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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 176 172
Rank change year-on-year -55 -4 +45
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 483 473 614
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.19% 1.54% 1.39%
As % of the Applications category 16.60% 19.82% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 268 335
10th Percentile £268 £210 £182
25th Percentile £340 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £607
90th Percentile £614 £666 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £381 £450
% change year-on-year +15.41% -15.28% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 48 90
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.61
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.48
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -22.12% -11.32%
75th Percentile £27.06 £22.03 £26.50
90th Percentile £40.09 £29.65 £35.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £16.23 £18.13
% change year-on-year +9.64% -10.48% -18.19%

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 2,909 2,386 3,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.14% 7.75% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 1,425 2,014
10th Percentile £203 £175 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £375
% change year-on-year +19.38% -5.07% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 191 524
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.44 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.71% +33.95% -37.69%
75th Percentile £29.61 £42.50 £42.64
90th Percentile £60.16 £75.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.95 £26.81 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.32% +37.50% -40.00%

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 19 February 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 19 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 17 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 19 February 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 -47 433 £457 +1.44% 196
UK excluding London -54 248 £440 +15.41% 166
London -31 213 £500 +3.63% 54
Work from Home -27 126 £400 -9.30% 86
North of England -47 76 £403 +40.00% 35
South East -7 61 £475 +5.56% 62
Midlands -40 46 £455 -13.33% 34
North West -13 37 £450 +29.31% 17
Yorkshire -41 37 £340 +51.11% 16
West Midlands -50 27 £336 -36.05% 25
Scotland -18 21 £306 -9.22% 14
East Midlands -7 20 £455 +2.25% 9
South West -22 17 £548 +17.81% 13
East of England -65 15 £375 -11.71% 12
Northern Ireland +4 10 £475 +11.76%
Wales - 7 £213 -
North East -18 2 £390 -48.00% 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
1 107 (22.15%) SharePoint
2 75 (15.53%) Confluence
3 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.24%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.83%) CMS
7 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 412 (85.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 184 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (19.67%) MS Visio
4 53 (10.97%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.62%) InDesign
9 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.66%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.24%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.24%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.41%) Primavera
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (9.73%) Azure
3 38 (7.87%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.55%) AWS
5 19 (3.93%) GitHub
6 13 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.07%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.86%) OneDrive
8 9 (1.86%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.24%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.04%) Canva
10 5 (1.04%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.83%) Collibra
11 4 (0.83%) Figma
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.93%) Firewall
2 17 (3.52%) Wireless
3 15 (3.11%) LAN
4 14 (2.90%) WAN
5 10 (2.07%) VPN
6 7 (1.45%) Internet
6 7 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.24%) BGP
7 6 (1.24%) Skype
8 4 (0.83%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.83%) MPLS
8 4 (0.83%) Network Security
8 4 (0.83%) OSPF
8 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.62%) Softphone
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.41%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.45%) Power BI
2 29 (6.00%) Tableau
3 6 (1.24%) Metadata
4 5 (1.04%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.83%) MS Access
5 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.83%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.41%) EDMS
7 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) Impala
Development Applications
1 111 (22.98%) JIRA
2 16 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.11%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.69%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.69%) Metasploit
5 7 (1.45%) Git
5 7 (1.45%) Toad
6 3 (0.62%) MLflow
6 3 (0.62%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 275 (56.94%) Social Skills
2 203 (42.03%) Finance
3 106 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (17.39%) Banking
5 57 (11.80%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (8.07%) Public Sector
8 32 (6.63%) Legal
9 29 (6.00%) Marketing
10 19 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (3.93%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.48%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.28%) Retail
14 10 (2.07%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.45%) Front Office
16 6 (1.24%) Billing
16 6 (1.24%) Electronics
16 6 (1.24%) Law
Job Titles
1 162 (33.54%) Analyst
2 74 (15.32%) Business Analyst
3 33 (6.83%) Project Manager
4 29 (6.00%) Architect
4 29 (6.00%) PMO Analyst
5 28 (5.80%) Senior
6 26 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (4.55%) Administrator
8 20 (4.14%) Consultant
8 20 (4.14%) Lead
8 20 (4.14%) Technical Analyst
9 18 (3.73%) Technical Business Analyst
10 16 (3.31%) PMO Manager
10 16 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (2.90%) Tester
12 13 (2.69%) Penetration Tester
13 12 (2.48%) Coordinator
13 12 (2.48%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.48%) Report Analyst
14 11 (2.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.83%) VML
3 3 (0.62%) ADO
3 3 (0.62%) NumPy
3 3 (0.62%) Pandas
3 3 (0.62%) Playwright
3 3 (0.62%) scikit-learn
3 3 (0.62%) Seaborn
3 3 (0.62%) XML
4 2 (0.41%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.41%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.41%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.41%) Web Services
4 2 (0.41%) XSLT
4 2 (0.41%) YANG
5 1 (0.21%) COM
5 1 (0.21%) CSS
5 1 (0.21%) Node.js
5 1 (0.21%) REST
5 1 (0.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.49%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.42%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.18%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.93%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.28%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.07%) PMI
8 9 (1.86%) e-Learning
8 9 (1.86%) Learning Management System
9 8 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.45%) Graphic Design
10 7 (1.45%) Social Media
11 6 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.24%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.24%) NHS
12 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.04%) Derivative
12 5 (1.04%) Equities
12 5 (1.04%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.59%) Windows
2 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.83%) Unix
3 4 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (24.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (24.02%) Project Management
4 108 (22.36%) Agile
5 105 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 68 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 66 (13.66%) DevOps
8 64 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (12.01%) Decision-Making
9 58 (12.01%) Migration
10 55 (11.39%) Time Management
11 50 (10.35%) Waterfall
12 49 (10.14%) Process Improvement
13 48 (9.94%) Business Analysis
14 42 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (8.28%) PRINCE2
16 39 (8.07%) Analytics
17 38 (7.87%) Risk Management
18 37 (7.66%) Data Analysis
18 37 (7.66%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.70%) SQL
2 24 (4.97%) Python
3 8 (1.66%) VB
4 6 (1.24%) C#
5 5 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.04%) R
6 4 (0.83%) Perl
6 4 (0.83%) PHP
6 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.62%) Java
7 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.62%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.62%) VBA
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 130 (26.92%) Degree
2 68 (14.08%) Security Cleared
3 54 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.14%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.52%) PMP
6 13 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.69%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.28%) CREST Certified
7 11 (2.28%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (2.28%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.28%) Postgraduate
8 10 (2.07%) CBAP
8 10 (2.07%) IIBA
9 9 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.66%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.04%) CCIE
12 5 (1.04%) CISSP
12 5 (1.04%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (22.57%) PMO
2 26 (5.38%) QA
3 20 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.73%) GDPR
5 15 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.69%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.24%) P3O
8 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.83%) MiFID
9 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 3 (0.62%) SLA
10 2 (0.41%) COBIT
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.21%) GAAP
11 1 (0.21%) GAMP
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 20 (4.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.35%) Ansible
2 15 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.69%) Nmap
4 9 (1.86%) SCCM
5 4 (0.83%) Terraform
6 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 228 (47.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.00%) Oracle
3 23 (4.76%) SAP
4 21 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.11%) Sonatype
6 14 (2.90%) Adobe
6 14 (2.90%) Cisco
7 11 (2.28%) Planview
8 10 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.66%) Google
9 8 (1.66%) Remedy
10 6 (1.24%) F5
10 6 (1.24%) Juniper
10 6 (1.24%) Workday
11 5 (1.04%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.04%) Charles River
11 5 (1.04%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.04%) Splunk
12 4 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.83%) Fortinet