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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 269 235
Rank change year-on-year +16 -34 +146
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 565 327 370
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 0.99% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.97% 2.59% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 205 244
10th Percentile £306 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £584 £591
90th Percentile £588 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 0
10th Percentile £26.57 £24.48 -
25th Percentile £29.96 £29.31 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% - -
75th Percentile £53.00 £35.24 -
90th Percentile £57.50 £35.69 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £33.88 -
% change year-on-year +12.90% - -

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 19,036 12,626 13,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 38.34% 34.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,626 8,444 8,605
10th Percentile £325 £308 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £716 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 289 181
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £16.30
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +57.89% -45.71% +55.42%

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 18 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 13 October 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 -3 502 £488 -2.50% 396
London -6 285 £498 -5.24% 180
UK excluding London +31 242 £460 -6.12% 240
Work from Home -48 126 £500 -2.20% 228
Midlands +3 77 £425 -15.00% 42
North of England -28 64 £500 - 68
West Midlands -13 61 £425 -15.00% 22
North West -18 48 £495 +10.00% 35
South East -39 34 £438 -20.99% 43
Scotland -8 27 £498 +10.56% 19
South West -33 18 £365 -14.12% 28
East Midlands -2 15 £475 -17.39% 20
East of England -16 14 £475 - 25
Yorkshire -37 14 £625 +19.05% 28
Northern Ireland - 7 £334 - 11
Wales -14 3 £550 - 8
North East - 2 - - 7
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

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
1 194 (34.34%) SharePoint
2 33 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.89%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (1.42%) Confluence
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.53%) Mendix
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) Liferay
Applications
1 44 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.24%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.53%) 1Password
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 83 (14.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 485 (85.84%) Power Platform
2 399 (70.62%) PowerApps
3 303 (53.63%) Azure
4 204 (36.11%) Dynamics 365
5 157 (27.79%) Microsoft Copilot
6 156 (27.61%) Microsoft 365
7 131 (23.19%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (15.93%) Copilot Studio
9 68 (12.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 65 (11.50%) Azure Functions
10 65 (11.50%) Serverless
11 55 (9.73%) Entra ID
12 45 (7.96%) OneDrive
13 38 (6.73%) Azure AI
14 35 (6.19%) GitHub
15 27 (4.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 23 (4.07%) Microsoft Purview
17 20 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (2.83%) AWS
19 10 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.77%) DNS
2 8 (1.42%) Firewall
3 7 (1.24%) VPN
4 5 (0.88%) Intranet
5 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.35%) Skype
7 1 (0.18%) HTTP
7 1 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.18%) LAN
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.18%) SMS
7 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (41.06%) Power BI
2 45 (7.96%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.31%) Power Query
4 21 (3.72%) Metadata
5 12 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.24%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.71%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.71%) GIS
10 4 (0.71%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.35%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.35%) MS Access
12 2 (0.35%) MySQL
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.07%) Visual Studio
2 22 (3.89%) JIRA
3 21 (3.72%) Git
4 13 (2.30%) Selenium
5 11 (1.95%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.95%) Postman
5 11 (1.95%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.77%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.06%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.88%) MSTest
8 5 (0.88%) NUnit
9 4 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.53%) JDeveloper
10 3 (0.53%) Protractor
11 2 (0.35%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.35%) TestRail
12 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
12 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 227 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 128 (22.65%) Finance
3 91 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 76 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (4.96%) Marketing
7 19 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (3.01%) Banking
9 11 (1.95%) Law
9 11 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.42%) Legal
10 8 (1.42%) Local Government
11 7 (1.24%) Military
11 7 (1.24%) Retail
12 6 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.06%) Back Office
12 6 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.06%) Publishing
13 5 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 249 (44.07%) Developer
2 89 (15.75%) Power Platform Developer
3 68 (12.04%) Senior
4 62 (10.97%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 58 (10.27%) Consultant
6 56 (9.91%) Architect
7 55 (9.73%) Analyst
8 38 (6.73%) Senior Developer
9 37 (6.55%) Lead
10 28 (4.96%) Microsoft Developer
11 27 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (3.89%) SharePoint Developer
13 20 (3.54%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 19 (3.36%) Power Platform Engineer
15 18 (3.19%) Data Analyst
15 18 (3.19%) Power Platform Architect
16 16 (2.83%) Administrator
17 15 (2.65%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 15 (2.65%) Power Apps Developer
18 14 (2.48%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.63%) .NET
2 52 (9.20%) REST
3 47 (8.32%) JSON
4 31 (5.49%) HTML5 Canvas
5 27 (4.78%) HTML
6 25 (4.42%) Microsoft Graph
7 21 (3.72%) CSS
8 20 (3.54%) Terraform
9 19 (3.36%) React
9 19 (3.36%) SPFx
9 19 (3.36%) XML
10 13 (2.30%) Middleware
10 13 (2.30%) OAuth
10 13 (2.30%) XSLT
11 12 (2.12%) RESTful
12 11 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (1.95%) Gherkin
13 9 (1.59%) SOAP
14 8 (1.42%) ASP.NET
15 7 (1.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.08%) Low-Code
2 35 (6.19%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 34 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 30 (5.31%) AI Agents
5 19 (3.36%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.12%) Taxonomies
9 9 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.42%) BYOD
11 6 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.71%) NHS
13 3 (0.53%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.53%) Life Science
13 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Licensing
14 2 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
2 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (41.95%) Business Intelligence
2 177 (31.33%) Agile
3 173 (30.62%) DevOps
4 172 (30.44%) AI
5 128 (22.65%) CI/CD
6 120 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 103 (18.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 96 (16.99%) CRM
10 94 (16.64%) Data Modelling
11 86 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (13.81%) Migration
13 76 (13.45%) Workflow
14 59 (10.44%) Analytics
15 56 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
16 53 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
17 46 (8.14%) Scrum
18 44 (7.79%) Mentoring
19 42 (7.43%) Decision-Making
20 41 (7.26%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 146 (25.84%) JavaScript
2 145 (25.66%) C#
3 108 (19.12%) SQL
4 42 (7.43%) PowerShell
4 42 (7.43%) Python
5 36 (6.37%) TypeScript
6 26 (4.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (2.83%) X++
8 8 (1.42%) Bicep
9 7 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.88%) Java
10 5 (0.88%) VBA
11 3 (0.53%) Bash
11 3 (0.53%) Korn
11 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.18%) COBOL
12 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.18%) R
12 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 74 (13.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 59 (10.44%) Degree
5 24 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.95%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.59%) PMP
10 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.71%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.35%) ACCA
13 2 (0.35%) CIMA
13 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.18%) CISM
14 1 (0.18%) CISSP
14 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.73%) Data Quality
2 45 (7.96%) Accessibility
3 33 (5.84%) GDPR
4 27 (4.78%) QA
5 22 (3.89%) WCAG
6 9 (1.59%) PMO
7 7 (1.24%) NIST
8 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.71%) SLA
10 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 21 (3.72%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.12%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.77%) Grafana
4 9 (1.59%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Argo
7 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 449 (79.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.54%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.01%) Oracle
4 16 (2.83%) UiPath
5 15 (2.65%) Databricks
5 15 (2.65%) SAP
6 14 (2.48%) Foundry
6 14 (2.48%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.59%) Blue Prism
9 8 (1.42%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.24%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.24%) Splunk
11 6 (1.06%) Google
12 5 (0.88%) Workday
13 4 (0.71%) Pega
13 4 (0.71%) Planview
14 3 (0.53%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.53%) Autodesk
14 3 (0.53%) CyberArk