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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 144 207
Rank change year-on-year -141 +63 +36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 524 958 1,260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 2.20% 1.50%
As % of the Applications category 9.30% 20.20% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 246 227 620
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,600 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,265 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,750 £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 5,635 4,742 8,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.60% 10.87% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 2,131 5,763
10th Percentile £26,775 £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 £56,750 £64,313 £53,333
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £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 14 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 14 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 -157 426 £45,000 -10.00% 235
UK excluding London -35 332 £40,000 -10.03% 175
London -154 169 £52,500 +5.00% 90
Work from Home +31 141 £47,500 -9.52% 105
South East -5 89 £32,500 -27.78% 54
North of England -83 68 £46,737 +5.03% 41
Scotland +45 67 £57,500 -0.92% 7
Midlands -29 42 £38,000 - 27
North West -54 39 £41,000 -18.09% 22
East of England -40 36 £46,500 -15.45% 20
West Midlands -1 32 £34,750 -18.24% 16
South West -40 23 £39,500 +8.28% 24
North East -6 16 £50,000 +5.26% 7
Yorkshire -50 13 £62,500 +56.25% 13
East Midlands -35 10 £55,000 +44.74% 11
Wales -4 6 £28,500 -43.00% 6
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 98 (18.70%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.67%) Confluence
3 9 (1.72%) CMS
4 6 (1.15%) SAS
5 5 (0.95%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 486 (92.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 260 (49.62%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (7.06%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.91%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.72%) InDesign
5 9 (1.72%) Photoshop
6 7 (1.34%) Adobe Premiere
6 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.38%) SPSS
9 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.19%) CapCut
9 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.57%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.38%) 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 62 (11.83%) Power Platform
2 57 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.35%) Azure
4 30 (5.73%) SaaS
5 23 (4.39%) AWS
6 20 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 12 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.34%) Canva
10 7 (1.34%) ChatGPT
11 6 (1.15%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.15%) Miro
12 5 (0.95%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.76%) GitHub
14 3 (0.57%) Figma
14 3 (0.57%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.57%) Snowflake
15 2 (0.38%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.86%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.34%) Wireless
4 6 (1.15%) Internet
4 6 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.95%) Skype
5 5 (0.95%) WebEx
6 3 (0.57%) 4G
6 3 (0.57%) 5G
6 3 (0.57%) Broadband
6 3 (0.57%) GSM
6 3 (0.57%) Network Security
6 3 (0.57%) TETRA
6 3 (0.57%) UMTS
7 2 (0.38%) Intranet
7 2 (0.38%) LAN
7 2 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.38%) VoIP
7 2 (0.38%) WAN
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (10.50%) Power BI
2 22 (4.20%) Tableau
3 8 (1.53%) DB2
3 8 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.53%) Power Query
3 8 (1.53%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (0.76%) Big Data
5 4 (0.76%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.76%) Looker
6 3 (0.57%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.38%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.38%) GIS
7 2 (0.38%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.38%) Impala
Development Applications
1 23 (4.39%) JIRA
2 8 (1.53%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.53%) Cucumber
2 8 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.53%) Selenium
2 8 (1.53%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 316 (60.31%) Social Skills
2 159 (30.34%) Finance
3 120 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (17.18%) Marketing
5 65 (12.40%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (9.35%) Legal
7 40 (7.63%) Retail
8 39 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (7.44%) Law
9 29 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (5.15%) Banking
11 25 (4.77%) Telecoms
12 19 (3.63%) French Language
13 18 (3.44%) Financial Institution
13 18 (3.44%) Public Sector
14 15 (2.86%) Dutch Language
14 15 (2.86%) German Language
15 13 (2.48%) Advertising
16 10 (1.91%) Billing
17 9 (1.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 99 (18.89%) Senior
2 95 (18.13%) Analyst
3 68 (12.98%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.21%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.21%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.21%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.21%) Senior Quality Manager
5 33 (6.30%) Support Analyst
6 31 (5.92%) IT Support
7 22 (4.20%) Consultant
7 22 (4.20%) IT Analyst
8 18 (3.44%) Administrator
8 18 (3.44%) Coordinator
8 18 (3.44%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.24%) Technical Support
10 16 (3.05%) Lead
11 15 (2.86%) Account Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Developer
12 14 (2.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.53%) CSS
1 8 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (1.53%) Gherkin
1 8 (1.53%) HTML
1 8 (1.53%) Node.js
1 8 (1.53%) React
1 8 (1.53%) RESTful
2 3 (0.57%) OAuth
2 3 (0.57%) 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 67 (12.79%) Onboarding
2 48 (9.16%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.34%) e-Learning
4 22 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.24%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.24%) Social Media
6 17 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
7 11 (2.10%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.10%) Web Conferencing
8 10 (1.91%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.34%) Digital Signage
11 6 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.95%) PMI
13 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.57%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.57%) Learning Management System
14 3 (0.57%) NHS
15 2 (0.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.63%) Windows
2 13 (2.48%) Windows 10
3 8 (1.53%) Linux
4 5 (0.95%) Unix
5 2 (0.38%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 129 (24.62%) Project Management
3 104 (19.85%) Coaching
4 85 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (16.03%) Customer Experience
6 78 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
7 69 (13.17%) Quality Management
8 66 (12.60%) Due Diligence
9 65 (12.40%) Six Sigma
10 64 (12.21%) Analytics
10 64 (12.21%) Lean Six Sigma
10 64 (12.21%) Performance Improvement
11 60 (11.45%) CRM
11 60 (11.45%) Decision-Making
12 58 (11.07%) Agile
13 54 (10.31%) Customer Service
14 53 (10.11%) Data Analysis
15 50 (9.54%) AI
16 48 (9.16%) Project Delivery
17 41 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.40%) SQL
2 20 (3.82%) Python
3 14 (2.67%) Java
4 9 (1.72%) VBA
5 8 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.15%) R
7 5 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.95%) VB
7 5 (0.95%) 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 (27.10%) Degree
2 64 (12.21%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 22 (4.20%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.24%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.48%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.29%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.10%) CISSP
7 11 (2.10%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.72%) PMP
9 8 (1.53%) CISM
10 7 (1.34%) ACCA
10 7 (1.34%) CFA
10 7 (1.34%) CIMA
11 6 (1.15%) CISA
12 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.95%) ISACA
12 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.95%) SANS
12 5 (0.95%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (16.60%) QA
2 23 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (4.39%) PMO
3 16 (3.05%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.86%) GDPR
4 15 (2.86%) ISO 9001
5 9 (1.72%) SLA
6 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.53%) GRC
6 8 (1.53%) NIST
7 5 (0.95%) EU AI Act
7 5 (0.95%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.19%) GAAP
10 1 (0.19%) GxP
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.53%) Docker
3 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.15%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (0.95%) FTK
3 5 (0.95%) SCCM
3 5 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 320 (61.07%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.92%) Adobe
3 19 (3.63%) Apple
3 19 (3.63%) SAP
4 12 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.10%) Oracle
6 9 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 9 (1.72%) Cisco
6 9 (1.72%) Zoho
7 7 (1.34%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.34%) Polycom
8 6 (1.15%) Google
8 6 (1.15%) IBM
9 5 (0.95%) Cellebrite
9 5 (0.95%) Snow
9 5 (0.95%) VMware
10 4 (0.76%) IFS
10 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.76%) Workday
10 4 (0.76%) YouTube