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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 204 304
Rank change year-on-year -46 +100 +91
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 473 386 329
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.26% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.95% 3.32% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 262 220
10th Percentile £353 £364 £328
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £630 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £460 £480
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile £27.71 - £16.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £17.00
75th Percentile £100.00 - £17.50
90th Percentile £103.30 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - £17.00
% change year-on-year - - -70.43%

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 16,017 11,619 14,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.50% 37.91% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,958 7,942 10,484
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £635
90th Percentile £700 £726 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £495
% change year-on-year -4.23% +0.20% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 187 359
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.15 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +24.01% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.45 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year +76.53% +34.33% -18.18%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -39 396 £500 +3.09% 181
London -5 242 £500 - 66
UK excluding London -28 174 £450 -2.17% 151
Work from Home -22 144 £519 +5.87% 97
North of England -53 48 £500 +6.38% 39
North West -22 34 £450 -4.26% 21
Midlands -65 34 £450 -2.17% 30
South East -17 30 £505 +12.22% 42
West Midlands -57 26 £475 +4.40% 21
Scotland +15 25 £425 - 10
South West -15 22 £413 -11.29% 14
Wales +10 14 £308 +17.14% 9
Yorkshire -63 10 £525 +11.11% 11
East Midlands -27 8 £450 -10.00% 8
North East -13 4 £365 -21.51% 9
East of England -29 2 - - 11

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
1 153 (32.35%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.17%) HCL Notes
3 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.11%) Mendix
5 8 (1.69%) Appian
6 4 (0.85%) Confluence
7 2 (0.42%) Camunda
7 2 (0.42%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.42%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Orchard CMS
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.63%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 90 (19.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.63%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 393 (83.09%) Power Platform
2 318 (67.23%) PowerApps
3 266 (56.24%) Azure
4 156 (32.98%) Dynamics 365
5 137 (28.96%) Microsoft 365
6 101 (21.35%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (16.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 65 (13.74%) Azure Logic Apps
9 63 (13.32%) Copilot Studio
10 60 (12.68%) Azure Functions
10 60 (12.68%) Serverless
11 43 (9.09%) Entra ID
12 41 (8.67%) Azure Service Bus
13 37 (7.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 28 (5.92%) Azure AI
15 27 (5.71%) OneDrive
16 25 (5.29%) GitHub
17 14 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
19 12 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.48%) HTTP
2 1 (0.21%) Firewall
2 1 (0.21%) Intranet
2 1 (0.21%) LAN
2 1 (0.21%) Network Security
2 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.21%) Skype
2 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (49.89%) Power BI
2 24 (5.07%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.96%) Power Query
4 13 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.33%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.69%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.27%) Metadata
8 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.06%) Tableau
9 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.42%) GIS
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.42%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 23 (4.86%) Git
2 22 (4.65%) JIRA
3 8 (1.69%) MLflow
4 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.63%) Postman
6 2 (0.42%) GitLab
6 2 (0.42%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.42%) JUnit
6 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.21%) Gatling
7 1 (0.21%) gulp
7 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
7 1 (0.21%) Maven
7 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 163 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 96 (20.30%) Finance
3 85 (17.97%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.07%) Banking
6 19 (4.02%) Marketing
7 18 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.69%) Legal
10 7 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.48%) Law
10 7 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.48%) Retail
11 5 (1.06%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.06%) Police
12 4 (0.85%) Back Office
12 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.63%) Local Government
14 2 (0.42%) German Language
14 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (44.40%) Developer
2 84 (17.76%) Power Platform Developer
3 53 (11.21%) Analyst
4 40 (8.46%) Consultant
4 40 (8.46%) Senior
5 38 (8.03%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 34 (7.19%) Architect
7 31 (6.55%) Power Apps Developer
8 28 (5.92%) Microsoft Developer
9 26 (5.50%) Applications Developer
10 24 (5.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 23 (4.86%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.02%) Automation Engineer
12 19 (4.02%) Lead
13 18 (3.81%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.81%) Platform Architect
13 18 (3.81%) Power Platform Architect
14 14 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Engineer
16 12 (2.54%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.42%) .NET
2 44 (9.30%) REST
3 31 (6.55%) HTML5 Canvas
4 29 (6.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 27 (5.71%) HTML
6 21 (4.44%) JSON
7 19 (4.02%) RESTful
8 18 (3.81%) OAuth
9 17 (3.59%) React
10 15 (3.17%) CSS
11 12 (2.54%) NumPy
11 12 (2.54%) Pandas
12 11 (2.33%) FastAPI
12 11 (2.33%) Flask
12 11 (2.33%) Web Services
13 9 (1.90%) Swagger
14 8 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (1.69%) PyTorch
14 8 (1.69%) scikit-learn
14 8 (1.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 63 (13.32%) Low-Code
2 23 (4.86%) AI Agents
3 21 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.96%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.85%) NHS
9 3 (0.63%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.63%) IVR
9 3 (0.63%) PKI
9 3 (0.63%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.42%) IoT
10 2 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.42%) State Machine
11 1 (0.21%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.63%) Windows
2 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (50.11%) Business Intelligence
2 132 (27.91%) DevOps
3 106 (22.41%) Agile
4 94 (19.87%) CRM
5 92 (19.45%) Data Modelling
6 76 (16.07%) CI/CD
7 73 (15.43%) Analytics
8 69 (14.59%) AI
9 68 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (11.42%) Workflow
11 47 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (7.82%) API Integration
12 37 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (7.82%) Data Governance
13 35 (7.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (7.40%) User Experience
14 34 (7.19%) Integration Patterns
15 32 (6.77%) Scrum
16 31 (6.55%) Decision-Making
16 31 (6.55%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 96 (20.30%) JavaScript
1 96 (20.30%) SQL
2 86 (18.18%) C#
3 50 (10.57%) PowerShell
4 42 (8.88%) Python
5 30 (6.34%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (2.33%) Formula Language
7 11 (2.33%) LotusScript
8 8 (1.69%) R
9 6 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.06%) X++
11 4 (0.85%) Java
11 4 (0.85%) VBA
12 3 (0.63%) Bicep
12 3 (0.63%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.42%) AppleScript
13 2 (0.42%) Bash
14 1 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 100 (21.14%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.46%) Degree
4 32 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.42%) MBA
9 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.21%) CIMA
10 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.11%) QA
4 9 (1.90%) GDPR
5 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.42%) PMO
6 2 (0.42%) SLA
6 2 (0.42%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (7.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.11%) Terraform
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 346 (73.15%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.71%) OpenAI
3 22 (4.65%) UiPath
4 19 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.38%) Oracle
6 15 (3.17%) Lotus
6 15 (3.17%) SAP
7 11 (2.33%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.11%) Kofax
9 7 (1.48%) Blue Prism
9 7 (1.48%) Foundry
10 6 (1.27%) Google
10 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.63%) Brio
11 3 (0.63%) Databricks
11 3 (0.63%) Genesys
12 2 (0.42%) ESRI
12 2 (0.42%) Intel
12 2 (0.42%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.42%) Pega