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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 170 217
Rank change year-on-year -127 +47 -32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 444 534 441
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.83% 1.63% 1.13%
As % of the Applications category 15.58% 18.80% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 270 188
10th Percentile £203 £237 £219
25th Percentile £305 £313 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £413 £445
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -7.30% -6.32%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £566
90th Percentile £636 £638 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £388
% change year-on-year +6.81% -3.35% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 61 120
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.81 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.75 £18.85 £15.07
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% +25.08% -26.77%
75th Percentile £30.78 £31.00 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.08 £35.50 £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year -6.07% +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 2,849 2,840 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.32% 8.65% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,591 1,403
10th Percentile £213 £200 £165
25th Percentile £320 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 373 380
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.60 £11.79
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.84 £14.96
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.90 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +28.65% -22.27%
75th Percentile £36.86 £35.00 £41.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.76 £22.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -5.66% +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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -103 396 £450 - 500
UK excluding London -88 236 £400 +6.81% 360
London -93 184 £494 +9.78% 232
Work from Home -101 123 £425 +6.25% 216
South East -33 73 £500 +48.15% 107
North of England -103 49 £394 -1.56% 75
Midlands -36 32 £475 +54.98% 49
South West -32 31 £310 -43.08% 49
Scotland -27 28 £425 +30.77% 31
West Midlands -50 28 £475 +54.98% 38
Yorkshire -57 27 £400 - 29
North West -62 22 £380 -15.56% 41
East of England -52 17 £509 +36.01% 24
East Midlands -16 4 £490 - 11
Northern Ireland -17 4 £369 -18.06% 20
Wales -21 3 £450 +46.34% 8

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 80 (18.02%) SharePoint
2 38 (8.56%) Confluence
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Moodle
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 391 (88.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 200 (45.05%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (15.99%) MS Visio
4 69 (15.54%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.35%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.68%) 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 (1.80%) Magento
2 6 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.13%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.13%) Primavera
3 5 (1.13%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.90%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.68%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 2 (0.45%) Workfront
7 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) Maximo
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 68 (15.32%) Power Platform
2 35 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (7.43%) Azure
4 19 (4.28%) AWS
5 17 (3.83%) SaaS
6 11 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.25%) Figma
8 9 (2.03%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.35%) GitHub
9 6 (1.35%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.35%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.35%) Lucidchart
9 6 (1.35%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.13%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.90%) GCP
11 4 (0.90%) OCI
11 4 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.70%) WAN
2 10 (2.25%) LAN
3 9 (2.03%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.35%) BGP
5 6 (1.35%) MPLS
5 6 (1.35%) SNMP
5 6 (1.35%) TACACS
6 5 (1.13%) Internet
7 4 (0.90%) RSVP
7 4 (0.90%) VPN
8 3 (0.68%) DHCP
8 3 (0.68%) DNS
8 3 (0.68%) Firewall
8 3 (0.68%) FTP
8 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.45%) Intranet
9 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.23%) Network Security
10 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (14.19%) Power BI
2 10 (2.25%) Power Query
3 7 (1.58%) Tableau
4 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.45%) 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%) DataStage
6 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 70 (15.77%) JIRA
2 14 (3.15%) Git
3 9 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.80%) Subversion
5 4 (0.90%) Selenium
6 3 (0.68%) MLflow
6 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.45%) eggPlant
7 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.45%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.45%) MSI
7 2 (0.45%) Postman
7 2 (0.45%) Rational Functional Tester
7 2 (0.45%) SilkTest
7 2 (0.45%) SOAtest
7 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
7 2 (0.45%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 249 (56.08%) Social Skills
2 181 (40.77%) Finance
3 142 (31.98%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (22.52%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (12.39%) Banking
6 41 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (7.21%) Marketing
8 28 (6.31%) Legal
9 21 (4.73%) Retail
10 20 (4.50%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.93%) Investment Banking
12 13 (2.93%) Military
13 10 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.03%) Advertising
14 9 (2.03%) Front Office
14 9 (2.03%) Manufacturing
14 9 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.58%) French Language
Job Titles
1 105 (23.65%) Analyst
2 45 (10.14%) Project Manager
3 36 (8.11%) Senior
4 33 (7.43%) Business Analyst
5 24 (5.41%) Consultant
6 23 (5.18%) Administrator
6 23 (5.18%) PMO Analyst
7 19 (4.28%) Coordinator
7 19 (4.28%) Project Officer
8 18 (4.05%) Support Officer
9 17 (3.83%) Lead
10 16 (3.60%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.60%) Project Support Officer
11 14 (3.15%) Architect
11 14 (3.15%) PMO Manager
11 14 (3.15%) Senior Manager
12 13 (2.93%) Project Coordinator
13 12 (2.70%) Data Analyst
14 11 (2.48%) Support Analyst
14 11 (2.48%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.03%) VML
2 6 (1.35%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.35%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.35%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.35%) YANG
3 5 (1.13%) Web Services
3 5 (1.13%) XML
4 4 (0.90%) .NET
4 4 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.90%) JDO
5 3 (0.68%) ADO
5 3 (0.68%) Flutter
5 3 (0.68%) HTML
5 3 (0.68%) NumPy
5 3 (0.68%) Pandas
5 3 (0.68%) Playwright
5 3 (0.68%) React Native
5 3 (0.68%) REST
5 3 (0.68%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.68%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.66%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (6.53%) Management Information System
2 29 (6.53%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.25%) Life Science
5 8 (1.80%) Mobile App
5 8 (1.80%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.13%) Graphic Design
9 4 (0.90%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.90%) CMDB
9 4 (0.90%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.90%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Video Editing
9 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.28%) Windows
2 7 (1.58%) Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.90%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (34.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 122 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (27.03%) Project Management
4 107 (24.10%) Agile
5 97 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 93 (20.95%) Project Delivery
7 76 (17.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 64 (14.41%) Decision-Making
9 59 (13.29%) Waterfall
10 53 (11.94%) Data Analysis
11 48 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (9.91%) PRINCE2
13 42 (9.46%) AI
13 42 (9.46%) Analytics
14 40 (9.01%) Business Case
14 40 (9.01%) Risk Management
15 38 (8.56%) Change Management
15 38 (8.56%) Portfolio Management
16 33 (7.43%) Validation
16 33 (7.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.53%) SQL
2 21 (4.73%) Python
3 7 (1.58%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.58%) VBA
4 5 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.90%) Bicep
6 3 (0.68%) Korn
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) Java
7 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.45%) VB
7 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.23%) C#
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (27.70%) Degree
2 90 (20.27%) Security Cleared
3 58 (13.06%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.63%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 21 (4.73%) PMP
7 12 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.35%) CCIE
11 6 (1.35%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.90%) CIPD
14 3 (0.68%) CISM
14 3 (0.68%) CISSP
14 3 (0.68%) IIBA
14 3 (0.68%) MBA
15 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (23.65%) PMO
2 20 (4.50%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.50%) QA
3 9 (2.03%) P3O
4 8 (1.80%) GRC
5 7 (1.58%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.90%) MiFID
7 4 (0.90%) NIST
7 4 (0.90%) SLA
8 3 (0.68%) GMP
9 2 (0.45%) GDPR
9 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 9 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.68%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.48%) Ansible
2 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.90%) SCCM
3 4 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 282 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.46%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.53%) SAP
4 21 (4.73%) Google
5 18 (4.05%) Oracle
6 15 (3.38%) Adobe
7 14 (3.15%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.25%) Cisco
9 9 (2.03%) F5
10 8 (1.80%) Planview
10 8 (1.80%) Workday
11 6 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.35%) Juniper
12 5 (1.13%) Apple
12 5 (1.13%) Splunk
13 4 (0.90%) Databricks
13 4 (0.90%) Okta
13 4 (0.90%) Qualys
13 4 (0.90%) Wrike
13 4 (0.90%) Xactly