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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 439 462
Rank change year-on-year +169 +23 +35
Contract jobs citing Power Automate 366 271 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.59% 1.34% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 184 309
10th Percentile £313 £388 £387
25th Percentile £400 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £646 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £489
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.30% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - £21.88 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.69 £54.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £32.25 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.29% -51.87% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £42.44 £83.44
90th Percentile - £52.23 £85.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -

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 14,152 20,251 33,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.40% 36.46% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,986 14,657 24,479
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 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 327 381
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.89
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £69.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.48 £69.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £27.35 £19.09
% change year-on-year -26.87% +43.27% -4.55%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +152 302 £500 - 170
London +132 166 £519 -4.38% 68
UK excluding London +89 161 £475 -5.00% 116
Work from Home +124 153 £495 -1.00% 120
South East +23 33 £475 -9.52% 19
Scotland +72 32 £515 +3.00% 13
South West +19 29 £513 +24.24% 17
Midlands +32 27 £400 -15.79% 28
West Midlands +36 24 £400 -17.95% 23
North of England 0 22 £475 -5.00% 27
North West +9 21 £475 - 15
East of England +15 12 £425 -15.00% 5
Wales +26 7 £550 +27.91% 1
East Midlands +7 3 £400 +10.34% 5
Yorkshire +4 1 - - 9

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
1 123 (33.61%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.83%) Confluence
4 7 (1.91%) SAS
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) Mendix
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 25 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (12.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (6.01%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.82%) Maximo
3 3 (0.82%) Primavera
4 1 (0.27%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 334 (91.26%) Power Platform
2 257 (70.22%) PowerApps
3 180 (49.18%) Azure
4 118 (32.24%) Dynamics 365
5 100 (27.32%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (19.95%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (8.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 30 (8.20%) OneDrive
8 27 (7.38%) Azure Functions
8 27 (7.38%) Serverless
9 20 (5.46%) Entra ID
10 18 (4.92%) GitHub
11 15 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (3.55%) Snowflake
13 12 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (3.01%) Azure Storage
14 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 8 (2.19%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.64%) Unified Communications
2 5 (1.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (60.66%) Power BI
2 56 (15.30%) SQL Server
3 53 (14.48%) Data Lake
4 19 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (3.01%) Metadata
7 10 (2.73%) Big Data
7 10 (2.73%) Power Query
8 9 (2.46%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.91%) Ataccama
9 7 (1.91%) OLTP
9 7 (1.91%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (1.64%) Data Mining
10 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (1.37%) Tableau
12 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.09%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 40 (10.93%) JIRA
2 13 (3.55%) Git
3 12 (3.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 10 (2.73%) GitLab
5 7 (1.91%) Visual Studio Team System
6 6 (1.64%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.82%) Postman
8 1 (0.27%) JMeter
8 1 (0.27%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.27%) NUnit
8 1 (0.27%) Selenium
8 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 119 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 95 (25.96%) Finance
3 60 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (15.03%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.83%) Banking
6 23 (6.28%) Retail
7 22 (6.01%) General Ledger
8 16 (4.37%) Marketing
9 9 (2.46%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.46%) Legal
10 8 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.37%) Local Government
12 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.09%) Automotive
13 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 177 (48.36%) Developer
2 71 (19.40%) Power Platform Developer
3 61 (16.67%) Consultant
4 47 (12.84%) Analyst
5 45 (12.30%) Applications Developer
6 39 (10.66%) Power Apps Developer
7 35 (9.56%) Architect
8 33 (9.02%) Data Analyst
9 26 (7.10%) Senior
10 25 (6.83%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 24 (6.56%) Automation Developer
12 21 (5.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 21 (5.74%) Power BI Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 19 (5.19%) Lead
13 19 (5.19%) Microsoft Consultant
14 18 (4.92%) Functional Consultant
15 15 (4.10%) Power Platform Architect
16 14 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
17 12 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.57%) .NET
2 41 (11.20%) CSS
3 36 (9.84%) HTML
4 27 (7.38%) REST
5 26 (7.10%) JSON
5 26 (7.10%) XML
6 25 (6.83%) HTML5 Canvas
7 16 (4.37%) .NET Framework
7 16 (4.37%) Web Services
8 12 (3.28%) Microsoft Graph
9 10 (2.73%) SPFx
10 7 (1.91%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.91%) RESTful
11 5 (1.37%) ADO
12 4 (1.09%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.09%) Entity Framework
12 4 (1.09%) React
12 4 (1.09%) SOAP
12 4 (1.09%) XSLT
13 3 (0.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.65%) Data Structures
2 19 (5.19%) Low-Code
3 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.64%) Digital Signage
5 6 (1.64%) NHS
5 6 (1.64%) PKI
5 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.55%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.55%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.01%) Windows
2 6 (1.64%) Windows Server
2 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (59.02%) Business Intelligence
2 87 (23.77%) Agile
3 86 (23.50%) DevOps
4 57 (15.57%) CRM
5 47 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (11.48%) Customer Service
7 37 (10.11%) Data Analysis
8 36 (9.84%) Visualisation
9 34 (9.29%) Migration
10 28 (7.65%) Data Visualisation
10 28 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (7.38%) Requirements Gathering
12 23 (6.28%) Requirements Workshops
12 23 (6.28%) Scrum
13 22 (6.01%) Accounts Payable
13 22 (6.01%) Accounts Receivable
13 22 (6.01%) Data Modelling
14 21 (5.74%) Data Management
15 20 (5.46%) Analytics
15 20 (5.46%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.22%) SQL
2 66 (18.03%) C#
3 63 (17.21%) JavaScript
4 35 (9.56%) PowerShell
5 27 (7.38%) Python
6 17 (4.64%) Java
7 16 (4.37%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.28%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (2.19%) MATLAB
10 5 (1.37%) X++
11 4 (1.09%) C
11 4 (1.09%) PHP
11 4 (1.09%) R
12 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.55%) Scala
13 1 (0.27%) C++
13 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.57%) Degree
3 44 (12.02%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.73%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.82%) CIMA
8 2 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.92%) QA
2 11 (3.01%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.01%) PMO
3 10 (2.73%) SLA
4 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.27%) GxP
5 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.91%) Terraform
3 6 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.27%) Kibana
4 1 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 254 (69.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.28%) Oracle
3 16 (4.37%) SAP
4 14 (3.83%) Alteryx
4 14 (3.83%) Databricks
5 11 (3.01%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.19%) Nintex
7 7 (1.91%) Dataiku
7 7 (1.91%) Trillium
8 6 (1.64%) UiPath
9 5 (1.37%) Informatica
10 4 (1.09%) Automation Anywhere
10 4 (1.09%) Blue Prism
10 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.82%) IBM
11 3 (0.82%) Pega
12 2 (0.55%) DocuSign
12 2 (0.55%) Google
12 2 (0.55%) OneTrust