Power Query Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power Query
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Power Query skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Query over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 433 545
Rank change year-on-year +117 +112 -80
Contract jobs citing Power Query 25 24 78
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.10% 0.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.86% 0.54% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 63
10th Percentile £281 £325 £362
25th Percentile £313 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% -7.50% +55.28%
75th Percentile £506 £525 £575
90th Percentile £525 £575 -
UK median daily rate £425 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -9.33% -6.25% +42.86%

All Database and 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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,914 4,470 9,288
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.75% 18.72% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,132 3,273 6,790
10th Percentile £356 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 78 85
10th Percentile £18.20 £23.86 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.25 £41.44 £21.17
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +37.89% +58.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
% change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%

Power Query
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Query as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Query trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Query.

Power Query daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Query over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Power Query daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Query
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (92.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (40.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (16.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (16.00%) Serverless
4 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Functions
4 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub
5 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (8.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (4.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (92.00%) Power BI
2 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (16.00%) Data Lake
3 4 (16.00%) PowerPivot
4 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 3 (12.00%) Relational Database
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (4.00%) Parquet
6 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Deequ
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
5 1 (4.00%) Electronics
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 13 (52.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 13 (52.00%) Power BI Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Azure Data Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Data Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Excel Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) HR Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) HR Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Power Platform Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Process Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Apache Avro
1 1 (4.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (4.00%) Great Expectations
1 1 (4.00%) JSON
1 1 (4.00%) JSON Schema
1 1 (4.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (48.00%) Data Modelling
3 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (36.00%) Data Visualisation
4 9 (36.00%) ETL
4 9 (36.00%) Visualisation
5 7 (28.00%) Data Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Analytics
7 4 (16.00%) Agile
7 4 (16.00%) CI/CD
7 4 (16.00%) Data Transformation
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (12.00%) Data Engineering
8 3 (12.00%) DevOps
8 3 (12.00%) Scrum
8 3 (12.00%) TDD
9 2 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (8.00%) Data Science
9 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 16 (64.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) Python
4 1 (4.00%) Scala
4 1 (4.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Databricks
3 3 (12.00%) Workday
4 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow