The federal budget appears to have made Joe Hockey the least popular minister in the Abbott government, according to a poll published to coincide with the end of the Coalition's first year in power.

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, meanwhile, has overtaken Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull as the highest-performing minister on the frontbench.

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, pictured at the UN Security Council in July, received the best review from survey participants. Credit:AFP

The McNair Ingenuity Research survey polled 1004 voters and asked them to give each minister a score out of 100, with 100 indicating an excellent performance, 75 good, 50 average, 25 poor and zero terrible.

The survey then ranked cabinet members on their popularity and whether they had improved or declined since McNair published a similar survey after the Abbott government's first 100 days in office.