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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 181 211
Rank change year-on-year -134 +30 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 414 513 469
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.56% 1.18%
As % of the Applications category 14.79% 18.26% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 259 203
10th Percentile £205 £231 £213
25th Percentile £305 £299 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £554 £550
90th Percentile £627 £628 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £396 £360 £394
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.57% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 63 127
10th Percentile £14.83 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £23.64 £18.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% +25.67% -30.23%
75th Percentile £32.34 £29.19 £16.85
90th Percentile £87.11 £35.50 £24.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +20.98% +25.67% -27.85%

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 2,799 2,809 2,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.27% 8.56% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,543 1,591 1,476
10th Percentile £213 £200 £163
25th Percentile £325 £296 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £525
90th Percentile £629 £649 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 359 432
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.00 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.09 £15.84 £14.48
Median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £17.76
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +27.42% -28.96%
75th Percentile £36.70 £35.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year +1.41% +37.49% -26.23%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -126 367 £450 +9.09% 260
UK excluding London -105 219 £396 +10.00% 203
London -84 173 £496 +10.22% 108
Work from Home -82 116 £408 +1.88% 103
South East -37 65 £462 +36.74% 70
North of England -103 39 £396 -1.00% 40
Midlands -43 35 £478 +65.68% 25
South West -31 30 £310 -43.08% 29
West Midlands -52 30 £478 +65.68% 17
Scotland -16 28 £375 +15.93% 8
North West -61 22 £380 -15.56% 21
East of England -49 17 £509 +71.96% 20
Yorkshire -75 17 £400 - 17
East Midlands -12 5 £470 - 8
Northern Ireland -19 4 £350 -17.65% 10
Wales -21 1 - - 5

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 72 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 35 (8.45%) Confluence
3 5 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.97%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.72%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) Moodle
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 360 (86.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (46.86%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (17.63%) MS Visio
4 67 (16.18%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.45%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.72%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.72%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.24%) InDesign
9 1 (0.24%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.24%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.24%) Trello
9 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.93%) Magento
2 6 (1.45%) Primavera
2 6 (1.45%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.21%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.21%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.72%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.48%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.48%) Shopify
6 2 (0.48%) Workfront
7 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.53%) Power Platform
2 34 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (7.49%) Azure
4 23 (5.56%) AWS
5 18 (4.35%) SaaS
6 10 (2.42%) Figma
6 10 (2.42%) OneDrive
7 8 (1.93%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.93%) GitHub
8 7 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.69%) Lucidchart
8 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.45%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.45%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.45%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.21%) Amazon SageMaker
10 5 (1.21%) Dagster
10 5 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.21%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.21%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.42%) WAN
2 9 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.93%) LAN
3 8 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.69%) Internet
5 6 (1.45%) BGP
5 6 (1.45%) MPLS
5 6 (1.45%) SNMP
5 6 (1.45%) TACACS
6 4 (0.97%) Firewall
6 4 (0.97%) RSVP
6 4 (0.97%) VPN
7 3 (0.72%) DHCP
7 3 (0.72%) DNS
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.48%) FTP
8 2 (0.48%) Intranet
8 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.24%) SAN
9 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.32%) Power BI
2 7 (1.69%) Power Query
2 7 (1.69%) Tableau
3 4 (0.97%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.72%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.48%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.24%) DataStage
6 1 (0.24%) Db2
6 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.24%) GIS
6 1 (0.24%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (16.67%) JIRA
2 14 (3.38%) Git
3 10 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.93%) Subversion
5 5 (1.21%) MLflow
6 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.48%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.48%) MSI
7 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 225 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 162 (39.13%) Finance
3 120 (28.99%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (19.81%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (10.87%) Banking
6 37 (8.94%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (7.97%) Marketing
8 30 (7.25%) Legal
9 22 (5.31%) Retail
10 20 (4.83%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.38%) Investment Banking
12 13 (3.14%) Military
13 12 (2.90%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.69%) Advertising
17 7 (1.69%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.69%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 91 (21.98%) Analyst
2 46 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 35 (8.45%) Senior
4 31 (7.49%) Business Analyst
5 22 (5.31%) PMO Analyst
6 21 (5.07%) Coordinator
7 19 (4.59%) Consultant
7 19 (4.59%) IT Analyst
8 18 (4.35%) Project Officer
9 17 (4.11%) Lead
10 16 (3.86%) Support Officer
11 15 (3.62%) Administrator
11 15 (3.62%) Project Support Officer
12 13 (3.14%) Project Coordinator
12 13 (3.14%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.90%) Architect
13 12 (2.90%) Service Manager
13 12 (2.90%) Support Analyst
14 10 (2.42%) Data Analyst
14 10 (2.42%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.17%) VML
2 6 (1.45%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.45%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.45%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.45%) YANG
3 5 (1.21%) NumPy
3 5 (1.21%) Pandas
3 5 (1.21%) scikit-learn
3 5 (1.21%) Seaborn
4 4 (0.97%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.97%) JDO
4 4 (0.97%) REST
5 3 (0.72%) Flutter
5 3 (0.72%) React Native
5 3 (0.72%) XML
6 2 (0.48%) .NET
6 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.48%) ADO
6 2 (0.48%) HTML
6 2 (0.48%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.66%) Life Science
7 10 (2.42%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.93%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.69%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.69%) PMI
10 6 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.21%) Social Media
11 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.97%) CMDB
12 4 (0.97%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.97%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.97%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.59%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (0.97%) Linux
2 4 (0.97%) Mac OS
2 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.97%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
2 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.24%) Android
3 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 116 (28.02%) Project Management
3 99 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (23.67%) Agile
5 90 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 75 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 69 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 65 (15.70%) Decision-Making
9 52 (12.56%) Waterfall
10 43 (10.39%) Analytics
10 43 (10.39%) PRINCE2
11 41 (9.90%) AI
11 41 (9.90%) Data Analysis
12 36 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (8.45%) Change Management
14 34 (8.21%) Risk Management
15 33 (7.97%) Business Case
16 32 (7.73%) Portfolio Management
17 30 (7.25%) Collaborative Working
18 29 (7.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.00%) SQL
2 23 (5.56%) Python
3 7 (1.69%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.45%) VB
5 5 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.97%) Bicep
6 4 (0.97%) VBA
7 3 (0.72%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.48%) C++
8 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.24%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) Korn
9 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 129 (31.16%) Degree
2 78 (18.84%) Security Cleared
3 51 (12.32%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.76%) PMI Certification
5 23 (5.56%) PMP
6 18 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (2.66%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.45%) CCIE
11 6 (1.45%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.72%) CISM
13 3 (0.72%) CISSP
13 3 (0.72%) MBA
14 2 (0.48%) CIPD
14 2 (0.48%) CISA
14 2 (0.48%) GCIH
14 2 (0.48%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (22.46%) PMO
2 17 (4.11%) QA
3 16 (3.86%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.93%) P3O
5 7 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.97%) MiFID
7 4 (0.97%) NIST
7 4 (0.97%) SLA
8 3 (0.72%) GMP
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.48%) GDPR
9 2 (0.48%) GRC
9 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 9 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.66%) Ansible
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.97%) SCCM
2 4 (0.97%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) Nmap
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 249 (60.14%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.18%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.80%) SAP
4 20 (4.83%) Google
5 18 (4.35%) Adobe
6 15 (3.62%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.38%) Oracle
8 10 (2.42%) Cisco
9 9 (2.17%) F5
9 9 (2.17%) Workday
10 7 (1.69%) Planview
11 6 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.45%) Juniper
12 5 (1.21%) Apple
12 5 (1.21%) Splunk
13 4 (0.97%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.97%) Qualys
13 4 (0.97%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.97%) TOWER Software
13 4 (0.97%) Wrike