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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 255 243
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +160
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 507 296 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.06% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.18% 2.78% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 184 215
10th Percentile £306 £363 £323
25th Percentile £411 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £588 £598
90th Percentile £600 £638 £669
UK median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.65% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 0
10th Percentile £27.11 £24.48 -
25th Percentile £28.87 £29.31 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% - -
75th Percentile £54.75 £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 15,945 10,634 11,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.39% 38.08% 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,637 7,206 7,601
10th Percentile £319 £304 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £532
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -5.92% -3.27%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 249 164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.45 £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 £69.79 £43.75 £66.69
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.30 £33.54
% change year-on-year +14.07% -21.59% -4.17%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -7 281 £498 -5.24% 193
Midlands +11 79 £425 -15.00% 39
North of England -32 67 £500 +2.56% 73
West Midlands -9 61 £425 -15.00% 21
North West -20 48 £498 +10.56% 38
South East -37 36 £475 -18.45% 70
South West -34 18 £365 -14.12% 28
East Midlands -3 17 £472 -18.00% 18
East of England -11 16 £475 +5.56% 25
Yorkshire -45 15 £563 +12.50% 27
North East -35 4 £550 - 10
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
1 175 (34.52%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.16%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (1.58%) 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 (8.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.78%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.39%) 1Password
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (14.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.99%) 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
1 424 (83.63%) Power Platform
2 337 (66.47%) PowerApps
3 275 (54.24%) Azure
4 186 (36.69%) Dynamics 365
5 136 (26.82%) Microsoft 365
5 136 (26.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 120 (23.67%) Azure DevOps
7 74 (14.60%) Copilot Studio
8 61 (12.03%) Azure Functions
8 61 (12.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 61 (12.03%) Serverless
9 40 (7.89%) OneDrive
10 39 (7.69%) Entra ID
11 36 (7.10%) GitHub
12 35 (6.90%) Azure AI
13 25 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (3.55%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (2.96%) AWS
17 13 (2.56%) 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 (0.39%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.39%) Skype
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
6 1 (0.20%) LAN
6 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (38.86%) Power BI
2 46 (9.07%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.33%) Power Query
4 16 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.16%) Metadata
5 10 (1.97%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.38%) Star Schema
7 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.99%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.79%) EDRMS
8 4 (0.79%) GIS
8 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.59%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.59%) Tableau
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.39%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 22 (4.34%) JIRA
2 21 (4.14%) Visual Studio
3 19 (3.75%) Git
4 13 (2.56%) Selenium
5 11 (2.17%) Cypress.io
5 11 (2.17%) Postman
5 11 (2.17%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.97%) 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%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.39%) TestRail
10 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.20%) JUnit
10 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 196 (38.66%) Social Skills
2 123 (24.26%) Finance
3 86 (16.96%) Public Sector
4 72 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (4.73%) Marketing
7 20 (3.94%) Banking
8 10 (1.97%) Law
8 10 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.58%) Retail
10 7 (1.38%) Legal
10 7 (1.38%) Local Government
11 6 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.18%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.18%) Military
11 6 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.99%) Publishing
13 4 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 218 (43.00%) Developer
2 77 (15.19%) Power Platform Developer
3 58 (11.44%) Consultant
3 58 (11.44%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 57 (11.24%) Senior
5 53 (10.45%) Architect
6 52 (10.26%) Analyst
7 34 (6.71%) Lead
8 33 (6.51%) Senior Developer
9 27 (5.33%) Microsoft Developer
9 27 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.94%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 18 (3.55%) Power Platform Architect
12 17 (3.35%) Data Analyst
12 17 (3.35%) SharePoint Developer
13 16 (3.16%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 15 (2.96%) Administrator
15 14 (2.76%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 14 (2.76%) Power Platform Engineer
16 13 (2.56%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (13.21%) .NET
2 44 (8.68%) JSON
3 39 (7.69%) REST
4 29 (5.72%) HTML5 Canvas
5 23 (4.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 21 (4.14%) HTML
7 18 (3.55%) CSS
8 17 (3.35%) XML
9 15 (2.96%) React
9 15 (2.96%) SPFx
9 15 (2.96%) Terraform
10 13 (2.56%) XSLT
11 12 (2.37%) Middleware
12 11 (2.17%) Gherkin
12 11 (2.17%) OAuth
13 10 (1.97%) RESTful
14 9 (1.78%) SOAP
15 8 (1.58%) .NET Framework
16 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET
16 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.71%) Low-Code
1 34 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.51%) AI Agents
3 29 (5.72%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (3.75%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.37%) Taxonomies
8 11 (2.17%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.58%) BYOD
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%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.39%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (39.84%) Business Intelligence
2 172 (33.93%) Agile
3 159 (31.36%) AI
4 156 (30.77%) DevOps
5 112 (22.09%) CI/CD
6 109 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (18.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 92 (18.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 83 (16.37%) CRM
10 82 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (16.17%) Data Modelling
11 68 (13.41%) Workflow
12 62 (12.23%) Migration
13 52 (10.26%) Analytics
13 52 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
13 52 (10.26%) Translating Business Requirements
14 48 (9.47%) Scrum
15 39 (7.69%) Mentoring
16 38 (7.50%) Customer Service
17 35 (6.90%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 134 (26.43%) C#
2 129 (25.44%) JavaScript
3 101 (19.92%) SQL
4 37 (7.30%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.90%) Python
6 25 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (3.16%) X++
9 11 (2.17%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.99%) Java
10 5 (0.99%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.99%) VBA
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) Korn
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%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.58%) SC Cleared
3 68 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (11.24%) Degree
5 18 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.17%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.78%) 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 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.68%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.72%) GDPR
4 25 (4.93%) QA
5 22 (4.34%) WCAG
6 8 (1.58%) PMO
7 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.99%) NIST
8 3 (0.59%) SLA
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) GRC
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.38%) Grafana
3 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 393 (77.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.34%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.35%) Oracle
4 15 (2.96%) Databricks
4 15 (2.96%) SAP
5 13 (2.56%) UiPath
6 12 (2.37%) Foundry
7 10 (1.97%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.58%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.38%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.38%) Splunk
10 6 (1.18%) Google
11 4 (0.79%) Planview
11 4 (0.79%) Workday
12 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.59%) Blue Prism
12 3 (0.59%) Brio
12 3 (0.59%) Pega
13 2 (0.39%) CyberArk