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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 202 328
Rank change year-on-year -31 +126 +71
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 456 397 294
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.28% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.01% 3.42% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 266 205
10th Percentile £354 £369 £320
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £565 £593 £588
90th Percentile £638 £636 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £460 £485
% change year-on-year +3.26% -5.15% -7.62%
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 15,125 11,592 14,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.98% 37.42% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,377 7,753 10,556
10th Percentile £309 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.26% -0.77% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 172 321
10th Percentile £14.49 £16.78 £14.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.43 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.27% +21.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.94 £51.58
90th Percentile £78.88 £73.25 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.22 £24.18 £20.77
% change year-on-year +58.04% +16.42% +3.85%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -34 383 £500 +3.09% 145
London -8 238 £504 +0.75% 64
UK excluding London -33 161 £475 +3.26% 125
Work from Home -12 139 £520 +4.00% 89
North of England -54 44 £450 -4.26% 26
Midlands -60 35 £463 +0.54% 25
North West -14 29 £425 -9.57% 16
South East -13 28 £505 +12.22% 40
West Midlands -58 28 £475 +4.40% 16
Scotland +13 22 £438 +2.94% 9
South West -21 18 £400 -39.85% 15
Wales +9 13 £308 -7.17% 7
Yorkshire -62 11 £525 +11.70% 7
East Midlands -21 7 £450 -10.00% 9
North East -16 4 £365 -21.51% 4
East of England -29 2 - - 4

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
1 139 (30.48%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.29%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.19%) Confluence
4 9 (1.97%) Mendix
5 8 (1.75%) Appian
6 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.44%) CMS
7 2 (0.44%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.22%) Orchard CMS
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.97%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 83 (18.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.66%) ResourceLink
4 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 384 (84.21%) Power Platform
2 303 (66.45%) PowerApps
3 259 (56.80%) Azure
4 159 (34.87%) Dynamics 365
5 119 (26.10%) Microsoft 365
6 93 (20.39%) Azure DevOps
7 74 (16.23%) Microsoft Copilot
8 64 (14.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 62 (13.60%) Copilot Studio
10 58 (12.72%) Azure Functions
10 58 (12.72%) Serverless
11 38 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
12 37 (8.11%) Entra ID
13 36 (7.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 30 (6.58%) Azure AI
15 25 (5.48%) GitHub
16 19 (4.17%) OneDrive
17 18 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (3.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.54%) HTTP
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) Intranet
2 1 (0.22%) LAN
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
2 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.22%) Skype
2 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (54.39%) Power BI
2 23 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.17%) Power Query
4 10 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.19%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.75%) Pinecone
6 7 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.32%) Tableau
8 5 (1.10%) Metadata
8 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.44%) GIS
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.22%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.22%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 33 (7.24%) JIRA
2 22 (4.82%) Git
3 8 (1.75%) MLflow
4 7 (1.54%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.10%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.88%) Postman
7 2 (0.44%) GitLab
7 2 (0.44%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.44%) JUnit
7 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.22%) Gatling
8 1 (0.22%) gulp
8 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.22%) JMeter
8 1 (0.22%) Maven
8 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 169 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.96%) Finance
3 74 (16.23%) Public Sector
4 37 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.70%) Banking
6 18 (3.95%) Marketing
7 17 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.19%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.97%) Retail
10 8 (1.75%) Legal
11 7 (1.54%) Law
12 6 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.66%) Back Office
15 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.66%) Local Government
15 3 (0.66%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.44%) German Language
Job Titles
1 188 (41.23%) Developer
2 71 (15.57%) Power Platform Developer
3 52 (11.40%) Analyst
4 40 (8.77%) Consultant
4 40 (8.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 39 (8.55%) Architect
6 33 (7.24%) Senior
7 28 (6.14%) Power Apps Developer
8 27 (5.92%) Applications Developer
9 25 (5.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 24 (5.26%) Lead
10 24 (5.26%) Microsoft Developer
11 22 (4.82%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.17%) Power Platform Architect
13 18 (3.95%) Platform Architect
14 17 (3.73%) Business Analyst
15 14 (3.07%) Automation Engineer
16 13 (2.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 11 (2.41%) Administrator
18 10 (2.19%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.94%) .NET
2 47 (10.31%) REST
3 29 (6.36%) HTML5 Canvas
4 26 (5.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 25 (5.48%) HTML
6 19 (4.17%) JSON
7 18 (3.95%) RESTful
8 17 (3.73%) OAuth
9 13 (2.85%) CSS
9 13 (2.85%) React
10 12 (2.63%) NumPy
10 12 (2.63%) Pandas
10 12 (2.63%) Web Services
11 11 (2.41%) FastAPI
11 11 (2.41%) Flask
12 9 (1.97%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (1.97%) Swagger
13 8 (1.75%) pytest
13 8 (1.75%) PyTorch
13 8 (1.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.16%) Low-Code
2 26 (5.70%) AI Agents
3 18 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.85%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.10%) IVR
8 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.88%) NHS
9 3 (0.66%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.66%) PKI
9 3 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.44%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.44%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.22%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.66%) Windows
2 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (54.61%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (27.41%) DevOps
3 112 (24.56%) Agile
4 89 (19.52%) Data Modelling
5 87 (19.08%) CRM
6 76 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 74 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (15.79%) Analytics
9 69 (15.13%) AI
10 51 (11.18%) Workflow
11 46 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (8.33%) Data Governance
14 37 (8.11%) API Integration
15 36 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 34 (7.46%) Scrum
17 33 (7.24%) Roadmaps
18 32 (7.02%) User Experience
19 30 (6.58%) Decision-Making
19 30 (6.58%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 91 (19.96%) JavaScript
1 91 (19.96%) SQL
2 88 (19.30%) C#
3 52 (11.40%) PowerShell
4 45 (9.87%) Python
5 28 (6.14%) TypeScript
6 25 (5.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (2.19%) Formula Language
7 10 (2.19%) LotusScript
8 8 (1.75%) R
9 6 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.10%) X++
11 4 (0.88%) VBA
12 3 (0.66%) Bash
13 2 (0.44%) AppleScript
13 2 (0.44%) Bicep
13 2 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.44%) Java
14 1 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 89 (19.52%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.57%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.99%) Degree
4 30 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.66%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.44%) MBA
9 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.22%) CIMA
10 1 (0.22%) PMP
10 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.85%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.19%) QA
4 9 (1.97%) GDPR
5 6 (1.32%) PMO
6 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) WCAG
8 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.19%) Terraform
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.44%) Grafana
4 2 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 332 (72.81%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.36%) OpenAI
3 22 (4.82%) UiPath
4 18 (3.95%) SAP
4 18 (3.95%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.29%) Lotus
5 15 (3.29%) Oracle
6 12 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.19%) Automation Anywhere
8 9 (1.97%) Kofax
9 8 (1.75%) Blue Prism
10 6 (1.32%) DocuSign
10 6 (1.32%) Foundry
11 5 (1.10%) Google
12 3 (0.66%) Brio
12 3 (0.66%) Databricks
12 3 (0.66%) Genesys
12 3 (0.66%) Pega
13 2 (0.44%) ESRI
13 2 (0.44%) MuleSoft