Power Query Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Power Query
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Power Query skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 202 284
Rank change year-on-year -22 +82 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 35 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.27% 0.43% 0.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.62% 2.88% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 34 19 24
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £41,492
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.51% -12.65%
75th Percentile £61,188 £66,875 £47,813
90th Percentile £62,885 £68,750 £61,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £76,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -40.79% +60.00% -29.63%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

Power Query falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 967 764 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.46% 15.05% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 608 536 1,432
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Power Query
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power Query.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power Query

Power Query
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Query in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Query in the Midlands

Power Query
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -22 19 £43,250 -24.78% 7
East Midlands -18 14 £45,000 +4.65% 1
Power Query
England

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (8.57%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 35 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Power Automate
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (8.57%) PowerApps
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.71%) SaaS
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.86%) Dataform
7 1 (2.86%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) Power BI
2 7 (20.00%) Star Schema
3 5 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 5 (14.29%) Tableau
4 4 (11.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (11.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 5 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Local Government
6 1 (2.86%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
1 12 (34.29%) Developer
2 11 (31.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 11 (31.43%) Power BI Developer
3 9 (25.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Data Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Administrator
5 3 (8.57%) Data Administrator
5 3 (8.57%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Power BI Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) SQL Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Analytics Developer
7 1 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Commercial Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Commercial Data Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Senior
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.71%) FMCG
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (62.86%) Data Modelling
3 21 (60.00%) Analytics
4 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (45.71%) Actionable Insight
5 16 (45.71%) Decision-Making
6 11 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (28.57%) ETL
8 7 (20.00%) Data Engineering
8 7 (20.00%) DevOps
8 7 (20.00%) Logistics
8 7 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (20.00%) Visualisation
9 6 (17.14%) CRM
9 6 (17.14%) Data Analysis
9 6 (17.14%) Data Management
9 6 (17.14%) Data Protection
9 6 (17.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (17.14%) Validation
10 5 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (85.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 19 (54.29%) SQL
3 6 (17.14%) T-SQL
4 3 (8.57%) VBA
5 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CITP
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.71%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.43%) GDPR
3 3 (8.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (8.57%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft