Microsoft Power Query
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Power Query skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Power Query over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 686 790 1036
Rank change year-on-year +104 +246 -237
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 211 180 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.17% 0.80% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 134 151 135
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £34,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,125 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% +21.43%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Power Query is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,076 22,599 42,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.44% 21.59% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12,541 13,991 21,425
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +6.12%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Power Query.

Salary trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Query over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +159 194 £47,500 -29.63% 39
UK excluding London +85 164 £45,000 +7.78% 20
South East +83 67 £44,164 -4.72% 5
Work from Home +75 66 £47,500 +8.57% 19
North of England +73 45 £47,500 +21.79% 9
London +86 34 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Midlands +16 29 £41,492 -10.29% 2
Yorkshire +106 23 £47,500 +22.58% 1
North West +22 21 £39,500 +1.28% 6
West Midlands +30 17 £38,500 -6.10% 2
East Midlands -10 12 £41,492 -12.65%
South West +7 11 £52,500 +56.72% 1
Scotland -63 7 £42,500 -
Wales -1 3 - - 1
East of England +8 1 £62,500 +47.06% 3
North East -3 1 £50,000 -4.76% 2
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 1

Power Query
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.90%) Confluence
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.42%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.95%) SAS
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 54 (25.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.79%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.90%) Trello
5 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 33 (15.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (3.79%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 168 (79.62%) Power Platform
2 77 (36.49%) Azure
3 39 (18.48%) PowerApps
4 31 (14.69%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (13.27%) Power Automate
6 10 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (3.79%) GCP
7 8 (3.79%) Google Analytics
8 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (2.37%) GitHub
11 4 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.90%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (1.90%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.90%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.90%) PaaS
12 3 (1.42%) AWS
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) DNS
1 1 (0.47%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (79.15%) Power BI
2 38 (18.01%) Data Lake
3 34 (16.11%) SQL Server
4 29 (13.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (10.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (9.48%) Tableau
7 16 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (6.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (5.21%) PowerPivot
10 8 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (3.79%) QlikView
10 8 (3.79%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.90%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.90%) MySQL
11 4 (1.90%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (0.95%) Big Data
13 2 (0.95%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.95%) MS Access
13 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (9.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (2.84%) JIRA
3 4 (1.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (50.24%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (40.28%) Finance
3 48 (22.75%) Social Skills
4 26 (12.32%) Law
5 20 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (9.48%) Marketing
6 19 (9.00%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.16%) Retail
8 10 (4.74%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.32%) Legal
10 6 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.90%) Banking
11 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Publishing
13 2 (0.95%) Games
13 2 (0.95%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.47%) Advertising
14 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 90 (42.65%) Developer
2 76 (36.02%) Analyst
3 62 (29.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 46 (21.80%) Power BI Developer
5 42 (19.91%) Data Analyst
6 25 (11.85%) Senior
7 24 (11.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 18 (8.53%) Coordinator
8 18 (8.53%) Data Coordinator
9 17 (8.06%) Senior Developer
10 15 (7.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 14 (6.64%) Consultant
11 14 (6.64%) Insight Analyst
12 13 (6.16%) Analyst Developer
13 12 (5.69%) Financial Analyst
13 12 (5.69%) Power BI Consultant
14 10 (4.74%) Data Insight Analyst
14 10 (4.74%) Developer Analyst
14 10 (4.74%) Insight Data Analyst
15 9 (4.27%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.84%) CSS
1 6 (2.84%) HTML
1 6 (2.84%) MDX
2 5 (2.37%) Pandas
3 4 (1.90%) JSON
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.47%) ADO
4 1 (0.47%) D3.js
4 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.96%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.90%) PMI
3 4 (1.90%) Social Media
4 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.47%) NHS
5 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (72.04%) Business Intelligence
2 77 (36.49%) CRM
3 72 (34.12%) Visualisation
4 71 (33.65%) Analytics
5 66 (31.28%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (27.96%) Data Visualisation
7 55 (26.07%) Data Modelling
8 49 (23.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (21.33%) Data Management
10 33 (15.64%) Decision-Making
11 32 (15.17%) Agile
12 31 (14.69%) ETL
13 24 (11.37%) Machine Learning
13 24 (11.37%) Requirements Gathering
14 23 (10.90%) Data Analysis
15 20 (9.48%) Data Analytics
16 19 (9.00%) Actionable Insight
17 18 (8.53%) Data Integration
18 16 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence
19 15 (7.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 93 (44.08%) SQL
2 89 (42.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 33 (15.64%) Python
4 20 (9.48%) T-SQL
5 12 (5.69%) R
6 11 (5.21%) VBA
7 7 (3.32%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.84%) Formula Language
9 2 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (14.69%) Degree
2 10 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (4.74%) DBS Check
3 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.11%) QA
2 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.95%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.47%) PMO
Vendors
1 73 (34.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (18.01%) Salesforce
3 14 (6.64%) Databricks
4 8 (3.79%) Google
5 6 (2.84%) Civica
5 6 (2.84%) Facebook
6 5 (2.37%) SAP
7 4 (1.90%) GoldenSource
7 4 (1.90%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.95%) Snow
9 1 (0.47%) Ariba
9 1 (0.47%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.47%) Nintex
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle
9 1 (0.47%) Progress