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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 135 214
Rank change year-on-year -158 +79 +33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 532 931 1,273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 2.26% 1.42%
As % of the Applications category 10.52% 20.64% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 258 228 603
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,850 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,313 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,066 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £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 5,059 4,510 8,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.45% 10.95% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,409 2,148 5,952
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £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 30 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 30 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 -177 428 £43,500 -13.00% 243
UK excluding London -47 332 £40,000 -10.03% 181
London -158 175 £50,000 - 91
Work from Home +1 138 £47,500 -10.38% 114
South East -21 85 £32,500 -27.78% 52
North of England -74 70 £42,500 -10.53% 46
Scotland +29 68 £57,500 +129.82% 10
Midlands -33 42 £38,000 - 25
North West -52 42 £41,750 -16.59% 27
East of England -57 37 £45,500 -17.27% 25
West Midlands -15 32 £34,750 -28.72% 17
South West -53 20 £40,000 -10.03% 22
North East -6 15 £50,000 +16.28% 6
Yorkshire -62 13 £62,500 +56.25% 15
East Midlands -40 10 £55,000 +44.74% 8
Wales -18 9 £28,500 -43.00% 7
Northern Ireland -33 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 94 (17.67%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.82%) Confluence
3 9 (1.69%) CMS
4 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.13%) SAS
6 5 (0.94%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 493 (92.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 259 (48.68%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (6.02%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.69%) InDesign
4 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.94%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
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 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.56%) 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 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 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
1 65 (12.22%) Power Platform
2 52 (9.77%) Azure
3 31 (5.83%) SaaS
4 23 (4.32%) AWS
5 16 (3.01%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.69%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.50%) ChatGPT
8 8 (1.50%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.32%) Canva
10 6 (1.13%) Miro
11 5 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.75%) GitHub
13 3 (0.56%) Figma
13 3 (0.56%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.38%) Google Docs
14 2 (0.38%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.82%) Unified Communications
2 13 (2.44%) 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 4 (0.75%) VoIP
6 3 (0.56%) 4G
6 3 (0.56%) 5G
6 3 (0.56%) GSM
6 3 (0.56%) Network Security
6 3 (0.56%) TETRA
6 3 (0.56%) UMTS
7 2 (0.38%) DHCP
7 2 (0.38%) Intranet
7 2 (0.38%) LAN
7 2 (0.38%) WAN
8 1 (0.19%) DNS
8 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.90%) Power BI
2 22 (4.14%) Tableau
3 8 (1.50%) 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 (0.56%) 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 (4.70%) 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
1 325 (61.09%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.14%) Finance
3 124 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (17.67%) Marketing
5 63 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (8.83%) Legal
7 46 (8.65%) Law
8 40 (7.52%) Retail
9 37 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (6.39%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (5.45%) Banking
11 29 (5.45%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.95%) Financial Institution
12 21 (3.95%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.82%) French Language
14 14 (2.63%) Advertising
15 11 (2.07%) Dutch Language
15 11 (2.07%) German Language
16 10 (1.88%) Military
17 9 (1.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 101 (18.98%) Senior
2 93 (17.48%) Analyst
3 69 (12.97%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.03%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.03%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.03%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.03%) Senior Quality Manager
5 33 (6.20%) Support Analyst
6 32 (6.02%) IT Support
7 24 (4.51%) Consultant
8 22 (4.14%) Administrator
9 21 (3.95%) IT Analyst
10 17 (3.20%) Development Manager
10 17 (3.20%) IT Support Analyst
11 16 (3.01%) Account Manager
11 16 (3.01%) Lead
12 15 (2.82%) Business Analyst
12 15 (2.82%) Support Engineer
12 15 (2.82%) Technical Support
13 14 (2.63%) 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 67 (12.59%) Onboarding
2 56 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.45%) e-Learning
4 21 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.38%) Video Conferencing
6 17 (3.20%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.20%) Social Media
7 13 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
8 11 (2.07%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.32%) Digital Signage
11 7 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.75%) PMI
13 3 (0.56%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.56%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.56%) NHS
14 2 (0.38%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.27%) Windows
2 14 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.69%) Linux
4 5 (0.94%) Unix
5 4 (0.75%) 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
1 134 (25.19%) Project Management
2 129 (24.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 100 (18.80%) Coaching
4 86 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (15.41%) Customer Experience
6 81 (15.23%) Business Intelligence
7 71 (13.35%) Analytics
8 70 (13.16%) Decision-Making
9 69 (12.97%) CRM
9 69 (12.97%) Performance Improvement
9 69 (12.97%) Quality Management
10 66 (12.41%) Due Diligence
11 64 (12.03%) Lean Six Sigma
11 64 (12.03%) Six Sigma
12 56 (10.53%) Data Analysis
13 53 (9.96%) Agile
13 53 (9.96%) AI
14 51 (9.59%) Customer Service
15 47 (8.83%) Business Development
16 43 (8.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.71%) SQL
2 20 (3.76%) Python
3 13 (2.44%) Java
4 9 (1.69%) 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 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.56%) 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
1 139 (26.13%) Degree
2 64 (12.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 18 (3.38%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.20%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.26%) CISSP
7 11 (2.07%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.50%) CISM
10 7 (1.32%) CFA
10 7 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.32%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.13%) ACCA
11 6 (1.13%) CIMA
11 6 (1.13%) CISA
11 6 (1.13%) PMP
12 5 (0.94%) ISACA
12 5 (0.94%) SANS
13 4 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (17.67%) QA
2 23 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.95%) PMO
4 15 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.63%) GDPR
6 12 (2.26%) ISO 9001
7 11 (2.07%) SLA
8 8 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.50%) GRC
8 8 (1.50%) NIST
9 7 (1.32%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.94%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.38%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.19%) FATCA
14 1 (0.19%) GAAP
14 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (4.70%) 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
1 324 (60.90%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.83%) Adobe
3 25 (4.70%) SAP
4 19 (3.57%) Apple
5 11 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.88%) Cisco
6 10 (1.88%) Oracle
7 9 (1.69%) Zoho
8 8 (1.50%) 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