Hybrid/Remote Power Query Job Trends

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Power Query skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 385 490
Rank change year-on-year +24 +105 +76
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 42 35 69
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.74% 1.00% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 31 15 48
10th Percentile £28,125 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £30,813 £39,250 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £59,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £76,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -40.79% +60.00% -17.39%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,419 3,500 7,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.10% 24.06% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 2,373 6,211
10th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £95,700
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Query and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power Query job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Power Query
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power Query.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power Query

Power Query
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power Query over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Power Query salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 11 (26.19%) Power Automate
3 8 (19.05%) Azure
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (9.52%) PowerApps
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.38%) AWS
6 1 (2.38%) Dataform
6 1 (2.38%) dbt
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (83.33%) Power BI
2 7 (16.67%) PowerPivot
3 6 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (11.90%) Star Schema
5 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
6 2 (4.76%) Tableau
7 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.38%) Data Mining
7 1 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (28.57%) Automotive
4 7 (16.67%) Finance
5 5 (11.90%) Aeronautics
5 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (45.24%) Analyst
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Analyst
2 7 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (16.67%) Project Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (9.52%) Administrator
4 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 4 (9.52%) Data Administrator
4 4 (9.52%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (2.38%) Lead
6 1 (2.38%) PMO Lead
6 1 (2.38%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Power BI Specialist
6 1 (2.38%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) .NET
1 2 (4.76%) CSS
1 2 (4.76%) HTML
1 2 (4.76%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (4.76%) JSON
1 2 (4.76%) Matplotlib
1 2 (4.76%) NumPy
1 2 (4.76%) Pandas
1 2 (4.76%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) FMCG
2 5 (11.90%) Life Science
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (97.62%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (38.10%) Analytics
5 14 (33.33%) Data Analysis
6 11 (26.19%) ETL
7 10 (23.81%) Statistical Modelling
7 10 (23.81%) Statistics
8 9 (21.43%) ERP
9 8 (19.05%) Data Analytics
10 7 (16.67%) Customer Experience
10 7 (16.67%) Customer Insight
10 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
10 7 (16.67%) Demand Forecasting
10 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
10 7 (16.67%) Project Management
10 7 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (16.67%) Visualisation
11 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (59.52%) SQL
2 17 (40.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (23.81%) Python
4 6 (14.29%) VBA
5 3 (7.14%) T-SQL
6 2 (4.76%) C#
6 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) Data Quality
1 5 (11.90%) PMO
2 4 (9.52%) GDPR
3 3 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.38%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle