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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 185 208
Rank change year-on-year -104 +23 -30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 483 501 449
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.52% 1.17%
As % of the Applications category 16.17% 18.05% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 265 209
10th Percentile £225 £245 £212
25th Percentile £309 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £600
90th Percentile £633 £638 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £375 £419
% change year-on-year +10.67% -10.39% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 52 112
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.06 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -20.65% +35.89% -21.14%
75th Percentile £29.50 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £41.50 £59.93 £19.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -15.12% +16.14% -21.14%

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 2,987 2,775 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.45% 8.42% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,528 1,563 1,448
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 340 275
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.59 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.48
Median hourly rate £17.86 £23.82 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.03% +36.09% -22.33%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.66 £59.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.41 £16.23
% change year-on-year -21.90% +38.06% -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 19 September 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 September 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 September 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 -73 427 £450 - 735
UK excluding London -80 265 £415 +10.67% 395
London -77 194 £488 +0.17% 409
Work from Home -93 135 £451 +8.35% 243
South East -9 87 £483 +42.96% 120
North of England -79 58 £400 -4.76% 77
Scotland -21 37 £425 +30.77% 27
Midlands -40 36 £478 +55.95% 57
North West -59 32 £418 +1.21% 39
South West -27 28 £310 -43.73% 54
West Midlands -44 28 £475 +54.98% 35
Yorkshire -43 24 £394 -6.25% 29
East of England -43 15 £509 +30.10% 39
East Midlands -10 8 £490 - 22
Wales -15 3 £450 +46.34% 9
Northern Ireland -22 2 £369 -22.37% 17
North East -50 2 - - 9

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
1 108 (22.36%) SharePoint
2 38 (7.87%) Confluence
3 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.62%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Moodle
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 417 (86.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (40.99%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (15.32%) Microsoft Project
3 74 (15.32%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.28%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.83%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.21%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.21%) InDesign
10 1 (0.21%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.21%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.21%) Trello
10 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.66%) Magento
2 7 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.04%) Primavera
3 5 (1.04%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.83%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.62%) TrackWise
5 3 (0.62%) Workfront
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.21%) Maximo
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.91%) Power Platform
2 45 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (8.07%) Azure
4 16 (3.31%) AWS
4 16 (3.31%) SaaS
5 15 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.69%) Figma
7 12 (2.48%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (2.07%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.66%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.66%) Lucidchart
10 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.66%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.24%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.24%) Miro
12 5 (1.04%) Google Docs
12 5 (1.04%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.83%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.07%) LAN
1 10 (2.07%) WAN
2 7 (1.45%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.83%) BGP
3 4 (0.83%) FTP
3 4 (0.83%) Internet
3 4 (0.83%) MPLS
3 4 (0.83%) RSVP
3 4 (0.83%) SNMP
3 4 (0.83%) TACACS
4 3 (0.62%) DHCP
4 3 (0.62%) DNS
4 3 (0.62%) Firewall
4 3 (0.62%) Intranet
4 3 (0.62%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.62%) VPN
5 2 (0.41%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.46%) Power BI
2 12 (2.48%) Power Query
3 7 (1.45%) Tableau
4 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.62%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.62%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.41%) DTS
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.21%) DataStage
7 1 (0.21%) GIS
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 71 (14.70%) JIRA
2 10 (2.07%) Git
3 8 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.66%) Subversion
4 4 (0.83%) Selenium
5 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.41%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.41%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.41%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.41%) MSI
6 2 (0.41%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.41%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.41%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 275 (56.94%) Social Skills
2 203 (42.03%) Finance
3 151 (31.26%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (27.12%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (10.97%) Banking
6 34 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (6.83%) Marketing
8 29 (6.00%) Legal
9 24 (4.97%) Retail
10 23 (4.76%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.73%) Manufacturing
12 17 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (2.69%) Military
15 11 (2.28%) Front Office
16 10 (2.07%) Investment Banking
16 10 (2.07%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.86%) Advertising
18 7 (1.45%) Aviation
18 7 (1.45%) French Language
Job Titles
1 101 (20.91%) Analyst
2 46 (9.52%) Project Manager
3 38 (7.87%) Senior
4 32 (6.63%) Administrator
5 29 (6.00%) Business Analyst
6 28 (5.80%) Coordinator
7 27 (5.59%) Consultant
8 26 (5.38%) Project Officer
9 25 (5.18%) Support Officer
10 23 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
10 23 (4.76%) Project Support Officer
11 17 (3.52%) Lead
12 16 (3.31%) Architect
12 16 (3.31%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.11%) Project Coordinator
13 15 (3.11%) Senior Manager
13 15 (3.11%) Support Specialist
14 13 (2.69%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.69%) PMO Planner
15 12 (2.48%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.66%) VML
2 6 (1.24%) Web Services
2 6 (1.24%) XML
3 5 (1.04%) .NET
4 4 (0.83%) ADO
4 4 (0.83%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.83%) JDO
4 4 (0.83%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.83%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.83%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.83%) Terraform
4 4 (0.83%) XSLT
4 4 (0.83%) YANG
5 3 (0.62%) Flutter
5 3 (0.62%) HTML
5 3 (0.62%) Middleware
5 3 (0.62%) React Native
5 3 (0.62%) REST
6 2 (0.41%) SOAP
6 2 (0.41%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.07%) Onboarding
2 33 (6.83%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.86%) Life Science
7 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.66%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.45%) Video Editing
9 6 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.24%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.24%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.04%) PMI
11 4 (0.83%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.83%) CMDB
11 4 (0.83%) FMCG
11 4 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.93%) Windows
2 7 (1.45%) Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (37.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 129 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (26.29%) Project Management
4 111 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (22.36%) Agile
6 97 (20.08%) Project Delivery
7 87 (18.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 69 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 60 (12.42%) Waterfall
10 54 (11.18%) Data Analysis
11 51 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (10.14%) AI
13 48 (9.94%) PRINCE2
14 44 (9.11%) Analytics
15 43 (8.90%) Change Management
15 43 (8.90%) Risk Management
16 39 (8.07%) Business Case
16 39 (8.07%) Project Governance
17 36 (7.45%) Portfolio Management
17 36 (7.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.76%) SQL
2 15 (3.11%) Python
3 7 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.24%) VBA
5 5 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.83%) Bicep
6 4 (0.83%) Korn
7 2 (0.41%) C++
7 2 (0.41%) Java
7 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 119 (24.64%) Degree
2 97 (20.08%) Security Cleared
3 58 (12.01%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.83%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.52%) PMP
7 12 (2.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.04%) CIPD
9 5 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.83%) CCIE
10 4 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.83%) IIBA
10 4 (0.83%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.62%) CAPM
11 3 (0.62%) CISM
11 3 (0.62%) CISSP
11 3 (0.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (25.88%) PMO
2 22 (4.55%) QA
3 16 (3.31%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.07%) GRC
5 9 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.66%) P3O
7 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.04%) NIST
9 4 (0.83%) MiFID
10 3 (0.62%) GMP
11 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.41%) NCSC
11 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.41%) SLA
11 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.66%) Ansible
1 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.62%) SCCM
3 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 320 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.90%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.21%) SAP
4 23 (4.76%) Google
5 18 (3.73%) Oracle
6 14 (2.90%) Adobe
6 14 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.66%) Planview
7 8 (1.66%) Workday
8 7 (1.45%) Cisco
8 7 (1.45%) F5
9 4 (0.83%) Apple
9 4 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.83%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.83%) Juniper
9 4 (0.83%) Qualys
9 4 (0.83%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.83%) Splunk
9 4 (0.83%) TOWER Software
9 4 (0.83%) Wrike