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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 258 269
Rank change year-on-year +10 +11 +127
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 556 333 352
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.01% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.96% 2.73% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 211 237
10th Percentile £320 £363 £333
25th Percentile £413 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £496
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +0.91% -0.90%
75th Percentile £546 £566 £575
90th Percentile £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 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% -38.18%
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year +11.09% +102.53% -38.18%

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 18,789 12,188 13,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.08% 37.14% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,436 8,138 9,107
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £411 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £638
90th Percentile £714 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 605 316 250
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £16.50
Median hourly rate £34.38 £27.88 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.30% +11.52% -28.57%
75th Percentile £69.75 £47.50 £53.56
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +80.13% -11.70% -17.81%

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 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 19 August 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 19 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 +9 494 £493 -1.50% 258
London +7 281 £500 -1.48% 105
UK excluding London +26 238 £450 -5.26% 207
Work from Home -20 146 £500 - 153
North of England -45 67 £498 +4.74% 50
Midlands -5 63 £425 -19.05% 42
West Midlands -33 46 £425 -17.07% 33
North West -23 45 £490 +8.89% 26
South East -41 37 £525 -4.55% 52
Scotland +4 32 £320 -28.89% 18
South West -42 20 £425 -5.56% 18
Yorkshire -41 18 £500 +2.56% 13
East Midlands -2 16 £473 -21.13% 9
East of England -20 15 £475 - 20
North East -36 4 £550 - 13
Wales -13 3 £550 +100.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 7
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
1 192 (34.53%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.32%) SharePoint Server
3 23 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.26%) Confluence
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.54%) Mendix
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.18%) Liferay
8 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 44 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.26%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 79 (14.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.36%) 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
1 461 (82.91%) Power Platform
2 378 (67.99%) PowerApps
3 287 (51.62%) Azure
4 187 (33.63%) Dynamics 365
5 166 (29.86%) Microsoft 365
6 124 (22.30%) Microsoft Copilot
7 120 (21.58%) Azure DevOps
8 66 (11.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 65 (11.69%) Copilot Studio
10 62 (11.15%) Entra ID
11 49 (8.81%) Serverless
12 48 (8.63%) Azure Functions
13 39 (7.01%) OneDrive
14 35 (6.29%) GitHub
15 25 (4.50%) Azure Service Bus
16 24 (4.32%) Azure AI
17 19 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (3.24%) AWS
18 18 (3.24%) Microsoft Purview
19 14 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.44%) DNS
1 8 (1.44%) Firewall
2 7 (1.26%) VPN
3 5 (0.90%) Intranet
4 3 (0.54%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.54%) SMS
5 2 (0.36%) HTTP
5 2 (0.36%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Skype
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (41.19%) Power BI
2 39 (7.01%) SQL Server
3 26 (4.68%) Power Query
4 18 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.24%) Metadata
5 8 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.26%) Star Schema
7 6 (1.08%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.90%) MySQL
8 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.72%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.72%) GIS
10 3 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.54%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.54%) Tableau
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.36%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 19 (3.42%) Visual Studio
2 18 (3.24%) JIRA
3 12 (2.16%) Git
4 10 (1.80%) Selenium
5 9 (1.62%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.62%) Postman
5 9 (1.62%) WebDriver
6 7 (1.26%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.54%) Protractor
9 2 (0.36%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.36%) TestRail
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 204 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.12%) Finance
3 90 (16.19%) Public Sector
4 61 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (4.86%) Banking
7 25 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.60%) Marketing
9 16 (2.88%) Law
10 10 (1.80%) Legal
11 9 (1.62%) Local Government
11 9 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.44%) Retail
13 7 (1.26%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.26%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.08%) Back Office
15 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.72%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.72%) Military
16 4 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 245 (44.06%) Developer
2 89 (16.01%) Power Platform Developer
3 69 (12.41%) Consultant
4 65 (11.69%) Senior
5 53 (9.53%) Analyst
6 47 (8.45%) Architect
7 40 (7.19%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 33 (5.94%) Microsoft Developer
8 33 (5.94%) Senior Developer
9 31 (5.58%) SharePoint Developer
10 28 (5.04%) Lead
11 27 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (4.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 19 (3.42%) Power Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.24%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.06%) Data Analyst
16 16 (2.88%) Power Platform Consultant
17 13 (2.34%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 13 (2.34%) Power Apps Developer
17 13 (2.34%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.59%) .NET
2 53 (9.53%) REST
3 40 (7.19%) JSON
4 39 (7.01%) React
5 37 (6.65%) HTML
5 37 (6.65%) SPFx
6 35 (6.29%) CSS
7 33 (5.94%) Microsoft Graph
8 29 (5.22%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (2.16%) Middleware
9 12 (2.16%) RESTful
10 10 (1.80%) OAuth
11 9 (1.62%) Gherkin
12 8 (1.44%) jQuery
12 8 (1.44%) XML
13 7 (1.26%) ASP.NET
13 7 (1.26%) FIDO
13 7 (1.26%) YAML
14 6 (1.08%) .NET Framework
15 5 (0.90%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.27%) Low-Code
2 28 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.14%) AI Agents
3 23 (4.14%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.98%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.08%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.72%) NHS
12 3 (0.54%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.54%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.54%) IoT
12 3 (0.54%) IVR
12 3 (0.54%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Android
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
2 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (41.73%) Business Intelligence
2 159 (28.60%) DevOps
3 154 (27.70%) Agile
4 146 (26.26%) AI
5 128 (23.02%) CI/CD
6 94 (16.91%) Data Modelling
6 94 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (16.19%) CRM
7 90 (16.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 78 (14.03%) Migration
9 77 (13.85%) Workflow
10 75 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 60 (10.79%) Translating Business Requirements
12 59 (10.61%) Analytics
13 52 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
14 46 (8.27%) Decision-Making
15 43 (7.73%) Scrum
16 39 (7.01%) Customer Service
16 39 (7.01%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 143 (25.72%) JavaScript
2 125 (22.48%) C#
3 98 (17.63%) SQL
4 44 (7.91%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.29%) Python
5 35 (6.29%) TypeScript
6 28 (5.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (3.06%) X++
8 15 (2.70%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.44%) Java
9 8 (1.44%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.08%) Bicep
11 4 (0.72%) VBA
12 2 (0.36%) Bash
12 2 (0.36%) Korn
12 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.18%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.18%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 106 (19.06%) Security Cleared
2 84 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (8.81%) Degree
5 26 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.62%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.90%) PMP
11 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.18%) CISM
13 1 (0.18%) CISSP
13 1 (0.18%) IIBA
13 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 33 (5.94%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.14%) GDPR
3 23 (4.14%) QA
4 12 (2.16%) WCAG
5 8 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.44%) PMO
6 7 (1.26%) NIST
7 6 (1.08%) GRC
8 5 (0.90%) SLA
9 3 (0.54%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.54%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 33 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.54%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (3.42%) Terraform
2 13 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.62%) Grafana
3 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.62%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 403 (72.48%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.14%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.60%) Oracle
4 16 (2.88%) SAP
5 12 (2.16%) Databricks
6 11 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.98%) UiPath
7 9 (1.62%) Foundry
7 9 (1.62%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.44%) Blue Prism
9 7 (1.26%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.26%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.26%) Google
9 7 (1.26%) Splunk
10 4 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.72%) Pega
11 3 (0.54%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.54%) Brio
11 3 (0.54%) Workday
12 2 (0.36%) OutSystems