Microsoft PowerPoint Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft PowerPoint skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft PowerPoint over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft PowerPoint UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	181	173	147
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint	650	811	896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.38%	1.53%	1.60%
As % of the Applications category	16.10%	16.89%	14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted	378	477	535
Median daily rate	£370	£350	£351
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.71%	-0.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£200	£175	£175
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£525	£513
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+7.69%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	37	53
Median hourly rate	£20.50	£19.61	£13.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+4.53%	+42.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.16	£12.35	£9.69
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£44.10	£37.25	£37.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£18.00	£19.61	£13.48
% change year-on-year	-8.21%	+45.47%

Microsoft PowerPoint is in the software application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract Software Application Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	4038	4801	6008
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	8.59%	9.04%	10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	2314	2888	3399
Median daily rate	£365	£330	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+10.60%	-2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£165	£150	£160
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£500	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£338	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+3.84%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	310	426	575
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£16.97	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+3.12%	+9.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.50	£10.89	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.25	£36.00	£36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.78	£16.50	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-4.39%	+13.79%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Microsoft PowerPoint as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor daily rate trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 30 Contract 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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-7	610	£375	+6.23%	130
London	-50	266	£375	-6.25%	49
South East	+60	180	£350	-	28
Berkshire	+40	97	£338	+1.88%	4
Reading	+40	49	£363	-9.37%	1
City of London	-21	45	£318	-15.33%	10
East of England	-1	35	£325	-21.21%	12
Surrey	+13	32	£413	+22.22%	7
North West	-8	31	£325	-	7
Scotland	+21	28	£323	+7.50%	1
Hampshire	+18	28	£325	-23.52%	2
West Midlands	-22	27	£350	+29.62%	3
Yorkshire	+27	25	£310	+0.81%	8
West Yorkshire	+20	23	£310	-7.04%	6
South West	-7	22	£325	+18.18%	17
Glasgow	+23	18	£323	-0.76%
Leeds	+30	16	£320	-24.70%	5
Sunbury-on-Thames	0	16	£380	+12.42%
Manchester	-3	15	£350	-12.50%	3
East Midlands	-14	14	£438	+25.00%	4
Essex	-7	12	£450	-
Bristol	-7	12	£225	-25.00%	7
Basingstoke	-7	12	£154	-63.82%
Hertfordshire	-4	11	£325	-23.52%	5
Edinburgh	-10	10	£333	+10.83%	1
Northamptonshire	+9	9	£438	-
Newbury	+10	7	£360	-10.00%
Bracknell	+9	7	£155	-58.66%
Wiltshire	+7	7	£350	-10.25%	4
Warwickshire	+5	7	£363	+40.77%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Microsoft PowerPoint.

1	1059 (83.19%)	Microsoft Excel
2	491 (38.57%)	Microsoft Office
3	485 (38.10%)	Microsoft
4	464 (36.45%)	Finance
5	347 (27.26%)	MS Visio
6	322 (25.29%)	Project Management
7	244 (19.17%)	Analytical Skills
8	234 (18.38%)	PMO
8	234 (18.38%)	Microsoft Project
9	212 (16.65%)	SharePoint
10	192 (15.08%)	Stakeholder Management
11	186 (14.61%)	Agile Software Development
12	157 (12.33%)	PRINCE2
13	145 (11.39%)	Degree
14	135 (10.60%)	Banking

15	123 (9.66%)	Programme Management
16	120 (9.43%)	Change Management
17	111 (8.72%)	Telecoms
18	104 (8.17%)	ITIL
19	102 (8.01%)	SQL
20	101 (7.93%)	Data Analysis
21	98 (7.70%)	Risk Management
22	93 (7.31%)	Marketing
23	89 (6.99%)	Oracle
24	87 (6.83%)	Security Cleared
25	76 (5.97%)	Business Analysis
25	76 (5.97%)	Retail
26	75 (5.89%)	Management Information System
26	75 (5.89%)	Windows
27	73 (5.73%)	SAP

Microsoft PowerPoint
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	212 (16.65%)	SharePoint
2	48 (3.77%)	SAS
3	16 (1.26%)	MS Project Server
4	14 (1.10%)	Confluence
5	10 (0.79%)	CMS
6	7 (0.55%)	CICS
6	7 (0.55%)	MQSeries
7	6 (0.47%)	BizTalk Server
7	6 (0.47%)	WebLogic
8	5 (0.39%)	Skype for Business
9	4 (0.31%)	Documentum
9	4 (0.31%)	Tuxedo
10	3 (0.24%)	Apache Solr
10	3 (0.24%)	Apache Spark
10	3 (0.24%)	SharePoint 2010
11	2 (0.16%)	Apache Qpid
11	2 (0.16%)	Lightstreamer
11	2 (0.16%)	SharePoint 2013
11	2 (0.16%)	WebORB
11	2 (0.16%)	WordPress

Applications
1	1059 (83.19%)	Microsoft Excel
2	491 (38.57%)	Microsoft Office
3	347 (27.26%)	MS Visio
4	234 (18.38%)	Microsoft Project
5	21 (1.65%)	Photoshop
6	20 (1.57%)	Spreadsheet
7	15 (1.18%)	SPSS
8	13 (1.02%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	12 (0.94%)	Adobe Illustrator
10	9 (0.71%)	InDesign
10	9 (0.71%)	Stata
11	8 (0.63%)	AutoCAD
12	6 (0.47%)	Adobe Captivate
13	4 (0.31%)	InfoPath
14	3 (0.24%)	Adobe After Effects
14	3 (0.24%)	Camtasia
15	2 (0.16%)	InVision
15	2 (0.16%)	SPSS Modeler
16	1 (0.079%)	Autodesk Inventor
16	1 (0.079%)	CATIA

Business Applications
1	14 (1.10%)	Dynamics CRM
1	14 (1.10%)	Remedy ITSM
2	11 (0.86%)	Primavera
3	10 (0.79%)	Oracle EBS
4	6 (0.47%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	5 (0.39%)	Oracle Financials
5	5 (0.39%)	SAP IS-U
6	4 (0.31%)	Dynamics AX
6	4 (0.31%)	SAP GRC
6	4 (0.31%)	WebTrends
7	3 (0.24%)	Bloomberg TOMS
7	3 (0.24%)	Eagle PACE
7	3 (0.24%)	FastStats
7	3 (0.24%)	Oracle EBS R12
8	2 (0.16%)	Dynamics NAV
8	2 (0.16%)	Markit EDM
8	2 (0.16%)	Oracle ERP
8	2 (0.16%)	Oracle General Ledger
8	2 (0.16%)	SAP ERP
8	2 (0.16%)	Teamcenter

Cloud Services
1	30 (2.36%)	Office 365
2	10 (0.79%)	G Suite
2	10 (0.79%)	Google Drive
3	7 (0.55%)	Cloud Computing
4	6 (0.47%)	Adobe Analytics
5	5 (0.39%)	Google Analytics
5	5 (0.39%)	Microsoft Azure
5	5 (0.39%)	SuccessFactors
6	4 (0.31%)	Amazon AWS
6	4 (0.31%)	GitHub
7	3 (0.24%)	IBM Blueworks
7	3 (0.24%)	Slack
7	3 (0.24%)	Trello
7	3 (0.24%)	Yammer
8	2 (0.16%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
8	2 (0.16%)	Amazon EC2
8	2 (0.16%)	Amazon Kinesis
8	2 (0.16%)	CloudFront
8	2 (0.16%)	Responsys
8	2 (0.16%)	Salesforce Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	12 (0.94%)	Firewall
2	11 (0.86%)	Internet
3	10 (0.79%)	TCP/IP
3	10 (0.79%)	VPN
4	9 (0.71%)	SSL
5	8 (0.63%)	Intranet
5	8 (0.63%)	Kerberos
5	8 (0.63%)	MPLS
5	8 (0.63%)	VoIP
5	8 (0.63%)	WAN
6	7 (0.55%)	BGP
6	7 (0.55%)	Multicast
6	7 (0.55%)	OSPF
6	7 (0.55%)	SSH
6	7 (0.55%)	WebEx
7	6 (0.47%)	IPv6
7	6 (0.47%)	LAN
7	6 (0.47%)	Skype
8	4 (0.31%)	DHCP
8	4 (0.31%)	DNS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (2.20%)	SQL Server
2	20 (1.57%)	MS Access
3	19 (1.49%)	Oracle Reports
3	19 (1.49%)	QlikView
4	17 (1.34%)	Data Warehouse
5	15 (1.18%)	Big Data
6	13 (1.02%)	Data Mining
7	11 (0.86%)	Power BI
8	10 (0.79%)	Relational Database
9	8 (0.63%)	BusinessObjects
9	8 (0.63%)	Qlik Sense
10	7 (0.55%)	DB2
10	7 (0.55%)	Hadoop
11	5 (0.39%)	Oracle BI EE
11	5 (0.39%)	Oracle Database
12	4 (0.31%)	SAP HANA
13	3 (0.24%)	Apache Hive
13	3 (0.24%)	PowerPivot
13	3 (0.24%)	SAS Enterprise Guide
13	3 (0.24%)	SQL Server Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	42 (3.30%)	JIRA
2	6 (0.47%)	Visual Studio
3	5 (0.39%)	Axure RP
3	5 (0.39%)	Balsamiq Mockups
3	5 (0.39%)	Dreamweaver
4	4 (0.31%)	Rational DOORS
4	4 (0.31%)	Rational Rhapsody
5	3 (0.24%)	HP UFT
5	3 (0.24%)	Maven
5	3 (0.24%)	Team Foundation Server
5	3 (0.24%)	TestLink
6	2 (0.16%)	Atlassian Bamboo
6	2 (0.16%)	Eclipse
6	2 (0.16%)	Rational Statemate
6	2 (0.16%)	Selenium
6	2 (0.16%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6	2 (0.16%)	Toad
7	1 (0.079%)	Git (software)
7	1 (0.079%)	Jenkins
7	1 (0.079%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	464 (36.45%)	Finance
2	135 (10.60%)	Banking
3	111 (8.72%)	Telecoms
4	93 (7.31%)	Marketing
5	76 (5.97%)	Retail
6	57 (4.48%)	Legal
7	31 (2.44%)	Manufacturing
8	29 (2.28%)	Investment Banking
9	21 (1.65%)	Back Office
10	20 (1.57%)	Retail Banking
11	19 (1.49%)	Advertising
12	18 (1.41%)	Billing
13	17 (1.34%)	Financial Institution
13	17 (1.34%)	Law
13	17 (1.34%)	Mandarin Language
14	15 (1.18%)	Front Office
15	9 (0.71%)	Military
15	9 (0.71%)	Publishing
16	8 (0.63%)	Electronics
17	7 (0.55%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	427 (33.54%)	Analyst
2	141 (11.08%)	Business Analyst
3	119 (9.35%)	Project Manager
4	69 (5.42%)	Administrator
5	64 (5.03%)	Coordinator
5	64 (5.03%)	PMO Analyst
6	49 (3.85%)	Consultant
7	46 (3.61%)	Data Analyst
8	43 (3.38%)	Project Coordinator
9	33 (2.59%)	Junior
10	32 (2.51%)	Service Analyst
10	32 (2.51%)	Support Analyst
11	27 (2.12%)	Project Analyst
12	26 (2.04%)	Project Administrator
13	25 (1.96%)	Process Analyst
13	25 (1.96%)	Service Manager
14	24 (1.89%)	Programme Manager
14	24 (1.89%)	Trainer
15	22 (1.73%)	Technical Analyst
16	21 (1.65%)	PMO Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	24 (1.89%)	HTML
2	15 (1.18%)	Middleware
2	15 (1.18%)	XML
3	10 (0.79%)	CSS
4	7 (0.55%)	.NET
4	7 (0.55%)	ISPF
4	7 (0.55%)	RESTful
4	7 (0.55%)	Web Services
4	7 (0.55%)	WebCenter
5	5 (0.39%)	SOAP
6	4 (0.31%)	HTML5
6	4 (0.31%)	Velocity
7	3 (0.24%)	COM
7	3 (0.24%)	CSS3
7	3 (0.24%)	Flash
7	3 (0.24%)	REST
8	2 (0.16%)	FpML
8	2 (0.16%)	J2EE
8	2 (0.16%)	RSS
8	2 (0.16%)	XSD

Miscellaneous
1	244 (19.17%)	Analytical Skills
2	75 (5.89%)	Management Information System
3	33 (2.59%)	Computer Science
4	31 (2.44%)	User Experience
5	26 (2.04%)	Data Centre
6	22 (1.73%)	Virtual Team
7	20 (1.57%)	e-Learning
7	20 (1.57%)	NHS
8	18 (1.41%)	Credit Risk
9	16 (1.26%)	PMI
10	15 (1.18%)	Smartphone
10	15 (1.18%)	Social Media
11	13 (1.02%)	Derivative
11	13 (1.02%)	Fintech
12	12 (0.94%)	Fixed Income
12	12 (0.94%)	Mainframe
12	12 (0.94%)	Mobile App
13	9 (0.71%)	Driving Licence
13	9 (0.71%)	Enterprise Software
13	9 (0.71%)	Smart Meter

Operating Systems
1	75 (5.89%)	Windows
2	24 (1.89%)	Unix
3	19 (1.49%)	Android
3	19 (1.49%)	Apple iOS
4	16 (1.26%)	Linux
4	16 (1.26%)	Windows 10
5	14 (1.10%)	Windows 7
6	11 (0.86%)	Windows 8
7	8 (0.63%)	Windows Server
8	7 (0.55%)	Windows Server 2008
8	7 (0.55%)	zOS
9	5 (0.39%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	4 (0.31%)	AIX
10	4 (0.31%)	Solaris
10	4 (0.31%)	VME
11	3 (0.24%)	Mac OS
11	3 (0.24%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11	3 (0.24%)	Windows Server 2012
12	1 (0.079%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	322 (25.29%)	Project Management
2	192 (15.08%)	Stakeholder Management
3	186 (14.61%)	Agile Software Development
4	157 (12.33%)	PRINCE2
5	123 (9.66%)	Programme Management
6	120 (9.43%)	Change Management
7	104 (8.17%)	ITIL
8	101 (7.93%)	Data Analysis
9	98 (7.70%)	Risk Management
10	76 (5.97%)	Business Analysis
11	70 (5.50%)	Analytics
12	64 (5.03%)	Time Management
13	57 (4.48%)	Change Control
14	56 (4.40%)	ERP
14	56 (4.40%)	Service Management
15	52 (4.08%)	Business Intelligence
16	50 (3.93%)	ITSM
16	50 (3.93%)	Project Planning
16	50 (3.93%)	Stakeholder Engagement
17	45 (3.53%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	102 (8.01%)	SQL
2	37 (2.91%)	VBA
3	19 (1.49%)	C
4	17 (1.34%)	R
5	11 (0.86%)	Java
5	11 (0.86%)	Perl
6	9 (0.71%)	JavaScript
6	9 (0.71%)	MATLAB
6	9 (0.71%)	Shell Script
7	8 (0.63%)	VB
8	7 (0.55%)	Assembly Language
8	7 (0.55%)	CLIST
8	7 (0.55%)	JCL
8	7 (0.55%)	REXX
9	6 (0.47%)	C#
10	4 (0.31%)	COBOL
10	4 (0.31%)	Python
11	3 (0.24%)	PL/SQL
11	3 (0.24%)	T-SQL
11	3 (0.24%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	145 (11.39%)	Degree
2	87 (6.83%)	Security Cleared
3	72 (5.66%)	SC Cleared
4	29 (2.28%)	PMI Certification
5	25 (1.96%)	PMP
6	19 (1.49%)	ITIL Certification
7	17 (1.34%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
8	13 (1.02%)	BPSS Clearance
9	12 (0.94%)	DV Cleared
9	12 (0.94%)	ISEB
10	10 (0.79%)	ACCA
10	10 (0.79%)	CIMA
10	10 (0.79%)	Numerate Degree
10	10 (0.79%)	PRINCE2 Certification
11	9 (0.71%)	CCNP
11	9 (0.71%)	Cisco Certification
12	8 (0.63%)	CTC Cleared
13	7 (0.55%)	CCIE
14	6 (0.47%)	CCIP
15	5 (0.39%)	CISSP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	234 (18.38%)	PMO
2	55 (4.32%)	QA
3	49 (3.85%)	SLA
4	31 (2.44%)	Data Quality
5	22 (1.73%)	MiFID
6	13 (1.02%)	Basel II
7	12 (0.94%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	8 (0.63%)	IFRS
8	8 (0.63%)	IFRS 9
8	8 (0.63%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
9	7 (0.55%)	GDPR
9	7 (0.55%)	ISO/IEC 27001
9	7 (0.55%)	P3O
10	6 (0.47%)	Actionable Recommendations
10	6 (0.47%)	Dodd-Frank
11	5 (0.39%)	EMIR
12	4 (0.31%)	Basel III
12	4 (0.31%)	ISO 20022
13	3 (0.24%)	ISO 9001
13	3 (0.24%)	PMBOK

System Software
1	40 (3.14%)	Active Directory
2	7 (0.55%)	Job Entry Subsystem
2	7 (0.55%)	RACF
2	7 (0.55%)	Time Sharing Option
3	4 (0.31%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.16%)	VMware ESXi
5	1 (0.079%)	Cronacle
5	1 (0.079%)	Docker
5	1 (0.079%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	12 (0.94%)	SCCM
2	8 (0.63%)	HP Quality Center
3	7 (0.55%)	zSecure
4	6 (0.47%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
5	3 (0.24%)	BladeLogic
5	3 (0.24%)	MOM
6	2 (0.16%)	NetBackup
6	2 (0.16%)	Oracle RMAN
7	1 (0.079%)	Cisco CUCM
7	1 (0.079%)	Cisco Prime
7	1 (0.079%)	Cisco UCCX
7	1 (0.079%)	FlexNet
7	1 (0.079%)	Norton AntiVirus
7	1 (0.079%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	485 (38.10%)	Microsoft
2	89 (6.99%)	Oracle
3	73 (5.73%)	SAP
4	39 (3.06%)	Adobe
5	31 (2.44%)	Remedy
6	29 (2.28%)	Google
7	25 (1.96%)	Tableau
8	22 (1.73%)	IBM
9	19 (1.49%)	Salesforce.com
10	17 (1.34%)	HP
11	13 (1.02%)	Workday
12	11 (0.86%)	BMC
12	11 (0.86%)	Cisco
12	11 (0.86%)	Sybase
13	10 (0.79%)	Apple
13	10 (0.79%)	CA
13	10 (0.79%)	ServiceNow
14	9 (0.71%)	CA Agile Central
15	8 (0.63%)	iManage
15	8 (0.63%)	Planview