Power Query Contracts

Microsoft Power Query
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Power Query skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Query over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 538 621
Rank change year-on-year +89 +83 +124
Contract jobs citing Power Query 71 60 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.28% 0.82% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 43 61
10th Percentile £294 £281 £325
25th Percentile £350 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £443 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% -6.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £489 £525 £575
90th Percentile £543 £563 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £413 £440
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.25% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.07 - -
Median hourly rate £33.59 - £79.19
75th Percentile £49.84 - -
90th Percentile £53.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £79.19

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,562 7,316 10,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.96% 16.82% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,838 5,211 7,622
10th Percentile £357 £350 £375
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £660
90th Percentile £763 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +2.51% -4.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 144 181
10th Percentile £19.97 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.06 £20.98 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% -31.73% +37.86%
75th Percentile £65.15 £58.55 £71.50
90th Percentile £75.13 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -27.27% +57.14%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Query.

Daily rate trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Query over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Query.

Hourly rate trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Query over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England +74 60 £413 -2.94% 78
London +60 36 £357 -28.60% 34
Work from Home +41 28 £400 -11.11% 53
UK excluding London +57 26 £450 +9.09% 49
South East +43 7 £425 +21.86% 16
North of England +26 6 £425 +15.25% 10
Scotland +17 6 £489 +22.25% 1
Midlands +19 5 £538 +48.28% 14
Yorkshire +9 4 £425 +13.33% 6
West Midlands +14 3 £575 +58.62% 7
South West +43 2 £438 -7.89% 5
East Midlands +15 2 £500 - 6
North West +14 1 £425 +17.24% 3
North East - 1 £375 - 1

Power Query
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.23%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.23%) CMS
3 1 (1.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.41%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (53.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.63%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (2.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.41%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (1.41%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 54 (76.06%) Power Platform
2 18 (25.35%) Azure
3 8 (11.27%) Power Automate
4 6 (8.45%) AWS
5 5 (7.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (7.04%) GCP
5 5 (7.04%) PowerApps
5 5 (7.04%) Salsify
6 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.63%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.41%) Collibra
9 1 (1.41%) dbt
9 1 (1.41%) GitHub
9 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.41%) DNS
2 1 (1.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (73.24%) Power BI
2 8 (11.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (9.86%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (9.86%) Relational Database
3 7 (9.86%) SQL Server
4 6 (8.45%) PowerPivot
5 4 (5.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.63%) MS Access
5 4 (5.63%) Tableau
6 3 (4.23%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (2.82%) Apache Hive
7 2 (2.82%) BigQuery
7 2 (2.82%) Flink
7 2 (2.82%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
7 2 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.82%) Parquet
7 2 (2.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 32 (45.07%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.90%) Finance
4 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.04%) Marketing
5 5 (7.04%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Retail
8 1 (1.41%) Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) French Language
8 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Local Government
8 1 (1.41%) Military
8 1 (1.41%) Publishing
8 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.41%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (29.58%) Developer
2 18 (25.35%) Analyst
3 14 (19.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 14 (19.72%) Power BI Developer
4 7 (9.86%) Senior
5 6 (8.45%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Data Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Data Steward
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.63%) Information Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Power BI Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Report Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Report Developer
8 3 (4.23%) SQL Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) GCP Data Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) GCP Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (4.23%) JSON
3 2 (2.82%) .NET
3 2 (2.82%) Apache Avro
3 2 (2.82%) Apache Beam
3 2 (2.82%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.82%) Bootstrap
3 2 (2.82%) CSS
3 2 (2.82%) HTML
3 2 (2.82%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (2.82%) jQuery
3 2 (2.82%) MDX
3 2 (2.82%) Web Services
3 2 (2.82%) YAML
4 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.41%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.23%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.82%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.82%) NHS
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.41%) FMCG
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (69.01%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (53.52%) Data Modelling
3 26 (36.62%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (33.80%) Visualisation
5 18 (25.35%) ETL
6 17 (23.94%) Data Analysis
6 17 (23.94%) Decision-Making
7 15 (21.13%) Data Management
8 13 (18.31%) Analytics
9 12 (16.90%) Data Governance
9 12 (16.90%) Data Visualisation
10 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
11 7 (9.86%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (8.45%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (8.45%) CI/CD
12 6 (8.45%) Data Mapping
12 6 (8.45%) Data Pipeline
12 6 (8.45%) Data Transformation
12 6 (8.45%) DevOps
13 5 (7.04%) Product Information Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (53.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 36 (50.70%) SQL
3 16 (22.54%) Python
4 15 (21.13%) VBA
5 5 (7.04%) T-SQL
6 4 (5.63%) Java
7 3 (4.23%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.82%) Bash
8 2 (2.82%) Bicep
8 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.82%) R
8 2 (2.82%) Scala
9 1 (1.41%) C#
9 1 (1.41%) Formula Language
9 1 (1.41%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.41%) VB
9 1 (1.41%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Degree
2 5 (7.04%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) CIMA
3 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.63%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (4.23%) HNC
5 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.63%) QA
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Terraform
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) Grafana
2 2 (2.82%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (35.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) Alteryx
2 5 (7.04%) Informatica
2 5 (7.04%) Oracle
2 5 (7.04%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Google
4 2 (2.82%) Adobe
4 2 (2.82%) Databricks
4 2 (2.82%) Workday
5 1 (1.41%) Mercator
5 1 (1.41%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Splunk