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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 171 181
Rank change year-on-year -70 +10 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 482 489 559
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.66% 1.28%
As % of the Applications category 16.78% 20.12% 16.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 274 234
10th Percentile £251 £233 £198
25th Percentile £322 £315 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £555 £531 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.13% +6.53% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 51 136
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £14.12
Median hourly rate £18.18 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +8.20% -63.05%
75th Percentile £27.06 £21.46 £26.31
90th Percentile £39.08 £29.50 £34.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.18 £16.23 £14.84
% change year-on-year +12.01% +9.37% -63.44%

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 2,872 2,430 3,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.23% 8.26% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,693 1,474 1,749
10th Percentile £220 £190 £161
25th Percentile £337 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 239 634
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £11.55
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +38.54% -49.86%
75th Percentile £32.50 £44.75 £39.92
90th Percentile £67.80 £75.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.42 £24.62 £16.06
% change year-on-year -21.15% +53.32% -50.58%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend 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 April 2026.

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 April 2026.

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 April 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
England -76 431 £450 +2.86% 227
UK excluding London -84 246 £400 +0.13% 172
London -34 213 £500 +17.43% 81
Work from Home -42 125 £378 -11.18% 105
South East -8 69 £453 +0.56% 60
North of England -68 65 £399 -3.18% 25
Midlands -49 38 £455 -13.33% 34
Yorkshire -52 33 £350 -13.85% 8
North West -48 30 £450 +5.88% 13
South West -12 27 £310 -33.41% 19
Scotland -25 24 £425 +28.30% 9
West Midlands -59 22 £350 -33.43% 26
East Midlands -21 17 £455 - 8
East of England -70 16 £555 +38.80% 29
Northern Ireland 0 8 £369 -13.24% 1
Wales -5 4 £213 - 3
North East -16 2 £390 -48.00% 4

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 96 (19.92%) SharePoint
2 68 (14.11%) Confluence
3 6 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.04%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 406 (84.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 204 (42.32%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (17.22%) MS Visio
4 60 (12.45%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.62%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.41%) InDesign
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.21%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.49%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.45%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.45%) Workday HCM
3 6 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.83%) Primavera
5 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.62%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (9.75%) Power Platform
2 43 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (8.51%) Azure
4 24 (4.98%) AWS
5 16 (3.32%) GitHub
6 15 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.70%) Figma
8 12 (2.49%) SaaS
8 12 (2.49%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.45%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.24%) Amazon SageMaker
10 6 (1.24%) Dagster
10 6 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.24%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.24%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.04%) Canva
11 5 (1.04%) Collibra
11 5 (1.04%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.11%) Wireless
3 10 (2.07%) VPN
4 9 (1.87%) WAN
5 8 (1.66%) BGP
5 8 (1.66%) Internet
6 6 (1.24%) LAN
7 4 (0.83%) BIG-IP
7 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 4 (0.83%) MPLS
7 4 (0.83%) Network Security
7 4 (0.83%) OSPF
7 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.83%) SNMP
7 4 (0.83%) TACACS
7 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.62%) RSVP
8 3 (0.62%) Softphone
8 3 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.13%) Power BI
2 22 (4.56%) Tableau
3 5 (1.04%) Metadata
3 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.83%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.83%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) DB2
7 1 (0.21%) EDMS
7 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Power Query
7 1 (0.21%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 112 (23.24%) JIRA
2 13 (2.70%) Burp Suite
2 13 (2.70%) Metasploit
3 11 (2.28%) Git
3 11 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.45%) Toad
6 6 (1.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Selenium
8 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 253 (52.49%) Social Skills
2 184 (38.17%) Finance
3 102 (21.16%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (16.60%) Banking
5 63 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (11.62%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (7.68%) Legal
8 35 (7.26%) Public Sector
9 34 (7.05%) Marketing
10 21 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.32%) Retail
12 15 (3.11%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.49%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.49%) Military
14 11 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 10 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (2.07%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.66%) Front Office
18 7 (1.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 132 (27.39%) Analyst
2 62 (12.86%) Business Analyst
3 32 (6.64%) Project Manager
4 29 (6.02%) Senior
5 25 (5.19%) PMO Analyst
6 24 (4.98%) Architect
6 24 (4.98%) Consultant
7 22 (4.56%) Lead
8 19 (3.94%) Administrator
9 18 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.53%) Coordinator
11 15 (3.11%) PMO Manager
11 15 (3.11%) Tester
12 13 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
12 13 (2.70%) Penetration Tester
12 13 (2.70%) Support Officer
13 12 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (2.49%) Designer
13 12 (2.49%) Payments Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.24%) NumPy
2 6 (1.24%) Pandas
2 6 (1.24%) scikit-learn
2 6 (1.24%) Seaborn
3 5 (1.04%) VML
4 4 (0.83%) ADO
4 4 (0.83%) JDO
4 4 (0.83%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.83%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.83%) Playwright
4 4 (0.83%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.83%) XML
4 4 (0.83%) YANG
5 3 (0.62%) REST
5 3 (0.62%) Web Services
5 3 (0.62%) XSLT
6 2 (0.41%) Flutter
6 2 (0.41%) HTML
6 2 (0.41%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (5.39%) Onboarding
4 24 (4.98%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.11%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.28%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.07%) PMI
8 8 (1.66%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.45%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.45%) Tandem
10 6 (1.24%) Equities
10 6 (1.24%) Graphic Design
10 6 (1.24%) Life Science
10 6 (1.24%) NHS
11 5 (1.04%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.04%) Social Media
12 4 (0.83%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.39%) Windows
2 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
2 4 (0.83%) Unix
3 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (24.90%) Agile
2 119 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 116 (24.07%) Project Management
5 104 (21.58%) Project Delivery
6 76 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (13.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 64 (13.28%) Decision-Making
9 58 (12.03%) Waterfall
10 56 (11.62%) Migration
11 55 (11.41%) DevOps
12 52 (10.79%) Business Analysis
13 46 (9.54%) Time Management
14 39 (8.09%) Process Improvement
15 38 (7.88%) Data Analysis
15 38 (7.88%) PRINCE2
15 38 (7.88%) Workshop Facilitation
16 37 (7.68%) Risk Management
17 35 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
17 35 (7.26%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.30%) SQL
2 23 (4.77%) Python
3 7 (1.45%) VB
4 6 (1.24%) C#
5 5 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.04%) VBA
6 4 (0.83%) Perl
6 4 (0.83%) PHP
6 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.62%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.41%) Java
8 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 144 (29.88%) Degree
2 78 (16.18%) Security Cleared
3 65 (13.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.36%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.73%) PMP
6 16 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.70%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (2.49%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.28%) CREST Certified
9 11 (2.28%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (2.28%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.28%) Postgraduate
10 10 (2.07%) CBAP
10 10 (2.07%) IIBA
11 9 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (1.45%) CCIE
12 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.45%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (21.16%) PMO
2 27 (5.60%) QA
3 24 (4.98%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.32%) GDPR
5 14 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.24%) P3O
9 5 (1.04%) MiFID
9 5 (1.04%) SLA
10 3 (0.62%) GRC
10 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.21%) GAAP
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
12 1 (0.21%) NIST
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.21%) PSD2
12 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.73%) Ansible
2 13 (2.70%) Nmap
3 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.83%) SCCM
4 4 (0.83%) Terraform
5 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 233 (48.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.22%) Oracle
3 24 (4.98%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.77%) Adobe
5 19 (3.94%) SAP
6 16 (3.32%) Google
7 14 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.49%) Cisco
9 10 (2.07%) Sonatype
10 9 (1.87%) Remedy
11 8 (1.66%) F5
11 8 (1.66%) Juniper
11 8 (1.66%) Planview
12 7 (1.45%) Workday
13 6 (1.24%) Charles River
13 6 (1.24%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.24%) Splunk
14 5 (1.04%) Ariba
14 5 (1.04%) Databricks
15 4 (0.83%) FactSet