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

 6 months to
15 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 182 209
Rank change year-on-year -114 +27 -24
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 474 505 449
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.56% 1.18%
As % of the Applications category 16.12% 18.35% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 265 211
10th Percentile £213 £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 £632 £640 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £375 £417
% change year-on-year +9.33% -10.07% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 52 112
10th Percentile £14.14 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £21.27 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +31.05% -21.14%
75th Percentile £29.88 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.00 £59.93 £19.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -7.16% +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 2,940 2,752 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.40% 8.48% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 1,536 1,436
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% +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 +0.38% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 464 343 278
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.63 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.71% +35.03% -22.22%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £55.14 £59.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.86 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.99% +37.49% -24.51%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -85 424 £450 - 866
UK excluding London -83 259 £410 +9.33% 432
London -81 193 £488 - 524
Work from Home -92 133 £450 +7.14% 303
South East -18 86 £483 +42.96% 119
North of England -83 54 £400 -6.98% 85
Midlands -35 36 £475 +54.98% 64
Scotland -24 33 £425 +30.77% 35
South West -40 29 £310 -43.73% 57
West Midlands -45 29 £475 +54.98% 41
North West -50 29 £415 -7.78% 47
Yorkshire -42 23 £394 -3.96% 29
East of England -45 17 £509 +30.10% 39
East Midlands -8 7 £490 - 23
Wales -16 3 £450 +46.34% 7
Northern Ireland -18 2 £369 -22.37% 31
North East -38 2 - - 10

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 (21.73%) SharePoint
2 38 (8.02%) Confluence
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.63%) CMS
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.42%) Moodle
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 409 (86.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 202 (42.62%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (15.61%) MS Visio
4 72 (15.19%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.32%) Photoshop
6 9 (1.90%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.84%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.84%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.42%) 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 (1.69%) Magento
2 7 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.05%) Primavera
3 5 (1.05%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.84%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.63%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.42%) 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 71 (14.98%) Power Platform
2 43 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (7.59%) Azure
4 18 (3.80%) AWS
5 16 (3.38%) SaaS
6 14 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.74%) Figma
8 11 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (2.11%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.69%) Lucidchart
10 8 (1.69%) Smartsheet
11 7 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.27%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.05%) Google Docs
13 5 (1.05%) Google Sheets
13 5 (1.05%) Miro
14 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.84%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.11%) LAN
1 10 (2.11%) WAN
2 7 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.84%) BGP
3 4 (0.84%) FTP
3 4 (0.84%) MPLS
3 4 (0.84%) RSVP
3 4 (0.84%) SNMP
3 4 (0.84%) TACACS
4 3 (0.63%) DHCP
4 3 (0.63%) DNS
4 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) Internet
4 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.63%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Intranet
5 2 (0.42%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.71%) Power BI
2 12 (2.53%) Power Query
3 7 (1.48%) Tableau
4 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.63%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.42%) 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 (15.19%) JIRA
2 12 (2.53%) Git
3 8 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.69%) Subversion
4 4 (0.84%) Selenium
5 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.42%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.42%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.42%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.42%) MLflow
6 2 (0.42%) MSI
6 2 (0.42%) Postman
6 2 (0.42%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.42%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.42%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.42%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
General
1 269 (56.75%) Social Skills
2 194 (40.93%) Finance
3 149 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (25.95%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (10.97%) Banking
6 34 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (6.75%) Marketing
8 27 (5.70%) Legal
9 23 (4.85%) Retail
10 22 (4.64%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (3.16%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.74%) Military
15 10 (2.11%) Front Office
15 10 (2.11%) Investment Banking
15 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.90%) Advertising
17 7 (1.48%) French Language
18 6 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 102 (21.52%) Analyst
2 46 (9.70%) Project Manager
3 37 (7.81%) Senior
4 30 (6.33%) Administrator
4 30 (6.33%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.49%) Coordinator
6 25 (5.27%) Consultant
7 23 (4.85%) PMO Analyst
7 23 (4.85%) Project Officer
8 22 (4.64%) Support Officer
9 20 (4.22%) Project Support Officer
10 18 (3.80%) Lead
11 16 (3.38%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.16%) Architect
12 15 (3.16%) Project Coordinator
12 15 (3.16%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.16%) Support Specialist
13 13 (2.74%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.74%) PMO Planner
14 12 (2.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.69%) VML
2 6 (1.27%) Web Services
2 6 (1.27%) XML
3 5 (1.05%) .NET
4 4 (0.84%) ADO
4 4 (0.84%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.84%) JDO
4 4 (0.84%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.84%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.84%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.84%) Terraform
4 4 (0.84%) XSLT
4 4 (0.84%) YANG
5 3 (0.63%) Flutter
5 3 (0.63%) HTML
5 3 (0.63%) React Native
5 3 (0.63%) REST
6 2 (0.42%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.42%) NumPy
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.02%) Onboarding
2 32 (6.75%) Management Information System
3 28 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.90%) Life Science
6 8 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.69%) Graphic Design
6 8 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.48%) Video Editing
8 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.27%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.84%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.84%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.84%) FMCG
9 4 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.84%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.01%) Windows
2 7 (1.48%) Linux
3 4 (0.84%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.84%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (37.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 127 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (26.58%) Project Management
4 111 (23.42%) Agile
5 109 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 98 (20.68%) Project Delivery
7 86 (18.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (14.35%) Decision-Making
9 60 (12.66%) Waterfall
10 53 (11.18%) Data Analysis
11 50 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (10.34%) AI
13 46 (9.70%) PRINCE2
14 44 (9.28%) Analytics
14 44 (9.28%) Risk Management
15 43 (9.07%) Change Management
16 38 (8.02%) Business Case
17 36 (7.59%) Portfolio Management
17 36 (7.59%) Project Governance
17 36 (7.59%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.27%) SQL
2 17 (3.59%) Python
3 7 (1.48%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.27%) VBA
5 5 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.84%) Bicep
6 4 (0.84%) Korn
7 2 (0.42%) C++
7 2 (0.42%) Java
7 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.21%) C#
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 119 (25.11%) Degree
2 99 (20.89%) Security Cleared
3 60 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.96%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.64%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.59%) PMP
7 12 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.05%) CIPD
10 5 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.84%) CCIE
11 4 (0.84%) IIBA
11 4 (0.84%) JNCIE
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.63%) CAPM
12 3 (0.63%) CISM
12 3 (0.63%) CISSP
12 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (25.95%) PMO
2 22 (4.64%) QA
3 16 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.11%) GRC
5 9 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.69%) P3O
7 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.05%) NIST
9 4 (0.84%) MiFID
10 3 (0.63%) GMP
11 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.42%) NCSC
11 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.42%) SLA
11 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.42%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.69%) Ansible
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.63%) SCCM
4 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 313 (66.03%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.07%) ServiceNow
3 27 (5.70%) SAP
4 23 (4.85%) Google
5 18 (3.80%) Oracle
6 14 (2.95%) Adobe
6 14 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.69%) Planview
7 8 (1.69%) Workday
8 7 (1.48%) Cisco
8 7 (1.48%) F5
9 4 (0.84%) Apple
9 4 (0.84%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.84%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.84%) Juniper
9 4 (0.84%) Qualys
9 4 (0.84%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.84%) Splunk
9 4 (0.84%) TOWER Software
9 4 (0.84%) Wrike
989 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide