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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 194 214
Rank change year-on-year -93 +20 -39
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 509 485 438
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.46% 1.16%
As % of the Applications category 16.23% 17.35% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 255 215
10th Percentile £250 £250 £208
25th Percentile £350 £304 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £638 £619 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £373 £390
% change year-on-year +20.81% -4.49% -8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 50 91
10th Percentile £14.16 £14.98 £14.84
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £16.75 £22.06 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -24.05% +35.89% -21.14%
75th Percentile £28.97 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.00 £59.37 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £20.05 £16.23
% change year-on-year -20.20% +23.54% -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 3,137 2,795 2,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.67% 8.40% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,500 1,569 1,446
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £526
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 372 242
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.25 £14.86
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.50 £23.54 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.66% +9.49% -16.37%
75th Percentile £30.27 £33.91 £36.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £59.93 £59.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.95 £22.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -24.67% +21.62% -18.68%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -65 457 £475 +5.56% 76
UK excluding London -65 274 £450 +20.81% 63
London -64 213 £488 -1.02% 23
Work from Home -91 134 £488 +12.72% 43
South East +5 101 £500 +42.86% 26
North of England -67 62 £425 +30.85% 17
Midlands -48 36 £475 +54.98% 8
Scotland -28 35 £388 +19.79% 1
North West -47 31 £500 +69.49% 9
Yorkshire -35 29 £400 +23.08% 6
West Midlands -49 27 £475 +64.64% 6
East of England -32 20 £509 +35.73% 3
South West -41 17 £380 -30.91% 8
East Midlands -2 9 £490 +8.14% 2
Wales -19 3 £450 +46.34% 2
North East -38 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -18 1 £388 -18.42%

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
1 125 (24.56%) SharePoint
2 38 (7.47%) Confluence
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.79%) SAS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) Moodle
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
Applications
1 429 (84.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 175 (34.38%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (16.50%) MS Visio
4 68 (13.36%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (2.55%) Photoshop
6 12 (2.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.79%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.20%) CATIA
10 1 (0.20%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Magento
2 7 (1.38%) Workday HCM
3 6 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.79%) Eloqua
5 4 (0.79%) Primavera
5 4 (0.79%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.79%) Workfront
6 3 (0.59%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.39%) Shopify
8 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.20%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.20%) Maximo
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 74 (14.54%) Power Platform
2 55 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (10.02%) Azure
4 23 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 18 (3.54%) AWS
7 16 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 16 (3.14%) SaaS
8 15 (2.95%) Figma
8 15 (2.95%) Lucidchart
9 12 (2.36%) OneDrive
10 11 (2.16%) Miro
11 10 (1.96%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.38%) Smartsheet
14 6 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
15 5 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.98%) GCP
15 5 (0.98%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.79%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.96%) LAN
1 10 (1.96%) WAN
2 7 (1.38%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.18%) FTP
4 5 (0.98%) DNS
5 4 (0.79%) BGP
5 4 (0.79%) Internet
5 4 (0.79%) MPLS
5 4 (0.79%) SNMP
5 4 (0.79%) TACACS
6 3 (0.59%) DHCP
6 3 (0.59%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.59%) Firewall
6 3 (0.59%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.59%) VPN
7 2 (0.39%) Intranet
7 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 2 (0.39%) RSVP
7 2 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.79%) Power BI
2 12 (2.36%) Power Query
3 6 (1.18%) Tableau
4 4 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.39%) DTS
6 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.39%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) DataStage
7 1 (0.20%) GIS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.20%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 72 (14.15%) JIRA
2 10 (1.96%) Git
3 8 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.57%) Subversion
4 4 (0.79%) Selenium
5 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.39%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.39%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.39%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.39%) MSI
6 2 (0.39%) Postman
6 2 (0.39%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.39%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.39%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.39%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 305 (59.92%) Social Skills
2 196 (38.51%) Finance
3 161 (31.63%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (26.33%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (10.22%) Banking
6 39 (7.66%) Marketing
7 33 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (5.50%) Legal
8 28 (5.50%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.91%) Retail
10 24 (4.72%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.16%) French Language
13 11 (2.16%) Front Office
14 10 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.77%) Aviation
15 9 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.38%) Advertising
16 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (19.84%) Analyst
2 44 (8.64%) Project Manager
3 42 (8.25%) Administrator
4 37 (7.27%) Senior
5 32 (6.29%) Coordinator
6 29 (5.70%) Consultant
7 28 (5.50%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.91%) Lead
8 25 (4.91%) PMO Analyst
9 21 (4.13%) Architect
10 19 (3.73%) Project Officer
11 18 (3.54%) Support Officer
12 17 (3.34%) Senior Manager
13 16 (3.14%) Project Support Officer
14 15 (2.95%) PMO Planner
14 15 (2.95%) Project Coordinator
15 13 (2.55%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.55%) PMO Manager
15 13 (2.55%) Support Specialist
16 12 (2.36%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.57%) VML
1 8 (1.57%) Web Services
1 8 (1.57%) XML
2 7 (1.38%) .NET
2 7 (1.38%) REST
2 7 (1.38%) Terraform
3 6 (1.18%) XSLT
4 5 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
4 5 (0.98%) Middleware
5 4 (0.79%) ADO
5 4 (0.79%) Flutter
5 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.79%) NETCONF
5 4 (0.79%) OpenConfig
5 4 (0.79%) React Native
5 4 (0.79%) RESTCONF
5 4 (0.79%) YANG
6 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.25%) Onboarding
2 38 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (1.96%) Graphic Design
7 10 (1.96%) Life Science
7 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.96%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.57%) Video Editing
9 7 (1.38%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.18%) Learning Management System
11 5 (0.98%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.98%) CMDB
11 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.73%) Windows
2 8 (1.57%) Linux
3 5 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
3 5 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
3 5 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.79%) macOS
5 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.39%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (40.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 150 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (23.77%) Project Management
4 115 (22.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (20.43%) Agile
6 95 (18.66%) Project Delivery
7 92 (18.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 77 (15.13%) Decision-Making
9 65 (12.77%) AI
10 59 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
11 58 (11.39%) Waterfall
12 53 (10.41%) Data Analysis
13 51 (10.02%) Analytics
14 44 (8.64%) Business Case
14 44 (8.64%) Project Governance
15 43 (8.45%) DevOps
16 41 (8.06%) PRINCE2
16 41 (8.06%) Risk Management
17 40 (7.86%) Change Management
18 38 (7.47%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.11%) SQL
2 21 (4.13%) Python
3 8 (1.57%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.38%) Bicep
5 5 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.98%) VBA
6 4 (0.79%) Korn
6 4 (0.79%) R
7 2 (0.39%) C++
7 2 (0.39%) Java
7 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 107 (21.02%) Degree
2 99 (19.45%) Security Cleared
3 56 (11.00%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.72%) PMI Certification
6 19 (3.73%) PMP
7 8 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.98%) CIPD
8 5 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.79%) CCIE
9 4 (0.79%) CISM
9 4 (0.79%) CISSP
9 4 (0.79%) JNCIE
9 4 (0.79%) MBA
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.59%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (25.15%) PMO
2 24 (4.72%) QA
3 17 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.16%) GRC
5 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.38%) NIST
8 6 (1.18%) P3O
9 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) COSHH
10 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.59%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.59%) GMP
10 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.59%) MiFID
10 3 (0.59%) NCSC
10 3 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.77%) Ansible
1 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.59%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 345 (67.78%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.47%) ServiceNow
3 37 (7.27%) SAP
4 21 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.73%) Google
6 18 (3.54%) Oracle
7 14 (2.75%) Adobe
8 10 (1.96%) Workday
9 9 (1.77%) Cisco
10 7 (1.38%) F5
11 6 (1.18%) Planview
12 5 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.98%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.98%) Marketo
12 5 (0.98%) Okta
12 5 (0.98%) Qualys
12 5 (0.98%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.98%) Splunk
12 5 (0.98%) Tenable
13 4 (0.79%) Xactly