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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 207 323
Rank change year-on-year -22 +116 +84
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 441 404 297
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.27% 0.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.10% 3.47% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 273 203
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £565 £594 £603
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile £27.71 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £100.00 - -
90th Percentile £103.30 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 14,203 11,650 14,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.07% 36.62% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,776 7,757 10,516
10th Percentile £306 £313 £296
25th Percentile £406 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 176 276
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.44 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.11 £27.50 £24.02
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% +14.49% +6.76%
75th Percentile £57.25 £43.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £66.88 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +26.19% +9.60%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -27 384 £500 +4.17% 105
London +7 240 £500 - 48
UK excluding London -32 149 £500 +6.38% 98
Work from Home -11 136 £504 +2.81% 69
North of England -53 42 £450 -4.26% 19
Midlands -42 40 £478 +3.80% 14
West Midlands -42 32 £480 +5.49% 10
North West -14 27 £450 -4.26% 12
South East -11 21 £505 +6.32% 35
Scotland +8 18 £481 +6.94% 7
South West -18 18 £454 -32.28% 7
Yorkshire -56 11 £525 +5.00% 4
Wales +6 9 £309 -22.81% 10
East Midlands -25 8 £450 -10.00% 4
North East -12 4 £365 -21.51% 3
East of England -20 2 - - 5

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
1 140 (31.75%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.54%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.27%) Confluence
3 10 (2.27%) Mendix
4 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.91%) Appian
6 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) IIS
6 2 (0.45%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.23%) Orchard CMS
7 1 (0.23%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.04%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 82 (18.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.68%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 374 (84.81%) Power Platform
2 299 (67.80%) PowerApps
3 247 (56.01%) Azure
4 158 (35.83%) Dynamics 365
5 116 (26.30%) Microsoft 365
6 85 (19.27%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (14.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 62 (14.06%) Microsoft Copilot
9 57 (12.93%) Azure Functions
9 57 (12.93%) Serverless
10 48 (10.88%) Copilot Studio
11 38 (8.62%) Azure Service Bus
11 38 (8.62%) Entra ID
12 26 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (5.67%) GitHub
14 22 (4.99%) Azure AI
14 22 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (4.08%) OneDrive
16 15 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.04%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) DKIM
2 1 (0.23%) DMARC
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) Intranet
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) PSTN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) Skype
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (53.74%) Power BI
2 20 (4.54%) Power Query
2 20 (4.54%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.49%) Oracle Database
3 11 (2.49%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.36%) Tableau
7 5 (1.13%) Metadata
8 4 (0.91%) Pinecone
8 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.23%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 34 (7.71%) JIRA
2 25 (5.67%) Git
3 7 (1.59%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.13%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.91%) MLflow
5 4 (0.91%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) GitLab
6 2 (0.45%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.23%) Gatling
7 1 (0.23%) gulp
7 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.23%) JMeter
7 1 (0.23%) Maven
7 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.23%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 170 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 88 (19.95%) Finance
3 83 (18.82%) Public Sector
4 37 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.80%) Banking
6 20 (4.54%) Marketing
7 13 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.04%) Retail
10 8 (1.81%) Law
11 7 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.36%) Legal
12 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.91%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.68%) Back Office
14 3 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.68%) Local Government
15 2 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 191 (43.31%) Developer
2 70 (15.87%) Power Platform Developer
3 47 (10.66%) Analyst
4 46 (10.43%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 39 (8.84%) Architect
6 35 (7.94%) Consultant
7 26 (5.90%) Lead
8 25 (5.67%) Power Apps Developer
8 25 (5.67%) Senior
9 22 (4.99%) Applications Developer
10 20 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 18 (4.08%) Microsoft Developer
12 16 (3.63%) Power Platform Architect
12 16 (3.63%) Senior Developer
13 15 (3.40%) Platform Architect
14 13 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 12 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 11 (2.49%) Automation Engineer
17 10 (2.27%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.19%) .NET
2 44 (9.98%) REST
3 30 (6.80%) HTML5 Canvas
4 26 (5.90%) HTML
5 22 (4.99%) JSON
6 19 (4.31%) Microsoft Graph
7 18 (4.08%) React
8 16 (3.63%) RESTful
9 14 (3.17%) OAuth
10 12 (2.72%) CSS
11 10 (2.27%) XML
12 9 (2.04%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (2.04%) SOAP
13 8 (1.81%) NumPy
13 8 (1.81%) Pandas
13 8 (1.81%) Web Services
14 7 (1.59%) FastAPI
14 7 (1.59%) Flask
15 5 (1.13%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.56%) Low-Code
2 20 (4.54%) AI Agents
3 18 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.49%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.27%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.36%) IVR
10 4 (0.91%) Derivative
10 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.68%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.68%) NHS
11 3 (0.68%) PKI
12 2 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.45%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.45%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.13%) Windows
2 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (53.97%) Business Intelligence
2 123 (27.89%) Agile
3 119 (26.98%) DevOps
4 85 (19.27%) CRM
5 79 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (16.78%) CI/CD
6 74 (16.78%) Data Modelling
7 68 (15.42%) Analytics
8 55 (12.47%) AI
9 45 (10.20%) Workflow
10 42 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (7.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (7.26%) Scrum
13 31 (7.03%) API Integration
14 29 (6.58%) Data Governance
15 28 (6.35%) Customer Engagement
15 28 (6.35%) Decision-Making
15 28 (6.35%) Roadmaps
16 27 (6.12%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 94 (21.32%) JavaScript
2 93 (21.09%) C#
3 91 (20.63%) SQL
4 49 (11.11%) PowerShell
5 42 (9.52%) Python
6 29 (6.58%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.49%) Formula Language
8 11 (2.49%) LotusScript
9 9 (2.04%) R
10 6 (1.36%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.13%) VBA
11 5 (1.13%) X++
12 3 (0.68%) Bicep
12 3 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 1 (0.23%) Bash
14 1 (0.23%) Java
14 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 72 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.98%) Degree
4 30 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.45%) MBA
8 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CIMA
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.40%) QA
2 13 (2.95%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.81%) GDPR
5 7 (1.59%) PMO
6 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) WCAG
8 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) P3O
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.13%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.27%) Terraform
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.45%) Grafana
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) Ansible
6 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 324 (73.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.99%) OpenAI
3 20 (4.54%) Lotus
3 20 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.63%) Oracle
4 16 (3.63%) SAP
5 15 (3.40%) UiPath
6 12 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.49%) Blue Prism
8 10 (2.27%) Kofax
9 8 (1.81%) Automation Anywhere
10 6 (1.36%) DocuSign
11 4 (0.91%) Foundry
12 3 (0.68%) Brio
12 3 (0.68%) Databricks
12 3 (0.68%) Genesys
12 3 (0.68%) Google
12 3 (0.68%) Pega
13 2 (0.45%) ESRI
13 2 (0.45%) Intel