Power Automate Contracts

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Power Automate skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Automate over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 413 462
Rank change year-on-year +136 +49 +17
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 348 297 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.51% 1.41% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 210 324
10th Percentile £313 £388 £382
25th Percentile £400 £425 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% +10.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £686 £651 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.10% +17.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - £21.88 £34.40
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.69 £41.75
Median hourly rate £17.00 £32.25 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.29% -40.28% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £42.44 £68.25
90th Percentile - £52.23 £76.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £42.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +28.79% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Power Automate is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,842 21,041 34,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 36.74% 38.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,846 15,232 24,816
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 332 411
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £18.50 £15.35
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +59.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £38.13 £66.00 £53.88
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -29.12% +29.89% -3.76%

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 20 May 2024.

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 15 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 20 May 2024. 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 +145 285 £500 -2.44% 221
London +138 158 £518 -5.82% 71
Work from Home +109 149 £493 -1.50% 155
UK excluding London +88 149 £475 -5.00% 163
South East +32 36 £475 -9.52% 33
Midlands +31 30 £400 -5.88% 36
Scotland +60 29 £550 +10.00% 14
West Midlands +38 26 £400 -5.88% 29
North of England +5 22 £475 -5.00% 27
North West +7 21 £475 - 14
South West +16 19 £541 +31.21% 27
Wales +25 7 £550 +27.91% 5
East of England +16 7 £475 -5.00% 19
East Midlands +17 4 £413 -17.50% 6
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 10

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
1 107 (30.75%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.74%) Confluence
4 7 (2.01%) SAS
5 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.86%) IIS
6 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 26 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (12.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.76%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.86%) Maximo
3 3 (0.86%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 320 (91.95%) Power Platform
2 238 (68.39%) PowerApps
3 174 (50.00%) Azure
4 110 (31.61%) Dynamics 365
5 93 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (22.13%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (7.47%) OneDrive
9 25 (7.18%) Azure Functions
9 25 (7.18%) Serverless
10 17 (4.89%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.89%) GitHub
11 15 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (3.74%) Azure Storage
13 13 (3.74%) Snowflake
14 12 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (2.59%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (2.01%) GCP
16 7 (2.01%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.01%) Intranet
2 6 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.29%) DHCP
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) LAN
3 1 (0.29%) WAN
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (62.07%) Power BI
2 59 (16.95%) Data Lake
3 55 (15.80%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (3.16%) Metadata
6 11 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (2.87%) Big Data
7 10 (2.87%) Power Query
8 8 (2.30%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.01%) Ataccama
9 7 (2.01%) OLTP
9 7 (2.01%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (1.72%) Data Mining
10 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.15%) KNIME
11 4 (1.15%) Tableau
12 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (10.92%) JIRA
2 13 (3.74%) Git
3 12 (3.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (2.59%) GitLab
5 7 (2.01%) Visual Studio Team System
6 5 (1.44%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.29%) NUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 117 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 95 (27.30%) Finance
3 64 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (14.94%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.05%) Retail
6 27 (7.76%) General Ledger
7 21 (6.03%) Banking
8 14 (4.02%) Marketing
9 9 (2.59%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.30%) Legal
10 8 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.72%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.15%) Automotive
12 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Local Government
13 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.86%) Military
14 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.57%) Billing
Job Titles
1 162 (46.55%) Developer
2 62 (17.82%) Consultant
3 59 (16.95%) Power Platform Developer
4 46 (13.22%) Analyst
5 37 (10.63%) Applications Developer
6 34 (9.77%) Data Analyst
7 33 (9.48%) Architect
8 31 (8.91%) Power Apps Developer
9 27 (7.76%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 25 (7.18%) Senior
11 23 (6.61%) Automation Developer
11 23 (6.61%) Power BI Developer
12 22 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 20 (5.75%) Microsoft Consultant
14 18 (5.17%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 17 (4.89%) Functional Consultant
15 17 (4.89%) Lead
16 14 (4.02%) Power Platform Architect
16 14 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
17 12 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.21%) .NET
2 33 (9.48%) CSS
3 29 (8.33%) HTML
4 26 (7.47%) JSON
5 25 (7.18%) XML
6 22 (6.32%) REST
7 18 (5.17%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (4.31%) Web Services
9 14 (4.02%) SPFx
10 13 (3.74%) .NET Framework
11 11 (3.16%) Microsoft Graph
12 7 (2.01%) ARM Templates
13 5 (1.44%) ADO
14 4 (1.15%) ASP.NET
14 4 (1.15%) RESTful
14 4 (1.15%) SOAP
15 3 (0.86%) jQuery
15 3 (0.86%) SailPoint
15 3 (0.86%) XHTML
15 3 (0.86%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.20%) Data Structures
2 14 (4.02%) Low-Code
3 8 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (2.30%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.72%) Digital Signage
4 6 (1.72%) NHS
4 6 (1.72%) PKI
5 5 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.86%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.57%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.29%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.01%) Windows
1 7 (2.01%) Windows Server
2 6 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (59.77%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (25.29%) DevOps
3 78 (22.41%) Agile
4 55 (15.80%) CRM
5 45 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (11.49%) Customer Service
7 36 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 36 (10.34%) Visualisation
8 29 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
9 28 (8.05%) Migration
10 27 (7.76%) Accounts Payable
10 27 (7.76%) Accounts Receivable
10 27 (7.76%) Data Visualisation
10 27 (7.76%) Requirements Workshops
10 27 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (6.90%) Data Modelling
12 21 (6.03%) Analytics
13 20 (5.75%) Data Governance
14 19 (5.46%) User Stories
15 18 (5.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 78 (22.41%) SQL
2 63 (18.10%) C#
3 55 (15.80%) JavaScript
4 34 (9.77%) PowerShell
5 28 (8.05%) Python
6 15 (4.31%) Java
7 12 (3.45%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.01%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.44%) X++
12 4 (1.15%) C
12 4 (1.15%) PHP
12 4 (1.15%) R
13 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.57%) Scala
14 1 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (13.79%) Degree
2 45 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 39 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.86%) CIMA
8 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.89%) QA
2 11 (3.16%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.16%) PMO
3 10 (2.87%) SLA
4 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.57%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) GxP
5 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.01%) Terraform
2 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 237 (68.10%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.03%) Oracle
3 15 (4.31%) SAP
4 14 (4.02%) Alteryx
4 14 (4.02%) Databricks
5 11 (3.16%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.30%) Nintex
7 7 (2.01%) Dataiku
7 7 (2.01%) Trillium
8 5 (1.44%) Informatica
8 5 (1.44%) UiPath
9 4 (1.15%) Automation Anywhere
9 4 (1.15%) Blue Prism
9 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.86%) Google
10 3 (0.86%) IBM
10 3 (0.86%) Pega
11 2 (0.57%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.57%) OneTrust