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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 172 179
Rank change year-on-year -105 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 431 459 570
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.60% 1.32%
As % of the Applications category 15.92% 18.77% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 234 226
10th Percentile £209 £211 £188
25th Percentile £308 £297 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £399 £449
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -11.11% -5.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £648 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £370 £350
% change year-on-year +4.73% +5.71% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 55 160
10th Percentile £14.19 £14.84 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.37 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £20.25 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.77% +8.20% -45.45%
75th Percentile £29.63 £21.26 £24.12
90th Percentile £38.68 £33.25 £29.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.91% +8.20% -38.81%

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 2,707 2,445 3,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.54% 8.50% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,556 1,408 1,655
10th Percentile £228 £190 £165
25th Percentile £331 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £351
% change year-on-year +13.33% +6.99% -10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 278 633
10th Percentile £13.21 £14.20 £11.54
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.01 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +47.94% -44.19%
75th Percentile £34.46 £43.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.95 £67.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £22.75 £16.06
% change year-on-year -10.55% +41.66% -39.35%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -87 387 £430 +4.24% 273
UK excluding London -105 228 £388 +4.73% 200
London -67 183 £491 +19.09% 117
Work from Home -50 116 £375 -3.10% 116
North of England -81 59 £396 -2.52% 25
South East -33 58 £475 +72.73% 65
Midlands -37 39 £455 +57.44% 33
Yorkshire -61 32 £382 -4.50% 10
South West -15 29 £310 -35.45% 35
Scotland -13 26 £375 +15.38% 11
North West -39 26 £442 +1.09% 13
West Midlands -47 26 £453 +56.57% 26
East of England -70 16 £509 +57.59% 17
East Midlands -18 14 £455 - 6
Northern Ireland -11 5 £369 -13.24% 15
Wales -14 1 £213 - 2
North East -32 1 £390 +254.55% 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 77 (17.87%) SharePoint
2 54 (12.53%) Confluence
3 6 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.16%) CMS
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Moodle
Applications
1 367 (85.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (45.01%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (15.78%) MS Visio
4 45 (10.44%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.39%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.93%) Magento
4 4 (0.93%) Primavera
5 3 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.70%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.70%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.70%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.46%) Shopify
6 2 (0.46%) Workfront
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 50 (11.60%) Power Platform
2 32 (7.42%) Azure
3 30 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (6.50%) AWS
5 14 (3.25%) Figma
5 14 (3.25%) GitHub
6 13 (3.02%) SaaS
7 10 (2.32%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.62%) Google Analytics
10 7 (1.62%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
11 6 (1.39%) Canva
11 6 (1.39%) Dagster
11 6 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.39%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.93%) GCP
12 4 (0.93%) Lucidchart
12 4 (0.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.55%) Firewall
2 10 (2.32%) Internet
3 7 (1.62%) Wireless
4 6 (1.39%) VPN
4 6 (1.39%) WAN
5 5 (1.16%) BGP
6 4 (0.93%) LAN
6 4 (0.93%) RSVP
6 4 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.70%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.70%) FTP
7 3 (0.70%) Intranet
7 3 (0.70%) Network Security
7 3 (0.70%) OSPF
7 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.46%) MPLS
8 2 (0.46%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.44%) Power BI
2 19 (4.41%) Tableau
3 3 (0.70%) Power Query
3 3 (0.70%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.23%) DB2
5 1 (0.23%) GIS
5 1 (0.23%) Metadata
5 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 84 (19.49%) JIRA
2 13 (3.02%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.78%) Git
4 8 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.62%) Burp Suite
5 7 (1.62%) Metasploit
6 6 (1.39%) MLflow
7 4 (0.93%) Subversion
8 3 (0.70%) Toad
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.23%) MSI
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 219 (50.81%) Social Skills
2 166 (38.52%) Finance
3 94 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (15.55%) Banking
5 65 (15.08%) Organisational Skills
6 40 (9.28%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (8.58%) Legal
8 34 (7.89%) Marketing
9 25 (5.80%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.94%) Retail
11 16 (3.71%) Investment Banking
12 14 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (3.25%) Military
13 11 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.32%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.09%) Front Office
16 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.62%) Advertising
17 7 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 110 (25.52%) Analyst
2 52 (12.06%) Business Analyst
3 33 (7.66%) Project Manager
4 32 (7.42%) Senior
5 25 (5.80%) Consultant
6 23 (5.34%) Architect
7 21 (4.87%) PMO Analyst
8 19 (4.41%) Lead
9 16 (3.71%) Coordinator
10 15 (3.48%) Administrator
10 15 (3.48%) Project Officer
10 15 (3.48%) Support Officer
11 14 (3.25%) Project Support Officer
11 14 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (2.78%) Designer
13 12 (2.78%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.55%) Payments Architect
14 11 (2.55%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.39%) NumPy
2 6 (1.39%) Pandas
2 6 (1.39%) scikit-learn
2 6 (1.39%) Seaborn
2 6 (1.39%) VML
3 4 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (0.93%) JDO
3 4 (0.93%) REST
3 4 (0.93%) XML
4 3 (0.70%) Flutter
4 3 (0.70%) React Native
4 3 (0.70%) Web Services
4 3 (0.70%) XSLT
5 2 (0.46%) .NET
5 2 (0.46%) HTML
5 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.46%) OpenConfig
5 2 (0.46%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.46%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.12%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.55%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.09%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.86%) Life Science
7 8 (1.86%) PMI
7 8 (1.86%) Social Media
8 7 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.39%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.16%) Tandem
11 4 (0.93%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.93%) CMDB
11 4 (0.93%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.57%) Windows
2 6 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.93%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 113 (26.22%) Project Management
3 108 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (24.36%) Agile
5 100 (23.20%) Project Delivery
6 65 (15.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 59 (13.69%) Decision-Making
8 58 (13.46%) Waterfall
9 56 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (11.60%) DevOps
11 42 (9.74%) Business Analysis
11 42 (9.74%) Migration
12 40 (9.28%) Data Analysis
13 39 (9.05%) AI
14 38 (8.82%) Analytics
15 36 (8.35%) Business Case
15 36 (8.35%) PRINCE2
15 36 (8.35%) Risk Management
15 36 (8.35%) Time Management
16 35 (8.12%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.35%) SQL
2 22 (5.10%) Python
3 7 (1.62%) VB
4 5 (1.16%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.16%) VBA
5 4 (0.93%) Bicep
5 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.70%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.46%) C#
7 2 (0.46%) Java
7 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (30.63%) Degree
2 78 (18.10%) Security Cleared
3 65 (15.08%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.94%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.02%) PMP
7 12 (2.78%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (2.32%) CBAP
9 10 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.32%) IIBA
10 7 (1.62%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (1.62%) CREST Certified
10 7 (1.62%) Cyber Scheme
10 7 (1.62%) Postgraduate
11 6 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.16%) CISM
12 5 (1.16%) CISSP
13 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (21.35%) PMO
2 25 (5.80%) QA
3 22 (5.10%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.86%) GDPR
6 7 (1.62%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.39%) MiFID
7 6 (1.39%) P3O
8 5 (1.16%) SLA
9 3 (0.70%) GRC
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.70%) NIST
10 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.23%) GAAP
11 1 (0.23%) HL7
11 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (1.62%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.94%) Ansible
2 7 (1.62%) Nmap
2 7 (1.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.93%) SCCM
4 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 214 (49.65%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.57%) Adobe
4 20 (4.64%) Oracle
5 19 (4.41%) Google
6 17 (3.94%) SAP
7 11 (2.55%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.32%) Splunk
9 9 (2.09%) Cisco
10 8 (1.86%) Sonatype
11 7 (1.62%) Planview
11 7 (1.62%) Remedy
11 7 (1.62%) Workday
12 6 (1.39%) F5
13 5 (1.16%) Apple
13 5 (1.16%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.16%) Juniper
13 5 (1.16%) TOWER Software
14 4 (0.93%) FactSet
14 4 (0.93%) Qualys