Power Query Jobs

Microsoft Power Query
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Power Query skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Power Query over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 677 809
Rank change year-on-year +178 +132 +218
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 188 210 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.53% 1.16% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 105 134 148
10th Percentile £36,950 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 £45,000 £41,750
% change year-on-year +68.89% +7.78% -1.76%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,436 18,137 22,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.26% 18.44% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 12,594 13,904
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Power Query.

Salary trend for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Query over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +172 177 £76,000 +60.00% 66
UK excluding London +187 145 £76,000 +68.89% 41
East of England +125 69 £76,000 +21.60% 3
Work from Home +149 34 £45,000 -5.26% 45
London +103 32 £60,000 -7.69% 24
South East +75 29 £76,000 +72.09% 12
Midlands +55 23 £51,250 +23.52% 10
North of England +58 19 £37,500 -21.05% 9
West Midlands +52 18 £57,500 +49.35% 6
North West +24 12 £41,250 +4.43% 3
Yorkshire +54 7 £37,500 -21.05% 5
East Midlands +42 5 £43,000 +3.63% 3
South West +107 3 £42,500 -19.05% 6
Scotland +123 2 £45,000 +5.88% 1

Power Query
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (23.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.13%) Trello
4 3 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 174 (92.55%) Power Platform
2 50 (26.60%) Azure
3 17 (9.04%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (6.91%) Power Automate
5 12 (6.38%) GCP
5 12 (6.38%) PowerApps
6 9 (4.79%) AWS
7 6 (3.19%) Google Data Studio
8 5 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.66%) Google Analytics
8 5 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.66%) SaaS
8 5 (2.66%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.13%) GitHub
9 4 (2.13%) Google Sheets
9 4 (2.13%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (90.43%) Power BI
2 94 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
2 94 (50.00%) GIS
3 21 (11.17%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (7.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (6.91%) PowerPivot
6 12 (6.38%) Data Lake
7 9 (4.79%) SQL Server
8 7 (3.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (3.19%) Tableau
10 4 (2.13%) Looker
10 4 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (1.06%) Metadata
13 1 (0.53%) Big Data
13 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.66%) JIRA
1 5 (2.66%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.53%) RStudio
General
1 42 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.43%) Finance
4 13 (6.91%) Retail
5 12 (6.38%) Marketing
5 12 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.72%) Publishing
7 4 (2.13%) Billing
7 4 (2.13%) Games
7 4 (2.13%) Law
7 4 (2.13%) Legal
7 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.60%) Advertising
9 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.53%) Automotive
10 1 (0.53%) Back Office
10 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (18.62%) Developer
2 28 (14.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 26 (13.83%) Analyst
4 21 (11.17%) Power BI Developer
5 15 (7.98%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.91%) Lead
7 10 (5.32%) Senior
8 8 (4.26%) Commercial Analyst
9 7 (3.72%) Data Analyst
9 7 (3.72%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (3.19%) Lead Data Engineer
11 5 (2.66%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 5 (2.66%) Senior Developer
12 4 (2.13%) Analytics Manager
12 4 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 4 (2.13%) Embedded Developer
12 4 (2.13%) Performance Analyst
13 3 (1.60%) Insight Analyst
13 3 (1.60%) Systems Developer
14 2 (1.06%) Data Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.66%) JSON
2 2 (1.06%) .NET
3 1 (0.53%) HTML
3 1 (0.53%) PySpark
3 1 (0.53%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 8 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.13%) Social Media
4 3 (1.60%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.53%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.53%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (91.49%) Business Intelligence
2 119 (63.30%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (56.38%) Actionable Insight
4 98 (52.13%) Service Delivery
5 96 (51.06%) Data Management
5 96 (51.06%) Strategic Planning
6 94 (50.00%) Asset Management
7 57 (30.32%) Visualisation
8 44 (23.40%) Data Modelling
9 38 (20.21%) Data Visualisation
10 37 (19.68%) Analytics
11 33 (17.55%) Data Analysis
11 33 (17.55%) ETL
12 25 (13.30%) Decision-Making
13 16 (8.51%) Data Analytics
13 16 (8.51%) Data Extraction
14 15 (7.98%) Dashboard Development
15 12 (6.38%) Computer Science
15 12 (6.38%) Data Cleansing
15 12 (6.38%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 153 (81.38%) SQL
2 56 (29.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 20 (10.64%) Python
4 7 (3.72%) R
5 6 (3.19%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.66%) Scala
6 5 (2.66%) VB
7 4 (2.13%) C#
8 2 (1.06%) VBA
9 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.53%) Bicep
9 1 (0.53%) Java
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (11.70%) Degree
2 9 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.53%) ACCA
6 1 (0.53%) CIMA
6 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.13%) GDPR
2 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.98%) Databricks
3 13 (6.91%) Google
4 6 (3.19%) SAP
5 4 (2.13%) Adobe
5 4 (2.13%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.13%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.13%) TikTok
6 3 (1.60%) Nintex
6 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.53%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle
7 1 (0.53%) Tagetik