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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 177 183
Rank change year-on-year -32 +6 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 497 460 586
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.34% 1.46% 1.36%
As % of the Applications category 17.68% 19.95% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 253 353
10th Percentile £270 £219 £192
25th Percentile £322 £320 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £600
90th Percentile £614 £723 £727
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £451
% change year-on-year +6.38% -11.37% +12.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 58 55
10th Percentile £14.25 - £13.40
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% +6.14%
75th Percentile £27.83 £21.46 £28.30
90th Percentile £35.33 £30.74 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.75 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +3.20% -21.14% +9.35%

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 2,811 2,306 3,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.60% 7.32% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 1,358 2,059
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £311 £250 £222
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 £649 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £350
% change year-on-year +19.38% +1.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 201 365
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.13
25th Percentile £15.69 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% +18.60% -26.50%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.64
90th Percentile £61.79 £75.00 £52.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.08 £26.50 £21.10
% change year-on-year -27.99% +25.59% -33.97%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -32 433 £461 -0.81% 324
UK excluding London -34 250 £425 +6.38% 288
London +7 223 £500 +1.01% 80
Work from Home +2 136 £438 -5.91% 101
North of England -17 75 £375 +13.81% 51
South East -3 55 £475 +8.76% 102
Midlands -19 42 £448 -13.20% 50
North West -9 37 £450 +5.88% 20
Yorkshire -26 36 £313 +41.57% 24
Scotland -5 30 £375 - 11
West Midlands -29 24 £308 -41.43% 29
East Midlands -8 19 £460 +3.37% 21
South West -17 17 £495 +10.00% 27
East of England -53 17 £391 -13.06% 42
Northern Ireland +5 11 £475 - 6
Wales +5 10 £260 -63.89% 9
North East -18 2 £390 -48.00% 8

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
1 117 (23.54%) SharePoint
2 69 (13.88%) Confluence
3 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.81%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.60%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Resin
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 437 (87.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (38.03%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (20.93%) MS Visio
4 56 (11.27%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.80%) InDesign
8 3 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.20%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.80%) Loan IQ
3 4 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.60%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.40%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.20%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 52 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (9.66%) Azure
2 48 (9.66%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.22%) GitHub
4 15 (3.02%) AWS
5 14 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.62%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.21%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.41%) Smartsheet
9 6 (1.21%) SaaS
10 5 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 5 (1.01%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.01%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.01%) Viva Engage
11 4 (0.80%) Asana
11 4 (0.80%) Miro
11 4 (0.80%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.80%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.82%) Firewall
2 17 (3.42%) Wireless
3 16 (3.22%) LAN
4 14 (2.82%) WAN
5 11 (2.21%) VPN
6 9 (1.81%) Skype
7 7 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.21%) BGP
9 5 (1.01%) MPLS
10 4 (0.80%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (0.80%) Internet
10 4 (0.80%) Network Security
10 4 (0.80%) OSPF
10 4 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (0.60%) Softphone
11 3 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.26%) Power BI
2 31 (6.24%) Tableau
3 9 (1.81%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.21%) Metadata
5 4 (0.80%) MS Access
5 4 (0.80%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.80%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.60%) DB2
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.60%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) EDMS
7 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.20%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 109 (21.93%) JIRA
2 13 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.41%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.41%) Metasploit
4 10 (2.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.01%) ClearCase
5 5 (1.01%) Toad
6 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.60%) Git
6 3 (0.60%) Selenium
6 3 (0.60%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
General
1 286 (57.55%) Social Skills
2 204 (41.05%) Finance
3 110 (22.13%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (15.09%) Banking
5 64 (12.88%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (8.85%) Public Sector
8 29 (5.84%) Legal
9 27 (5.43%) Marketing
10 16 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (3.22%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.62%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.21%) Retail
13 9 (1.81%) Billing
14 7 (1.41%) Front Office
14 7 (1.41%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.21%) International Banking
15 6 (1.21%) Law
16 5 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 160 (32.19%) Analyst
2 60 (12.07%) Business Analyst
3 46 (9.26%) Project Manager
4 30 (6.04%) Architect
5 29 (5.84%) Senior
6 27 (5.43%) PMO Analyst
6 27 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (5.03%) Administrator
8 24 (4.83%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (4.02%) Consultant
9 20 (4.02%) Technical Business Analyst
10 18 (3.62%) Lead
11 17 (3.42%) Data Analyst
11 17 (3.42%) Support Analyst
12 16 (3.22%) IT Manager
12 16 (3.22%) Report Analyst
13 14 (2.82%) PMO Manager
14 13 (2.62%) Tester
15 12 (2.41%) Coordinator
15 12 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.80%) ADO
2 4 (0.80%) VML
3 3 (0.60%) CSS
3 3 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.60%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.60%) HTML
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%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.40%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.40%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.40%) YANG
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 38 (7.65%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.02%) Data Centre
4 20 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.01%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.61%) e-Learning
6 8 (1.61%) PMI
7 7 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.41%) Learning Management System
7 7 (1.41%) NHS
7 7 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.21%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.01%) Graphic Design
9 5 (1.01%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.01%) Social Media
10 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.04%) Windows
2 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.01%) Linux
4 4 (0.80%) Unix
4 4 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
1 128 (25.75%) Project Management
2 117 (23.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 105 (21.13%) Agile
4 98 (19.72%) Project Delivery
5 73 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 61 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (11.67%) DevOps
8 56 (11.27%) Time Management
9 55 (11.07%) Decision-Making
10 53 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
11 48 (9.66%) Migration
12 47 (9.46%) Process Improvement
13 44 (8.85%) Risk Management
14 43 (8.65%) Change Management
15 42 (8.45%) Waterfall
16 41 (8.25%) Data Analysis
16 41 (8.25%) PRINCE2
17 37 (7.44%) Analytics
17 37 (7.44%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.86%) SQL
2 22 (4.43%) Python
3 9 (1.81%) R
4 8 (1.61%) Java
5 7 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.41%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.01%) C
6 5 (1.01%) C#
7 4 (0.80%) Perl
7 4 (0.80%) PHP
7 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.80%) VBA
8 3 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.60%) VB
9 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 125 (25.15%) Degree
2 64 (12.88%) Security Cleared
3 49 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.02%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.42%) PMP
6 12 (2.41%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.01%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.01%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.01%) Postgraduate
9 9 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.41%) CCNP
10 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.21%) CCIE
11 6 (1.21%) CISSP
11 6 (1.21%) HNC
11 6 (1.21%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.01%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (21.73%) PMO
2 26 (5.23%) QA
3 23 (4.63%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (3.62%) GDPR
6 12 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.21%) P3O
8 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.60%) GRC
9 3 (0.60%) MiFID
9 3 (0.60%) SLA
10 2 (0.40%) COBIT
10 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.20%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.22%) Ansible
3 14 (2.82%) SCCM
4 12 (2.41%) Nmap
5 4 (0.80%) Terraform
6 3 (0.60%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 229 (46.08%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.64%) Oracle
3 24 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.23%) SAP
5 15 (3.02%) Cisco
6 12 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.21%) Planview
7 11 (2.21%) Remedy
8 10 (2.01%) Adobe
8 10 (2.01%) Sonatype
9 7 (1.41%) Google
10 6 (1.21%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.21%) F5
10 6 (1.21%) Juniper
11 5 (1.01%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.01%) NetApp
12 4 (0.80%) Apple
12 4 (0.80%) Arista
12 4 (0.80%) Workday
12 4 (0.80%) Zscaler