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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 275 245
Rank change year-on-year +20 -30 +154
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 575 329 368
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.00% 0.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.04% 2.62% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 202 243
10th Percentile £306 £363 £328
25th Percentile £408 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% - -
75th Percentile £538 £582 £590
90th Percentile £588 £638 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £480 £488
% change year-on-year -4.17% -1.54% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 4 0
10th Percentile £28.04 £24.48 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £29.31 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% - -
75th Percentile £53.25 £35.24 -
90th Percentile £57.50 £35.69 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £33.88 -
% change year-on-year +12.90% - -

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 18,915 12,541 13,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.61% 37.95% 34.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,557 8,377 8,732
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 295 187
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.31
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.30 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -21.59% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.33 £64.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £33.00
% change year-on-year +55.68% -41.61% +26.92%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +16 507 £488 -2.50% 415
London -7 281 £498 -5.24% 193
UK excluding London +36 257 £460 -4.17% 297
Work from Home -24 131 £500 -2.91% 240
Midlands +11 79 £425 -15.00% 39
North of England -32 67 £500 +2.56% 73
West Midlands -9 61 £425 -15.00% 21
North West -20 48 £498 +10.56% 38
South East -37 36 £475 -18.45% 70
Scotland 0 33 £438 -2.78% 27
South West -34 18 £365 -14.12% 28
East Midlands -3 17 £472 -18.00% 18
East of England -11 16 £475 +5.56% 25
Yorkshire -45 15 £563 +12.50% 27
Northern Ireland - 7 £334 - 25
North East -35 4 £550 - 10
Wales -10 3 £550 - 14
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
1 202 (35.13%) SharePoint
2 32 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (4.52%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (1.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.70%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.52%) Mendix
7 2 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.17%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Liferay
Applications
1 44 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.74%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.52%) 1Password
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 85 (14.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.17%) Primavera
5 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 487 (84.70%) Power Platform
2 393 (68.35%) PowerApps
3 306 (53.22%) Azure
4 202 (35.13%) Dynamics 365
5 162 (28.17%) Microsoft 365
6 153 (26.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 127 (22.09%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (14.78%) Copilot Studio
9 64 (11.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 63 (10.96%) Azure Functions
10 63 (10.96%) Serverless
11 57 (9.91%) Entra ID
12 45 (7.83%) OneDrive
13 38 (6.61%) GitHub
14 36 (6.26%) Azure AI
15 25 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
16 23 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
17 20 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (2.78%) AWS
19 13 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.39%) DNS
1 8 (1.39%) Firewall
2 7 (1.22%) VPN
3 5 (0.87%) Intranet
4 3 (0.52%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.52%) SMS
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 2 (0.35%) Skype
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (41.57%) Power BI
2 49 (8.52%) SQL Server
3 32 (5.57%) Power Query
4 21 (3.65%) Metadata
5 16 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.74%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.22%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.87%) PowerPivot
11 4 (0.70%) EDRMS
11 4 (0.70%) GIS
11 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.52%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.52%) Tableau
13 2 (0.35%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 22 (3.83%) JIRA
2 21 (3.65%) Visual Studio
3 20 (3.48%) Git
4 13 (2.26%) Selenium
5 11 (1.91%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.91%) Postman
5 11 (1.91%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.74%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.52%) MSTest
8 3 (0.52%) NUnit
8 3 (0.52%) Protractor
9 2 (0.35%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.35%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) TestRail
10 1 (0.17%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
General
1 228 (39.65%) Social Skills
2 132 (22.96%) Finance
3 91 (15.83%) Public Sector
4 74 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (4.35%) Marketing
7 21 (3.65%) Banking
7 21 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.91%) Law
8 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.57%) Legal
10 8 (1.39%) Retail
11 7 (1.22%) Local Government
12 6 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.04%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.04%) Military
12 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.87%) Back Office
13 5 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 252 (43.83%) Developer
2 87 (15.13%) Power Platform Developer
3 66 (11.48%) Consultant
4 65 (11.30%) Senior
5 59 (10.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 56 (9.74%) Analyst
7 54 (9.39%) Architect
8 38 (6.61%) Senior Developer
9 36 (6.26%) Lead
10 29 (5.04%) Microsoft Developer
11 27 (4.70%) SharePoint Developer
11 27 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (3.83%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 19 (3.30%) Power Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.13%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.13%) Power Platform Architect
15 16 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 15 (2.61%) Administrator
16 15 (2.61%) Power Platform Consultant
17 14 (2.43%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.04%) .NET
2 53 (9.22%) REST
3 48 (8.35%) JSON
4 32 (5.57%) HTML
5 29 (5.04%) HTML5 Canvas
6 28 (4.87%) CSS
7 26 (4.52%) React
7 26 (4.52%) SPFx
8 24 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (3.30%) XML
10 17 (2.96%) Terraform
11 13 (2.26%) Middleware
11 13 (2.26%) XSLT
12 12 (2.09%) OAuth
13 11 (1.91%) Gherkin
13 11 (1.91%) RESTful
14 10 (1.74%) SOAP
15 8 (1.39%) .NET Framework
15 8 (1.39%) ASP.NET
15 8 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.61%) Low-Code
2 35 (6.09%) AI Agents
2 35 (6.09%) Product Ownership
3 32 (5.57%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.61%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.09%) Taxonomies
9 10 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.39%) BYOD
11 5 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.70%) NHS
13 3 (0.52%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.52%) IVR
13 3 (0.52%) Life Science
13 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Licensing
14 2 (0.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.17%) Linux
2 1 (0.17%) Unix
2 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (42.43%) Business Intelligence
2 183 (31.83%) Agile
3 175 (30.43%) AI
4 167 (29.04%) DevOps
5 134 (23.30%) CI/CD
6 118 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 102 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 96 (16.70%) CRM
10 91 (15.83%) Data Modelling
11 85 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 77 (13.39%) Migration
12 77 (13.39%) Workflow
13 61 (10.61%) Analytics
14 57 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
15 55 (9.57%) Translating Business Requirements
16 48 (8.35%) Scrum
17 45 (7.83%) Customer Service
18 43 (7.48%) Mentoring
19 42 (7.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 150 (26.09%) JavaScript
2 146 (25.39%) C#
3 111 (19.30%) SQL
4 43 (7.48%) PowerShell
5 40 (6.96%) Python
6 36 (6.26%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.78%) X++
9 11 (1.91%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.87%) Bicep
10 5 (0.87%) Java
10 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.87%) VBA
11 3 (0.52%) Bash
12 2 (0.35%) Korn
13 1 (0.17%) COBOL
13 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.17%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 72 (12.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 61 (10.61%) Degree
5 26 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (3.30%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.91%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.57%) PMP
10 6 (1.04%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.70%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.17%) ACCA
14 1 (0.17%) CIMA
14 1 (0.17%) CISM
14 1 (0.17%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) IIBA
14 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.74%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.65%) Accessibility
3 33 (5.74%) GDPR
4 27 (4.70%) QA
5 22 (3.83%) WCAG
6 9 (1.57%) PMO
7 7 (1.22%) NIST
8 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.70%) SLA
10 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.35%) GRC
11 2 (0.35%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.57%) Grafana
3 9 (1.57%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.17%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 440 (76.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.83%) ServiceNow
3 17 (2.96%) Oracle
4 15 (2.61%) Databricks
4 15 (2.61%) SAP
5 14 (2.43%) UiPath
6 12 (2.09%) Foundry
7 11 (1.91%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.22%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.22%) Blue Prism
8 7 (1.22%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.22%) Splunk
9 6 (1.04%) Google
10 4 (0.70%) Pega
10 4 (0.70%) Planview
10 4 (0.70%) Workday
11 3 (0.52%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.52%) Brio
11 3 (0.52%) CyberArk