Power Query Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Power Query
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Power Query 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.38% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £338 £425 £330
% change year-on-year -20.59% +28.79% +22.79%

All Database & BI Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 17 7 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.49% 4.32% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 13
10th Percentile £258 £430 £350
25th Percentile £306 £456 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -16.67% +21.21%
75th Percentile £438 £523 £625
90th Percentile £490 £536 £645
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £60.18 - £36.66
25th Percentile £60.61 £22.98 £39.76
Median hourly rate £66.75 £24.59 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +171.51% -46.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £73.57 £26.19 -
90th Percentile £77.88 - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £25.43 £44.74
% change year-on-year +175.27% -43.16% -31.17%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Power Query
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 1 £250 -
Power Query
North West

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft