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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 234 362
Rank change year-on-year -22 +128 +56
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 390 388 287
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.06% 0.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.89% 3.00% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 258 209
10th Percentile £350 £334 £350
25th Percentile £413 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -1.75% -5.21%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £24.48 - -
25th Percentile £29.31 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £33.94 - £27.50
75th Percentile £35.24 - £28.75
90th Percentile £35.69 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.88 - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - +12.89%

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 13,497 12,923 16,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.61% 35.18% 35.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,103 8,517 11,887
10th Percentile £305 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 167 321
10th Percentile £15.12 £18.98 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +35.87%
75th Percentile £43.92 £64.61 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.89 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £33.93 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.11% +50.80% +15.38%

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 7 November 2025.

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 15 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 7 November 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 -14 343 £500 +3.09% 563
London +8 209 £510 +7.37% 278
UK excluding London -46 132 £480 +1.05% 410
Work from Home -2 123 £525 +11.11% 241
North of England -25 42 £500 +6.38% 67
Midlands -26 35 £500 +6.38% 37
West Midlands -38 27 £500 +6.38% 19
North West -19 25 £450 -4.26% 38
South West -6 23 £388 -35.42% 21
Yorkshire -26 17 £525 +8.25% 24
Scotland +13 15 £450 -2.70% 15
South East -2 7 £525 -16.00% 239
East Midlands -15 7 £550 +10.00% 15
Wales +7 6 £398 -0.63% 9
East of England -19 5 £438 +4.17% 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
1 130 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.56%) HCL Notes
3 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.05%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) CMS
5 2 (0.51%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) Moodle
6 1 (0.26%) Camunda
6 1 (0.26%) Mendix
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.26%) Orchard CMS
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 71 (18.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.77%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.51%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 345 (88.46%) Power Platform
2 283 (72.56%) PowerApps
3 206 (52.82%) Azure
4 132 (33.85%) Dynamics 365
5 108 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
6 72 (18.46%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (14.36%) Microsoft Copilot
8 48 (12.31%) Azure Logic Apps
9 39 (10.00%) Copilot Studio
10 36 (9.23%) Azure Functions
10 36 (9.23%) Serverless
11 34 (8.72%) Entra ID
12 25 (6.41%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (4.87%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (4.62%) GitHub
15 15 (3.85%) OneDrive
16 14 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 12 (3.08%) Azure AI
19 10 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.82%) HTTP
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) DKIM
3 1 (0.26%) DMARC
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) LAN
3 1 (0.26%) PSTN
3 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Skype
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (49.74%) Power BI
2 19 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.10%) Power Query
3 16 (4.10%) Relational Database
4 13 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (2.31%) Tableau
6 8 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.28%) Metadata
8 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.51%) GIS
10 2 (0.51%) MySQL
10 2 (0.51%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.26%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.26%) QlikView
11 1 (0.26%) Redis
11 1 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.23%) JIRA
2 28 (7.18%) Git
3 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.28%) GitLab
5 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.51%) Postman
7 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.26%) Maven
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.18%) Public Sector
3 64 (16.41%) Finance
4 29 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.44%) Banking
5 16 (4.10%) Marketing
6 12 (3.08%) Retail
7 9 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.79%) Law
9 6 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.54%) Legal
10 4 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.77%) Local Government
11 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) German Language
12 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (43.59%) Developer
2 69 (17.69%) Power Platform Developer
3 37 (9.49%) Consultant
4 34 (8.72%) Analyst
5 31 (7.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 31 (7.95%) Lead
6 30 (7.69%) Architect
7 28 (7.18%) Power Apps Developer
8 25 (6.41%) Senior
9 22 (5.64%) Applications Developer
10 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Developer
10 18 (4.62%) Senior Developer
11 13 (3.33%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 11 (2.82%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.56%) Administrator
14 10 (2.56%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 10 (2.56%) Integration Developer
14 10 (2.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (14.62%) .NET
2 39 (10.00%) HTML
3 37 (9.49%) REST
4 31 (7.95%) HTML5 Canvas
5 22 (5.64%) JSON
6 20 (5.13%) CSS
7 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Graph
8 15 (3.85%) SOAP
9 14 (3.59%) XML
10 12 (3.08%) AngularJS
10 12 (3.08%) React
11 9 (2.31%) JMS
11 9 (2.31%) XSD
12 6 (1.54%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
12 6 (1.54%) OAuth
12 6 (1.54%) SPFx
13 5 (1.28%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.28%) LangChain
13 5 (1.28%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.26%) Low-Code
2 18 (4.62%) AI Agents
3 12 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.03%) Data Fabric
7 4 (1.03%) Derivative
7 4 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.03%) IVR
7 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.77%) IoT
8 3 (0.77%) Shadow IT
9 2 (0.51%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.56%) Windows
2 6 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (48.97%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (32.05%) Agile
3 97 (24.87%) DevOps
4 73 (18.72%) CRM
5 71 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (14.10%) Data Modelling
7 54 (13.85%) CI/CD
8 47 (12.05%) AI
9 44 (11.28%) Analytics
10 39 (10.00%) Migration
11 34 (8.72%) Workflow
12 31 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (7.95%) Visualisation
13 30 (7.69%) Customer Service
13 30 (7.69%) Scrum
14 29 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (6.92%) Data Protection
16 26 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 24 (6.15%) Customer Engagement
17 24 (6.15%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 88 (22.56%) JavaScript
2 81 (20.77%) C#
3 80 (20.51%) SQL
4 44 (11.28%) PowerShell
5 36 (9.23%) Python
6 16 (4.10%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.79%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.54%) Bicep
10 5 (1.28%) Formula Language
10 5 (1.28%) LotusScript
10 5 (1.28%) X++
11 4 (1.03%) Bash
11 4 (1.03%) VBA
12 3 (0.77%) Java
12 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.51%) Korn
13 2 (0.51%) R
13 2 (0.51%) VB
14 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.95%) Degree
4 28 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CIMA
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.26%) PMP
9 1 (0.26%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.38%) QA
2 13 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.08%) GDPR
4 8 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.79%) PMO
6 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.51%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (7.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.05%) Kubernetes
1 8 (2.05%) Terraform
2 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.03%) Grafana
4 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.51%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Istio
6 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 294 (75.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.87%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.10%) SAP
4 14 (3.59%) Blue Prism
5 12 (3.08%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.56%) Lotus
7 9 (2.31%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.54%) DocuSign
9 5 (1.28%) Oracle
10 4 (1.03%) Nintex
10 4 (1.03%) UiPath
11 3 (0.77%) Brio
12 2 (0.51%) Adobe
12 2 (0.51%) Automation Anywhere
12 2 (0.51%) Cisco
12 2 (0.51%) ESRI
12 2 (0.51%) Foundry
12 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.51%) Pega