Power Query Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Power Query
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Power Query 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.28% 0.27% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.17% 1.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £260 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £325 £260 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 46 60 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 12.81% 16.39% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 45 65
10th Percentile £304 £167 £207
25th Percentile £400 £213 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +21.88% -27.27%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £660 £620 £677
Wales median daily rate £450 £500 £420
% change year-on-year -10.00% +19.05% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £24.99 £25.23 £17.85
25th Percentile £28.21 £25.44 £19.13
Median hourly rate £31.25 £25.84 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% +14.84% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46.56 £26.19 £24.88
90th Percentile £69.63 £26.38 £25.55
Wales median hourly rate £31.25 £25.84 £22.50
% change year-on-year +20.94% +14.84% +25.00%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in South Wales

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Power Query

Power Query
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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
Cardiff -1 1 £325 +25.00% 1
Power Query
Wales

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle