Power Query Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Power Query
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Power Query 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.75% 0.24% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.48% 1.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £356 - -
25th Percentile £372 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% - -
75th Percentile £405 £438 -
90th Percentile £414 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £425 -
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 147 85 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 23.41% 20.53% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 59 16
10th Percentile £325 £423 £313
25th Percentile £400 £500 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £550 £494
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +11.39% -10.23%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £700
90th Percentile £600 £700 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £549 £469
% change year-on-year -13.32% +17.03% -14.77%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 9 (81.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Power BI
2 3 (27.27%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (9.09%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Data Modeller
3 1 (9.09%) Excel Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Finance Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Budgeting
1 5 (45.45%) Business Case
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (18.18%) Data Collection
3 2 (18.18%) Data Extraction
3 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) VBA
4 1 (9.09%) ANSI SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cognos
2 1 (9.09%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (9.09%) SAP