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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 257 252
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +157
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 563 332 359
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.01% 0.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.00% 2.73% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 205 242
10th Percentile £320 £363 £326
25th Percentile £413 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £588
90th Percentile £588 £638 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.89% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 4
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 18,758 12,160 13,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 37.17% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,425 8,096 9,068
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £415
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 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 315 229
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.63 £18.69 £18.16
Median hourly rate £33.99 £28.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.26% +1.79% -20.28%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.75 £67.40 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £22.25
% change year-on-year +72.23% -15.19% -17.59%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +1 496 £488 -2.50% 283
London -9 283 £500 -4.76% 122
UK excluding London +20 243 £461 -2.89% 218
Work from Home -15 146 £500 - 223
Midlands -10 68 £425 -17.07% 44
North of England -35 63 £498 +2.05% 48
West Midlands -30 50 £425 -15.00% 36
North West -18 41 £490 +8.89% 26
Scotland +15 37 £425 -5.56% 15
South East -28 37 £500 -9.09% 51
South West -30 19 £425 -5.56% 22
Yorkshire -43 18 £500 - 14
East Midlands -3 17 £472 -21.42% 8
East of England -10 16 £475 +5.56% 26
North East -37 4 £550 - 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 14
Wales -17 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
1 190 (33.75%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (4.09%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (1.24%) Confluence
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.53%) Mendix
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.36%) 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 (7.64%) 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%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 86 (15.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.07%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.36%) 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
1 465 (82.59%) Power Platform
2 380 (67.50%) PowerApps
3 291 (51.69%) Azure
4 199 (35.35%) Dynamics 365
5 162 (28.77%) Microsoft 365
6 124 (22.02%) Azure DevOps
7 122 (21.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 66 (11.72%) Azure Logic Apps
9 63 (11.19%) Copilot Studio
10 61 (10.83%) Entra ID
11 53 (9.41%) Serverless
12 52 (9.24%) Azure Functions
13 42 (7.46%) OneDrive
14 35 (6.22%) GitHub
15 26 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 25 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
17 23 (4.09%) 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 (0.36%) HTTP
5 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 2 (0.36%) Skype
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (41.92%) Power BI
2 40 (7.10%) SQL Server
3 27 (4.80%) Power Query
4 23 (4.09%) Metadata
5 18 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.24%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.07%) PowerPivot
8 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.89%) MySQL
10 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.71%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.71%) GIS
10 4 (0.71%) Tableau
11 3 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.53%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.36%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (3.55%) JIRA
1 20 (3.55%) Visual Studio
2 15 (2.66%) Git
3 10 (1.78%) 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 (0.36%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.36%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 209 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.85%) Finance
3 92 (16.34%) Public Sector
4 63 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.80%) Banking
5 27 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
5 27 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.91%) Marketing
7 15 (2.66%) Law
8 10 (1.78%) Legal
9 9 (1.60%) Local Government
9 9 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.42%) Retail
11 7 (1.24%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.24%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.89%) Back Office
12 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.71%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.71%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 247 (43.87%) Developer
2 88 (15.63%) Power Platform Developer
3 72 (12.79%) Consultant
4 64 (11.37%) Senior
5 55 (9.77%) Analyst
6 47 (8.35%) Architect
6 47 (8.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 35 (6.22%) Senior Developer
8 32 (5.68%) Microsoft Developer
9 31 (5.51%) Lead
10 29 (5.15%) SharePoint Developer
11 26 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (4.09%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 20 (3.55%) Power Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.20%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.20%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.02%) Power Platform Consultant
16 14 (2.49%) Power Apps Developer
17 13 (2.31%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 13 (2.31%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.14%) .NET
2 52 (9.24%) REST
3 42 (7.46%) JSON
4 37 (6.57%) React
5 36 (6.39%) HTML
6 35 (6.22%) SPFx
7 34 (6.04%) CSS
8 29 (5.15%) HTML5 Canvas
8 29 (5.15%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (3.37%) Terraform
10 13 (2.31%) Middleware
11 12 (2.13%) RESTful
12 10 (1.78%) OAuth
12 10 (1.78%) XML
13 9 (1.60%) Gherkin
14 8 (1.42%) jQuery
15 7 (1.24%) .NET Framework
15 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET
15 7 (1.24%) XSLT
15 7 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.82%) Low-Code
2 31 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.09%) AI Agents
3 23 (4.09%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.42%) Taxonomies
10 5 (0.89%) BYOD
11 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.71%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.71%) NHS
12 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.53%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.53%) IoT
12 3 (0.53%) IVR
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 (42.45%) Business Intelligence
2 164 (29.13%) DevOps
3 163 (28.95%) Agile
4 147 (26.11%) AI
5 132 (23.45%) CI/CD
6 101 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (17.41%) CRM
8 92 (16.34%) Data Modelling
9 91 (16.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 81 (14.39%) Migration
11 77 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (12.97%) Workflow
14 63 (11.19%) Translating Business Requirements
15 59 (10.48%) Analytics
16 54 (9.59%) Technical Leadership
17 45 (7.99%) Decision-Making
17 45 (7.99%) Scrum
18 44 (7.82%) Customer Service
19 39 (6.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 147 (26.11%) JavaScript
2 132 (23.45%) C#
3 102 (18.12%) SQL
4 42 (7.46%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.22%) Python
5 35 (6.22%) TypeScript
6 28 (4.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (3.02%) X++
8 15 (2.66%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.42%) Java
9 8 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.07%) Bicep
11 4 (0.71%) VBA
12 2 (0.36%) Bash
12 2 (0.36%) Korn
12 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.18%) COBOL
13 1 (0.18%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.18%) LotusScript
13 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (8.35%) Degree
5 27 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.78%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.60%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) 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 49 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.57%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.80%) GDPR
4 24 (4.26%) QA
5 15 (2.66%) WCAG
6 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.42%) PMO
7 7 (1.24%) GRC
7 7 (1.24%) NIST
8 4 (0.71%) SLA
9 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 26 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.53%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.31%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.60%) Grafana
3 9 (1.60%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 409 (72.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.26%) ServiceNow
3 21 (3.73%) Oracle
4 16 (2.84%) SAP
5 13 (2.31%) 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 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) MuleSoft