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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 172 172
Rank change year-on-year -45 0 +26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 435 402 536
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 1.56% 1.42%
As % of the Applications category 16.76% 19.61% 16.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 223 294
10th Percentile £279 £209 £190
25th Percentile £350 £313 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -7.22% +12.40%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £668 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £424 £475
% change year-on-year +6.26% -10.84% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 83
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.74
25th Percentile £15.30 £15.62 £14.48
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -21.14% -12.43%
75th Percentile £25.47 £21.46 £26.88
90th Percentile £32.49 £24.19 £34.32
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £20.84
% change year-on-year +10.91% -22.12% -11.32%

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 2,596 2,050 3,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.51% 7.94% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,196 1,800
10th Percentile £203 £181 £161
25th Percentile £319 £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 £550
90th Percentile £668 £643 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 173 487
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.30 £12.08
25th Percentile £15.53 £15.84 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +31.80% -41.20%
75th Percentile £29.58 £42.50 £42.64
90th Percentile £61.79 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.71% +35.63% -38.46%

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 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 18 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 18 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 -27 215 £497 +3.11% 60
North of England -29 77 £403 +40.00% 32
South East -7 60 £475 +5.56% 61
Midlands -30 46 £455 -13.33% 35
North West -13 38 £450 +29.31% 17
Yorkshire -37 37 £340 +51.11% 15
West Midlands -40 27 £336 -36.05% 26
East Midlands -5 20 £455 +2.25% 9
South West -25 17 £548 +17.81% 12
East of England -65 15 £375 -11.71% 12
North East -16 2 £390 -48.00% 1
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
1 100 (22.99%) SharePoint
2 68 (15.63%) Confluence
3 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.84%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.69%) CMS
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 374 (85.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 174 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (21.38%) MS Visio
4 45 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.69%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.46%) InDesign
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.84%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.38%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.38%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.69%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.69%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.46%) Primavera
5 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.46%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 49 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (10.34%) Azure
3 32 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 21 (4.83%) AWS
5 17 (3.91%) GitHub
6 11 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.30%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.07%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.15%) Canva
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%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) SaaS
11 3 (0.69%) Slack
11 3 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.91%) Firewall
2 15 (3.45%) Wireless
3 14 (3.22%) WAN
4 13 (2.99%) LAN
5 10 (2.30%) VPN
6 8 (1.84%) Skype
7 7 (1.61%) Internet
7 7 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.38%) BGP
9 4 (0.92%) BIG-IP
9 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (0.92%) Network Security
9 4 (0.92%) OSPF
9 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.69%) Softphone
11 2 (0.46%) MPLS
11 2 (0.46%) TACACS
11 2 (0.46%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.13%) Power BI
2 26 (5.98%) Tableau
3 6 (1.38%) Metadata
4 4 (0.92%) MS Access
4 4 (0.92%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.92%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.92%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.46%) EDMS
6 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.23%) DB2
7 1 (0.23%) Essbase
7 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 103 (23.68%) JIRA
2 16 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.99%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.99%) Metasploit
5 7 (1.61%) Toad
6 5 (1.15%) Git
7 3 (0.69%) 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
1 251 (57.70%) Social Skills
2 185 (42.53%) Finance
3 99 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (17.47%) Banking
5 55 (12.64%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (9.89%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (7.82%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.67%) Legal
9 28 (6.44%) Marketing
10 17 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.99%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.30%) Retail
14 9 (2.07%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.61%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.38%) Billing
16 6 (1.38%) Electronics
16 6 (1.38%) Front Office
16 6 (1.38%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 142 (32.64%) Analyst
2 69 (15.86%) Business Analyst
3 28 (6.44%) Project Manager
4 27 (6.21%) Architect
5 24 (5.52%) Senior
5 24 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (5.29%) PMO Analyst
7 22 (5.06%) Administrator
8 21 (4.83%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (4.60%) Consultant
10 18 (4.14%) Technical Business Analyst
11 17 (3.91%) Lead
12 16 (3.68%) PMO Manager
13 14 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (3.22%) Tester
14 13 (2.99%) Penetration Tester
15 12 (2.76%) Support Analyst
16 11 (2.53%) Coordinator
16 11 (2.53%) Payments Architect
16 11 (2.53%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.92%) VML
3 3 (0.69%) ADO
3 3 (0.69%) Playwright
3 3 (0.69%) XML
4 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.46%) NumPy
4 2 (0.46%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.46%) Pandas
4 2 (0.46%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.46%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.46%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.46%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) XSLT
4 2 (0.46%) YANG
5 1 (0.23%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.23%) Node.js
5 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.23%) React
5 1 (0.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.43%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.37%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.07%) Learning Management System
7 8 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.61%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.61%) Social Media
9 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.38%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.38%) PMI
10 5 (1.15%) NHS
10 5 (1.15%) Tandem
11 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.92%) Equities
11 4 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.75%) Windows
2 5 (1.15%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.92%) Unix
3 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.21%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (24.60%) Project Management
3 104 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 98 (22.53%) Project Delivery
5 94 (21.61%) Agile
6 65 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (14.02%) DevOps
8 60 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 57 (13.10%) Migration
10 49 (11.26%) Decision-Making
11 47 (10.80%) Time Management
12 46 (10.57%) Business Analysis
12 46 (10.57%) Process Improvement
12 46 (10.57%) Waterfall
13 38 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (8.51%) Regulatory Compliance
15 36 (8.28%) Risk Management
16 34 (7.82%) Data Analysis
17 32 (7.36%) PRINCE2
17 32 (7.36%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.82%) SQL
2 20 (4.60%) Python
3 6 (1.38%) VB
4 5 (1.15%) C#
4 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.92%) Perl
5 4 (0.92%) PHP
5 4 (0.92%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.69%) R
6 3 (0.69%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.69%) VBA
7 2 (0.46%) Java
7 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 120 (27.59%) Degree
2 65 (14.94%) Security Cleared
3 52 (11.95%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.22%) PMP
5 13 (2.99%) CHECK Team Member
5 13 (2.99%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.53%) CREST Certified
6 11 (2.53%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.53%) Postgraduate
7 10 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.30%) CBAP
7 10 (2.30%) IIBA
8 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.15%) CCIE
9 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.15%) CISSP
9 5 (1.15%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.92%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (22.76%) PMO
2 26 (5.98%) QA
3 20 (4.60%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.91%) GDPR
5 16 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.99%) 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
11 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.23%) GAAP
11 1 (0.23%) GAMP
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.83%) Ansible
2 17 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.99%) Nmap
4 11 (2.53%) SCCM
5 4 (0.92%) Terraform
6 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 208 (47.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.44%) Oracle
3 20 (4.60%) SAP
4 18 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.45%) Sonatype
6 13 (2.99%) Adobe
7 12 (2.76%) Cisco
8 10 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.07%) Planview
9 9 (2.07%) Remedy
10 7 (1.61%) Google
11 6 (1.38%) F5
11 6 (1.38%) Juniper
11 6 (1.38%) Workday
12 5 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.15%) Charles River
12 5 (1.15%) Splunk
13 4 (0.92%) Arista
13 4 (0.92%) Citrix
13 4 (0.92%) Zscaler