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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 181 186
Rank change year-on-year -106 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 440 469 564
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.55% 1.30%
As % of the Applications category 15.78% 18.29% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 239 225
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
25th Percentile £308 £296 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £399 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.77% -6.12% -10.53%
75th Percentile £556 £553 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £727
UK excluding London median daily rate £399 £371 £363
% change year-on-year +7.41% +2.41% -14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 55 167
10th Percentile £14.53 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.33 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% +8.20% -33.42%
75th Percentile £30.00 £25.85 £23.54
90th Percentile £33.42 £33.43 £28.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.06 £15.87 £15.00
% change year-on-year +51.62% +5.77% -32.63%

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 2,788 2,564 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.48% 8.48% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,585 1,470 1,628
10th Percentile £220 £195 £163
25th Percentile £325 £277 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £414 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.44% -5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £541 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £647
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £400 £365
% change year-on-year +4.38% +9.59% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 303 649
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +48.02% -37.08%
75th Percentile £34.46 £41.98 £36.75
90th Percentile £67.55 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.25 £23.10 £16.06
% change year-on-year -3.68% +43.84% -35.76%

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 26 June 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 26 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 16 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 26 June 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 -86 394 £450 +9.54% 149
UK excluding London -111 230 £399 +7.41% 114
London -46 190 £488 +18.18% 61
Work from Home -67 120 £400 -3.03% 65
South East -27 61 £475 +72.73% 42
North of England -76 54 £397 -0.66% 21
Midlands -47 38 £471 +63.06% 23
South West -18 30 £310 -37.32% 15
West Midlands -46 29 £475 +64.36% 16
North West -44 27 £409 +11.22% 10
Yorkshire -55 27 £397 -3.67% 8
Scotland -20 26 £375 +15.38% 6
East of England -67 16 £555 +87.33% 9
East Midlands -5 9 £460 - 7
Northern Ireland -14 5 £369 -13.24%
Wales -16 1 £213 - 1

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 77 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 54 (12.27%) Confluence
3 6 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.14%) CMS
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Moodle
5 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 376 (85.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 199 (45.23%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (16.36%) MS Visio
4 56 (12.73%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.45%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.59%) Primavera
3 6 (1.36%) SAP MM
3 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.14%) Magento
4 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.91%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.68%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.45%) Shopify
7 2 (0.45%) Workfront
8 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 59 (13.41%) Power Platform
2 31 (7.05%) Azure
3 29 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (6.36%) AWS
5 17 (3.86%) SaaS
6 14 (3.18%) GitHub
7 13 (2.95%) Figma
8 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.05%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.05%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.05%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.59%) Google Analytics
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%) Lucidchart
11 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.14%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.50%) Firewall
2 10 (2.27%) Internet
3 9 (2.05%) WAN
4 7 (1.59%) LAN
5 6 (1.36%) BGP
5 6 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.36%) VPN
6 5 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.14%) Wireless
7 4 (0.91%) Network Security
7 4 (0.91%) RSVP
8 3 (0.68%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.68%) Intranet
8 3 (0.68%) MPLS
8 3 (0.68%) OSPF
8 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.68%) TACACS
8 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.27%) Power BI
2 14 (3.18%) Tableau
3 5 (1.14%) Power Query
4 3 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.23%) DataStage
6 1 (0.23%) Db2
6 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Metadata
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 84 (19.09%) JIRA
2 14 (3.18%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.95%) Git
4 8 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.36%) MLflow
6 5 (1.14%) Burp Suite
6 5 (1.14%) Metasploit
6 5 (1.14%) Subversion
7 3 (0.68%) Toad
8 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.45%) MSI
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 232 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 173 (39.32%) Finance
3 105 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (16.59%) Organisational Skills
5 62 (14.09%) Banking
6 42 (9.55%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (7.95%) Legal
8 34 (7.73%) Marketing
9 23 (5.23%) Public Sector
10 18 (4.09%) Retail
11 16 (3.64%) Investment Banking
12 15 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.95%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.95%) Military
15 10 (2.27%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.27%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.82%) Advertising
17 7 (1.59%) Front Office
17 7 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (24.77%) Analyst
2 52 (11.82%) Business Analyst
3 39 (8.86%) Project Manager
4 35 (7.95%) Senior
5 23 (5.23%) Consultant
6 20 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 20 (4.55%) Lead
7 19 (4.32%) Architect
7 19 (4.32%) Project Officer
8 18 (4.09%) PMO Analyst
9 16 (3.64%) Administrator
9 16 (3.64%) IT Analyst
9 16 (3.64%) Support Officer
10 15 (3.41%) Project Support Officer
10 15 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (2.73%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (2.50%) PMO Manager
13 10 (2.27%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.27%) Designer
13 10 (2.27%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) NumPy
1 6 (1.36%) Pandas
1 6 (1.36%) scikit-learn
1 6 (1.36%) Seaborn
1 6 (1.36%) VML
2 4 (0.91%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (0.91%) JDO
2 4 (0.91%) REST
2 4 (0.91%) XML
3 3 (0.68%) .NET
3 3 (0.68%) Flutter
3 3 (0.68%) NETCONF
3 3 (0.68%) OpenConfig
3 3 (0.68%) React Native
3 3 (0.68%) RESTCONF
3 3 (0.68%) Web Services
3 3 (0.68%) XSLT
3 3 (0.68%) YANG
4 2 (0.45%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.41%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.73%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.27%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.82%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.82%) Life Science
7 8 (1.82%) Social Media
8 7 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.36%) PMI
10 5 (1.14%) Tandem
11 4 (0.91%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.91%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.91%) CMDB
11 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.45%) Windows
2 5 (1.14%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.91%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.91%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 121 (27.50%) Project Management
3 108 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (24.09%) Agile
5 101 (22.95%) Project Delivery
6 68 (15.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 66 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 60 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (13.41%) Waterfall
10 47 (10.68%) Migration
11 46 (10.45%) Analytics
11 46 (10.45%) DevOps
12 43 (9.77%) Business Analysis
12 43 (9.77%) Data Analysis
13 41 (9.32%) AI
14 39 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (8.86%) Collaborative Working
15 35 (7.95%) Risk Management
16 34 (7.73%) Business Case
17 32 (7.27%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.95%) SQL
2 24 (5.45%) Python
3 7 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.59%) VB
4 6 (1.36%) VBA
5 4 (0.91%) Bicep
6 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.68%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.45%) C#
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) Java
7 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (31.36%) Degree
2 76 (17.27%) Security Cleared
3 63 (14.32%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.64%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.73%) PMP
7 11 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.27%) CBAP
8 10 (2.27%) IIBA
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.36%) CISM
9 6 (1.36%) CISSP
9 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.36%) Postgraduate
10 5 (1.14%) CCIE
10 5 (1.14%) CHECK Team Member
10 5 (1.14%) Cyber Scheme
10 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (20.23%) PMO
2 21 (4.77%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.55%) QA
4 9 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.36%) P3O
6 5 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.14%) SLA
7 4 (0.91%) GRC
7 4 (0.91%) MiFID
7 4 (0.91%) NIST
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (4.09%) Ansible
2 7 (1.59%) Terraform
3 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.14%) Nmap
4 4 (0.91%) SCCM
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 237 (53.86%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.45%) SAP
4 22 (5.00%) Adobe
5 18 (4.09%) Google
6 15 (3.41%) Oracle
7 13 (2.95%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.27%) Cisco
8 10 (2.27%) Splunk
9 9 (2.05%) F5
10 8 (1.82%) Sonatype
10 8 (1.82%) Workday
11 6 (1.36%) Juniper
11 6 (1.36%) Remedy
12 5 (1.14%) Apple
12 5 (1.14%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.14%) TOWER Software
13 4 (0.91%) Ariba
13 4 (0.91%) FactSet
13 4 (0.91%) Wrike