Microsoft PowerPoint Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft PowerPoint
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 97 62
Rank change year-on-year +1 -35 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 20 28 83
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.15% 1.29% 3.11%
As % of the Applications category 14.39% 14.29% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 41
10th Percentile £127 £315 £180
25th Percentile £130 £381 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £750 £400
Median % change year-on-year -76.33% +87.50% +6.38%
75th Percentile £363 £818 £538
90th Percentile £456 £820 £638
South East median daily rate £313 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -30.56% +5.88% -3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £30.93 £16.65
25th Percentile - £31.71 £17.25
Median hourly rate £32.31 £33.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +59.50% -
75th Percentile - £35.37 £35.00
90th Percentile - £36.20 £51.13
South East median hourly rate £26.78 £32.91 £18.25
% change year-on-year -18.63% +80.34% +2.76%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 139 196 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.02% 9.03% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 104 221
10th Percentile £160 £160 £148
25th Percentile £208 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £370 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -6.79%
75th Percentile £482 £510 £488
90th Percentile £591 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 18
10th Percentile £13.40 £19.38 £13.87
25th Percentile £14.35 £24.13 £14.56
Median hourly rate £15.25 £36.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.83% +100.92% +24.14%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.15 £32.32
90th Percentile £30.01 £63.41 £38.06
South East median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -53.26% +84.21% -14.61%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft PowerPoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the Thames Valley

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 October 2025. 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
Berkshire +8 20 £178 -77.10% 38
Microsoft PowerPoint
South East

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) BPCS
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Service Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Junior
3 5 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Portfolio Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Coordinator
5 3 (15.00%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Service Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Administrator
7 1 (5.00%) Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Lead
7 1 (5.00%) Workday Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.00%) PMI
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (25.00%) Demand Management
3 5 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (20.00%) Deadline-Driven
5 3 (15.00%) Budgeting
5 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Register
5 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Change Management
6 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (15.00%) MCSA
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) IFS
3 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) Ariba
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (5.00%) Workday