Power Automate Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Power Automate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 236 242
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +143
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 509 301 328
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 2.85% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 188 212
10th Percentile £306 £363 £315
25th Percentile £413 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £585 £598
90th Percentile £600 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 0
10th Percentile £27.26 £24.48 -
25th Percentile £29.23 £29.31 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% - -
75th Percentile £54.50 £35.24 -
90th Percentile £57.50 £35.69 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 -
% change year-on-year +12.70% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Power Automate falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,046 10,572 11,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.48% 37.96% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,693 7,158 7,642
10th Percentile £319 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 254 166
10th Percentile £15.27 £15.50 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -27.03% +4.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £65.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +20.75% -19.70% -5.44%

Power Automate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Automate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Power Automate job vacancy trend in England

Power Automate
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Automate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Automate

Power Automate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Automate in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Automate in England

Power Automate
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Automate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Automate

Power Automate
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Automate in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in England

Power Automate
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Automate within the England region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -26 278 £498 -5.24% 200
Midlands +6 81 £425 -15.00% 41
North of England -23 69 £500 +2.56% 69
West Midlands +1 63 £425 -15.00% 21
North West -21 48 £498 +10.56% 35
South East -40 37 £475 -18.45% 70
South West -40 19 £400 -11.11% 24
East Midlands +1 17 £472 -18.00% 20
Yorkshire -34 17 £500 - 25
East of England -24 16 £475 +5.56% 26
North East -41 4 £550 - 11
Power Automate
UK

Power Automate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 176 (34.58%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.14%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (1.96%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.59%) Mendix
7 2 (0.39%) IIS
7 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 43 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.77%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) 1Password
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (14.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 425 (83.50%) Power Platform
2 339 (66.60%) PowerApps
3 274 (53.83%) Azure
4 184 (36.15%) Dynamics 365
5 136 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
6 134 (26.33%) Microsoft Copilot
7 120 (23.58%) Azure DevOps
8 72 (14.15%) Copilot Studio
9 62 (12.18%) Azure Functions
9 62 (12.18%) Serverless
10 61 (11.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 40 (7.86%) OneDrive
12 39 (7.66%) Entra ID
13 37 (7.27%) GitHub
14 36 (7.07%) Azure AI
15 24 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
16 21 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (3.34%) AWS
19 13 (2.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.57%) Firewall
2 7 (1.38%) DNS
2 7 (1.38%) VPN
3 4 (0.79%) Intranet
4 3 (0.59%) SMS
5 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.39%) Skype
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
6 1 (0.20%) LAN
6 1 (0.20%) Network Security
6 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (39.29%) Power BI
2 44 (8.64%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.70%) Power Query
4 18 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.14%) Metadata
6 10 (1.96%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.38%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.98%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.79%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.79%) GIS
9 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.59%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.59%) Tableau
11 2 (0.39%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.39%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 24 (4.72%) JIRA
2 21 (4.13%) Visual Studio
3 19 (3.73%) Git
4 13 (2.55%) Selenium
5 11 (2.16%) Cypress.io
5 11 (2.16%) Postman
5 11 (2.16%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.96%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.59%) MSTest
8 3 (0.59%) NUnit
8 3 (0.59%) Protractor
9 2 (0.39%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.39%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.39%) TestRail
10 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
General
1 198 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 121 (23.77%) Finance
3 87 (17.09%) Public Sector
4 71 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (4.32%) Banking
6 22 (4.32%) Marketing
7 10 (1.96%) Law
7 10 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.57%) Retail
9 7 (1.38%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.38%) Legal
9 7 (1.38%) Local Government
10 6 (1.18%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.18%) Military
10 6 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Back Office
12 4 (0.79%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 221 (43.42%) Developer
2 78 (15.32%) Power Platform Developer
3 58 (11.39%) Consultant
4 57 (11.20%) Senior
5 55 (10.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 52 (10.22%) Analyst
6 52 (10.22%) Architect
7 33 (6.48%) Lead
7 33 (6.48%) Senior Developer
8 28 (5.50%) Microsoft Developer
9 26 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.93%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 18 (3.54%) Power Platform Architect
12 17 (3.34%) Data Analyst
12 17 (3.34%) SharePoint Developer
13 15 (2.95%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 14 (2.75%) Power Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.55%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 13 (2.55%) Power Apps Developer
15 13 (2.55%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (12.77%) .NET
2 45 (8.84%) JSON
3 37 (7.27%) REST
4 29 (5.70%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (4.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (3.73%) HTML
7 18 (3.54%) CSS
8 16 (3.14%) Terraform
9 15 (2.95%) React
9 15 (2.95%) SPFx
9 15 (2.95%) XML
10 13 (2.55%) Middleware
10 13 (2.55%) XSLT
11 11 (2.16%) Gherkin
11 11 (2.16%) OAuth
12 10 (1.96%) RESTful
13 8 (1.57%) .NET Framework
14 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
14 7 (1.38%) FIDO
14 7 (1.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.88%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.48%) AI Agents
2 33 (6.48%) Low-Code
3 29 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.93%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.36%) Taxonomies
8 11 (2.16%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.57%) BYOD
10 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.79%) NHS
12 3 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.59%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.59%) IVR
12 3 (0.59%) Life Science
13 2 (0.39%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (40.08%) Business Intelligence
2 171 (33.60%) Agile
3 158 (31.04%) AI
4 155 (30.45%) DevOps
5 113 (22.20%) CI/CD
6 107 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 91 (17.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 85 (16.70%) Data Modelling
10 84 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 83 (16.31%) CRM
12 67 (13.16%) Workflow
13 59 (11.59%) Migration
14 55 (10.81%) Translating Business Requirements
15 53 (10.41%) Analytics
16 52 (10.22%) Technical Leadership
17 49 (9.63%) Scrum
18 39 (7.66%) Mentoring
19 38 (7.47%) Customer Service
20 36 (7.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 132 (25.93%) C#
2 129 (25.34%) JavaScript
3 101 (19.84%) SQL
4 37 (7.27%) PowerShell
5 36 (7.07%) Python
6 25 (4.91%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (3.34%) X++
9 11 (2.16%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.98%) Java
10 5 (0.98%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.98%) VBA
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) Korn
12 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) Bash
13 1 (0.20%) COBOL
13 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.20%) R
13 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (19.45%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 69 (13.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (11.20%) Degree
5 18 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.16%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.77%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.77%) PMP
10 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) ACCA
14 1 (0.20%) CIMA
14 1 (0.20%) CISM
14 1 (0.20%) CISSP
14 1 (0.20%) IIBA
14 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (10.02%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.64%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.70%) GDPR
4 25 (4.91%) QA
5 22 (4.32%) WCAG
6 8 (1.57%) PMO
7 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.98%) NIST
8 4 (0.79%) GRC
9 3 (0.59%) SLA
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) MiFID
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.38%) Grafana
3 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 390 (76.62%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.72%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.34%) Oracle
4 15 (2.95%) Databricks
4 15 (2.95%) SAP
5 13 (2.55%) Foundry
5 13 (2.55%) UiPath
6 11 (2.16%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.38%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.38%) Splunk
9 6 (1.18%) Google
10 4 (0.79%) Brio
10 4 (0.79%) Planview
10 4 (0.79%) Workday
11 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.59%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.59%) Blue Prism
11 3 (0.59%) Pega