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

 6 months to
5 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 178 177
Rank change year-on-year -37 -1 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 489 470 612
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.25% 1.51% 1.38%
As % of the Applications category 17.12% 19.81% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 264 340
10th Percentile £275 £211 £190
25th Percentile £340 £315 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £439 £485
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% -9.43% +10.23%
75th Percentile £551 £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 2,857 2,373 3,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.30% 7.62% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 1,399 2,077
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
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 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £351
% change year-on-year +19.38% +1.42% -12.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 199 500
10th Percentile £12.81 £15.62 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.59% +33.95% -34.96%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £76.45 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.85 £27.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.53% +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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -38 432 £459 +2.00% 276
UK excluding London -50 245 £440 +10.14% 202
London -17 221 £500 +2.25% 106
Work from Home -10 129 £439 -2.50% 132
North of England -35 75 £438 +51.91% 35
South East -7 55 £475 +5.56% 79
Midlands -33 43 £453 -13.81% 47
North West -12 38 £450 +29.31% 18
Yorkshire -42 35 £333 +47.78% 15
Scotland -5 26 £350 -3.45% 12
West Midlands -35 24 £318 -39.52% 42
East Midlands -5 20 £455 +2.25% 5
South West -21 17 £548 +17.81% 15
East of England -59 15 £375 -25.00% 19
Northern Ireland +5 11 £475 +9.83% 1
Wales +10 8 £260 -63.89% 2
North East -17 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
1 113 (23.11%) SharePoint
2 74 (15.13%) 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
1 423 (86.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 183 (37.42%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (19.84%) MS Visio
4 55 (11.25%) 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 54 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (10.02%) Azure
3 42 (8.59%) 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%) Miro
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 40 (8.18%) 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%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.82%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.61%) DB2
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.41%) EDMS
7 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 111 (22.70%) JIRA
2 18 (3.68%) 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%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.61%) Selenium
7 3 (0.61%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 276 (56.44%) Social Skills
2 206 (42.13%) Finance
3 106 (21.68%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (17.79%) Banking
5 61 (12.47%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (10.43%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (8.18%) Public Sector
8 29 (5.93%) Legal
9 28 (5.73%) Marketing
10 17 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (3.48%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (2.04%) Retail
14 8 (1.64%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.43%) Billing
16 6 (1.23%) Front Office
16 6 (1.23%) International Banking
16 6 (1.23%) Law
17 5 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 160 (32.72%) Analyst
2 69 (14.11%) Business Analyst
3 38 (7.77%) Project Manager
4 30 (6.13%) Architect
5 29 (5.93%) Senior
6 26 (5.32%) PMO Analyst
6 26 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (4.70%) Consultant
8 21 (4.29%) Administrator
8 21 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (4.09%) Lead
10 18 (3.68%) Technical Business Analyst
11 17 (3.48%) PMO Manager
12 14 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.66%) Report Analyst
13 13 (2.66%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.66%) Tester
14 12 (2.45%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.45%) Penetration Tester
15 11 (2.25%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.82%) ADO
2 4 (0.82%) VML
3 3 (0.61%) CSS
3 3 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.61%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.61%) HTML
3 3 (0.61%) Node.js
3 3 (0.61%) Playwright
3 3 (0.61%) React
3 3 (0.61%) RESTful
4 2 (0.41%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.41%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.41%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.41%) YANG
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) Seaborn
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
11 5 (1.02%) Equities
11 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.02%) Tandem
11 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
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
1 131 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (24.54%) Project Management
3 118 (24.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (22.70%) Agile
5 103 (21.06%) Project Delivery
6 69 (14.11%) 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 48 (9.82%) Process Improvement
11 48 (9.82%) Waterfall
12 45 (9.20%) Business Analysis
12 45 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (8.79%) Risk Management
14 39 (7.98%) Analytics
15 38 (7.77%) PRINCE2
16 37 (7.57%) Regulatory Compliance
17 36 (7.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.00%) SQL
2 22 (4.50%) Python
3 7 (1.43%) JavaScript
3 7 (1.43%) R
4 6 (1.23%) C#
5 5 (1.02%) Java
6 4 (0.82%) Perl
6 4 (0.82%) PHP
6 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.82%) VB
6 4 (0.82%) VBA
7 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 128 (26.18%) 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
11 6 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.02%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (21.88%) PMO
2 26 (5.32%) QA
3 25 (5.11%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.48%) GDPR
5 16 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.23%) P3O
8 5 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.61%) GRC
9 3 (0.61%) MiFID
9 3 (0.61%) SLA
10 2 (0.41%) COBIT
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) FATCA
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.20%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.82%) 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 3 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 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%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.43%) Google
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
307 Microsoft PowerPoint jobs Nationwide