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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 168 171
Rank change year-on-year -39 +3 +36
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 436 408 527
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.31% 1.55% 1.39%
As % of the Applications category 17.25% 19.84% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 223 292
10th Percentile £283 £210 £191
25th Percentile £350 £319 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.55% +17.06%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £600
90th Percentile £627 £690 £750
UK median daily rate £453 £439 £475
% change year-on-year +3.02% -7.53% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 47 73
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.44 £13.14
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -35.08% +18.93%
75th Percentile £25.47 £21.46 £28.30
90th Percentile £32.72 £30.16 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £21.10
% change year-on-year +10.91% -23.08% +6.14%

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 2,527 2,056 3,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.56% 7.83% 8.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 1,187 1,853
10th Percentile £200 £176 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £404 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% +0.88% -10.91%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £550
90th Percentile £670 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 184 467
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.49 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.08 £27.13 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -29.65% +31.64% -36.68%
75th Percentile £29.50 £42.81 £42.64
90th Percentile £63.10 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.50
% change year-on-year -29.60% +32.32% -29.91%

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 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 6 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 6 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 -16 222 £500 +2.25% 108
North of England -29 75 £438 +51.91% 33
South East -8 58 £475 +5.56% 71
Midlands -32 43 £453 -13.81% 46
North West -13 38 £450 +29.31% 15
Yorkshire -42 35 £333 +47.78% 15
West Midlands -38 24 £318 -39.52% 41
East Midlands -8 20 £455 +2.25% 5
South West -22 17 £548 +17.81% 16
East of England -64 15 £375 -25.00% 19
North East -18 2 £390 -48.00% 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
1 102 (23.39%) SharePoint
2 67 (15.37%) Confluence
3 11 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.06%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.69%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 376 (86.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 172 (39.45%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (21.56%) MS Visio
4 48 (11.01%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.92%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.69%) InDesign
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.83%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.15%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.15%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.46%) Primavera
4 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.46%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 49 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (10.32%) Azure
3 37 (8.49%) Power Platform
4 18 (4.13%) AWS
5 17 (3.90%) GitHub
6 12 (2.75%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.52%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.83%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.15%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (0.92%) Canva
11 4 (0.92%) Collibra
11 4 (0.92%) Figma
11 4 (0.92%) SaaS
11 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.69%) Miro
12 3 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.67%) Firewall
2 14 (3.21%) WAN
2 14 (3.21%) Wireless
3 13 (2.98%) LAN
4 10 (2.29%) VPN
5 9 (2.06%) Skype
6 7 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.38%) BGP
7 6 (1.38%) Internet
8 4 (0.92%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.92%) Network Security
8 4 (0.92%) OSPF
8 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.69%) Softphone
10 2 (0.46%) FTP
10 2 (0.46%) MPLS
10 2 (0.46%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.03%) Power BI
2 28 (6.42%) 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%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.92%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.69%) DB2
5 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
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
7 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.23%) Big Data
7 1 (0.23%) Impala
Development Applications
1 101 (23.17%) JIRA
2 18 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (2.75%) Burp Suite
4 12 (2.75%) Metasploit
5 6 (1.38%) Toad
6 4 (0.92%) Git
7 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.69%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.69%) Selenium
7 3 (0.69%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.69%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 250 (57.34%) Social Skills
2 187 (42.89%) Finance
3 99 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (18.12%) Banking
5 55 (12.61%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (8.03%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.42%) Legal
8 28 (6.42%) Marketing
9 16 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.29%) Retail
13 7 (1.61%) Billing
13 7 (1.61%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.38%) International Banking
15 5 (1.15%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.15%) Front Office
15 5 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 141 (32.34%) Analyst
2 65 (14.91%) Business Analyst
3 28 (6.42%) Architect
3 28 (6.42%) Project Manager
4 26 (5.96%) Senior
5 24 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (5.28%) PMO Analyst
7 21 (4.82%) Administrator
7 21 (4.82%) Technical Analyst
8 20 (4.59%) Consultant
9 18 (4.13%) Technical Business Analyst
10 17 (3.90%) Lead
11 14 (3.21%) PMO Manager
11 14 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (2.98%) Support Analyst
12 13 (2.98%) Tester
13 12 (2.75%) Penetration Tester
14 11 (2.52%) Payments Architect
14 11 (2.52%) Payments Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.29%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.92%) ADO
2 4 (0.92%) VML
3 3 (0.69%) CSS
3 3 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.69%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.69%) HTML
3 3 (0.69%) Node.js
3 3 (0.69%) Playwright
3 3 (0.69%) React
3 3 (0.69%) RESTful
4 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.46%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.46%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.46%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) XML
4 2 (0.46%) XSLT
4 2 (0.46%) YANG
5 1 (0.23%) NumPy
5 1 (0.23%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.09%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.13%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.83%) e-Learning
7 8 (1.83%) Learning Management System
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 24 (5.50%) Windows
2 6 (1.38%) 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
1 118 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (25.00%) Project Management
3 103 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 94 (21.56%) Project Delivery
5 93 (21.33%) Agile
6 68 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (14.22%) DevOps
8 58 (13.30%) Migration
8 58 (13.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 52 (11.93%) Decision-Making
10 47 (10.78%) Time Management
11 45 (10.32%) Business Analysis
11 45 (10.32%) Process Improvement
11 45 (10.32%) Waterfall
12 41 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (9.17%) Risk Management
14 37 (8.49%) Regulatory Compliance
15 33 (7.57%) Workshop Facilitation
16 32 (7.34%) Analytics
16 32 (7.34%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.26%) SQL
2 19 (4.36%) Python
3 7 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.15%) C#
4 5 (1.15%) R
5 4 (0.92%) Java
5 4 (0.92%) Perl
5 4 (0.92%) PHP
5 4 (0.92%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.92%) VB
5 4 (0.92%) VBA
6 3 (0.69%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 118 (27.06%) Degree
2 62 (14.22%) Security Cleared
3 48 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.98%) PMP
6 12 (2.75%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.29%) CBAP
8 10 (2.29%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.29%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.29%) IIBA
8 10 (2.29%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.38%) CISSP
12 5 (1.15%) CCIE
12 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.15%) JNCIE
13 4 (0.92%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (22.25%) PMO
2 26 (5.96%) QA
3 22 (5.05%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.67%) GDPR
4 16 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.75%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.38%) P3O
7 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.69%) GRC
8 3 (0.69%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) COBIT
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.46%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.23%) GAAP
10 1 (0.23%) GAMP
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.23%) NIST
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.82%) Ansible
2 18 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.75%) Nmap
3 12 (2.75%) SCCM
4 4 (0.92%) Terraform
5 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 207 (47.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.65%) Oracle
3 20 (4.59%) SAP
4 18 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.44%) Sonatype
6 12 (2.75%) Adobe
6 12 (2.75%) Cisco
7 9 (2.06%) Planview
7 9 (2.06%) Remedy
7 9 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.61%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.61%) Google
9 6 (1.38%) F5
9 6 (1.38%) Juniper
10 5 (1.15%) Splunk
10 5 (1.15%) Workday
11 4 (0.92%) Apple
11 4 (0.92%) Arista
11 4 (0.92%) Citrix
11 4 (0.92%) Zscaler