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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 255 237
Rank change year-on-year +18 -18 +144
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 502 295 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.05% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.15% 2.75% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 185 214
10th Percentile £306 £363 £316
25th Percentile £413 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £584 £592
90th Percentile £600 £638 £655
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
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 15,939 10,738 11,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.46% 38.37% 34.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,607 7,248 7,525
10th Percentile £322 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -3.67%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £640
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 253 161
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.04 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% +6.06%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -11 282 £498 -5.24% 211
Midlands -2 78 £425 -15.00% 45
North of England -26 65 £500 +5.26% 83
West Midlands -6 61 £425 -13.27% 25
North West -14 46 £500 +11.11% 43
South East -36 34 £438 -20.99% 56
South West -39 18 £365 -14.12% 34
East Midlands -2 16 £473 -17.70% 20
East of England -26 15 £475 +5.56% 31
Yorkshire -34 15 £625 +21.95% 32
North East - 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
1 169 (33.67%) SharePoint
2 28 (5.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.19%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (1.59%) Confluence
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.60%) Mendix
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 41 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.39%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.40%) 1Password
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 74 (14.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 426 (84.86%) Power Platform
2 346 (68.92%) PowerApps
3 270 (53.78%) Azure
4 188 (37.45%) Dynamics 365
5 139 (27.69%) Microsoft Copilot
6 133 (26.49%) Microsoft 365
7 119 (23.71%) Azure DevOps
8 76 (15.14%) Copilot Studio
9 65 (12.95%) Azure Logic Apps
10 63 (12.55%) Azure Functions
10 63 (12.55%) Serverless
11 40 (7.97%) OneDrive
12 39 (7.77%) Entra ID
13 34 (6.77%) Azure AI
14 33 (6.57%) GitHub
15 27 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
18 15 (2.99%) AWS
19 10 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.59%) Firewall
2 7 (1.39%) DNS
2 7 (1.39%) VPN
3 4 (0.80%) Intranet
4 2 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.40%) Skype
4 2 (0.40%) SMS
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (38.65%) Power BI
2 43 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.18%) Power Query
4 16 (3.19%) Metadata
5 13 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.39%) Star Schema
9 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.00%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.80%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.80%) GIS
10 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.40%) MS Access
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.40%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.40%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.38%) JIRA
2 21 (4.18%) Visual Studio
3 19 (3.78%) Git
4 13 (2.59%) Selenium
5 11 (2.19%) Cypress.io
5 11 (2.19%) Postman
5 11 (2.19%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.99%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.60%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.60%) MSTest
8 3 (0.60%) NUnit
8 3 (0.60%) Protractor
9 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.40%) TestRail
10 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 198 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 119 (23.71%) Finance
3 85 (16.93%) Public Sector
4 71 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.38%) Marketing
7 18 (3.59%) Banking
8 10 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.79%) Law
10 8 (1.59%) Retail
11 7 (1.39%) Local Government
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.20%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.20%) Legal
12 6 (1.20%) Military
12 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Back Office
14 4 (0.80%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 217 (43.23%) Developer
2 79 (15.74%) Power Platform Developer
3 60 (11.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 57 (11.35%) Senior
5 54 (10.76%) Architect
6 53 (10.56%) Consultant
7 52 (10.36%) Analyst
8 34 (6.77%) Lead
9 32 (6.37%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.58%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (5.18%) Microsoft Developer
12 19 (3.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 18 (3.59%) Power Platform Architect
14 17 (3.39%) Data Analyst
15 16 (3.19%) Administrator
15 16 (3.19%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 16 (3.19%) SharePoint Developer
16 15 (2.99%) Power Apps Developer
17 14 (2.79%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
17 14 (2.79%) Power Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (12.95%) .NET
2 44 (8.76%) JSON
3 40 (7.97%) REST
4 29 (5.78%) HTML5 Canvas
5 22 (4.38%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (3.98%) HTML
7 17 (3.39%) XML
8 16 (3.19%) CSS
8 16 (3.19%) Terraform
9 13 (2.59%) React
9 13 (2.59%) SPFx
9 13 (2.59%) XSLT
10 12 (2.39%) Middleware
11 11 (2.19%) Gherkin
11 11 (2.19%) OAuth
12 10 (1.99%) RESTful
13 8 (1.59%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (1.59%) SOAP
14 7 (1.39%) ASP.NET
14 7 (1.39%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.17%) Low-Code
2 33 (6.57%) Product Ownership
3 31 (6.18%) Management Information System
4 29 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (5.58%) AI Agents
6 18 (3.59%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.39%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.39%) Taxonomies
8 11 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.59%) BYOD
11 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.80%) NHS
12 3 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.60%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.60%) Life Science
13 2 (0.40%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (39.64%) Business Intelligence
2 165 (32.87%) Agile
3 156 (31.08%) DevOps
4 154 (30.68%) AI
5 110 (21.91%) Problem-Solving
6 106 (21.12%) CI/CD
7 96 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 91 (18.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (16.73%) CRM
10 83 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (16.33%) Data Modelling
12 66 (13.15%) Workflow
13 63 (12.55%) Migration
14 52 (10.36%) Technical Leadership
15 50 (9.96%) Translating Business Requirements
16 49 (9.76%) Analytics
17 46 (9.16%) Scrum
18 39 (7.77%) Mentoring
19 37 (7.37%) API Integration
19 37 (7.37%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 130 (25.90%) C#
2 126 (25.10%) JavaScript
3 96 (19.12%) SQL
4 37 (7.37%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.77%) Python
6 26 (5.18%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (3.19%) X++
9 8 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.00%) Java
10 5 (1.00%) VBA
11 4 (0.80%) Bicep
11 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.60%) 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
1 104 (20.72%) Security Cleared
2 84 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 69 (13.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (11.16%) Degree
5 18 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.19%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.79%) PMP
10 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.40%) ACCA
13 2 (0.40%) CIMA
13 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) CISM
14 1 (0.20%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.20%) IIBA
14 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.96%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.78%) GDPR
4 24 (4.78%) QA
5 22 (4.38%) WCAG
6 8 (1.59%) PMO
7 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.00%) NIST
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.60%) SLA
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
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 21 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.99%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.59%) Grafana
4 7 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 399 (79.48%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.18%) ServiceNow
3 16 (3.19%) Oracle
4 15 (2.99%) Databricks
4 15 (2.99%) SAP
5 14 (2.79%) UiPath
6 12 (2.39%) Foundry
7 11 (2.19%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.59%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.39%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.39%) Splunk
10 6 (1.20%) Google
11 5 (1.00%) Workday
12 4 (0.80%) Blue Prism
12 4 (0.80%) Planview
13 3 (0.60%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.60%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.60%) Pega
14 2 (0.40%) Kofax