Power Query Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Power Query skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 144 185
Rank change year-on-year +12 +41 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 1 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.37% 0.99% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £39,132
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +8.61% -2.17%
75th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £48,809
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.03% +52.63% -9.52%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 269 506 785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.84% 18.71% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 99 224 399
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -10.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £75,758 £74,144 £90,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in Scotland

Power Query
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power Query.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power Query

Power Query
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Highlands - 1 £52,500 -
Power Query
UK

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft