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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 245 277
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 +137
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 495 314 348
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.08% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.89% 2.87% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 215 232
10th Percentile £350 £396 £313
25th Percentile £413 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £615 £630 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £25.71 - -
25th Percentile £26.46 £56.88 £16.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £58.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% +245.59% -47.29%
75th Percentile £32.98 £60.63 £17.50
90th Percentile £36.14 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.83 £58.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year -45.82% +245.59% -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 17,106 10,947 13,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.61% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,532 7,522 9,850
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £634
90th Percentile £704 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 245 349
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.12 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +35.09% +29.90% -38.94%
75th Percentile £65.13 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £80.12 £73.25 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £20.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year +89.09% +17.89% -29.12%

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 21 May 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
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 21 May 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 +1 415 £500 - 148
London +22 262 £500 -4.76% 55
UK excluding London -30 184 £450 - 116
Work from Home -10 141 £500 - 79
North of England -51 48 £500 +8.11% 36
Scotland +18 36 £320 -26.86% 5
South East -37 34 £505 +12.22% 29
Midlands -48 31 £450 +2.86% 26
North West -28 26 £500 +17.65% 12
South West -24 20 £523 +14.63% 7
West Midlands -57 20 £450 +2.86% 21
Yorkshire -47 16 £500 +5.26% 18
East Midlands -18 10 £443 - 5
Wales -2 8 £300 +9.09% 5
East of England -25 8 £499 -0.25% 4
North East -20 6 £370 -1.33% 6

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
1 164 (33.13%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.83%) HCL Notes
3 13 (2.63%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (2.02%) Mendix
4 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.62%) Appian
6 7 (1.41%) Confluence
7 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.40%) CMS
8 2 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.20%) Camunda
9 1 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.40%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 79 (15.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 398 (80.40%) Power Platform
2 312 (63.03%) PowerApps
3 262 (52.93%) Azure
4 154 (31.11%) Dynamics 365
5 144 (29.09%) Microsoft 365
6 105 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (19.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 66 (13.33%) Copilot Studio
9 61 (12.32%) Azure Logic Apps
10 55 (11.11%) Entra ID
11 49 (9.90%) Serverless
12 48 (9.70%) Azure Functions
13 40 (8.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 32 (6.46%) GitHub
15 28 (5.66%) OneDrive
16 27 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (5.05%) Azure AI
18 16 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
19 12 (2.42%) AWS
20 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) DNS
1 4 (0.81%) Firewall
1 4 (0.81%) HTTP
1 4 (0.81%) VPN
2 3 (0.61%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) SMS
3 2 (0.40%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (42.22%) Power BI
2 37 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.84%) Power Query
4 18 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.02%) Metadata
5 10 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.62%) Pinecone
7 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.21%) Tableau
9 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.81%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.61%) MySQL
11 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.23%) Git
1 16 (3.23%) JIRA
2 11 (2.22%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.62%) MLflow
4 3 (0.61%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.40%) JUnit
5 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.20%) JMeter
6 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 157 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 116 (23.43%) Finance
3 78 (15.76%) Public Sector
4 43 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (5.05%) Banking
7 14 (2.83%) Marketing
8 11 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.22%) Law
9 9 (1.82%) Legal
10 7 (1.41%) Back Office
11 6 (1.21%) Police
12 5 (1.01%) Local Government
12 5 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.81%) Retail
14 3 (0.61%) Publishing
15 2 (0.40%) Automotive
15 2 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 216 (43.64%) Developer
2 79 (15.96%) Power Platform Developer
3 67 (13.54%) Consultant
4 47 (9.49%) Senior
5 44 (8.89%) Architect
6 41 (8.28%) Analyst
7 32 (6.46%) Microsoft Developer
8 28 (5.66%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 27 (5.45%) SharePoint Developer
10 24 (4.85%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.04%) Automation Engineer
11 20 (4.04%) Power Apps Developer
12 19 (3.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 18 (3.64%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 18 (3.64%) Power Platform Consultant
14 17 (3.43%) Applications Developer
14 17 (3.43%) Lead
14 17 (3.43%) Power Platform Architect
15 16 (3.23%) Platform Architect
16 15 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (11.72%) .NET
2 53 (10.71%) REST
3 41 (8.28%) React
4 38 (7.68%) Microsoft Graph
5 34 (6.87%) HTML
6 32 (6.46%) CSS
7 30 (6.06%) SPFx
8 28 (5.66%) HTML5 Canvas
9 27 (5.45%) JSON
10 21 (4.24%) RESTful
11 14 (2.83%) OAuth
12 10 (2.02%) Web Services
13 9 (1.82%) NumPy
13 9 (1.82%) Pandas
13 9 (1.82%) Swagger
14 8 (1.62%) Flask
14 8 (1.62%) JWT
14 8 (1.62%) pytest
14 8 (1.62%) PyTorch
14 8 (1.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.52%) Low-Code
2 26 (5.25%) AI Agents
3 20 (4.04%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.84%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.21%) IVR
9 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.01%) Taxonomies
10 4 (0.81%) NHS
11 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.61%) IoT
12 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.40%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Licensing
12 2 (0.40%) State Machine
12 2 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.40%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (42.22%) Business Intelligence
2 142 (28.69%) DevOps
3 105 (21.21%) Agile
4 102 (20.61%) CI/CD
5 97 (19.60%) Data Modelling
6 96 (19.39%) AI
7 83 (16.77%) CRM
8 70 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (12.12%) Analytics
9 60 (12.12%) Workflow
10 43 (8.69%) API Integration
11 40 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (7.88%) Integration Patterns
13 38 (7.68%) User Experience
14 37 (7.47%) Migration
15 33 (6.67%) Change Management
15 33 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (6.46%) Translating Business Requirements
17 31 (6.26%) ETL
18 30 (6.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 112 (22.63%) JavaScript
2 96 (19.39%) C#
3 90 (18.18%) SQL
4 49 (9.90%) PowerShell
5 36 (7.27%) Python
6 30 (6.06%) TypeScript
7 26 (5.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.63%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.22%) X++
10 10 (2.02%) Formula Language
10 10 (2.02%) Java
10 10 (2.02%) LotusScript
11 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.21%) R
13 4 (0.81%) VBA
14 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.40%) Bash
15 2 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 62 (12.53%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.06%) Degree
3 30 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.40%) MBA
8 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.02%) QA
3 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.41%) GDPR
4 6 (1.21%) GRC
5 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.81%) WCAG
6 3 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.61%) NIST
6 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.61%) SLA
6 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.22%) Docker
3 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.23%) Terraform
3 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.01%) Grafana
5 5 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.20%) Ansible
7 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 328 (66.26%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.05%) Oracle
3 22 (4.44%) UiPath
4 21 (4.24%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.84%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.83%) Lotus
6 14 (2.83%) SAP
7 11 (2.22%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.02%) Kofax
9 9 (1.82%) Foundry
10 8 (1.62%) Google
11 5 (1.01%) Blue Prism
12 4 (0.81%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.81%) Brio
12 4 (0.81%) Databricks
12 4 (0.81%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.81%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.81%) Splunk
13 3 (0.61%) Pega
169 Power Automate jobs Nationwide