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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 209 309
Rank change year-on-year -35 +100 +72
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 454 391 302
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.27% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.94% 3.39% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 265 209
10th Percentile £354 £368 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £590 £600
90th Percentile £638 £630 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £461 £493
% change year-on-year +3.52% -6.35% -3.90%
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 15,427 11,550 14,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.89% 37.49% 33.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,573 7,771 10,440
10th Percentile £310 £313 £287
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 £631 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% -1.65% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 174 330
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £14.11
25th Percentile £20.28 £21.46 £16.17
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +25.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.90 £51.25
90th Percentile £79.80 £76.68 £72.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.44 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +65.58% +22.10% -1.57%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -32 382 £500 +4.17% 202
London -19 237 £500 - 77
UK excluding London -22 163 £478 +3.52% 183
Work from Home -15 140 £525 +5.00% 128
North of England -63 44 £475 +1.06% 41
Midlands -70 35 £463 +1.65% 30
North West -19 28 £425 -10.05% 27
West Midlands -64 28 £475 +5.56% 20
South East -14 27 £505 +12.22% 51
Scotland +11 22 £438 +2.94% 16
South West -16 21 £400 -39.85% 22
Wales +6 13 £308 +17.14% 12
Yorkshire -57 12 £525 +11.11% 8
East Midlands -23 7 £450 -10.00% 9
North East -16 4 £365 -21.51% 7
East of England -30 2 - - 10

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 (30.84%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.08%) HCL Notes
3 9 (1.98%) Mendix
4 8 (1.76%) Appian
4 8 (1.76%) Confluence
5 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.44%) Camunda
6 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.22%) Orchard CMS
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.98%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 85 (18.72%) 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
1 380 (83.70%) Power Platform
2 298 (65.64%) PowerApps
3 251 (55.29%) Azure
4 155 (34.14%) Dynamics 365
5 119 (26.21%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (20.26%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (16.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 61 (13.44%) Azure Logic Apps
8 61 (13.44%) Copilot Studio
9 58 (12.78%) Azure Functions
9 58 (12.78%) Serverless
10 37 (8.15%) Azure Service Bus
11 36 (7.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 36 (7.93%) Entra ID
12 28 (6.17%) Azure AI
13 25 (5.51%) GitHub
14 24 (5.29%) OneDrive
15 18 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (2.86%) 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
1 243 (53.52%) Power BI
2 23 (5.07%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.96%) Power Query
4 11 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.20%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.76%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.32%) Metadata
7 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.32%) Tableau
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 (7.27%) JIRA
2 22 (4.85%) Git
3 8 (1.76%) MLflow
4 5 (1.10%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.88%) Postman
6 2 (0.44%) GitLab
6 2 (0.44%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.44%) JUnit
6 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.22%) Gatling
7 1 (0.22%) gulp
7 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.22%) JMeter
7 1 (0.22%) Maven
7 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 165 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.04%) Finance
3 75 (16.52%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.51%) Banking
6 18 (3.96%) Marketing
7 17 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.98%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.76%) Legal
10 7 (1.54%) Retail
11 6 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.32%) Law
11 6 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.66%) Back Office
14 3 (0.66%) Local Government
15 2 (0.44%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.44%) German Language
15 2 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 190 (41.85%) Developer
2 74 (16.30%) Power Platform Developer
3 52 (11.45%) Analyst
4 41 (9.03%) Consultant
5 39 (8.59%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 36 (7.93%) Architect
7 35 (7.71%) Senior
8 26 (5.73%) Power Apps Developer
9 25 (5.51%) Applications Developer
10 24 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 24 (5.29%) Microsoft Developer
11 23 (5.07%) Senior Developer
12 22 (4.85%) Lead
13 19 (4.19%) Power Platform Architect
14 18 (3.96%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.96%) Platform Architect
15 14 (3.08%) Automation Engineer
16 13 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 11 (2.42%) Administrator
18 10 (2.20%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (12.11%) .NET
2 45 (9.91%) REST
3 27 (5.95%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (5.29%) HTML
4 24 (5.29%) Microsoft Graph
5 22 (4.85%) JSON
6 18 (3.96%) RESTful
7 17 (3.74%) OAuth
8 13 (2.86%) CSS
8 13 (2.86%) React
9 12 (2.64%) NumPy
9 12 (2.64%) Pandas
9 12 (2.64%) Web Services
10 11 (2.42%) FastAPI
10 11 (2.42%) Flask
11 9 (1.98%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.98%) Swagger
12 8 (1.76%) pytest
12 8 (1.76%) scikit-learn
12 8 (1.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.22%) Low-Code
2 26 (5.73%) AI Agents
3 20 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.30%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.88%) NHS
9 3 (0.66%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.66%) IVR
9 3 (0.66%) PKI
9 3 (0.66%) Taxonomies
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
11 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
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
1 244 (53.74%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (26.87%) DevOps
3 109 (24.01%) Agile
4 89 (19.60%) CRM
5 86 (18.94%) Data Modelling
6 77 (16.96%) CI/CD
7 73 (16.08%) Analytics
8 71 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (15.42%) AI
10 51 (11.23%) Workflow
11 46 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (8.15%) Data Governance
14 36 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 35 (7.71%) API Integration
16 34 (7.49%) User Experience
17 32 (7.05%) Scrum
18 31 (6.83%) ERP
18 31 (6.83%) Roadmaps
19 30 (6.61%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 92 (20.26%) JavaScript
1 92 (20.26%) SQL
2 87 (19.16%) C#
3 51 (11.23%) PowerShell
4 45 (9.91%) Python
5 28 (6.17%) TypeScript
6 25 (5.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (2.20%) Formula Language
7 10 (2.20%) LotusScript
8 8 (1.76%) R
9 6 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.10%) X++
11 4 (0.88%) Java
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
14 1 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 88 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 70 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.59%) Degree
4 28 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.86%) 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 25 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.98%) GDPR
3 9 (1.98%) QA
4 6 (1.32%) PMO
5 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.44%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.20%) 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 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.17%) OpenAI
3 21 (4.63%) UiPath
4 19 (4.19%) SAP
5 17 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.30%) Oracle
7 14 (3.08%) Lotus
8 11 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.20%) Automation Anywhere
10 9 (1.98%) Kofax
11 7 (1.54%) Blue Prism
12 6 (1.32%) Foundry
13 5 (1.10%) Google
14 4 (0.88%) Brio
14 4 (0.88%) DocuSign
15 3 (0.66%) Databricks
15 3 (0.66%) Genesys
16 2 (0.44%) ESRI
16 2 (0.44%) Intel
16 2 (0.44%) Pega