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

 6 months to
27 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 178 207
Rank change year-on-year -120 +29 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 449 520 451
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.59% 1.16%
As % of the Applications category 15.67% 18.41% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 266 196
10th Percentile £204 £246 £219
25th Percentile £305 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £555 £579
90th Percentile £638 £638 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £409
% change year-on-year +6.67% -8.20% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 61 122
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.85 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +16.14% -21.14%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.00 £16.85
90th Percentile £63.50 £35.50 £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £15.14
% change year-on-year -7.16% +24.50% -26.43%

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 2,865 2,825 2,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.34% 8.62% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,514 1,586 1,427
10th Percentile £210 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 375 340
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.60 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.14 £15.73 £14.56
Median hourly rate £20.29 £22.63 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% +31.19% -23.81%
75th Percentile £35.78 £34.57 £36.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.20 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.41 £21.39 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.26% +31.79% -24.51%

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 August 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 August 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 27 August 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 -93 400 £450 - 670
UK excluding London -97 239 £400 +6.67% 434
London -85 186 £494 +4.00% 347
Work from Home -88 127 £430 +7.50% 245
South East -15 76 £500 +48.15% 117
North of England -90 47 £394 -1.56% 104
Midlands -49 34 £475 +51.76% 60
South West -29 32 £310 -43.73% 61
Scotland -29 30 £425 +31.08% 33
West Midlands -44 29 £475 +51.76% 40
North West -54 24 £399 -11.39% 49
Yorkshire -60 23 £394 -1.56% 44
East of England -47 16 £509 +30.10% 31
East Midlands -16 5 £490 - 20
Wales -20 3 £450 +46.34% 11
Northern Ireland -20 2 £369 -22.37% 24

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 89 (19.82%) SharePoint
2 36 (8.02%) Confluence
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.89%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Moodle
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 394 (87.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (44.10%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (16.26%) Microsoft Project
4 67 (14.92%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.34%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.67%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.22%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.22%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.78%) Magento
2 7 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.11%) Primavera
3 5 (1.11%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.89%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.89%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.67%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 2 (0.45%) Workfront
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.22%) Maximo
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 71 (15.81%) Power Platform
2 40 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (7.57%) Azure
4 20 (4.45%) AWS
5 18 (4.01%) SaaS
6 12 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (2.45%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.23%) Figma
9 7 (1.56%) Google Workspace
9 7 (1.56%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.34%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.34%) Lucidchart
11 5 (1.11%) GitHub
11 5 (1.11%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.89%) GCP
12 4 (0.89%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.89%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.45%) WAN
2 10 (2.23%) LAN
3 8 (1.78%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.11%) BGP
4 5 (1.11%) MPLS
4 5 (1.11%) SNMP
4 5 (1.11%) TACACS
5 4 (0.89%) Internet
5 4 (0.89%) RSVP
5 4 (0.89%) VPN
6 3 (0.67%) DHCP
6 3 (0.67%) DNS
6 3 (0.67%) Firewall
6 3 (0.67%) FTP
6 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.45%) Intranet
7 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.48%) Power BI
2 10 (2.23%) Power Query
3 8 (1.78%) Tableau
4 4 (0.89%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.67%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.22%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.22%) DataStage
7 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.22%) GIS
7 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 73 (16.26%) JIRA
2 13 (2.90%) Git
3 8 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.78%) Subversion
4 4 (0.89%) Selenium
5 3 (0.67%) MLflow
5 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.45%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.45%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.45%) MSI
6 2 (0.45%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.45%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.45%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.45%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 253 (56.35%) Social Skills
2 185 (41.20%) Finance
3 146 (32.52%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (24.05%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (11.58%) Banking
6 40 (8.91%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (7.35%) Marketing
8 26 (5.79%) Legal
9 21 (4.68%) Retail
10 20 (4.45%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.90%) Military
14 12 (2.67%) Investment Banking
15 10 (2.23%) Advertising
15 10 (2.23%) Front Office
15 10 (2.23%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.23%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.56%) French Language
Job Titles
1 101 (22.49%) Analyst
2 44 (9.80%) Project Manager
3 37 (8.24%) Senior
4 31 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.79%) Administrator
5 26 (5.79%) Consultant
6 23 (5.12%) PMO Analyst
7 22 (4.90%) Coordinator
8 20 (4.45%) Project Officer
9 19 (4.23%) Support Officer
10 18 (4.01%) Lead
11 17 (3.79%) Project Support Officer
12 16 (3.56%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.34%) Architect
13 15 (3.34%) Senior Manager
14 14 (3.12%) Project Coordinator
15 13 (2.90%) PMO Manager
15 13 (2.90%) Support Specialist
16 11 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
16 11 (2.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.00%) VML
2 5 (1.11%) .NET
2 5 (1.11%) NETCONF
2 5 (1.11%) OpenConfig
2 5 (1.11%) RESTCONF
2 5 (1.11%) Web Services
2 5 (1.11%) XML
2 5 (1.11%) YANG
3 4 (0.89%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.89%) JDO
3 4 (0.89%) Terraform
4 3 (0.67%) ADO
4 3 (0.67%) Flutter
4 3 (0.67%) NumPy
4 3 (0.67%) Pandas
4 3 (0.67%) React Native
4 3 (0.67%) REST
4 3 (0.67%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.67%) Seaborn
4 3 (0.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 31 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.45%) Life Science
6 8 (1.78%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.78%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.56%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.11%) Graphic Design
9 5 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.11%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.89%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.89%) CMDB
10 4 (0.89%) FMCG
10 4 (0.89%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.23%) Windows
2 7 (1.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.89%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.89%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (36.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 122 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (27.17%) Project Management
3 110 (24.50%) Agile
4 100 (22.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 96 (21.38%) Project Delivery
6 80 (17.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 62 (13.81%) Decision-Making
8 59 (13.14%) Waterfall
9 50 (11.14%) Data Analysis
10 49 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
11 46 (10.24%) PRINCE2
12 44 (9.80%) AI
13 43 (9.58%) Risk Management
14 42 (9.35%) Analytics
14 42 (9.35%) Change Management
15 41 (9.13%) Business Case
16 38 (8.46%) Portfolio Management
17 35 (7.80%) Workshop Facilitation
18 31 (6.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.01%) SQL
2 19 (4.23%) Python
3 7 (1.56%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.56%) VBA
4 5 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.89%) Bicep
6 3 (0.67%) Korn
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) Java
7 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 125 (27.84%) Degree
2 93 (20.71%) Security Cleared
3 58 (12.92%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.35%) PMI Certification
6 19 (4.23%) PMP
7 11 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.78%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.11%) CCIE
10 5 (1.11%) CIPD
10 5 (1.11%) JNCIE
10 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.67%) CAPM
11 3 (0.67%) CISM
11 3 (0.67%) CISSP
11 3 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.67%) IIBA
11 3 (0.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (25.17%) PMO
2 21 (4.68%) QA
3 18 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.00%) GRC
4 9 (2.00%) P3O
5 7 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.11%) NIST
8 4 (0.89%) MiFID
8 4 (0.89%) SLA
9 3 (0.67%) GMP
10 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.45%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.45%) GDPR
10 2 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.67%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.00%) Ansible
2 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.89%) SCCM
4 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 290 (64.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.13%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.46%) SAP
4 21 (4.68%) Google
5 18 (4.01%) Oracle
6 15 (3.34%) Adobe
7 14 (3.12%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.00%) Cisco
9 8 (1.78%) F5
9 8 (1.78%) Planview
9 8 (1.78%) Workday
10 5 (1.11%) Apple
10 5 (1.11%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.11%) Juniper
11 4 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.89%) Qualys
11 4 (0.89%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.89%) Splunk
11 4 (0.89%) TOWER Software
11 4 (0.89%) Wrike
782 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide