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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 184 218
Rank change year-on-year -119 +34 -35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 446 519 452
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.83% 1.59% 1.16%
As % of the Applications category 15.57% 18.42% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 265 197
10th Percentile £205 £250 £219
25th Percentile £305 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £375 £409
% change year-on-year +5.00% -8.20% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 61 122
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.85 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +16.14% -21.14%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.00 £16.85
90th Percentile £63.50 £35.50 £26.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £15.14
% change year-on-year -7.16% +24.50% -26.43%

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 2,865 2,817 2,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.34% 8.61% 6.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 1,580 1,425
10th Percentile £210 £200 £165
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 £550 £542 £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 392 373 344
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.60 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.14 £15.84 £14.79
Median hourly rate £20.29 £22.63 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% +31.19% -23.81%
75th Percentile £35.78 £34.68 £36.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.35 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.41 £21.33 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.00% +31.42% -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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -92 396 £450 - 287
UK excluding London -85 238 £394 +5.00% 221
London -88 184 £494 +2.83% 110
Work from Home -92 128 £428 +6.88% 98
South East -31 75 £500 +48.15% 41
North of England -95 46 £394 -1.56% 64
Midlands -48 34 £475 +51.76% 33
South West -30 32 £310 -43.73% 40
Scotland -32 29 £425 +31.08% 16
West Midlands -53 29 £475 +51.76% 23
Yorkshire -50 23 £394 -1.56% 29
North West -59 23 £399 -11.39% 28
East of England -49 16 £509 +30.10% 18
East Midlands -16 5 £490 - 10
Northern Ireland -20 4 £369 -22.37% 6
Wales -20 3 £450 +46.34% 9

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 88 (19.73%) SharePoint
2 36 (8.07%) Confluence
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Moodle
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 393 (88.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (44.39%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (15.92%) Microsoft Project
4 68 (15.25%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.67%) 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 (1.79%) Magento
2 7 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.12%) Primavera
3 5 (1.12%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.90%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.90%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.67%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 2 (0.45%) Workfront
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 70 (15.70%) Power Platform
2 39 (8.74%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (7.40%) Azure
4 20 (4.48%) AWS
5 18 (4.04%) SaaS
6 11 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (2.47%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.24%) Figma
8 9 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.57%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.35%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.35%) Lucidchart
10 6 (1.35%) Smartsheet
11 5 (1.12%) GitHub
11 5 (1.12%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.90%) GCP
12 4 (0.90%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.90%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.47%) WAN
2 10 (2.24%) LAN
3 8 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.12%) BGP
4 5 (1.12%) MPLS
4 5 (1.12%) SNMP
4 5 (1.12%) TACACS
5 4 (0.90%) Internet
5 4 (0.90%) RSVP
5 4 (0.90%) VPN
6 3 (0.67%) DHCP
6 3 (0.67%) DNS
6 3 (0.67%) Firewall
6 3 (0.67%) FTP
6 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.45%) Intranet
7 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.57%) Power BI
2 10 (2.24%) Power Query
3 8 (1.79%) Tableau
4 4 (0.90%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.67%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
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 (16.14%) JIRA
2 13 (2.91%) Git
3 8 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.79%) Subversion
4 4 (0.90%) Selenium
5 3 (0.67%) MLflow
5 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.45%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.45%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.45%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.45%) MSI
6 2 (0.45%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.45%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.45%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.45%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 252 (56.50%) Social Skills
2 187 (41.93%) Finance
3 145 (32.51%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (23.32%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (12.11%) Banking
6 41 (9.19%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (7.17%) Marketing
8 27 (6.05%) Legal
9 21 (4.71%) Retail
10 20 (4.48%) Public Sector
11 18 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.91%) Military
14 12 (2.69%) Investment Banking
15 10 (2.24%) Advertising
15 10 (2.24%) Front Office
15 10 (2.24%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.24%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.57%) French Language
Job Titles
1 102 (22.87%) Analyst
2 44 (9.87%) Project Manager
3 38 (8.52%) Senior
4 31 (6.95%) Business Analyst
5 26 (5.83%) Administrator
5 26 (5.83%) Consultant
6 23 (5.16%) PMO Analyst
7 21 (4.71%) Coordinator
8 20 (4.48%) Project Officer
9 19 (4.26%) Support Officer
10 18 (4.04%) Lead
11 17 (3.81%) Project Support Officer
12 16 (3.59%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.36%) Senior Manager
14 14 (3.14%) Architect
15 13 (2.91%) PMO Manager
15 13 (2.91%) Project Coordinator
15 13 (2.91%) Support Specialist
16 12 (2.69%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.02%) VML
2 5 (1.12%) .NET
2 5 (1.12%) NETCONF
2 5 (1.12%) OpenConfig
2 5 (1.12%) RESTCONF
2 5 (1.12%) Web Services
2 5 (1.12%) XML
2 5 (1.12%) YANG
3 4 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.90%) JDO
3 4 (0.90%) Terraform
4 3 (0.67%) ADO
4 3 (0.67%) Flutter
4 3 (0.67%) NumPy
4 3 (0.67%) Pandas
4 3 (0.67%) React Native
4 3 (0.67%) REST
4 3 (0.67%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.67%) Seaborn
4 3 (0.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (7.17%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.95%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.59%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.24%) Life Science
7 8 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.12%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.90%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.90%) CMDB
11 4 (0.90%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) Video Editing
11 4 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.26%) Windows
2 7 (1.57%) Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.90%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (35.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 122 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (26.91%) Project Management
4 108 (24.22%) Agile
5 100 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (21.30%) Project Delivery
7 79 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 64 (14.35%) Decision-Making
9 58 (13.00%) Waterfall
10 52 (11.66%) Data Analysis
11 50 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (9.87%) PRINCE2
13 43 (9.64%) AI
13 43 (9.64%) Analytics
14 42 (9.42%) Change Management
15 41 (9.19%) Risk Management
16 40 (8.97%) Business Case
17 38 (8.52%) Portfolio Management
18 35 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
19 33 (7.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.28%) SQL
2 19 (4.26%) Python
3 7 (1.57%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.57%) VBA
4 5 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.90%) Bicep
6 3 (0.67%) Korn
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) Java
7 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 124 (27.80%) Degree
2 92 (20.63%) Security Cleared
3 58 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.16%) PMI Certification
6 19 (4.26%) PMP
7 11 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.12%) CCIE
11 5 (1.12%) CIPD
11 5 (1.12%) JNCIE
11 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.67%) CISM
12 3 (0.67%) CISSP
12 3 (0.67%) IIBA
12 3 (0.67%) MBA
13 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (24.66%) PMO
2 21 (4.71%) QA
3 20 (4.48%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.02%) GRC
4 9 (2.02%) P3O
5 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.12%) NIST
8 4 (0.90%) MiFID
8 4 (0.90%) SLA
9 3 (0.67%) GMP
10 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.45%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.45%) GDPR
10 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.45%) NCSC
10 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.67%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.02%) Ansible
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.90%) SCCM
4 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 287 (64.35%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.19%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.50%) SAP
4 21 (4.71%) Google
5 18 (4.04%) Oracle
6 15 (3.36%) Adobe
7 14 (3.14%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.02%) Cisco
9 8 (1.79%) F5
9 8 (1.79%) Planview
9 8 (1.79%) Workday
10 5 (1.12%) Apple
10 5 (1.12%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.12%) Juniper
11 4 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.90%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.90%) Qualys
11 4 (0.90%) Splunk
11 4 (0.90%) Tenable
11 4 (0.90%) TOWER Software
337 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide