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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 280 322
Rank change year-on-year +9 +42 +35
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 776 510 628
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.04% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.80% 3.28% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 591 382 412
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,875 £46,805
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +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 27,711 15,534 24,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.86% 31.62% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,656 10,516 15,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £45,750
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 £100,625 £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 21 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 21 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 +5 713 £58,750 +6.82% 433
UK excluding London +3 492 £55,000 +6.80% 283
Work from Home -17 267 £52,500 -8.70% 243
London -6 246 £68,500 +9.60% 232
North of England +27 161 £50,000 +5.26% 70
Midlands +6 135 £60,000 +11.76% 35
West Midlands -5 97 £61,250 +14.09% 22
North West +18 85 £51,000 +7.37% 33
South East -66 69 £56,100 +12.20% 76
East of England -22 64 £78,010 +35.67% 18
Yorkshire -3 59 £42,500 -10.53% 25
East Midlands -16 38 £54,000 -1.82% 13
South West -56 30 £52,500 +3.45% 27
Wales -57 25 £53,171 +6.34% 15
North East -43 17 £38,000 -24.00% 14
Scotland +10 10 £62,500 +13.64% 32
Northern Ireland -81 1 £60,000 - 14

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
1 303 (39.05%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.93%) IIS
4 8 (1.03%) Apache
4 8 (1.03%) nginx
5 5 (0.64%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) WordPress
7 3 (0.39%) Confluence
8 2 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) Moodle
Applications
1 41 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 125 (16.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.93%) Elite 3E
3 11 (1.42%) Carpe Diem
4 9 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 650 (83.76%) Power Platform
2 513 (66.11%) PowerApps
3 374 (48.20%) Azure
4 323 (41.62%) Microsoft 365
5 281 (36.21%) Dynamics 365
6 193 (24.87%) Microsoft Copilot
7 115 (14.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 101 (13.02%) Copilot Studio
9 91 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (11.21%) Entra ID
11 79 (10.18%) OneDrive
12 63 (8.12%) Serverless
13 58 (7.47%) Azure Functions
14 39 (5.03%) SaaS
15 36 (4.64%) Azure Service Bus
16 33 (4.25%) Microsoft Purview
17 27 (3.48%) Azure AI
18 22 (2.84%) Zapier
19 21 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.48%) Firewall
2 19 (2.45%) DNS
3 10 (1.29%) Intranet
4 9 (1.16%) DHCP
4 9 (1.16%) VPN
4 9 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.77%) VLAN
5 6 (0.77%) VoIP
6 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.52%) Wireless
7 3 (0.39%) LTE
7 3 (0.39%) MQTT
7 3 (0.39%) NAS
8 2 (0.26%) DKIM
8 2 (0.26%) DMARC
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) SAN
9 1 (0.13%) SSL
9 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 331 (42.65%) Power BI
2 74 (9.54%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (2.32%) Power Query
7 16 (2.06%) Metadata
7 16 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.77%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.64%) Big Data
11 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.39%) GIS
14 2 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.26%) Tableau
15 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.13%) Flink
15 1 (0.13%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 29 (3.74%) Git
2 13 (1.68%) JIRA
3 10 (1.29%) Visual Studio Code
4 8 (1.03%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.26%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 277 (35.70%) Social Skills
2 199 (25.64%) Finance
3 84 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.41%) Legal
5 53 (6.83%) Law
6 52 (6.70%) Manufacturing
7 46 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (4.77%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.99%) Retail
10 26 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.96%) Marketing
12 15 (1.93%) Legal Technology
13 11 (1.42%) Banking
14 10 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.03%) Aviation
15 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.90%) Social Housing
17 3 (0.39%) Billing
17 3 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 345 (44.46%) Developer
2 128 (16.49%) Power Platform Developer
3 78 (10.05%) Senior
4 71 (9.15%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 66 (8.51%) Consultant
6 64 (8.25%) Lead
7 63 (8.12%) Analyst
8 42 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 36 (4.64%) Applications Developer
9 36 (4.64%) IT Support
10 31 (3.99%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 30 (3.87%) Administrator
11 30 (3.87%) Microsoft Developer
12 28 (3.61%) Architect
13 26 (3.35%) Applications Support
13 26 (3.35%) Power Apps Developer
14 25 (3.22%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 24 (3.09%) Functional Consultant
16 23 (2.96%) Support Engineer
17 22 (2.84%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (17.01%) .NET
2 72 (9.28%) HTML
2 72 (9.28%) REST
3 64 (8.25%) HTML5 Canvas
4 61 (7.86%) CSS
5 43 (5.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 35 (4.51%) JSON
6 35 (4.51%) SPFx
7 30 (3.87%) .NET Core
8 27 (3.48%) ASP.NET
9 21 (2.71%) XML
10 20 (2.58%) React
11 19 (2.45%) .NET Framework
12 18 (2.32%) RESTful
12 18 (2.32%) Web Services
13 11 (1.42%) XSLT
14 9 (1.16%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
15 8 (1.03%) Middleware
15 8 (1.03%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.89%) Low-Code
2 47 (6.06%) AI Agents
3 41 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 33 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.48%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.45%) Data Structures
8 19 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.03%) Taxonomies
12 5 (0.64%) CMDB
12 5 (0.64%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.64%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.52%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.52%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.38%) Windows
2 34 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.32%) Linux
4 8 (1.03%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.03%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (39.30%) Business Intelligence
2 252 (32.47%) AI
3 218 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (27.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (22.94%) Agile
6 175 (22.55%) CRM
7 157 (20.23%) DevOps
8 119 (15.34%) Workflow
9 105 (13.53%) CI/CD
10 95 (12.24%) Translating Business Requirements
11 89 (11.47%) Roadmaps
12 88 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 86 (11.08%) User Experience
14 84 (10.82%) Process Improvement
15 73 (9.41%) ITIL
16 72 (9.28%) Data Modelling
16 72 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 69 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
18 68 (8.76%) Customer Service
19 65 (8.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 216 (27.84%) C#
2 187 (24.10%) SQL
3 179 (23.07%) JavaScript
4 80 (10.31%) PowerShell
5 58 (7.47%) Python
6 41 (5.28%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 18 (2.32%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.32%) VBA
9 8 (1.03%) Bash
9 8 (1.03%) C
9 8 (1.03%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.90%) Java
11 4 (0.52%) C++
11 4 (0.52%) PHP
12 3 (0.39%) VB
12 3 (0.39%) X++
12 3 (0.39%) XPath
13 2 (0.26%) Dart
14 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 88 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 78 (10.05%) Degree
3 28 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.35%) Azure Certification
4 26 (3.35%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.03%) PMP
8 7 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.64%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.52%) CCNA
10 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.39%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.39%) HND
11 3 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.28%) QA
3 35 (4.51%) GDPR
4 30 (3.87%) Accessibility
5 24 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (2.06%) SLA
8 15 (1.93%) PMO
9 10 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.03%) WCAG
11 5 (0.64%) TickIT
12 4 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.26%) NIST
14 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 51 (6.57%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.52%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.39%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.26%) Docker
6 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.90%) Ansible
3 6 (0.77%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 631 (81.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.84%) OpenAI
3 20 (2.58%) Foundry
4 15 (1.93%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.80%) Adobe
6 13 (1.68%) Intapp
6 13 (1.68%) VMware
7 12 (1.55%) Sage
8 11 (1.42%) Databricks
9 9 (1.16%) Cognizant
9 9 (1.16%) Oracle
10 8 (1.03%) Aderant
10 8 (1.03%) Citrix
10 8 (1.03%) DocuSign
10 8 (1.03%) RedGate
10 8 (1.03%) SonicWALL
10 8 (1.03%) UiPath
11 7 (0.90%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.90%) Splunk
12 6 (0.77%) Cisco