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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 173 177
Rank change year-on-year -91 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 442 472 574
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.64% 1.35%
As % of the Applications category 16.00% 19.42% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 246 231
10th Percentile £220 £215 £185
25th Percentile £308 £313 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £389 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +3.67% +7.14% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 53 158
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% -49.51%
75th Percentile £29.50 £19.41 £25.66
90th Percentile £33.46 £48.26 £30.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% -43.40%

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 2,762 2,431 3,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.70% 8.44% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,592 1,414 1,657
10th Percentile £248 £188 £165
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £562 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 260 632
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.20 £11.52
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +35.05% -47.81%
75th Percentile £34.48 £43.81 £38.43
90th Percentile £72.05 £67.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £21.39 £16.06
% change year-on-year -4.86% +33.19% -39.40%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -82 397 £442 +4.67% 264
UK excluding London -109 235 £389 +3.67% 204
London -60 186 £500 +17.65% 100
Work from Home -45 117 £390 -5.45% 149
South East -31 64 £475 +20.10% 72
North of England -84 59 £393 -1.75% 29
Midlands -38 40 £455 -17.27% 29
Yorkshire -64 32 £368 -8.00% 12
South West -17 29 £310 -38.86% 37
Scotland -17 26 £375 +15.38% 11
North West -44 26 £442 +1.09% 14
West Midlands -48 26 £350 -36.45% 22
East of England -72 16 £509 +57.59% 18
East Midlands -14 15 £455 - 7
Northern Ireland -11 5 £369 -22.37% 9
Wales -12 1 £213 - 3
North East -27 1 £390 +254.55% 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 83 (18.78%) SharePoint
2 57 (12.90%) Confluence
3 6 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.36%) CMS
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 379 (85.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (44.57%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (16.06%) MS Visio
4 50 (11.31%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.68%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.23%) InDesign
10 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.04%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.90%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.90%) Magento
4 4 (0.90%) Primavera
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.68%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.68%) SimCorp Dimension
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%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.99%) Power Platform
2 33 (7.47%) Azure
3 31 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (6.56%) AWS
5 14 (3.17%) Figma
5 14 (3.17%) GitHub
6 12 (2.71%) SaaS
7 10 (2.26%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.58%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.58%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
10 6 (1.36%) Canva
10 6 (1.36%) Dagster
10 6 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.36%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.13%) Collibra
12 4 (0.90%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.90%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.85%) Firewall
2 13 (2.94%) Wireless
3 8 (1.81%) Internet
4 7 (1.58%) BGP
4 7 (1.58%) VPN
4 7 (1.58%) WAN
5 4 (0.90%) BIG-IP
5 4 (0.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (0.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (0.90%) LAN
5 4 (0.90%) Network Security
5 4 (0.90%) OSPF
5 4 (0.90%) RSVP
5 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.68%) FTP
6 3 (0.68%) Intranet
6 3 (0.68%) MPLS
6 3 (0.68%) SNMP
6 3 (0.68%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.86%) Power BI
2 19 (4.30%) Tableau
3 3 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.68%) Metadata
3 3 (0.68%) Power Query
3 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.23%) DB2
5 1 (0.23%) GIS
5 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 93 (21.04%) JIRA
2 13 (2.94%) Burp Suite
2 13 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.94%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.71%) Git
4 8 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.36%) MLflow
6 4 (0.90%) Subversion
7 3 (0.68%) Toad
8 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.23%) MSI
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
8 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 230 (52.04%) Social Skills
2 168 (38.01%) Finance
3 96 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (15.16%) Banking
5 64 (14.48%) Organisational Skills
6 40 (9.05%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (7.92%) Marketing
8 32 (7.24%) Legal
9 28 (6.33%) Public Sector
10 19 (4.30%) Retail
11 17 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (3.39%) Military
13 14 (3.17%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.26%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.81%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.58%) Advertising
16 7 (1.58%) Front Office
16 7 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (26.70%) Analyst
2 54 (12.22%) Business Analyst
3 29 (6.56%) Project Manager
3 29 (6.56%) Senior
4 24 (5.43%) Consultant
5 23 (5.20%) PMO Analyst
6 20 (4.52%) Architect
7 18 (4.07%) Lead
8 17 (3.85%) Support Officer
9 15 (3.39%) Administrator
9 15 (3.39%) Coordinator
9 15 (3.39%) Project Officer
9 15 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (3.17%) Project Support Officer
10 14 (3.17%) Tester
11 13 (2.94%) Data Analyst
11 13 (2.94%) Penetration Tester
11 13 (2.94%) PMO Manager
11 13 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.58%) VML
3 6 (1.36%) NumPy
3 6 (1.36%) Pandas
3 6 (1.36%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.36%) Seaborn
4 4 (0.90%) JDO
4 4 (0.90%) REST
4 4 (0.90%) XML
5 3 (0.68%) Flutter
5 3 (0.68%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.68%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.68%) React Native
5 3 (0.68%) RESTCONF
5 3 (0.68%) Web Services
5 3 (0.68%) XSLT
5 3 (0.68%) YANG
6 2 (0.45%) .NET
6 2 (0.45%) ADO
6 2 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.47%) Product Ownership
1 33 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.71%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.49%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.49%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.81%) Life Science
6 8 (1.81%) PMI
6 8 (1.81%) Social Media
7 7 (1.58%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.13%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.13%) Tandem
10 4 (0.90%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.90%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.90%) NHS
10 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.88%) Windows
2 6 (1.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (25.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 111 (25.11%) Agile
3 109 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (24.43%) Project Management
5 98 (22.17%) Project Delivery
6 63 (14.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 61 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (13.57%) Decision-Making
9 59 (13.35%) Waterfall
10 46 (10.41%) DevOps
11 45 (10.18%) Business Analysis
12 44 (9.95%) Migration
13 40 (9.05%) Data Analysis
13 40 (9.05%) Time Management
14 39 (8.82%) AI
15 38 (8.60%) Analytics
16 37 (8.37%) Risk Management
17 36 (8.14%) PRINCE2
17 36 (8.14%) Workshop Facilitation
18 35 (7.92%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.14%) SQL
2 21 (4.75%) Python
3 7 (1.58%) VB
4 5 (1.13%) VBA
5 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.68%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.45%) C#
6 2 (0.45%) Java
6 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.23%) C++
7 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (31.22%) Degree
2 86 (19.46%) Security Cleared
3 74 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.62%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.94%) CHECK Team Member
6 12 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.71%) PMP
7 11 (2.49%) CREST Certified
7 11 (2.49%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (2.49%) Postgraduate
7 11 (2.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.26%) CBAP
8 10 (2.26%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.26%) IIBA
9 6 (1.36%) CCIE
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.36%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.68%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (22.17%) PMO
2 28 (6.33%) QA
3 24 (5.43%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.39%) GDPR
5 14 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.36%) P3O
9 5 (1.13%) SLA
10 4 (0.90%) MiFID
11 3 (0.68%) GRC
11 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.23%) NCSC
12 1 (0.23%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.23%) NIST
12 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (1.58%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.39%) Ansible
2 13 (2.94%) Nmap
3 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.90%) SCCM
3 4 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 210 (47.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.56%) ServiceNow
3 28 (6.33%) Oracle
4 24 (5.43%) Adobe
5 16 (3.62%) Google
6 15 (3.39%) SAP
7 13 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.49%) Cisco
9 8 (1.81%) Remedy
9 8 (1.81%) Sonatype
10 7 (1.58%) F5
10 7 (1.58%) Juniper
10 7 (1.58%) Planview
10 7 (1.58%) Workday
11 6 (1.36%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.36%) Splunk
12 5 (1.13%) Apple
13 4 (0.90%) Ariba
13 4 (0.90%) FactSet
13 4 (0.90%) Zscaler