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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 272 272
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 +129
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 509 313 350
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 0.96% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.74% 2.57% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 202 239
10th Percentile £320 £363 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £496
Median % change year-on-year - +0.91% -0.90%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £575
90th Percentile £619 £611 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 4
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £32.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +100.00% -54.05%
75th Percentile £39.75 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £51.30 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.73 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year -2.03% +102.53% -60.00%

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 18,592 12,186 13,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.27% 37.39% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,293 8,155 9,692
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £418 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -4.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.13% -1.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 314 319
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.11 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.71 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.49% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £50.13
90th Percentile £83.35 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -5.65% -25.93%

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 21 July 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 21 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 17 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 21 July 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 +17 443 £500 - 189
London +14 267 £520 +4.00% 77
UK excluding London -34 198 £450 -5.26% 138
Work from Home -6 147 £500 - 101
North of England -51 59 £500 +5.26% 36
Midlands -27 42 £435 -10.77% 28
North West -30 36 £450 -5.26% 20
South East -45 35 £505 -8.18% 41
West Midlands -41 31 £425 -12.82% 20
Scotland -4 30 £320 -28.89% 5
Yorkshire -48 21 £500 +5.26% 11
South West -39 16 £495 +6.45% 17
East Midlands -4 10 £455 - 8
East of England -24 10 £510 +2.00% 11
Wales -11 5 £310 +12.73% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 -
North East -42 2 £550 - 7

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 (32.81%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.14%) SharePoint Server
3 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.18%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.59%) Appian
7 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) Liferay
8 1 (0.20%) Mendix
8 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.38%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.39%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 68 (13.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.38%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 417 (81.93%) Power Platform
2 340 (66.80%) PowerApps
3 265 (52.06%) Azure
4 156 (30.65%) Dynamics 365
5 153 (30.06%) Microsoft 365
6 106 (20.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 104 (20.43%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (12.57%) Copilot Studio
9 60 (11.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 60 (11.79%) Entra ID
10 41 (8.06%) Serverless
11 40 (7.86%) Azure Functions
12 31 (6.09%) GitHub
13 28 (5.50%) OneDrive
14 24 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (4.13%) Azure AI
16 18 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (3.34%) AWS
17 17 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.57%) DNS
2 7 (1.38%) Firewall
2 7 (1.38%) VPN
3 5 (0.98%) Intranet
4 3 (0.59%) HTTP
4 3 (0.59%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.59%) Network Security
4 3 (0.59%) SMS
5 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (42.24%) Power BI
2 36 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.73%) Power Query
4 16 (3.14%) Metadata
5 15 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.98%) MySQL
7 4 (0.79%) EDRMS
7 4 (0.79%) PowerPivot
7 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.59%) Pinecone
8 3 (0.59%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.59%) Spark SQL
8 3 (0.59%) Tableau
9 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.34%) JIRA
2 12 (2.36%) Git
2 12 (2.36%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.57%) Postman
3 8 (1.57%) Selenium
4 7 (1.38%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.38%) WebDriver
5 5 (0.98%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.59%) MLflow
6 3 (0.59%) Protractor
7 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.39%) JUnit
7 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 175 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.81%) Finance
3 81 (15.91%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.89%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (5.50%) Banking
7 19 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.14%) Marketing
9 12 (2.36%) Law
10 11 (2.16%) Legal
11 10 (1.96%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.57%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.18%) Back Office
13 6 (1.18%) Local Government
14 5 (0.98%) Retail
15 4 (0.79%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.79%) Military
15 4 (0.79%) Police
16 2 (0.39%) Automotive
16 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 211 (41.45%) Developer
2 86 (16.90%) Power Platform Developer
3 74 (14.54%) Consultant
4 51 (10.02%) Senior
5 49 (9.63%) Architect
6 40 (7.86%) Analyst
7 29 (5.70%) Microsoft Developer
7 29 (5.70%) SharePoint Developer
8 28 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (5.11%) Senior Developer
10 25 (4.91%) Lead
11 24 (4.72%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 23 (4.52%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 19 (3.73%) Data Engineer
14 18 (3.54%) Power Platform Consultant
15 17 (3.34%) Power Apps Developer
16 14 (2.75%) Automation Engineer
16 14 (2.75%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 13 (2.55%) Business Analyst
17 13 (2.55%) Power Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (11.20%) .NET
2 47 (9.23%) REST
3 39 (7.66%) JSON
3 39 (7.66%) Microsoft Graph
4 36 (7.07%) React
5 35 (6.88%) CSS
5 35 (6.88%) HTML
5 35 (6.88%) SPFx
6 23 (4.52%) HTML5 Canvas
7 12 (2.36%) RESTful
8 9 (1.77%) OAuth
9 8 (1.57%) XML
10 7 (1.38%) ASP.NET
10 7 (1.38%) FIDO
10 7 (1.38%) Gherkin
10 7 (1.38%) jQuery
11 6 (1.18%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.18%) Middleware
11 6 (1.18%) YAML
12 5 (0.98%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.84%) Low-Code
2 25 (4.91%) AI Agents
3 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 19 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.57%) Taxonomies
8 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.59%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.59%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.59%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.59%) IoT
10 3 (0.59%) IVR
10 3 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.18%) Windows
2 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (42.44%) Business Intelligence
2 143 (28.09%) DevOps
3 132 (25.93%) AI
4 129 (25.34%) Agile
5 117 (22.99%) CI/CD
6 97 (19.06%) Data Modelling
7 85 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (14.73%) CRM
9 65 (12.77%) Workflow
10 59 (11.59%) Migration
10 59 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 56 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (10.61%) Analytics
13 52 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 51 (10.02%) Translating Business Requirements
15 39 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
16 38 (7.47%) Integration Patterns
17 33 (6.48%) API Integration
17 33 (6.48%) Scrum
18 31 (6.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 122 (23.97%) JavaScript
2 98 (19.25%) C#
3 81 (15.91%) SQL
4 50 (9.82%) PowerShell
5 39 (7.66%) Python
6 27 (5.30%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.75%) X++
9 12 (2.36%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.77%) Java
11 8 (1.57%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.98%) Bicep
13 4 (0.79%) Bash
13 4 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.79%) VBA
14 3 (0.59%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.39%) AppleScript
15 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.20%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.20%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 100 (19.65%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (6.68%) Degree
5 22 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.39%) PMP
11 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.20%) CISM
12 1 (0.20%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.20%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.86%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.14%) QA
4 15 (2.95%) GDPR
5 10 (1.96%) WCAG
6 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.38%) NIST
6 7 (1.38%) PMO
7 6 (1.18%) GRC
8 5 (0.98%) SLA
9 3 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.59%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) MiFID
11 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.18%) Docker
3 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (3.93%) Terraform
2 15 (2.95%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.77%) Grafana
4 9 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Argo
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 359 (70.53%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.93%) SAP
3 19 (3.73%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.34%) UiPath
5 15 (2.95%) Oracle
6 11 (2.16%) OpenAI
7 10 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.77%) Foundry
9 8 (1.57%) Google
10 7 (1.38%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.38%) Splunk
11 6 (1.18%) Databricks
12 4 (0.79%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.79%) Automation Anywhere
12 4 (0.79%) Brio
13 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.59%) Blue Prism
13 3 (0.59%) Pega
13 3 (0.59%) Workday