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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 190 203
Rank change year-on-year -96 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 489 499 457
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.51% 1.19%
As % of the Applications category 16.29% 17.84% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 267 212
10th Percentile £238 £245 £208
25th Percentile £313 £306 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £429 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -4.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £593
90th Percentile £638 £636 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +13.41% -6.31% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 50 109
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.57 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% +51.39% -21.14%
75th Percentile £27.38 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.50 £59.37 £21.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £20.05 £16.23
% change year-on-year -20.20% +23.54% -21.14%

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 3,001 2,797 2,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.49% 8.46% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 1,576 1,440
10th Percentile £200 £196 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £525
90th Percentile £638 £649 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 519 347 260
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.54 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.85 £25.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.60% +47.06% -32.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £34.46 £35.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £57.85 £57.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year -22.22% +38.63% -26.23%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 £453 +0.67% 830
UK excluding London -69 270 £425 +13.41% 445
London -72 196 £488 - 447
Work from Home -77 133 £462 +15.38% 269
South East -9 92 £483 +42.96% 123
North of England -72 58 £418 +11.33% 89
Midlands -33 37 £475 +58.33% 69
Scotland -31 35 £488 +50.71% 25
North West -57 30 £488 +30.00% 55
West Midlands -45 29 £475 +58.33% 49
South West -27 28 £310 -43.73% 53
Yorkshire -49 26 £400 +10.34% 26
East of England -33 16 £509 +30.10% 48
East Midlands -11 8 £490 - 20
Wales -17 3 £450 +46.34% 14
Northern Ireland -19 2 £369 -22.37% 28
North East -37 2 - - 8

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
1 113 (23.11%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.95%) Confluence
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.41%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Moodle
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 423 (86.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (39.47%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (14.52%) Microsoft Project
3 71 (14.52%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.25%) Photoshop
5 10 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (1.84%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.82%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.20%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.20%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.20%) Trello
10 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.64%) Magento
2 7 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.23%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.02%) Primavera
5 4 (0.82%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.61%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.41%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.41%) Workfront
8 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.20%) Maximo
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (14.52%) Power Platform
2 48 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (7.98%) Azure
4 16 (3.27%) AWS
4 16 (3.27%) SaaS
5 14 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.66%) Figma
6 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.04%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.64%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.43%) Lucidchart
10 7 (1.43%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.23%) Miro
12 5 (1.02%) Google Docs
12 5 (1.02%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.04%) LAN
1 10 (2.04%) WAN
2 7 (1.43%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.02%) FTP
4 4 (0.82%) BGP
4 4 (0.82%) MPLS
4 4 (0.82%) RSVP
4 4 (0.82%) SNMP
4 4 (0.82%) TACACS
5 3 (0.61%) DHCP
5 3 (0.61%) DNS
5 3 (0.61%) Firewall
5 3 (0.61%) Internet
5 3 (0.61%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.61%) VPN
6 2 (0.41%) Intranet
6 2 (0.41%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.09%) Power BI
2 12 (2.45%) Power Query
3 6 (1.23%) Tableau
4 4 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.61%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.61%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.41%) DTS
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) DataStage
7 1 (0.20%) GIS
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 66 (13.50%) JIRA
2 10 (2.04%) Git
3 8 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.64%) Subversion
4 4 (0.82%) Selenium
5 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.41%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.41%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.41%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.41%) MSI
6 2 (0.41%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.41%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.41%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 291 (59.51%) Social Skills
2 197 (40.29%) Finance
3 151 (30.88%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (26.79%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (9.20%) Banking
6 37 (7.57%) Marketing
7 35 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (5.93%) Public Sector
9 28 (5.73%) Legal
10 27 (5.52%) Retail
11 20 (4.09%) Manufacturing
12 17 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (2.66%) Military
15 10 (2.04%) Front Office
16 9 (1.84%) Advertising
16 9 (1.84%) French Language
16 9 (1.84%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.64%) Investment Banking
18 7 (1.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 96 (19.63%) Analyst
2 45 (9.20%) Project Manager
3 37 (7.57%) Administrator
3 37 (7.57%) Senior
4 30 (6.13%) Coordinator
5 28 (5.73%) Consultant
6 26 (5.32%) Project Officer
7 25 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 25 (5.11%) Support Officer
8 23 (4.70%) Project Support Officer
9 22 (4.50%) PMO Analyst
10 20 (4.09%) Lead
11 15 (3.07%) Architect
11 15 (3.07%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (3.07%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.86%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.86%) Support Specialist
13 13 (2.66%) Designer
13 13 (2.66%) PMO Planner
14 12 (2.45%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.64%) VML
2 7 (1.43%) Web Services
2 7 (1.43%) XML
3 5 (1.02%) .NET
3 5 (1.02%) XSLT
4 4 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.82%) Middleware
4 4 (0.82%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.82%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.82%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.82%) Terraform
4 4 (0.82%) YANG
5 3 (0.61%) ADO
5 3 (0.61%) HTML
5 3 (0.61%) JDO
6 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.41%) React Native
6 2 (0.41%) REST
6 2 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.98%) Onboarding
2 35 (7.16%) Management Information System
3 26 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.84%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.64%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.64%) Life Science
8 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.43%) Video Editing
8 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.23%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.68%) Windows
2 7 (1.43%) Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (38.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 134 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (25.15%) Project Management
4 109 (22.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (21.27%) Agile
6 94 (19.22%) Project Delivery
7 89 (18.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 73 (14.93%) Decision-Making
9 57 (11.66%) Waterfall
10 56 (11.45%) Data Analysis
11 52 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (10.43%) AI
13 47 (9.61%) PRINCE2
14 44 (9.00%) Analytics
15 43 (8.79%) Risk Management
16 39 (7.98%) Change Management
17 38 (7.77%) Business Case
17 38 (7.77%) Project Governance
18 35 (7.16%) Portfolio Management
19 34 (6.95%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.91%) SQL
2 15 (3.07%) Python
3 7 (1.43%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.23%) VBA
5 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.82%) Bicep
6 4 (0.82%) Korn
7 2 (0.41%) C++
7 2 (0.41%) Java
7 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 117 (23.93%) Degree
2 101 (20.65%) Security Cleared
3 60 (12.27%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.16%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.70%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.68%) PMP
7 12 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.02%) CIPD
9 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.82%) CCIE
10 4 (0.82%) IIBA
10 4 (0.82%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.61%) CAPM
11 3 (0.61%) CISM
11 3 (0.61%) CISSP
11 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (25.15%) PMO
2 22 (4.50%) QA
3 16 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.04%) GRC
6 8 (1.64%) P3O
7 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.02%) NIST
9 4 (0.82%) MiFID
10 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.61%) GMP
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.41%) GDPR
11 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.41%) NCSC
11 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.64%) Ansible
1 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.61%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 322 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.38%) ServiceNow
3 31 (6.34%) SAP
4 22 (4.50%) Google
5 15 (3.07%) Adobe
5 15 (3.07%) Oracle
5 15 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.84%) Workday
7 7 (1.43%) Cisco
7 7 (1.43%) F5
8 6 (1.23%) Planview
9 4 (0.82%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.82%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.82%) Juniper
9 4 (0.82%) Okta
9 4 (0.82%) Qualys
9 4 (0.82%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.82%) Splunk
9 4 (0.82%) TOWER Software
9 4 (0.82%) Wrike