Microsoft PowerPoint Contract Job Trends

Microsoft PowerPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 210 180
Rank change year-on-year +22 -30 +36
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 501 449 712
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.17% 1.45%
As % of the Applications category 18.03% 17.50% 18.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 209 455
10th Percentile £244 £212 £225
25th Percentile £313 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -0.99%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £775 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £417 £427
% change year-on-year -10.07% -2.23% -0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 111 38
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £15.85
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £16.78
Median hourly rate £21.27 £16.23 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year +31.05% -21.14% +0.88%
75th Percentile £32.75 £16.85 £24.57
90th Percentile £59.93 £20.00 £38.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +16.14% -21.14% -3.38%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,778 2,565 3,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 6.66% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,564 1,450 2,428
10th Percentile £200 £165 £180
25th Percentile £300 £250 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £544 £525 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 275 260
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.16 £13.99
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.48 £16.61
Median hourly rate £23.63 £17.50 £22.52
Median % change year-on-year +35.03% -22.29% +2.36%
75th Percentile £35.00 £35.50 £42.50
90th Percentile £57.59 £59.50 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £16.23 £21.75
% change year-on-year +37.49% -25.38% +8.75%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft PowerPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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
England +8 392 £450 - 624
UK excluding London -11 249 £375 -10.07% 492
London +46 199 £487 +2.45% 264
Work from Home +75 165 £420 +0.30% 302
North of England +24 64 £430 +32.31% 74
Scotland +14 40 £325 -22.06% 28
South East +1 36 £338 -25.00% 195
North West +10 35 £450 +20.81% 47
East of England -41 33 £391 -20.56% 46
Yorkshire +3 29 £420 +89.97% 18
Northern Ireland +19 28 £475 +137.50% 15
Midlands 0 27 £307 +39.00% 88
West Midlands +3 23 £307 +39.00% 49
South West +23 20 £550 +77.42% 45
Wales +10 7 £308 -57.29% 11
East Midlands +1 4 - - 37
North East -6 2 - - 9

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 91 (18.16%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.19%) Confluence
3 11 (2.20%) Skype for Business
4 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.40%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.80%) Resin
7 3 (0.60%) Moodle
7 3 (0.60%) SAS
8 2 (0.40%) CICS
8 2 (0.40%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 414 (82.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (37.92%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (19.36%) MS Visio
4 47 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.20%) Photoshop
8 5 (1.00%) InDesign
9 4 (0.80%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.60%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.60%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.20%) SPSS
12 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.80%) BPCS
3 4 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.60%) Bankmaster
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.60%) Workfront
5 2 (0.40%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.40%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.20%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (0.20%) Primavera
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 76 (15.17%) Power Platform
2 47 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.59%) Azure
4 13 (2.59%) PowerApps
5 12 (2.40%) OneDrive
6 10 (2.00%) AWS
7 8 (1.60%) Smartsheet
8 7 (1.40%) Miro
8 7 (1.40%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.40%) Yammer
9 6 (1.20%) Asana
9 6 (1.20%) Figma
9 6 (1.20%) GCP
9 6 (1.20%) GitHub
9 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.00%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.00%) SaaS
11 4 (0.80%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.79%) LAN
1 14 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.20%) Skype
2 11 (2.20%) VPN
3 9 (1.80%) Firewall
4 7 (1.40%) WAN
4 7 (1.40%) WebEx
4 7 (1.40%) Wireless
5 5 (1.00%) BGP
5 5 (1.00%) Internet
5 5 (1.00%) OSPF
6 4 (0.80%) Intranet
6 4 (0.80%) Network Security
7 3 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
7 3 (0.60%) MPLS
7 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.60%) WLAN
8 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (12.77%) Power BI
2 18 (3.59%) Tableau
3 6 (1.20%) DB2
4 5 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.80%) Metadata
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.40%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.20%) Big Data
8 1 (0.20%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 66 (13.17%) JIRA
2 5 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.80%) ClearCase
4 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.60%) Git
4 3 (0.60%) Selenium
4 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.40%) GCC
6 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 252 (50.30%) Social Skills
2 215 (42.91%) Finance
3 154 (30.74%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (12.57%) Presentation Skills
5 61 (12.18%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (9.38%) Banking
7 35 (6.99%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.99%) Manufacturing
9 23 (4.59%) Marketing
10 17 (3.39%) Front Office
11 15 (2.99%) Legal
12 13 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.59%) Retail
13 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.00%) Billing
14 10 (2.00%) German Language
15 9 (1.80%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.60%) Back Office
16 8 (1.60%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.60%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (37.13%) Analyst
2 52 (10.38%) Business Analyst
3 48 (9.58%) Project Manager
4 34 (6.79%) Data Analyst
5 28 (5.59%) Senior
6 27 (5.39%) Lead
7 23 (4.59%) Service Analyst
8 22 (4.39%) PMO Analyst
9 20 (3.99%) Support Analyst
10 18 (3.59%) Architect
10 18 (3.59%) Consultant
11 15 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (2.59%) Administrator
12 13 (2.59%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.40%) Designer
13 12 (2.40%) IT Manager
13 12 (2.40%) Service Desk Analyst
14 11 (2.20%) PMO Manager
14 11 (2.20%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.40%) HTML
2 8 (1.60%) CSS
3 5 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.80%) EDI
4 4 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.80%) React
5 3 (0.60%) ADO
5 3 (0.60%) Gherkin
5 3 (0.60%) ISPF
5 3 (0.60%) Node.js
5 3 (0.60%) RESTful
6 2 (0.40%) JSON
6 2 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.40%) VML
7 1 (0.20%) LDAP
7 1 (0.20%) OAuth
7 1 (0.20%) SAML
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) Web Services
7 1 (0.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.98%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.40%) CMDB
6 7 (1.40%) Mainframe
6 7 (1.40%) Market Risk
7 6 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.20%) PMI
7 6 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.80%) 3D Printing
8 4 (0.80%) Credit Risk
8 4 (0.80%) e-Learning
8 4 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.80%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.39%) Windows
2 8 (1.60%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.00%) Linux
3 5 (1.00%) Windows 8
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (1.00%) Windows XP
4 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.60%) Android
5 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.60%) zOS
6 2 (0.40%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (35.13%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (24.35%) Project Management
3 120 (23.95%) Agile
4 96 (19.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (14.97%) Data Analysis
6 71 (14.17%) Business Intelligence
6 71 (14.17%) Decision-Making
7 58 (11.58%) Project Delivery
8 56 (11.18%) Customer Service
9 54 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (10.18%) ITIL
11 49 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (8.78%) Process Improvement
13 43 (8.58%) Change Management
14 42 (8.38%) Risk Management
15 40 (7.98%) Service Delivery
16 36 (7.19%) Analytics
17 35 (6.99%) Mathematics
17 35 (6.99%) Visualisation
18 34 (6.79%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.98%) SQL
2 29 (5.79%) Python
3 13 (2.59%) Java
4 10 (2.00%) R
4 10 (2.00%) VBA
5 8 (1.60%) VB
6 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.80%) C
7 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.60%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.60%) JCL
8 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.60%) REXX
9 2 (0.40%) CLIST
9 2 (0.40%) COBOL
9 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.40%) PL/1
10 1 (0.20%) Korn
10 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (23.75%) Degree
2 39 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.19%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.19%) PMP
6 14 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.80%) A+ Certification
8 9 (1.80%) CCNP
8 9 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.80%) HNC
8 9 (1.80%) MCSA
9 7 (1.40%) HND
10 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.80%) CCNA
10 4 (0.80%) CISA
10 4 (0.80%) ISEB
11 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.60%) CISSP
11 3 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (17.37%) PMO
2 32 (6.39%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.59%) QA
4 10 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.80%) NIST
5 4 (0.80%) P3O
6 3 (0.60%) COBIT
6 3 (0.60%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.60%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (0.60%) SLA
6 3 (0.60%) WCAG
7 2 (0.40%) GDPR
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.60%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 3 (0.60%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (0.40%) RACF
4 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.19%) SCCM
2 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.00%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.60%) Ansible
4 3 (0.60%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.60%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.60%) Terraform
5 2 (0.40%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.40%) Tivoli NetView
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.20%) SCOM
6 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 265 (52.89%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.78%) ServiceNow
3 26 (5.19%) SAP
4 20 (3.99%) Oracle
5 15 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.79%) Adobe
7 11 (2.20%) Cisco
7 11 (2.20%) Citrix
8 9 (1.80%) Planview
9 6 (1.20%) IBM
9 6 (1.20%) Remedy
10 5 (1.00%) Ariba
10 5 (1.00%) Canon
10 5 (1.00%) IFS
10 5 (1.00%) Juniper
10 5 (1.00%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (0.80%) Apple
11 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.80%) Databricks
11 4 (0.80%) NetApp