Power Query Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Power Query skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Query over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 439 548
Rank change year-on-year +129 +109 -122
Contract jobs citing Power Query 34 36 74
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.18% 0.73% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 56
10th Percentile £291 £321 £341
25th Percentile £363 £362 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +132.14%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £542
90th Percentile £560 £575 £575
UK median daily rate £443 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.74% +5.56% +78.22%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Power Query is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,884 4,939 9,679
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.88% 19.05% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,114 3,599 7,037
10th Percentile £355 £387 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £545
% change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 80 84
10th Percentile £19.89 £22.16 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.52 £43.60 £21.63
Median hourly rate £37.75 £66.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.80% +46.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.44 £75.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £70.63 £85.25 £65.70
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.52%

Power Query
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Query trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Query.

Power Query daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Query over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Power Query daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (94.12%) Power Platform
2 16 (47.06%) Azure
3 8 (23.53%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (20.59%) PowerApps
5 6 (17.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (17.65%) Serverless
6 5 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (11.76%) Azure Functions
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (8.82%) Power Automate
9 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (5.88%) GitHub
10 1 (2.94%) AWS
10 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (2.94%) Azure Storage
10 1 (2.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) HTTP
2 1 (2.94%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (88.24%) Power BI
2 10 (29.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (20.59%) Data Lake
4 6 (17.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 4 (11.76%) PowerPivot
5 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (8.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (5.88%) NoSQL
7 2 (5.88%) Tableau
8 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (2.94%) Metadata
8 1 (2.94%) Parquet
8 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (2.94%) Sisense
8 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Deequ
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Finance
4 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Electronics
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Developer
2 12 (35.29%) Power BI Developer
3 11 (32.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 7 (20.59%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Azure Data Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Data Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Data Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Excel Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) HR Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Power BI Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Senior
8 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Power BI Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Power Platform Consultant
8 2 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Process Mapping Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) PySpark
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Avro
2 1 (2.94%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.94%) Great Expectations
2 1 (2.94%) JSON
2 1 (2.94%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) BYOD
2 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.94%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (47.06%) Data Modelling
3 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (32.35%) ETL
5 10 (29.41%) Visualisation
6 9 (26.47%) Analytics
7 8 (23.53%) Agile
7 8 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
8 7 (20.59%) Scrum
9 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
9 5 (14.71%) Data Transformation
9 5 (14.71%) DevOps
9 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (11.76%) Data Engineering
10 4 (11.76%) Data Integration
10 4 (11.76%) TDD
10 4 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
11 3 (8.82%) Data Pipeline
11 3 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 22 (64.71%) SQL
2 9 (26.47%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) R
3 1 (2.94%) Scala
3 1 (2.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Databricks
3 3 (8.82%) Workday
4 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle
5 1 (2.94%) SAP