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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 259 274
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 +153
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 495 297 361
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.99% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.76% 2.63% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 198 240
10th Percentile £327 £371 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £563 £561 £578
90th Percentile £615 £623 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile - £25.04 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £30.72 £16.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.43 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.92% +102.53% -47.29%
75th Percentile £38.25 £41.39 £17.50
90th Percentile £40.70 £52.93 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year +8.92% +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 17,960 11,288 14,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 37.80% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,998 7,611 10,028
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £636
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 277 365
10th Percentile £16.54 £15.13 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +29.55% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.81 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.14 £20.77
% change year-on-year +95.98% -7.87% -22.36%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +13 416 £500 - 172
London +16 250 £520 +4.00% 60
UK excluding London -26 201 £450 -3.23% 159
Work from Home +6 144 £500 - 92
North of England -55 56 £500 +8.11% 35
South East -34 41 £505 +6.32% 49
Scotland +8 34 £320 -28.89% 5
North West -31 32 £450 - 21
Midlands -52 29 £443 -6.84% 27
South West -18 22 £538 +17.49% 18
Yorkshire -52 20 £500 +5.26% 11
West Midlands -59 19 £450 -5.26% 17
Wales -5 9 £300 +9.09% 7
East Midlands -11 9 £435 - 9
East of England -33 9 £510 +2.00% 10
North East -34 4 £365 -2.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 13

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
1 158 (31.92%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.03%) SharePoint Server
3 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.62%) Confluence
5 7 (1.41%) Appian
6 6 (1.21%) HCL Notes
7 5 (1.01%) Mendix
8 4 (0.81%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.40%) CMS
11 1 (0.20%) Camunda
11 1 (0.20%) IIS
11 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (7.68%) 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 68 (13.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.81%) 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
1 398 (80.40%) Power Platform
2 319 (64.44%) PowerApps
3 263 (53.13%) Azure
4 153 (30.91%) Microsoft 365
5 146 (29.49%) Dynamics 365
6 110 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
7 103 (20.81%) Microsoft Copilot
8 68 (13.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 68 (13.74%) Copilot Studio
9 63 (12.73%) Entra ID
10 48 (9.70%) Serverless
11 47 (9.49%) Azure Functions
12 36 (7.27%) Azure Service Bus
13 34 (6.87%) GitHub
14 29 (5.86%) OneDrive
15 26 (5.25%) Azure AI
16 22 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (3.23%) AWS
17 16 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.21%) DNS
1 6 (1.21%) Firewall
1 6 (1.21%) 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
1 202 (40.81%) Power BI
2 35 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.03%) Metadata
4 14 (2.83%) Power Query
5 7 (1.41%) Pinecone
6 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.81%) EDRMS
7 4 (0.81%) MySQL
7 4 (0.81%) PowerPivot
7 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.40%) Tableau
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 17 (3.43%) JIRA
2 12 (2.42%) Git
3 11 (2.22%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.41%) 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%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 159 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.22%) Finance
3 74 (14.95%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.26%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (5.25%) Banking
7 11 (2.22%) Law
7 11 (2.22%) Marketing
8 10 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.02%) Legal
9 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.41%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.21%) Back Office
11 6 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.21%) Police
12 5 (1.01%) Local Government
12 5 (1.01%) Retail
13 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.61%) Military
13 3 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 210 (42.42%) Developer
2 79 (15.96%) Power Platform Developer
3 66 (13.33%) Consultant
4 49 (9.90%) Architect
5 48 (9.70%) Senior
6 41 (8.28%) Analyst
7 33 (6.67%) Microsoft Developer
8 29 (5.86%) SharePoint Developer
9 27 (5.45%) Senior Developer
10 26 (5.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 23 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (4.24%) Lead
13 19 (3.84%) Power Apps Developer
14 18 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
14 18 (3.64%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 17 (3.43%) Power Platform Architect
15 17 (3.43%) Power Platform Consultant
16 16 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 15 (3.03%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (11.72%) .NET
2 50 (10.10%) REST
3 41 (8.28%) Microsoft Graph
3 41 (8.28%) React
4 36 (7.27%) CSS
4 36 (7.27%) HTML
5 35 (7.07%) SPFx
6 34 (6.87%) JSON
7 27 (5.45%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (3.64%) RESTful
9 12 (2.42%) OAuth
10 9 (1.82%) Web Services
11 7 (1.41%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.41%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (1.41%) Django
11 7 (1.41%) Flask
11 7 (1.41%) HTML5
11 7 (1.41%) NumPy
11 7 (1.41%) Pandas
11 7 (1.41%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.30%) Low-Code
2 23 (4.65%) AI Agents
3 20 (4.04%) Data Structures
3 20 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (3.84%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.21%) Taxonomies
9 5 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (0.81%) NHS
11 3 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.61%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.61%) IoT
11 3 (0.61%) IVR
11 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
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
1 202 (40.81%) Business Intelligence
2 146 (29.49%) DevOps
3 115 (23.23%) AI
4 112 (22.63%) Agile
5 106 (21.41%) CI/CD
6 96 (19.39%) Data Modelling
7 74 (14.95%) CRM
8 69 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (13.13%) Workflow
10 61 (12.32%) Analytics
11 46 (9.29%) Migration
12 44 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (8.48%) API Integration
13 42 (8.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 40 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (8.08%) Translating Business Requirements
15 36 (7.27%) Integration Patterns
16 34 (6.87%) User Experience
17 31 (6.26%) ERP
17 31 (6.26%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 115 (23.23%) JavaScript
2 94 (18.99%) C#
3 89 (17.98%) SQL
4 50 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 39 (7.88%) Python
6 31 (6.26%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.42%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.42%) X++
9 10 (2.02%) Java
10 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.01%) Formula Language
11 5 (1.01%) LotusScript
12 4 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.61%) Bicep
13 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.61%) VBA
14 2 (0.40%) AppleScript
14 2 (0.40%) Bash
14 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 98 (19.80%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.07%) Degree
4 33 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.83%) 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 38 (7.68%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.02%) GDPR
3 10 (2.02%) QA
4 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.21%) GRC
5 6 (1.21%) NIST
5 6 (1.21%) WCAG
6 4 (0.81%) PMO
7 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.61%) SLA
7 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.20%) MiFID
9 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.02%) Docker
3 5 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.64%) Terraform
2 17 (3.43%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.41%) Grafana
5 7 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 334 (67.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.85%) UiPath
3 21 (4.24%) OpenAI
4 20 (4.04%) SAP
5 18 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.43%) Oracle
7 10 (2.02%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (1.62%) Foundry
8 8 (1.62%) Google
9 7 (1.41%) Databricks
9 7 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.21%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.21%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.21%) Lotus
10 6 (1.21%) Splunk
11 5 (1.01%) Blue Prism
11 5 (1.01%) Kofax
12 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.81%) Brio
13 3 (0.61%) Pega