Power Query jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-14, Power Query appears in 581 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Analyst has the most postings mentioning Power Query, with demand share up 7.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-14

Postings · last 90 days
581
Demand vs prior month
up 7.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 15.5% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Power Query

+Is Power Query in demand in 2026?

Yes. Power Query appears in 581 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Data Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning Power Query (15.5% of all postings mentioning Power Query).

+What jobs require Power Query?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Power Query are Power BI Developer (33.0% of that role’s postings mention Power Query), BI Engineer (20.8% of that role’s postings mention Power Query), Finance Data Analyst (16.0% of that role’s postings mention Power Query).

+What skills are commonly paired with Power Query?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-14), Power Query most often appears alongside Power BI, SQL, DAX, Python, data modeling.

+Where is Power Query most in demand?

As of 2026-10-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Power Query are New York City, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after Power Query?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Power Query — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Power Query

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Power Query

Before Power Querysql → Power Query: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → Power Query: 32 observed employer moves with this skill pairExcel → Power Query: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → Power Query: 26 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → Power Query: 26 observed employer moves with this skill pairSSIS → Power Query: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairSQL Server → Power Query: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL → Power Query: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Querysql: 34 movessql34 movespython: 32 movespython32 movesExcel: 31 movesExcel31 movesPower BI: 26 movesPower BI26 movesTableau: 26 movesTableau26 movesSSIS: 11 movesSSIS11 movesSQL Server: 10 movesSQL Server10 movesETL: 7 movesETL7 moves

Skills after Power Query

After Power QueryPower Query → sql: 27 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → python: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → Tableau: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → Excel: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → Power BI: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → SQL Server: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → ETL: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Query → snowflake: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower Querysql: 27 movessql27 movespython: 14 movespython14 movesTableau: 13 movesTableau13 movesExcel: 13 movesExcel13 movesPower BI: 12 movesPower BI12 movesSQL Server: 10 movesSQL Server10 movesETL: 8 movesETL8 movessnowflake: 8 movessnowflake8 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: sql34
Before: python32
Before: Excel31
Before: Power BI26
Before: Tableau26
Before: SSIS11
Before: SQL Server10
Before: ETL7
After: sql27
After: python14
After: Tableau13
After: Excel13
After: Power BI12
After: SQL Server10
After: ETL8
After: snowflake8

Roles most likely to require Power Query

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Power BI Developer3233.0%
BI Engineer1020.8%
Finance Data Analyst416.0%
Finance Analyst414.3%
Financial Data Analyst513.2%
Operations Data Analyst311.1%
FP&A Analyst510.4%
Power Platform Developer210.0%
BI Developer98.7%
Business Intelligence Developer97.8%

Roles with the most Power Query postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Analyst9015.5%
Business Analyst335.7%
Power BI Developer325.5%
Business Intelligence Analyst315.3%
Data Engineer122.1%
BI Engineer101.7%
BI Developer91.5%
Business Intelligence Developer91.5%
Software Engineer61.0%
Analytics Engineer50.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Power Query

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Power Query
CompanyPostings · 90 days
PwC11
Accenture9
WPP8
Manulife7
JCI6
Allianz6
Talan6
Capco6
Bosch6
Nigel Frank5

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Power Query

NamePostingsShare
New York City111.9%
Gurugram101.7%
Pune91.5%
Bengaluru71.2%
Hyderabad71.2%
London61.0%
Quezon City61.0%
Lisbon50.9%
Rio de Janeiro50.9%

Skills commonly paired with Power Query

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Power Query by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Power Query postings by all Power Query postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,614 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index