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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 217 278
Rank change year-on-year -22 +61 +115
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 490 356 360
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 1.22% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.96% 3.21% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 247 243
10th Percentile £350 £375 £350
25th Percentile £413 £436 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £581
90th Percentile £625 £630 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £464 £475
% change year-on-year -2.96% -2.37% -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 16,535 11,076 14,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.94% 38.11% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,267 7,767 10,194
10th Percentile £313 £313 £294
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £633
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year - -3.99% -1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 219 347
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.61 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% +26.19% -23.64%
75th Percentile £67.50 £41.74 £35.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.44 £61.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +106.52% +29.80% -20.04%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -29 406 £500 - 201
London +1 246 £500 -4.76% 63
UK excluding London -40 183 £450 -2.96% 156
Work from Home -13 147 £513 +2.50% 94
North of England -57 52 £500 +6.38% 34
North West -19 38 £475 +2.15% 22
Scotland +17 31 £400 -5.88% 4
South East -38 31 £505 +12.22% 51
Midlands -61 31 £450 -3.23% 40
West Midlands -60 26 £450 -3.23% 24
South West -9 24 £425 -8.60% 12
Wales 0 13 £308 +17.14% 3
Yorkshire -60 10 £500 +5.82% 9
East Midlands -33 5 £450 -5.26% 15
North East -17 4 £365 -21.51% 4
East of England -36 2 - - 17

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
1 167 (34.08%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.06%) HCL Notes
3 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.04%) Mendix
5 8 (1.63%) Appian
6 7 (1.43%) Confluence
6 7 (1.43%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.82%) CMS
8 2 (0.41%) Camunda
8 2 (0.41%) IIS
8 2 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.20%) Orchard CMS
9 1 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.61%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 86 (17.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.41%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 404 (82.45%) Power Platform
2 321 (65.51%) PowerApps
3 263 (53.67%) Azure
4 156 (31.84%) Microsoft 365
5 149 (30.41%) Dynamics 365
6 98 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (16.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 66 (13.47%) Copilot Studio
9 65 (13.27%) Azure Logic Apps
10 58 (11.84%) Serverless
11 57 (11.63%) Azure Functions
12 50 (10.20%) Entra ID
13 39 (7.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (7.96%) Azure Service Bus
14 30 (6.12%) Azure AI
15 27 (5.51%) OneDrive
16 25 (5.10%) GitHub
17 14 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (2.24%) AWS
18 11 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.02%) HTTP
2 3 (0.61%) Network Security
3 1 (0.20%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) LAN
3 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.20%) Skype
3 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (47.55%) Power BI
2 26 (5.31%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.06%) Power Query
5 11 (2.24%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.84%) Metadata
7 8 (1.63%) Pinecone
8 7 (1.43%) Tableau
9 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.61%) MySQL
11 3 (0.61%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.41%) GIS
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.69%) JIRA
2 20 (4.08%) Git
3 8 (1.63%) MLflow
4 5 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) GitLab
6 2 (0.41%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.41%) JUnit
6 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.20%) Gatling
7 1 (0.20%) gulp
7 1 (0.20%) JMeter
7 1 (0.20%) Maven
7 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 165 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 94 (19.18%) Finance
3 83 (16.94%) Public Sector
4 43 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.51%) Banking
6 24 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.88%) Marketing
8 12 (2.45%) Law
9 11 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.04%) Legal
11 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.43%) Retail
12 6 (1.22%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.02%) Police
14 4 (0.82%) Back Office
14 4 (0.82%) Local Government
15 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.41%) German Language
16 2 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (44.29%) Developer
2 83 (16.94%) Power Platform Developer
3 48 (9.80%) Analyst
4 43 (8.78%) Consultant
5 40 (8.16%) Senior
6 34 (6.94%) Architect
6 34 (6.94%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 28 (5.71%) Microsoft Developer
8 27 (5.51%) Power Apps Developer
9 25 (5.10%) Applications Developer
10 23 (4.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 22 (4.49%) SharePoint Developer
12 21 (4.29%) Automation Engineer
12 21 (4.29%) Senior Developer
13 17 (3.47%) Platform Architect
13 17 (3.47%) Power Platform Architect
14 16 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 15 (3.06%) Business Analyst
15 15 (3.06%) Lead
16 13 (2.65%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.02%) .NET
2 53 (10.82%) REST
3 37 (7.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 32 (6.53%) HTML
5 28 (5.71%) HTML5 Canvas
5 28 (5.71%) React
6 25 (5.10%) CSS
7 20 (4.08%) JSON
8 19 (3.88%) SPFx
9 18 (3.67%) OAuth
9 18 (3.67%) RESTful
10 12 (2.45%) NumPy
10 12 (2.45%) Pandas
11 11 (2.24%) FastAPI
11 11 (2.24%) Flask
12 10 (2.04%) Web Services
13 9 (1.84%) Swagger
14 8 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (1.63%) scikit-learn
14 8 (1.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.43%) Low-Code
2 22 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.29%) AI Agents
4 19 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.67%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.02%) Taxonomies
9 4 (0.82%) NHS
9 4 (0.82%) PKI
10 3 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.61%) IVR
11 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.41%) IoT
11 2 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (0.41%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.82%) Windows
2 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (47.35%) Business Intelligence
2 130 (26.53%) DevOps
3 100 (20.41%) Data Modelling
4 99 (20.20%) Agile
5 90 (18.37%) CRM
6 87 (17.76%) CI/CD
7 79 (16.12%) AI
8 78 (15.92%) Analytics
9 73 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (12.65%) Workflow
11 46 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (8.16%) Data Governance
13 39 (7.96%) API Integration
14 37 (7.55%) User Experience
15 36 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (7.35%) Integration Patterns
16 33 (6.73%) Decision-Making
16 33 (6.73%) ETL
17 32 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 31 (6.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 109 (22.24%) JavaScript
2 100 (20.41%) SQL
3 85 (17.35%) C#
4 47 (9.59%) PowerShell
5 43 (8.78%) Python
6 35 (7.14%) TypeScript
7 29 (5.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.24%) Formula Language
8 11 (2.24%) LotusScript
9 9 (1.84%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.63%) Java
10 8 (1.63%) R
11 6 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.82%) VBA
13 3 (0.61%) Bicep
13 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.61%) X++
14 2 (0.41%) AppleScript
14 2 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 92 (18.78%) Security Cleared
2 74 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.57%) Degree
4 31 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.82%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
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%) CIMA
10 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.45%) QA
3 10 (2.04%) GDPR
4 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.22%) GRC
5 6 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.61%) WCAG
7 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.84%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.24%) Terraform
3 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 345 (70.41%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.71%) OpenAI
3 23 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 23 (4.69%) UiPath
4 20 (4.08%) Oracle
5 17 (3.47%) SAP
6 15 (3.06%) Lotus
7 11 (2.24%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.04%) Kofax
9 9 (1.84%) Foundry
10 8 (1.63%) Blue Prism
11 6 (1.22%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.02%) Google
13 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.82%) Brio
14 3 (0.61%) Databricks
14 3 (0.61%) Genesys
14 3 (0.61%) MuleSoft
15 2 (0.41%) Pega
15 2 (0.41%) Workday