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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 204 305
Rank change year-on-year -27 +101 +94
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 458 407 305
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.19% 1.29% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.13% 3.49% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 274 217
10th Percentile £353 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £568 £594 £600
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% -4.76%
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 14,631 11,646 14,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.02% 36.99% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,078 7,737 10,540
10th Percentile £306 £313 £285
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 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 169 304
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.35 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £23.43
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +17.40% -0.32%
75th Percentile £58.75 £43.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £24.66 £21.00
% change year-on-year +31.79% +17.43% +7.69%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -33 393 £500 +4.17% 127
London +3 239 £504 +0.75% 56
UK excluding London -37 163 £475 +1.06% 119
Work from Home -3 145 £511 +4.34% 94
North of England -51 45 £450 -4.26% 18
Midlands -60 40 £478 +3.80% 18
West Midlands -41 32 £480 +5.49% 11
North West -11 29 £425 -9.57% 12
South East -22 24 £505 +6.32% 42
Scotland +8 20 £463 +8.82% 11
South West -14 20 £400 -40.30% 8
Wales +6 13 £308 -7.17% 12
Yorkshire -57 12 £525 +11.70% 2
East Midlands -24 8 £450 -10.00% 7
North East -16 4 £365 -21.51% 4
East of England -19 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
1 138 (30.13%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.49%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.18%) Confluence
4 9 (1.97%) Mendix
5 6 (1.31%) Appian
5 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.22%) Camunda
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 37 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.97%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 87 (19.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.87%) 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
1 389 (84.93%) Power Platform
2 306 (66.81%) PowerApps
3 262 (57.21%) Azure
4 166 (36.24%) Dynamics 365
5 122 (26.64%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (20.09%) Azure DevOps
7 67 (14.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 67 (14.63%) Microsoft Copilot
8 59 (12.88%) Azure Functions
8 59 (12.88%) Serverless
9 54 (11.79%) Copilot Studio
10 40 (8.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 39 (8.52%) Entra ID
12 30 (6.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (5.46%) Azure AI
13 25 (5.46%) GitHub
14 22 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (3.71%) OneDrive
16 15 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) HTTP
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) Internet
2 1 (0.22%) Intranet
2 1 (0.22%) LAN
2 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.22%) Skype
2 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (51.75%) Power BI
2 21 (4.59%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.37%) Power Query
4 10 (2.18%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.31%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.31%) Tableau
8 5 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.87%) Metadata
9 4 (0.87%) 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%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.22%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 34 (7.42%) JIRA
2 22 (4.80%) Git
3 7 (1.53%) SonarQube
4 6 (1.31%) MLflow
5 5 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.87%) Postman
7 2 (0.44%) GitLab
7 2 (0.44%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.22%) Gatling
8 1 (0.22%) gulp
8 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.22%) JMeter
8 1 (0.22%) Maven
8 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 173 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 88 (19.21%) Finance
3 85 (18.56%) Public Sector
4 38 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.68%) Banking
6 19 (4.15%) Marketing
7 15 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.18%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.97%) Retail
10 8 (1.75%) Law
10 8 (1.75%) Legal
10 8 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.66%) Back Office
14 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.66%) Local Government
15 2 (0.44%) German Language
Job Titles
1 201 (43.89%) Developer
2 71 (15.50%) Power Platform Developer
3 50 (10.92%) Analyst
4 44 (9.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 43 (9.39%) Architect
6 37 (8.08%) Consultant
7 29 (6.33%) Power Apps Developer
8 27 (5.90%) Senior
9 26 (5.68%) Applications Developer
10 25 (5.46%) Microsoft Developer
11 24 (5.24%) Lead
12 20 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 18 (3.93%) Power Platform Architect
13 18 (3.93%) Senior Developer
14 17 (3.71%) Platform Architect
15 14 (3.06%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 12 (2.62%) Administrator
17 12 (2.62%) Automation Engineer
17 12 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (14.85%) .NET
2 46 (10.04%) REST
3 28 (6.11%) HTML5 Canvas
4 26 (5.68%) HTML
5 21 (4.59%) JSON
5 21 (4.59%) Microsoft Graph
6 16 (3.49%) OAuth
6 16 (3.49%) React
6 16 (3.49%) RESTful
7 13 (2.84%) CSS
8 11 (2.40%) XML
9 10 (2.18%) NumPy
9 10 (2.18%) Pandas
9 10 (2.18%) Web Services
10 9 (1.97%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (1.97%) FastAPI
10 9 (1.97%) Flask
10 9 (1.97%) SOAP
11 7 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.23%) Low-Code
2 24 (5.24%) AI Agents
3 18 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.62%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.97%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.31%) IVR
10 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.87%) NHS
11 3 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.66%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.66%) PKI
11 3 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.44%) Derivative
12 2 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (51.97%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (27.51%) Agile
2 126 (27.51%) DevOps
3 90 (19.65%) CRM
4 80 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (17.25%) Data Modelling
6 74 (16.16%) CI/CD
7 69 (15.07%) Analytics
8 60 (13.10%) AI
9 48 (10.48%) Workflow
10 43 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (7.64%) Scrum
12 35 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 34 (7.42%) API Integration
14 33 (7.21%) Data Governance
15 31 (6.77%) Roadmaps
16 29 (6.33%) Customer Engagement
16 29 (6.33%) Data Protection
17 28 (6.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.31%) JavaScript
2 92 (20.09%) SQL
3 91 (19.87%) C#
4 46 (10.04%) PowerShell
5 40 (8.73%) Python
6 28 (6.11%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (2.18%) Formula Language
8 10 (2.18%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.75%) R
10 6 (1.31%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.09%) VBA
11 5 (1.09%) X++
12 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.44%) Bicep
13 2 (0.44%) Java
14 1 (0.22%) Bash
14 1 (0.22%) C
14 1 (0.22%) Korn
14 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 78 (17.03%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.83%) Degree
4 33 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.87%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
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%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.93%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.28%) QA
3 13 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.75%) GDPR
5 7 (1.53%) PMO
6 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.66%) WCAG
8 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.22%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.18%) Terraform
3 4 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.44%) Grafana
5 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 338 (73.80%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.68%) OpenAI
3 19 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.93%) SAP
5 17 (3.71%) UiPath
6 16 (3.49%) Lotus
7 15 (3.28%) Oracle
8 12 (2.62%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.40%) Blue Prism
10 9 (1.97%) Kofax
11 8 (1.75%) Automation Anywhere
12 6 (1.31%) DocuSign
13 4 (0.87%) Foundry
14 3 (0.66%) Brio
14 3 (0.66%) Databricks
14 3 (0.66%) Genesys
14 3 (0.66%) Google
14 3 (0.66%) Pega
15 2 (0.44%) ESRI
15 2 (0.44%) Intel