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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 261 287
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 +131
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 431 252 299
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 0.96% 0.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.80% 2.54% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 164 203
10th Percentile £363 £368 £302
25th Percentile £423 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £572 £575 £581
90th Percentile £625 £630 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile - £25.55 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £32.00 -
Median hourly rate £29.96 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% - -
75th Percentile £38.25 £36.00 -
90th Percentile - £50.78 -
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £34.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -11.88% +100.00% -54.05%

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 15,383 9,918 12,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.66% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,344 6,690 8,678
10th Percentile £325 £313 £308
25th Percentile £415 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 255 331
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.04 £14.16
25th Percentile £23.17 £17.96 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.53 £25.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.94% +15.91% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.73 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.18 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%

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 4 July 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
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 4 July 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 +30 260 £513 +2.50% 63
North of England -49 62 £500 +5.26% 31
North West -22 37 £450 -5.26% 18
South East -29 37 £505 -8.18% 43
Midlands -43 35 £435 -13.00% 38
West Midlands -57 25 £425 -15.00% 28
Yorkshire -48 21 £500 +5.26% 10
South West -26 18 £490 +4.26% 17
East Midlands -9 9 £435 - 10
East of England -31 9 £510 +2.00% 11
North East -34 4 £365 -2.67% 3
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
1 129 (29.93%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.39%) Confluence
4 5 (1.16%) Appian
5 4 (0.93%) HCL Notes
5 4 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.70%) Mendix
7 2 (0.46%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Camunda
8 1 (0.23%) IIS
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.93%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.46%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 59 (13.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.62%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 348 (80.74%) Power Platform
2 280 (64.97%) PowerApps
3 227 (52.67%) Azure
4 131 (30.39%) Dynamics 365
5 125 (29.00%) Microsoft 365
6 99 (22.97%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (21.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 62 (14.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 57 (13.23%) Copilot Studio
10 44 (10.21%) Entra ID
11 43 (9.98%) Serverless
12 42 (9.74%) Azure Functions
13 30 (6.96%) GitHub
14 29 (6.73%) Azure Service Bus
15 22 (5.10%) OneDrive
16 19 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (4.18%) Azure AI
18 16 (3.71%) AWS
18 16 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
19 11 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.39%) DNS
1 6 (1.39%) Firewall
1 6 (1.39%) VPN
2 4 (0.93%) Intranet
3 3 (0.70%) SMS
4 2 (0.46%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (39.21%) Power BI
2 34 (7.89%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.48%) Power Query
4 12 (2.78%) Metadata
5 5 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.16%) Pinecone
6 4 (0.93%) EDRMS
6 4 (0.93%) MySQL
6 4 (0.93%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.70%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.70%) Tableau
8 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.23%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 11 (2.55%) Visual Studio
2 10 (2.32%) Git
2 10 (2.32%) JIRA
3 5 (1.16%) MLflow
3 5 (1.16%) Selenium
4 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.93%) Postman
4 4 (0.93%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.46%) Protractor
6 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.46%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) GitLab
7 1 (0.23%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 141 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 100 (23.20%) Finance
3 69 (16.01%) Public Sector
4 39 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.03%) Banking
6 13 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.55%) Law
8 10 (2.32%) Legal
8 10 (2.32%) Marketing
9 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.39%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.16%) Local Government
11 5 (1.16%) Retail
12 4 (0.93%) Back Office
12 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.93%) Military
13 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 174 (40.37%) Developer
2 74 (17.17%) Power Platform Developer
3 60 (13.92%) Consultant
4 46 (10.67%) Architect
4 46 (10.67%) Senior
5 33 (7.66%) Microsoft Developer
6 31 (7.19%) Analyst
7 26 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (5.57%) Senior Developer
9 23 (5.34%) Lead
10 22 (5.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 16 (3.71%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (3.71%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.71%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 15 (3.48%) Power Platform Consultant
13 14 (3.25%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 13 (3.02%) Power Apps Developer
14 13 (3.02%) Power Platform Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
15 12 (2.78%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (12.30%) .NET
2 37 (8.58%) Microsoft Graph
3 33 (7.66%) JSON
4 26 (6.03%) HTML5 Canvas
4 26 (6.03%) REST
5 23 (5.34%) React
6 19 (4.41%) SPFx
7 18 (4.18%) CSS
8 15 (3.48%) HTML
9 14 (3.25%) RESTful
10 10 (2.32%) OAuth
11 7 (1.62%) FIDO
12 6 (1.39%) .NET Framework
12 6 (1.39%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.39%) jQuery
12 6 (1.39%) Middleware
12 6 (1.39%) Web Services
12 6 (1.39%) XML
13 5 (1.16%) Django
13 5 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.98%) Low-Code
2 21 (4.87%) AI Agents
2 21 (4.87%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (4.64%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.16%) Taxonomies
8 4 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.70%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.70%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.70%) IoT
9 3 (0.70%) IVR
9 3 (0.70%) Life Science
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) Android
2 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.23%) Linux
2 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (39.21%) Business Intelligence
2 133 (30.86%) DevOps
3 113 (26.22%) AI
4 101 (23.43%) Agile
5 93 (21.58%) CI/CD
6 89 (20.65%) Data Modelling
7 66 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (14.15%) CRM
9 58 (13.46%) Workflow
10 49 (11.37%) Analytics
11 45 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (10.44%) Migration
12 44 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 43 (9.98%) Translating Business Requirements
14 41 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (8.35%) API Integration
16 35 (8.12%) Integration Patterns
17 32 (7.42%) Technical Leadership
18 31 (7.19%) User Experience
19 28 (6.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 91 (21.11%) JavaScript
2 83 (19.26%) C#
3 77 (17.87%) SQL
4 38 (8.82%) PowerShell
5 33 (7.66%) Python
6 19 (4.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (3.02%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.78%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.78%) X++
9 8 (1.86%) Java
9 8 (1.86%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.70%) Bicep
10 3 (0.70%) Formula Language
10 3 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (0.70%) LotusScript
10 3 (0.70%) VBA
11 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.23%) COBOL
12 1 (0.23%) Korn
12 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (21.35%) Security Cleared
2 70 (16.24%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (7.42%) Degree
5 13 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.23%) CISM
10 1 (0.23%) CISSP
10 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.23%) IIBA
10 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.18%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.78%) QA
4 11 (2.55%) GDPR
5 7 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.62%) WCAG
6 6 (1.39%) GRC
7 5 (1.16%) NIST
8 4 (0.93%) SLA
9 3 (0.70%) PMO
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) Docker
3 5 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (4.18%) Terraform
2 15 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.62%) Grafana
4 7 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.23%) Ansible
6 1 (0.23%) SCCM
6 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 301 (69.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.64%) SAP
3 18 (4.18%) UiPath
4 17 (3.94%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.71%) Oracle
6 12 (2.78%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.86%) Google
8 7 (1.62%) Databricks
8 7 (1.62%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.39%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.39%) Automation Anywhere
9 6 (1.39%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.39%) Foundry
9 6 (1.39%) Splunk
10 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.93%) Brio
10 4 (0.93%) Lotus
11 3 (0.70%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.70%) Blue Prism
11 3 (0.70%) Kofax