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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 211 323
Rank change year-on-year -25 +112 +88
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 447 415 300
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.25% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.16% 3.45% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 284 210
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile £565 £598 £600
90th Percentile £638 £646 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -5.50% -6.32%
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 14,157 12,014 14,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.16% 36.22% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,708 8,004 10,646
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
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 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 176 265
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.44 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +8.35% +12.80%
75th Percentile £56.69 £44.53 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.38 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +12.53% +15.14% +8.64%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -15 394 £500 +2.30% 243
London +9 243 £500 - 93
UK excluding London -45 148 £475 +0.53% 185
Work from Home -8 140 £525 +7.69% 172
North of England -48 41 £475 +1.06% 32
Midlands -40 40 £475 +4.40% 33
West Midlands -37 32 £478 +6.11% 21
North West -17 26 £438 -6.91% 16
South West -9 24 £375 -43.61% 20
Scotland +12 16 £463 +2.78% 19
South East -15 15 £503 +0.50% 54
Yorkshire -56 13 £525 +5.00% 13
East Midlands -14 8 £450 -10.00% 11
Wales -1 6 £398 +6.00% 6
East of England -14 6 £438 +6.06% 25
North East -10 2 £375 -20.21% 3

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
1 143 (31.99%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.25%) HCL Notes
3 9 (2.01%) Confluence
3 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.57%) Mendix
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.45%) Moodle
6 1 (0.22%) Camunda
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) Orchard CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 84 (18.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.67%) ResourceLink
3 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.22%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 380 (85.01%) Power Platform
2 304 (68.01%) PowerApps
3 245 (54.81%) Azure
4 160 (35.79%) Dynamics 365
5 123 (27.52%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (17.67%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (13.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 58 (12.98%) Azure Logic Apps
9 49 (10.96%) Azure Functions
9 49 (10.96%) Serverless
10 44 (9.84%) Copilot Studio
11 39 (8.72%) Entra ID
12 31 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 24 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (5.15%) GitHub
15 21 (4.70%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (4.25%) Azure AI
16 19 (4.25%) OneDrive
17 15 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 14 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.13%) HTTP
2 2 (0.45%) Skype
3 1 (0.22%) DKIM
3 1 (0.22%) DMARC
3 1 (0.22%) Firewall
3 1 (0.22%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) Intranet
3 1 (0.22%) LAN
3 1 (0.22%) PSTN
3 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (53.47%) Power BI
2 20 (4.47%) Power Query
3 18 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.58%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.24%) Oracle Database
7 9 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.79%) Tableau
9 6 (1.34%) Metadata
10 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.45%) GIS
11 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.45%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.22%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (8.72%) JIRA
2 29 (6.49%) Git
3 7 (1.57%) SonarQube
4 4 (0.89%) Postman
4 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.45%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.45%) MLflow
6 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.22%) Gatling
6 1 (0.22%) gulp
6 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Maven
6 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 172 (38.48%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.24%) Finance
3 81 (18.12%) Public Sector
4 36 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.94%) Banking
6 21 (4.70%) Marketing
7 14 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.24%) Retail
9 8 (1.79%) Law
10 7 (1.57%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.57%) Legal
10 7 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) Back Office
13 4 (0.89%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.89%) Local Government
13 4 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.45%) German Language
Job Titles
1 197 (44.07%) Developer
2 69 (15.44%) Power Platform Developer
3 44 (9.84%) Analyst
4 43 (9.62%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 37 (8.28%) Consultant
6 35 (7.83%) Architect
7 29 (6.49%) Lead
8 28 (6.26%) Power Apps Developer
9 27 (6.04%) Senior
10 23 (5.15%) Applications Developer
11 20 (4.47%) Microsoft Developer
12 18 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 17 (3.80%) Senior Developer
14 15 (3.36%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.91%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 12 (2.68%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 12 (2.68%) Functional Consultant
17 11 (2.46%) Power Platform Architect
18 10 (2.24%) Software Developer
18 10 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (13.87%) .NET
2 42 (9.40%) REST
3 32 (7.16%) HTML5 Canvas
4 31 (6.94%) HTML
5 27 (6.04%) JSON
6 20 (4.47%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (4.47%) React
7 15 (3.36%) XML
8 14 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.13%) SOAP
9 12 (2.68%) CSS
9 12 (2.68%) OAuth
10 10 (2.24%) RESTful
11 9 (2.01%) JMS
11 9 (2.01%) XSD
12 7 (1.57%) ASP.NET Web API
13 6 (1.34%) NumPy
13 6 (1.34%) Pandas
14 5 (1.12%) Flask
14 5 (1.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.51%) Low-Code
2 21 (4.70%) AI Agents
3 18 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.46%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.57%) IVR
8 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.89%) Derivative
10 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.67%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.67%) PKI
12 2 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.57%) Windows
2 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (53.02%) Business Intelligence
2 136 (30.43%) Agile
3 114 (25.50%) DevOps
4 87 (19.46%) CRM
5 83 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (16.11%) Data Modelling
7 71 (15.88%) CI/CD
8 63 (14.09%) Analytics
9 55 (12.30%) AI
10 43 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (9.62%) Workflow
11 39 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 34 (7.61%) Scrum
14 31 (6.94%) Customer Engagement
14 31 (6.94%) Migration
15 30 (6.71%) Decision-Making
16 29 (6.49%) Data Protection
16 29 (6.49%) Test Automation
16 29 (6.49%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 95 (21.25%) JavaScript
2 92 (20.58%) SQL
3 90 (20.13%) C#
4 50 (11.19%) PowerShell
5 40 (8.95%) Python
6 26 (5.82%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.46%) Formula Language
8 11 (2.46%) LotusScript
9 9 (2.01%) R
10 6 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.12%) VBA
11 5 (1.12%) X++
12 3 (0.67%) Bicep
12 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 1 (0.22%) Bash
14 1 (0.22%) Java
14 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 77 (17.23%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.07%) Degree
4 36 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.68%) 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
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CIMA
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.70%) QA
2 13 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.46%) GDPR
4 9 (2.01%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.79%) PMO
6 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.67%) WCAG
8 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.22%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.67%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.01%) Terraform
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.45%) SCCM
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 336 (75.17%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.59%) ServiceNow
3 19 (4.25%) Lotus
4 18 (4.03%) OpenAI
5 17 (3.80%) SAP
6 16 (3.58%) Blue Prism
7 15 (3.36%) Oracle
8 12 (2.68%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.68%) UiPath
9 7 (1.57%) Kofax
10 6 (1.34%) Automation Anywhere
10 6 (1.34%) DocuSign
11 4 (0.89%) Foundry
12 3 (0.67%) Brio
12 3 (0.67%) Genesys
12 3 (0.67%) Google
12 3 (0.67%) Pega
13 2 (0.45%) Adobe
13 2 (0.45%) ESRI
13 2 (0.45%) Intel