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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 212 177
Rank change year-on-year +8 -35 +42
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 492 432 678
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.42% 1.18% 1.46%
As % of the Applications category 17.15% 17.60% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 222 427
10th Percentile £256 £209 £213
25th Percentile £309 £315 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £544 £589 £588
90th Percentile £614 £775 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £386 £420 £450
% change year-on-year -7.93% -6.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 79 35
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.00 £16.10
25th Percentile £17.04 £15.62 £19.42
Median hourly rate £25.24 £16.23 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.48% -26.23% +10.66%
75th Percentile £32.64 £16.85 £28.28
90th Percentile £35.50 £30.08 £30.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.27 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +31.05% -26.23% +13.55%

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 2,869 2,455 3,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.30% 6.72% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 1,420 2,312
10th Percentile £188 £163 £170
25th Percentile £293 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 226 280
10th Percentile £13.05 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £25.61
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -16.03% +9.47%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.44 £45.41
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.77 £53.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.16 £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +10.79% -20.00% +13.64%

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025. 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 -11 390 £450 - 565
UK excluding London -30 245 £386 -7.93% 427
London +28 198 £490 +0.51% 261
Work from Home +31 153 £450 - 237
North of England -8 74 £325 +13.04% 42
North West -7 37 £465 +39.64% 21
Yorkshire -9 36 £306 +38.18% 10
Midlands -4 35 £307 -33.37% 42
Scotland +10 33 £350 -22.22% 8
West Midlands -2 31 £289 -39.26% 18
South East -22 30 £475 +5.56% 250
Northern Ireland +17 27 £475 +137.50% 12
South West +4 23 £550 +71.88% 14
East of England -58 17 £375 -31.82% 54
Wales +13 11 £308 -57.29% 10
East Midlands -13 4 £453 +1.83% 24
North East -14 3 - - 11

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
1 106 (21.54%) SharePoint
2 52 (10.57%) Confluence
3 10 (2.03%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.81%) Resin
7 3 (0.61%) Moodle
7 3 (0.61%) SAS
8 2 (0.41%) CICS
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 421 (85.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (38.01%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (19.72%) MS Visio
4 48 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.81%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.61%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.41%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.41%) InDesign
9 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 11 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.81%) BPCS
3 4 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.61%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.61%) Workfront
5 2 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.41%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.20%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (0.20%) Primavera
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 75 (15.24%) Power Platform
2 48 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (5.89%) Azure
4 15 (3.05%) GitHub
5 13 (2.64%) PowerApps
6 12 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.03%) Viva Engage
8 9 (1.83%) Snowflake
9 8 (1.63%) AWS
9 8 (1.63%) Miro
9 8 (1.63%) Smartsheet
10 7 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.42%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.22%) Asana
11 6 (1.22%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.22%) SaaS
12 5 (1.02%) Collibra
13 4 (0.81%) Figma
13 4 (0.81%) GCP
14 2 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.64%) LAN
2 10 (2.03%) Skype
2 10 (2.03%) WAN
3 8 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.22%) Firewall
4 6 (1.22%) VPN
5 5 (1.02%) Internet
5 5 (1.02%) WebEx
6 4 (0.81%) Wireless
7 3 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
7 3 (0.61%) Intranet
7 3 (0.61%) MPLS
7 3 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.61%) WLAN
8 2 (0.41%) BGP
8 2 (0.41%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.41%) Network Security
8 2 (0.41%) OSPF
8 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.41%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.80%) Power BI
2 27 (5.49%) Tableau
3 7 (1.42%) Metadata
4 5 (1.02%) DB2
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.02%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.81%) MS Access
5 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.81%) Spotfire
6 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.41%) EDMS
7 2 (0.41%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.20%) Essbase
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 82 (16.67%) JIRA
2 13 (2.64%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (1.02%) ClearCase
4 5 (1.02%) Git
5 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.61%) Selenium
5 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.41%) GCC
6 2 (0.41%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 261 (53.05%) Social Skills
2 234 (47.56%) Finance
3 148 (30.08%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (13.62%) Banking
5 64 (13.01%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (11.79%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (8.54%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.67%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.07%) Legal
10 18 (3.66%) Marketing
11 12 (2.44%) Retail
12 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.03%) Billing
14 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.83%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.83%) Front Office
15 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.22%) Law
16 6 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 181 (36.79%) Analyst
2 60 (12.20%) Business Analyst
3 50 (10.16%) Project Manager
4 32 (6.50%) Data Analyst
5 29 (5.89%) Senior
6 28 (5.69%) Lead
7 23 (4.67%) Architect
7 23 (4.67%) PMO Analyst
8 21 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (4.07%) Administrator
9 20 (4.07%) Support Analyst
9 20 (4.07%) Technical Analyst
10 18 (3.66%) Consultant
11 16 (3.25%) IT Manager
11 16 (3.25%) Technical Business Analyst
12 14 (2.85%) Junior
13 12 (2.44%) Project Analyst
14 11 (2.24%) PMO Manager
15 10 (2.03%) IT Analyst
15 10 (2.03%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.22%) HTML
2 5 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (0.81%) EDI
4 3 (0.61%) CSS
4 3 (0.61%) Gherkin
4 3 (0.61%) Node.js
4 3 (0.61%) React
4 3 (0.61%) RESTful
5 2 (0.41%) ADO
5 2 (0.41%) ISPF
5 2 (0.41%) Playwright
5 2 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.41%) VML
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.25%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.83%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.42%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.02%) CMDB
10 5 (1.02%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.02%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.02%) Market Risk
10 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.02%) PMI
11 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.86%) Windows
2 5 (1.02%) Linux
2 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.61%) Android
4 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.41%) OS/2
5 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (30.69%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (26.83%) Project Management
3 125 (25.41%) Agile
4 100 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (15.45%) Data Analysis
6 70 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
7 67 (13.62%) Project Delivery
8 66 (13.41%) Decision-Making
9 61 (12.40%) Process Improvement
10 60 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (9.55%) Change Management
13 40 (8.13%) ITIL
13 40 (8.13%) PRINCE2
13 40 (8.13%) Risk Management
14 38 (7.72%) Analytics
15 37 (7.52%) DevOps
15 37 (7.52%) Time Management
16 36 (7.32%) Visualisation
16 36 (7.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.76%) SQL
2 27 (5.49%) Python
3 11 (2.24%) Java
3 11 (2.24%) R
4 8 (1.63%) VB
5 6 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.02%) C
6 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.61%) C#
7 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.61%) VBA
8 2 (0.41%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.41%) CLIST
8 2 (0.41%) COBOL
8 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.41%) JCL
8 2 (0.41%) PL/1
8 2 (0.41%) REXX
8 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (24.39%) Degree
2 39 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.86%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.25%) PMP
6 11 (2.24%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.83%) HNC
8 7 (1.42%) HND
9 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.02%) CCNP
10 5 (1.02%) CISA
10 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.81%) CISSP
11 4 (0.81%) ISEB
12 3 (0.61%) CCNA
12 3 (0.61%) EMC Certification
12 3 (0.61%) MCSA
12 3 (0.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (17.89%) PMO
2 32 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.05%) QA
4 9 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.83%) P3O
5 7 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.02%) GDPR
7 4 (0.81%) COBIT
7 4 (0.81%) NIST
7 4 (0.81%) SLA
8 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.61%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) COSHH
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (0.41%) RACF
3 2 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.44%) SCCM
3 11 (2.24%) Ansible
4 4 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.41%) OMEGAMON
6 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Terraform
6 2 (0.41%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 249 (50.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.10%) SAP
3 27 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.86%) Oracle
5 13 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.24%) Cisco
7 9 (1.83%) Adobe
7 9 (1.83%) Planview
8 8 (1.63%) Sonatype
9 6 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.22%) Databricks
9 6 (1.22%) Remedy
10 5 (1.02%) Apple
10 5 (1.02%) Citrix
10 5 (1.02%) IFS
10 5 (1.02%) NetApp
10 5 (1.02%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (0.81%) Ariba
11 4 (0.81%) IBM
11 4 (0.81%) TIBCO
615 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide