Power Query Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Power Query
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 63 72
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +38
Contract jobs citing Power Query 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.65% 1.56% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £283
25th Percentile £458 £513 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +40.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £473 £538 £438
90th Percentile - - £468
Scotland median daily rate £470 £496 £470
% change year-on-year -5.29% +5.59% +25.33%

All Database & BI Skills
Edinburgh

Power Query falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 121 128 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.15% 20.78% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 74 107
10th Percentile £375 £404 £413
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £495 £511
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% -3.27% +4.87%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £681 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £438 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.21% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £26.32 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.96% - -
75th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £23.05 £21.64
% change year-on-year +116.97% +6.49% -38.17%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Query relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Power Query job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Query.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Query

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft