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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 169 180
Rank change year-on-year -66 +11 +32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 481 477 590
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.58% 1.34%
As % of the Applications category 16.43% 20.14% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 269 294
10th Percentile £268 £210 £169
25th Percentile £339 £313 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £551 £523 £607
90th Percentile £619 £620 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 42 101
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £12.27
25th Percentile £15.70 £15.62 £14.48
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -9.83% -32.08%
75th Percentile £26.06 £23.18 £26.50
90th Percentile £39.08 £29.39 £34.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £17.50
% change year-on-year +10.91% -7.26% -30.69%

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 2,927 2,369 3,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.88% 7.83% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 1,435 1,952
10th Percentile £203 £175 £160
25th Percentile £315 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £539
90th Percentile £650 £630 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £351 £350
% change year-on-year +21.26% +0.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 209 584
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.99 £11.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.71% +39.10% -45.07%
75th Percentile £27.73 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.16 £77.45 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.90 £27.13 £18.98
% change year-on-year -30.32% +42.95% -46.55%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -47 435 £455 +6.66% 237
UK excluding London -74 246 £425 +13.33% 191
London -36 214 £500 +11.11% 73
Work from Home -30 120 £400 -6.06% 107
North of England -45 78 £396 +17.68% 46
South East -20 63 £475 +5.56% 60
Midlands -35 45 £455 -13.33% 39
Yorkshire -58 39 £340 +51.11% 18
North West -24 37 £450 +25.00% 25
West Midlands -45 27 £322 -38.67% 23
East Midlands -12 19 £455 +2.25% 16
Scotland -15 17 £303 -10.19% 7
South West -31 15 £548 +21.67% 21
East of England -68 15 £363 -9.26% 17
Northern Ireland +1 11 £431 +1.47% 1
Wales - 7 £213 - 4
North East -15 2 £390 -42.22% 4

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
1 105 (21.83%) SharePoint
2 75 (15.59%) Confluence
3 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.83%) CMS
5 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.62%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 407 (84.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 186 (38.67%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (19.75%) MS Visio
4 54 (11.23%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.42%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 12 (2.49%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.46%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.25%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.42%) Primavera
7 2 (0.42%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.42%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 45 (9.36%) Azure
1 45 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (7.28%) Power Platform
3 22 (4.57%) AWS
4 20 (4.16%) GitHub
5 14 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.08%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.04%) Canva
8 5 (1.04%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.04%) OpenShift
9 4 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.83%) Collibra
9 4 (0.83%) Figma
9 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 4 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (0.83%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.74%) Firewall
2 16 (3.33%) Wireless
3 15 (3.12%) WAN
4 13 (2.70%) LAN
5 9 (1.87%) Internet
5 9 (1.87%) VPN
6 8 (1.66%) BGP
7 5 (1.04%) MPLS
7 5 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.83%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.83%) Network Security
8 4 (0.83%) OSPF
8 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.83%) SNMP
8 4 (0.83%) TACACS
8 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.62%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.86%) Power BI
2 26 (5.41%) Tableau
3 6 (1.25%) Metadata
4 5 (1.04%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.83%) MS Access
5 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.83%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) EDMS
7 2 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.42%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 114 (23.70%) JIRA
2 17 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.70%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.70%) Metasploit
5 8 (1.66%) Git
6 7 (1.46%) Toad
7 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.62%) MLflow
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 277 (57.59%) Social Skills
2 197 (40.96%) Finance
3 104 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (18.92%) Banking
5 60 (12.47%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (11.64%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (8.11%) Public Sector
8 35 (7.28%) Legal
9 26 (5.41%) Marketing
10 20 (4.16%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (3.12%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.70%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.29%) Retail
13 11 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.08%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.46%) Front Office
16 6 (1.25%) Billing
16 6 (1.25%) Electronics
16 6 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 161 (33.47%) Analyst
2 72 (14.97%) Business Analyst
3 32 (6.65%) Project Manager
4 29 (6.03%) PMO Analyst
5 27 (5.61%) Architect
5 27 (5.61%) Senior
6 24 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (4.78%) Administrator
8 22 (4.57%) Lead
9 21 (4.37%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (4.16%) Consultant
11 19 (3.95%) Technical Business Analyst
12 17 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.33%) PMO Manager
14 15 (3.12%) Tester
15 14 (2.91%) Coordinator
15 14 (2.91%) Report Analyst
16 13 (2.70%) Data Analyst
16 13 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
16 13 (2.70%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.83%) NETCONF
2 4 (0.83%) OpenConfig
2 4 (0.83%) Playwright
2 4 (0.83%) RESTCONF
2 4 (0.83%) VML
2 4 (0.83%) YANG
3 3 (0.62%) ADO
3 3 (0.62%) NumPy
3 3 (0.62%) Pandas
3 3 (0.62%) scikit-learn
3 3 (0.62%) Seaborn
3 3 (0.62%) XML
4 2 (0.42%) Web Services
4 2 (0.42%) XSLT
5 1 (0.21%) COM
5 1 (0.21%) CSS
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.78%) Data Centre
5 21 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.29%) PMI
6 11 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.87%) e-Learning
7 9 (1.87%) Learning Management System
8 8 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.46%) Tandem
10 6 (1.25%) Equities
10 6 (1.25%) Graphic Design
10 6 (1.25%) NHS
10 6 (1.25%) Social Media
11 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.04%) Derivative
11 5 (1.04%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.41%) Windows
2 4 (0.83%) Unix
3 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (24.74%) Project Management
3 112 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (22.45%) Agile
5 106 (22.04%) Project Delivery
6 66 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (13.72%) DevOps
7 65 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 61 (12.68%) Decision-Making
9 60 (12.47%) Migration
10 56 (11.64%) Time Management
11 52 (10.81%) Waterfall
12 51 (10.60%) Business Analysis
13 50 (10.40%) Process Improvement
14 39 (8.11%) Analytics
14 39 (8.11%) PRINCE2
14 39 (8.11%) Risk Management
15 37 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
16 36 (7.48%) Change Management
17 35 (7.28%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.36%) SQL
2 26 (5.41%) Python
3 8 (1.66%) VB
4 7 (1.46%) C#
5 6 (1.25%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.83%) Perl
6 4 (0.83%) PHP
6 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.83%) R
6 4 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.62%) Java
7 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.62%) VBA
8 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 128 (26.61%) Degree
2 69 (14.35%) Security Cleared
3 56 (11.64%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.57%) PMI Certification
5 19 (3.95%) PMP
6 13 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.70%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.29%) CREST Certified
7 11 (2.29%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.29%) Postgraduate
8 9 (1.87%) CBAP
8 9 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.87%) IIBA
8 9 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.46%) CCIE
10 7 (1.46%) JNCIE
10 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.04%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (22.04%) PMO
2 26 (5.41%) QA
3 24 (4.99%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.74%) GDPR
5 14 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.25%) P3O
8 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.83%) MiFID
9 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 3 (0.62%) SLA
10 2 (0.42%) COBIT
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.21%) GAMP
11 1 (0.21%) NIST
11 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (4.99%) Ansible
2 13 (2.70%) Nmap
3 12 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.25%) SCCM
5 4 (0.83%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 229 (47.61%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.82%) Oracle
3 19 (3.95%) SAP
3 19 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.33%) Sonatype
5 15 (3.12%) Cisco
6 13 (2.70%) Adobe
7 11 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.87%) Google
8 9 (1.87%) Planview
9 8 (1.66%) F5
9 8 (1.66%) Juniper
10 7 (1.46%) Remedy
11 6 (1.25%) Charles River
11 6 (1.25%) Splunk
11 6 (1.25%) Workday
12 5 (1.04%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.04%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.04%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.83%) Bloomberg