Power Automate Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Power Automate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 262 271
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 +127
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 564 337 355
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.03% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.01% 2.76% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 211 243
10th Percentile £320 £363 £328
25th Percentile £413 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £539 £575 £588
90th Percentile £589 £638 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.68% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 3
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £32.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +100.00% -38.18%
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year +11.09% +102.53% -38.18%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,749 12,200 13,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.94% 37.26% 33.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,413 8,127 9,000
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 313 224
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £28.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.50 £57.63
90th Percentile £81.55 £70.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.13 £19.14 £24.18
% change year-on-year +62.66% -20.86% -10.44%

Power Automate
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Automate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Power Automate job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Automate
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate

Power Automate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Automate over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate

Power Automate
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Automate over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +7 500 £488 -2.50% 275
London -8 285 £500 -4.76% 129
UK excluding London +17 244 £467 -1.68% 199
Work from Home -8 147 £500 -2.20% 170
Midlands -16 69 £430 -16.10% 39
North of England -40 63 £498 +2.05% 42
West Midlands -23 52 £425 -15.00% 31
North West -29 41 £490 +8.89% 22
South East -31 37 £500 -9.09% 44
Scotland +5 36 £423 -6.11% 12
South West -38 20 £425 -10.53% 21
Yorkshire -36 18 £500 - 14
East Midlands -1 16 £472 -21.42% 8
East of England -13 16 £475 +5.56% 26
North East -43 4 £550 - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 18
Wales -13 2 £550 +100.00% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

Power Automate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 192 (34.04%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.90%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (1.24%) Confluence
5 4 (0.71%) Mendix
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
7 2 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.18%) Liferay
Applications
1 43 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.24%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 86 (15.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 469 (83.16%) Power Platform
2 386 (68.44%) PowerApps
3 294 (52.13%) Azure
4 198 (35.11%) Dynamics 365
5 164 (29.08%) Microsoft 365
6 128 (22.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 125 (22.16%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (12.06%) Copilot Studio
9 67 (11.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 61 (10.82%) Entra ID
11 54 (9.57%) Serverless
12 53 (9.40%) Azure Functions
13 42 (7.45%) OneDrive
14 34 (6.03%) GitHub
15 27 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
16 26 (4.61%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (4.26%) Azure AI
18 19 (3.37%) AWS
18 19 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.42%) DNS
1 8 (1.42%) Firewall
2 7 (1.24%) VPN
3 5 (0.89%) Intranet
4 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.53%) SMS
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 2 (0.35%) Network Security
5 2 (0.35%) Skype
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (41.84%) Power BI
2 43 (7.62%) SQL Server
3 28 (4.96%) Power Query
4 23 (4.08%) Metadata
5 19 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.24%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.06%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.71%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.71%) GIS
9 4 (0.71%) MySQL
9 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.71%) Tableau
10 3 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.53%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.55%) JIRA
1 20 (3.55%) Visual Studio
2 15 (2.66%) Git
3 10 (1.77%) Selenium
4 9 (1.60%) Cypress.io
4 9 (1.60%) Postman
4 9 (1.60%) WebDriver
5 7 (1.24%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.53%) Protractor
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.35%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.35%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 211 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.81%) Finance
3 94 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 65 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.79%) Banking
5 27 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.72%) Marketing
8 14 (2.48%) Law
9 10 (1.77%) Legal
10 9 (1.60%) Local Government
10 9 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.42%) Retail
12 7 (1.24%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.24%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.06%) Military
13 6 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Back Office
15 4 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.71%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 244 (43.26%) Developer
2 86 (15.25%) Power Platform Developer
3 71 (12.59%) Consultant
4 63 (11.17%) Senior
5 55 (9.75%) Analyst
6 47 (8.33%) Architect
6 47 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 35 (6.21%) Senior Developer
8 34 (6.03%) Microsoft Developer
9 30 (5.32%) Lead
10 28 (4.96%) SharePoint Developer
11 26 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (4.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 21 (3.72%) Power Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.19%) Data Analyst
15 17 (3.01%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.01%) Power Platform Consultant
16 14 (2.48%) Platform Engineer
16 14 (2.48%) Power Apps Developer
17 13 (2.30%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.30%) .NET
2 52 (9.22%) REST
3 43 (7.62%) JSON
4 37 (6.56%) HTML
5 36 (6.38%) React
6 35 (6.21%) CSS
7 34 (6.03%) SPFx
8 30 (5.32%) HTML5 Canvas
9 29 (5.14%) Microsoft Graph
10 19 (3.37%) Terraform
11 13 (2.30%) Middleware
12 12 (2.13%) RESTful
13 11 (1.95%) XML
14 10 (1.77%) OAuth
15 9 (1.60%) Gherkin
16 8 (1.42%) .NET Framework
16 8 (1.42%) jQuery
17 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET
17 7 (1.24%) XSLT
17 7 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.62%) Low-Code
2 31 (5.50%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.96%) AI Agents
4 24 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.08%) Data Structures
6 20 (3.55%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.95%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.42%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.06%) BYOD
12 5 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.71%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.71%) NHS
14 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.53%) IoT
14 3 (0.53%) IVR
14 3 (0.53%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.42%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Android
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
2 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (42.38%) Business Intelligence
2 165 (29.26%) DevOps
3 163 (28.90%) Agile
4 152 (26.95%) AI
5 133 (23.58%) CI/CD
6 102 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (17.38%) CRM
8 93 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 92 (16.31%) Data Modelling
10 80 (14.18%) Migration
11 79 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 77 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 75 (13.30%) Workflow
14 64 (11.35%) Translating Business Requirements
15 59 (10.46%) Analytics
16 54 (9.57%) Technical Leadership
17 45 (7.98%) Scrum
18 44 (7.80%) Customer Service
18 44 (7.80%) Decision-Making
19 40 (7.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 147 (26.06%) JavaScript
2 133 (23.58%) C#
3 107 (18.97%) SQL
4 41 (7.27%) PowerShell
5 36 (6.38%) Python
6 35 (6.21%) TypeScript
7 28 (4.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (3.01%) X++
9 16 (2.84%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.42%) Java
10 8 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.06%) Bicep
12 4 (0.71%) VBA
13 3 (0.53%) Bash
14 2 (0.35%) Korn
14 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.18%) COBOL
15 1 (0.18%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.18%) LotusScript
15 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 87 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (8.51%) Degree
5 27 (4.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.60%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.89%) PMP
11 4 (0.71%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.18%) CISM
14 1 (0.18%) CISSP
14 1 (0.18%) IIBA
14 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.56%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.61%) GDPR
4 25 (4.43%) QA
5 15 (2.66%) WCAG
6 8 (1.42%) PMO
7 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.24%) NIST
8 6 (1.06%) GRC
9 4 (0.71%) SLA
10 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 26 (4.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.53%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.30%) Kubernetes
1 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.60%) Grafana
2 9 (1.60%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.18%) Argo
4 1 (0.18%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 415 (73.58%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.26%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.90%) Oracle
4 16 (2.84%) SAP
5 13 (2.30%) Databricks
6 11 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.60%) UiPath
8 8 (1.42%) Foundry
8 8 (1.42%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.24%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.24%) Blue Prism
9 7 (1.24%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.24%) Splunk
10 6 (1.06%) Google
11 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.71%) Brio
11 4 (0.71%) Pega
11 4 (0.71%) Workday
12 3 (0.53%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.35%) Kofax