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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 681 817
Rank change year-on-year +179 +136 +193
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 195 182 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.39% 1.07% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 111 123 176
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £35,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 £45,000 £44,375
% change year-on-year +68.89% +1.41% +4.41%

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 8,152 16,962 24,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.52% 19.27% 21.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,232 12,244 14,995
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +162 185 £62,500 +31.58% 37
UK excluding London +156 152 £76,000 +68.89% 21
East of England +108 66 £76,000 +60.00% 3
Work from Home +117 35 £45,000 -5.26% 26
South East +69 35 £76,000 +78.82% 5
London +74 33 £52,500 -12.50% 18
Midlands +54 26 £55,000 +32.56% 3
West Midlands +40 21 £57,500 +49.35% 1
North of England +49 20 £37,500 -21.05% 7
North West +30 13 £47,500 +17.28%
Yorkshire +52 7 £37,500 -21.05% 6
East Midlands +39 5 £43,000 +3.63% 2
South West +88 3 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Scotland +89 2 £45,000 +5.88%

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 8 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (26.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.05%) Trello
5 3 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 179 (91.79%) Power Platform
2 51 (26.15%) Azure
3 18 (9.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (5.64%) PowerApps
5 10 (5.13%) GCP
5 10 (5.13%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.59%) AWS
7 6 (3.08%) Google Analytics
7 6 (3.08%) Google Data Studio
8 5 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.05%) GitHub
9 4 (2.05%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (2.05%) PaaS
9 4 (2.05%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (90.26%) Power BI
2 94 (48.21%) Geospatial Data
2 94 (48.21%) GIS
3 22 (11.28%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (8.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (6.67%) Data Lake
6 10 (5.13%) SQL Server
7 9 (4.62%) PowerPivot
8 7 (3.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.59%) Tableau
9 5 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (2.05%) Delta Lake
10 4 (2.05%) Looker
11 3 (1.54%) BigQuery
12 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.51%) Big Data
13 1 (0.51%) FileMaker
13 1 (0.51%) MySQL
13 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.56%) JIRA
2 4 (2.05%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.03%) Git
3 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.51%) RStudio
General
1 48 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.82%) Finance
4 13 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (5.13%) Retail
6 9 (4.62%) Marketing
7 7 (3.59%) Publishing
8 5 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.05%) Billing
10 3 (1.54%) Advertising
10 3 (1.54%) Law
10 3 (1.54%) Legal
11 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.03%) Automotive
11 2 (1.03%) Back Office
11 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (17.95%) Analyst
2 34 (17.44%) Developer
3 28 (14.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 20 (10.26%) Power BI Developer
5 14 (7.18%) Data Engineer
6 11 (5.64%) Lead
7 10 (5.13%) Senior
8 9 (4.62%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.10%) Commercial Analyst
10 7 (3.59%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 5 (2.56%) Customer Analyst
12 4 (2.05%) Azure Data Engineer
12 4 (2.05%) Azure Engineer
12 4 (2.05%) Embedded Developer
12 4 (2.05%) Insight Analyst
12 4 (2.05%) Lead Data Engineer
12 4 (2.05%) Performance Analyst
12 4 (2.05%) Power BI Engineer
13 3 (1.54%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.08%) JSON
2 2 (1.03%) .NET
2 2 (1.03%) MDX
3 1 (0.51%) HTML
3 1 (0.51%) PySpark
3 1 (0.51%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (48.72%) Algorithms
2 8 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.56%) FMCG
3 5 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.05%) Social Media
5 3 (1.54%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.03%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) IoT
7 1 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (90.77%) Business Intelligence
2 123 (63.08%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (55.90%) Actionable Insight
4 98 (50.26%) Service Delivery
5 96 (49.23%) Data Management
5 96 (49.23%) Strategic Planning
6 94 (48.21%) Asset Management
7 54 (27.69%) Visualisation
8 37 (18.97%) Data Modelling
8 37 (18.97%) ETL
9 31 (15.90%) Analytics
10 30 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
11 28 (14.36%) Data Analysis
12 27 (13.85%) Decision-Making
13 16 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (8.21%) Dashboard Development
14 13 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (6.15%) Data Analytics
15 12 (6.15%) Data Extraction
16 11 (5.64%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 159 (81.54%) SQL
2 62 (31.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 15 (7.69%) Python
4 9 (4.62%) T-SQL
5 7 (3.59%) VB
6 6 (3.08%) R
7 4 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.54%) Scala
9 2 (1.03%) C#
9 2 (1.03%) VBA
10 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.51%) Java
10 1 (0.51%) PHP
10 1 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (9.74%) Degree
2 7 (3.59%) Azure Certification
2 7 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.51%) ACCA
5 1 (0.51%) CIMA
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.54%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.54%) GDPR
2 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.03%) QA
3 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 24 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.74%) Databricks
3 14 (7.18%) Google
4 8 (4.10%) SAP
5 4 (2.05%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.54%) Nintex
6 3 (1.54%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe
7 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle
7 1 (0.51%) RedGate
7 1 (0.51%) Tagetik
7 1 (0.51%) TikTok