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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 206 319
Rank change year-on-year -24 +113 +86
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 449 404 312
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.19% 1.29% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.14% 3.50% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 272 218
10th Percentile £353 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £565 £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 14,317 11,535 14,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.95% 36.87% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,879 7,657 10,677
10th Percentile £306 £313 £281
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 327 167 306
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.26 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.69 £21.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £24.02
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +14.49% +3.76%
75th Percentile £58.70 £43.75 £52.83
90th Percentile £77.85 £68.75 £73.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.11 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +12.44% +19.05% +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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -27 386 £500 +3.63% 144
London +10 234 £500 - 57
UK excluding London -31 162 £475 +1.06% 133
Work from Home -10 139 £504 +1.77% 118
North of England -39 45 £450 -4.26% 20
Midlands -50 40 £478 +3.80% 18
West Midlands -45 32 £480 +5.49% 11
North West -7 29 £425 -9.57% 12
South East -26 24 £505 +6.32% 45
Scotland +14 20 £463 +2.78% 9
South West -16 20 £400 -40.30% 10
Wales +5 12 £308 -7.17% 15
Yorkshire -50 12 £525 +11.70% 3
East Midlands -23 8 £450 -10.00% 7
North East -16 4 £365 -21.51% 5
East of England -19 2 - - 16

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
1 139 (30.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.56%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.23%) Confluence
4 9 (2.00%) Mendix
5 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.45%) CMS
7 2 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.22%) Orchard CMS
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 37 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 85 (18.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.67%) ResourceLink
4 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 382 (85.08%) Power Platform
2 300 (66.82%) PowerApps
3 256 (57.02%) Azure
4 162 (36.08%) Dynamics 365
5 121 (26.95%) Microsoft 365
6 91 (20.27%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (14.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 63 (14.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 58 (12.92%) Azure Functions
9 58 (12.92%) Serverless
10 50 (11.14%) Copilot Studio
11 39 (8.69%) Entra ID
12 38 (8.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (6.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (5.57%) GitHub
15 24 (5.35%) Azure AI
16 22 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (3.79%) OneDrive
18 15 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (3.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.00%) 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
1 235 (52.34%) Power BI
2 20 (4.45%) Power Query
2 20 (4.45%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.23%) Oracle Database
4 9 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.00%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.34%) Tableau
7 5 (1.11%) Pinecone
7 5 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.89%) Metadata
8 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.22%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 34 (7.57%) JIRA
2 22 (4.90%) Git
3 7 (1.56%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.11%) MLflow
4 5 (1.11%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.89%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) GitLab
6 2 (0.45%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.22%) Gatling
7 1 (0.22%) gulp
7 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.22%) JMeter
7 1 (0.22%) Maven
7 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 170 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.15%) Finance
3 83 (18.49%) Public Sector
4 38 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.79%) Banking
6 20 (4.45%) Marketing
7 15 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.00%) Legal
9 9 (2.00%) Retail
10 8 (1.78%) Law
10 8 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.89%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.67%) Back Office
14 3 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.67%) Local Government
15 2 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 195 (43.43%) Developer
2 67 (14.92%) Power Platform Developer
3 50 (11.14%) Analyst
4 44 (9.80%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 41 (9.13%) Architect
6 37 (8.24%) Consultant
7 27 (6.01%) Power Apps Developer
8 26 (5.79%) Senior
9 25 (5.57%) Lead
10 24 (5.35%) Applications Developer
11 23 (5.12%) Microsoft Developer
12 19 (4.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 18 (4.01%) Power Platform Architect
14 17 (3.79%) Platform Architect
14 17 (3.79%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.12%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.90%) Administrator
17 12 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 12 (2.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
18 11 (2.45%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (14.48%) .NET
2 45 (10.02%) REST
3 28 (6.24%) HTML5 Canvas
4 25 (5.57%) HTML
5 21 (4.68%) JSON
5 21 (4.68%) Microsoft Graph
6 16 (3.56%) React
7 15 (3.34%) OAuth
7 15 (3.34%) RESTful
8 12 (2.67%) CSS
9 11 (2.45%) XML
10 9 (2.00%) NumPy
10 9 (2.00%) Pandas
10 9 (2.00%) SOAP
10 9 (2.00%) Web Services
11 8 (1.78%) FastAPI
11 8 (1.78%) Flask
12 7 (1.56%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.56%) ASP.NET Web API
13 6 (1.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.03%) Low-Code
2 21 (4.68%) AI Agents
3 18 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.67%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.34%) IVR
10 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.67%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.67%) NHS
11 3 (0.67%) PKI
11 3 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.45%) Derivative
12 2 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.89%) Windows
2 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (52.56%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (27.84%) Agile
3 124 (27.62%) DevOps
4 88 (19.60%) CRM
5 78 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (16.93%) Data Modelling
7 72 (16.04%) CI/CD
8 68 (15.14%) Analytics
9 56 (12.47%) AI
10 47 (10.47%) Workflow
11 41 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (8.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (7.57%) Scrum
15 31 (6.90%) API Integration
16 30 (6.68%) Data Governance
17 29 (6.46%) Data Protection
17 29 (6.46%) Roadmaps
18 28 (6.24%) Customer Engagement
18 28 (6.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 91 (20.27%) JavaScript
2 90 (20.04%) SQL
3 89 (19.82%) C#
4 46 (10.24%) PowerShell
5 39 (8.69%) Python
6 27 (6.01%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (2.23%) Formula Language
8 10 (2.23%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.78%) R
10 6 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.11%) VBA
11 5 (1.11%) X++
12 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.45%) Bicep
13 2 (0.45%) Java
14 1 (0.22%) Bash
14 1 (0.22%) C
14 1 (0.22%) Korn
14 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (20.94%) Security Cleared
2 75 (16.70%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.02%) Degree
4 33 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.89%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.45%) MBA
8 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CIMA
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.34%) Data Quality
1 15 (3.34%) QA
2 13 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.78%) GDPR
4 7 (1.56%) PMO
5 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.67%) WCAG
7 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.23%) Terraform
3 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.45%) Grafana
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 333 (74.16%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.57%) OpenAI
3 19 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.79%) SAP
5 16 (3.56%) Lotus
5 16 (3.56%) UiPath
6 15 (3.34%) Oracle
7 12 (2.67%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.45%) Blue Prism
9 9 (2.00%) Kofax
10 7 (1.56%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (1.34%) DocuSign
12 4 (0.89%) Foundry
13 3 (0.67%) Brio
13 3 (0.67%) Databricks
13 3 (0.67%) Genesys
13 3 (0.67%) Google
13 3 (0.67%) Pega
14 2 (0.45%) ESRI
14 2 (0.45%) Intel