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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 267 272
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +112
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 546 312 343
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 0.95% 0.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.93% 2.55% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 198 232
10th Percentile £320 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £613 £651
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 4
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £32.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +100.00% -54.05%
75th Percentile £53.25 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £57.83 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year +11.09% +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 18,613 12,245 13,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.22% 37.21% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,280 8,214 9,247
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £410 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £617 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 311 273
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +13.46% -31.00%
75th Percentile £69.79 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £83.05 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +85.48% -11.70% -19.36%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +13 482 £500 - 253
London +25 277 £500 - 115
UK excluding London +12 227 £475 - 186
Work from Home +2 151 £500 - 142
North of England -24 67 £500 - 39
Midlands -22 53 £430 -20.00% 32
North West -24 43 £495 -1.00% 19
West Midlands -35 41 £425 -15.00% 22
South East -36 38 £525 -4.55% 55
Scotland +4 31 £320 -28.89% 7
Yorkshire -37 20 £500 +2.56% 15
South West -42 20 £458 +1.67% 25
East of England -11 14 £481 +1.32% 18
East Midlands 0 11 £455 -24.17% 9
North East -38 4 £550 - 7
Wales -11 3 £550 +100.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 12

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
1 190 (34.80%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.40%) SharePoint Server
3 21 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.10%) Confluence
5 4 (0.73%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) Mendix
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Liferay
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 47 (8.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 75 (13.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 451 (82.60%) Power Platform
2 371 (67.95%) PowerApps
3 283 (51.83%) Azure
4 175 (32.05%) Dynamics 365
5 168 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
6 116 (21.25%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (20.33%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (11.36%) Copilot Studio
9 60 (10.99%) Azure Logic Apps
10 59 (10.81%) Entra ID
11 46 (8.42%) Serverless
12 45 (8.24%) Azure Functions
13 41 (7.51%) OneDrive
14 33 (6.04%) GitHub
15 27 (4.95%) Azure AI
16 23 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
17 18 (3.30%) AWS
17 18 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
18 16 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.47%) DNS
2 7 (1.28%) Firewall
2 7 (1.28%) VPN
3 5 (0.92%) Intranet
4 3 (0.55%) HTTP
4 3 (0.55%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.55%) Network Security
4 3 (0.55%) SMS
5 1 (0.18%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (41.94%) Power BI
2 42 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 26 (4.76%) Power Query
4 19 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.48%) Metadata
5 8 (1.47%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.10%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.10%) Star Schema
7 5 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.92%) MySQL
7 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.73%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.55%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.55%) Tableau
10 2 (0.37%) GIS
10 2 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (3.48%) JIRA
2 17 (3.11%) Visual Studio
3 12 (2.20%) Git
4 10 (1.83%) Postman
4 10 (1.83%) Selenium
5 9 (1.65%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.65%) WebDriver
6 7 (1.28%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.55%) Protractor
8 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.37%) JUnit
8 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.37%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.37%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.18%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.18%) MLflow
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 192 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 119 (21.79%) Finance
3 86 (15.75%) Public Sector
4 56 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (5.13%) Banking
7 24 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.30%) Marketing
9 14 (2.56%) Law
10 9 (1.65%) Legal
10 9 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.65%) Retail
11 8 (1.47%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.28%) Local Government
13 6 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.10%) Back Office
14 5 (0.92%) Military
15 4 (0.73%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.73%) Police
16 3 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 238 (43.59%) Developer
2 89 (16.30%) Power Platform Developer
3 73 (13.37%) Consultant
4 64 (11.72%) Senior
5 48 (8.79%) Analyst
6 46 (8.42%) Architect
7 34 (6.23%) Senior Developer
7 34 (6.23%) SharePoint Developer
8 33 (6.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 32 (5.86%) Microsoft Developer
10 27 (4.95%) Lead
10 27 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
11 23 (4.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 20 (3.66%) Data Engineer
13 18 (3.30%) Power Platform Consultant
14 16 (2.93%) Power Platform Engineer
15 14 (2.56%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.38%) Data Analyst
16 13 (2.38%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 13 (2.38%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (11.36%) .NET
2 53 (9.71%) REST
3 41 (7.51%) JSON
4 38 (6.96%) HTML
4 38 (6.96%) React
5 37 (6.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 37 (6.78%) SPFx
6 36 (6.59%) CSS
7 29 (5.31%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (2.01%) RESTful
9 10 (1.83%) Middleware
9 10 (1.83%) OAuth
10 9 (1.65%) Gherkin
11 8 (1.47%) jQuery
12 7 (1.28%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.28%) FIDO
12 7 (1.28%) XML
13 6 (1.10%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.10%) YAML
14 5 (0.92%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.88%) Low-Code
2 28 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.21%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 18 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.83%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.47%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.73%) NHS
13 3 (0.55%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.55%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.55%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.55%) IoT
13 3 (0.55%) IVR
13 3 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Windows
2 3 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (42.31%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (27.47%) DevOps
3 147 (26.92%) Agile
4 139 (25.46%) AI
5 129 (23.63%) CI/CD
6 101 (18.50%) Data Modelling
7 89 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
8 83 (15.20%) CRM
9 79 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (13.74%) Migration
11 71 (13.00%) Workflow
12 66 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (10.62%) Translating Business Requirements
15 57 (10.44%) Analytics
16 44 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
17 41 (7.51%) Integration Patterns
18 40 (7.33%) Scrum
19 38 (6.96%) Customer Service
19 38 (6.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 138 (25.27%) JavaScript
2 114 (20.88%) C#
3 94 (17.22%) SQL
4 49 (8.97%) PowerShell
5 40 (7.33%) Python
6 31 (5.68%) TypeScript
7 27 (4.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (3.11%) X++
9 14 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.65%) Java
11 8 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.92%) Bicep
13 4 (0.73%) Bash
13 4 (0.73%) VBA
14 3 (0.55%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.37%) AppleScript
15 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.18%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.18%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 104 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 83 (15.20%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (8.61%) Degree
5 24 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.01%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.73%) PMP
11 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.18%) CISM
13 1 (0.18%) CISSP
13 1 (0.18%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.49%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.66%) GDPR
3 20 (3.66%) QA
4 12 (2.20%) WCAG
5 8 (1.47%) PMO
6 7 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.28%) NIST
7 6 (1.10%) GRC
8 5 (0.92%) SLA
9 3 (0.55%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.55%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (3.48%) Terraform
2 13 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.65%) Grafana
4 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 395 (72.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.48%) SAP
4 16 (2.93%) Oracle
5 15 (2.75%) UiPath
6 12 (2.20%) Databricks
7 11 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.83%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.65%) Foundry
9 9 (1.65%) Google
10 7 (1.28%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.28%) Blue Prism
10 7 (1.28%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.28%) Splunk
11 5 (0.92%) Brio
12 4 (0.73%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.55%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.55%) Pega
13 3 (0.55%) Workday
14 2 (0.37%) Automation Anywhere