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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 265 321
Rank change year-on-year -30 +56 +232
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 471 512 733
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.17% 0.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.98% 3.14% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 361 296 598
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £67,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.70% +7.50% -4.76%

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 23,841 16,317 31,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.42% 37.34% 37.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,803 11,017 25,658
10th Percentile £29,212 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -43 416 £57,500 -4.17% 196
UK excluding London -98 217 £48,000 -10.70% 156
London +74 210 £60,000 -14.29% 71
Work from Home -20 141 £53,171 -7.13% 111
North of England -19 70 £47,500 -13.64% 35
Midlands -20 48 £57,500 +9.52% 29
North West +8 37 £55,000 - 23
West Midlands -7 37 £47,292 -9.92% 21
South East -34 32 £50,000 -16.67% 49
Yorkshire -48 30 £42,039 -23.57% 7
East of England +6 25 £55,000 +15.79% 15
South West -122 19 £42,625 -25.87% 14
Wales -2 12 £41,740 -14.82% 8
Scotland -14 12 £60,000 +26.39% 9
East Midlands -26 11 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North East -18 3 £51,000 -18.40% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £70,000 -

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
1 143 (30.36%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.55%) Appian
4 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.06%) CMS
5 3 (0.64%) Confluence
6 2 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 67 (14.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.06%) Shopify
3 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.64%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.64%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.42%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 395 (83.86%) Power Platform
2 305 (64.76%) PowerApps
3 254 (53.93%) Azure
4 152 (32.27%) Dynamics 365
5 142 (30.15%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (16.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 48 (10.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 44 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (8.70%) Serverless
10 40 (8.49%) Azure Functions
10 40 (8.49%) Copilot Studio
11 36 (7.64%) Entra ID
12 31 (6.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 27 (5.73%) Azure AI
14 23 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (3.82%) SaaS
16 16 (3.40%) Anthropic Claude
17 15 (3.18%) AWS
18 14 (2.97%) GitHub
18 14 (2.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.76%) Firewall
2 10 (2.12%) VPN
3 9 (1.91%) DNS
4 4 (0.85%) DHCP
4 4 (0.85%) Intranet
5 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.42%) VLAN
6 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (55.63%) Power BI
2 62 (13.16%) SQL Server
3 39 (8.28%) Power Query
4 30 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (4.67%) PowerPivot
6 12 (2.55%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.34%) Metabase
8 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.27%) Metadata
12 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.64%) MySQL
15 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
15 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
16 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.46%) Visual Studio
2 18 (3.82%) Git
3 12 (2.55%) MLflow
4 7 (1.49%) JIRA
5 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 204 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 129 (27.39%) Finance
3 86 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (11.46%) Law
5 42 (8.92%) Legal
6 32 (6.79%) Public Sector
7 23 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.61%) Marketing
10 15 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.70%) Agriculture
12 7 (1.49%) Automotive
12 7 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Retail
13 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.42%) Advertising
14 2 (0.42%) Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Local Government
15 1 (0.21%) Front Office
15 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 157 (33.33%) Developer
2 92 (19.53%) Power Platform Developer
3 78 (16.56%) Analyst
4 53 (11.25%) Senior
5 38 (8.07%) IT Support
6 35 (7.43%) Consultant
7 32 (6.79%) Senior Developer
8 28 (5.94%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 26 (5.52%) Financial Analyst
10 25 (5.31%) Lead
11 23 (4.88%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.67%) Systems Analyst
13 21 (4.46%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 17 (3.61%) Power Platform Consultant
16 16 (3.40%) Architect
16 16 (3.40%) IT Engineer
17 15 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
17 15 (3.18%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (13.80%) REST
2 59 (12.53%) .NET
3 33 (7.01%) HTML5 Canvas
4 30 (6.37%) Web Services
5 28 (5.94%) SOAP
6 22 (4.67%) JSON
7 20 (4.25%) RESTful
8 18 (3.82%) HTML
9 16 (3.40%) XML
10 14 (2.97%) CSS
10 14 (2.97%) JWT
10 14 (2.97%) OpenAPI
10 14 (2.97%) Swagger
11 13 (2.76%) OAuth
11 13 (2.76%) Pandas
12 12 (2.55%) Django
12 12 (2.55%) Flask
12 12 (2.55%) NumPy
12 12 (2.55%) pytest
12 12 (2.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 90 (19.11%) Low-Code
2 19 (4.03%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.18%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.12%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.49%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.85%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.85%) IoT
14 3 (0.64%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.64%) PropTech
15 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
15 2 (0.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.25%) Windows
2 13 (2.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.49%) Android
4 6 (1.27%) Unix
5 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (53.08%) Business Intelligence
2 143 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 102 (21.66%) AI
5 88 (18.68%) Workflow
6 84 (17.83%) CRM
7 83 (17.62%) Agile
8 79 (16.77%) DevOps
9 59 (12.53%) CI/CD
10 57 (12.10%) Data Modelling
11 55 (11.68%) Data Analysis
12 50 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 49 (10.40%) Analytics
13 49 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 49 (10.40%) Visualisation
14 44 (9.34%) Translating Business Requirements
15 42 (8.92%) Migration
16 41 (8.70%) ETL
17 39 (8.28%) Decision-Making
17 39 (8.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 147 (31.21%) SQL
2 100 (21.23%) JavaScript
3 96 (20.38%) C#
4 57 (12.10%) Python
5 42 (8.92%) PowerShell
6 27 (5.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (3.82%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.82%) VBA
8 9 (1.91%) Java
8 9 (1.91%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.64%) Bash
11 1 (0.21%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (13.16%) Degree
2 44 (9.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.91%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.49%) ACCA
6 7 (1.49%) CIMA
6 7 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.42%) PhD
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.31%) QA
3 16 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.40%) GDPR
4 15 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.12%) SLA
6 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.42%) GRC
7 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
7 2 (0.42%) PMO
7 2 (0.42%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.03%) Docker
3 5 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.64%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 298 (63.27%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.37%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.31%) UiPath
4 24 (5.10%) SAP
5 15 (3.18%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.76%) Automation Anywhere
6 13 (2.76%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.55%) Intapp
8 11 (2.34%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.91%) Oracle
10 6 (1.27%) Pega
11 5 (1.06%) Dell
11 5 (1.06%) Foundry
11 5 (1.06%) IBM
11 5 (1.06%) Infor
11 5 (1.06%) Informatica
11 5 (1.06%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.06%) SnapLogic
11 5 (1.06%) Software AG
11 5 (1.06%) Talend