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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 184 204
Rank change year-on-year -106 +20 -28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 490 492 451
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.48% 1.19%
As % of the Applications category 16.17% 17.49% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 259 214
10th Percentile £238 £250 £208
25th Percentile £323 £309 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £600
90th Percentile £638 £636 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +14.67% -6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 51 100
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £26.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -33.46% +62.05% -21.14%
75th Percentile £28.44 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.00 £59.30 £28.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £16.23
% change year-on-year -24.71% +30.93% -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 3,030 2,813 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.55% 8.48% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,487 1,574 1,436
10th Percentile £200 £198 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £525
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.06% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 546 358 252
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.55 £14.17
25th Percentile £14.45 £16.35 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.65 £25.00 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -29.42% +34.23% -25.50%
75th Percentile £30.75 £33.91 £36.19
90th Percentile £60.79 £57.79 £58.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.63 £16.65
% change year-on-year -22.67% +35.92% -26.02%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -76 438 £470 +4.33% 873
UK excluding London -68 271 £430 +14.67% 506
London -79 197 £488 -1.52% 455
Work from Home -94 132 £475 +9.83% 351
South East -3 93 £483 +20.63% 141
North of England -68 61 £425 +30.77% 95
Midlands -38 38 £475 +58.33% 63
Scotland -25 35 £488 +50.35% 40
West Midlands -44 30 £475 +58.33% 41
North West -48 30 £488 +30.87% 47
Yorkshire -40 29 £400 +23.08% 34
South West -33 22 £310 -43.73% 66
East of England -29 19 £417 +6.58% 48
East Midlands -5 8 £490 - 22
Wales -19 3 £450 +46.34% 30
North East -39 2 - - 16
Northern Ireland -20 1 £388 -18.42% 28

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
1 111 (22.65%) SharePoint
2 36 (7.35%) Confluence
3 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.61%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Moodle
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 421 (85.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 182 (37.14%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (15.71%) MS Visio
4 66 (13.47%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (2.45%) Photoshop
6 11 (2.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.82%) Final Cut Pro
8 4 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
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%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.63%) Magento
2 7 (1.43%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.02%) Primavera
3 5 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.82%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.82%) Workfront
5 3 (0.61%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.41%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.41%) Shopify
7 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.20%) Maximo
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.67%) Power Platform
2 48 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (8.57%) Azure
4 17 (3.47%) AWS
5 16 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.27%) Figma
5 16 (3.27%) SaaS
6 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (2.45%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.45%) Lucidchart
8 11 (2.24%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.63%) Miro
10 7 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.43%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.02%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.02%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.82%) GCP
13 4 (0.82%) OpenShift
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 6 (1.22%) 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%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.41%) Intranet
6 2 (0.41%) Network Security
6 2 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.04%) Power BI
2 12 (2.45%) Power Query
3 5 (1.02%) 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%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 69 (14.08%) JIRA
2 10 (2.04%) Git
3 8 (1.63%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.63%) 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
1 290 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 192 (39.18%) Finance
3 153 (31.22%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (26.94%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (10.20%) Banking
6 40 (8.16%) Marketing
7 31 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (5.71%) Retail
9 27 (5.51%) Legal
9 27 (5.51%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.49%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.45%) Front Office
14 9 (1.84%) French Language
14 9 (1.84%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.84%) Military
14 9 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.63%) Advertising
15 8 (1.63%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 96 (19.59%) Analyst
2 43 (8.78%) Project Manager
3 39 (7.96%) Administrator
4 35 (7.14%) Senior
5 30 (6.12%) Coordinator
6 29 (5.92%) Consultant
7 26 (5.31%) Business Analyst
8 23 (4.69%) PMO Analyst
8 23 (4.69%) Project Officer
9 22 (4.49%) Support Officer
10 21 (4.29%) Lead
11 20 (4.08%) Project Support Officer
12 17 (3.47%) Architect
13 15 (3.06%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.86%) Designer
14 14 (2.86%) Project Coordinator
14 14 (2.86%) Support Specialist
15 13 (2.65%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.65%) PMO Planner
16 12 (2.45%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.63%) VML
1 8 (1.63%) Web Services
1 8 (1.63%) XML
2 6 (1.22%) XSLT
3 5 (1.02%) .NET
4 4 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.82%) Flutter
4 4 (0.82%) Middleware
4 4 (0.82%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.82%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.82%) React Native
4 4 (0.82%) REST
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
6 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.41%) JDO
6 2 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.37%) Onboarding
2 35 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.45%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.84%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.43%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.43%) Life Science
8 7 (1.43%) Video Editing
8 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.22%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.82%) FMCG
11 4 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.67%) 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
1 191 (38.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 136 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (23.88%) Project Management
4 109 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (21.02%) Agile
6 91 (18.57%) Project Delivery
7 89 (18.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 72 (14.69%) Decision-Making
9 56 (11.43%) AI
10 55 (11.22%) Waterfall
11 53 (10.82%) Data Analysis
12 52 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (9.80%) Analytics
14 44 (8.98%) PRINCE2
15 42 (8.57%) Business Case
15 42 (8.57%) Risk Management
16 41 (8.37%) Project Governance
17 39 (7.96%) Change Management
18 36 (7.35%) Workshop Facilitation
19 35 (7.14%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.49%) SQL
2 15 (3.06%) Python
3 7 (1.43%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.02%) VBA
5 4 (0.82%) Bicep
5 4 (0.82%) Korn
6 2 (0.41%) C++
6 2 (0.41%) Java
6 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (23.06%) Degree
2 97 (19.80%) Security Cleared
3 58 (11.84%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.73%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.47%) PMP
7 8 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.02%) CIPD
8 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.82%) CCIE
9 4 (0.82%) IIBA
9 4 (0.82%) JNCIE
9 4 (0.82%) MBA
9 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.61%) CISM
10 3 (0.61%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (24.90%) PMO
2 23 (4.69%) QA
3 16 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.24%) GRC
6 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.43%) P3O
7 6 (1.22%) NIST
8 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.82%) MiFID
9 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.61%) GMP
9 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.61%) NCSC
9 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) SLA
10 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.63%) Ansible
1 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.61%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 329 (67.14%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.16%) ServiceNow
3 31 (6.33%) SAP
4 21 (4.29%) Google
5 18 (3.67%) Adobe
5 18 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.47%) Oracle
7 10 (2.04%) Workday
8 7 (1.43%) Cisco
8 7 (1.43%) F5
9 5 (1.02%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.02%) Planview
10 4 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.82%) Okta
10 4 (0.82%) Qualys
10 4 (0.82%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.82%) Splunk
10 4 (0.82%) Tenable
10 4 (0.82%) Wrike
10 4 (0.82%) Xactly
1,018 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide