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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 175 180
Rank change year-on-year -45 +5 +41
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 489 470 617
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.25% 1.52% 1.38%
As % of the Applications category 17.18% 19.92% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 264 344
10th Percentile £275 £211 £190
25th Percentile £340 £315 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £439 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -7.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £682 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £400 £452
% change year-on-year +10.14% -11.52% +14.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 51 80
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.44 £12.98
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £21.10
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -23.08% +6.14%
75th Percentile £26.25 £21.46 £27.51
90th Percentile £36.65 £30.41 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.90 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +4.11% -21.14% +3.52%

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 2,846 2,360 3,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.29% 7.63% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,671 1,389 2,099
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £351
% change year-on-year +19.38% +1.42% -12.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 199 500
10th Percentile £12.81 £15.62 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.54
Median % change year-on-year -29.59% +32.06% -34.03%
75th Percentile £29.58 £43.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £76.45 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.82 £27.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.62% +39.10% -40.00%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -42 433 £457 +1.44% 224
UK excluding London -43 247 £440 +10.14% 180
London -26 220 £500 +2.25% 76
Work from Home -23 129 £440 -2.22% 100
North of England -33 76 £439 +52.34% 33
South East -5 55 £475 +5.56% 65
Midlands -30 43 £453 -13.81% 45
North West -13 38 £450 +29.31% 15
Yorkshire -36 36 £340 +51.11% 16
Scotland -6 26 £350 -3.45% 11
West Midlands -37 24 £318 -39.52% 40
East Midlands -9 20 £455 +2.25% 5
South West -22 17 £548 +17.81% 14
East of England -65 16 £375 -25.00% 18
Northern Ireland +6 11 £475 +9.83% 1
Wales +10 8 £260 -63.89% 2
North East -18 2 £390 -48.00% 2

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
1 114 (23.31%) SharePoint
2 73 (14.93%) Confluence
3 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.84%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.82%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 424 (86.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 186 (38.04%) Microsoft Office
3 98 (20.04%) MS Visio
4 56 (11.45%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.02%) Photoshop
6 5 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.82%) InDesign
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.64%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.02%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.02%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.61%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.41%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.41%) Primavera
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.20%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 53 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (10.02%) Azure
3 41 (8.38%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.68%) AWS
4 18 (3.68%) GitHub
5 14 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.66%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.25%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.64%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.23%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 5 (1.02%) Canva
10 5 (1.02%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.82%) Collibra
11 4 (0.82%) Figma
11 4 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.82%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.82%) Viva Engage
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.89%) Firewall
2 17 (3.48%) Wireless
3 16 (3.27%) LAN
4 14 (2.86%) WAN
5 10 (2.04%) VPN
6 9 (1.84%) Skype
7 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.23%) BGP
8 6 (1.23%) Internet
9 5 (1.02%) MPLS
10 4 (0.82%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (0.82%) Network Security
10 4 (0.82%) OSPF
10 4 (0.82%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (0.61%) Softphone
11 3 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.98%) Power BI
2 31 (6.34%) Tableau
3 6 (1.23%) Metadata
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.82%) MS Access
5 4 (0.82%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.82%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.61%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.41%) DB2
7 2 (0.41%) EDMS
7 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.41%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (22.49%) JIRA
2 17 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.07%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (2.45%) Burp Suite
4 12 (2.45%) Metasploit
5 6 (1.23%) Toad
6 5 (1.02%) Git
7 3 (0.61%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 277 (56.65%) Social Skills
2 207 (42.33%) Finance
3 106 (21.68%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (17.38%) Banking
5 62 (12.68%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (10.43%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (8.18%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.73%) Legal
8 28 (5.73%) Marketing
9 17 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.48%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.04%) Retail
13 8 (1.64%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.43%) Billing
15 6 (1.23%) Front Office
15 6 (1.23%) International Banking
15 6 (1.23%) Law
16 5 (1.02%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 161 (32.92%) Analyst
2 69 (14.11%) Business Analyst
3 37 (7.57%) Project Manager
4 30 (6.13%) Architect
5 29 (5.93%) Senior
6 27 (5.52%) PMO Analyst
7 26 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.70%) Consultant
9 21 (4.29%) Administrator
9 21 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (4.09%) Lead
11 18 (3.68%) Technical Business Analyst
12 17 (3.48%) PMO Manager
13 14 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.66%) Report Analyst
14 13 (2.66%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.66%) Tester
15 12 (2.45%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.45%) IT Manager
15 12 (2.45%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.82%) ADO
2 4 (0.82%) VML
3 3 (0.61%) Playwright
4 2 (0.41%) CSS
4 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.41%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.41%) HTML
4 2 (0.41%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.41%) Node.js
4 2 (0.41%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.41%) React
4 2 (0.41%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.41%) RESTful
4 2 (0.41%) YANG
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) Pandas
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
5 1 (0.20%) XML
5 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.54%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.04%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.84%) e-Learning
8 8 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.64%) Learning Management System
8 8 (1.64%) PMI
9 7 (1.43%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.43%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.43%) NHS
9 7 (1.43%) Social Media
10 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.02%) Equities
11 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.02%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.52%) Windows
2 6 (1.23%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.82%) Unix
3 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (24.74%) Project Management
3 117 (23.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (22.09%) Agile
5 103 (21.06%) Project Delivery
6 68 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (13.50%) DevOps
7 66 (13.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (12.68%) Migration
9 59 (12.07%) Decision-Making
10 56 (11.45%) Time Management
11 49 (10.02%) Process Improvement
12 47 (9.61%) Waterfall
13 45 (9.20%) Business Analysis
14 44 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
14 44 (9.00%) Risk Management
15 39 (7.98%) Analytics
15 39 (7.98%) PRINCE2
16 37 (7.57%) Regulatory Compliance
17 36 (7.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.79%) SQL
2 22 (4.50%) Python
3 7 (1.43%) R
4 6 (1.23%) C#
4 6 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.82%) Java
5 4 (0.82%) Perl
5 4 (0.82%) PHP
5 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.82%) VB
5 4 (0.82%) VBA
6 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.20%) C
7 1 (0.20%) C++
7 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 127 (25.97%) Degree
2 65 (13.29%) Security Cleared
3 50 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.68%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.07%) PMP
6 12 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.45%) CHECK Team Member
7 11 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.04%) CBAP
8 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.04%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.04%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (2.04%) IIBA
8 10 (2.04%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.23%) CCNP
11 6 (1.23%) CISSP
12 5 (1.02%) CCIE
12 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (22.09%) PMO
2 25 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.11%) QA
3 17 (3.48%) GDPR
3 17 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.23%) P3O
6 5 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.61%) GRC
7 3 (0.61%) MiFID
7 3 (0.61%) SLA
8 2 (0.41%) COBIT
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.20%) FATCA
9 1 (0.20%) GAAP
9 1 (0.20%) GAMP
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.29%) Ansible
2 18 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.86%) SCCM
4 12 (2.45%) Nmap
5 4 (0.82%) Terraform
6 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 233 (47.65%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.13%) Oracle
3 24 (4.91%) SAP
4 22 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.07%) Cisco
5 15 (3.07%) Sonatype
6 14 (2.86%) Adobe
7 11 (2.25%) Planview
7 11 (2.25%) Remedy
8 9 (1.84%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.43%) Google
10 6 (1.23%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.23%) F5
10 6 (1.23%) Juniper
11 5 (1.02%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.02%) Splunk
12 4 (0.82%) Apple
12 4 (0.82%) Arista
12 4 (0.82%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.82%) Zscaler
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