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

 6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 186 212
Rank change year-on-year -101 +26 -33
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 470 504 446
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.53% 1.17%
As % of the Applications category 16.05% 18.14% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 265 208
10th Percentile £220 £245 £213
25th Percentile £308 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £556 £600
90th Percentile £628 £640 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £411 £375 £417
% change year-on-year +9.67% -10.07% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 52 110
10th Percentile £14.15 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.27 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +31.05% -21.14%
75th Percentile £29.75 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.00 £59.93 £19.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.75 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.14% +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 2,928 2,778 2,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.39% 8.43% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,555 1,439
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 466 344 275
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.48
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.82 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +36.09% -22.33%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.37 £59.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £22.41 £16.23
% change year-on-year -20.55% +38.06% -25.38%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -97 420 £450 - 884
UK excluding London -76 259 £411 +9.67% 441
London -94 189 £481 -1.28% 535
Work from Home -85 132 £450 +7.14% 317
South East -18 87 £483 +42.96% 127
North of England -88 54 £400 -6.98% 86
Midlands -34 36 £475 +54.98% 66
Scotland -29 33 £425 +30.77% 33
West Midlands -45 29 £475 +54.98% 43
North West -49 29 £415 -7.78% 46
South West -38 28 £310 -43.73% 55
Yorkshire -54 23 £394 -3.96% 29
East of England -38 17 £509 +30.10% 39
East Midlands -7 7 £490 - 23
Wales -15 3 £450 +46.34% 8
Northern Ireland -19 2 £369 -22.37% 33
North East -39 2 - - 12

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
1 103 (21.91%) SharePoint
2 38 (8.09%) Confluence
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.64%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Moodle
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 407 (86.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 199 (42.34%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (15.53%) MS Visio
4 72 (15.32%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.34%) Photoshop
6 9 (1.91%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.85%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.21%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.21%) InDesign
11 1 (0.21%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.21%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.21%) Trello
11 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.70%) Magento
2 7 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.06%) Primavera
3 5 (1.06%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.85%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.64%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.43%) Workfront
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 70 (14.89%) Power Platform
2 43 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (7.66%) Azure
4 16 (3.40%) AWS
4 16 (3.40%) SaaS
5 14 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.77%) Figma
7 11 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (2.13%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.70%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.70%) Smartsheet
10 7 (1.49%) Lucidchart
10 7 (1.49%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.28%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.06%) Google Docs
12 5 (1.06%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.06%) Miro
13 4 (0.85%) GCP
13 4 (0.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.13%) LAN
1 10 (2.13%) WAN
2 7 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.85%) BGP
3 4 (0.85%) FTP
3 4 (0.85%) MPLS
3 4 (0.85%) RSVP
3 4 (0.85%) SNMP
3 4 (0.85%) TACACS
4 3 (0.64%) DHCP
4 3 (0.64%) DNS
4 3 (0.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.64%) Internet
4 3 (0.64%) Intranet
4 3 (0.64%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.64%) VPN
5 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.62%) Power BI
2 12 (2.55%) Power Query
3 7 (1.49%) Tableau
4 4 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.64%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.43%) 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%) DTS
7 1 (0.21%) GIS
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 72 (15.32%) JIRA
2 10 (2.13%) Git
3 8 (1.70%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.70%) Subversion
4 4 (0.85%) Selenium
5 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.43%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.43%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.43%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.43%) MSI
6 2 (0.43%) Postman
6 2 (0.43%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.43%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.43%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.43%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.43%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 268 (57.02%) Social Skills
2 194 (41.28%) Finance
3 147 (31.28%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (26.38%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (11.06%) Banking
6 34 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (6.60%) Marketing
8 27 (5.74%) Legal
9 23 (4.89%) Public Sector
9 23 (4.89%) Retail
10 17 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (3.19%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.77%) Military
14 10 (2.13%) Front Office
14 10 (2.13%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.91%) Advertising
16 7 (1.49%) French Language
17 6 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 102 (21.70%) Analyst
2 46 (9.79%) Project Manager
3 37 (7.87%) Senior
4 30 (6.38%) Administrator
4 30 (6.38%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.53%) Coordinator
6 25 (5.32%) Consultant
7 23 (4.89%) PMO Analyst
7 23 (4.89%) Project Officer
8 22 (4.68%) Support Officer
9 20 (4.26%) Project Support Officer
10 18 (3.83%) Lead
11 16 (3.40%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.19%) Project Coordinator
12 15 (3.19%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.19%) Support Specialist
13 14 (2.98%) Architect
14 13 (2.77%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.77%) PMO Planner
15 12 (2.55%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.70%) VML
2 6 (1.28%) Web Services
2 6 (1.28%) XML
3 5 (1.06%) .NET
4 4 (0.85%) ADO
4 4 (0.85%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.85%) JDO
4 4 (0.85%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.85%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.85%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.85%) Terraform
4 4 (0.85%) XSLT
4 4 (0.85%) YANG
5 3 (0.64%) HTML
6 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.43%) Flutter
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.43%) Playwright
6 2 (0.43%) REST
6 2 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 32 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.91%) Life Science
6 8 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.70%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.49%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.49%) Video Editing
8 6 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.28%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.28%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.06%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.04%) Windows
2 7 (1.49%) Linux
3 4 (0.85%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.43%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (38.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 126 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (26.60%) Project Management
4 109 (23.19%) Agile
5 108 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (20.64%) Project Delivery
7 86 (18.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (14.04%) Decision-Making
9 60 (12.77%) Waterfall
10 52 (11.06%) Data Analysis
11 50 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (10.00%) AI
13 46 (9.79%) PRINCE2
14 43 (9.15%) Analytics
14 43 (9.15%) Change Management
14 43 (9.15%) Risk Management
15 37 (7.87%) Business Case
16 36 (7.66%) Portfolio Management
16 36 (7.66%) Project Governance
17 35 (7.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.89%) SQL
2 15 (3.19%) Python
3 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.28%) VBA
5 5 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.85%) Bicep
6 4 (0.85%) Korn
7 2 (0.43%) C++
7 2 (0.43%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.21%) C#
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 117 (24.89%) Degree
2 98 (20.85%) Security Cleared
3 59 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.02%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.68%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.62%) PMP
7 12 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.06%) CIPD
9 5 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.85%) CCIE
10 4 (0.85%) IIBA
10 4 (0.85%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.64%) CAPM
11 3 (0.64%) CISM
11 3 (0.64%) CISSP
11 3 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (26.17%) PMO
2 21 (4.47%) QA
3 16 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.13%) GRC
5 9 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.70%) P3O
7 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.06%) NIST
9 4 (0.85%) MiFID
10 3 (0.64%) GMP
11 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.43%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.43%) NCSC
11 2 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.43%) SLA
11 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.70%) Ansible
2 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.64%) SCCM
4 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 309 (65.74%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.15%) ServiceNow
3 27 (5.74%) SAP
4 23 (4.89%) Google
5 17 (3.62%) Oracle
6 13 (2.77%) Adobe
6 13 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.70%) Planview
7 8 (1.70%) Workday
8 7 (1.49%) Cisco
8 7 (1.49%) F5
9 4 (0.85%) Apple
9 4 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.85%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.85%) Juniper
9 4 (0.85%) Qualys
9 4 (0.85%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.85%) Splunk
9 4 (0.85%) TOWER Software
9 4 (0.85%) Wrike
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