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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 179 178
Rank change year-on-year -29 -1 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 494 470 593
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.30% 1.48% 1.36%
As % of the Applications category 17.45% 20.07% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 261 345
10th Percentile £271 £219 £183
25th Percentile £325 £315 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £549 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £716 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £431 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +7.95% -11.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 56 67
10th Percentile £14.25 - £13.41
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -35.08% +25.75%
75th Percentile £26.65 £21.46 £27.78
90th Percentile £35.20 £30.21 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £21.10
% change year-on-year -1.42% -23.08% +6.14%

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 2,831 2,342 3,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 7.39% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 1,379 2,042
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £657 £649 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £350
% change year-on-year +19.38% +1.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 203 417
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.08
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.18
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% +18.60% -30.95%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.13 £42.50
90th Percentile £62.44 £74.25 £53.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £25.67 £21.10
% change year-on-year -25.98% +21.65% -34.06%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -40 429 £460 -1.08% 256
UK excluding London -48 248 £431 +7.95% 219
London -7 222 £500 +2.04% 78
Work from Home -5 133 £439 -3.78% 117
North of England -27 75 £383 +53.00% 41
South East -8 53 £475 +5.56% 79
Midlands -28 42 £448 -14.64% 41
Yorkshire -31 37 £319 +46.88% 19
North West -15 36 £450 +26.40% 17
Scotland -8 30 £375 - 11
West Midlands -41 24 £308 -41.43% 28
East Midlands -11 19 £460 +3.37% 13
East of England -64 17 £391 -17.63% 29
South West -17 16 £495 +10.00% 15
Northern Ireland +6 12 £475 - 4
Wales +7 10 £260 -63.89% 6
North East -17 2 £390 -48.00% 5

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
1 116 (23.48%) SharePoint
2 72 (14.57%) Confluence
3 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.82%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.81%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 431 (87.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (37.85%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (20.45%) MS Visio
4 54 (10.93%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.81%) InDesign
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Loan IQ
1 7 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.61%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.40%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.20%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 52 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (9.72%) Azure
3 46 (9.31%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.64%) GitHub
5 16 (3.24%) AWS
6 14 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.63%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.23%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.42%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.21%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 5 (1.01%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.01%) Viva Engage
12 4 (0.81%) Miro
12 4 (0.81%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.81%) SaaS
12 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.81%) Slack
13 3 (0.61%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.05%) Firewall
2 17 (3.44%) LAN
2 17 (3.44%) Wireless
3 15 (3.04%) WAN
4 11 (2.23%) VPN
5 9 (1.82%) Skype
6 7 (1.42%) BGP
6 7 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.01%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 5 (1.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 5 (1.01%) MPLS
7 5 (1.01%) Network Security
7 5 (1.01%) OSPF
7 5 (1.01%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.81%) Internet
8 4 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (0.61%) Softphone
9 3 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.91%) Power BI
2 31 (6.28%) Tableau
3 9 (1.82%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.21%) Metadata
5 4 (0.81%) MS Access
5 4 (0.81%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.81%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.61%) DB2
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.61%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) EDMS
7 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.20%) Cognos Impromptu
8 1 (0.20%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 109 (22.06%) JIRA
2 14 (2.83%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.43%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.43%) Metasploit
4 11 (2.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.01%) ClearCase
5 5 (1.01%) Toad
6 4 (0.81%) Git
7 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.61%) Selenium
7 3 (0.61%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 284 (57.49%) Social Skills
2 205 (41.50%) Finance
3 104 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (15.99%) Banking
5 61 (12.35%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (10.93%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (8.50%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.67%) Legal
8 28 (5.67%) Marketing
9 16 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.43%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.23%) Retail
14 9 (1.82%) Billing
15 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.42%) Front Office
17 6 (1.21%) International Banking
17 6 (1.21%) Law
18 5 (1.01%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 167 (33.81%) Analyst
2 66 (13.36%) Business Analyst
3 43 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 31 (6.28%) Architect
4 31 (6.28%) Senior
5 27 (5.47%) PMO Analyst
5 27 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (5.06%) Administrator
7 24 (4.86%) Technical Analyst
8 21 (4.25%) Technical Business Analyst
9 20 (4.05%) Consultant
10 19 (3.85%) Lead
11 17 (3.44%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.24%) Report Analyst
12 16 (3.24%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.83%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.83%) PMO Manager
14 13 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.63%) Tester
15 12 (2.43%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.81%) ADO
2 4 (0.81%) VML
3 3 (0.61%) CSS
3 3 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.61%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.61%) HTML
3 3 (0.61%) Node.js
3 3 (0.61%) Playwright
3 3 (0.61%) React
3 3 (0.61%) RESTful
4 2 (0.40%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.40%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.40%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.40%) YANG
5 1 (0.20%) NumPy
5 1 (0.20%) Pandas
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.20%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.68%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.05%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.02%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.62%) e-Learning
7 8 (1.62%) PMI
8 7 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.42%) Learning Management System
8 7 (1.42%) NHS
9 6 (1.21%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.01%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.01%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.01%) Social Media
11 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.07%) Windows
2 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.01%) Linux
4 4 (0.81%) Unix
4 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (26.11%) Project Management
2 126 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (24.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (22.47%) Agile
5 103 (20.85%) Project Delivery
6 71 (14.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (12.75%) DevOps
8 59 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 56 (11.34%) Migration
10 53 (10.73%) Decision-Making
10 53 (10.73%) Time Management
11 50 (10.12%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (9.51%) Waterfall
13 46 (9.31%) Process Improvement
14 42 (8.50%) Business Analysis
14 42 (8.50%) Risk Management
15 41 (8.30%) Data Analysis
16 40 (8.10%) Change Management
16 40 (8.10%) PRINCE2
17 37 (7.49%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.12%) SQL
2 22 (4.45%) Python
3 8 (1.62%) Java
3 8 (1.62%) R
4 7 (1.42%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.42%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.01%) C
5 5 (1.01%) C#
6 4 (0.81%) Perl
6 4 (0.81%) PHP
6 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.81%) VBA
7 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.61%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 128 (25.91%) Degree
2 64 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 49 (9.92%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.85%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.24%) PMP
6 12 (2.43%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.02%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.02%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.02%) Postgraduate
9 9 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.82%) CBAP
9 9 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.82%) IIBA
10 7 (1.42%) CCNP
10 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.21%) CCIE
11 6 (1.21%) CISSP
11 6 (1.21%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (21.46%) PMO
2 25 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.06%) QA
3 17 (3.44%) GDPR
3 17 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.43%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.21%) P3O
6 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.61%) GRC
7 3 (0.61%) MiFID
7 3 (0.61%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) COBIT
8 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.20%) FATCA
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.81%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (3.64%) Ansible
3 14 (2.83%) SCCM
4 12 (2.43%) Nmap
5 5 (1.01%) Terraform
6 3 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 227 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.88%) Oracle
3 25 (5.06%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.25%) SAP
5 16 (3.24%) Cisco
6 12 (2.43%) Remedy
7 11 (2.23%) Adobe
7 11 (2.23%) Planview
7 11 (2.23%) Sonatype
8 10 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.42%) F5
9 7 (1.42%) Google
9 7 (1.42%) Juniper
10 6 (1.21%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.01%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.01%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.01%) NetApp
11 5 (1.01%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.81%) Apple
12 4 (0.81%) Citrix