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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 166 181
Rank change year-on-year -80 +15 +34
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 482 482 569
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.65% 1.29%
As % of the Applications category 16.46% 20.25% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 269 256
10th Percentile £273 £232 £166
25th Percentile £340 £314 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £455
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -8.79% +1.11%
75th Percentile £551 £533 £588
90th Percentile £617 £638 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £378
% change year-on-year +6.38% +5.83% -5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 46 120
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £11.07
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +4.71% -51.44%
75th Percentile £26.25 £21.46 £26.50
90th Percentile £34.52 £28.16 £34.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.91% +8.20% -40.59%

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 2,928 2,380 3,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.57% 8.13% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,717 1,458 1,845
10th Percentile £213 £188 £158
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £553 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 238 620
10th Percentile £13.09 £14.79 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.91 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +36.87% -42.20%
75th Percentile £29.81 £45.00 £42.53
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.38 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.10 £26.42 £17.72
% change year-on-year -27.71% +49.08% -45.14%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -68 436 £455 +1.68% 243
UK excluding London -89 239 £425 +6.38% 181
London -34 219 £500 +11.11% 91
Work from Home -28 122 £400 -8.57% 114
North of England -54 72 £399 -3.33% 46
South East -15 66 £475 +5.56% 52
Midlands -50 39 £455 -13.33% 25
Yorkshire -50 38 £340 -15.00% 15
North West -39 32 £450 +5.88% 27
West Midlands -52 21 £321 -38.86% 17
East Midlands -16 19 £455 +2.25% 8
Scotland -25 18 £350 +7.69% 10
East of England -65 18 £400 +0.13% 25
South West -24 17 £383 -15.00% 22
Northern Ireland -5 8 £456 +7.35% 3
Wales -6 6 £213 - 7
North East -14 2 £390 -48.00% 6

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 98 (20.33%) SharePoint
2 77 (15.98%) 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
1 402 (83.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (39.42%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (19.29%) MS Visio
4 57 (11.83%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.41%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 12 (2.49%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.45%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.45%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.62%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
6 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (8.71%) Azure
1 42 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (8.09%) Power Platform
3 25 (5.19%) AWS
4 20 (4.15%) GitHub
5 15 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.49%) Snowflake
7 9 (1.87%) SaaS
8 7 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.24%) Amazon SageMaker
9 6 (1.24%) Collibra
9 6 (1.24%) Dagster
9 6 (1.24%) Figma
9 6 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.04%) Canva
10 5 (1.04%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.11%) Wireless
3 13 (2.70%) WAN
4 10 (2.07%) LAN
4 10 (2.07%) VPN
5 9 (1.87%) Internet
6 8 (1.66%) BGP
7 5 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.83%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.83%) MPLS
8 4 (0.83%) Network Security
8 4 (0.83%) OSPF
8 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.83%) SNMP
8 4 (0.83%) TACACS
8 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.62%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.47%) Power BI
2 26 (5.39%) Tableau
3 7 (1.45%) Metadata
4 5 (1.04%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.83%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) MS Access
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.21%) DB2
8 1 (0.21%) EDMS
8 1 (0.21%) Essbase
8 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.21%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 119 (24.69%) JIRA
2 14 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.70%) Burp Suite
3 13 (2.70%) Metasploit
3 13 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (2.28%) Git
5 7 (1.45%) Toad
6 6 (1.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
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
1 258 (53.53%) Social Skills
2 187 (38.80%) Finance
3 100 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (18.67%) Banking
5 59 (12.24%) Presentation Skills
6 57 (11.83%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (7.88%) Public Sector
8 35 (7.26%) Legal
9 30 (6.22%) Marketing
10 20 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.90%) Investment Banking
12 13 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.70%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.70%) Retail
12 13 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.28%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.45%) Electronics
15 7 (1.45%) Front Office
16 6 (1.24%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 146 (30.29%) Analyst
2 69 (14.32%) Business Analyst
3 32 (6.64%) Project Manager
4 30 (6.22%) Architect
5 28 (5.81%) PMO Analyst
6 27 (5.60%) Senior
7 24 (4.98%) Consultant
7 24 (4.98%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (4.56%) Lead
9 21 (4.36%) Administrator
10 18 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (3.73%) Technical Analyst
11 16 (3.32%) Coordinator
11 16 (3.32%) Technical Business Analyst
12 15 (3.11%) PMO Manager
12 15 (3.11%) Tester
13 14 (2.90%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
14 13 (2.70%) Penetration Tester
15 12 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
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%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.83%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.83%) Playwright
4 4 (0.83%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.83%) YANG
5 3 (0.62%) REST
5 3 (0.62%) XML
6 2 (0.41%) Flutter
6 2 (0.41%) JDO
6 2 (0.41%) React Native
6 2 (0.41%) Web Services
6 2 (0.41%) XSLT
7 1 (0.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.92%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 27 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.49%) PMI
7 11 (2.28%) Security Posture
8 9 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.87%) e-Learning
8 9 (1.87%) Learning Management System
9 8 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.45%) Tandem
11 6 (1.24%) Equities
11 6 (1.24%) Graphic Design
11 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.24%) NHS
11 6 (1.24%) Social Media
12 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.04%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.60%) 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
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
1 120 (24.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (23.24%) Project Management
3 111 (23.03%) Agile
4 104 (21.58%) Project Delivery
5 75 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (13.49%) Decision-Making
7 64 (13.28%) DevOps
8 61 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (12.03%) Migration
10 55 (11.41%) Business Analysis
11 53 (11.00%) Waterfall
12 51 (10.58%) Time Management
13 47 (9.75%) Process Improvement
14 40 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
15 39 (8.09%) Change Management
16 37 (7.68%) Analytics
17 36 (7.47%) Data Analysis
18 35 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
19 34 (7.05%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.71%) SQL
2 25 (5.19%) 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%) Java
7 3 (0.62%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 136 (28.22%) Degree
2 70 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 57 (11.83%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.56%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.53%) PMP
6 16 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.70%) CHECK Team Member
7 13 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.28%) CREST Certified
8 11 (2.28%) Cyber Scheme
8 11 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.28%) Postgraduate
9 10 (2.07%) CBAP
9 10 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.87%) IIBA
11 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.45%) CCIE
12 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.45%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.04%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (21.78%) PMO
2 25 (5.19%) QA
3 24 (4.98%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.94%) GDPR
5 13 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.45%) P3O
7 5 (1.04%) SLA
8 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.83%) MiFID
9 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.21%) COBIT
11 1 (0.21%) GAAP
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.36%) 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
1 229 (47.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.02%) Oracle
3 20 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.73%) SAP
5 16 (3.32%) Adobe
6 15 (3.11%) Cisco
7 14 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.70%) Sonatype
9 11 (2.28%) Google
10 9 (1.87%) Remedy
11 8 (1.66%) F5
11 8 (1.66%) Juniper
12 7 (1.45%) Planview
12 7 (1.45%) Workday
13 6 (1.24%) Charles River
13 6 (1.24%) Splunk
14 5 (1.04%) Ariba
14 5 (1.04%) Atlassian
14 5 (1.04%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.04%) Databricks