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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 173 181
Rank change year-on-year -105 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 441 467 569
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.55% 1.31%
As % of the Applications category 15.82% 18.38% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 239 228
10th Percentile £216 £213 £189
25th Percentile £308 £296 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £399 £433
Median % change year-on-year +7.77% -7.75% -8.95%
75th Percentile £556 £553 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £371 £360
% change year-on-year +7.74% +3.13% -15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 166
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £17.14 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% +8.20% -33.42%
75th Percentile £30.00 £25.85 £23.54
90th Percentile £33.46 £33.43 £28.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £15.87 £15.00
% change year-on-year +57.58% +5.77% -32.63%

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 2,787 2,541 3,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.48% 8.44% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,589 1,465 1,631
10th Percentile £220 £194 £164
25th Percentile £325 £275 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £541 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £422 £393 £369
% change year-on-year +7.39% +6.42% -7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 299 653
10th Percentile £13.23 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +48.02% -37.08%
75th Percentile £34.23 £43.13 £36.75
90th Percentile £67.60 £60.25 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.55 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.58% +46.64% -35.76%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -76 396 £450 +9.54% 124
UK excluding London -105 232 £400 +7.74% 106
London -53 190 £488 +18.18% 43
Work from Home -58 118 £400 -3.03% 55
South East -32 61 £475 +72.73% 40
North of England -82 56 £399 -0.16% 20
Midlands -41 40 £466 +61.33% 20
South West -29 30 £310 -37.32% 14
North West -38 29 £442 +20.34% 8
West Midlands -45 29 £475 +64.36% 13
Yorkshire -62 27 £397 -3.67% 8
Scotland -20 26 £375 +15.38% 6
East of England -65 16 £555 +87.33% 8
East Midlands -11 11 £455 - 7
Northern Ireland -15 5 £369 -13.24%
Wales -14 1 £213 - 1

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 76 (17.23%) SharePoint
2 56 (12.70%) Confluence
3 6 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.13%) CMS
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Moodle
5 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 377 (85.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (44.67%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (16.33%) MS Visio
4 56 (12.70%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.45%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.04%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.59%) Primavera
3 6 (1.36%) SAP MM
3 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.13%) Magento
4 5 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.91%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.68%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.45%) Shopify
7 2 (0.45%) Workfront
8 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.61%) Power Platform
2 31 (7.03%) Azure
3 28 (6.35%) AWS
3 28 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.85%) SaaS
5 14 (3.17%) GitHub
6 13 (2.95%) Figma
7 10 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.04%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.04%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.04%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.59%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
10 6 (1.36%) Canva
10 6 (1.36%) Dagster
10 6 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.36%) Lucidchart
10 6 (1.36%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.49%) Firewall
2 10 (2.27%) Internet
3 9 (2.04%) WAN
4 7 (1.59%) LAN
5 6 (1.36%) BGP
5 6 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.36%) VPN
6 5 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.13%) Wireless
7 4 (0.91%) Network Security
7 4 (0.91%) RSVP
8 3 (0.68%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.68%) DNS
8 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.68%) Intranet
8 3 (0.68%) MPLS
8 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.68%) TACACS
8 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.47%) Power BI
2 16 (3.63%) Tableau
3 5 (1.13%) Power Query
4 3 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
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
6 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (19.73%) JIRA
2 14 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.95%) Git
4 8 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.36%) MLflow
6 5 (1.13%) Burp Suite
6 5 (1.13%) Metasploit
6 5 (1.13%) Subversion
7 3 (0.68%) Toad
8 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.45%) MSI
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 231 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 173 (39.23%) Finance
3 104 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (16.55%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (14.29%) Banking
6 42 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (7.94%) Legal
8 34 (7.71%) Marketing
9 23 (5.22%) Public Sector
10 18 (4.08%) Retail
11 16 (3.63%) Investment Banking
12 15 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.95%) Military
15 12 (2.72%) Manufacturing
16 10 (2.27%) Financial Institution
16 10 (2.27%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.81%) Advertising
18 7 (1.59%) Front Office
18 7 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (24.72%) Analyst
2 52 (11.79%) Business Analyst
3 39 (8.84%) Project Manager
4 35 (7.94%) Senior
5 23 (5.22%) Consultant
6 21 (4.76%) Architect
7 20 (4.54%) Coordinator
7 20 (4.54%) Lead
8 19 (4.31%) Project Officer
9 18 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
10 16 (3.63%) Administrator
10 16 (3.63%) Support Officer
11 15 (3.40%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.40%) Project Support Officer
11 15 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.72%) Transformation Analyst
13 11 (2.49%) PMO Manager
14 10 (2.27%) Data Analyst
14 10 (2.27%) Project Coordinator
14 10 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) NumPy
1 6 (1.36%) Pandas
1 6 (1.36%) scikit-learn
1 6 (1.36%) Seaborn
1 6 (1.36%) VML
2 4 (0.91%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (0.91%) JDO
2 4 (0.91%) REST
2 4 (0.91%) XML
3 3 (0.68%) .NET
3 3 (0.68%) Flutter
3 3 (0.68%) NETCONF
3 3 (0.68%) OpenConfig
3 3 (0.68%) React Native
3 3 (0.68%) RESTCONF
3 3 (0.68%) Web Services
3 3 (0.68%) XSLT
3 3 (0.68%) YANG
4 2 (0.45%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.39%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.90%) Product Ownership
3 20 (4.54%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.72%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.81%) Graphic Design
6 8 (1.81%) Life Science
6 8 (1.81%) Social Media
7 7 (1.59%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.36%) PMI
9 5 (1.13%) Tandem
10 4 (0.91%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.91%) CMDB
10 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.22%) Windows
2 5 (1.13%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.91%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.91%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (29.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 121 (27.44%) Project Management
3 107 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (24.04%) Agile
5 103 (23.36%) Project Delivery
6 68 (15.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 66 (14.97%) Decision-Making
8 59 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (13.38%) Waterfall
9 49 (11.11%) DevOps
10 47 (10.66%) Analytics
10 47 (10.66%) Migration
11 43 (9.75%) Business Analysis
11 43 (9.75%) Data Analysis
12 41 (9.30%) AI
13 40 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (8.84%) Collaborative Working
15 35 (7.94%) Risk Management
16 34 (7.71%) Business Case
17 32 (7.26%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.16%) SQL
2 24 (5.44%) Python
3 7 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.59%) VB
4 6 (1.36%) VBA
5 4 (0.91%) Bicep
6 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.68%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.45%) C#
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) Java
7 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (31.29%) Degree
2 76 (17.23%) Security Cleared
3 63 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.63%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.72%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.72%) PMP
7 11 (2.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.27%) CBAP
8 10 (2.27%) IIBA
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.36%) CISM
9 6 (1.36%) CISSP
9 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.36%) Postgraduate
10 5 (1.13%) CCIE
10 5 (1.13%) CHECK Team Member
10 5 (1.13%) Cyber Scheme
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (20.18%) PMO
2 21 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.54%) QA
4 9 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.36%) P3O
6 5 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.13%) SLA
7 4 (0.91%) GRC
7 4 (0.91%) MiFID
7 4 (0.91%) NIST
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.23%) FATCA
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 7 (1.59%) Docker
2 6 (1.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (4.08%) Ansible
2 7 (1.59%) Terraform
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.13%) Nmap
4 4 (0.91%) SCCM
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 235 (53.29%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.48%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.44%) SAP
4 22 (4.99%) Adobe
5 18 (4.08%) Google
6 15 (3.40%) Oracle
7 13 (2.95%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.27%) Cisco
8 10 (2.27%) Splunk
9 9 (2.04%) F5
10 8 (1.81%) Sonatype
10 8 (1.81%) Workday
11 6 (1.36%) Juniper
11 6 (1.36%) Remedy
12 5 (1.13%) Apple
12 5 (1.13%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.13%) TOWER Software
13 4 (0.91%) Ariba
13 4 (0.91%) FactSet
13 4 (0.91%) Wrike