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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 178 183
Rank change year-on-year -61 +5 +27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 470 467 590
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.59% 1.32%
As % of the Applications category 16.11% 20.05% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 265 272
10th Percentile £268 £213 £166
25th Percentile £338 £313 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £404 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -15.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £523 £600
90th Percentile £614 £620 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £428 £375 £380
% change year-on-year +14.00% -1.32% -3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 39 113
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.70 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -2.58% -47.81%
75th Percentile £26.06 £22.61 £26.50
90th Percentile £34.23 £28.38 £34.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £15.50
% change year-on-year +10.91% +4.71% -38.61%

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 2,917 2,329 3,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.83% 7.91% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,696 1,427 1,921
10th Percentile £205 £178 £158
25th Percentile £320 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £360 £350
% change year-on-year +18.06% +2.86% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 211 633
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.84 £11.54
25th Percentile £15.60 £16.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £26.50 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +36.77% -47.99%
75th Percentile £27.73 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £76.25 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £17.80
% change year-on-year -29.95% +52.39% -50.56%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -62 426 £455 +7.06% 240
UK excluding London -82 239 £428 +14.00% 175
London -26 211 £500 +11.11% 95
Work from Home -34 117 £400 -5.88% 104
North of England -48 76 £397 +11.62% 42
South East -17 62 £475 +5.56% 52
Midlands -39 44 £455 -13.33% 29
Yorkshire -54 39 £340 +46.87% 14
North West -27 35 £450 +25.00% 25
West Midlands -54 26 £318 -39.52% 18
East Midlands -17 19 £455 +2.25% 11
Scotland -26 16 £300 -11.11% 8
East of England -65 15 £363 -9.26% 18
South West -22 14 £548 +21.67% 23
Northern Ireland -3 10 £475 +11.76% 1
Wales -1 7 £213 - 6
North East -17 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 99 (21.06%) SharePoint
2 75 (15.96%) Confluence
3 4 (0.85%) CMS
4 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 396 (84.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 179 (38.09%) Microsoft Office
3 90 (19.15%) MS Visio
4 52 (11.06%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.28%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.64%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.43%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 12 (2.55%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.49%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.28%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.64%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.64%) Primavera
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.64%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.64%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.43%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (8.72%) Azure
3 33 (7.02%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.68%) AWS
5 20 (4.26%) GitHub
6 14 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.34%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.49%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.06%) Canva
9 5 (1.06%) Collibra
9 5 (1.06%) OpenShift
10 4 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.85%) Figma
10 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.85%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.85%) SaaS
10 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) Dagster
11 3 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.83%) Firewall
2 16 (3.40%) Wireless
3 15 (3.19%) WAN
4 13 (2.77%) LAN
5 10 (2.13%) VPN
6 9 (1.91%) Internet
7 8 (1.70%) BGP
8 5 (1.06%) MPLS
8 5 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.85%) BIG-IP
9 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (0.85%) Network Security
9 4 (0.85%) OSPF
9 4 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.85%) SNMP
9 4 (0.85%) TACACS
9 4 (0.85%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.64%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.38%) Power BI
2 26 (5.53%) Tableau
3 7 (1.49%) Metadata
4 5 (1.06%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.85%) MS Access
5 4 (0.85%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.85%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.43%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) DB2
8 1 (0.21%) Impala
Development Applications
1 115 (24.47%) JIRA
2 17 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.77%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.77%) Metasploit
5 8 (1.70%) Git
6 7 (1.49%) Toad
7 4 (0.85%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.64%) MLflow
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 267 (56.81%) Social Skills
2 192 (40.85%) Finance
3 95 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (19.15%) Banking
5 57 (12.13%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (11.91%) Presentation Skills
7 38 (8.09%) Public Sector
8 34 (7.23%) Legal
9 26 (5.53%) Marketing
10 19 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.55%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.55%) Retail
13 11 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.13%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.28%) Electronics
15 6 (1.28%) Front Office
16 5 (1.06%) Billing
16 5 (1.06%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 151 (32.13%) Analyst
2 70 (14.89%) Business Analyst
3 32 (6.81%) Project Manager
4 28 (5.96%) Architect
5 27 (5.74%) Senior
6 26 (5.53%) PMO Analyst
7 24 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (4.68%) Administrator
8 22 (4.68%) Lead
9 21 (4.47%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (4.26%) Consultant
11 19 (4.04%) Technical Business Analyst
12 17 (3.62%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.19%) Coordinator
13 15 (3.19%) PMO Manager
13 15 (3.19%) Tester
14 13 (2.77%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.77%) Migration Analyst
14 13 (2.77%) Penetration Tester
14 13 (2.77%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.06%) VML
3 4 (0.85%) NETCONF
3 4 (0.85%) OpenConfig
3 4 (0.85%) Playwright
3 4 (0.85%) RESTCONF
3 4 (0.85%) YANG
4 3 (0.64%) ADO
4 3 (0.64%) NumPy
4 3 (0.64%) Pandas
4 3 (0.64%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.64%) Seaborn
4 3 (0.64%) XML
5 2 (0.43%) Web Services
5 2 (0.43%) XSLT
6 1 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.21%) JWT
6 1 (0.21%) React
6 1 (0.21%) RESTful
6 1 (0.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.26%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.34%) PMI
6 11 (2.34%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.91%) e-Learning
7 9 (1.91%) Learning Management System
8 7 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.49%) Tandem
9 6 (1.28%) Equities
9 6 (1.28%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.28%) NHS
9 6 (1.28%) Social Media
10 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
11 4 (0.85%) Derivative
11 4 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.74%) Windows
2 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
2 4 (0.85%) Unix
2 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.21%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (23.83%) Project Management
3 111 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 104 (22.13%) Agile
5 103 (21.91%) Project Delivery
6 66 (14.04%) DevOps
7 64 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 61 (12.98%) Decision-Making
10 56 (11.91%) Migration
11 55 (11.70%) Time Management
12 52 (11.06%) Waterfall
13 50 (10.64%) Business Analysis
14 48 (10.21%) Process Improvement
15 38 (8.09%) Analytics
16 37 (7.87%) Risk Management
17 35 (7.45%) Change Management
17 35 (7.45%) Data Analysis
17 35 (7.45%) PRINCE2
17 35 (7.45%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.57%) SQL
2 24 (5.11%) Python
3 7 (1.49%) C#
3 7 (1.49%) VB
4 5 (1.06%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.85%) Perl
5 4 (0.85%) PHP
5 4 (0.85%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.85%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.85%) VBA
6 3 (0.64%) Java
6 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.43%) R
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 125 (26.60%) Degree
2 68 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 54 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.26%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.62%) PMP
6 14 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.77%) CHECK Team Member
8 11 (2.34%) CREST Certified
8 11 (2.34%) Cyber Scheme
8 11 (2.34%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.34%) Postgraduate
9 9 (1.91%) CBAP
9 9 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.91%) IIBA
9 9 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.49%) CCIE
11 7 (1.49%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.06%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (21.49%) PMO
2 25 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.32%) QA
3 18 (3.83%) GDPR
4 14 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.77%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.28%) P3O
7 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.85%) MiFID
7 4 (0.85%) SLA
8 3 (0.64%) GRC
9 2 (0.43%) COBIT
9 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.21%) FATCA
10 1 (0.21%) GAAP
10 1 (0.21%) GAMP
System Software
1 13 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (5.11%) Ansible
2 13 (2.77%) Nmap
3 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.85%) SCCM
4 4 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 220 (46.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.53%) Oracle
3 20 (4.26%) SAP
3 20 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.40%) Cisco
4 16 (3.40%) Sonatype
5 14 (2.98%) Adobe
6 12 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.70%) F5
7 8 (1.70%) Google
7 8 (1.70%) Juniper
8 7 (1.49%) Remedy
9 6 (1.28%) Charles River
9 6 (1.28%) Planview
9 6 (1.28%) Splunk
9 6 (1.28%) Workday
10 5 (1.06%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.06%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.06%) Databricks
10 5 (1.06%) Fortinet