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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 172 175
Rank change year-on-year -76 +3 +28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 465 481 577
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.65% 1.35%
As % of the Applications category 16.65% 19.69% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 248 236
10th Percentile £238 £224 £183
25th Percentile £313 £313 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% -9.72% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £563
90th Percentile £623 £650 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £393 £375 £369
% change year-on-year +4.80% +1.74% -11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 54 151
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.00 £15.87 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +5.77% -58.63%
75th Percentile £29.75 £19.79 £26.15
90th Percentile £48.65 £32.05 £31.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £15.87 £14.84
% change year-on-year +13.46% +6.91% -56.41%

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 2,792 2,443 3,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.85% 8.41% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,630 1,427 1,685
10th Percentile £250 £188 £163
25th Percentile £342 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £568 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £434 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +15.60% +7.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 255 630
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +28.57% -46.15%
75th Percentile £34.51 £44.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £72.25 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.33 £22.25 £16.06
% change year-on-year -8.65% +38.54% -42.29%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -87 422 £450 +5.88% 231
UK excluding London -93 242 £393 +4.80% 169
London -44 202 £500 +17.65% 95
Work from Home -37 119 £400 -3.03% 86
South East -26 67 £475 +20.10% 63
North of England -65 61 £390 -5.45% 36
Midlands -40 44 £455 -17.27% 22
Yorkshire -54 34 £359 -10.25% 13
South West -12 30 £310 -38.86% 20
West Midlands -47 27 £390 -29.14% 19
North West -35 26 £442 -1.72% 18
Scotland -25 22 £375 +15.38% 8
East Midlands -15 18 £455 - 3
East of England -74 16 £509 +35.82% 13
Northern Ireland -12 5 £369 -13.24% 3
Wales -8 2 £213 - 8
North East -23 1 £390 +254.55% 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 96 (20.65%) SharePoint
2 59 (12.69%) Confluence
3 6 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.29%) CMS
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 396 (85.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 207 (44.52%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (15.48%) MS Visio
4 56 (12.04%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.65%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.43%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.58%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.29%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.08%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.86%) Primavera
5 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.65%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.65%) Magento
5 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.65%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.65%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.43%) Shopify
6 2 (0.43%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.43%) Workfront
7 1 (0.22%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 55 (11.83%) Power Platform
2 36 (7.74%) Azure
3 34 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.81%) AWS
5 14 (3.01%) GitHub
6 13 (2.80%) Figma
7 12 (2.58%) SaaS
8 11 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.15%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.51%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.29%) Amazon SageMaker
11 6 (1.29%) Dagster
11 6 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.29%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.29%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.08%) Canva
12 5 (1.08%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.08%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.66%) Firewall
2 14 (3.01%) Wireless
3 8 (1.72%) Internet
3 8 (1.72%) VPN
4 7 (1.51%) BGP
4 7 (1.51%) WAN
5 5 (1.08%) LAN
6 4 (0.86%) BIG-IP
6 4 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 4 (0.86%) Network Security
6 4 (0.86%) OSPF
6 4 (0.86%) RSVP
6 4 (0.86%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.65%) FTP
7 3 (0.65%) Intranet
7 3 (0.65%) MPLS
7 3 (0.65%) SNMP
7 3 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (10.75%) Power BI
2 18 (3.87%) Tableau
3 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.86%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.86%) SQLPlus
5 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.65%) Metadata
5 3 (0.65%) Power Query
5 3 (0.65%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.22%) DB2
7 1 (0.22%) GIS
7 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 100 (21.51%) JIRA
2 13 (2.80%) Burp Suite
2 13 (2.80%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.58%) Git
3 12 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.51%) Toad
6 6 (1.29%) MLflow
7 3 (0.65%) Subversion
8 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.22%) MSI
9 1 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 243 (52.26%) Social Skills
2 172 (36.99%) Finance
3 102 (21.94%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (15.48%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (14.41%) Banking
6 49 (10.54%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (7.74%) Marketing
8 33 (7.10%) Legal
9 31 (6.67%) Public Sector
10 21 (4.52%) Retail
11 20 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (3.23%) Military
13 14 (3.01%) Investment Banking
14 11 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (2.15%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.94%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.72%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.51%) Advertising
18 7 (1.51%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 127 (27.31%) Analyst
2 55 (11.83%) Business Analyst
3 31 (6.67%) Senior
4 29 (6.24%) Project Manager
5 26 (5.59%) PMO Analyst
6 23 (4.95%) Consultant
7 20 (4.30%) Architect
7 20 (4.30%) Lead
8 18 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (3.66%) Coordinator
10 16 (3.44%) Administrator
10 16 (3.44%) Support Officer
11 15 (3.23%) PMO Manager
11 15 (3.23%) Project Officer
11 15 (3.23%) Tester
12 14 (3.01%) Project Support Officer
12 14 (3.01%) Transformation Analyst
13 13 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
13 13 (2.80%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.80%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.72%) VML
3 6 (1.29%) NumPy
3 6 (1.29%) Pandas
3 6 (1.29%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.29%) Seaborn
4 4 (0.86%) ADO
4 4 (0.86%) JDO
4 4 (0.86%) REST
4 4 (0.86%) XML
5 3 (0.65%) Flutter
5 3 (0.65%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.65%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.65%) React Native
5 3 (0.65%) RESTCONF
5 3 (0.65%) Web Services
5 3 (0.65%) XSLT
5 3 (0.65%) YANG
6 2 (0.43%) HTML
6 2 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.74%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.37%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.37%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.72%) Life Science
8 8 (1.72%) PMI
9 7 (1.51%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.51%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.51%) Social Media
9 7 (1.51%) Tandem
10 6 (1.29%) Graphic Design
11 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.08%) NHS
12 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.81%) Windows
2 6 (1.29%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.86%) Unix
3 4 (0.86%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (25.38%) Agile
1 118 (25.38%) Project Management
2 115 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 114 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (21.51%) Project Delivery
5 69 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 62 (13.33%) Decision-Making
8 61 (13.12%) Waterfall
9 52 (11.18%) Migration
10 49 (10.54%) Business Analysis
11 48 (10.32%) DevOps
12 43 (9.25%) Time Management
13 41 (8.82%) Risk Management
14 39 (8.39%) Data Analysis
15 38 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
15 38 (8.17%) PRINCE2
15 38 (8.17%) Workshop Facilitation
16 36 (7.74%) AI
16 36 (7.74%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.17%) SQL
2 18 (3.87%) Python
3 7 (1.51%) VB
4 5 (1.08%) VBA
5 4 (0.86%) Perl
5 4 (0.86%) PHP
5 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.65%) C#
6 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.65%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.43%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 140 (30.11%) Degree
2 87 (18.71%) Security Cleared
3 74 (15.91%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.87%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.23%) PMP
7 13 (2.80%) CHECK Team Member
7 13 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.58%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.37%) CREST Certified
9 11 (2.37%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (2.37%) Postgraduate
9 11 (2.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 10 (2.15%) CBAP
10 10 (2.15%) IIBA
11 7 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.29%) CCIE
12 6 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.29%) JNCIE
13 4 (0.86%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (22.15%) PMO
2 31 (6.67%) QA
3 25 (5.38%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.44%) GDPR
5 14 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.80%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.37%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.08%) P3O
8 5 (1.08%) SLA
9 4 (0.86%) MiFID
10 3 (0.65%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.22%) GAAP
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
12 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.23%) Ansible
2 13 (2.80%) Nmap
3 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.08%) SCCM
4 4 (0.86%) Terraform
5 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 223 (47.96%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.10%) Oracle
3 26 (5.59%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.38%) Adobe
5 18 (3.87%) SAP
6 17 (3.66%) Google
7 16 (3.44%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.37%) Cisco
9 8 (1.72%) Planview
9 8 (1.72%) Remedy
9 8 (1.72%) Sonatype
10 7 (1.51%) F5
10 7 (1.51%) Juniper
11 6 (1.29%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.29%) Splunk
11 6 (1.29%) Workday
12 5 (1.08%) Apple
12 5 (1.08%) Ariba
13 4 (0.86%) Charles River
13 4 (0.86%) FactSet
265 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide