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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 101 81
Rank change year-on-year -5 -20 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 18 27 68
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.94% 1.26% 2.60%
As % of the Applications category 12.24% 15.00% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 29
10th Percentile £206 £315 £173
25th Percentile £277 £406 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £483 £375
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +28.67% +3.02%
75th Percentile £447 £815 £452
90th Percentile £591 £820 £547
South East median daily rate £475 £465 £380
% change year-on-year +2.15% +22.37% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £30.93 £31.33
25th Percentile - £31.71 £32.71
Median hourly rate £32.31 £33.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% -4.30% +126.68%
75th Percentile - £35.37 £48.44
90th Percentile - £36.20 £56.50
South East median hourly rate £26.78 £32.91 £32.91
% change year-on-year -18.63% - +85.74%

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 147 180 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.70% 8.37% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 94 204
10th Percentile £189 £165 £148
25th Percentile £237 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +23.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £500 £503 £464
90th Percentile £596 £626 £550
South East median daily rate £436 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +9.00% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 19
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.31 £13.91
25th Percentile £14.50 £23.17 £15.20
Median hourly rate £15.25 £39.33 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -61.23% +27.60% +90.87%
75th Percentile £29.61 £57.86 £40.11
90th Percentile £29.91 £63.41 £61.99
South East median hourly rate £15.63 £35.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -55.36% +50.60% -8.49%

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 14 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
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 14 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 -2 17 £375 -51.61% 25
Buckinghamshire 0 1 £300 -33.33% 14
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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Workday HCM
2 1 (5.56%) BPCS
2 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) BGP
1 1 (5.56%) MPLS
1 1 (5.56%) SNMP
1 1 (5.56%) TACACS
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Finance
3 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Junior
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Portfolio Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Coordinator
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (11.11%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) EDI
1 1 (5.56%) NETCONF
1 1 (5.56%) OpenConfig
1 1 (5.56%) RESTCONF
1 1 (5.56%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Project Management
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 5 (27.78%) Demand Management
3 5 (27.78%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 2 (11.11%) Logistics
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.11%) Time Management
7 1 (5.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) CCIE
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) JNCIE
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) IFS
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) Workday
4 1 (5.56%) Ariba
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle
4 1 (5.56%) PeopleSoft