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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 144 204
Rank change year-on-year -135 +60 +45
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 518 955 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 2.17% 1.51%
As % of the Applications category 9.24% 20.30% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 239 224 624
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,300 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,375 £35,938 £29,267
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -20.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,066 £57,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,875 £69,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,855 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% +9.64% -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 5,607 4,704 8,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.77% 10.67% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,344 2,111 5,735
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56,938 £64,919 £52,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,250 £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 9 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 9 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 -154 416 £45,000 -10.00% 199
UK excluding London -37 322 £40,000 -8.79% 179
London -153 168 £50,000 - 52
Work from Home +30 139 £47,500 -8.79% 76
South East -19 84 £32,500 -27.78% 61
Scotland +44 67 £57,500 -0.92% 6
North of England -67 66 £46,737 +9.01% 38
Midlands -22 40 £38,000 - 27
North West -55 38 £37,000 -26.00% 25
East of England -44 36 £46,500 -15.45% 21
West Midlands -2 31 £38,000 -10.59% 14
South West -32 23 £38,000 +4.17% 25
North East -3 16 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Yorkshire -51 12 £62,500 +56.25% 12
East Midlands -26 9 £55,000 +44.74% 13
Wales -5 5 - - 5
Northern Ireland -27 3 - - 1

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 97 (18.73%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.70%) Confluence
3 9 (1.74%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.54%) CMS
5 6 (1.16%) SAS
6 4 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 481 (92.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 258 (49.81%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (7.14%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.12%) Photoshop
5 10 (1.93%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (1.74%) Adobe Premiere
6 9 (1.74%) InDesign
7 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.39%) SPSS
9 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.19%) CapCut
9 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.39%) Relativity
5 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 61 (11.78%) Power Platform
2 54 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (9.27%) Azure
4 29 (5.60%) SaaS
5 23 (4.44%) AWS
6 20 (3.86%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.16%) Canva
10 6 (1.16%) ChatGPT
10 6 (1.16%) Miro
11 5 (0.97%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.77%) GitHub
13 3 (0.58%) Figma
13 3 (0.58%) Smartsheet
13 3 (0.58%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.39%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.67%) Unified Communications
2 9 (1.74%) Skype
2 9 (1.74%) WebEx
3 8 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (1.54%) Wireless
4 7 (1.35%) Internet
5 6 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.77%) Broadband
7 3 (0.58%) 4G
7 3 (0.58%) 5G
7 3 (0.58%) GSM
7 3 (0.58%) Network Security
7 3 (0.58%) TETRA
7 3 (0.58%) UMTS
8 2 (0.39%) Intranet
8 2 (0.39%) LAN
8 2 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.39%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) DHCP
9 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.42%) Power BI
2 21 (4.05%) Tableau
3 9 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.54%) DB2
4 8 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.54%) Power Query
5 5 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.77%) Big Data
6 4 (0.77%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.77%) Looker
7 3 (0.58%) GIS
7 3 (0.58%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.39%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.39%) Impala
Development Applications
1 23 (4.44%) JIRA
2 8 (1.54%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.54%) Cucumber
2 8 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.54%) Selenium
2 8 (1.54%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 309 (59.65%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.92%) Finance
3 119 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (16.80%) Marketing
5 60 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (9.07%) Legal
7 41 (7.92%) Law
8 40 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (7.72%) Retail
9 28 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (5.21%) Telecoms
11 26 (5.02%) Banking
12 21 (4.05%) French Language
13 18 (3.47%) German Language
14 17 (3.28%) Dutch Language
14 17 (3.28%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.90%) Public Sector
16 12 (2.32%) Advertising
17 10 (1.93%) Billing
18 9 (1.74%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 99 (19.11%) Analyst
2 98 (18.92%) Senior
3 68 (13.13%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.36%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.36%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.36%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.36%) Senior Quality Manager
5 37 (7.14%) Support Analyst
6 31 (5.98%) IT Support
7 23 (4.44%) IT Analyst
8 19 (3.67%) Consultant
8 19 (3.67%) Coordinator
8 19 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (3.28%) Administrator
9 17 (3.28%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.28%) Lead
9 17 (3.28%) Technical Support
10 15 (2.90%) Account Manager
11 14 (2.70%) Developer
11 14 (2.70%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.54%) CSS
1 8 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (1.54%) Gherkin
1 8 (1.54%) HTML
1 8 (1.54%) Node.js
1 8 (1.54%) React
1 8 (1.54%) RESTful
2 3 (0.58%) OAuth
2 3 (0.58%) OpenID
3 2 (0.39%) 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 64 (12.36%) Onboarding
2 46 (8.88%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.63%) e-Learning
4 22 (4.25%) Video Conferencing
5 21 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 17 (3.28%) Social Media
8 11 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.12%) Web Conferencing
9 9 (1.74%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.16%) Digital Signage
11 5 (0.97%) PMI
11 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.58%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.58%) NHS
14 2 (0.39%) Clustering
14 2 (0.39%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.92%) Windows
2 12 (2.32%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.35%) Linux
4 4 (0.77%) Unix
5 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.19%) Android
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 126 (24.32%) Project Management
3 103 (19.88%) Coaching
4 86 (16.60%) Customer Experience
4 86 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (13.32%) Quality Management
7 66 (12.74%) Due Diligence
8 65 (12.55%) Six Sigma
9 64 (12.36%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (12.36%) Performance Improvement
10 62 (11.97%) Analytics
11 59 (11.39%) Agile
12 57 (11.00%) Decision-Making
13 55 (10.62%) CRM
14 53 (10.23%) Customer Service
15 52 (10.04%) Data Analysis
16 48 (9.27%) Project Delivery
17 46 (8.88%) AI
18 45 (8.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.49%) SQL
2 19 (3.67%) Python
3 14 (2.70%) Java
4 8 (1.54%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.54%) VBA
5 6 (1.16%) R
6 5 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.77%) VB
7 4 (0.77%) VBScript
8 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.58%) 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 (27.41%) Degree
2 64 (12.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 24 (4.63%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.28%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.09%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.51%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.32%) PMP
8 10 (1.93%) CISSP
8 10 (1.93%) Security Cleared
9 8 (1.54%) CISM
10 7 (1.35%) ACCA
10 7 (1.35%) CFA
10 7 (1.35%) CIMA
11 6 (1.16%) CISA
12 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.97%) ISACA
12 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.97%) SANS
12 5 (0.97%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.77%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (16.80%) QA
2 27 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (4.44%) PMO
4 16 (3.09%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.90%) ISO 9001
6 14 (2.70%) GDPR
7 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.54%) SLA
8 7 (1.35%) GRC
8 7 (1.35%) NIST
9 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.97%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.77%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.19%) GAAP
12 1 (0.19%) GxP
12 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.54%) Docker
3 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.16%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (0.97%) FTK
3 5 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.77%) SCCM
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 312 (60.23%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.04%) Adobe
3 19 (3.67%) Apple
4 17 (3.28%) SAP
5 12 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.12%) Polycom
7 10 (1.93%) Cisco
7 10 (1.93%) Oracle
8 9 (1.74%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.74%) Zoho
9 6 (1.16%) Google
9 6 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.97%) Cellebrite
10 5 (0.97%) IBM
10 5 (0.97%) VMware
11 4 (0.77%) IFS
11 4 (0.77%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.77%) Snow
11 4 (0.77%) Workday
11 4 (0.77%) YouTube