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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 275 277
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 +136
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 502 292 359
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.94% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.76% 2.50% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 192 241
10th Percentile £320 £364 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £563 £563 £575
90th Percentile £612 £628 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 4
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.23 £32.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £29.96 £34.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% +100.00% -54.05%
75th Percentile £38.25 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £39.75 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.98% +102.53% -60.00%

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 18,201 11,694 14,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.37% 37.76% 32.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,105 7,832 10,022
10th Percentile £331 £313 £303
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 295 359
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.10
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.31 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.09% +26.18% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.43 £72.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £18.87 £20.97
% change year-on-year +102.70% -10.01% -18.48%

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 July 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 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 17 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 July 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 +15 431 £500 - 202
London +23 258 £513 +2.50% 76
UK excluding London -27 204 £450 -5.26% 165
Work from Home +5 145 £500 - 108
North of England -49 61 £500 +5.26% 29
South East -28 40 £505 -8.18% 45
North West -33 36 £450 -5.26% 18
Midlands -38 34 £435 -13.00% 35
Scotland +6 31 £320 -28.89% 10
West Midlands -53 24 £425 -15.00% 27
Yorkshire -37 21 £500 +5.26% 8
South West -25 19 £495 +4.21% 18
Wales -4 10 £300 +9.09% 7
East Midlands -12 9 £435 - 8
East of England -20 9 £510 +2.00% 14
North East -29 4 £365 -2.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 9

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
1 159 (31.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.19%) SharePoint Server
3 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.39%) Confluence
5 6 (1.20%) Appian
6 5 (1.00%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.80%) Mendix
7 4 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.40%) CMS
10 1 (0.20%) Camunda
10 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.40%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 68 (13.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 408 (81.27%) Power Platform
2 331 (65.94%) PowerApps
3 263 (52.39%) Azure
4 154 (30.68%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (29.48%) Dynamics 365
6 109 (21.71%) Azure DevOps
7 102 (20.32%) Microsoft Copilot
8 69 (13.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 66 (13.15%) Copilot Studio
10 62 (12.35%) Entra ID
11 48 (9.56%) Serverless
12 47 (9.36%) Azure Functions
13 33 (6.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 31 (6.18%) GitHub
15 27 (5.38%) OneDrive
16 23 (4.58%) Azure AI
17 21 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (3.19%) AWS
18 16 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.20%) DNS
1 6 (1.20%) Firewall
1 6 (1.20%) VPN
2 4 (0.80%) Intranet
3 3 (0.60%) HTTP
3 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.60%) Network Security
3 3 (0.60%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (41.04%) Power BI
2 36 (7.17%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.99%) Metadata
3 15 (2.99%) Power Query
4 6 (1.20%) Pinecone
5 5 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.80%) EDRMS
6 4 (0.80%) MySQL
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.80%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.60%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.60%) Tableau
8 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 16 (3.19%) JIRA
2 13 (2.59%) Git
3 11 (2.19%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.20%) MLflow
5 5 (1.00%) Postman
5 5 (1.00%) Selenium
6 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.80%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.40%) JUnit
8 2 (0.40%) Protractor
8 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.20%) GitLab
9 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 163 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 110 (21.91%) Finance
3 75 (14.94%) Public Sector
4 41 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (5.58%) Banking
7 13 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.39%) Legal
8 12 (2.39%) Marketing
9 11 (2.19%) Law
10 10 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.59%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.00%) Retail
13 4 (0.80%) Back Office
13 4 (0.80%) Local Government
13 4 (0.80%) Military
13 4 (0.80%) Police
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 212 (42.23%) Developer
2 84 (16.73%) Power Platform Developer
3 70 (13.94%) Consultant
4 49 (9.76%) Architect
5 48 (9.56%) Senior
6 38 (7.57%) Analyst
7 33 (6.57%) Microsoft Developer
8 28 (5.58%) SharePoint Developer
9 26 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (4.98%) Senior Developer
11 24 (4.78%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 23 (4.58%) Lead
13 19 (3.78%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 19 (3.78%) Power Apps Developer
14 18 (3.59%) Power Platform Consultant
15 17 (3.39%) Automation Engineer
16 15 (2.99%) Applications Developer
17 14 (2.79%) Automation Developer
17 14 (2.79%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.95%) .NET
2 48 (9.56%) REST
3 41 (8.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 39 (7.77%) React
5 35 (6.97%) JSON
6 34 (6.77%) CSS
6 34 (6.77%) HTML
6 34 (6.77%) SPFx
7 27 (5.38%) HTML5 Canvas
8 17 (3.39%) RESTful
9 12 (2.39%) OAuth
10 8 (1.59%) Web Services
11 7 (1.39%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.39%) FIDO
11 7 (1.39%) XML
12 6 (1.20%) FastAPI
12 6 (1.20%) JWT
12 6 (1.20%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.20%) Swagger
12 6 (1.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.76%) Low-Code
2 24 (4.78%) AI Agents
3 22 (4.38%) Data Structures
4 20 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.39%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.00%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.80%) NHS
12 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.60%) IoT
12 3 (0.60%) IVR
12 3 (0.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.20%) Windows
2 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (41.04%) Business Intelligence
2 145 (28.88%) DevOps
3 123 (24.50%) AI
4 115 (22.91%) Agile
5 110 (21.91%) CI/CD
6 98 (19.52%) Data Modelling
7 75 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (14.74%) CRM
9 65 (12.95%) Workflow
10 57 (11.35%) Analytics
11 50 (9.96%) Migration
12 48 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 46 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (8.37%) Translating Business Requirements
15 39 (7.77%) API Integration
16 36 (7.17%) Integration Patterns
17 35 (6.97%) User Experience
18 32 (6.37%) ETL
19 31 (6.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 117 (23.31%) JavaScript
2 95 (18.92%) C#
3 87 (17.33%) SQL
4 48 (9.56%) PowerShell
5 39 (7.77%) Python
6 30 (5.98%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.39%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.39%) X++
9 10 (1.99%) Java
10 8 (1.59%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.80%) Formula Language
11 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.80%) LotusScript
12 3 (0.60%) Bicep
12 3 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.60%) VBA
13 2 (0.40%) AppleScript
13 2 (0.40%) Bash
13 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.34%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (6.77%) Degree
5 21 (4.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.20%) CISM
11 1 (0.20%) CISSP
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) IIBA
11 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.97%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.39%) GDPR
3 12 (2.39%) QA
4 8 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.39%) NIST
5 7 (1.39%) WCAG
6 6 (1.20%) GRC
7 4 (0.80%) PMO
7 4 (0.80%) SLA
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.60%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.79%) Docker
3 5 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.59%) Terraform
2 16 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.39%) Grafana
5 7 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 343 (68.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.18%) UiPath
3 20 (3.98%) SAP
4 18 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.39%) OpenAI
6 16 (3.19%) Oracle
7 10 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.59%) Foundry
8 8 (1.59%) Google
9 7 (1.39%) Automation Anywhere
9 7 (1.39%) Databricks
10 6 (1.20%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.20%) Splunk
11 5 (1.00%) Lotus
12 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.80%) Brio
12 4 (0.80%) Kofax
13 3 (0.60%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.60%) Pega