Power Query Job Trends

Microsoft Power Query
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Power Query skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 506 643
Rank change year-on-year -30 +137 +162
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 124 196 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.39% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.82% 2.18% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 93 99 109
10th Percentile £30,625 £40,000 £37,686
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +31.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £76,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,950 - £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £76,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.79% +68.89% +5.88%

All Database & 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 6,816 9,001 14,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.22% 18.08% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,169 5,094 11,486
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Power Query job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Query
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Query

Power Query
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Query over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Top 15 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 13 February 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
England -30 114 £47,500 -26.92% 43
UK excluding London -76 69 £45,000 -40.79% 43
London +51 42 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Work from Home +55 35 £40,000 -20.00% 15
South East +11 22 £52,500 -30.92% 6
Midlands +5 20 £44,500 -19.09% 15
South West +1 13 £43,500 +1.29% 3
North of England -9 12 £45,000 - 13
West Midlands +8 10 £29,000 -49.57% 11
East Midlands -11 8 £45,000 +18.42% 4
Yorkshire -33 6 £31,250 -21.88% 3
North West +1 4 £50,000 +5.26% 8
North East - 2 £53,750 - 2
Scotland -15 1 £52,500 - 2
Wales - 1 - -

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.84%) Confluence
3 3 (2.42%) Moodle
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 65 (52.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.84%) Trello
3 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.81%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 113 (91.13%) Power Platform
2 36 (29.03%) Azure
3 33 (26.61%) Power Automate
4 13 (10.48%) GCP
5 11 (8.87%) PowerApps
6 10 (8.06%) AWS
6 10 (8.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (5.65%) GitHub
9 6 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (4.84%) Google Analytics
9 6 (4.84%) Google Data Studio
9 6 (4.84%) Google Sheets
9 6 (4.84%) Google Tag Manager
9 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (4.84%) PaaS
10 5 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) ADSL
1 1 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (88.71%) Power BI
2 19 (15.32%) PowerPivot
3 16 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (11.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (5.65%) Tableau
6 6 (4.84%) Data Lake
7 5 (4.03%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (4.03%) SQL Server
8 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.42%) QlikView
9 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.61%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.81%) Big Data
11 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.84%) JIRA
1 6 (4.84%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.42%) Git
General
1 56 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 51 (41.13%) Finance
3 36 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.29%) Legal
5 11 (8.87%) Marketing
5 11 (8.87%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.45%) Agriculture
8 5 (4.03%) Automotive
9 3 (2.42%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.42%) Law
10 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
11 1 (0.81%) Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Front Office
11 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (48.39%) Analyst
2 31 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 28 (22.58%) Developer
4 22 (17.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 20 (16.13%) Power BI Developer
6 18 (14.52%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (9.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 9 (7.26%) Power BI Analyst
9 8 (6.45%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.65%) Lead
10 7 (5.65%) Systems Support
11 6 (4.84%) Lead Data Engineer
11 6 (4.84%) Performance Analyst
11 6 (4.84%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Data Insight Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Insight Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Insight Data Analyst
13 4 (3.23%) Azure Data Engineer
13 4 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
13 4 (3.23%) Customer Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.84%) JSON
2 1 (0.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.81%) EDI
2 1 (0.81%) PySpark
2 1 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.06%) FMCG
2 8 (6.45%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (4.84%) Pricing Data
3 6 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.84%) Social Media
4 3 (2.42%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.42%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.42%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.81%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.81%) Life Science
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.81%) NHS
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (92.74%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (50.81%) Data Modelling
3 56 (45.16%) Analytics
4 46 (37.10%) Decision-Making
5 40 (32.26%) Actionable Insight
6 36 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (26.61%) ETL
8 31 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (20.97%) Data Analysis
10 20 (16.13%) Process Improvement
10 20 (16.13%) Translating Business Requirements
11 19 (15.32%) AI
11 19 (15.32%) CRM
11 19 (15.32%) Data Governance
11 19 (15.32%) Visualisation
12 17 (13.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 17 (13.71%) ERP
13 16 (12.90%) Machine Learning
14 15 (12.10%) Data Analytics
14 15 (12.10%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (69.35%) SQL
2 68 (54.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 24 (19.35%) Python
4 11 (8.87%) VBA
5 5 (4.03%) Scala
6 4 (3.23%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.42%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.61%) R
9 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (16.13%) Degree
2 10 (8.06%) ACCA
2 10 (8.06%) CIMA
3 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.03%) DBS Check
5 5 (4.03%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.81%) MCSE
8 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (20.16%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.45%) GDPR
3 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.81%) P3O
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
5 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (34.68%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) SAP
3 6 (4.84%) Google
4 5 (4.03%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.42%) Mercator
6 2 (1.61%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.61%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.61%) Oracle
6 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.61%) Talend
7 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.81%) Informatica
7 1 (0.81%) SimCorp