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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 166 201
Rank change year-on-year -129 +35 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 434 534 454
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.81% 1.62% 1.17%
As % of the Applications category 15.33% 18.94% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 272 198
10th Percentile £204 £235 £219
25th Percentile £305 £308 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £449
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -8.10% -5.50%
75th Percentile £550 £557 £552
90th Percentile £633 £642 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £373 £413
% change year-on-year +4.03% -9.80% +2.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 64 122
10th Percentile £14.27 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.81 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.31 £19.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +26.68% -27.11%
75th Percentile £33.22 £31.00 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.08 £35.50 £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year -4.51% +25.67% -27.11%

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 2,820 2,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.30% 8.57% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,534 1,589 1,419
10th Percentile £213 £200 £163
25th Percentile £320 £300 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 370 392
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.60 £11.81
25th Percentile £15.56 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.32 £22.74 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +26.31% -20.49%
75th Percentile £36.70 £34.92 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.25 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £22.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -2.27% +35.55% -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -106 383 £450 - 385
UK excluding London -102 231 £388 +4.03% 284
London -88 180 £496 +6.78% 173
Work from Home -86 121 £406 +1.56% 138
South East -38 70 £500 +48.15% 93
North of England -92 43 £388 -3.13% 64
Midlands -44 32 £481 +56.93% 39
South West -36 31 £310 -43.08% 37
Scotland -22 30 £375 +15.66% 15
West Midlands -48 28 £478 +55.95% 29
North West -49 22 £380 -15.56% 35
Yorkshire -59 21 £394 -1.56% 25
East of England -46 18 £509 +49.27% 22
Northern Ireland -16 5 £369 -13.24% 13
East Midlands -21 4 £490 - 10
Wales -20 3 £450 - 7

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 (17.51%) SharePoint
2 36 (8.29%) Confluence
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.92%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.69%) CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 384 (88.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (45.39%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (16.36%) Microsoft Project
4 68 (15.67%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.38%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
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 (1.84%) Magento
2 5 (1.15%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.15%) Primavera
2 5 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.92%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.92%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.69%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.46%) Shopify
5 2 (0.46%) Workfront
6 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.52%) Power Platform
2 33 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (6.91%) Azure
4 19 (4.38%) AWS
5 17 (3.92%) SaaS
6 11 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.30%) Figma
8 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.84%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.38%) GitHub
10 6 (1.38%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.38%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.38%) Lucidchart
10 6 (1.38%) Smartsheet
11 5 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.92%) GCP
12 4 (0.92%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.76%) WAN
2 10 (2.30%) LAN
3 9 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.38%) BGP
5 6 (1.38%) MPLS
5 6 (1.38%) SNMP
5 6 (1.38%) TACACS
6 5 (1.15%) Internet
7 4 (0.92%) RSVP
7 4 (0.92%) VPN
8 3 (0.69%) DHCP
8 3 (0.69%) DNS
8 3 (0.69%) Firewall
8 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.46%) FTP
9 2 (0.46%) Intranet
9 2 (0.46%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.23%) Network Security
10 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.59%) Power BI
2 7 (1.61%) Power Query
2 7 (1.61%) Tableau
3 3 (0.69%) PowerPivot
3 3 (0.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.46%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.23%) DataStage
5 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.23%) GIS
5 1 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 67 (15.44%) JIRA
2 12 (2.76%) Git
3 9 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.84%) Subversion
5 3 (0.69%) MLflow
5 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.46%) MSI
6 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 244 (56.22%) Social Skills
2 175 (40.32%) Finance
3 134 (30.88%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (21.66%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (11.29%) Banking
6 38 (8.76%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (7.60%) Marketing
8 30 (6.91%) Legal
9 24 (5.53%) Retail
10 21 (4.84%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (3.23%) Investment Banking
13 13 (3.00%) Military
14 11 (2.53%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.30%) Front Office
15 10 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.61%) Advertising
17 7 (1.61%) French Language
Job Titles
1 103 (23.73%) Analyst
2 45 (10.37%) Project Manager
3 38 (8.76%) Senior
4 33 (7.60%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.99%) PMO Analyst
6 22 (5.07%) Administrator
6 22 (5.07%) Consultant
7 20 (4.61%) Coordinator
8 19 (4.38%) Project Officer
9 18 (4.15%) IT Analyst
9 18 (4.15%) Support Officer
10 16 (3.69%) Project Support Officer
11 15 (3.46%) Lead
12 14 (3.23%) Senior Manager
13 13 (3.00%) Architect
13 13 (3.00%) Project Coordinator
13 13 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.76%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.76%) Service Manager
14 12 (2.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.07%) VML
2 6 (1.38%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.38%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.38%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.38%) YANG
3 4 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.92%) JDO
4 3 (0.69%) ADO
4 3 (0.69%) Flutter
4 3 (0.69%) NumPy
4 3 (0.69%) Pandas
4 3 (0.69%) React Native
4 3 (0.69%) REST
4 3 (0.69%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.69%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.46%) Web Services
5 2 (0.46%) XML
5 2 (0.46%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.83%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 27 (6.22%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.30%) Life Science
7 8 (1.84%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.84%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.38%) PMI
9 5 (1.15%) Graphic Design
9 5 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.92%) CMDB
10 4 (0.92%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.38%) Windows
2 5 (1.15%) Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Mac OS
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
1 145 (33.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 117 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (26.96%) Project Management
3 98 (22.58%) Agile
4 94 (21.66%) Project Delivery
5 88 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 74 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 64 (14.75%) Decision-Making
8 53 (12.21%) Waterfall
9 47 (10.83%) Data Analysis
10 45 (10.37%) PRINCE2
11 44 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (9.68%) Analytics
13 41 (9.45%) AI
14 38 (8.76%) Business Case
14 38 (8.76%) Risk Management
15 37 (8.53%) Change Management
16 34 (7.83%) Portfolio Management
17 31 (7.14%) Validation
18 30 (6.91%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.76%) SQL
2 21 (4.84%) Python
3 7 (1.61%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.15%) VBA
5 4 (0.92%) Bicep
5 4 (0.92%) VB
6 2 (0.46%) C++
6 2 (0.46%) Korn
6 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.23%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 121 (27.88%) Degree
2 88 (20.28%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.45%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.53%) DV Cleared
6 23 (5.30%) PMP
7 12 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.38%) CCIE
10 6 (1.38%) JNCIE
11 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.69%) CIPD
12 3 (0.69%) CISM
12 3 (0.69%) CISSP
12 3 (0.69%) MBA
13 2 (0.46%) CISA
13 2 (0.46%) GCIH
13 2 (0.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (23.96%) PMO
2 19 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.69%) QA
4 9 (2.07%) P3O
5 7 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.15%) GRC
6 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.15%) MiFID
7 4 (0.92%) NIST
7 4 (0.92%) SLA
8 3 (0.69%) GMP
9 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 9 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.53%) Ansible
2 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.92%) SCCM
2 4 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 274 (63.13%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.45%) ServiceNow
3 26 (5.99%) SAP
4 20 (4.61%) Google
5 16 (3.69%) Oracle
6 15 (3.46%) Adobe
7 14 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.30%) Cisco
9 9 (2.07%) F5
10 8 (1.84%) Planview
11 7 (1.61%) Workday
12 6 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.38%) Juniper
13 5 (1.15%) Apple
13 5 (1.15%) Splunk
14 4 (0.92%) Databricks
14 4 (0.92%) Okta
14 4 (0.92%) Qualys
14 4 (0.92%) Wrike
14 4 (0.92%) Xactly