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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 155 225
Rank change year-on-year -97 +70 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 536 977 935
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.86% 1.37%
As % of the Applications category 9.38% 17.72% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 252 236 547
10th Percentile £26,325 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,125 £37,950 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -22.02%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,265 £58,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £80,000 £70,200
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 5,714 5,513 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.06% 10.52% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,286 2,039 4,332
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,436 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +29.87% -14.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,938 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,750 £77,500 £68,750
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 28 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 28 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 -129 424 £45,000 -10.00% 262
UK excluding London -55 300 £41,500 -12.63% 227
London -87 201 £50,000 - 71
Work from Home +26 139 £47,500 -9.52% 109
South East -38 74 £40,000 -11.11% 77
North of England -34 72 £50,000 +17.65% 42
Scotland +36 67 £57,500 -0.92% 12
North West -47 39 £33,000 -22.35% 17
East of England -36 30 £46,500 +52.46% 29
Midlands -23 28 £41,500 -7.78% 47
West Midlands +5 21 £36,500 -35.96% 34
South West -12 20 £37,750 -34.35% 18
Yorkshire -17 17 £56,250 +50.00% 21
North East +11 16 £50,000 +5.26% 4
East Midlands -18 7 £65,000 +66.67% 13
Northern Ireland -7 6 £59,000 - 3
Wales +7 5 - - 6

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
1 107 (19.96%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.80%) Confluence
3 13 (2.43%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.12%) CMS
6 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 4 (0.75%) WordPress
7 3 (0.56%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 498 (92.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 273 (50.93%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (7.65%) MS Visio
4 19 (3.54%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (2.99%) Photoshop
6 14 (2.61%) InDesign
7 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
8 9 (1.68%) Adobe Premiere
9 6 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.37%) SPSS
11 2 (0.37%) Trello
12 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.19%) CapCut
12 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.56%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.37%) Relativity
4 2 (0.37%) 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 63 (11.75%) Power Platform
2 59 (11.01%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (9.70%) Azure
4 26 (4.85%) AWS
5 21 (3.92%) OneDrive
6 18 (3.36%) SaaS
7 16 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.12%) Canva
11 5 (0.93%) ChatGPT
11 5 (0.93%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.93%) Miro
11 5 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.75%) Figma
13 3 (0.56%) GCP
13 3 (0.56%) Slack
13 3 (0.56%) Smartsheet
13 3 (0.56%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.37%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.29%) Unified Communications
2 18 (3.36%) Wireless
3 15 (2.80%) WebEx
4 13 (2.43%) Skype
5 6 (1.12%) Internet
5 6 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.93%) DHCP
6 5 (0.93%) LAN
7 4 (0.75%) Broadband
7 4 (0.75%) DNS
7 4 (0.75%) Firewall
7 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.56%) 4G
8 3 (0.56%) GSM
8 3 (0.56%) Intranet
8 3 (0.56%) MPLS
8 3 (0.56%) TETRA
8 3 (0.56%) UMTS
8 3 (0.56%) WAN
8 3 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.45%) Power BI
2 18 (3.36%) Tableau
3 10 (1.87%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.68%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.68%) DB2
4 9 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.49%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.93%) Power Query
7 4 (0.75%) Big Data
7 4 (0.75%) GIS
8 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.37%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.37%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.37%) Impala
9 2 (0.37%) Looker
9 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) Metadata
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (5.60%) JIRA
2 9 (1.68%) Bitbucket
2 9 (1.68%) Cucumber
2 9 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.68%) Selenium
2 9 (1.68%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 320 (59.70%) Social Skills
2 177 (33.02%) Finance
3 131 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (16.23%) Marketing
5 53 (9.89%) Organisational Skills
6 52 (9.70%) Law
7 44 (8.21%) Legal
8 36 (6.72%) Retail
9 34 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (5.22%) Banking
11 28 (5.22%) Telecoms
12 19 (3.54%) French Language
12 19 (3.54%) German Language
13 14 (2.61%) Advertising
14 13 (2.43%) Dutch Language
14 13 (2.43%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.24%) Billing
16 11 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.05%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 113 (21.08%) Analyst
2 107 (19.96%) Senior
3 78 (14.55%) Senior Manager
4 64 (11.94%) QA Manager
4 64 (11.94%) Quality Manager
4 64 (11.94%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (11.94%) Senior Quality Manager
5 48 (8.96%) Support Analyst
6 38 (7.09%) IT Support
7 29 (5.41%) IT Analyst
8 27 (5.04%) IT Support Analyst
9 24 (4.48%) Technical Support
10 23 (4.29%) Coordinator
11 20 (3.73%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.36%) Development Manager
12 18 (3.36%) Project Manager
13 17 (3.17%) Lead
13 17 (3.17%) Support Specialist
14 16 (2.99%) Support Engineer
14 16 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.87%) CSS
1 10 (1.87%) HTML
2 9 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (1.68%) Gherkin
2 9 (1.68%) Node.js
2 9 (1.68%) React
2 9 (1.68%) RESTful
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.37%) OAuth
4 2 (0.37%) OpenID
4 2 (0.37%) PySpark
4 2 (0.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (0.37%) 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 78 (14.55%) Onboarding
2 49 (9.14%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.22%) Video Conferencing
4 26 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.66%) Social Media
6 21 (3.92%) e-Learning
7 18 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.61%) Driving Licence
8 14 (2.61%) Web Conferencing
9 11 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.49%) Digital Media
12 6 (1.12%) Graphic Design
12 6 (1.12%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (0.93%) Motion Graphics
13 5 (0.93%) PMI
14 4 (0.75%) Animation
14 4 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.21%) Windows
2 9 (1.68%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.75%) Linux
5 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (28.92%) Project Management
2 130 (24.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 119 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (20.15%) Coaching
5 84 (15.67%) Customer Experience
6 83 (15.49%) Agile
6 83 (15.49%) Business Intelligence
7 71 (13.25%) Quality Management
8 67 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 65 (12.13%) Six Sigma
10 64 (11.94%) Due Diligence
10 64 (11.94%) Lean Six Sigma
10 64 (11.94%) Performance Improvement
10 64 (11.94%) Project Delivery
11 61 (11.38%) Analytics
12 57 (10.63%) Decision-Making
13 54 (10.07%) ITIL
14 46 (8.58%) CRM
15 44 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (8.02%) AI
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.65%) SQL
2 12 (2.24%) Java
3 11 (2.05%) Python
4 9 (1.68%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.68%) VBA
5 5 (0.93%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.93%) 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
6 1 (0.19%) VB
6 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 165 (30.78%) Degree
2 64 (11.94%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 31 (5.78%) Master's Degree
4 24 (4.48%) PMI Certification
5 20 (3.73%) PMP
6 17 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.80%) Security Cleared
8 14 (2.61%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.87%) MBA
9 10 (1.87%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.68%) CFA
10 9 (1.68%) CISSP
11 8 (1.49%) CISM
12 6 (1.12%) CISA
13 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.93%) ISACA
13 5 (0.93%) MCP
13 5 (0.93%) SANS
14 4 (0.75%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (16.60%) QA
2 35 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (6.34%) PMO
4 18 (3.36%) ISO 9001
5 11 (2.05%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.68%) GDPR
7 8 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.49%) NIST
8 7 (1.31%) GRC
9 5 (0.93%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.93%) SLA
10 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.19%) COBIT
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.19%) FATCA
12 1 (0.19%) FINRA
12 1 (0.19%) GAAP
System Software
1 23 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.68%) Docker
3 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.12%) RSA Archer
4 5 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.37%) FTK
7 1 (0.19%) Ansible
7 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 332 (61.94%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.33%) Adobe
3 21 (3.92%) Apple
4 17 (3.17%) Cisco
5 15 (2.80%) Polycom
5 15 (2.80%) SAP
6 12 (2.24%) Atlassian
6 12 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.87%) Oracle
8 9 (1.68%) Google
8 9 (1.68%) Zoho
9 8 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.31%) Facebook
11 6 (1.12%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.93%) YouTube
13 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.75%) IFS
13 4 (0.75%) TikTok
13 4 (0.75%) VMware
14 3 (0.56%) Scality