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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 249 241
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +145
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 506 305 328
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.10% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.18% 2.91% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 190 216
10th Percentile £306 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £592
90th Percentile £600 £638 £668
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 0
10th Percentile £27.26 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.23 £32.00 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £54.50 £36.00 -
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.78 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -

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 15,929 10,493 11,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.50% 37.73% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,624 7,098 7,761
10th Percentile £320 £305 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 247 174
10th Percentile £15.26 £15.40 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.56
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.92 £64.48
90th Percentile £82.34 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.06% -11.43%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -14 281 £499 -5.00% 199
Midlands -3 77 £425 -15.00% 30
North of England -30 67 £500 +5.26% 61
West Midlands -11 60 £425 -13.27% 18
North West -20 46 £500 +11.11% 29
South East -32 36 £500 -13.04% 69
South West -36 20 £413 -8.33% 26
Yorkshire -34 17 £500 - 21
East Midlands -4 16 £472 -18.00% 12
East of England -20 16 £475 +5.56% 18
North East -44 4 £550 - 13
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
1 177 (34.98%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.16%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (1.78%) 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 (0.40%) CMS
7 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 43 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.78%) Chatbot
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (14.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) 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
1 424 (83.79%) Power Platform
2 339 (67.00%) PowerApps
3 270 (53.36%) Azure
4 184 (36.36%) Dynamics 365
5 139 (27.47%) Microsoft 365
6 134 (26.48%) Microsoft Copilot
7 117 (23.12%) Azure DevOps
8 72 (14.23%) Copilot Studio
9 63 (12.45%) Serverless
10 62 (12.25%) Azure Functions
11 61 (12.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 40 (7.91%) Entra ID
12 40 (7.91%) OneDrive
13 37 (7.31%) GitHub
14 35 (6.92%) Azure AI
15 25 (4.94%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
18 18 (3.56%) AWS
19 13 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.58%) Firewall
2 7 (1.38%) DNS
2 7 (1.38%) VPN
3 4 (0.79%) Intranet
4 3 (0.59%) SMS
5 2 (0.40%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.40%) 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
1 199 (39.33%) Power BI
2 45 (8.89%) SQL Server
3 28 (5.53%) Power Query
4 17 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.16%) Metadata
6 9 (1.78%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.38%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.99%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.99%) 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 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.40%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (4.55%) JIRA
2 21 (4.15%) Visual Studio
3 19 (3.75%) Git
4 12 (2.37%) Selenium
5 10 (1.98%) Cypress.io
5 10 (1.98%) Postman
5 10 (1.98%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.78%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.59%) Protractor
9 2 (0.40%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.40%) MSTest
9 2 (0.40%) NUnit
9 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.40%) TestRail
10 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
General
1 196 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 119 (23.52%) Finance
3 88 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 68 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (4.74%) Banking
7 22 (4.35%) Marketing
8 10 (1.98%) Law
9 9 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.78%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.58%) Retail
11 7 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.38%) Legal
11 7 (1.38%) Local Government
12 6 (1.19%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.19%) Military
12 6 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Back Office
13 4 (0.79%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (43.28%) Developer
2 76 (15.02%) Power Platform Developer
3 59 (11.66%) Consultant
4 56 (11.07%) Senior
5 54 (10.67%) Architect
5 54 (10.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 51 (10.08%) Analyst
7 33 (6.52%) Senior Developer
8 32 (6.32%) Lead
9 29 (5.73%) Microsoft Developer
10 27 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 19 (3.75%) Power Platform Architect
12 19 (3.75%) SharePoint Developer
13 17 (3.36%) Data Analyst
14 15 (2.96%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 15 (2.96%) Power Platform Engineer
15 14 (2.77%) Platform Architect
16 13 (2.57%) Administrator
16 13 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (13.04%) .NET
2 45 (8.89%) JSON
3 38 (7.51%) REST
4 29 (5.73%) HTML5 Canvas
5 26 (5.14%) Microsoft Graph
6 22 (4.35%) HTML
7 21 (4.15%) CSS
8 18 (3.56%) React
8 18 (3.56%) SPFx
9 16 (3.16%) Terraform
10 15 (2.96%) XML
11 13 (2.57%) Middleware
11 13 (2.57%) XSLT
12 10 (1.98%) Gherkin
12 10 (1.98%) OAuth
12 10 (1.98%) RESTful
13 8 (1.58%) .NET Framework
13 8 (1.58%) jQuery
14 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
14 7 (1.38%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.52%) Low-Code
3 32 (6.32%) AI Agents
4 27 (5.34%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.75%) Data Structures
7 16 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.57%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.37%) Taxonomies
10 11 (2.17%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.58%) BYOD
11 8 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.79%) NHS
13 3 (0.59%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.59%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.59%) IVR
13 3 (0.59%) Life Science
14 2 (0.40%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (39.92%) Business Intelligence
2 170 (33.60%) Agile
3 153 (30.24%) AI
3 153 (30.24%) DevOps
4 113 (22.33%) CI/CD
5 105 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (17.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 88 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (17.00%) Data Modelling
9 83 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (16.40%) CRM
10 66 (13.04%) Workflow
11 59 (11.66%) Migration
12 55 (10.87%) Translating Business Requirements
13 53 (10.47%) Analytics
14 52 (10.28%) Technical Leadership
15 48 (9.49%) Scrum
16 38 (7.51%) Customer Service
16 38 (7.51%) Mentoring
17 36 (7.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 131 (25.89%) C#
1 131 (25.89%) JavaScript
2 100 (19.76%) SQL
3 36 (7.11%) PowerShell
4 35 (6.92%) Python
5 24 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 22 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (3.36%) X++
8 13 (2.57%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.19%) Java
11 4 (0.79%) VBA
12 3 (0.59%) Bicep
13 2 (0.40%) Korn
13 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.20%) Bash
14 1 (0.20%) COBOL
14 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (19.76%) Security Cleared
2 80 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 68 (13.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (11.07%) Degree
5 18 (3.56%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.98%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.58%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.58%) PMP
10 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
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 48 (9.49%) Data Quality
2 43 (8.50%) Accessibility
3 28 (5.53%) GDPR
4 24 (4.74%) QA
5 21 (4.15%) WCAG
6 8 (1.58%) PMO
7 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.99%) NIST
8 4 (0.79%) GRC
9 3 (0.59%) SLA
10 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.20%) 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 23 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.38%) Grafana
3 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 386 (76.28%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.74%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.75%) Oracle
4 16 (3.16%) SAP
5 15 (2.96%) Databricks
6 12 (2.37%) Foundry
7 11 (2.17%) UiPath
8 10 (1.98%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.58%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.38%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.38%) Splunk
11 6 (1.19%) Google
12 4 (0.79%) Brio
12 4 (0.79%) Workday
13 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.59%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.59%) Pega
13 3 (0.59%) Planview
14 2 (0.40%) Blue Prism