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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 251 243
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +140
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 506 301 329
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 2.86% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 187 214
10th Percentile £306 £363 £341
25th Percentile £413 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £589
90th Percentile £600 £638 £670
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 15,949 10,519 11,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.44% 37.87% 34.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,632 7,122 7,740
10th Percentile £320 £306 £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 £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 557 247 174
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.40 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.75 £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 £82.30 £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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -14 279 £499 -5.00% 195
Midlands -4 79 £425 -15.00% 29
North of England -32 67 £500 +5.26% 64
West Midlands -12 62 £425 -13.27% 18
North West -18 46 £500 +11.11% 30
South East -30 37 £475 -17.39% 68
South West -37 19 £400 -11.11% 26
Yorkshire -42 17 £500 - 23
East Midlands -7 16 £472 -18.00% 11
East of England -18 16 £475 +5.56% 18
North East -40 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
1 174 (34.39%) 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%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 44 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) 1Password
4 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
1 422 (83.40%) Power Platform
2 337 (66.60%) PowerApps
3 271 (53.56%) Azure
4 185 (36.56%) Dynamics 365
5 135 (26.68%) Microsoft 365
6 133 (26.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 118 (23.32%) Azure DevOps
8 71 (14.03%) Copilot Studio
9 62 (12.25%) Azure Functions
9 62 (12.25%) Serverless
10 60 (11.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 40 (7.91%) OneDrive
12 39 (7.71%) Entra ID
13 36 (7.11%) 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 17 (3.36%) 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 13 (2.57%) Selenium
5 11 (2.17%) Cypress.io
5 11 (2.17%) Postman
5 11 (2.17%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.98%) 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%) HP UFT
General
1 196 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 120 (23.72%) Finance
3 88 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 69 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (4.55%) Banking
7 22 (4.35%) Marketing
8 10 (1.98%) Law
9 9 (1.78%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
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
1 218 (43.08%) Developer
2 76 (15.02%) Power Platform Developer
3 59 (11.66%) Consultant
4 57 (11.26%) Senior
5 54 (10.67%) Architect
5 54 (10.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 52 (10.28%) Analyst
7 33 (6.52%) Lead
7 33 (6.52%) Senior Developer
8 28 (5.53%) Microsoft Developer
9 27 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 19 (3.75%) Power Platform Architect
12 17 (3.36%) Data Analyst
12 17 (3.36%) SharePoint Developer
13 15 (2.96%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 14 (2.77%) Platform Architect
14 14 (2.77%) Power Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 13 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (12.85%) .NET
2 44 (8.70%) JSON
3 36 (7.11%) REST
4 29 (5.73%) HTML5 Canvas
5 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (3.95%) HTML
7 19 (3.75%) CSS
8 16 (3.16%) React
8 16 (3.16%) SPFx
8 16 (3.16%) Terraform
9 15 (2.96%) XML
10 13 (2.57%) Middleware
10 13 (2.57%) XSLT
11 11 (2.17%) Gherkin
12 10 (1.98%) OAuth
12 10 (1.98%) RESTful
13 8 (1.58%) .NET Framework
14 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
14 7 (1.38%) FIDO
15 6 (1.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.52%) Low-Code
3 32 (6.32%) AI Agents
4 29 (5.73%) 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
12 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.79%) NHS
14 3 (0.59%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.59%) IVR
14 3 (0.59%) Life Science
15 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
15 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Licensing
15 2 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (40.12%) Business Intelligence
2 170 (33.60%) Agile
3 156 (30.83%) AI
4 153 (30.24%) DevOps
5 111 (21.94%) CI/CD
6 107 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (17.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 90 (17.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (16.60%) Data Modelling
10 83 (16.40%) CRM
11 64 (12.65%) Workflow
12 59 (11.66%) Migration
13 55 (10.87%) Translating Business Requirements
14 53 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
15 51 (10.08%) Analytics
16 48 (9.49%) Scrum
17 39 (7.71%) Mentoring
18 37 (7.31%) Customer Service
19 36 (7.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 131 (25.89%) C#
2 129 (25.49%) JavaScript
3 99 (19.57%) SQL
4 36 (7.11%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.72%) Python
6 24 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (3.36%) X++
9 12 (2.37%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.99%) Java
12 4 (0.79%) VBA
13 3 (0.59%) Bicep
14 2 (0.40%) Korn
14 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.20%) Bash
15 1 (0.20%) COBOL
15 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 69 (13.64%) 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 11 (2.17%) 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 44 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.73%) GDPR
4 25 (4.94%) QA
5 22 (4.35%) 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
10 2 (0.40%) 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 15 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.38%) Grafana
3 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 387 (76.48%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 18 (3.56%) Oracle
4 15 (2.96%) Databricks
4 15 (2.96%) SAP
5 12 (2.37%) Foundry
5 12 (2.37%) UiPath
6 10 (1.98%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.58%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.38%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.38%) Splunk
9 6 (1.19%) Google
10 4 (0.79%) Brio
11 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.59%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.59%) Blue Prism
11 3 (0.59%) Pega
11 3 (0.59%) Planview
11 3 (0.59%) Workday