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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 144 202
Rank change year-on-year -131 +58 +36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 527 983 1,195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 2.10% 1.53%
As % of the Applications category 9.34% 20.00% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 245 230 615
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,850 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -22.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,199 £58,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,125 £70,300
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 5,640 4,915 7,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.05% 10.51% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 2,064 5,264
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56,750 £65,000 £53,750
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 1 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 1 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 -148 423 £45,000 -10.00% 268
UK excluding London -47 322 £40,000 -10.03% 212
London -142 175 £50,000 - 83
Work from Home +20 145 £47,500 -8.03% 131
South East -28 83 £35,250 -17.06% 71
North of England -64 69 £45,974 +8.17% 42
Scotland +39 67 £57,500 -0.92% 13
Midlands -23 39 £38,000 -7.88% 39
North West -48 39 £33,000 -25.84% 20
East of England -42 36 £46,500 -15.45% 24
West Midlands +7 30 £38,000 -23.62% 20
South West -28 22 £38,000 -14.53% 21
North East +5 16 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Yorkshire -47 14 £62,500 +56.25% 18
East Midlands -37 9 £60,000 +53.85% 18
Wales -6 5 - - 7
Northern Ireland -25 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 (18.41%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.85%) Confluence
3 10 (1.90%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.52%) CMS
5 6 (1.14%) SAS
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 489 (92.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 266 (50.47%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (7.21%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.47%) Photoshop
4 13 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (2.09%) InDesign
6 9 (1.71%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.38%) SPSS
10 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.19%) CapCut
10 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.90%) 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 Cash Management
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
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 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 55 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (8.92%) Azure
4 27 (5.12%) SaaS
5 23 (4.36%) AWS
6 19 (3.61%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.33%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.14%) Miro
11 5 (0.95%) Canva
11 5 (0.95%) ChatGPT
11 5 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.76%) GitHub
13 3 (0.57%) Figma
13 3 (0.57%) Smartsheet
13 3 (0.57%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.38%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.80%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.90%) Skype
2 10 (1.90%) WebEx
2 10 (1.90%) Wireless
3 6 (1.14%) Internet
3 6 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.76%) Broadband
5 3 (0.57%) 4G
5 3 (0.57%) 5G
5 3 (0.57%) GSM
5 3 (0.57%) Network Security
5 3 (0.57%) TETRA
5 3 (0.57%) UMTS
6 2 (0.38%) Intranet
6 2 (0.38%) LAN
6 2 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.38%) WAN
7 1 (0.19%) DHCP
7 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.63%) Power BI
2 22 (4.17%) Tableau
3 10 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.71%) DB2
4 9 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.52%) Power Query
6 6 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (0.95%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.76%) Big Data
8 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.76%) GIS
8 4 (0.76%) Looker
9 3 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.38%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.38%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.38%) Impala
Development Applications
1 23 (4.36%) JIRA
2 9 (1.71%) Bitbucket
2 9 (1.71%) Cucumber
2 9 (1.71%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.71%) Selenium
2 9 (1.71%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 320 (60.72%) Social Skills
2 161 (30.55%) Finance
3 125 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (16.70%) Marketing
5 63 (11.95%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (9.11%) Legal
7 42 (7.97%) Law
7 42 (7.97%) Retail
8 39 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (5.50%) Banking
10 28 (5.31%) Telecoms
11 27 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (3.98%) French Language
12 21 (3.98%) German Language
13 17 (3.23%) Dutch Language
13 17 (3.23%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.66%) Public Sector
15 12 (2.28%) Advertising
16 10 (1.90%) Billing
17 9 (1.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 103 (19.54%) Analyst
2 100 (18.98%) Senior
3 69 (13.09%) Senior Manager
4 64 (12.14%) QA Manager
4 64 (12.14%) Quality Manager
4 64 (12.14%) Senior QA Manager
4 64 (12.14%) Senior Quality Manager
5 40 (7.59%) Support Analyst
6 34 (6.45%) IT Support
7 26 (4.93%) IT Analyst
8 22 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
9 20 (3.80%) Coordinator
10 19 (3.61%) Consultant
10 19 (3.61%) Technical Support
11 18 (3.42%) Lead
12 17 (3.23%) Administrator
12 17 (3.23%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.85%) Developer
14 14 (2.66%) Development Manager
14 14 (2.66%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.71%) CSS
1 9 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
1 9 (1.71%) Gherkin
1 9 (1.71%) HTML
1 9 (1.71%) Node.js
1 9 (1.71%) React
1 9 (1.71%) RESTful
2 2 (0.38%) OAuth
2 2 (0.38%) OpenID
2 2 (0.38%) PySpark
3 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.19%) Express.js
3 1 (0.19%) JSON
3 1 (0.19%) MFC
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.19%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.19%) SciPy
3 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (12.71%) Onboarding
2 45 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.55%) e-Learning
4 24 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
5 19 (3.61%) Social Media
6 17 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.09%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.09%) Web Conferencing
8 10 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.33%) Digital Media
9 7 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.95%) PMI
11 4 (0.76%) Digital Signage
12 3 (0.57%) Animation
12 3 (0.57%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.57%) Graphic Design
12 3 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.78%) Windows
2 11 (2.09%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.33%) Linux
4 4 (0.76%) Unix
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 129 (24.48%) Project Management
3 105 (19.92%) Coaching
4 97 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (16.70%) Customer Experience
6 80 (15.18%) Business Intelligence
7 69 (13.09%) Quality Management
8 66 (12.52%) Due Diligence
9 65 (12.33%) Agile
9 65 (12.33%) Six Sigma
10 64 (12.14%) Lean Six Sigma
10 64 (12.14%) Performance Improvement
11 63 (11.95%) Analytics
12 57 (10.82%) Decision-Making
13 56 (10.63%) Data Analysis
14 54 (10.25%) CRM
15 52 (9.87%) Customer Service
16 50 (9.49%) Project Delivery
17 47 (8.92%) ITIL
18 44 (8.35%) AI
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.73%) SQL
2 19 (3.61%) Python
3 15 (2.85%) Java
4 9 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.71%) VBA
5 6 (1.14%) R
6 5 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.76%) VB
7 4 (0.76%) 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
1 149 (28.27%) Degree
2 64 (12.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 24 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 18 (3.42%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.66%) A+ Certification
6 14 (2.66%) PMP
7 11 (2.09%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.71%) CISSP
9 8 (1.52%) CISM
10 7 (1.33%) CFA
11 6 (1.14%) ACCA
11 6 (1.14%) CIMA
11 6 (1.14%) CISA
11 6 (1.14%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.95%) ISACA
12 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.95%) SANS
13 4 (0.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (16.51%) QA
2 31 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.17%) PMO
4 17 (3.23%) ISO 9001
5 16 (3.04%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.66%) GDPR
7 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.33%) GRC
8 7 (1.33%) NIST
8 7 (1.33%) SLA
9 5 (0.95%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.76%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.38%) 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%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.71%) Docker
3 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.14%) RSA Archer
3 5 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (0.95%) FTK
3 5 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.76%) SCCM
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 319 (60.53%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.06%) Adobe
3 19 (3.61%) Apple
4 18 (3.42%) SAP
5 12 (2.28%) Cisco
5 12 (2.28%) Polycom
5 12 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.09%) Oracle
7 10 (1.90%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.71%) Zoho
9 8 (1.52%) Google
10 6 (1.14%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.95%) Cellebrite
11 5 (0.95%) IBM
11 5 (0.95%) VMware
11 5 (0.95%) YouTube
12 4 (0.76%) IFS
12 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.76%) Snow
12 4 (0.76%) TikTok