Power Query Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power Query
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 433 494
Rank change year-on-year -12 +61 +137
Contract jobs citing Power Query 104 78 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.93% 1.47% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 40 43
10th Percentile £313 £363 £240
25th Percentile £363 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £523 £656 £594
90th Percentile £623 £741 £660
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -15.00% -1.23% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £25.89 £22.23 -
25th Percentile £26.91 £28.56 £40.25
Median hourly rate £29.71 £39.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £33.41 £50.06 £40.75
90th Percentile £34.96 £56.48 -
UK median hourly rate £29.71 £39.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -24.31% -3.09% +76.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,387 5,297 6,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.15% 18.15% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,753 3,531 4,440
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £411 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £619 £663 £656
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £535
% change year-on-year -5.08% -1.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 75 128
10th Percentile £20.68 £18.20 £16.62
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.48 £24.70
Median hourly rate £43.50 £37.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -18.80% -10.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £64.51
90th Percentile £84.30 £66.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +42.20% -33.76% -7.69%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in England

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Power Query
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Query in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Query in England

Power Query
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Query.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Query

Power Query
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +8 52 £475 -13.64% 11
North of England -21 29 £375 -11.76% 10
Yorkshire -23 21 £372 -12.47% 2
East of England -5 9 £500 - 6
North West -22 8 £400 -11.11% 7
Midlands -34 8 £394 -5.69% 11
East Midlands -21 4 £421 +27.65% 7
West Midlands -39 4 £348 -22.78% 4
South West -14 1 £613 -18.33% 1
South East -24 1 £350 -30.69% 12
Power Query
UK

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 23 (22.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 52 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 88 (84.62%) Power Platform
2 24 (23.08%) Azure
3 17 (16.35%) Power Automate
4 16 (15.38%) PowerApps
5 10 (9.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (5.77%) GCP
8 4 (3.85%) AWS
8 4 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.85%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (3.85%) Serverless
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Functions
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.88%) Collibra
9 3 (2.88%) GitHub
10 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.92%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.92%) Google Data Studio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (82.69%) Power BI
2 20 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (15.38%) Tableau
4 14 (13.46%) SQL Server
5 10 (9.62%) PowerPivot
6 8 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (7.69%) Relational Database
7 6 (5.77%) Data Lake
7 6 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.88%) Metadata
9 2 (1.92%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.92%) OLAP
9 2 (1.92%) OLAP Cube
9 2 (1.92%) QlikView
9 2 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.92%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) JIRA
2 4 (3.85%) Git
3 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (51.92%) Finance
2 47 (45.19%) Social Skills
3 38 (36.54%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (19.23%) Banking
5 12 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.85%) Retail
8 3 (2.88%) Legal
8 3 (2.88%) Local Government
9 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.96%) Front Office
10 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Law
10 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.96%) Marketing
10 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (43.27%) Analyst
2 30 (28.85%) Developer
3 26 (25.00%) Data Analyst
4 25 (24.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 23 (22.12%) Power BI Developer
6 12 (11.54%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 7 (6.73%) ERP Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) Power BI Specialist
7 7 (6.73%) Systems Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Power BI Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Strategy Analyst
9 5 (4.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (4.81%) Senior
10 4 (3.85%) Analyst Developer
10 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 3 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
11 3 (2.88%) Consultant
11 3 (2.88%) Governance Analyst
11 3 (2.88%) Power BI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) PySpark
2 1 (0.96%) JSON
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.85%) Reference Data
3 3 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.92%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.96%) Derivative
5 1 (0.96%) Equities
5 1 (0.96%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.96%) Social Media
5 1 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (82.69%) Business Intelligence
2 58 (55.77%) Data Modelling
3 43 (41.35%) Analytics
4 40 (38.46%) Visualisation
5 33 (31.73%) Decision-Making
6 32 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
7 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (25.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (25.00%) Data Governance
9 25 (24.04%) Data Analysis
10 24 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
10 24 (23.08%) ETL
11 22 (21.15%) Dashboard Development
12 18 (17.31%) Data Transformation
13 15 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (12.50%) Data Extraction
15 12 (11.54%) Agile
15 12 (11.54%) Data Management
15 12 (11.54%) Strategic Planning
16 10 (9.62%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 65 (62.50%) SQL
2 50 (48.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 27 (25.96%) Python
4 22 (21.15%) VBA
5 6 (5.77%) R
6 5 (4.81%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) Degree
4 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.92%) ACCA
5 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.92%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) Data Quality
1 9 (8.65%) PMO
2 2 (1.92%) GDPR
2 2 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (32.69%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.73%) Salesforce
2 7 (6.73%) SAP
3 6 (5.77%) Databricks
4 5 (4.81%) Alteryx
4 5 (4.81%) Google
5 3 (2.88%) Oracle
6 2 (1.92%) Workday
7 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.96%) Denodo
7 1 (0.96%) IFS
7 1 (0.96%) Informatica
7 1 (0.96%) Reuters
7 1 (0.96%) Sage
7 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) Splunk
7 1 (0.96%) Tagetik