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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 256 269
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +146
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 494 302 364
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.02% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.78% 2.69% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 203 243
10th Percentile £328 £363 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £555 £570 £575
90th Percentile £613 £620 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £464 £475
% change year-on-year -2.96% -2.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.04 -
25th Percentile £29.60 £30.72 £16.50
Median hourly rate £37.88 £34.43 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.01% +102.53% -47.29%
75th Percentile £38.63 £41.39 £17.50
90th Percentile £41.18 £52.93 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.88 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year +10.01% +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 17,796 11,228 14,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.90% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 7,582 9,936
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £631
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 279 359
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.31 £28.00 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +33.25% +29.39% -38.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.00 £19.95
% change year-on-year +97.37% -4.76% -26.38%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -5 415 £500 - 206
London +11 250 £513 +2.50% 74
UK excluding London -26 200 £450 -2.96% 165
Work from Home +18 144 £500 - 109
North of England -49 56 £480 +1.05% 44
South East -33 39 £505 +12.22% 47
Scotland +8 35 £320 -28.89% 6
North West -28 30 £450 - 28
Midlands -53 29 £456 -3.95% 29
South West -18 22 £538 +16.22% 18
Yorkshire -47 20 £500 +5.26% 13
West Midlands -60 19 £463 -2.63% 18
Wales -5 9 £300 +9.09% 3
East Midlands -17 9 £435 - 11
East of England -30 9 £510 +2.00% 10
North East -30 6 £370 -1.33% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 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
1 157 (31.78%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.04%) SharePoint Server
3 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.62%) Appian
4 8 (1.62%) Confluence
5 7 (1.42%) HCL Notes
6 6 (1.21%) Mendix
7 4 (0.81%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.40%) CMS
10 1 (0.20%) Camunda
10 1 (0.20%) IIS
10 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.40%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (14.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.42%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.40%) 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
1 390 (78.95%) Power Platform
2 313 (63.36%) PowerApps
3 264 (53.44%) Azure
4 152 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
5 151 (30.57%) Dynamics 365
6 108 (21.86%) Azure DevOps
7 101 (20.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 67 (13.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 67 (13.56%) Copilot Studio
9 63 (12.75%) Entra ID
10 49 (9.92%) Serverless
11 48 (9.72%) Azure Functions
12 41 (8.30%) Azure Service Bus
13 32 (6.48%) GitHub
14 28 (5.67%) OneDrive
15 26 (5.26%) Azure AI
16 22 (4.45%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (3.24%) AWS
18 15 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
19 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) DNS
1 5 (1.01%) Firewall
1 5 (1.01%) VPN
2 4 (0.81%) Intranet
3 3 (0.61%) HTTP
3 3 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) Network Security
3 3 (0.61%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (39.68%) Power BI
2 36 (7.29%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.04%) Power Query
4 14 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.63%) Metadata
6 8 (1.62%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.21%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.81%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.81%) MySQL
9 4 (0.81%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.40%) Tableau
12 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (3.44%) JIRA
2 12 (2.43%) Git
3 11 (2.23%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.62%) MLflow
5 3 (0.61%) Postman
5 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.40%) JUnit
6 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 162 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 111 (22.47%) Finance
3 79 (15.99%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.49%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (5.06%) Banking
6 11 (2.23%) Law
7 10 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.02%) Legal
7 10 (2.02%) Marketing
8 7 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.21%) Back Office
9 6 (1.21%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.21%) Police
10 5 (1.01%) Local Government
10 5 (1.01%) Retail
11 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.61%) Military
11 3 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 207 (41.90%) Developer
2 77 (15.59%) Power Platform Developer
3 67 (13.56%) Consultant
4 48 (9.72%) Senior
5 45 (9.11%) Architect
6 44 (8.91%) Analyst
7 33 (6.68%) Microsoft Developer
8 29 (5.87%) SharePoint Developer
9 27 (5.47%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 27 (5.47%) Senior Developer
10 21 (4.25%) Lead
11 20 (4.05%) Automation Engineer
11 20 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.64%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 18 (3.64%) Power Apps Developer
13 17 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 17 (3.44%) Data Engineer
13 17 (3.44%) Power Platform Architect
13 17 (3.44%) Power Platform Consultant
14 15 (3.04%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (11.74%) .NET
2 49 (9.92%) REST
3 42 (8.50%) React
4 40 (8.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 36 (7.29%) CSS
6 35 (7.09%) HTML
7 34 (6.88%) SPFx
8 33 (6.68%) JSON
9 25 (5.06%) HTML5 Canvas
10 19 (3.85%) RESTful
11 13 (2.63%) OAuth
12 10 (2.02%) Web Services
13 8 (1.62%) Django
13 8 (1.62%) Flask
13 8 (1.62%) JWT
13 8 (1.62%) NumPy
13 8 (1.62%) Pandas
13 8 (1.62%) pytest
13 8 (1.62%) PyTorch
13 8 (1.62%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.73%) Low-Code
2 23 (4.66%) AI Agents
3 20 (4.05%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.43%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.01%) Taxonomies
9 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.81%) NHS
10 3 (0.61%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.61%) IoT
10 3 (0.61%) IVR
10 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.01%) Windows
2 3 (0.61%) 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
1 196 (39.68%) Business Intelligence
2 149 (30.16%) DevOps
3 110 (22.27%) Agile
4 109 (22.06%) AI
5 104 (21.05%) CI/CD
6 93 (18.83%) Data Modelling
7 78 (15.79%) CRM
8 68 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (12.75%) Workflow
10 59 (11.94%) Analytics
11 44 (8.91%) Migration
12 42 (8.50%) API Integration
12 42 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 42 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (7.89%) Integration Patterns
13 39 (7.89%) Translating Business Requirements
14 35 (7.09%) User Experience
15 31 (6.28%) ETL
16 29 (5.87%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 115 (23.28%) JavaScript
2 100 (20.24%) C#
3 85 (17.21%) SQL
4 55 (11.13%) PowerShell
5 37 (7.49%) Python
6 30 (6.07%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.43%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.43%) X++
9 10 (2.02%) Java
10 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.21%) Formula Language
11 6 (1.21%) LotusScript
12 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.40%) AppleScript
13 2 (0.40%) Bash
13 2 (0.40%) Bicep
13 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 75 (15.18%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.88%) Degree
4 33 (6.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.20%) CISM
11 1 (0.20%) CISSP
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.02%) GDPR
4 9 (1.82%) QA
5 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.21%) GRC
6 6 (1.21%) NIST
6 6 (1.21%) WCAG
7 4 (0.81%) PMO
8 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.61%) SLA
8 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.23%) Docker
3 5 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.44%) Kubernetes
1 17 (3.44%) Terraform
2 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.21%) Grafana
4 6 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 333 (67.41%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.66%) UiPath
3 22 (4.45%) OpenAI
4 18 (3.64%) SAP
4 18 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.44%) Oracle
6 11 (2.23%) Automation Anywhere
7 8 (1.62%) Foundry
7 8 (1.62%) Google
8 7 (1.42%) Lotus
8 7 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.21%) Databricks
9 6 (1.21%) Kofax
10 5 (1.01%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.01%) Blue Prism
10 5 (1.01%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.01%) Splunk
11 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.81%) Brio
12 3 (0.61%) Pega