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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 794 1036
Rank change year-on-year +125 +242 -199
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 219 181 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.20% 0.85% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 139 147 138
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £71,515
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% +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 18,271 21,401 45,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.29% 21.52% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,519 13,364 21,166
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 £77,500 £83,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £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 20 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 20 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 +136 199 £47,500 -29.63% 60
UK excluding London +69 176 £45,000 +2.86% 35
Work from Home +75 73 £46,664 -1.76% 29
South East +65 71 £45,828 -1.13% 11
North of England +53 45 £47,500 +18.75% 10
London +66 33 £67,500 -3.57% 29
Midlands +6 29 £41,492 -12.65% 6
Yorkshire +90 23 £47,500 +18.75% 4
North West +10 22 £40,500 -0.61% 5
West Midlands +19 17 £38,500 -26.67% 3
South West -10 16 £52,500 +22.09% 3
East Midlands -11 12 £41,492 -12.65% 3
Scotland -63 10 £42,500 -10.53% 1
Wales -4 3 - -
East of England +1 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 (7.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.91%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 58 (26.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.65%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.83%) Trello
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (14.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (3.20%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 175 (79.91%) Power Platform
2 80 (36.53%) Azure
3 38 (17.35%) PowerApps
4 30 (13.70%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (13.24%) Power Automate
6 12 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.74%) GCP
10 6 (2.74%) Google Analytics
11 5 (2.28%) GitHub
12 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.83%) Google Data Studio
12 4 (1.83%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.83%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (1.83%) PaaS
13 3 (1.37%) AWS
14 2 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.91%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) DNS
1 1 (0.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (79.45%) Power BI
2 38 (17.35%) SQL Server
3 35 (15.98%) Data Lake
4 32 (14.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (11.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (8.22%) Tableau
7 14 (6.39%) PowerPivot
8 12 (5.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (3.65%) Star Schema
10 7 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.74%) QlikView
12 4 (1.83%) MySQL
12 4 (1.83%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.91%) Big Data
13 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
14 1 (0.46%) GIS
14 1 (0.46%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (8.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (2.74%) JIRA
3 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.91%) Git
General
1 108 (49.32%) Analytical Skills
2 87 (39.73%) Finance
3 57 (26.03%) Social Skills
4 25 (11.42%) Law
5 23 (10.50%) Marketing
6 18 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 13 (5.94%) Retail
9 8 (3.65%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.74%) Legal
11 5 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.37%) Publishing
14 2 (0.91%) Games
14 2 (0.91%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.46%) Banking
15 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.46%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 93 (42.47%) Developer
2 77 (35.16%) Analyst
3 62 (28.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 46 (21.00%) Power BI Developer
5 44 (20.09%) Data Analyst
6 27 (12.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 23 (10.50%) Senior
8 19 (8.68%) Coordinator
8 19 (8.68%) Data Coordinator
9 18 (8.22%) Senior Developer
10 15 (6.85%) Consultant
11 13 (5.94%) Analyst Developer
11 13 (5.94%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 12 (5.48%) Financial Analyst
12 12 (5.48%) Insight Analyst
13 11 (5.02%) Power BI Consultant
14 10 (4.57%) Data Insight Analyst
14 10 (4.57%) Developer Analyst
14 10 (4.57%) Insight Data Analyst
15 9 (4.11%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) CSS
1 8 (3.65%) HTML
2 6 (2.74%) MDX
3 4 (1.83%) JSON
4 3 (1.37%) .NET
4 3 (1.37%) Pandas
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 (18.72%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.65%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.83%) PMI
3 4 (1.83%) Social Media
4 3 (1.37%) NHS
5 2 (0.91%) 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 (70.32%) Business Intelligence
2 78 (35.62%) CRM
3 76 (34.70%) Visualisation
4 71 (32.42%) Analytics
5 64 (29.22%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (27.85%) Data Visualisation
7 58 (26.48%) Data Modelling
8 48 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (21.46%) Data Management
10 34 (15.53%) ETL
11 32 (14.61%) Decision-Making
12 28 (12.79%) Agile
13 25 (11.42%) Data Analysis
13 25 (11.42%) Machine Learning
13 25 (11.42%) Requirements Gathering
14 18 (8.22%) DevOps
15 17 (7.76%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (7.76%) Data Analytics
16 15 (6.85%) Dashboard Development
16 15 (6.85%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 103 (47.03%) SQL
2 97 (44.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 32 (14.61%) Python
4 21 (9.59%) T-SQL
5 15 (6.85%) VBA
6 7 (3.20%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.20%) R
7 6 (2.74%) Formula Language
8 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.91%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (15.07%) Degree
2 12 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.57%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.83%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.85%) QA
2 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.46%) GDPR
3 1 (0.46%) PMO
Vendors
1 71 (32.42%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.81%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.76%) Databricks
4 8 (3.65%) Google
5 6 (2.74%) Civica
5 6 (2.74%) Facebook
6 4 (1.83%) GoldenSource
6 4 (1.83%) SAP
7 2 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.91%) Snow
7 2 (0.91%) Splunk
8 1 (0.46%) Ariba
8 1 (0.46%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle
8 1 (0.46%) Progress