQL
22	83 (7.03%)	Oracle
23	82 (6.94%)	Security Cleared
24	81 (6.86%)	Risk Management
25	71 (6.01%)	Management Information System
26	70 (5.93%)	Retail
26	70 (5.93%)	Windows
27	67 (5.67%)	SC Cleared
28	64 (5.42%)	Business Analysis

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	196 (16.60%)	SharePoint
2	40 (3.39%)	SAS
3	16 (1.35%)	MS Project Server
4	14 (1.19%)	Confluence
5	10 (0.85%)	CMS
6	6 (0.51%)	BizTalk Server
6	6 (0.51%)	WebLogic
7	4 (0.34%)	Documentum
7	4 (0.34%)	Skype for Business
7	4 (0.34%)	Tuxedo
8	3 (0.25%)	SharePoint 2010
9	2 (0.17%)	Adobe Experience Manager
9	2 (0.17%)	Apache Qpid
9	2 (0.17%)	Apache Solr
9	2 (0.17%)	Drupal
9	2 (0.17%)	IBM Notes
9	2 (0.17%)	Lightstreamer
9	2 (0.17%)	SharePoint 2013
9	2 (0.17%)	WebORB
9	2 (0.17%)	WordPress

Applications
1	980 (82.98%)	Microsoft Excel
2	454 (38.44%)	Microsoft Office
3	316 (26.76%)	MS Visio
4	213 (18.04%)	Microsoft Project
5	19 (1.61%)	Photoshop
6	15 (1.27%)	Spreadsheet
7	14 (1.19%)	SPSS
8	13 (1.10%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	10 (0.85%)	Adobe Illustrator
10	8 (0.68%)	AutoCAD
10	8 (0.68%)	Stata
11	7 (0.59%)	InDesign
12	4 (0.34%)	Adobe Captivate
12	4 (0.34%)	InfoPath
13	3 (0.25%)	Adobe After Effects
13	3 (0.25%)	Camtasia
14	2 (0.17%)	InVision
14	2 (0.17%)	SPSS Modeler
15	1 (0.085%)	Acrobat
15	1 (0.085%)	CATIA

Business Applications
1	14 (1.19%)	Dynamics CRM
1	14 (1.19%)	Remedy ITSM
2	11 (0.93%)	Primavera
3	8 (0.68%)	Oracle EBS
4	6 (0.51%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	5 (0.42%)	SAP IS-U
6	4 (0.34%)	Dynamics AX
6	4 (0.34%)	Oracle Financials
6	4 (0.34%)	SAP GRC
6	4 (0.34%)	WebTrends
7	3 (0.25%)	FastStats
7	3 (0.25%)	Oracle EBS R12
8	2 (0.17%)	Bloomberg TOMS
8	2 (0.17%)	Dynamics NAV
8	2 (0.17%)	Eagle PACE
8	2 (0.17%)	FastStats PeopleStage
8	2 (0.17%)	Oracle ERP
8	2 (0.17%)	Oracle General Ledger
8	2 (0.17%)	Siebel CRM
8	2 (0.17%)	Teamcenter

Cloud Services
1	26 (2.20%)	Office 365
2	10 (0.85%)	Google Drive
3	9 (0.76%)	G Suite
4	7 (0.59%)	Cloud Computing
5	6 (0.51%)	Adobe Analytics
6	5 (0.42%)	Google Analytics
6	5 (0.42%)	Microsoft Azure
7	4 (0.34%)	Amazon AWS
7	4 (0.34%)	GitHub
8	3 (0.25%)	IBM Blueworks
8	3 (0.25%)	Slack
8	3 (0.25%)	Trello
8	3 (0.25%)	Yammer
9	2 (0.17%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
9	2 (0.17%)	Amazon EC2
9	2 (0.17%)	Amazon Kinesis
9	2 (0.17%)	CloudFront
9	2 (0.17%)	Responsys
9	2 (0.17%)	SaaS
9	2 (0.17%)	Salesforce Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	12 (1.02%)	Firewall
2	11 (0.93%)	Internet
3	10 (0.85%)	VPN
4	9 (0.76%)	TCP/IP
4	9 (0.76%)	VoIP
5	8 (0.68%)	Intranet
5	8 (0.68%)	MPLS
5	8 (0.68%)	WAN
6	7 (0.59%)	BGP
6	7 (0.59%)	Multicast
6	7 (0.59%)	OSPF
7	6 (0.51%)	IPv6
7	6 (0.51%)	LAN
7	6 (0.51%)	WebEx
8	5 (0.42%)	Skype
9	4 (0.34%)	DHCP
9	4 (0.34%)	DNS
9	4 (0.34%)	SMS
10	3 (0.25%)	Broadband
10	3 (0.25%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	26 (2.20%)	SQL Server
2	19 (1.61%)	MS Access
2	19 (1.61%)	Oracle Reports
3	14 (1.19%)	Big Data
4	13 (1.10%)	Data Warehouse
5	12 (1.02%)	QlikView
6	10 (0.85%)	Data Mining
6	10 (0.85%)	Power BI
7	9 (0.76%)	Relational Database
8	7 (0.59%)	BusinessObjects
8	7 (0.59%)	Qlik Sense
9	6 (0.51%)	Hadoop
10	5 (0.42%)	Oracle BI EE
10	5 (0.42%)	Oracle Database
11	4 (0.34%)	SAP HANA
12	3 (0.25%)	Blockchain
12	3 (0.25%)	GIS
12	3 (0.25%)	SAS Enterprise Guide
12	3 (0.25%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
12	3 (0.25%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	42 (3.56%)	JIRA
2	5 (0.42%)	Axure RP
2	5 (0.42%)	Balsamiq Mockups
2	5 (0.42%)	Dreamweaver
2	5 (0.42%)	Visual Studio
3	4 (0.34%)	Rational DOORS
3	4 (0.34%)	Rational Rhapsody
4	3 (0.25%)	HP UFT
4	3 (0.25%)	Maven
4	3 (0.25%)	Team Foundation Server
4	3 (0.25%)	TestLink
5	2 (0.17%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	2 (0.17%)	Eclipse
5	2 (0.17%)	Rational Statemate
5	2 (0.17%)	Selenium
5	2 (0.17%)	Toad
6	1 (0.085%)	ClearCase
6	1 (0.085%)	Git (software)
6	1 (0.085%)	Jenkins
6	1 (0.085%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	414 (35.06%)	Finance
2	123 (10.41%)	Banking
3	109 (9.23%)	Telecoms
4	89 (7.54%)	Marketing
5	70 (5.93%)	Retail
6	55 (4.66%)	Legal
7	30 (2.54%)	Manufacturing
8	28 (2.37%)	Investment Banking
9	19 (1.61%)	Advertising
10	18 (1.52%)	Back Office
11	17 (1.44%)	Financial Institution
11	17 (1.44%)	Mandarin Language
11	17 (1.44%)	Retail Banking
12	15 (1.27%)	Billing
12	15 (1.27%)	Law
13	14 (1.19%)	Front Office
14	9 (0.76%)	Publishing
15	8 (0.68%)	Automotive
15	8 (0.68%)	Electronics
15	8 (0.68%)	Military

Job Titles
1	383 (32.43%)	Analyst
2	130 (11.01%)	Business Analyst
3	107 (9.06%)	Project Manager
4	65 (5.50%)	Administrator
5	62 (5.25%)	Coordinator
6	54 (4.57%)	PMO Analyst
7	43 (3.64%)	Project Coordinator
8	41 (3.47%)	Data Analyst
9	40 (3.39%)	Consultant
10	31 (2.62%)	Service Analyst
11	30 (2.54%)	Junior
12	29 (2.46%)	Support Analyst
13	25 (2.12%)	Project Administrator
14	24 (2.03%)	Programme Manager
14	24 (2.03%)	Service Manager
15	23 (1.95%)	Project Analyst
15	23 (1.95%)	Trainer
16	21 (1.78%)	PMO Manager
16	21 (1.78%)	Technical Analyst
17	20 (1.69%)	IT Support

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	24 (2.03%)	HTML
2	14 (1.19%)	XML
3	10 (0.85%)	CSS
4	7 (0.59%)	.NET
4	7 (0.59%)	Middleware
4	7 (0.59%)	RESTful
4	7 (0.59%)	WebCenter
5	6 (0.51%)	Web Services
6	5 (0.42%)	SOAP
7	4 (0.34%)	HTML5
7	4 (0.34%)	Velocity
8	3 (0.25%)	COM
8	3 (0.25%)	CSS3
8	3 (0.25%)	Flash
8	3 (0.25%)	REST
9	2 (0.17%)	FpML
9	2 (0.17%)	J2EE
9	2 (0.17%)	RabbitMQ
9	2 (0.17%)	RSS
9	2 (0.17%)	XSD

Miscellaneous
1	216 (18.29%)	Analytical Skills
2	71 (6.01%)	Management Information System
3	30 (2.54%)	User Experience
4	27 (2.29%)	Computer Science
4	27 (2.29%)	Data Centre
5	20 (1.69%)	e-Learning
5	20 (1.69%)	NHS
6	17 (1.44%)	Credit Risk
6	17 (1.44%)	Virtual Team
7	15 (1.27%)	PMI
7	15 (1.27%)	Smartphone
7	15 (1.27%)	Social Media
8	12 (1.02%)	Derivative
8	12 (1.02%)	Mobile App
9	10 (0.85%)	Fixed Income
10	9 (0.76%)	Driving Licence
10	9 (0.76%)	Enterprise Software
10	9 (0.76%)	Fintech
11	8 (0.68%)	Smart Meter
12	7 (0.59%)	FMCG

Operating Systems
1	70 (5.93%)	Windows
2	19 (1.61%)	Android
2	19 (1.61%)	Apple iOS
3	16 (1.35%)	Unix
4	15 (1.27%)	Linux
4	15 (1.27%)	Windows 10
5	13 (1.10%)	Windows 7
6	10 (0.85%)	Windows 8
7	8 (0.68%)	Windows Server
8	7 (0.59%)	Windows Server 2008
9	4 (0.34%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	4 (0.34%)	VME
10	3 (0.25%)	AIX
10	3 (0.25%)	Mac OS
10	3 (0.25%)	Solaris
10	3 (0.25%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10	3 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2012
11	1 (0.085%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	289 (24.47%)	Project Management
2	176 (14.90%)	Stakeholder Management
3	174 (14.73%)	Agile Software Development
4	141 (11.94%)	PRINCE2
5	122 (10.33%)	Programme Management
6	109 (9.23%)	Change Management
7	98 (8.30%)	ITIL
8	91 (7.71%)	Data Analysis
9	81 (6.86%)	Risk Management
10	64 (5.42%)	Business Analysis
11	62 (5.25%)	Analytics
12	58 (4.91%)	Service Management
13	54 (4.57%)	Change Control
14	52 (4.40%)	ERP
14	52 (4.40%)	Time Management
15	49 (4.15%)	ITSM
16	46 (3.90%)	Business Intelligence
17	44 (3.73%)	CRM
18	43 (3.64%)	Continuous Improvement
18	43 (3.64%)	Stakeholder Engagement

Programming Languages
1	86 (7.28%)	SQL
2	36 (3.05%)	VBA
3	19 (1.61%)	C
4	15 (1.27%)	R
5	11 (0.93%)	Java
6	9 (0.76%)	JavaScript
7	8 (0.68%)	MATLAB
7	8 (0.68%)	VB
8	6 (0.51%)	C#
9	5 (0.42%)	Perl
10	4 (0.34%)	COBOL
11	3 (0.25%)	PL/SQL
11	3 (0.25%)	Python
11	3 (0.25%)	Shell Script
11	3 (0.25%)	T-SQL
11	3 (0.25%)	VBScript
12	2 (0.17%)	C++
12	2 (0.17%)	PowerShell
12	2 (0.17%)	Scala
13	1 (0.085%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	133 (11.26%)	Degree
2	82 (6.94%)	Security Cleared
3	67 (5.67%)	SC Cleared
4	26 (2.20%)	PMI Certification
5	20 (1.69%)	PMP
6	18 (1.52%)	ITIL Certification
7	17 (1.44%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
8	12 (1.02%)	BPSS Clearance
8	12 (1.02%)	DV Cleared
8	12 (1.02%)	ISEB
9	10 (0.85%)	Numerate Degree
10	9 (0.76%)	ACCA
10	9 (0.76%)	CIMA
10	9 (0.76%)	PRINCE2 Certification
11	8 (0.68%)	CCNP
11	8 (0.68%)	Cisco Certification
11	8 (0.68%)	CTC Cleared
12	6 (0.51%)	CCIE
12	6 (0.51%)	CCIP
13	5 (0.42%)	HND

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	215 (18.20%)	PMO
2	54 (4.57%)	QA
3	49 (4.15%)	SLA
4	30 (2.54%)	Data Quality
5	22 (1.86%)	MiFID
6	13 (1.10%)	Basel II
7	9 (0.76%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	8 (0.68%)	IFRS
8	8 (0.68%)	IFRS 9
9	7 (0.59%)	GDPR
9	7 (0.59%)	ISO/IEC 27001
9	7 (0.59%)	P3O
9	7 (0.59%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
10	6 (0.51%)	Actionable Recommendations
10	6 (0.51%)	EMIR
11	5 (0.42%)	Dodd-Frank
12	4 (0.34%)	Basel III
12	4 (0.34%)	ISO 20022
13	3 (0.25%)	ISO 9001
13	3 (0.25%)	PMBOK

System Software
1	42 (3.56%)	Active Directory
2	4 (0.34%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (0.17%)	VMware ESXi
4	1 (0.085%)	Cronacle
4	1 (0.085%)	Docker
4	1 (0.085%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	12 (1.02%)	SCCM
2	8 (0.68%)	HP Quality Center
3	6 (0.51%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
4	3 (0.25%)	BladeLogic
4	3 (0.25%)	MOM
5	2 (0.17%)	NetBackup
5	2 (0.17%)	Oracle RMAN
6	1 (0.085%)	Cisco CUCM
6	1 (0.085%)	Cisco Prime
6	1 (0.085%)	Cisco UCCX
6	1 (0.085%)	Norton AntiVirus
6	1 (0.085%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	458 (38.78%)	Microsoft
2	83 (7.03%)	Oracle
3	63 (5.33%)	SAP
4	37 (3.13%)	Adobe
5	31 (2.62%)	Remedy
6	28 (2.37%)	Google
7	23 (1.95%)	Tableau
8	19 (1.61%)	Salesforce.com
9	15 (1.27%)	HP
9	15 (1.27%)	IBM
10	13 (1.10%)	Workday
11	11 (0.93%)	BMC
12	10 (0.85%)	Apple
12	10 (0.85%)	Cisco
13	9 (0.76%)	CA Agile Central
13	9 (0.76%)	ServiceNow
14	8 (0.68%)	iManage
14	8 (0.68%)	Planview
15	7 (0.59%)	Huawei
15	7 (0.59%)	Informatica