Power Query Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 311 441
Rank change year-on-year +34 +130 +118
Contract jobs citing Power Query 27 34 36
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.29% 1.17% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 28
10th Percentile £278 £291 £321
25th Percentile £325 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £483 £525 £525
90th Percentile £518 £560 £575
UK median daily rate £438 £443 £475
% change year-on-year -1.24% -6.74% +5.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,098 2,911 4,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 21.18% 18.97% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 2,137 3,601
10th Percentile £363 £356 £386
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 79
10th Percentile £22.50 £20.06 £22.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.61 £43.57
Median hourly rate £63.00 £40.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -39.39% +46.67%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

Power Query
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Query trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Power Query over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.41%) CMS
3 1 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (3.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Power Platform
2 6 (22.22%) Azure
3 5 (18.52%) Salsify
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
4 2 (7.41%) PowerApps
4 2 (7.41%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.70%) GitHub
5 1 (3.70%) Google Analytics
5 1 (3.70%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (3.70%) Google Sheets
5 1 (3.70%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (55.56%) Power BI
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (7.41%) Tableau
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (3.70%) Big Data
4 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.70%) MariaDB
4 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.70%) MySQL
4 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.70%) PowerPivot
4 1 (3.70%) QlikView
4 1 (3.70%) Redis
4 1 (3.70%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
4 4 (14.81%) Marketing
4 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Data Steward
3 4 (14.81%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Report Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Data Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Data Migration Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Market Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Email Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Oracle Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Power BI Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) VBA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) JSON
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.70%) Bootstrap
2 1 (3.70%) CSS
2 1 (3.70%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.70%) jQuery
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.41%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (37.04%) Data Management
2 10 (37.04%) Data Modelling
3 8 (29.63%) Visualisation
4 7 (25.93%) Data Governance
4 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (22.22%) Data Mapping
5 6 (22.22%) ETL
6 5 (18.52%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
6 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
6 5 (18.52%) Information Management
6 5 (18.52%) Product Information Management
7 4 (14.81%) Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
8 3 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (11.11%) Data Integration
8 3 (11.11%) Data Reconciliation
8 3 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 12 (44.44%) SQL
3 7 (25.93%) Python
4 6 (22.22%) VBA
5 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
6 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.70%) Bash
7 1 (3.70%) Bicep
7 1 (3.70%) Formula Language
7 1 (3.70%) Java
7 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) CIMA
3 2 (7.41%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.41%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) Grafana
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
1 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Informatica
3 2 (7.41%) Alteryx
3 2 (7.41%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe
4 1 (3.70%) Mercator