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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 177 236
Rank change year-on-year -78 +59 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 516 892 823
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.67% 1.39%
As % of the Applications category 9.08% 16.23% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 244 241 474
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £43,543
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.83% -19.36%
75th Percentile £66,094 £60,265 £58,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +18.75% -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 5,681 5,495 4,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.31% 10.31% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,276 2,035 3,551
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,343 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -12.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +25.00% -4.00%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -112 399 £45,000 -10.00% 267
UK excluding London -54 281 £41,500 -12.63% 230
London -59 194 £47,500 -5.00% 75
Work from Home +54 139 £47,500 -9.52% 86
South East -30 69 £40,000 -11.11% 85
Scotland +40 67 £57,500 -0.92% 9
North of England -39 67 £50,000 +10.19% 44
North West -53 38 £33,000 -27.27% 18
Midlands -5 25 £46,250 +2.78% 41
East of England -29 24 £37,500 +22.95% 31
South West -8 20 £37,750 -34.35% 20
West Midlands +3 18 £41,500 -27.19% 27
Yorkshire -4 16 £56,250 +50.00% 21
North East +13 13 £50,000 +5.26% 6
East Midlands -18 7 £65,000 +66.67% 14
Northern Ireland -4 6 £59,000 - 4
Wales +8 5 - - 5

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
1 105 (20.35%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.91%) Confluence
3 13 (2.52%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.97%) CMS
6 4 (0.78%) SAS
6 4 (0.78%) WordPress
7 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 475 (92.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 263 (50.97%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (7.75%) MS Visio
4 19 (3.68%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (3.49%) Photoshop
6 16 (3.10%) InDesign
7 13 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
8 9 (1.74%) Adobe Premiere
9 8 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (1.36%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.39%) SPSS
11 2 (0.39%) Trello
12 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.19%) CapCut
12 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.58%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.39%) Relativity
4 2 (0.39%) Towers Watson Igloo
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 Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
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 58 (11.24%) Power Platform
2 56 (10.85%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.50%) Azure
4 26 (5.04%) AWS
5 19 (3.68%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.91%) SaaS
7 13 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.55%) Canva
9 5 (0.97%) Figma
9 5 (0.97%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.78%) Miro
11 3 (0.58%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.58%) GCP
11 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.58%) Slack
11 3 (0.58%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.58%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.39%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.46%) Unified Communications
2 18 (3.49%) Wireless
3 15 (2.91%) WebEx
4 13 (2.52%) Skype
5 6 (1.16%) DHCP
5 6 (1.16%) Internet
5 6 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.97%) DNS
6 5 (0.97%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) Broadband
7 4 (0.78%) Firewall
7 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.58%) 4G
8 3 (0.58%) 5G
8 3 (0.58%) GSM
8 3 (0.58%) Intranet
8 3 (0.58%) MPLS
8 3 (0.58%) Network Security
8 3 (0.58%) TETRA
8 3 (0.58%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (10.27%) Power BI
2 15 (2.91%) Tableau
3 10 (1.94%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.74%) DB2
4 9 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.16%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.97%) Power Query
7 4 (0.78%) Big Data
7 4 (0.78%) GIS
8 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.39%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.39%) Impala
9 2 (0.39%) Looker
9 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) MS Access
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (5.81%) JIRA
2 9 (1.74%) Bitbucket
2 9 (1.74%) Cucumber
2 9 (1.74%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.74%) Selenium
2 9 (1.74%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 306 (59.30%) Social Skills
2 164 (31.78%) Finance
3 131 (25.39%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (16.86%) Marketing
5 50 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (9.50%) Law
7 43 (8.33%) Legal
8 35 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (6.59%) Retail
10 32 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (5.43%) Banking
12 27 (5.23%) Telecoms
13 18 (3.49%) Advertising
14 16 (3.10%) French Language
14 16 (3.10%) German Language
15 13 (2.52%) Billing
16 12 (2.33%) Dutch Language
17 11 (2.13%) Spanish Language
18 10 (1.94%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (20.93%) Analyst
2 105 (20.35%) Senior
3 79 (15.31%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.40%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.40%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.40%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.40%) Senior Quality Manager
5 47 (9.11%) Support Analyst
6 37 (7.17%) IT Support
7 27 (5.23%) IT Analyst
8 26 (5.04%) IT Support Analyst
9 24 (4.65%) Technical Support
10 21 (4.07%) Coordinator
11 20 (3.88%) Business Analyst
12 19 (3.68%) Project Manager
13 18 (3.49%) Lead
14 17 (3.29%) Support Specialist
15 16 (3.10%) Support Engineer
15 16 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
15 16 (3.10%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.94%) CSS
1 10 (1.94%) HTML
2 9 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (1.74%) Gherkin
2 9 (1.74%) Node.js
2 9 (1.74%) React
2 9 (1.74%) RESTful
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.39%) PySpark
4 2 (0.39%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (0.39%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.19%) EDI
5 1 (0.19%) Express.js
5 1 (0.19%) JSON
5 1 (0.19%) MFC
5 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (13.57%) Onboarding
2 41 (7.95%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.43%) Social Media
4 26 (5.04%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.04%) Video Conferencing
5 18 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.29%) e-Learning
7 14 (2.71%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.71%) Web Conferencing
8 11 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.55%) Digital Media
10 8 (1.55%) Graphic Design
11 7 (1.36%) Motion Graphics
12 6 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (0.97%) PMI
14 4 (0.78%) Animation
14 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.14%) Windows
2 9 (1.74%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.58%) Linux
4 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (30.81%) Project Management
2 125 (24.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 122 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (20.74%) Coaching
5 84 (16.28%) Agile
6 81 (15.70%) Business Intelligence
6 81 (15.70%) Customer Experience
7 72 (13.95%) Quality Management
8 65 (12.60%) Data Analysis
8 65 (12.60%) Due Diligence
8 65 (12.60%) Six Sigma
9 64 (12.40%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (12.40%) Performance Improvement
10 62 (12.02%) Project Delivery
11 59 (11.43%) Analytics
11 59 (11.43%) Decision-Making
12 52 (10.08%) ITIL
13 43 (8.33%) AI
13 43 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (7.95%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.17%) SQL
2 11 (2.13%) Java
3 9 (1.74%) JavaScript
3 9 (1.74%) Python
4 8 (1.55%) VBA
5 5 (0.97%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.97%) R
6 1 (0.19%) ABAP
6 1 (0.19%) C
6 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.19%) RPG
6 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (31.78%) Degree
2 64 (12.40%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 31 (6.01%) Master's Degree
4 24 (4.65%) PMI Certification
5 20 (3.88%) PMP
6 17 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.10%) Security Cleared
8 13 (2.52%) A+ Certification
9 11 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.94%) CFA
10 10 (1.94%) MBA
11 7 (1.36%) CISM
12 6 (1.16%) CISSP
13 5 (0.97%) CISA
13 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.97%) MCP
14 4 (0.78%) CIMA
14 4 (0.78%) CRISC
14 4 (0.78%) ISACA
14 4 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.28%) QA
2 36 (6.98%) PMO
3 34 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.49%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.74%) GDPR
7 8 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.36%) NIST
9 6 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.16%) GRC
9 6 (1.16%) SLA
10 4 (0.78%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.19%) FATCA
12 1 (0.19%) FINRA
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.97%) RSA Archer
4 4 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) FTK
Vendors
1 323 (62.60%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.30%) Adobe
3 21 (4.07%) Apple
4 17 (3.29%) Cisco
5 15 (2.91%) Polycom
6 14 (2.71%) SAP
7 12 (2.33%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.74%) Google
9 9 (1.74%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.74%) Zoho
10 7 (1.36%) Facebook
10 7 (1.36%) Oracle
11 6 (1.16%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.97%) YouTube
13 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.78%) IFS
13 4 (0.78%) TikTok
14 3 (0.58%) Openreach
14 3 (0.58%) VMware