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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 204 181
Rank change year-on-year -4 -23 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 478 446 656
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.23% 1.40%
As % of the Applications category 16.55% 18.23% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 238 415
10th Percentile £257 £213 £209
25th Percentile £309 £320 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year - -3.74% -1.58%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £588
90th Percentile £612 £758 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £423 £425
% change year-on-year -11.30% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 74 35
10th Percentile £15.68 - £16.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.62 £18.28
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% -26.23% +12.82%
75th Percentile £32.31 £18.65 £27.88
90th Percentile £35.50 £29.51 £30.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.27 £16.23 £21.29
% change year-on-year +31.05% -23.77% +9.88%

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 2,888 2,447 3,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 6.74% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,637 1,424 2,322
10th Percentile £190 £163 £164
25th Percentile £300 £250 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £412 £375 £365
% change year-on-year +9.87% +2.74% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 225 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.00 £14.15
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.56 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% -11.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £32.75 £40.00 £45.21
90th Percentile £50.00 £63.07 £50.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £21.48 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.07% -14.08% +11.11%

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 17 November 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 17 November 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 17 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
England -41 382 £450 -3.23% 448
UK excluding London -43 229 £375 -11.30% 277
London +19 204 £494 +1.86% 224
Work from Home +30 148 £440 -2.22% 216
North of England -11 68 £325 -0.31% 43
North West -5 36 £458 +35.96% 16
Scotland +1 33 £355 -17.68% 10
Midlands -13 33 £313 -37.40% 33
Yorkshire -20 31 £306 +38.40% 14
South East -20 30 £438 -5.91% 118
West Midlands -14 28 £300 -40.45% 19
Northern Ireland +13 23 £475 +137.50% 14
South West -1 19 £523 +63.28% 31
East of England -58 15 £375 -21.01% 31
Wales +12 11 £308 -57.29% 5
East Midlands -12 5 £453 +1.83% 14
North East -15 1 - - 13

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
1 107 (22.38%) SharePoint
2 55 (11.51%) Confluence
3 10 (2.09%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.84%) Resin
7 3 (0.63%) Moodle
7 3 (0.63%) SAS
8 2 (0.42%) CICS
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
Applications
1 416 (87.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 183 (38.28%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (20.29%) MS Visio
4 48 (10.04%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.84%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.63%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.42%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.42%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 9 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.84%) BPCS
3 4 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.63%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.63%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.63%) Workfront
5 1 (0.21%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.21%) Epicor iScala
5 1 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (14.02%) Power Platform
2 52 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.49%) Azure
4 14 (2.93%) GitHub
5 13 (2.72%) PowerApps
6 12 (2.51%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.09%) Viva Engage
8 9 (1.88%) Miro
8 9 (1.88%) Smartsheet
9 8 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.67%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.46%) Asana
10 7 (1.46%) AWS
10 7 (1.46%) SaaS
11 6 (1.26%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.05%) Collibra
12 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.84%) Figma
14 3 (0.63%) GCP
14 3 (0.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.72%) LAN
2 11 (2.30%) WAN
3 10 (2.09%) Skype
4 8 (1.67%) VPN
4 8 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.26%) Firewall
5 6 (1.26%) WebEx
6 5 (1.05%) Internet
7 4 (0.84%) MPLS
7 4 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.84%) Wireless
8 3 (0.63%) BGP
8 3 (0.63%) Cisco Wireless
8 3 (0.63%) Intranet
8 3 (0.63%) Softphone
8 3 (0.63%) WLAN
9 2 (0.42%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.42%) Network Security
9 2 (0.42%) OSPF
9 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (11.51%) Power BI
2 27 (5.65%) Tableau
3 8 (1.67%) Metadata
4 5 (1.05%) DB2
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.84%) MS Access
5 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.84%) Spotfire
6 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) EDMS
7 2 (0.42%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) Impala
Development Applications
1 84 (17.57%) JIRA
2 12 (2.51%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (1.26%) Git
5 5 (1.05%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.63%) Selenium
6 3 (0.63%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.42%) GCC
8 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 265 (55.44%) Social Skills
2 219 (45.82%) Finance
3 142 (29.71%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (13.39%) Banking
4 64 (13.39%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (11.30%) Presentation Skills
6 41 (8.58%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.60%) Legal
9 21 (4.39%) Marketing
10 13 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.30%) Retail
12 10 (2.09%) Billing
13 9 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.88%) Front Office
13 9 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.46%) Electronics
14 7 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.26%) Law
15 6 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (36.61%) Analyst
2 60 (12.55%) Business Analyst
3 54 (11.30%) Project Manager
4 29 (6.07%) Data Analyst
5 24 (5.02%) Senior
6 23 (4.81%) Lead
7 22 (4.60%) Administrator
8 21 (4.39%) Support Analyst
8 21 (4.39%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (4.18%) Architect
9 20 (4.18%) PMO Analyst
10 19 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.56%) Consultant
11 17 (3.56%) Technical Business Analyst
12 16 (3.35%) IT Manager
13 15 (3.14%) Junior
14 12 (2.51%) Project Analyst
15 11 (2.30%) Coordinator
15 11 (2.30%) IT Project Manager
16 10 (2.09%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.26%) HTML
2 5 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (0.84%) EDI
4 3 (0.63%) CSS
4 3 (0.63%) Gherkin
4 3 (0.63%) Node.js
4 3 (0.63%) Playwright
4 3 (0.63%) React
4 3 (0.63%) RESTful
5 2 (0.42%) ADO
5 2 (0.42%) ISPF
6 1 (0.21%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.21%) OpenConfig
6 1 (0.21%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.21%) VML
6 1 (0.21%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.07%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.86%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.56%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.09%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.88%) Web Conferencing
9 7 (1.46%) Mainframe
9 7 (1.46%) PMI
10 6 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.26%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.05%) Equities
11 5 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.84%) 3D Printing
12 4 (0.84%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.84%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.18%) Windows
2 5 (1.05%) Linux
2 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
2 5 (1.05%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.63%) Android
3 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.42%) OS/2
4 2 (0.42%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (29.50%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (26.57%) Project Management
3 121 (25.31%) Agile
4 96 (20.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (15.06%) Data Analysis
6 71 (14.85%) Project Delivery
7 64 (13.39%) Decision-Making
8 63 (13.18%) Business Intelligence
9 61 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 60 (12.55%) Process Improvement
11 56 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (9.00%) Change Management
13 40 (8.37%) Analytics
13 40 (8.37%) Time Management
14 39 (8.16%) DevOps
14 39 (8.16%) ITIL
14 39 (8.16%) PRINCE2
15 37 (7.74%) Visualisation
16 34 (7.11%) Risk Management
17 33 (6.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.25%) SQL
2 30 (6.28%) Python
3 11 (2.30%) Java
3 11 (2.30%) R
4 7 (1.46%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.46%) VB
5 5 (1.05%) C
5 5 (1.05%) C#
5 5 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.63%) VBA
7 2 (0.42%) Assembly Language
7 2 (0.42%) CLIST
7 2 (0.42%) COBOL
7 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.42%) JCL
7 2 (0.42%) PL/1
7 2 (0.42%) REXX
8 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (24.69%) Degree
2 38 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.65%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.81%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.77%) PMP
6 9 (1.88%) HNC
6 9 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.46%) HND
7 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.05%) CCNP
9 5 (1.05%) CISA
10 4 (0.84%) CISSP
10 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.84%) MCSE
11 3 (0.63%) ACSP
11 3 (0.63%) ACTC
11 3 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (17.57%) PMO
2 30 (6.28%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.14%) QA
4 9 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.67%) P3O
6 6 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.84%) COBIT
7 4 (0.84%) GDPR
7 4 (0.84%) NIST
8 3 (0.63%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.63%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.63%) SLA
8 3 (0.63%) WCAG
9 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.42%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.42%) MiFID
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) Docker
3 2 (0.42%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (0.42%) RACF
3 2 (0.42%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.72%) SCCM
3 11 (2.30%) Ansible
4 4 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.63%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.42%) OMEGAMON
6 2 (0.42%) Terraform
6 2 (0.42%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 252 (52.72%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.65%) SAP
2 27 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 18 (3.77%) Oracle
4 12 (2.51%) Cisco
5 11 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.88%) Planview
7 8 (1.67%) Adobe
7 8 (1.67%) Sonatype
8 7 (1.46%) Databricks
8 7 (1.46%) Remedy
9 6 (1.26%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.05%) Apple
10 5 (1.05%) IFS
10 5 (1.05%) NetApp
10 5 (1.05%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (0.84%) Ariba
11 4 (0.84%) Citrix
11 4 (0.84%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.84%) Workday