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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 234 331
Rank change year-on-year -7 +97 +89
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 404 394 302
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.10% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.94% 3.09% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 268 218
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £27.92 - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £100.00 - -
90th Percentile £103.30 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Cloud 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 13,728 12,738 16,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.16% 35.70% 35.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,318 8,408 11,463
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £419 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £612 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 184 297
10th Percentile £15.45 £17.66 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £52.33 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.67 £27.35 £21.35
% change year-on-year -17.11% +28.10% +13.87%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 15 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 December 2025. 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 -13 358 £500 +3.09% 336
London +11 215 £510 +2.00% 89
UK excluding London -42 137 £475 - 312
Work from Home -4 134 £520 +10.64% 260
North of England -42 40 £475 +0.53% 59
Midlands -31 39 £490 +6.52% 65
West Midlands -37 28 £500 +9.89% 38
North West -15 25 £438 -6.91% 31
South West -4 23 £375 -44.44% 22
Yorkshire -35 15 £525 +5.00% 25
South East -5 12 £500 -13.04% 105
Scotland +4 11 £481 +13.24% 13
East Midlands -9 10 £450 -10.00% 24
Wales -1 6 £398 +6.00% 7
East of England -15 6 £438 +4.17% 40

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
1 132 (32.67%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.72%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.98%) Confluence
5 2 (0.50%) CMS
5 2 (0.50%) IIS
5 2 (0.50%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) Camunda
6 1 (0.25%) Mendix
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.25%) Orchard CMS
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (6.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.25%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (17.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.24%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.74%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.25%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 353 (87.38%) Power Platform
2 290 (71.78%) PowerApps
3 223 (55.20%) Azure
4 145 (35.89%) Dynamics 365
5 116 (28.71%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (17.08%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (13.37%) Microsoft Copilot
8 52 (12.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (10.64%) Azure Functions
9 43 (10.64%) Serverless
10 39 (9.65%) Copilot Studio
11 37 (9.16%) Entra ID
12 21 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (4.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (4.46%) GitHub
14 17 (4.21%) OneDrive
15 15 (3.71%) Azure AI
15 15 (3.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.47%) HTTP
2 2 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) DKIM
3 1 (0.25%) DMARC
3 1 (0.25%) Internet
3 1 (0.25%) Intranet
3 1 (0.25%) LAN
3 1 (0.25%) PSTN
3 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.25%) Skype
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
3 1 (0.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (51.49%) Power BI
2 19 (4.70%) Power Query
3 16 (3.96%) Relational Database
4 13 (3.22%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.73%) Metadata
7 7 (1.73%) Tableau
8 4 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.50%) GIS
9 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.25%) Lumira
10 1 (0.25%) MySQL
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (8.91%) JIRA
2 29 (7.18%) Git
3 7 (1.73%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.50%) GitLab
5 2 (0.50%) Postman
6 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.25%) gulp
6 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.25%) Maven
6 1 (0.25%) Yeoman
General
1 155 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.08%) Finance
3 68 (16.83%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.43%) Banking
5 29 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.95%) Marketing
7 12 (2.97%) Retail
8 8 (1.98%) Law
8 8 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.73%) Legal
10 5 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.50%) German Language
13 2 (0.50%) Local Government
13 2 (0.50%) Military
13 2 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 177 (43.81%) Developer
2 63 (15.59%) Power Platform Developer
3 41 (10.15%) Consultant
4 39 (9.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 30 (7.43%) Architect
6 29 (7.18%) Analyst
6 29 (7.18%) Power Apps Developer
7 28 (6.93%) Lead
7 28 (6.93%) Senior
8 24 (5.94%) Applications Developer
9 19 (4.70%) Microsoft Developer
10 17 (4.21%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (3.47%) Business Analyst
11 14 (3.47%) Functional Consultant
12 11 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 10 (2.48%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.48%) Power Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.48%) Software Developer
13 10 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (14.11%) .NET
2 37 (9.16%) REST
3 32 (7.92%) HTML
4 29 (7.18%) HTML5 Canvas
5 25 (6.19%) JSON
6 20 (4.95%) Microsoft Graph
7 14 (3.47%) SOAP
7 14 (3.47%) XML
8 13 (3.22%) AngularJS
8 13 (3.22%) React
9 12 (2.97%) CSS
10 10 (2.48%) OAuth
11 9 (2.23%) JMS
11 9 (2.23%) XSD
12 6 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.24%) LangChain
13 5 (1.24%) OAuth2
13 5 (1.24%) RESTful
13 5 (1.24%) Semantic Kernel
14 4 (0.99%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.91%) Low-Code
2 20 (4.95%) AI Agents
3 16 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.72%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.24%) IVR
8 5 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.99%) Data Fabric
9 4 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.99%) Derivative
9 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.74%) IoT
10 3 (0.74%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.98%) Windows
2 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (50.74%) Business Intelligence
2 129 (31.93%) Agile
3 99 (24.50%) DevOps
4 76 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (18.32%) CRM
6 63 (15.59%) CI/CD
7 61 (15.10%) Data Modelling
8 52 (12.87%) Analytics
9 47 (11.63%) AI
10 42 (10.40%) Workflow
11 39 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (8.42%) Migration
14 31 (7.67%) Customer Service
14 31 (7.67%) Visualisation
15 30 (7.43%) Scrum
16 28 (6.93%) Data Protection
17 26 (6.44%) Translating Business Requirements
18 25 (6.19%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 86 (21.29%) JavaScript
2 84 (20.79%) SQL
3 72 (17.82%) C#
4 39 (9.65%) PowerShell
5 37 (9.16%) Python
6 23 (5.69%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (1.98%) R
9 7 (1.73%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.24%) Formula Language
10 5 (1.24%) LotusScript
10 5 (1.24%) X++
11 4 (0.99%) VBA
12 3 (0.74%) Bicep
12 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.50%) Java
13 2 (0.50%) Korn
14 1 (0.25%) Bash
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (20.79%) Security Cleared
2 73 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.64%) Degree
4 33 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) MBA
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CIMA
10 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.94%) QA
2 12 (2.97%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.97%) GDPR
3 7 (1.73%) PMO
4 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.50%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) P3O
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.23%) Terraform
2 8 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.50%) SCCM
6 1 (0.25%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 310 (76.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.94%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.46%) SAP
4 14 (3.47%) Blue Prism
5 13 (3.22%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.72%) Lotus
6 11 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.49%) DocuSign
7 6 (1.49%) Oracle
7 6 (1.49%) UiPath
8 4 (0.99%) Foundry
9 3 (0.74%) Brio
9 3 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.74%) Pega
10 2 (0.50%) Adobe
10 2 (0.50%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco
10 2 (0.50%) ESRI
10 2 (0.50%) Google
10 2 (0.50%) HubSpot