Microsoft PowerPoint Job Trends

Microsoft PowerPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft PowerPoint skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 133 212
Rank change year-on-year -151 +79 +30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 530 926 1,260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 2.28% 1.42%
As % of the Applications category 9.83% 20.66% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 254 225 602
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,700 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,493 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.01% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,460 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.03% +11.15% -11.11%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,393 4,482 8,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.95% 11.04% 9.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,387 2,122 5,916
10th Percentile £26,825 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,656 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,932 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% +27.82% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56,375 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft PowerPoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft PowerPoint job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft PowerPoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft PowerPoint in the UK

Microsoft PowerPoint
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -165 427 £44,000 -12.00% 243
UK excluding London -50 330 £40,000 -10.03% 181
London -160 175 £50,000 - 91
Work from Home +8 139 £50,000 -4.76% 114
South East -27 84 £32,500 -27.78% 52
North of England -74 70 £42,500 -10.53% 46
Scotland +32 68 £57,500 +129.82% 10
Midlands -34 42 £38,000 - 25
North West -49 42 £41,750 -16.59% 27
East of England -56 37 £45,500 -17.27% 25
West Midlands -14 32 £34,750 -28.72% 17
South West -48 20 £40,500 -8.91% 22
North East -16 15 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Yorkshire -67 13 £62,500 +56.25% 15
East Midlands -46 10 £55,000 +44.74% 8
Wales -18 8 £28,500 -43.00% 7
Northern Ireland -34 3 - - 3

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 96 (18.11%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.83%) Confluence
3 9 (1.70%) CMS
4 6 (1.13%) SAS
5 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.94%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 491 (92.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 257 (48.49%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (6.23%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.70%) InDesign
4 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (1.32%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.94%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.38%) SPSS
10 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.19%) CapCut
10 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 13 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.57%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.38%) Relativity
6 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.26%) Power Platform
2 64 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.62%) Azure
4 31 (5.85%) SaaS
5 23 (4.34%) AWS
6 19 (3.58%) OneDrive
7 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.70%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.51%) ChatGPT
10 7 (1.32%) Canva
10 7 (1.32%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.13%) Miro
12 5 (0.94%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.75%) GitHub
14 3 (0.57%) Figma
14 3 (0.57%) Snowflake
15 2 (0.38%) Google Docs
15 2 (0.38%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.83%) Unified Communications
2 11 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.94%) Internet
4 5 (0.94%) Skype
4 5 (0.94%) WebEx
4 5 (0.94%) Wireless
5 3 (0.57%) 4G
5 3 (0.57%) 5G
5 3 (0.57%) GSM
5 3 (0.57%) Network Security
5 3 (0.57%) TETRA
5 3 (0.57%) UMTS
5 3 (0.57%) VoIP
6 2 (0.38%) DHCP
6 2 (0.38%) Intranet
6 2 (0.38%) LAN
6 2 (0.38%) WAN
7 1 (0.19%) DNS
7 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.94%) Power BI
2 22 (4.15%) Tableau
3 8 (1.51%) Power Query
4 7 (1.32%) DB2
4 7 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.75%) Big Data
6 4 (0.75%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.75%) Looker
7 3 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.38%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.38%) GIS
8 2 (0.38%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.38%) Impala
8 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.72%) JIRA
2 7 (1.32%) Bitbucket
2 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
2 7 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.32%) Selenium
2 7 (1.32%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 322 (60.75%) Social Skills
2 156 (29.43%) Finance
3 124 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (17.36%) Marketing
5 61 (11.51%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (8.87%) Legal
7 46 (8.68%) Law
8 40 (7.55%) Retail
9 37 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (5.66%) Banking
11 30 (5.66%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.96%) Financial Institution
13 20 (3.77%) Public Sector
14 17 (3.21%) French Language
15 15 (2.83%) Advertising
16 13 (2.45%) Dutch Language
16 13 (2.45%) German Language
17 10 (1.89%) Military
18 9 (1.70%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 100 (18.87%) Senior
2 93 (17.55%) Analyst
3 69 (13.02%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.08%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.08%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.08%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.08%) Senior Quality Manager
5 32 (6.04%) IT Support
5 32 (6.04%) Support Analyst
6 24 (4.53%) Consultant
7 21 (3.96%) IT Analyst
8 20 (3.77%) Administrator
9 17 (3.21%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (3.02%) Account Manager
10 16 (3.02%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.02%) Development Manager
10 16 (3.02%) Lead
11 15 (2.83%) Support Engineer
11 15 (2.83%) Technical Support
12 14 (2.64%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.32%) CSS
1 7 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (1.32%) Gherkin
1 7 (1.32%) HTML
1 7 (1.32%) Node.js
1 7 (1.32%) React
1 7 (1.32%) RESTful
2 4 (0.75%) OAuth
2 4 (0.75%) OpenID
3 2 (0.38%) PySpark
4 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.19%) Express.js
4 1 (0.19%) JSON
4 1 (0.19%) MFC
4 1 (0.19%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.19%) SciPy
4 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.45%) Onboarding
2 53 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (5.66%) e-Learning
4 20 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
6 17 (3.21%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.21%) Social Media
7 12 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
8 11 (2.08%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.70%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.32%) Digital Signage
11 7 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.94%) PMI
13 3 (0.57%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.57%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.57%) NHS
14 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.11%) Windows
2 13 (2.45%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.70%) Linux
4 5 (0.94%) Unix
5 3 (0.57%) Android
6 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.47%) Project Management
2 130 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 102 (19.25%) Coaching
4 87 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (15.47%) Customer Experience
6 81 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
7 71 (13.40%) Analytics
8 69 (13.02%) Decision-Making
8 69 (13.02%) Performance Improvement
8 69 (13.02%) Quality Management
9 66 (12.45%) Due Diligence
10 65 (12.26%) CRM
10 65 (12.26%) Six Sigma
11 64 (12.08%) Lean Six Sigma
12 56 (10.57%) Data Analysis
13 55 (10.38%) Agile
14 53 (10.00%) AI
15 51 (9.62%) Customer Service
16 45 (8.49%) Business Development
16 45 (8.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.74%) SQL
2 20 (3.77%) Python
3 13 (2.45%) Java
4 9 (1.70%) VBA
5 7 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.13%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.13%) R
7 5 (0.94%) VB
7 5 (0.94%) VBScript
8 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.19%) ABAP
9 1 (0.19%) C
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) RPG
9 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 142 (26.79%) Degree
2 64 (12.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 20 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.21%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.64%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.26%) CISSP
6 12 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.89%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.51%) CISM
8 8 (1.51%) PMP
9 7 (1.32%) ACCA
9 7 (1.32%) CFA
9 7 (1.32%) CIMA
10 6 (1.13%) CISA
10 6 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.13%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.94%) ISACA
11 5 (0.94%) SANS
12 4 (0.75%) CRISC
12 4 (0.75%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (17.74%) QA
2 23 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.15%) PMO
4 15 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.83%) GDPR
5 12 (2.26%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.89%) SLA
7 8 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.51%) GRC
7 8 (1.51%) NIST
8 7 (1.32%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.94%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.19%) FATCA
13 1 (0.19%) GAAP
13 1 (0.19%) GxP
13 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.32%) Docker
3 6 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.13%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (0.94%) FTK
3 5 (0.94%) SCCM
3 5 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 322 (60.75%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.25%) Adobe
3 24 (4.53%) SAP
4 19 (3.58%) Apple
5 11 (2.08%) Oracle
5 11 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.89%) Cisco
7 9 (1.70%) Zoho
8 8 (1.51%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.32%) Polycom
10 6 (1.13%) Google
10 6 (1.13%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.13%) IBM
10 6 (1.13%) VMware
11 5 (0.94%) Cellebrite
11 5 (0.94%) Snow
12 4 (0.75%) IFS
12 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.75%) Workday
12 4 (0.75%) YouTube