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

 6 months to
2 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 178 221
Rank change year-on-year -111 +43 -38
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 461 514 445
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.58% 1.15%
As % of the Applications category 16.12% 18.37% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 265 199
10th Percentile £206 £245 £219
25th Percentile £308 £313 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £556 £600
90th Percentile £634 £640 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £417
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.07% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 59 117
10th Percentile £14.88 £14.84 £11.79
25th Percentile £15.66 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.83 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +22.18% -21.14%
75th Percentile £30.00 £32.05 £16.85
90th Percentile £49.40 £40.26 £26.15
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 2,860 2,798 2,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.34% 8.60% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,513 1,569 1,426
10th Percentile £210 £200 £167
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 £553 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 359 317
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.60 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.03 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.83 £23.10 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% +32.00% -22.33%
75th Percentile £35.78 £34.84 £36.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.90 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.37 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year -13.20% +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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -86 411 £450 - 709
UK excluding London -92 248 £400 +6.67% 419
London -81 189 £488 +1.48% 393
Work from Home -90 131 £430 +4.24% 247
South East -25 79 £500 +48.15% 116
North of England -91 51 £400 -6.98% 86
Midlands -49 35 £475 +51.76% 59
South West -29 32 £310 -43.73% 60
Scotland -35 31 £400 +23.37% 33
West Midlands -41 29 £475 +51.76% 41
North West -53 27 £415 -7.78% 45
Yorkshire -51 23 £394 -1.56% 29
East of England -46 16 £509 +30.10% 33
East Midlands -15 6 £490 - 18
Wales -21 3 £450 +46.34% 10
Northern Ireland -19 2 £369 -22.37% 27
North East -46 1 - - 12

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 95 (20.61%) SharePoint
2 38 (8.24%) Confluence
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.87%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.65%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Moodle
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 400 (86.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 203 (44.03%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (15.84%) Microsoft Project
4 72 (15.62%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.95%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (1.52%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.87%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.87%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.22%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.22%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Magento
2 7 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.30%) Primavera
4 5 (1.08%) SAP MM
4 5 (1.08%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.65%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.43%) Shopify
7 2 (0.43%) Workfront
8 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 73 (15.84%) Power Platform
2 42 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (7.81%) Azure
4 20 (4.34%) AWS
5 18 (3.90%) SaaS
6 14 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.60%) Figma
8 11 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (2.39%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.74%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.52%) Lucidchart
10 7 (1.52%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.30%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.08%) GitHub
12 5 (1.08%) Google Docs
12 5 (1.08%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.08%) Miro
12 5 (1.08%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.17%) LAN
1 10 (2.17%) WAN
2 8 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.87%) BGP
4 4 (0.87%) MPLS
4 4 (0.87%) RSVP
4 4 (0.87%) SNMP
4 4 (0.87%) TACACS
4 4 (0.87%) VPN
5 3 (0.65%) DHCP
5 3 (0.65%) DNS
5 3 (0.65%) Firewall
5 3 (0.65%) FTP
5 3 (0.65%) Internet
5 3 (0.65%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.43%) Intranet
6 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (14.32%) Power BI
2 12 (2.60%) Power Query
3 9 (1.95%) Tableau
4 4 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.65%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.65%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.22%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.22%) DataStage
7 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.22%) GIS
7 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 72 (15.62%) JIRA
2 13 (2.82%) Git
3 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.74%) Subversion
4 4 (0.87%) Selenium
5 3 (0.65%) MLflow
5 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.43%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.43%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.43%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.43%) MSI
6 2 (0.43%) Postman
6 2 (0.43%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.43%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.43%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.43%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.43%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 257 (55.75%) Social Skills
2 191 (41.43%) Finance
3 150 (32.54%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (24.51%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (11.06%) Banking
6 37 (8.03%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (7.38%) Marketing
8 26 (5.64%) Legal
9 22 (4.77%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.77%) Retail
10 17 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.82%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.82%) Military
13 11 (2.39%) Advertising
14 10 (2.17%) Front Office
14 10 (2.17%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.17%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.52%) French Language
Job Titles
1 105 (22.78%) Analyst
2 43 (9.33%) Project Manager
3 37 (8.03%) Senior
4 31 (6.72%) Business Analyst
5 27 (5.86%) Administrator
6 25 (5.42%) Consultant
7 24 (5.21%) PMO Analyst
8 22 (4.77%) Coordinator
9 21 (4.56%) Project Officer
10 20 (4.34%) Support Officer
11 18 (3.90%) Project Support Officer
12 16 (3.47%) Architect
12 16 (3.47%) IT Analyst
12 16 (3.47%) Lead
13 15 (3.25%) Project Coordinator
13 15 (3.25%) Senior Manager
14 14 (3.04%) Support Specialist
15 13 (2.82%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.60%) PMO Manager
16 12 (2.60%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.95%) VML
2 5 (1.08%) .NET
2 5 (1.08%) Web Services
2 5 (1.08%) XML
3 4 (0.87%) ADO
3 4 (0.87%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.87%) JDO
3 4 (0.87%) NETCONF
3 4 (0.87%) OpenConfig
3 4 (0.87%) RESTCONF
3 4 (0.87%) Terraform
3 4 (0.87%) YANG
4 3 (0.65%) Flutter
4 3 (0.65%) NumPy
4 3 (0.65%) Pandas
4 3 (0.65%) React Native
4 3 (0.65%) REST
4 3 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.65%) Seaborn
4 3 (0.65%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 34 (7.38%) Management Information System
3 31 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.39%) Life Science
7 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.52%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.52%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.30%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.30%) Video Editing
10 4 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.87%) FMCG
10 4 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.87%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.34%) Windows
2 7 (1.52%) Linux
3 5 (1.08%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.87%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.87%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.87%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.43%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (37.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 123 (26.68%) Project Management
3 120 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (23.86%) Agile
5 102 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (21.04%) Project Delivery
7 83 (18.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 64 (13.88%) Decision-Making
9 57 (12.36%) Waterfall
10 53 (11.50%) Data Analysis
11 50 (10.85%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (9.98%) Analytics
12 46 (9.98%) PRINCE2
13 44 (9.54%) AI
13 44 (9.54%) Risk Management
14 42 (9.11%) Change Management
15 39 (8.46%) Business Case
16 38 (8.24%) Portfolio Management
17 37 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
18 34 (7.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.86%) SQL
2 18 (3.90%) Python
3 7 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.52%) VBA
4 5 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.87%) Bicep
6 3 (0.65%) Korn
7 2 (0.43%) C++
7 2 (0.43%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 124 (26.90%) Degree
2 98 (21.26%) Security Cleared
3 61 (13.23%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.07%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.99%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.90%) PMP
7 11 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.08%) CIPD
9 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.87%) CCIE
10 4 (0.87%) IIBA
10 4 (0.87%) JNCIE
11 3 (0.65%) CAPM
11 3 (0.65%) CISM
11 3 (0.65%) CISSP
11 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.65%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (25.38%) PMO
2 23 (4.99%) QA
3 17 (3.69%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.17%) GRC
5 9 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.95%) P3O
6 6 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.08%) NIST
8 4 (0.87%) MiFID
8 4 (0.87%) SLA
9 3 (0.65%) GMP
10 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.43%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.43%) GDPR
10 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.43%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.74%) Ansible
2 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.87%) SCCM
4 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 299 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.33%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.51%) SAP
4 23 (4.99%) Google
5 18 (3.90%) Oracle
6 15 (3.25%) Adobe
6 15 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.74%) Cisco
7 8 (1.74%) Planview
7 8 (1.74%) Workday
8 7 (1.52%) F5
9 5 (1.08%) Apple
10 4 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.87%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.87%) Juniper
10 4 (0.87%) Qualys
10 4 (0.87%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.87%) Splunk
10 4 (0.87%) TOWER Software
10 4 (0.87%) Wrike
818 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide