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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 132 216
Rank change year-on-year -166 +84 +30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft PowerPoint 512 938 1,279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 2.29% 1.42%
As % of the Applications category 9.98% 20.90% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 257 229 601
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,900 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.11% +11.25% -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 5,128 4,488 8,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.43% 10.98% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,428 2,124 5,963
10th Percentile £26,838 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -178 422 £43,750 -12.50% 243
UK excluding London -73 312 £40,000 -10.11% 181
London -170 173 £50,000 - 91
Work from Home +6 136 £47,500 -11.21% 114
South East -28 84 £32,500 -27.78% 52
North of England -96 68 £42,500 -8.11% 46
Scotland +16 52 £57,500 +129.82% 10
Midlands -42 41 £38,000 - 25
North West -54 40 £41,750 -16.59% 27
East of England -61 37 £45,500 -17.27% 25
West Midlands -23 32 £34,750 -28.72% 17
South West -44 20 £40,000 -10.03% 22
North East -15 15 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Yorkshire -62 13 £62,500 +56.25% 15
Wales -16 9 £28,500 -43.00% 7
East Midlands -49 9 £55,000 +44.74% 8
Northern Ireland -37 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 77 (15.04%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.93%) Confluence
3 9 (1.76%) CMS
4 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.98%) SAS
5 5 (0.98%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 471 (91.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 238 (46.48%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (6.05%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.76%) InDesign
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.59%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.20%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.20%) CapCut
7 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.17%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.59%) Yoast SEO
5 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.20%) Relativity
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.70%) Power Platform
2 64 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (10.74%) Azure
4 32 (6.25%) SaaS
5 22 (4.30%) AWS
6 14 (2.73%) OneDrive
7 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (1.95%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.95%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.56%) ChatGPT
11 7 (1.37%) Canva
12 6 (1.17%) Miro
12 6 (1.17%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.78%) GitHub
14 3 (0.59%) Figma
15 2 (0.39%) Google Docs
15 2 (0.39%) Google Sheets
15 2 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.93%) Unified Communications
2 14 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.17%) Internet
3 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.98%) Skype
4 5 (0.98%) VoIP
4 5 (0.98%) WebEx
4 5 (0.98%) Wireless
5 4 (0.78%) LAN
5 4 (0.78%) WAN
6 3 (0.59%) 4G
6 3 (0.59%) 5G
6 3 (0.59%) GSM
6 3 (0.59%) TETRA
6 3 (0.59%) UMTS
7 2 (0.39%) DHCP
7 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 2 (0.39%) Intranet
7 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 2 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (11.13%) Power BI
2 21 (4.10%) Tableau
3 8 (1.56%) Power Query
4 7 (1.37%) DB2
4 7 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.59%) Big Data
7 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.59%) Looker
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.39%) GIS
8 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.39%) Impala
8 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 25 (4.88%) JIRA
2 7 (1.37%) Bitbucket
2 7 (1.37%) Cucumber
2 7 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.37%) Selenium
2 7 (1.37%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.39%) GitLab
4 1 (0.20%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.20%) Git
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 306 (59.77%) Social Skills
2 151 (29.49%) Finance
3 123 (24.02%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (18.55%) Marketing
5 61 (11.91%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (8.79%) Law
6 45 (8.79%) Legal
7 41 (8.01%) Retail
8 37 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (7.03%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (5.47%) Banking
11 27 (5.27%) Telecoms
12 21 (4.10%) Financial Institution
12 21 (4.10%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.93%) Advertising
14 13 (2.54%) French Language
15 10 (1.95%) Military
16 9 (1.76%) Automotive
16 9 (1.76%) Dutch Language
16 9 (1.76%) German Language
Job Titles
1 92 (17.97%) Analyst
2 85 (16.60%) Senior
3 53 (10.35%) Senior Manager
4 48 (9.38%) QA Manager
4 48 (9.38%) Quality Manager
4 48 (9.38%) Senior QA Manager
4 48 (9.38%) Senior Quality Manager
5 32 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 30 (5.86%) IT Support
7 24 (4.69%) Consultant
8 22 (4.30%) Administrator
9 19 (3.71%) IT Analyst
10 18 (3.52%) Development Manager
11 17 (3.32%) Account Manager
12 16 (3.13%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.93%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.93%) IT Support Analyst
13 15 (2.93%) Lead
14 14 (2.73%) Developer
14 14 (2.73%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.37%) CSS
1 7 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (1.37%) Gherkin
1 7 (1.37%) HTML
1 7 (1.37%) Node.js
1 7 (1.37%) React
1 7 (1.37%) RESTful
2 4 (0.78%) OAuth
2 4 (0.78%) OpenID
3 2 (0.39%) PySpark
4 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.20%) Express.js
4 1 (0.20%) JSON
4 1 (0.20%) MFC
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) SciPy
4 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.09%) Onboarding
2 56 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.66%) e-Learning
4 20 (3.91%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.32%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.32%) Social Media
6 17 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
7 13 (2.54%) Web Conferencing
8 12 (2.34%) Digital Media
9 8 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.37%) Digital Signage
10 7 (1.37%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.37%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.78%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.78%) PMI
13 3 (0.59%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.59%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.01%) Windows
2 13 (2.54%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.15%) Linux
4 5 (0.98%) Android
4 5 (0.98%) Unix
5 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (22.85%) Project Management
2 111 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 86 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (16.02%) Coaching
5 79 (15.43%) Business Intelligence
6 72 (14.06%) Decision-Making
7 71 (13.87%) Analytics
8 69 (13.48%) CRM
9 66 (12.89%) Customer Experience
10 56 (10.94%) Data Analysis
11 53 (10.35%) Performance Improvement
11 53 (10.35%) Quality Management
12 52 (10.16%) Agile
12 52 (10.16%) AI
13 51 (9.96%) Customer Service
14 50 (9.77%) Due Diligence
15 48 (9.38%) Lean Six Sigma
15 48 (9.38%) Six Sigma
16 47 (9.18%) Business Development
17 41 (8.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.81%) SQL
2 19 (3.71%) Python
3 13 (2.54%) Java
4 9 (1.76%) VBA
5 7 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.17%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.98%) R
7 5 (0.98%) VB
7 5 (0.98%) VBScript
8 3 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) ABAP
9 1 (0.20%) C
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) RPG
9 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (26.17%) Degree
2 48 (9.38%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 17 (3.32%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.54%) A+ Certification
6 11 (2.15%) CISSP
6 11 (2.15%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.37%) CFA
7 7 (1.37%) CISM
7 7 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.37%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.17%) ACCA
8 6 (1.17%) CIMA
9 5 (0.98%) CISA
10 4 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.78%) ISACA
10 4 (0.78%) MBA
10 4 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (15.23%) QA
2 22 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.91%) PMO
4 14 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.73%) GDPR
5 12 (2.34%) ISO 9001
6 11 (2.15%) SLA
7 7 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.37%) EU AI Act
7 7 (1.37%) GRC
7 7 (1.37%) NIST
8 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.78%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.39%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) FATCA
11 1 (0.20%) GAAP
11 1 (0.20%) GxP
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.37%) Docker
3 6 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.98%) FTK
3 5 (0.98%) RSA Archer
3 5 (0.98%) SCCM
3 5 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.39%) Ansible
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 307 (59.96%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.79%) Adobe
3 24 (4.69%) SAP
4 19 (3.71%) Apple
5 11 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.95%) Cisco
6 10 (1.95%) Oracle
7 9 (1.76%) Zoho
8 8 (1.56%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.56%) VMware
9 7 (1.37%) Polycom
10 6 (1.17%) Google
10 6 (1.17%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.17%) IBM
11 5 (0.98%) Cellebrite
11 5 (0.98%) Snow
12 4 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.78%) TP-LINK
12 4 (0.78%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.78%) Workday