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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 179 191
Rank change year-on-year -117 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 432 502 511
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.82% 1.54% 1.24%
As % of the Applications category 15.43% 18.18% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 255 218
10th Percentile £210 £227 £213
25th Percentile £305 £304 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £551 £550
90th Percentile £625 £623 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £396 £373 £380
% change year-on-year +6.31% -1.97% -10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 58 134
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.75 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.63% +25.67% -30.23%
75th Percentile £30.00 £29.60 £16.85
90th Percentile £85.95 £35.50 £26.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.06 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year +48.21% +8.20% -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 2,799 2,762 2,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 8.48% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 1,568 1,554
10th Percentile £213 £195 £163
25th Percentile £325 £292 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +4.81% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £525
90th Percentile £625 £641 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +3.13% +6.67% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 346 502
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.20 £11.77
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.84 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.68 £23.05 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +30.08% -29.12%
75th Percentile £35.78 £35.50 £40.56
90th Percentile £73.73 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year +0.58% +38.63% -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -84 386 £450 +9.09% 173
UK excluding London -124 221 £396 +6.31% 120
London -64 190 £494 +13.24% 83
Work from Home -94 119 £408 +0.31% 73
South East -45 62 £462 +36.74% 42
North of England -95 44 £396 -2.52% 26
Midlands -33 37 £475 +51.76% 17
West Midlands -39 32 £475 +51.76% 7
South West -25 31 £310 -43.08% 8
Scotland -24 26 £375 +15.38% 8
North West -55 22 £376 +2.18% 15
Yorkshire -67 22 £400 -3.03% 8
East of England -59 15 £509 +71.96% 14
East Midlands -12 5 £470 - 10
Northern Ireland -20 5 £369 -13.24% 4
Wales -20 1 - - 3

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 72 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 41 (9.49%) Confluence
3 6 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.93%) CMS
5 4 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.46%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 371 (85.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 200 (46.30%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (17.59%) MS Visio
4 67 (15.51%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.62%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.39%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.69%) 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 (1.85%) Magento
2 7 (1.62%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.62%) Primavera
2 7 (1.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (1.39%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.69%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.46%) Shopify
6 2 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.46%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.46%) Workfront
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Maximo
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.43%) Power Platform
2 32 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (6.94%) Azure
4 26 (6.02%) AWS
5 17 (3.94%) SaaS
6 13 (3.01%) GitHub
7 12 (2.78%) Figma
8 9 (2.08%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.85%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.62%) Lucidchart
10 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.62%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
11 6 (1.39%) Dagster
11 6 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.39%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.39%) Smartsheet
12 5 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.31%) WAN
2 9 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.85%) Internet
3 8 (1.85%) LAN
3 8 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.39%) BGP
4 6 (1.39%) MPLS
4 6 (1.39%) SNMP
4 6 (1.39%) TACACS
5 4 (0.93%) Firewall
5 4 (0.93%) RSVP
5 4 (0.93%) VPN
6 3 (0.69%) DHCP
6 3 (0.69%) DNS
6 3 (0.69%) FTP
6 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.46%) Intranet
7 2 (0.46%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.23%) Network Security
8 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.27%) Power BI
2 7 (1.62%) Power Query
2 7 (1.62%) Tableau
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.69%) PowerPivot
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%) 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 75 (17.36%) JIRA
2 16 (3.70%) Git
3 14 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.85%) Subversion
5 6 (1.39%) MLflow
6 5 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.46%) MSI
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.46%) Toad
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
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
1 236 (54.63%) Social Skills
2 171 (39.58%) Finance
3 119 (27.55%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (17.82%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (11.34%) Banking
6 38 (8.80%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (7.87%) Marketing
8 31 (7.18%) Legal
9 22 (5.09%) Retail
10 21 (4.86%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.24%) Investment Banking
12 13 (3.01%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.01%) Military
13 11 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.85%) Advertising
15 8 (1.85%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 105 (24.31%) Analyst
2 46 (10.65%) Project Manager
3 44 (10.19%) Business Analyst
4 36 (8.33%) Senior
5 22 (5.09%) Consultant
6 20 (4.63%) PMO Analyst
7 19 (4.40%) Coordinator
7 19 (4.40%) Project Officer
8 18 (4.17%) Lead
9 17 (3.94%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.70%) Support Officer
11 15 (3.47%) Project Support Officer
12 12 (2.78%) Administrator
12 12 (2.78%) Architect
12 12 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.78%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.55%) Data Analyst
13 11 (2.55%) Designer
13 11 (2.55%) Project Coordinator
13 11 (2.55%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.08%) VML
2 6 (1.39%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.39%) NumPy
2 6 (1.39%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.39%) Pandas
2 6 (1.39%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.39%) scikit-learn
2 6 (1.39%) Seaborn
2 6 (1.39%) YANG
3 4 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.93%) JDO
3 4 (0.93%) REST
3 4 (0.93%) XML
4 3 (0.69%) .NET
4 3 (0.69%) Flutter
4 3 (0.69%) React Native
4 3 (0.69%) Web Services
4 3 (0.69%) XSLT
5 2 (0.46%) ADO
5 2 (0.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.56%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.31%) Life Science
7 9 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.85%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.62%) PMI
10 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.39%) Social Media
11 4 (0.93%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.93%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.63%) 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
1 127 (29.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 122 (28.24%) Project Management
3 109 (25.23%) Agile
4 104 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (21.99%) Project Delivery
6 72 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 71 (16.44%) Decision-Making
8 69 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (13.66%) Waterfall
10 44 (10.19%) AI
10 44 (10.19%) Analytics
11 40 (9.26%) Data Analysis
12 39 (9.03%) PRINCE2
13 38 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (8.56%) Business Analysis
14 37 (8.56%) DevOps
15 36 (8.33%) Migration
15 36 (8.33%) Risk Management
16 35 (8.10%) Business Case
17 31 (7.18%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.87%) SQL
2 25 (5.79%) 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 (0.69%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.46%) C#
7 2 (0.46%) C++
7 2 (0.46%) Java
7 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 137 (31.71%) Degree
2 76 (17.59%) Security Cleared
3 53 (12.27%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.40%) PMP
6 16 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (3.47%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.39%) CBAP
11 6 (1.39%) CCIE
11 6 (1.39%) IIBA
11 6 (1.39%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.69%) CISM
13 3 (0.69%) CISSP
13 3 (0.69%) MBA
14 2 (0.46%) ACCA
14 2 (0.46%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (20.83%) PMO
2 18 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.94%) QA
4 8 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.39%) P3O
6 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) MiFID
7 4 (0.93%) NIST
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.69%) SLA
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%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (1.62%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.47%) 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
1 254 (58.80%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.10%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.79%) SAP
4 21 (4.86%) Adobe
5 19 (4.40%) Google
6 14 (3.24%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.01%) Oracle
8 10 (2.31%) Cisco
9 9 (2.08%) F5
9 9 (2.08%) Splunk
9 9 (2.08%) Workday
10 6 (1.39%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.39%) Juniper
10 6 (1.39%) Planview
11 5 (1.16%) Apple
11 5 (1.16%) Sonatype
11 5 (1.16%) TOWER Software
12 4 (0.93%) Okta
12 4 (0.93%) Wrike
12 4 (0.93%) Xactly