Power Automate Job Trends

Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Power Automate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 274 335
Rank change year-on-year -6 +61 +36
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 747 515 621
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.04% 0.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.72% 3.29% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 573 380 413
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,156 £45,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,100 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -8.33% +9.03%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,625 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -5.45% +10.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,419 15,643 24,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.15% 31.63% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 18,508 10,566 15,938
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £45,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Power Automate
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Automate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power Automate job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Automate
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Automate

Power Automate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Automate over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Automate within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +12 683 £57,500 +4.55% 464
UK excluding London -9 468 £54,000 +3.85% 316
Work from Home -15 259 £52,500 -8.70% 504
London 0 241 £67,500 +8.00% 220
North of England +33 151 £50,000 +6.38% 73
Midlands 0 128 £60,000 +11.76% 53
West Midlands +1 89 £60,000 +11.76% 37
North West +28 78 £51,000 +13.33% 41
South East -59 67 £50,001 +0.00% 79
East of England -9 64 £80,000 +39.13% 29
Yorkshire +8 59 £42,500 -9.57% 20
East Midlands -15 39 £54,000 -1.82% 16
Wales -57 25 £53,171 +6.34% 11
South West -69 25 £55,000 +8.37% 36
North East -48 14 £38,000 -24.00% 14
Scotland +4 10 £62,500 +16.28% 29
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 10

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
1 291 (38.96%) SharePoint
2 38 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.01%) IIS
4 8 (1.07%) Apache
4 8 (1.07%) nginx
5 5 (0.67%) CMS
6 4 (0.54%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.54%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 121 (16.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.01%) Elite 3E
3 11 (1.47%) Carpe Diem
4 9 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 628 (84.07%) Power Platform
2 500 (66.93%) PowerApps
3 359 (48.06%) Azure
4 307 (41.10%) Microsoft 365
5 273 (36.55%) Dynamics 365
6 176 (23.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 116 (15.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 90 (12.05%) Copilot Studio
9 87 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (11.11%) Entra ID
11 78 (10.44%) OneDrive
12 60 (8.03%) Serverless
13 55 (7.36%) Azure Functions
14 37 (4.95%) SaaS
15 35 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
16 30 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (3.21%) Azure AI
18 21 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
19 20 (2.68%) Zapier
20 16 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.61%) Firewall
2 19 (2.54%) DNS
3 10 (1.34%) Intranet
4 9 (1.20%) DHCP
4 9 (1.20%) VPN
4 9 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.80%) VLAN
5 6 (0.80%) VoIP
6 4 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.54%) Wireless
7 3 (0.40%) LTE
7 3 (0.40%) MQTT
7 3 (0.40%) NAS
8 2 (0.27%) DKIM
8 2 (0.27%) DMARC
8 2 (0.27%) HTTP
8 2 (0.27%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) Broadband
9 1 (0.13%) LAN
9 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 319 (42.70%) Power BI
2 72 (9.64%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.28%) Power Query
7 16 (2.14%) Metadata
7 16 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.34%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.54%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.40%) Big Data
14 2 (0.27%) Tableau
15 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
15 1 (0.13%) Flink
15 1 (0.13%) Metabase
15 1 (0.13%) MySQL
15 1 (0.13%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 27 (3.61%) Git
2 13 (1.74%) JIRA
3 10 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
4 9 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.80%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.27%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 266 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 194 (25.97%) Finance
3 81 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.77%) Legal
5 53 (7.10%) Law
6 46 (6.16%) Manufacturing
7 45 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (4.28%) Public Sector
9 30 (4.02%) Retail
10 24 (3.21%) Marketing
11 23 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (2.01%) Legal Technology
14 10 (1.34%) Banking
15 8 (1.07%) Aviation
15 8 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Social Housing
17 3 (0.40%) Welsh Language
18 2 (0.27%) Billing
Job Titles
1 335 (44.85%) Developer
2 125 (16.73%) Power Platform Developer
3 77 (10.31%) Senior
4 68 (9.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 63 (8.43%) Consultant
5 63 (8.43%) Lead
6 59 (7.90%) Analyst
7 42 (5.62%) Senior Developer
8 37 (4.95%) IT Support
9 36 (4.82%) Applications Developer
10 31 (4.15%) Microsoft Developer
11 29 (3.88%) Administrator
12 28 (3.75%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 27 (3.61%) Applications Support
14 25 (3.35%) Power Apps Developer
15 24 (3.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 23 (3.08%) Architect
16 23 (3.08%) Support Engineer
16 23 (3.08%) Systems Developer
17 22 (2.95%) CRM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (17.27%) .NET
2 69 (9.24%) HTML
3 68 (9.10%) REST
4 66 (8.84%) HTML5 Canvas
5 60 (8.03%) CSS
6 41 (5.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 36 (4.82%) SPFx
8 34 (4.55%) JSON
9 32 (4.28%) .NET Core
10 26 (3.48%) ASP.NET
11 19 (2.54%) .NET Framework
11 19 (2.54%) React
12 18 (2.41%) RESTful
12 18 (2.41%) XML
13 17 (2.28%) Web Services
14 9 (1.20%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (1.20%) XSLT
15 8 (1.07%) AngularJS
15 8 (1.07%) Entity Framework
15 8 (1.07%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.90%) Low-Code
2 44 (5.89%) AI Agents
3 42 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (4.28%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.80%) Taxonomies
14 5 (0.67%) CMDB
14 5 (0.67%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
15 4 (0.54%) Driving Licence
15 4 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
15 4 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.57%) Windows
2 34 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.41%) Linux
4 8 (1.07%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.07%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (39.09%) Business Intelligence
2 229 (30.66%) AI
3 207 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (26.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 171 (22.89%) CRM
6 167 (22.36%) Agile
7 150 (20.08%) DevOps
8 112 (14.99%) Workflow
9 99 (13.25%) CI/CD
10 92 (12.32%) Translating Business Requirements
11 88 (11.78%) User Experience
12 87 (11.65%) Roadmaps
13 80 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 79 (10.58%) Process Improvement
15 72 (9.64%) Customer Service
16 70 (9.37%) ITIL
17 68 (9.10%) Data Modelling
18 65 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
19 64 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
20 61 (8.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 208 (27.84%) C#
2 189 (25.30%) SQL
3 173 (23.16%) JavaScript
4 79 (10.58%) PowerShell
5 51 (6.83%) Python
6 40 (5.35%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (2.28%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.28%) VBA
9 8 (1.07%) Bash
9 8 (1.07%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.94%) C
11 6 (0.80%) Java
12 4 (0.54%) C++
13 3 (0.40%) VB
13 3 (0.40%) X++
13 3 (0.40%) XPath
14 2 (0.27%) Dart
14 2 (0.27%) PHP
15 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 79 (10.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 74 (9.91%) Degree
3 28 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 27 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.07%) PMP
9 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.67%) ICAEW
11 4 (0.54%) CCNA
11 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.40%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.40%) HND
12 3 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.82%) QA
3 31 (4.15%) GDPR
4 25 (3.35%) Accessibility
5 23 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.14%) SLA
7 15 (2.01%) PMO
8 10 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.80%) WCAG
10 5 (0.67%) TickIT
11 4 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 49 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.54%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.27%) Docker
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.94%) Ansible
3 6 (0.80%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 603 (80.72%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.81%) OpenAI
3 19 (2.54%) Foundry
4 16 (2.14%) Adobe
5 13 (1.74%) Intapp
5 13 (1.74%) VMware
6 12 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.47%) Databricks
7 11 (1.47%) Sage
8 9 (1.20%) Cognizant
8 9 (1.20%) Oracle
9 8 (1.07%) Aderant
9 8 (1.07%) Citrix
9 8 (1.07%) DocuSign
9 8 (1.07%) RedGate
9 8 (1.07%) SonicWALL
10 7 (0.94%) UiPath
11 6 (0.80%) Cisco
11 6 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.80%) Splunk