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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 174 173
Rank change year-on-year -66 -1 +47
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 477 471 588
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.61% 1.32%
As % of the Applications category 16.30% 20.07% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 265 269
10th Percentile £268 £230 £166
25th Percentile £330 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £460
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -10.33% +2.22%
75th Percentile £550 £533 £600
90th Percentile £613 £633 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £378
% change year-on-year +13.33% -0.66% -5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 40 116
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.74 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.60 £14.99 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -2.58% -53.99%
75th Percentile £25.86 £21.46 £26.50
90th Percentile £33.75 £27.98 £35.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.90 £16.23 £15.46
% change year-on-year +10.27% +4.98% -41.66%

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 2,927 2,347 3,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.75% 8.01% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 1,433 1,896
10th Percentile £208 £182 £158
25th Percentile £325 £254 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £363 £350
% change year-on-year +17.24% +3.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 224 627
10th Percentile £13.09 £14.72 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £16.33 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £26.50 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +36.77% -44.64%
75th Percentile £29.16 £45.33 £42.64
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.88 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year -29.95% +53.08% -46.30%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -56 433 £450 +5.69% 237
UK excluding London -76 243 £425 +13.33% 172
London -28 212 £500 +11.11% 92
Work from Home -36 119 £400 -6.23% 108
North of England -61 73 £403 +12.31% 45
South East -24 63 £475 +5.56% 60
Midlands -46 45 £455 -13.33% 21
Yorkshire -49 39 £340 +41.08% 13
North West -27 32 £453 +25.69% 26
West Midlands -51 27 £320 -39.05% 13
East Midlands -20 19 £455 +2.25% 8
South West -18 18 £435 +5.98% 18
Scotland -27 17 £303 -10.19% 7
East of England -57 17 £363 -9.26% 19
Northern Ireland -5 8 £456 +7.35% 1
Wales -4 7 £213 - 6
North East -11 2 £390 -48.00% 7

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 98 (20.55%) SharePoint
2 76 (15.93%) Confluence
3 6 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 400 (83.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 185 (38.78%) Microsoft Office
3 90 (18.87%) MS Visio
4 52 (10.90%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.42%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 12 (2.52%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.47%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.47%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.63%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.63%) Primavera
4 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.63%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.63%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.42%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (8.60%) Azure
3 35 (7.34%) Power Platform
4 25 (5.24%) AWS
5 23 (4.82%) GitHub
6 14 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.31%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.26%) Amazon SageMaker
9 6 (1.26%) Dagster
9 6 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.05%) Canva
10 5 (1.05%) Collibra
10 5 (1.05%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.05%) SaaS
11 4 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.84%) Figma
11 4 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.56%) Firewall
2 15 (3.14%) WAN
2 15 (3.14%) Wireless
3 12 (2.52%) LAN
4 10 (2.10%) VPN
5 9 (1.89%) Internet
6 8 (1.68%) BGP
7 5 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.84%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (0.84%) MPLS
8 4 (0.84%) Network Security
8 4 (0.84%) OSPF
8 4 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.84%) SNMP
8 4 (0.84%) TACACS
8 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.63%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.71%) Power BI
2 26 (5.45%) Tableau
3 7 (1.47%) Metadata
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.84%) MS Access
5 4 (0.84%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.84%) SQLPlus
6 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.42%) Spotfire
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.21%) DB2
8 1 (0.21%) EDMS
8 1 (0.21%) Essbase
8 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (24.74%) JIRA
2 17 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (2.73%) Burp Suite
4 13 (2.73%) Metasploit
5 11 (2.31%) Git
6 7 (1.47%) Toad
7 6 (1.26%) MLflow
8 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 267 (55.97%) Social Skills
2 187 (39.20%) Finance
3 97 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (18.45%) Banking
5 59 (12.37%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (12.16%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (8.18%) Public Sector
8 34 (7.13%) Legal
9 28 (5.87%) Marketing
10 17 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.94%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.52%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.52%) Retail
13 11 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.31%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.10%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.47%) Electronics
16 6 (1.26%) Front Office
16 6 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.05%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 147 (30.82%) Analyst
2 69 (14.47%) Business Analyst
3 32 (6.71%) Project Manager
4 29 (6.08%) Architect
5 27 (5.66%) Senior
6 26 (5.45%) PMO Analyst
7 24 (5.03%) Administrator
7 24 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.82%) Lead
9 21 (4.40%) Consultant
9 21 (4.40%) Technical Analyst
10 19 (3.98%) Technical Business Analyst
11 18 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.35%) Coordinator
13 15 (3.14%) PMO Manager
13 15 (3.14%) Tester
14 13 (2.73%) Migration Analyst
14 13 (2.73%) Penetration Tester
15 12 (2.52%) Payments Architect
15 12 (2.52%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.26%) NumPy
2 6 (1.26%) Pandas
2 6 (1.26%) scikit-learn
2 6 (1.26%) Seaborn
3 5 (1.05%) VML
4 4 (0.84%) NETCONF
4 4 (0.84%) OpenConfig
4 4 (0.84%) Playwright
4 4 (0.84%) RESTCONF
4 4 (0.84%) YANG
5 3 (0.63%) ADO
5 3 (0.63%) XML
6 2 (0.42%) REST
6 2 (0.42%) Web Services
6 2 (0.42%) XSLT
7 1 (0.21%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.21%) JSON
7 1 (0.21%) Node.js
7 1 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.87%) Management Information System
4 25 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.98%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.31%) PMI
6 11 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.89%) e-Learning
7 9 (1.89%) Learning Management System
8 8 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.47%) Tandem
10 6 (1.26%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.26%) Equities
10 6 (1.26%) Graphic Design
10 6 (1.26%) NHS
10 6 (1.26%) Social Media
11 5 (1.05%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.45%) Windows
2 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
2 4 (0.84%) Unix
3 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (23.90%) Project Management
3 111 (23.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (22.43%) Agile
5 104 (21.80%) Project Delivery
6 67 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (13.84%) DevOps
8 62 (13.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 61 (12.79%) Decision-Making
10 57 (11.95%) Migration
11 54 (11.32%) Time Management
12 51 (10.69%) Business Analysis
12 51 (10.69%) Waterfall
13 47 (9.85%) Process Improvement
14 37 (7.76%) Analytics
15 36 (7.55%) Data Analysis
15 36 (7.55%) PRINCE2
15 36 (7.55%) Risk Management
15 36 (7.55%) Workshop Facilitation
16 35 (7.34%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.64%) SQL
2 26 (5.45%) Python
3 7 (1.47%) C#
3 7 (1.47%) VB
4 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.84%) Perl
5 4 (0.84%) PHP
5 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.84%) VBA
6 3 (0.63%) Java
6 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.42%) R
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 131 (27.46%) Degree
2 72 (15.09%) Security Cleared
3 58 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.40%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.56%) PMP
6 14 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.73%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.31%) CREST Certified
9 11 (2.31%) Cyber Scheme
9 11 (2.31%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.31%) Postgraduate
10 10 (2.10%) CBAP
11 9 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.89%) IIBA
12 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.47%) CCIE
13 7 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.47%) JNCIE
14 5 (1.05%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (21.17%) PMO
2 26 (5.45%) QA
3 25 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.98%) GDPR
5 13 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.73%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.47%) P3O
7 5 (1.05%) SLA
8 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.84%) MiFID
9 3 (0.63%) GRC
9 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.21%) COBIT
11 1 (0.21%) GAAP
11 1 (0.21%) GAMP
11 1 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (5.03%) Ansible
2 13 (2.73%) Nmap
3 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.84%) SCCM
4 4 (0.84%) Terraform
5 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 225 (47.17%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.24%) Oracle
3 20 (4.19%) SAP
4 19 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.35%) Sonatype
6 15 (3.14%) Adobe
6 15 (3.14%) Cisco
7 13 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.89%) Remedy
9 8 (1.68%) F5
9 8 (1.68%) Google
9 8 (1.68%) Juniper
10 7 (1.47%) Workday
11 6 (1.26%) Charles River
11 6 (1.26%) Splunk
12 5 (1.05%) Ariba
12 5 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.05%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.05%) Databricks
12 5 (1.05%) Planview