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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 179 199
Rank change year-on-year -122 +20 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 431 513 493
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.81% 1.56% 1.22%
As % of the Applications category 15.25% 18.27% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 259 218
10th Percentile £206 £232 £213
25th Percentile £305 £303 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £554 £550
90th Percentile £625 £628 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £371 £373
% change year-on-year +2.36% -0.34% -12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 62 130
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £24.06 £18.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.61% +25.67% -30.23%
75th Percentile £32.34 £29.60 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.02 £35.50 £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +20.98% +25.67% -27.85%

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 2,826 2,808 2,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 8.53% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,579 1,596 1,509
10th Percentile £213 £197 £163
25th Percentile £325 £295 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +4.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £525
90th Percentile £625 £639 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 353 463
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.04 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.84 £14.48
Median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +27.13% -28.80%
75th Percentile £36.70 £35.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £74.25 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year +1.41% +37.49% -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 26 July 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 26 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 16 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 26 July 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 -105 382 £450 +9.09% 218
UK excluding London -110 225 £380 +2.36% 160
London -83 183 £494 +9.78% 94
Work from Home -86 119 £400 - 87
South East -48 65 £462 +36.74% 50
North of England -104 43 £380 -5.00% 37
Midlands -40 36 £475 +64.64% 21
South West -25 31 £310 -43.08% 21
West Midlands -43 31 £475 +64.64% 11
Scotland -17 29 £375 +15.66% 8
Yorkshire -66 22 £399 -0.31% 13
North West -54 21 £376 -16.56% 20
East of England -57 16 £509 +71.96% 15
East Midlands -13 5 £470 - 10
Northern Ireland -17 4 £350 -17.65% 5
Wales -21 1 - - 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 75 (17.40%) SharePoint
2 42 (9.74%) Confluence
3 5 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.70%) CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 374 (86.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (45.94%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (17.40%) MS Visio
4 68 (15.78%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.39%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.70%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.70%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) InDesign
9 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Magento
2 7 (1.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (1.39%) Loan IQ
3 6 (1.39%) Primavera
4 5 (1.16%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.70%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.46%) Shopify
7 2 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.46%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.46%) Workfront
8 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.99%) Power Platform
2 33 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.42%) Azure
4 24 (5.57%) AWS
5 18 (4.18%) SaaS
6 12 (2.78%) GitHub
7 11 (2.55%) Figma
8 9 (2.09%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.62%) Lucidchart
10 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.39%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.39%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.39%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.16%) Amazon SageMaker
12 5 (1.16%) Dagster
12 5 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.32%) WAN
2 9 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.86%) LAN
3 8 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.62%) Internet
5 6 (1.39%) BGP
5 6 (1.39%) MPLS
5 6 (1.39%) SNMP
5 6 (1.39%) TACACS
6 4 (0.93%) Firewall
6 4 (0.93%) RSVP
6 4 (0.93%) VPN
7 3 (0.70%) DHCP
7 3 (0.70%) DNS
7 3 (0.70%) FTP
7 3 (0.70%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.46%) Intranet
8 2 (0.46%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.23%) Network Security
9 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.83%) Power BI
2 7 (1.62%) Power Query
2 7 (1.62%) Tableau
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.70%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.46%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.23%) DataStage
6 1 (0.23%) Db2
6 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Metadata
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 75 (17.40%) JIRA
2 15 (3.48%) Git
3 14 (3.25%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.86%) Subversion
5 5 (1.16%) MLflow
5 5 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.46%) MSI
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.46%) Toad
8 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 238 (55.22%) Social Skills
2 172 (39.91%) Finance
3 124 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (18.79%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (11.60%) Banking
6 38 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (7.66%) Marketing
8 31 (7.19%) Legal
9 22 (5.10%) Public Sector
9 22 (5.10%) Retail
10 15 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.25%) Investment Banking
12 13 (3.02%) Military
13 12 (2.78%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (2.32%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.86%) Financial Institution
18 7 (1.62%) Advertising
18 7 (1.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 100 (23.20%) Analyst
2 46 (10.67%) Project Manager
3 39 (9.05%) Business Analyst
4 34 (7.89%) Senior
5 22 (5.10%) Consultant
5 22 (5.10%) PMO Analyst
6 21 (4.87%) Coordinator
7 19 (4.41%) IT Analyst
8 18 (4.18%) Lead
8 18 (4.18%) Project Officer
9 16 (3.71%) Support Officer
10 15 (3.48%) Project Support Officer
11 13 (3.02%) Project Coordinator
11 13 (3.02%) Senior Manager
12 12 (2.78%) Administrator
12 12 (2.78%) Architect
12 12 (2.78%) Service Manager
12 12 (2.78%) Support Analyst
13 11 (2.55%) Designer
13 11 (2.55%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) VML
2 6 (1.39%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.39%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.39%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.39%) YANG
3 5 (1.16%) NumPy
3 5 (1.16%) Pandas
3 5 (1.16%) scikit-learn
3 5 (1.16%) Seaborn
4 4 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.93%) JDO
4 4 (0.93%) REST
4 4 (0.93%) XML
5 3 (0.70%) .NET
5 3 (0.70%) Flutter
5 3 (0.70%) React Native
5 3 (0.70%) Web Services
5 3 (0.70%) XSLT
6 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.46%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (6.26%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.32%) Life Science
6 10 (2.32%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.09%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.62%) Graphic Design
8 7 (1.62%) PMI
9 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.16%) Social Media
11 4 (0.93%) CMDB
11 4 (0.93%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.93%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Video Editing
11 4 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.93%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
2 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
2 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Android
3 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (30.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 118 (27.38%) Project Management
3 108 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (23.90%) Agile
5 94 (21.81%) Project Delivery
6 74 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (16.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 70 (16.24%) Decision-Making
9 55 (12.76%) Waterfall
10 44 (10.21%) Analytics
11 42 (9.74%) AI
11 42 (9.74%) Data Analysis
12 41 (9.51%) PRINCE2
13 36 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
13 36 (8.35%) Risk Management
14 34 (7.89%) Business Case
15 33 (7.66%) Change Management
16 32 (7.42%) Business Analysis
16 32 (7.42%) DevOps
17 31 (7.19%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.42%) SQL
2 25 (5.80%) Python
3 7 (1.62%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.62%) VB
4 5 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.16%) VBA
5 4 (0.93%) Bicep
6 3 (0.70%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.46%) C#
7 2 (0.46%) C++
7 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Java
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (30.63%) Degree
2 79 (18.33%) Security Cleared
3 52 (12.06%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.80%) PMI Certification
5 20 (4.64%) PMP
6 18 (4.18%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.55%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.39%) CCIE
10 6 (1.39%) JNCIE
11 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.70%) CISM
12 3 (0.70%) CISSP
12 3 (0.70%) MBA
13 2 (0.46%) CAPM
13 2 (0.46%) GCIH
13 2 (0.46%) GIAC
13 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (22.04%) PMO
2 18 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.94%) QA
4 8 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.62%) P3O
6 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) MiFID
7 4 (0.93%) NIST
7 4 (0.93%) SLA
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 2 (0.46%) GMP
9 2 (0.46%) GRC
9 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 9 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.48%) Ansible
2 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.93%) SCCM
2 4 (0.93%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Nmap
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 256 (59.40%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.58%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.57%) SAP
4 19 (4.41%) Adobe
4 19 (4.41%) Google
5 15 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.25%) Oracle
7 10 (2.32%) Cisco
8 9 (2.09%) F5
8 9 (2.09%) Splunk
8 9 (2.09%) Workday
9 6 (1.39%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.39%) Juniper
9 6 (1.39%) Planview
10 5 (1.16%) Apple
10 5 (1.16%) Sonatype
10 5 (1.16%) TOWER Software
11 4 (0.93%) Okta
11 4 (0.93%) Wrike
11 4 (0.93%) Xactly