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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 102 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 27 28 59
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.37% 1.31% 2.30%
As % of the Applications category 18.00% 16.09% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 24
10th Percentile £227 £315 £154
25th Percentile £350 £408 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £465 £365
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +27.40% -1.22%
75th Percentile £492 £815 £461
90th Percentile £572 £820 £572
South East median daily rate £475 £458 £403
% change year-on-year +3.83% +13.66% -5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £34.60 - £31.33
25th Percentile £38.05 £35.58 £32.71
Median hourly rate £45.91 £36.17 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.93% +3.33% +126.68%
75th Percentile £55.89 £36.75 £48.44
90th Percentile £60.61 - £56.50
South East median hourly rate £32.31 £35.00 £32.91
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.34% +85.53%

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 150 174 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.63% 8.11% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 90 202
10th Percentile £210 £160 £148
25th Percentile £273 £210 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £280
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +38.39% -29.73%
75th Percentile £505 £500 £467
90th Percentile £600 £605 £573
South East median daily rate £450 £400 £356
% change year-on-year +12.50% +12.52% -7.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.31 £13.79
25th Percentile £14.50 £24.46 £16.40
Median hourly rate £22.43 £42.50 £31.57
Median % change year-on-year -47.22% +34.61% +91.35%
75th Percentile £29.61 £61.29 £45.21
90th Percentile £30.33 £63.41 £62.17
South East median hourly rate £16.18 £35.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -53.77% +50.60% -10.62%

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 28 November 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the Thames Valley

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 28 November 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 +4 24 £400 -46.67% 18
Buckinghamshire 0 3 £405 -10.00% 6
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 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Workday HCM
2 1 (3.70%) BPCS
2 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) Wireless
2 2 (7.41%) BGP
2 2 (7.41%) MPLS
2 2 (7.41%) SNMP
2 2 (7.41%) TACACS
2 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) Burp Suite
2 3 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (51.85%) Finance
4 8 (29.63%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Junior
3 5 (18.52%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (11.11%) Tester
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Coordinator
5 2 (7.41%) IP Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (7.41%) Workday Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) PMO Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Senior PMO
6 1 (3.70%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) ADO
1 2 (7.41%) NETCONF
1 2 (7.41%) OpenConfig
1 2 (7.41%) RESTCONF
1 2 (7.41%) YANG
2 1 (3.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Project Management
2 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 5 (18.52%) Demand Management
4 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Agile
5 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.11%) Change Control
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 3 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (7.41%) Network Design
7 2 (7.41%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.41%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (7.41%) CCIE
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.41%) CREST Certified
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) JNCIE
4 2 (7.41%) Postgraduate
5 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) PMO
2 3 (11.11%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.41%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Nmap
2 2 (7.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) IFS
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) F5
3 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.41%) Juniper
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) Ariba
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) PeopleSoft