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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 274 283
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 +129
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 501 297 359
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 0.95% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.75% 2.51% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 193 241
10th Percentile £320 £363 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £563 £563 £575
90th Percentile £612 £627 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 4
10th Percentile £28.50 £25.55 -
25th Percentile £29.23 £32.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £29.96 £34.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% +100.00% -54.05%
75th Percentile £38.25 £36.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £39.75 £50.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £34.43 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.98% +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 18,222 11,826 14,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.37% 37.82% 32.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,117 7,916 10,043
10th Percentile £331 £313 £301
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £622 £638
90th Percentile £713 £726 £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 611 298 360
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.37 £71.63 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £18.87 £20.99
% change year-on-year +102.70% -10.08% -18.43%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +16 431 £500 - 187
London +24 259 £513 +2.50% 63
UK excluding London -19 202 £450 -5.26% 161
Work from Home +8 145 £500 - 103
North of England -46 62 £500 +5.26% 31
South East -32 38 £505 -8.18% 43
North West -24 37 £450 -5.26% 18
Midlands -50 34 £435 -13.00% 38
Scotland +7 30 £320 -28.89% 9
West Midlands -57 24 £425 -15.00% 28
Yorkshire -45 21 £500 +5.26% 10
South West -18 19 £495 +4.21% 17
Wales -9 10 £300 +9.09% 8
East Midlands -8 9 £435 - 10
East of England -24 9 £510 +2.00% 11
North East -36 4 £365 -2.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £334 - 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
1 158 (31.54%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.19%) SharePoint Server
3 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.20%) Confluence
5 5 (1.00%) Appian
6 4 (0.80%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.60%) Mendix
8 2 (0.40%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Camunda
9 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.00%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) 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 69 (13.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.40%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.80%) 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
1 408 (81.44%) Power Platform
2 332 (66.27%) PowerApps
3 263 (52.50%) Azure
4 153 (30.54%) Microsoft 365
5 149 (29.74%) Dynamics 365
6 107 (21.36%) Azure DevOps
7 100 (19.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 67 (13.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 64 (12.77%) Copilot Studio
10 61 (12.18%) Entra ID
11 46 (9.18%) Serverless
12 45 (8.98%) Azure Functions
13 31 (6.19%) Azure Service Bus
14 30 (5.99%) GitHub
15 27 (5.39%) OneDrive
16 22 (4.39%) Azure AI
17 20 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (3.39%) AWS
19 16 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
20 14 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.20%) DNS
1 6 (1.20%) Firewall
1 6 (1.20%) VPN
2 4 (0.80%) Intranet
3 3 (0.60%) HTTP
3 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.60%) Network Security
3 3 (0.60%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (40.92%) Power BI
2 35 (6.99%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.99%) Metadata
3 15 (2.99%) Power Query
4 5 (1.00%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.00%) Pinecone
5 4 (0.80%) EDRMS
5 4 (0.80%) MySQL
5 4 (0.80%) PowerPivot
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.60%) Spark SQL
6 3 (0.60%) Tableau
7 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (2.79%) JIRA
2 13 (2.59%) Git
3 11 (2.20%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.00%) MLflow
4 5 (1.00%) Postman
4 5 (1.00%) Selenium
5 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.80%) WebDriver
6 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.40%) JUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Protractor
7 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.20%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 163 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.56%) Finance
3 76 (15.17%) Public Sector
4 41 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (5.59%) Banking
7 13 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.40%) Legal
8 12 (2.40%) Marketing
9 11 (2.20%) Law
10 10 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.60%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.00%) Retail
13 4 (0.80%) Back Office
13 4 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.80%) Local Government
13 4 (0.80%) Military
13 4 (0.80%) Police
14 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (42.32%) Developer
2 83 (16.57%) Power Platform Developer
3 70 (13.97%) Consultant
4 49 (9.78%) Architect
5 48 (9.58%) Senior
6 37 (7.39%) Analyst
7 33 (6.59%) Microsoft Developer
8 28 (5.59%) SharePoint Developer
9 27 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (4.99%) Senior Developer
11 24 (4.79%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 23 (4.59%) Lead
13 20 (3.99%) Power Apps Developer
14 19 (3.79%) Data Engineer
14 19 (3.79%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 18 (3.59%) Power Platform Consultant
16 16 (3.19%) Automation Engineer
17 15 (2.99%) Applications Developer
18 14 (2.79%) Automation Developer
18 14 (2.79%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.98%) .NET
2 48 (9.58%) REST
3 41 (8.18%) Microsoft Graph
4 38 (7.58%) React
5 35 (6.99%) JSON
6 34 (6.79%) CSS
6 34 (6.79%) HTML
6 34 (6.79%) SPFx
7 27 (5.39%) HTML5 Canvas
8 16 (3.19%) RESTful
9 11 (2.20%) OAuth
10 7 (1.40%) ASP.NET
10 7 (1.40%) FIDO
10 7 (1.40%) Web Services
10 7 (1.40%) XML
11 6 (1.20%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
11 6 (1.20%) jQuery
11 6 (1.20%) Middleware
12 5 (1.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.38%) Low-Code
2 24 (4.79%) AI Agents
3 22 (4.39%) Data Structures
4 21 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.79%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.40%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.00%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.80%) NHS
12 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.60%) IoT
12 3 (0.60%) IVR
12 3 (0.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.40%) Windows
2 3 (0.60%) 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
1 205 (40.92%) Business Intelligence
2 144 (28.74%) DevOps
3 122 (24.35%) AI
4 117 (23.35%) Agile
5 109 (21.76%) CI/CD
6 98 (19.56%) Data Modelling
7 77 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (14.97%) CRM
9 64 (12.77%) Workflow
10 56 (11.18%) Analytics
11 51 (10.18%) Migration
12 48 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 47 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (8.78%) Translating Business Requirements
16 37 (7.39%) API Integration
16 37 (7.39%) Integration Patterns
17 35 (6.99%) User Experience
18 32 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
19 31 (6.19%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 117 (23.35%) JavaScript
2 95 (18.96%) C#
3 84 (16.77%) SQL
4 47 (9.38%) PowerShell
5 38 (7.58%) Python
6 30 (5.99%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.40%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.40%) X++
9 10 (2.00%) Java
10 8 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.60%) Bicep
12 3 (0.60%) Formula Language
12 3 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.60%) LotusScript
12 3 (0.60%) VBA
13 2 (0.40%) AppleScript
13 2 (0.40%) Bash
13 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (19.36%) Security Cleared
2 74 (14.77%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (6.79%) Degree
5 21 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.20%) CISM
12 1 (0.20%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.20%) IIBA
12 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.40%) GDPR
3 12 (2.40%) QA
4 8 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.40%) NIST
5 7 (1.40%) WCAG
6 6 (1.20%) GRC
7 5 (1.00%) SLA
8 4 (0.80%) PMO
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.60%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) MiFID
11 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.60%) Docker
3 5 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.59%) Terraform
2 15 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.40%) Grafana
5 7 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 344 (68.66%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.99%) SAP
2 20 (3.99%) UiPath
3 19 (3.79%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.99%) OpenAI
4 15 (2.99%) Oracle
5 10 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.60%) Foundry
6 8 (1.60%) Google
7 7 (1.40%) Databricks
8 6 (1.20%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.20%) Automation Anywhere
8 6 (1.20%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.20%) Splunk
9 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.80%) Brio
9 4 (0.80%) Lotus
10 3 (0.60%) Blue Prism
10 3 (0.60%) Kofax
10 3 (0.60%) Workday