Power Query Contract Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Power Query skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Power Query 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% 0.23% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.85% 1.35% -
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 - - -
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £516
% change year-on-year -9.47% -7.99% +3.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 54 74 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.18% 16.89% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 58 77
10th Percentile £304 £188 £205
25th Percentile £400 £253 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +19.05% -20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £645 £607 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £535
% change year-on-year -5.12% -1.50% -2.73%
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
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +37.90% -31.69% -7.64%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in Wales

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Power Query
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
South Wales +1 1 £325 +25.00% 5
Power Query
UK

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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