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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 243 269
Rank change year-on-year -17 +26 +147
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 489 314 360
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.08% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.78% 2.86% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 212 236
10th Percentile £350 £382 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £613 £630 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £464 £475
% change year-on-year -1.62% -2.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile - £25.04 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £30.72 £16.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £34.43 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% +102.53% -47.29%
75th Percentile £33.88 £41.39 £17.50
90th Percentile £36.50 £52.93 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% +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 17,587 10,998 13,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.61% 37.88% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,796 7,465 9,878
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £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 562 262 352
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £28.21 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.18% +31.19% -42.67%
75th Percentile £68.33 £47.41 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.15 £72.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +82.93% +7.89% -30.91%

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 6 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
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 6 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 +6 412 £500 - 199
London +14 256 £511 +2.25% 64
UK excluding London -33 188 £456 -1.62% 166
Work from Home -6 139 £500 - 113
North of England -55 52 £500 +5.26% 46
South East -38 37 £505 +12.22% 41
Scotland +8 36 £320 -28.89% 5
North West -33 26 £475 +5.56% 28
Midlands -53 26 £475 +4.11% 27
South West -15 22 £500 +8.11% 17
Yorkshire -56 20 £500 +5.26% 11
West Midlands -63 16 £500 +9.59% 16
Wales -10 9 £300 +9.09% 9
East Midlands -16 9 £435 - 11
East of England -27 8 £499 -0.25% 8
North East -23 6 £370 -1.33% 7

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
1 160 (32.72%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.07%) SharePoint Server
3 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.04%) HCL Notes
5 8 (1.64%) Appian
5 8 (1.64%) Confluence
5 8 (1.64%) Mendix
6 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.61%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (14.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 387 (79.14%) Power Platform
2 304 (62.17%) PowerApps
3 260 (53.17%) Azure
4 150 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (30.27%) Dynamics 365
6 104 (21.27%) Azure DevOps
7 101 (20.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 67 (13.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 66 (13.50%) Copilot Studio
10 62 (12.68%) Entra ID
11 46 (9.41%) Serverless
12 45 (9.20%) Azure Functions
13 41 (8.38%) Azure Service Bus
14 33 (6.75%) GitHub
15 30 (6.13%) OneDrive
16 25 (5.11%) Azure AI
16 25 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (2.86%) AWS
19 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.02%) DNS
1 5 (1.02%) Firewall
1 5 (1.02%) VPN
2 4 (0.82%) Intranet
3 3 (0.61%) HTTP
3 3 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) Network Security
3 3 (0.61%) SMS
4 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (39.26%) Power BI
2 34 (6.95%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.86%) Power Query
4 12 (2.45%) Metadata
5 8 (1.64%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.64%) Pinecone
6 5 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.82%) EDRMS
7 4 (0.82%) PowerPivot
7 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.61%) MySQL
8 3 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.41%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.41%) Tableau
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.48%) JIRA
2 12 (2.45%) Git
3 11 (2.25%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.64%) MLflow
5 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.41%) JUnit
6 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.20%) Gatling
7 1 (0.20%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.20%) JMeter
7 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 161 (32.92%) Social Skills
2 113 (23.11%) Finance
3 78 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 36 (7.36%) Documentation Skills
5 34 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.11%) Banking
7 12 (2.45%) Marketing
8 11 (2.25%) Law
8 11 (2.25%) Legal
9 9 (1.84%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.23%) Back Office
10 6 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.23%) Police
11 5 (1.02%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.02%) Local Government
12 4 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.82%) Retail
13 3 (0.61%) Military
13 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 206 (42.13%) Developer
2 76 (15.54%) Power Platform Developer
3 67 (13.70%) Consultant
4 48 (9.82%) Senior
5 44 (9.00%) Analyst
6 42 (8.59%) Architect
7 33 (6.75%) Microsoft Developer
8 29 (5.93%) SharePoint Developer
9 27 (5.52%) Senior Developer
10 26 (5.32%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 21 (4.29%) Lead
12 20 (4.09%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.89%) Power Apps Developer
14 18 (3.68%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 18 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (3.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 17 (3.48%) Power Platform Consultant
16 15 (3.07%) Applications Developer
16 15 (3.07%) Power Platform Architect
17 14 (2.86%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.07%) .NET
2 54 (11.04%) REST
3 44 (9.00%) React
4 40 (8.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 37 (7.57%) CSS
6 36 (7.36%) HTML
7 34 (6.95%) SPFx
8 31 (6.34%) JSON
9 26 (5.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 21 (4.29%) RESTful
11 13 (2.66%) OAuth
12 10 (2.04%) Web Services
13 9 (1.84%) NumPy
13 9 (1.84%) Pandas
13 9 (1.84%) Swagger
14 8 (1.64%) Flask
14 8 (1.64%) pytest
14 8 (1.64%) PyTorch
14 8 (1.64%) scikit-learn
14 8 (1.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.84%) Low-Code
2 24 (4.91%) AI Agents
3 19 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.48%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.66%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.82%) NHS
10 4 (0.82%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.61%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.61%) IoT
11 3 (0.61%) IVR
11 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Licensing
12 2 (0.41%) Life Science
12 2 (0.41%) PKI
12 2 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.02%) 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
1 192 (39.26%) Business Intelligence
2 144 (29.45%) DevOps
3 106 (21.68%) Agile
4 105 (21.47%) AI
5 100 (20.45%) CI/CD
6 89 (18.20%) Data Modelling
7 76 (15.54%) CRM
8 67 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (13.09%) Workflow
10 56 (11.45%) Analytics
11 43 (8.79%) API Integration
11 43 (8.79%) Migration
12 40 (8.18%) Integration Patterns
13 36 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (7.16%) Translating Business Requirements
15 34 (6.95%) User Experience
16 31 (6.34%) ERP
17 29 (5.93%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 113 (23.11%) JavaScript
2 98 (20.04%) C#
3 81 (16.56%) SQL
4 56 (11.45%) PowerShell
5 35 (7.16%) Python
6 31 (6.34%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.45%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.45%) X++
9 10 (2.04%) Java
10 8 (1.64%) Formula Language
10 8 (1.64%) LotusScript
10 8 (1.64%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.61%) VBA
12 2 (0.41%) AppleScript
12 2 (0.41%) Bash
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 68 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.13%) Degree
3 30 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.95%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.64%) GDPR
3 8 (1.64%) QA
4 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.23%) GRC
5 6 (1.23%) NIST
6 4 (0.82%) WCAG
7 3 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.61%) PMO
7 3 (0.61%) SLA
7 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
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 38 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.25%) Docker
3 5 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.27%) Terraform
3 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.23%) Grafana
5 6 (1.23%) 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
1 324 (66.26%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.70%) UiPath
3 22 (4.50%) OpenAI
4 21 (4.29%) Oracle
5 18 (3.68%) SAP
6 16 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.25%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.04%) Lotus
9 9 (1.84%) Google
10 8 (1.64%) Foundry
10 8 (1.64%) Kofax
11 7 (1.43%) Databricks
12 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.02%) Blue Prism
12 5 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.02%) Splunk
13 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.82%) Brio
14 3 (0.61%) Pega
14 3 (0.61%) Salesforce