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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 804 997
Rank change year-on-year +114 +193 -176
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 212 176 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.17% 0.82% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 133 147 135
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £34,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £71,781
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,828 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.83% - +18.88%

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 18,181 21,530 43,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.33% 21.31% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,558 13,451 21,070
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 £83,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

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 10 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 10 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 +148 194 £47,500 -29.63% 43
UK excluding London +68 169 £45,828 +7.83% 22
South East +61 69 £45,828 -1.13% 10
Work from Home +53 69 £47,500 - 20
North of England +70 45 £47,500 +20.25% 7
London +70 32 £67,500 -3.57% 20
Midlands -2 30 £41,492 -12.65% 1
Yorkshire +100 23 £47,500 +18.75% 1
North West +15 22 £40,500 +3.85% 4
West Midlands +7 18 £38,500 -9.41% 1
East Midlands -9 12 £41,492 -12.65%
South West -11 12 £52,500 +56.72% 1
Scotland -58 8 £42,500 -
Wales -6 3 - -
East of England +13 1 £62,500 +47.06% 3
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 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.89%) Confluence
3 2 (0.94%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.94%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 55 (25.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.89%) Trello
5 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (15.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (3.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 168 (79.25%) Power Platform
2 77 (36.32%) Azure
3 39 (18.40%) PowerApps
4 30 (14.15%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (13.68%) Power Automate
6 10 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (3.30%) GCP
8 7 (3.30%) Google Analytics
9 5 (2.36%) GitHub
10 4 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.89%) Google Data Studio
10 4 (1.89%) Google Sheets
10 4 (1.89%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.89%) PaaS
11 3 (1.42%) AWS
12 2 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) DNS
1 1 (0.47%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (78.77%) Power BI
2 36 (16.98%) SQL Server
3 35 (16.51%) Data Lake
4 30 (14.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (11.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (8.96%) Tableau
7 15 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (6.13%) PowerPivot
9 12 (5.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.77%) Star Schema
11 7 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (3.30%) QlikView
12 4 (1.89%) MySQL
12 4 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.94%) Big Data
14 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
15 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
15 1 (0.47%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (8.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (2.83%) JIRA
3 4 (1.89%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 105 (49.53%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (40.09%) Finance
3 52 (24.53%) Social Skills
4 25 (11.79%) Law
5 21 (9.91%) Marketing
6 18 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (8.02%) Public Sector
8 13 (6.13%) Retail
9 8 (3.77%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.83%) Legal
11 5 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.42%) Publishing
14 2 (0.94%) Banking
14 2 (0.94%) Games
14 2 (0.94%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.47%) Advertising
15 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 91 (42.92%) Developer
2 75 (35.38%) Analyst
3 61 (28.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 46 (21.70%) Power BI Developer
5 43 (20.28%) Data Analyst
6 24 (11.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 23 (10.85%) Senior
8 19 (8.96%) Coordinator
8 19 (8.96%) Data Coordinator
9 17 (8.02%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.13%) Analyst Developer
10 13 (6.13%) Consultant
10 13 (6.13%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 13 (6.13%) Insight Analyst
11 11 (5.19%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) Data Insight Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) Developer Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) Insight Data Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) Power BI Consultant
13 9 (4.25%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.30%) CSS
1 7 (3.30%) HTML
2 6 (2.83%) MDX
3 4 (1.89%) JSON
3 4 (1.89%) Pandas
4 2 (0.94%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.47%) ADO
5 1 (0.47%) D3.js
5 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.34%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.89%) PMI
3 4 (1.89%) Social Media
4 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.94%) NHS
5 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (70.75%) Business Intelligence
2 77 (36.32%) CRM
3 72 (33.96%) Visualisation
4 69 (32.55%) Analytics
5 64 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (27.36%) Data Visualisation
7 57 (26.89%) Data Modelling
8 48 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (22.17%) Data Management
10 32 (15.09%) Decision-Making
10 32 (15.09%) ETL
11 29 (13.68%) Agile
12 25 (11.79%) Machine Learning
13 24 (11.32%) Data Analysis
13 24 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
14 18 (8.49%) Data Analytics
15 17 (8.02%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (8.02%) DevOps
16 16 (7.55%) Data Integration
17 14 (6.60%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 95 (44.81%) SQL
2 90 (42.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 32 (15.09%) Python
4 20 (9.43%) T-SQL
5 13 (6.13%) VBA
6 9 (4.25%) R
7 7 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.83%) Formula Language
9 4 (1.89%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (14.62%) Degree
2 11 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.72%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.08%) QA
2 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.47%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) PMO
Vendors
1 69 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.40%) Salesforce
3 15 (7.08%) Databricks
4 8 (3.77%) Google
5 6 (2.83%) Civica
5 6 (2.83%) Facebook
6 4 (1.89%) GoldenSource
6 4 (1.89%) SAP
7 3 (1.42%) Splunk
8 2 (0.94%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.94%) Snow
9 1 (0.47%) Ariba
9 1 (0.47%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle
9 1 (0.47%) Progress