Microsoft Power Query
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Power Query skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Power Query over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 782 1023
Rank change year-on-year +113 +241 -198
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 218 177 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.19% 0.83% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 138 146 140
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,406 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £71,338
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,414 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +5.88% +21.43%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Power Query is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,256 21,304 44,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.29% 21.47% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,530 13,291 21,022
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Power Query in the UK

Power Query
Top 16 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 17 May 2024. 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 +152 200 £47,500 -29.63% 47
UK excluding London +64 174 £45,414 +0.92% 26
Work from Home +61 72 £47,500 - 24
South East +51 71 £45,828 -1.13% 8
North of England +67 45 £47,500 +18.75% 6
London +78 33 £67,500 -3.57% 22
Midlands +7 29 £41,492 -12.65% 6
Yorkshire +84 23 £47,500 +18.75% 1
North West +8 22 £40,500 -0.61% 4
West Midlands +21 17 £38,500 -26.67% 3
South West -5 16 £52,500 +22.09% 1
East Midlands -3 12 £41,492 -12.65% 3
Scotland -57 8 £42,500 -10.53% 1
Wales +2 3 - -
East of England +7 1 £62,500 +56.25% 4
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 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 16 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.92%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.92%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 58 (26.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.83%) Trello
5 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (14.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (3.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 174 (79.82%) Power Platform
2 80 (36.70%) Azure
3 38 (17.43%) PowerApps
4 30 (13.76%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (13.30%) Power Automate
6 12 (5.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.21%) GCP
9 7 (3.21%) Google Analytics
10 5 (2.29%) GitHub
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.83%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (1.83%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.83%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.83%) PaaS
12 3 (1.38%) AWS
13 2 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) DNS
1 1 (0.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (79.36%) Power BI
2 38 (17.43%) SQL Server
3 35 (16.06%) Data Lake
4 32 (14.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (11.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (8.72%) Tableau
7 18 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (6.42%) PowerPivot
9 12 (5.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.67%) Star Schema
11 7 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (3.21%) QlikView
12 4 (1.83%) MySQL
12 4 (1.83%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (1.38%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.92%) Big Data
14 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
15 1 (0.46%) GIS
15 1 (0.46%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (8.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (2.75%) JIRA
3 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.92%) Git
General
1 107 (49.08%) Analytical Skills
2 87 (39.91%) Finance
3 57 (26.15%) Social Skills
4 25 (11.47%) Law
5 23 (10.55%) Marketing
6 17 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.80%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.96%) Retail
8 8 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.75%) Legal
10 5 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.38%) Publishing
13 2 (0.92%) Games
13 2 (0.92%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.46%) Banking
14 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.46%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 93 (42.66%) Developer
2 78 (35.78%) Analyst
3 62 (28.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 46 (21.10%) Power BI Developer
5 44 (20.18%) Data Analyst
6 27 (12.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 23 (10.55%) Senior
8 19 (8.72%) Coordinator
8 19 (8.72%) Data Coordinator
9 18 (8.26%) Senior Developer
10 13 (5.96%) Analyst Developer
10 13 (5.96%) Consultant
10 13 (5.96%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 13 (5.96%) Insight Analyst
11 12 (5.50%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (4.59%) Data Insight Analyst
12 10 (4.59%) Developer Analyst
12 10 (4.59%) Insight Data Analyst
13 9 (4.13%) Commercial Analyst
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) CSS
1 8 (3.67%) HTML
2 6 (2.75%) MDX
3 4 (1.83%) JSON
3 4 (1.83%) Pandas
4 3 (1.38%) .NET
5 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.46%) ADO
5 1 (0.46%) D3.js
5 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.81%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.83%) PMI
3 4 (1.83%) Social Media
4 3 (1.38%) NHS
5 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (70.64%) Business Intelligence
2 78 (35.78%) CRM
3 77 (35.32%) Visualisation
4 72 (33.03%) Analytics
5 64 (29.36%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (28.44%) Data Visualisation
7 58 (26.61%) Data Modelling
8 48 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (21.56%) Data Management
10 34 (15.60%) ETL
11 32 (14.68%) Decision-Making
12 28 (12.84%) Agile
13 25 (11.47%) Data Analysis
13 25 (11.47%) Machine Learning
13 25 (11.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 18 (8.26%) DevOps
15 17 (7.80%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (7.80%) Data Analytics
16 15 (6.88%) Dashboard Development
16 15 (6.88%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 101 (46.33%) SQL
2 95 (43.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 33 (15.14%) Python
4 21 (9.63%) T-SQL
5 15 (6.88%) VBA
6 8 (3.67%) R
7 7 (3.21%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.75%) Formula Language
9 5 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (15.14%) Degree
2 12 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.59%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.83%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.88%) QA
2 3 (1.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.46%) GDPR
3 1 (0.46%) PMO
Vendors
1 71 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.89%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.80%) Databricks
4 9 (4.13%) Google
5 6 (2.75%) Civica
5 6 (2.75%) Facebook
6 4 (1.83%) GoldenSource
6 4 (1.83%) SAP
7 3 (1.38%) Splunk
8 2 (0.92%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.92%) Snow
9 1 (0.46%) Ariba
9 1 (0.46%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle
9 1 (0.46%) Progress