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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 202 203
Rank change year-on-year -76 +1 -24
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 440 381 398
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.37% 1.24%
As % of the Applications category 16.64% 15.89% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 206 191
10th Percentile £230 £240 £206
25th Percentile £316 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £644 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 99
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.70
25th Percentile £15.19 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.85 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +0.01% +16.14% -21.14%
75th Percentile £29.86 £32.05 £16.85
90th Percentile £41.75 £35.50 £29.00
UK median hourly rate £16.75 £26.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year -36.31% +62.05% -21.14%

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 2,644 2,397 2,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.71% 8.63% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,295 1,368 1,207
10th Percentile £206 £188 £172
25th Percentile £313 £295 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £545 £535
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £430 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 305 235
10th Percentile £13.35 £13.60 £14.60
25th Percentile £14.59 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £18.21 £25.01 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.19% +38.94% -29.99%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £36.37
90th Percentile £66.88 £61.07 £61.53
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £25.00 £18.63
% change year-on-year -29.60% +34.23% -25.50%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -79 196 £488 -1.27% 443
South East +1 96 £483 +20.63% 143
North of England -73 61 £425 +30.77% 94
Midlands -36 38 £475 +58.33% 69
West Midlands -45 30 £475 +58.33% 46
North West -51 30 £488 +30.87% 52
Yorkshire -36 29 £400 +23.08% 30
South West -37 22 £310 -43.73% 61
East of England -32 19 £417 +6.58% 50
East Midlands -4 8 £490 - 23
North East -37 2 - - 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 99 (22.50%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.05%) Confluence
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.91%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Moodle
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.23%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 378 (85.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (37.27%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (16.36%) MS Visio
4 60 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (2.73%) Photoshop
6 10 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.91%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.91%) Final Cut Pro
8 4 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.23%) CATIA
10 1 (0.23%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.23%) InDesign
10 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.23%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.82%) Magento
2 7 (1.59%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.14%) Primavera
4 4 (0.91%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.91%) Workfront
5 3 (0.68%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.68%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.45%) Shopify
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.18%) Power Platform
2 34 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (7.50%) Azure
4 17 (3.86%) AWS
5 15 (3.41%) SaaS
6 13 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (2.73%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.27%) Lucidchart
9 8 (1.82%) Figma
9 8 (1.82%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.59%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.14%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.14%) Miro
13 4 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.91%) GCP
13 4 (0.91%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.68%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.27%) LAN
1 10 (2.27%) WAN
2 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.36%) FTP
4 4 (0.91%) BGP
4 4 (0.91%) MPLS
4 4 (0.91%) RSVP
4 4 (0.91%) SNMP
4 4 (0.91%) TACACS
5 3 (0.68%) DHCP
5 3 (0.68%) DNS
5 3 (0.68%) Firewall
5 3 (0.68%) Internet
5 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.68%) VPN
6 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.45%) Intranet
6 2 (0.45%) Network Security
6 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.36%) Power BI
2 12 (2.73%) Power Query
3 4 (0.91%) Tableau
4 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.45%) DTS
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.23%) DataStage
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 60 (13.64%) JIRA
2 10 (2.27%) Git
3 8 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.82%) Subversion
4 4 (0.91%) Selenium
5 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.45%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.45%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.45%) MSI
6 2 (0.45%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.45%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.45%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.45%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 267 (60.68%) Social Skills
2 170 (38.64%) Finance
3 137 (31.14%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (9.77%) Banking
6 40 (9.09%) Marketing
7 30 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (6.36%) Retail
9 23 (5.23%) Manufacturing
10 22 (5.00%) Public Sector
11 21 (4.77%) Legal
12 13 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.50%) Front Office
14 10 (2.27%) French Language
15 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.82%) Military
17 7 (1.59%) Advertising
17 7 (1.59%) Investment Banking
18 6 (1.36%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (17.50%) Analyst
2 39 (8.86%) Project Manager
3 35 (7.95%) Administrator
4 33 (7.50%) Senior
5 28 (6.36%) Coordinator
6 26 (5.91%) Consultant
7 23 (5.23%) Lead
8 21 (4.77%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
10 17 (3.86%) Project Officer
11 16 (3.64%) Architect
11 16 (3.64%) Support Officer
12 15 (3.41%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.18%) Project Support Officer
14 13 (2.95%) PMO Planner
14 13 (2.95%) Project Coordinator
14 13 (2.95%) Support Specialist
15 11 (2.50%) Senior Project Manager
16 10 (2.27%) PMO Manager
17 9 (2.05%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.82%) VML
1 8 (1.82%) Web Services
1 8 (1.82%) XML
2 6 (1.36%) XSLT
3 5 (1.14%) .NET
3 5 (1.14%) REST
4 4 (0.91%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.91%) Flutter
4 4 (0.91%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.91%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.91%) React Native
4 4 (0.91%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.91%) Terraform
4 4 (0.91%) YANG
5 3 (0.68%) ADO
5 3 (0.68%) HTML
5 3 (0.68%) Middleware
6 2 (0.45%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.45%) JDO
6 2 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.86%) Onboarding
2 33 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.50%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.05%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.59%) Video Editing
9 6 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.36%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.36%) Life Science
10 5 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.14%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.91%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.91%) CMDB
11 4 (0.91%) FMCG
11 4 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.73%) Windows
2 6 (1.36%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 114 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (25.45%) Project Management
4 100 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (20.91%) Agile
6 84 (19.09%) Project Delivery
7 77 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 52 (11.82%) Waterfall
10 49 (11.14%) Data Analysis
11 47 (10.68%) AI
12 45 (10.23%) Analytics
13 43 (9.77%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (9.09%) Business Case
14 40 (9.09%) Risk Management
15 38 (8.64%) PRINCE2
16 37 (8.41%) Project Governance
17 36 (8.18%) Change Management
18 32 (7.27%) DevOps
18 32 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.32%) SQL
2 13 (2.95%) Python
3 7 (1.59%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.14%) VBA
5 4 (0.91%) Bicep
5 4 (0.91%) Korn
6 2 (0.45%) C++
6 2 (0.45%) Java
6 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 108 (24.55%) Degree
2 88 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 50 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.77%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.86%) PMP
7 8 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.14%) CIPD
9 5 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.91%) CCIE
10 4 (0.91%) IIBA
10 4 (0.91%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.91%) MBA
11 3 (0.68%) CISM
11 3 (0.68%) CISSP
11 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (25.23%) PMO
2 23 (5.23%) QA
3 15 (3.41%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.50%) GRC
5 7 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.59%) P3O
6 6 (1.36%) NIST
7 4 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.68%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.68%) GMP
8 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.68%) MiFID
8 3 (0.68%) NCSC
8 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.45%) COSHH
9 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (1.82%) Ansible
1 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 290 (65.91%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.95%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.59%) SAP
4 19 (4.32%) Google
4 19 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.18%) Oracle
6 12 (2.73%) Adobe
7 10 (2.27%) Workday
8 7 (1.59%) Cisco
8 7 (1.59%) F5
9 5 (1.14%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.14%) Planview
10 4 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.91%) Marketo
10 4 (0.91%) Okta
10 4 (0.91%) Qualys
10 4 (0.91%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.91%) Splunk
10 4 (0.91%) Wrike
10 4 (0.91%) Xactly