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

 6 months to
27 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 161 181
Rank change year-on-year -44 +20 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 422 400 511
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.30% 1.52% 1.35%
As % of the Applications category 17.02% 19.72% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 217 288
10th Percentile £270 £210 £195
25th Percentile £349 £318 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £465 £498
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% -6.53% +14.37%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £600
90th Percentile £625 £707 £750
UK median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 66
10th Percentile £14.25 - £13.84
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -36.35% +21.31%
75th Percentile £25.47 £21.46 £28.30
90th Percentile £32.84 £30.08 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £24.25
% change year-on-year +10.91% -33.07% +21.98%

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 2,479 2,028 3,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.61% 7.72% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,172 1,832
10th Percentile £200 £175 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £411 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +2.81% -10.11%
75th Percentile £554 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 186 417
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.08
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.14 £26.42 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year -27.57% +25.11% -36.02%
75th Percentile £29.46 £43.44 £42.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £82.25 £55.30
UK median hourly rate £19.34 £26.42 £21.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% +25.80% -32.55%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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 0 217 £500 +2.15% 69
North of England -28 73 £440 +82.57% 41
South East -15 53 £475 +5.56% 80
Midlands -34 40 £455 -13.33% 47
North West -16 37 £450 +29.31% 19
Yorkshire -29 34 £325 +49.64% 18
West Midlands -30 22 £318 -39.52% 32
East Midlands -8 19 £460 +3.37% 15
East of England -55 17 £391 -21.75% 29
South West -24 16 £495 +6.51% 17
North East -19 2 £390 -48.00% 4
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
1 102 (24.17%) SharePoint
2 64 (15.17%) Confluence
3 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.13%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.71%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 366 (86.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 172 (40.76%) Microsoft Office
3 91 (21.56%) MS Visio
4 48 (11.37%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.95%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.71%) InDesign
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.24%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.95%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.71%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.47%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.24%) Primavera
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (10.43%) Azure
3 38 (9.00%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.03%) AWS
5 14 (3.32%) GitHub
6 12 (2.84%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.66%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.18%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.71%) Canva
12 3 (0.71%) Collibra
12 3 (0.71%) Figma
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) Miro
12 3 (0.71%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.79%) Firewall
2 14 (3.32%) WAN
2 14 (3.32%) Wireless
3 13 (3.08%) LAN
4 10 (2.37%) VPN
5 9 (2.13%) Skype
6 7 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.42%) BGP
8 5 (1.18%) Internet
9 4 (0.95%) BIG-IP
9 4 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (0.95%) Network Security
9 4 (0.95%) OSPF
9 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.71%) Softphone
11 2 (0.47%) MPLS
11 2 (0.47%) SNMP
11 2 (0.47%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.53%) Power BI
2 28 (6.64%) Tableau
3 6 (1.42%) Metadata
4 4 (0.95%) MS Access
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.95%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.47%) DB2
6 2 (0.47%) EDMS
6 2 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.24%) Big Data
7 1 (0.24%) Impala
Development Applications
1 93 (22.04%) JIRA
2 14 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.84%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.84%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (1.18%) Toad
5 4 (0.95%) Git
6 3 (0.71%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 243 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 181 (42.89%) Finance
3 89 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (17.77%) Banking
5 54 (12.80%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (10.43%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (8.53%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.40%) Marketing
9 26 (6.16%) Legal
10 16 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.61%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.37%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.37%) Retail
14 7 (1.66%) Billing
14 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.42%) International Banking
16 5 (1.18%) Electronics
16 5 (1.18%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 140 (33.18%) Analyst
2 61 (14.45%) Business Analyst
3 30 (7.11%) Project Manager
4 28 (6.64%) Architect
5 27 (6.40%) Senior
6 24 (5.69%) PMO Analyst
6 24 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (5.45%) Administrator
8 22 (5.21%) Technical Analyst
9 19 (4.50%) Technical Business Analyst
10 15 (3.55%) Consultant
10 15 (3.55%) Lead
11 14 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.32%) Support Analyst
12 13 (3.08%) Tester
13 12 (2.84%) Penetration Tester
14 11 (2.61%) Data Analyst
14 11 (2.61%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.61%) PMO Manager
14 11 (2.61%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.95%) ADO
2 4 (0.95%) VML
3 3 (0.71%) Playwright
4 2 (0.47%) CSS
4 2 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.47%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.47%) HTML
4 2 (0.47%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.47%) Node.js
4 2 (0.47%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.47%) React
4 2 (0.47%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.47%) RESTful
4 2 (0.47%) YANG
5 1 (0.24%) NumPy
5 1 (0.24%) Pandas
5 1 (0.24%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.24%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.43%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.27%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.66%) e-Learning
6 7 (1.66%) Learning Management System
7 6 (1.42%) PMI
7 6 (1.42%) Social Media
8 5 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.18%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.18%) Graphic Design
8 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.18%) NHS
9 4 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.95%) Tandem
9 4 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.71%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.69%) Windows
2 6 (1.42%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.95%) Unix
3 4 (0.95%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.24%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (25.59%) Project Management
2 106 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (21.56%) Project Delivery
5 88 (20.85%) Agile
6 68 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (13.98%) DevOps
8 54 (12.80%) Migration
9 51 (12.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (11.85%) Decision-Making
11 47 (11.14%) Time Management
12 44 (10.43%) Process Improvement
13 43 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
14 42 (9.95%) Business Analysis
15 41 (9.72%) Waterfall
16 39 (9.24%) Risk Management
17 37 (8.77%) Regulatory Compliance
18 34 (8.06%) PRINCE2
19 33 (7.82%) Data Analysis
19 33 (7.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.82%) SQL
2 18 (4.27%) Python
3 6 (1.42%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.18%) C#
4 5 (1.18%) R
5 4 (0.95%) Perl
5 4 (0.95%) PHP
5 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.71%) Java
6 3 (0.71%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.71%) VB
6 3 (0.71%) VBA
7 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 117 (27.73%) Degree
2 59 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 45 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.55%) PMI Certification
5 14 (3.32%) PMP
6 12 (2.84%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.37%) CBAP
8 10 (2.37%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.37%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.37%) IIBA
8 10 (2.37%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.42%) CISSP
12 5 (1.18%) CCIE
12 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.18%) JNCIE
13 4 (0.95%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (22.51%) PMO
2 25 (5.92%) QA
3 20 (4.74%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (3.79%) GDPR
6 12 (2.84%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.42%) P3O
8 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.71%) GRC
8 3 (0.71%) SLA
9 2 (0.47%) COBIT
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.47%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.24%) GAAP
10 1 (0.24%) GAMP
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.71%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.27%) Ansible
3 12 (2.84%) Nmap
3 12 (2.84%) SCCM
4 4 (0.95%) Terraform
5 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 197 (46.68%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.87%) Oracle
3 18 (4.27%) SAP
3 18 (4.27%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.84%) Cisco
4 12 (2.84%) Sonatype
5 10 (2.37%) Adobe
6 9 (2.13%) Planview
6 9 (2.13%) Remedy
6 9 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.66%) Google
8 6 (1.42%) F5
8 6 (1.42%) Juniper
9 5 (1.18%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.95%) Apple
10 4 (0.95%) Arista
10 4 (0.95%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.95%) Citrix
10 4 (0.95%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.71%) Workday
259 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs in England