Power Automate Contracts

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Power Automate skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Automate over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 290 414
Rank change year-on-year +57 +124 +51
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 344 347 325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 0.80% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.15% 2.49% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 229 235
10th Percentile £387 £312 £400
25th Percentile £428 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £628 £675 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £23.40
25th Percentile £56.88 £16.50 £28.50
Median hourly rate £58.75 £17.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +245.59% -54.05% +12.12%
75th Percentile £60.63 £17.50 £47.88
90th Percentile - - £54.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.75 £17.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +245.59% -70.43% +74.24%

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 10,919 13,938 21,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.55% 32.30% 36.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,578 9,910 15,710
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 342 351
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.92 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £46.30 £34.69 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +29.58%

Power Automate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Automate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Automate.

Daily rate trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Automate over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Automate.

Hourly rate trend for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 16 Contract 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 5 May 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 +62 284 £500 - 344
London +43 158 £525 +2.74% 118
UK excluding London +32 127 £460 -3.16% 269
Work from Home +22 120 £500 +3.09% 257
North of England +50 46 £470 -1.05% 79
Midlands +22 29 £460 +15.00% 49
North West +23 27 £470 -1.05% 46
West Midlands +23 27 £465 +24.00% 29
Scotland +1 18 £425 -11.46% 12
South East +23 17 £450 -5.26% 74
Yorkshire +30 15 £475 - 17
South West +24 11 £456 -13.10% 25
East of England +34 9 £500 +5.26% 26
North East - 8 £465 - 17
Wales +3 2 £248 -55.00% 9
East Midlands +11 1 - - 17

Power Automate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 144 (41.86%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.45%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (1.16%) IIS
5 3 (0.87%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 12 (3.49%) InfoPath
1 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 69 (20.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.29%) FastStats
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 303 (88.08%) Power Platform
2 251 (72.97%) PowerApps
3 147 (42.73%) Azure
4 119 (34.59%) Dynamics 365
5 100 (29.07%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (15.99%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (15.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (7.56%) Azure Functions
8 26 (7.56%) Entra ID
8 26 (7.56%) Serverless
9 21 (6.10%) OneDrive
10 17 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (4.36%) Copilot Studio
12 13 (3.78%) GitHub
13 7 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (1.45%) Azure Storage
15 5 (1.45%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) Network Security
2 2 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) DHCP
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.29%) VLAN
3 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (39.83%) Power BI
2 29 (8.43%) Relational Database
3 28 (8.14%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.33%) Power Query
8 6 (1.74%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.45%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.16%) MySQL
10 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.87%) Metadata
12 2 (0.58%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.58%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.58%) Redis
13 1 (0.29%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 34 (9.88%) JIRA
2 33 (9.59%) Git
3 4 (1.16%) GitLab
3 4 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.58%) JMeter
4 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.29%) Hudson
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 107 (31.10%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.57%) Public Sector
3 41 (11.92%) Finance
4 40 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.52%) Marketing
6 10 (2.91%) Banking
7 8 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.33%) Retail
8 6 (1.74%) Military
9 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.58%) Back Office
11 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.58%) Local Government
11 2 (0.58%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Billing
12 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 179 (52.03%) Developer
2 65 (18.90%) Power Platform Developer
3 37 (10.76%) Architect
4 32 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 26 (7.56%) Consultant
6 23 (6.69%) Lead
6 23 (6.69%) Power Apps Developer
7 22 (6.40%) Automation Developer
8 21 (6.10%) Senior
9 20 (5.81%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 18 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (4.94%) Software Developer
12 16 (4.65%) Applications Developer
13 15 (4.36%) Microsoft Developer
13 15 (4.36%) SharePoint Developer
14 13 (3.78%) CRM Developer
15 12 (3.49%) Automation Engineer
15 12 (3.49%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 11 (3.20%) Lead Developer
16 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (14.83%) .NET
2 49 (14.24%) HTML
3 46 (13.37%) CSS
4 45 (13.08%) REST
5 30 (8.72%) SOAP
6 25 (7.27%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (6.10%) React
8 19 (5.52%) JSON
9 17 (4.94%) .NET Framework
9 17 (4.94%) SPFx
10 14 (4.07%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (2.91%) Web Services
11 10 (2.91%) XML
12 9 (2.62%) WCF
13 7 (2.03%) ASP.NET
14 6 (1.74%) Middleware
15 5 (1.45%) .NET Core
15 5 (1.45%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (1.45%) Entity Framework
16 4 (1.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.52%) Low-Code
2 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.74%) Cyberattack
4 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.16%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.16%) Learning Management System
5 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.58%) FMCG
7 2 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.58%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.20%) Windows
2 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.24%) Business Intelligence
2 91 (26.45%) Agile
3 79 (22.97%) DevOps
4 73 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (20.64%) CRM
6 49 (14.24%) Migration
7 35 (10.17%) Data Modelling
8 30 (8.72%) CI/CD
9 29 (8.43%) Workflow
10 27 (7.85%) Task Automation
11 25 (7.27%) Translating Business Requirements
12 24 (6.98%) Web Development
13 23 (6.69%) Customer Service
14 21 (6.10%) Data Integration
15 19 (5.52%) Logistics
15 19 (5.52%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (5.23%) Artificial Intelligence
16 18 (5.23%) Data Migration
16 18 (5.23%) Project Management
16 18 (5.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 92 (26.74%) JavaScript
2 89 (25.87%) SQL
3 86 (25.00%) C#
4 65 (18.90%) PowerShell
5 32 (9.30%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.69%) Python
7 5 (1.45%) Bicep
7 5 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.45%) VBA
8 4 (1.16%) Bash
8 4 (1.16%) Java
9 2 (0.58%) Groovy
9 2 (0.58%) Ruby
9 2 (0.58%) VB
10 1 (0.29%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 69 (20.06%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.47%) Degree
4 12 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.29%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) CISSP
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.29%) GCFA
11 1 (0.29%) GCIH
11 1 (0.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.03%) QA
2 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.87%) GDPR
4 2 (0.58%) P3O
4 2 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.45%) Terraform
3 4 (1.16%) Grafana
3 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.87%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.58%) Ansible
5 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.58%) SCCM
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 200 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.33%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.16%) Blue Prism
3 4 (1.16%) Databricks
3 4 (1.16%) Oracle
3 4 (1.16%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.16%) ServiceNow
3 4 (1.16%) Workday
4 3 (0.87%) HP
4 3 (0.87%) SAP
5 2 (0.58%) UiPath
6 1 (0.29%) Ab Initio
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe
6 1 (0.29%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.29%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.29%) ESRI
6 1 (0.29%) Google
6 1 (0.29%) Veeam
6 1 (0.29%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.29%) VMware