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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 189 185
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 502 472 611
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.39% 1.32% 1.36%
As % of the Applications category 17.05% 18.73% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 255 397
10th Percentile £266 £219 £205
25th Percentile £313 £329 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £452
Median % change year-on-year - -0.33% -1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £594
90th Percentile £614 £770 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £438 £425
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 72 31
10th Percentile £15.60 - £16.00
25th Percentile £16.89 £15.62 £18.49
Median hourly rate £22.84 £16.23 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.73% -26.23% +10.66%
75th Percentile £32.25 £21.46 £28.30
90th Percentile £35.50 £30.37 £31.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.18 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +12.01% -21.14% +5.19%

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 2,945 2,520 3,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.13% 7.04% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,460 2,192
10th Percentile £190 £165 £164
25th Percentile £300 £250 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £404 £403
Median % change year-on-year +6.68% +0.29% -10.48%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £368 £360
% change year-on-year +13.61% +2.08% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 240 279
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.26 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.29 £24.09 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% -9.09% +7.24%
75th Percentile £31.00 £42.81 £45.21
90th Percentile £56.90 £65.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.02 £23.11 £26.00
% change year-on-year -13.37% -11.12% +8.33%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 -21 411 £465 -0.53% 230
UK excluding London -39 235 £400 -8.57% 205
London +10 224 £500 +2.15% 96
Work from Home +30 153 £450 -3.23% 108
North of England -26 65 £325 +12.85% 33
South East -13 42 £438 -4.37% 105
Midlands -11 35 £398 -21.67% 23
Scotland +1 34 £355 -15.68% 7
North West -9 33 £458 +34.56% 17
Yorkshire -19 31 £325 +42.86% 12
West Midlands -18 26 £341 -33.90% 16
South West -1 19 £523 +16.11% 20
Northern Ireland +10 18 £475 +137.50% 5
East of England -61 13 £375 -21.01% 15
Wales +8 12 £308 -57.29% 3
East Midlands -10 9 £465 +4.49% 7
North East -16 1 - - 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
1 119 (23.71%) SharePoint
2 57 (11.35%) Confluence
3 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.79%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.80%) Resin
7 3 (0.60%) SAS
8 2 (0.40%) CICS
8 2 (0.40%) CMS
8 2 (0.40%) Moodle
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 434 (86.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (37.85%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (19.92%) MS Visio
4 56 (11.16%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.80%) InDesign
7 4 (0.80%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.60%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 10 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.00%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.60%) BPCS
4 3 (0.60%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.60%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.60%) Workfront
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 64 (12.75%) Power Platform
2 54 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (7.77%) Azure
4 14 (2.79%) GitHub
5 13 (2.59%) OneDrive
6 11 (2.19%) AWS
7 10 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.99%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.99%) Viva Engage
8 9 (1.79%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.59%) Miro
9 8 (1.59%) Smartsheet
10 7 (1.39%) Asana
10 7 (1.39%) SaaS
11 5 (1.00%) Collibra
11 5 (1.00%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.60%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.99%) LAN
2 13 (2.59%) WAN
3 12 (2.39%) Firewall
4 11 (2.19%) Wireless
5 10 (1.99%) VPN
6 9 (1.79%) Skype
7 8 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.00%) BGP
8 5 (1.00%) MPLS
9 4 (0.80%) Internet
9 4 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.80%) WebEx
10 3 (0.60%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
10 3 (0.60%) Intranet
10 3 (0.60%) Network Security
10 3 (0.60%) OSPF
10 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.60%) Softphone
10 3 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.16%) Power BI
2 24 (4.78%) Tableau
3 9 (1.79%) Metadata
3 9 (1.79%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.00%) DB2
5 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.80%) MS Access
5 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.80%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.80%) Spotfire
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.80%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) EDMS
7 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 90 (17.93%) JIRA
2 12 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (1.20%) Burp Suite
4 6 (1.20%) Git
4 6 (1.20%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.00%) ClearCase
6 4 (0.80%) Toad
7 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.60%) Selenium
7 3 (0.60%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.40%) GCC
9 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 284 (56.57%) Social Skills
2 218 (43.43%) Finance
3 135 (26.89%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (14.34%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (12.55%) Banking
6 61 (12.15%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (8.37%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.98%) Manufacturing
8 25 (4.98%) Marketing
9 24 (4.78%) Legal
10 15 (2.99%) Retail
11 13 (2.59%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.99%) Billing
13 10 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.59%) Front Office
15 7 (1.39%) Electronics
15 7 (1.39%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.20%) Law
17 5 (1.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 180 (35.86%) Analyst
2 61 (12.15%) Business Analyst
3 54 (10.76%) Project Manager
4 28 (5.58%) Senior
5 25 (4.98%) PMO Analyst
6 23 (4.58%) Administrator
6 23 (4.58%) Data Analyst
7 22 (4.38%) Support Analyst
7 22 (4.38%) Technical Analyst
8 21 (4.18%) Lead
9 20 (3.98%) Architect
10 18 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.59%) Technical Business Analyst
11 17 (3.39%) Consultant
11 17 (3.39%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.99%) Junior
13 14 (2.79%) PMO Manager
14 13 (2.59%) Coordinator
14 13 (2.59%) Report Analyst
15 12 (2.39%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.00%) ADO
1 5 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (1.00%) HTML
2 4 (0.80%) VML
3 3 (0.60%) CSS
3 3 (0.60%) EDI
3 3 (0.60%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.60%) Node.js
3 3 (0.60%) Playwright
3 3 (0.60%) React
3 3 (0.60%) RESTful
4 2 (0.40%) ISPF
4 2 (0.40%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.40%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.40%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.40%) YANG
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.97%) Onboarding
2 30 (5.98%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.59%) e-Learning
7 8 (1.59%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.39%) Mainframe
8 7 (1.39%) PMI
9 6 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.20%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.20%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.00%) NHS
11 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.80%) Equities
11 4 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.58%) Windows
2 5 (1.00%) Linux
2 5 (1.00%) Mac OS
2 5 (1.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.80%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) Android
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) OS/2
4 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (27.49%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (26.89%) Project Management
3 126 (25.10%) Agile
4 100 (19.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (15.14%) Project Delivery
6 67 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
6 67 (13.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 62 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (12.35%) Decision-Making
8 61 (12.15%) Data Analysis
9 54 (10.76%) Process Improvement
10 48 (9.56%) Time Management
11 42 (8.37%) Change Management
11 42 (8.37%) PRINCE2
12 41 (8.17%) Analytics
12 41 (8.17%) DevOps
12 41 (8.17%) Migration
13 37 (7.37%) ITIL
13 37 (7.37%) Risk Management
13 37 (7.37%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.76%) SQL
2 31 (6.18%) Python
3 11 (2.19%) Java
3 11 (2.19%) R
4 7 (1.39%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.39%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.00%) C
5 5 (1.00%) C#
5 5 (1.00%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.00%) VB
6 4 (0.80%) Perl
6 4 (0.80%) PHP
6 4 (0.80%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.60%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.60%) VBA
8 2 (0.40%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.40%) CLIST
8 2 (0.40%) COBOL
8 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.40%) JCL
Qualifications
1 119 (23.71%) Degree
2 49 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 37 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.58%) PMI Certification
5 19 (3.78%) PMP
6 9 (1.79%) HNC
7 8 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.59%) HND
7 8 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.20%) CCNP
9 6 (1.20%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.00%) CCIE
10 5 (1.00%) CISA
10 5 (1.00%) JNCIE
11 4 (0.80%) CISSP
11 4 (0.80%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (19.72%) PMO
2 27 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.59%) QA
4 14 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.39%) GDPR
6 8 (1.59%) P3O
7 7 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.80%) COBIT
9 4 (0.80%) NIST
10 3 (0.60%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.60%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.40%) SLA
11 2 (0.40%) WCAG
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.60%) Docker
3 2 (0.40%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (0.40%) RACF
3 2 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.79%) SCCM
3 13 (2.59%) Ansible
4 6 (1.20%) Nmap
5 4 (0.80%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.60%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.60%) Terraform
7 2 (0.40%) OMEGAMON
7 2 (0.40%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 259 (51.59%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.58%) SAP
3 26 (5.18%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.58%) Oracle
5 14 (2.79%) Cisco
6 13 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.99%) Planview
8 9 (1.79%) Adobe
9 8 (1.59%) Remedy
9 8 (1.59%) Sonatype
10 7 (1.39%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.39%) Databricks
11 5 (1.00%) Apple
11 5 (1.00%) Ariba
11 5 (1.00%) F5
11 5 (1.00%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.00%) Google
11 5 (1.00%) IFS
11 5 (1.00%) Juniper
11 5 (1.00%) NetApp