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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 191 207
Rank change year-on-year -97 +16 -25
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 486 490 452
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.50% 1.19%
As % of the Applications category 16.23% 17.76% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 261 212
10th Percentile £238 £250 £208
25th Percentile £313 £309 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £593
90th Percentile £638 £638 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 49 107
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £26.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -39.16% +62.05% -21.14%
75th Percentile £27.38 £32.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £40.50 £59.44 £23.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £16.23
% change year-on-year -24.71% +30.93% -21.14%

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 2,994 2,759 2,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.48% 8.46% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,500 1,552 1,426
10th Percentile £200 £195 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £525
90th Percentile £638 £641 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 519 348 256
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.43 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.75 £25.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% +47.06% -32.00%
75th Percentile £32.00 £33.91 £35.00
90th Percentile £62.60 £57.79 £58.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year -22.22% +38.63% -27.06%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -79 434 £451 +0.22% 713
UK excluding London -70 271 £425 +13.33% 391
London -78 193 £488 -1.02% 363
Work from Home -83 131 £465 +16.25% 242
South East -11 93 £483 +42.96% 106
North of England -79 58 £418 +19.29% 76
Midlands -36 38 £475 +58.33% 57
Scotland -31 35 £488 +50.00% 22
West Midlands -43 30 £475 +58.33% 43
North West -54 30 £488 +45.52% 42
South West -35 27 £310 -43.73% 49
Yorkshire -43 26 £400 +10.34% 24
East of England -38 16 £509 +30.10% 48
East Midlands -12 8 £490 - 14
Wales -18 3 £450 +46.34% 10
Northern Ireland -20 2 £369 -22.37% 26
North East -40 2 - - 10

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
1 112 (23.05%) SharePoint
2 34 (7.00%) Confluence
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.41%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Moodle
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 419 (86.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (39.09%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (14.61%) MS Visio
4 70 (14.40%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.26%) Photoshop
6 10 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.82%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.82%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.21%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.21%) InDesign
11 1 (0.21%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.21%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.21%) Trello
11 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Magento
2 7 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.03%) Primavera
4 4 (0.82%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.62%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.41%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.41%) Workfront
7 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.21%) Maximo
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.20%) Power Platform
2 48 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (8.02%) Azure
4 16 (3.29%) AWS
5 15 (3.09%) SaaS
6 14 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.67%) Figma
7 13 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 12 (2.47%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.06%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.44%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.44%) Lucidchart
11 7 (1.44%) Smartsheet
12 6 (1.23%) Miro
13 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.82%) GCP
14 4 (0.82%) Google Docs
14 4 (0.82%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.06%) LAN
1 10 (2.06%) WAN
2 7 (1.44%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.23%) FTP
4 4 (0.82%) BGP
4 4 (0.82%) MPLS
4 4 (0.82%) RSVP
4 4 (0.82%) SNMP
4 4 (0.82%) TACACS
5 3 (0.62%) DHCP
5 3 (0.62%) DNS
5 3 (0.62%) Firewall
5 3 (0.62%) Internet
5 3 (0.62%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.62%) VPN
6 2 (0.41%) Intranet
6 2 (0.41%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (12.76%) Power BI
2 12 (2.47%) Power Query
3 5 (1.03%) Tableau
4 4 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.62%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.62%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.41%) DTS
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.21%) DataStage
7 1 (0.21%) GIS
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 67 (13.79%) JIRA
2 10 (2.06%) Git
3 8 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.65%) Subversion
4 4 (0.82%) Selenium
5 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.41%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.41%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.41%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.41%) MSI
6 2 (0.41%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (0.41%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.41%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
6 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 290 (59.67%) Social Skills
2 194 (39.92%) Finance
3 151 (31.07%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (26.75%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (9.26%) Banking
6 37 (7.61%) Marketing
7 33 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (5.97%) Public Sector
9 28 (5.76%) Legal
10 27 (5.56%) Retail
11 20 (4.12%) Manufacturing
12 15 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (2.67%) Military
15 10 (2.06%) Front Office
16 9 (1.85%) French Language
17 8 (1.65%) Advertising
17 8 (1.65%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.65%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.44%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 95 (19.55%) Analyst
2 44 (9.05%) Project Manager
3 37 (7.61%) Administrator
4 36 (7.41%) Senior
5 30 (6.17%) Coordinator
6 28 (5.76%) Consultant
7 26 (5.35%) Project Officer
8 25 (5.14%) Support Officer
9 24 (4.94%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.73%) PMO Analyst
10 23 (4.73%) Project Support Officer
11 20 (4.12%) Lead
12 15 (3.09%) Architect
12 15 (3.09%) Project Coordinator
12 15 (3.09%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.88%) Support Specialist
14 13 (2.67%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.67%) Designer
14 13 (2.67%) PMO Planner
15 12 (2.47%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.65%) VML
1 8 (1.65%) Web Services
1 8 (1.65%) XML
2 6 (1.23%) XSLT
3 5 (1.03%) .NET
4 4 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.82%) Middleware
4 4 (0.82%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.82%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.82%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.82%) Terraform
4 4 (0.82%) YANG
5 3 (0.62%) ADO
5 3 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.41%) Flutter
6 2 (0.41%) JDO
6 2 (0.41%) Playwright
6 2 (0.41%) SOAP
6 2 (0.41%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.02%) Onboarding
2 35 (7.20%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.65%) Graphic Design
8 7 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.44%) Life Science
8 7 (1.44%) Video Editing
8 7 (1.44%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.23%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.82%) CMDB
10 4 (0.82%) FMCG
10 4 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.70%) Windows
2 7 (1.44%) Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (38.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 133 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (25.10%) Project Management
4 107 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (21.40%) Agile
6 94 (19.34%) Project Delivery
7 89 (18.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 72 (14.81%) Decision-Making
9 57 (11.73%) Waterfall
10 54 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 51 (10.49%) AI
11 51 (10.49%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (9.67%) PRINCE2
13 44 (9.05%) Analytics
14 43 (8.85%) Risk Management
15 39 (8.02%) Change Management
15 39 (8.02%) Project Governance
16 38 (7.82%) Business Case
17 35 (7.20%) Portfolio Management
18 33 (6.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.73%) SQL
2 15 (3.09%) Python
3 7 (1.44%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.03%) VBA
5 4 (0.82%) Bicep
5 4 (0.82%) Korn
6 2 (0.41%) C++
6 2 (0.41%) Java
6 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.21%) C#
7 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 115 (23.66%) Degree
2 101 (20.78%) Security Cleared
3 60 (12.35%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.20%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.73%) PMI Certification
6 18 (3.70%) PMP
7 12 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.03%) CIPD
9 5 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.82%) CCIE
10 4 (0.82%) IIBA
10 4 (0.82%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.62%) CAPM
11 3 (0.62%) CISM
11 3 (0.62%) CISSP
11 3 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (25.51%) PMO
2 22 (4.53%) QA
3 15 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.06%) GRC
6 8 (1.65%) P3O
7 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.03%) NIST
9 4 (0.82%) MiFID
10 3 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.62%) GMP
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) GDPR
11 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.41%) NCSC
11 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.41%) SLA
11 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.65%) Ansible
1 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.62%) SCCM
3 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 320 (65.84%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.44%) ServiceNow
3 31 (6.38%) SAP
4 21 (4.32%) Google
5 15 (3.09%) Adobe
5 15 (3.09%) Oracle
5 15 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.06%) Workday
7 7 (1.44%) Cisco
7 7 (1.44%) F5
8 6 (1.23%) Planview
9 4 (0.82%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.82%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.82%) Juniper
9 4 (0.82%) Okta
9 4 (0.82%) Qualys
9 4 (0.82%) Rapid7
9 4 (0.82%) Splunk
9 4 (0.82%) TOWER Software
9 4 (0.82%) Wrike