Power Automate Contracts

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Power Automate skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Automate over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 289 409
Rank change year-on-year +59 +120 +50
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 345 353 326
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 0.81% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.14% 2.50% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 236 234
10th Percentile £390 £313 £401
25th Percentile £428 £400 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £630 £669 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - £24.50
25th Percentile £56.88 £16.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £58.75 £17.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +245.59% -52.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60.63 £17.50 £42.44
90th Percentile - - £52.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.75 £17.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +245.59% -70.43% +74.24%

All Cloud 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 10,997 14,094 22,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 32.33% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 10,005 15,924
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 350
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £48.56 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.53 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.47% -28.03% +31.31%

Power Automate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Automate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Automate.

Daily rate trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Automate over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Automate.

Hourly rate trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 16 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 +54 283 £500 - 238
London +35 158 £525 +5.00% 91
UK excluding London +37 129 £460 -3.16% 158
Work from Home +20 120 £500 +3.09% 168
North of England +55 45 £470 -1.05% 54
Midlands +28 29 £460 +15.00% 34
West Midlands +22 27 £465 +24.00% 24
North West +19 26 £465 -2.11% 32
Scotland +1 21 £425 -11.46% 9
South East +23 17 £450 -5.26% 30
Yorkshire - 15 £475 - 10
South West +30 11 £456 -12.05% 13
East of England +36 9 £500 +5.26% 14
North East - 8 £465 - 12
Wales 0 2 £248 -55.00% 3
East Midlands +7 1 - - 10

Power Automate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 144 (41.74%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.45%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (1.16%) IIS
5 3 (0.87%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 12 (3.48%) InfoPath
1 12 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 68 (19.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.29%) FastStats
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 305 (88.41%) Power Platform
2 255 (73.91%) PowerApps
3 148 (42.90%) Azure
4 119 (34.49%) Dynamics 365
5 98 (28.41%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (15.65%) Azure Logic Apps
7 53 (15.36%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (7.83%) Entra ID
9 26 (7.54%) Azure Functions
9 26 (7.54%) Serverless
10 21 (6.09%) OneDrive
11 17 (4.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (4.06%) Copilot Studio
12 14 (4.06%) GitHub
13 7 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (1.74%) AWS
14 6 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.74%) Azure Storage
14 6 (1.74%) GCP
14 6 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) Network Security
2 2 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) DHCP
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.29%) VLAN
3 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (41.16%) Power BI
2 29 (8.41%) Relational Database
2 29 (8.41%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (2.32%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.32%) Power Query
7 6 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.45%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.16%) MySQL
9 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.87%) Metadata
11 2 (0.58%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.58%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.58%) Redis
12 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (9.86%) JIRA
2 31 (8.99%) Git
3 2 (0.58%) GitLab
3 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.58%) JMeter
3 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.29%) Hudson
4 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.29%) Postman
4 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 109 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.10%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.17%) Finance
4 40 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.51%) Marketing
6 11 (3.19%) Banking
7 9 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.32%) Retail
9 6 (1.74%) Military
10 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.58%) Back Office
12 2 (0.58%) Billing
12 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
12 2 (0.58%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 177 (51.30%) Developer
2 64 (18.55%) Power Platform Developer
3 38 (11.01%) Architect
4 32 (9.28%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 27 (7.83%) Consultant
6 23 (6.67%) Lead
7 22 (6.38%) Automation Developer
7 22 (6.38%) Power Apps Developer
7 22 (6.38%) Senior
8 20 (5.80%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 19 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (4.93%) Software Developer
11 15 (4.35%) Applications Developer
11 15 (4.35%) Microsoft Developer
12 14 (4.06%) SharePoint Developer
13 12 (3.48%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) CRM Developer
13 12 (3.48%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 11 (3.19%) Lead Developer
14 11 (3.19%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (14.78%) .NET
2 50 (14.49%) HTML
3 48 (13.91%) CSS
4 44 (12.75%) REST
5 30 (8.70%) SOAP
6 23 (6.67%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (6.09%) React
8 19 (5.51%) JSON
9 17 (4.93%) .NET Framework
9 17 (4.93%) SPFx
10 14 (4.06%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (2.90%) Web Services
11 10 (2.90%) XML
12 9 (2.61%) WCF
13 7 (2.03%) ASP.NET
13 7 (2.03%) Middleware
14 6 (1.74%) jQuery
15 5 (1.45%) .NET Core
15 5 (1.45%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (1.45%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.09%) Low-Code
2 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.74%) Cyberattack
4 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.16%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.16%) Learning Management System
5 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.58%) FMCG
7 2 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.58%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.19%) Windows
2 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (40.58%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (26.96%) Agile
3 78 (22.61%) DevOps
4 74 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (20.29%) CRM
6 49 (14.20%) Migration
7 35 (10.14%) Data Modelling
8 31 (8.99%) CI/CD
9 27 (7.83%) Workflow
10 26 (7.54%) Task Automation
11 24 (6.96%) Translating Business Requirements
11 24 (6.96%) Web Development
12 23 (6.67%) Customer Service
13 21 (6.09%) Data Integration
14 19 (5.51%) Logistics
15 18 (5.22%) Artificial Intelligence
15 18 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (5.22%) Data Migration
15 18 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (4.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (27.83%) JavaScript
2 93 (26.96%) SQL
3 89 (25.80%) C#
4 67 (19.42%) PowerShell
5 32 (9.28%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.67%) Python
7 6 (1.74%) VBA
8 5 (1.45%) Bicep
8 5 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.16%) Bash
9 4 (1.16%) Formula Language
9 4 (1.16%) Java
10 2 (0.58%) Groovy
10 2 (0.58%) Ruby
10 2 (0.58%) VB
11 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 48 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.43%) Degree
4 12 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.29%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.29%) CISSP
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) GCFA
10 1 (0.29%) GCIH
10 1 (0.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.03%) QA
2 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.87%) GDPR
4 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.58%) P3O
4 2 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.45%) Terraform
3 4 (1.16%) Grafana
3 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.87%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.58%) Ansible
5 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.58%) SCCM
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 200 (57.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.32%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.45%) Databricks
4 4 (1.16%) Oracle
4 4 (1.16%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.16%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.16%) Workday
5 3 (0.87%) Blue Prism
5 3 (0.87%) HP
5 3 (0.87%) SAP
6 2 (0.58%) UiPath
7 1 (0.29%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe
7 1 (0.29%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.29%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.29%) ESRI
7 1 (0.29%) Google
7 1 (0.29%) Sybase
7 1 (0.29%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.29%) VMware