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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 226 289
Rank change year-on-year -12 +63 +116
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 492 347 354
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.18% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.90% 3.14% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 237 235
10th Percentile £350 £390 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £617 £628 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £26.46 - -
25th Percentile £30.35 £56.88 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.13 £58.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.15% +245.59% -52.78%
75th Percentile £98.75 £60.63 £17.50
90th Percentile £102.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £90.00 £58.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year +53.19% +245.59% -70.43%

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 16,969 11,037 14,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.87% 37.63% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,518 7,652 9,987
10th Percentile £320 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £701 £737 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 249 348
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.07% +30.24% -40.00%
75th Percentile £67.67 £48.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £61.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £21.46 £17.71
% change year-on-year +121.34% +21.21% -28.09%

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 2 May 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 2 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 16 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 2 May 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 -14 416 £500 - 186
London +11 261 £500 -4.76% 85
UK excluding London -55 181 £450 -2.17% 129
Work from Home -19 142 £500 - 92
North of England -63 43 £500 +6.38% 26
South East -35 37 £505 +12.22% 50
Midlands -65 34 £450 +0.28% 22
Scotland +13 33 £320 -24.71% 3
North West -39 26 £500 +6.38% 14
West Midlands -65 24 £438 -4.89% 16
South West -21 21 £500 +9.59% 10
Yorkshire -52 11 £500 +5.26% 7
East Midlands -27 9 £450 - 6
Wales -1 8 £300 +21.21% 6
North East -21 6 £370 -20.43% 5
East of England -35 6 £488 -2.50% 14

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
1 161 (32.72%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.05%) HCL Notes
3 12 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.24%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (2.03%) Mendix
6 8 (1.63%) Appian
7 7 (1.42%) Confluence
8 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.41%) CMS
9 2 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.20%) Camunda
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.20%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.41%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 76 (15.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 399 (81.10%) Power Platform
2 311 (63.21%) PowerApps
3 257 (52.24%) Azure
4 154 (31.30%) Microsoft 365
5 150 (30.49%) Dynamics 365
6 94 (19.11%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (17.89%) Microsoft Copilot
8 66 (13.41%) Copilot Studio
9 59 (11.99%) Azure Logic Apps
10 52 (10.57%) Serverless
11 51 (10.37%) Azure Functions
12 49 (9.96%) Entra ID
13 38 (7.72%) Azure Service Bus
14 36 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
15 29 (5.89%) OneDrive
16 28 (5.69%) Azure AI
16 28 (5.69%) GitHub
17 12 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (2.24%) AWS
19 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.02%) HTTP
2 3 (0.61%) DNS
2 3 (0.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.61%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) SMS
2 3 (0.61%) VPN
3 2 (0.41%) Intranet
4 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (44.51%) Power BI
2 33 (6.71%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.66%) Power Query
5 11 (2.24%) Metadata
5 11 (2.24%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.63%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.22%) Tableau
8 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.81%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.61%) MySQL
10 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.41%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (4.07%) JIRA
2 19 (3.86%) Git
3 8 (1.63%) MLflow
3 8 (1.63%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.61%) Postman
5 2 (0.41%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.41%) JUnit
5 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.20%) Gatling
6 1 (0.20%) GitLab
6 1 (0.20%) gulp
6 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.20%) JMeter
6 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 165 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.36%) Finance
3 73 (14.84%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (5.28%) Banking
7 14 (2.85%) Marketing
8 11 (2.24%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.03%) Law
10 9 (1.83%) Legal
11 6 (1.22%) Back Office
12 5 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.02%) Local Government
12 5 (1.02%) Police
12 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.81%) Retail
14 3 (0.61%) Publishing
15 2 (0.41%) Automotive
15 2 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 216 (43.90%) Developer
2 79 (16.06%) Power Platform Developer
3 59 (11.99%) Consultant
4 45 (9.15%) Senior
5 43 (8.74%) Analyst
6 36 (7.32%) Architect
7 32 (6.50%) Microsoft Developer
8 31 (6.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 26 (5.28%) SharePoint Developer
10 24 (4.88%) Senior Developer
11 22 (4.47%) Power Apps Developer
12 20 (4.07%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.86%) Applications Developer
13 19 (3.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 17 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 17 (3.46%) Power Platform Architect
15 16 (3.25%) Platform Architect
15 16 (3.25%) Power Platform Consultant
16 15 (3.05%) Data Engineer
17 14 (2.85%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.18%) .NET
2 54 (10.98%) REST
3 37 (7.52%) React
4 35 (7.11%) Microsoft Graph
5 34 (6.91%) HTML
6 31 (6.30%) CSS
7 26 (5.28%) HTML5 Canvas
7 26 (5.28%) SPFx
8 25 (5.08%) JSON
9 21 (4.27%) RESTful
10 16 (3.25%) OAuth
11 12 (2.44%) NumPy
11 12 (2.44%) Pandas
12 11 (2.24%) FastAPI
12 11 (2.24%) Flask
13 10 (2.03%) Web Services
14 9 (1.83%) Swagger
15 8 (1.63%) PyTorch
15 8 (1.63%) scikit-learn
15 8 (1.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.38%) Low-Code
2 24 (4.88%) AI Agents
3 23 (4.67%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.22%) IVR
9 5 (1.02%) Taxonomies
10 4 (0.81%) PKI
10 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.61%) IoT
11 3 (0.61%) NHS
12 2 (0.41%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.41%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.41%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (44.51%) Business Intelligence
2 134 (27.24%) DevOps
3 100 (20.33%) Agile
4 96 (19.51%) Data Modelling
5 94 (19.11%) CI/CD
6 89 (18.09%) AI
7 80 (16.26%) CRM
8 73 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (14.63%) Analytics
10 62 (12.60%) Workflow
11 42 (8.54%) API Integration
11 42 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (7.93%) Data Governance
13 38 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (7.72%) Integration Patterns
13 38 (7.72%) User Experience
14 35 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (6.71%) Decision-Making
15 33 (6.71%) ETL
15 33 (6.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 102 (20.73%) JavaScript
2 97 (19.72%) SQL
3 88 (17.89%) C#
4 43 (8.74%) PowerShell
5 40 (8.13%) Python
6 31 (6.30%) TypeScript
7 25 (5.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.44%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.24%) Formula Language
9 11 (2.24%) LotusScript
10 10 (2.03%) Java
11 8 (1.63%) X++
12 7 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.42%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.81%) VBA
14 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.41%) AppleScript
15 2 (0.41%) Bash
15 2 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 94 (19.11%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.91%) Degree
4 30 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.41%) MBA
9 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.83%) QA
3 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.63%) GDPR
4 6 (1.22%) GRC
5 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.61%) WCAG
7 2 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.03%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.85%) Terraform
3 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.81%) Grafana
4 4 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 331 (67.28%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.28%) Oracle
3 24 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.67%) OpenAI
4 23 (4.67%) UiPath
5 15 (3.05%) Lotus
6 13 (2.64%) SAP
7 11 (2.24%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.03%) Kofax
9 9 (1.83%) Foundry
10 6 (1.22%) Google
11 5 (1.02%) Blue Prism
11 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.81%) Brio
12 4 (0.81%) Databricks
12 4 (0.81%) Pega
13 3 (0.61%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.61%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.61%) Splunk