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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 177 182
Rank change year-on-year -96 +5 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 436 468 573
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.57% 1.31%
As % of the Applications category 15.73% 18.48% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 243 230
10th Percentile £212 £209 £190
25th Percentile £308 £296 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £375 £433
Median % change year-on-year +17.93% -13.29% -8.95%
75th Percentile £555 £544 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £371 £365
% change year-on-year +7.74% +1.71% -14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 57 165
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% -36.88%
75th Percentile £30.00 £21.52 £23.54
90th Percentile £33.46 £33.20 £28.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year +54.04% +8.20% -33.42%

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 2,771 2,532 3,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.47% 8.48% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 1,464 1,655
10th Percentile £223 £192 £165
25th Percentile £331 £270 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £540 £535
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £387 £369
% change year-on-year +9.96% +4.66% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 297 651
10th Percentile £13.19 £14.20 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.20 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +51.94% -38.75%
75th Percentile £34.52 £43.75 £35.78
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.10 £16.06
% change year-on-year -2.60% +43.84% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -82 392 £450 +12.50% 157
UK excluding London -104 232 £400 +7.74% 122
London -64 186 £496 +20.12% 61
Work from Home -60 116 £390 -5.45% 69
South East -28 62 £446 +62.09% 43
North of England -82 56 £400 - 22
Midlands -40 40 £466 +61.33% 21
South West -14 30 £310 -35.45% 17
North West -41 30 £447 +21.63% 12
West Midlands -49 27 £475 +64.36% 13
Scotland -19 26 £375 +15.38% 7
Yorkshire -68 26 £399 -3.33% 7
East of England -75 15 £555 +87.33% 9
East Midlands -9 13 £460 - 8
Northern Ireland -15 5 £369 -13.24% 5
Wales -15 1 £213 - 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 73 (16.74%) SharePoint
2 57 (13.07%) Confluence
3 6 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Moodle
Applications
1 375 (86.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (44.27%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (15.37%) MS Visio
4 55 (12.61%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.69%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.61%) Primavera
3 6 (1.38%) SAP MM
3 6 (1.38%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.92%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.92%) Magento
6 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.69%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.69%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.46%) Shopify
7 2 (0.46%) Workfront
8 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.07%) Power Platform
2 30 (6.88%) Azure
3 27 (6.19%) AWS
3 27 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.90%) SaaS
5 14 (3.21%) Figma
5 14 (3.21%) GitHub
6 10 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.06%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.06%) Snowflake
8 8 (1.83%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.61%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.38%) Amazon SageMaker
10 6 (1.38%) Canva
10 6 (1.38%) Dagster
10 6 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.38%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.15%) Lucidchart
12 4 (0.92%) GCP
12 4 (0.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.52%) Firewall
2 10 (2.29%) Internet
3 8 (1.83%) WAN
4 6 (1.38%) LAN
4 6 (1.38%) VPN
5 5 (1.15%) BGP
5 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.15%) Wireless
6 4 (0.92%) Network Security
6 4 (0.92%) RSVP
6 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.69%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.69%) DHCP
7 3 (0.69%) DNS
7 3 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.69%) Intranet
7 3 (0.69%) OSPF
7 3 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.93%) Power BI
2 19 (4.36%) Tableau
3 5 (1.15%) Power Query
4 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.69%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.46%) 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 88 (20.18%) JIRA
2 13 (2.98%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.75%) Git
4 8 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.38%) MLflow
6 5 (1.15%) Burp Suite
6 5 (1.15%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.92%) Subversion
8 3 (0.69%) Toad
9 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.46%) MSI
9 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 221 (50.69%) Social Skills
2 171 (39.22%) Finance
3 102 (23.39%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (15.60%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (15.37%) Banking
6 42 (9.63%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (7.80%) Legal
8 32 (7.34%) Marketing
9 24 (5.50%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.90%) Retail
11 15 (3.44%) Investment Banking
12 14 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.98%) Military
14 12 (2.75%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.29%) Financial Institution
16 9 (2.06%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.61%) Advertising
17 7 (1.61%) Front Office
17 7 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 106 (24.31%) Analyst
2 52 (11.93%) Business Analyst
3 38 (8.72%) Project Manager
4 33 (7.57%) Senior
5 24 (5.50%) Architect
6 23 (5.28%) Consultant
7 20 (4.59%) Coordinator
8 19 (4.36%) Project Officer
9 18 (4.13%) Lead
9 18 (4.13%) PMO Analyst
10 17 (3.90%) Support Officer
11 16 (3.67%) Project Support Officer
12 15 (3.44%) Administrator
13 14 (3.21%) IT Analyst
13 14 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.75%) Transformation Analyst
16 11 (2.52%) Designer
16 11 (2.52%) Payments Architect
16 11 (2.52%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.38%) NumPy
1 6 (1.38%) Pandas
1 6 (1.38%) scikit-learn
1 6 (1.38%) Seaborn
2 5 (1.15%) VML
3 4 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.92%) JDO
3 4 (0.92%) REST
3 4 (0.92%) 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%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.46%) HTML
5 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.46%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.46%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.49%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.50%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.36%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.52%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.83%) Life Science
7 8 (1.83%) Social Media
8 7 (1.61%) Graphic Design
8 7 (1.61%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.38%) PMI
10 5 (1.15%) Tandem
11 4 (0.92%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.92%) CMDB
11 4 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.69%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.28%) Windows
2 5 (1.15%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.92%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (28.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 117 (26.83%) Project Management
3 108 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (23.62%) Agile
4 103 (23.62%) Project Delivery
5 67 (15.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 64 (14.68%) Decision-Making
7 57 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (12.84%) Waterfall
9 51 (11.70%) DevOps
10 45 (10.32%) Analytics
10 45 (10.32%) Migration
11 42 (9.63%) Data Analysis
12 41 (9.40%) Business Analysis
13 40 (9.17%) AI
14 39 (8.94%) Collaborative Working
15 37 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (8.03%) Risk Management
17 33 (7.57%) Business Case
18 32 (7.34%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.26%) SQL
2 23 (5.28%) Python
3 7 (1.61%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.61%) VB
4 5 (1.15%) VBA
5 4 (0.92%) Bicep
6 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
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%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 137 (31.42%) Degree
2 76 (17.43%) Security Cleared
3 63 (14.45%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.90%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.98%) PMP
7 12 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.75%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (2.29%) CBAP
9 10 (2.29%) IIBA
10 6 (1.38%) CISM
10 6 (1.38%) CISSP
10 6 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.38%) Postgraduate
11 5 (1.15%) CHECK Team Member
11 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.15%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.15%) Cyber Scheme
12 4 (0.92%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (20.18%) PMO
2 20 (4.59%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.59%) QA
3 10 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.38%) GDPR
5 6 (1.38%) P3O
6 5 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.15%) SLA
7 4 (0.92%) GRC
7 4 (0.92%) MiFID
7 4 (0.92%) NIST
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) 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 (1.61%) Docker
2 6 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (3.90%) Ansible
2 7 (1.61%) Terraform
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.15%) Nmap
4 4 (0.92%) SCCM
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 228 (52.29%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.57%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.28%) Adobe
3 23 (5.28%) SAP
4 18 (4.13%) Google
5 16 (3.67%) Oracle
6 12 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.29%) Splunk
8 9 (2.06%) Cisco
9 8 (1.83%) F5
9 8 (1.83%) Sonatype
9 8 (1.83%) Workday
10 7 (1.61%) Remedy
11 5 (1.15%) Apple
11 5 (1.15%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.15%) Juniper
11 5 (1.15%) TOWER Software
12 4 (0.92%) Ariba
12 4 (0.92%) Okta
12 4 (0.92%) Rapid7