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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 174 172
Rank change year-on-year -85 -2 +23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 448 481 577
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.65% 1.36%
As % of the Applications category 16.26% 19.61% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 248 233
10th Percentile £213 £219 £181
25th Percentile £310 £313 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £561
90th Percentile £625 £650 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £393 £375 £369
% change year-on-year +4.80% +1.55% -13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 154
10th Percentile £14.16 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +8.20% -53.01%
75th Percentile £29.63 £20.46 £26.15
90th Percentile £37.06 £44.20 £30.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.71 £16.23 £14.92
% change year-on-year +2.93% +8.78% -44.74%

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 2,756 2,453 3,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.72% 8.41% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,589 1,428 1,677
10th Percentile £250 £188 £165
25th Percentile £340 £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 £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 262 628
10th Percentile £13.34 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.52 £22.27 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +30.16% -47.03%
75th Percentile £35.19 £44.31 £38.51
90th Percentile £70.40 £69.75 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.33 £21.73 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.47% +35.31% -41.60%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -83 404 £450 +5.88% 221
UK excluding London -91 236 £393 +4.80% 183
London -41 191 £500 +17.65% 66
Work from Home -52 118 £400 -3.03% 75
South East -38 63 £475 +17.72% 65
North of England -68 60 £393 -3.26% 40
Midlands -41 42 £455 -17.27% 21
Yorkshire -57 33 £368 -8.00% 16
South West -23 29 £310 -41.93% 35
West Midlands -39 26 £350 -36.45% 16
North West -43 26 £442 -1.72% 20
Scotland -29 25 £375 +15.38% 5
East Midlands -17 17 £455 - 5
East of England -71 16 £509 +35.82% 12
Northern Ireland -15 5 £369 -13.24% 4
Wales -13 1 £213 - 5
North East -27 1 £390 +254.55% 4

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 86 (19.20%) SharePoint
2 57 (12.72%) Confluence
3 6 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.34%) CMS
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 382 (85.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (44.20%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (15.63%) MS Visio
4 53 (11.83%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.67%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.22%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.46%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.34%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.89%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.89%) Magento
4 4 (0.89%) Primavera
5 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.67%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.67%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.67%) SimCorp Dimension
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%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.83%) Power Platform
2 33 (7.37%) Azure
3 32 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (6.25%) AWS
5 14 (3.13%) Figma
5 14 (3.13%) GitHub
6 12 (2.68%) SaaS
7 9 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.01%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.34%) Amazon SageMaker
9 6 (1.34%) Canva
9 6 (1.34%) Dagster
9 6 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.34%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.34%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.12%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.89%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.89%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.79%) Firewall
2 13 (2.90%) Wireless
3 8 (1.79%) Internet
4 7 (1.56%) BGP
4 7 (1.56%) VPN
4 7 (1.56%) WAN
5 4 (0.89%) BIG-IP
5 4 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (0.89%) LAN
5 4 (0.89%) Network Security
5 4 (0.89%) OSPF
5 4 (0.89%) RSVP
5 4 (0.89%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.67%) FTP
6 3 (0.67%) MPLS
6 3 (0.67%) SNMP
6 3 (0.67%) TACACS
6 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.71%) Power BI
2 18 (4.02%) Tableau
3 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.67%) Metadata
4 3 (0.67%) Power Query
4 3 (0.67%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.45%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.22%) DB2
6 1 (0.22%) GIS
6 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 94 (20.98%) JIRA
2 13 (2.90%) Burp Suite
2 13 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.90%) Metasploit
3 12 (2.68%) Git
4 8 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.34%) MLflow
6 5 (1.12%) Toad
7 4 (0.89%) Subversion
8 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 235 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 166 (37.05%) Finance
3 97 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (14.73%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (14.51%) Banking
6 44 (9.82%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (8.04%) Marketing
8 33 (7.37%) Legal
9 28 (6.25%) Public Sector
10 20 (4.46%) Retail
11 19 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (3.35%) Military
13 14 (3.13%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.23%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.79%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.56%) Advertising
16 7 (1.56%) Front Office
16 7 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (26.34%) Analyst
2 55 (12.28%) Business Analyst
3 29 (6.47%) Project Manager
3 29 (6.47%) Senior
4 23 (5.13%) Consultant
4 23 (5.13%) PMO Analyst
5 20 (4.46%) Architect
6 18 (4.02%) Lead
7 17 (3.79%) Coordinator
8 16 (3.57%) Support Officer
9 15 (3.35%) Administrator
9 15 (3.35%) PMO Manager
9 15 (3.35%) Project Officer
9 15 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (3.13%) Project Support Officer
10 14 (3.13%) Tester
11 13 (2.90%) Penetration Tester
11 13 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.90%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.79%) VML
3 6 (1.34%) NumPy
3 6 (1.34%) Pandas
3 6 (1.34%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.34%) Seaborn
4 4 (0.89%) JDO
4 4 (0.89%) REST
4 4 (0.89%) XML
5 3 (0.67%) Flutter
5 3 (0.67%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.67%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.67%) React Native
5 3 (0.67%) RESTCONF
5 3 (0.67%) Web Services
5 3 (0.67%) XSLT
5 3 (0.67%) YANG
6 2 (0.45%) .NET
6 2 (0.45%) ADO
6 2 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.68%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.46%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.79%) Life Science
7 8 (1.79%) PMI
7 8 (1.79%) Social Media
8 7 (1.56%) Graphic Design
8 7 (1.56%) Tandem
9 6 (1.34%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.34%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.89%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.89%) NHS
11 4 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.80%) Windows
2 6 (1.34%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (25.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 113 (25.22%) Agile
3 111 (24.78%) Project Management
4 110 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (22.10%) Project Delivery
6 64 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 62 (13.84%) Decision-Making
8 60 (13.39%) Waterfall
9 48 (10.71%) Business Analysis
9 48 (10.71%) Migration
10 46 (10.27%) DevOps
11 42 (9.38%) Time Management
12 40 (8.93%) Data Analysis
13 39 (8.71%) Risk Management
14 37 (8.26%) AI
14 37 (8.26%) Analytics
14 37 (8.26%) Workshop Facilitation
15 36 (8.04%) PRINCE2
16 35 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.04%) SQL
2 19 (4.24%) Python
3 7 (1.56%) VB
4 5 (1.12%) VBA
5 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.45%) C#
6 2 (0.45%) Java
6 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.45%) Perl
6 2 (0.45%) PHP
6 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 137 (30.58%) Degree
2 87 (19.42%) Security Cleared
3 75 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.90%) CHECK Team Member
6 12 (2.68%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.68%) PMP
7 11 (2.46%) CREST Certified
7 11 (2.46%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.46%) Postgraduate
7 11 (2.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (2.23%) CBAP
8 10 (2.23%) IIBA
9 6 (1.34%) CCIE
9 6 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.34%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (22.10%) PMO
2 28 (6.25%) QA
3 24 (5.36%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.35%) GDPR
5 14 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.90%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.46%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.12%) P3O
8 5 (1.12%) SLA
9 4 (0.89%) MiFID
10 3 (0.67%) GRC
10 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.22%) FATCA
11 1 (0.22%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.22%) PSD2
11 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.35%) Ansible
2 13 (2.90%) Nmap
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.89%) SCCM
3 4 (0.89%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 212 (47.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.47%) Oracle
3 26 (5.80%) ServiceNow
4 24 (5.36%) Adobe
5 17 (3.79%) Google
6 16 (3.57%) SAP
7 15 (3.35%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.46%) Cisco
9 8 (1.79%) Remedy
9 8 (1.79%) Sonatype
10 7 (1.56%) F5
10 7 (1.56%) Juniper
10 7 (1.56%) Planview
10 7 (1.56%) Workday
11 6 (1.34%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.34%) Splunk
12 5 (1.12%) Apple
13 4 (0.89%) Ariba
13 4 (0.89%) FactSet
13 4 (0.89%) Zscaler