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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 174 178
Rank change year-on-year -44 +4 +39
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 484 468 614
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.24% 1.51% 1.36%
As % of the Applications category 17.07% 19.44% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 261 339
10th Percentile £275 £210 £189
25th Percentile £340 £315 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -7.89% +6.74%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £668 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £395 £450
% change year-on-year +11.46% -12.28% +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 49 80
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.44 £12.98
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £21.10
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -23.08% +0.38%
75th Percentile £26.25 £21.46 £27.51
90th Percentile £36.65 £30.63 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.90 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +4.11% -21.14% +3.52%

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 2,836 2,407 3,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.25% 7.74% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,667 1,413 2,092
10th Percentile £203 £170 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £659 £638 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 200 506
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.60 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.54
Median % change year-on-year -29.59% +32.06% -35.72%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £63.31 £75.73 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.82 £27.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.62% +39.10% -40.04%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -43 433 £458 +1.78% 273
UK excluding London -49 243 £440 +11.46% 187
London -16 220 £500 +3.73% 110
Work from Home -18 125 £439 -2.50% 128
North of England -39 76 £418 +45.18% 35
South East -6 57 £475 +5.56% 71
Midlands -25 42 £455 -13.33% 42
North West -13 38 £450 +29.31% 15
Yorkshire -41 36 £340 +51.11% 17
West Midlands -39 23 £313 -40.38% 37
Scotland -13 22 £325 -5.45% 12
East Midlands -6 20 £455 +2.25% 5
South West -23 17 £548 +17.81% 16
East of England -59 15 £375 -25.00% 17
Northern Ireland +7 11 £475 +9.83% 1
Wales +8 8 £260 -63.89% 2
North East -19 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
1 112 (23.14%) SharePoint
2 72 (14.88%) Confluence
3 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.86%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.83%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 416 (85.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 183 (37.81%) Microsoft Office
3 99 (20.45%) MS Visio
4 55 (11.36%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.65%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.03%) Photoshop
6 5 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.83%) InDesign
8 3 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.03%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.41%) Primavera
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
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
Cloud Services
1 54 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (10.12%) Azure
3 41 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.72%) AWS
4 18 (3.72%) GitHub
5 14 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.65%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.24%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 5 (1.03%) Canva
10 5 (1.03%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.83%) Collibra
11 4 (0.83%) Figma
11 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.83%) SaaS
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.93%) Firewall
2 17 (3.51%) Wireless
3 16 (3.31%) LAN
4 14 (2.89%) WAN
5 10 (2.07%) VPN
6 9 (1.86%) Skype
7 7 (1.45%) Internet
7 7 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.24%) BGP
9 5 (1.03%) MPLS
10 4 (0.83%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (0.83%) Network Security
10 4 (0.83%) OSPF
10 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (0.62%) Softphone
11 3 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.06%) Power BI
2 30 (6.20%) Tableau
3 6 (1.24%) Metadata
4 5 (1.03%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.83%) MS Access
5 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.83%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.62%) DB2
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
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
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (22.73%) JIRA
2 18 (3.72%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.10%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (2.48%) Burp Suite
4 12 (2.48%) Metasploit
5 6 (1.24%) Toad
6 5 (1.03%) Git
7 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.62%) Selenium
7 3 (0.62%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.21%) MLflow
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 276 (57.02%) Social Skills
2 203 (41.94%) Finance
3 106 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (17.98%) Banking
5 61 (12.60%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (10.12%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (8.47%) Public Sector
8 29 (5.99%) Legal
8 29 (5.99%) Marketing
9 17 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.07%) Retail
12 8 (1.65%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.24%) Billing
13 6 (1.24%) Front Office
13 6 (1.24%) International Banking
13 6 (1.24%) Law
14 5 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 160 (33.06%) Analyst
2 70 (14.46%) Business Analyst
3 35 (7.23%) Project Manager
4 30 (6.20%) Architect
5 28 (5.79%) Senior
6 26 (5.37%) PMO Analyst
6 26 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (4.55%) Consultant
8 21 (4.34%) Administrator
8 21 (4.34%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (4.13%) Lead
10 18 (3.72%) Technical Business Analyst
11 15 (3.10%) PMO Manager
12 14 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.69%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.69%) Tester
14 12 (2.48%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.48%) Penetration Tester
14 12 (2.48%) Report Analyst
15 11 (2.27%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.83%) ADO
2 4 (0.83%) VML
3 3 (0.62%) CSS
3 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.62%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.62%) HTML
3 3 (0.62%) Node.js
3 3 (0.62%) Playwright
3 3 (0.62%) React
3 3 (0.62%) RESTful
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%) XML
4 2 (0.41%) XSLT
4 2 (0.41%) YANG
5 1 (0.21%) COM
5 1 (0.21%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.88%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.40%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.72%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.86%) e-Learning
8 8 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.65%) Graphic Design
8 8 (1.65%) Learning Management System
8 8 (1.65%) PMI
8 8 (1.65%) Social Media
9 7 (1.45%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.45%) NHS
10 6 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.03%) Equities
11 5 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.03%) Tandem
11 5 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.37%) Windows
2 6 (1.24%) 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
1 129 (26.65%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (25.00%) Project Management
3 118 (24.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (22.31%) Agile
5 103 (21.28%) Project Delivery
6 68 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (13.64%) DevOps
7 66 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 61 (12.60%) Migration
9 58 (11.98%) Decision-Making
10 56 (11.57%) Time Management
11 49 (10.12%) Waterfall
12 48 (9.92%) Process Improvement
13 47 (9.71%) Business Analysis
14 44 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
15 42 (8.68%) Risk Management
16 38 (7.85%) PRINCE2
17 37 (7.64%) Regulatory Compliance
18 36 (7.44%) Analytics
18 36 (7.44%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.68%) SQL
2 21 (4.34%) Python
3 7 (1.45%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.24%) C#
4 6 (1.24%) R
5 5 (1.03%) Java
5 5 (1.03%) VB
6 4 (0.83%) Perl
6 4 (0.83%) PHP
6 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.83%) VBA
7 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 128 (26.45%) Degree
2 65 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 49 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.72%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.10%) PMP
6 12 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.48%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.07%) CBAP
8 10 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.07%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.07%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.07%) IIBA
8 10 (2.07%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.24%) CCNP
11 6 (1.24%) CISSP
11 6 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.03%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (21.90%) PMO
2 26 (5.37%) QA
3 22 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.51%) GDPR
5 16 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.24%) P3O
8 5 (1.03%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 3 (0.62%) MiFID
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%) NIST
11 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.34%) Ansible
2 18 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.69%) SCCM
4 12 (2.48%) Nmap
5 4 (0.83%) Terraform
6 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 232 (47.93%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.20%) Oracle
3 23 (4.75%) SAP
4 21 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.10%) Cisco
5 15 (3.10%) Sonatype
6 14 (2.89%) Adobe
7 11 (2.27%) Planview
8 10 (2.07%) Remedy
8 10 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.45%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.45%) Google
10 6 (1.24%) F5
10 6 (1.24%) Juniper
11 5 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.03%) Splunk
11 5 (1.03%) Workday
12 4 (0.83%) Arista
12 4 (0.83%) Citrix
12 4 (0.83%) Zscaler