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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 276 308
Rank change year-on-year -52 +32 +200
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 509 501 898
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.14% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.90% 3.34% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 394 380 675
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,925 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,563 £46,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,001 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% +5.00%

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 26,802 15,010 34,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.12% 34.07% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,126 10,547 26,688
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -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 19 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Automate in the UK

Power Automate
Top 16 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 19 May 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 -50 455 £57,500 - 162
UK excluding London -49 276 £50,001 -6.87% 117
London -5 197 £60,000 -14.29% 65
Work from Home -21 167 £52,500 -4.55% 86
North of England +12 91 £47,085 -10.32% 33
Midlands -49 51 £55,000 +3.59% 24
East of England -4 50 £82,500 +65.00% 5
North West +29 47 £56,800 +8.19% 12
South East -57 44 £50,000 -13.04% 35
Yorkshire -37 40 £42,500 -24.44% 15
West Midlands -35 38 £47,085 -8.84% 16
Wales -20 18 £41,740 -17.35% 8
South West -70 17 £43,500 -24.35% 7
East Midlands -29 13 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Scotland -1 9 £55,000 +9.03% 6
North East -35 4 £51,000 -15.00% 6

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
1 157 (30.84%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.96%) Appian
4 7 (1.38%) CMS
5 4 (0.79%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Confluence
6 2 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 55 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 82 (16.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.59%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.59%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.39%) Magento
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 434 (85.27%) Power Platform
2 346 (67.98%) PowerApps
3 265 (52.06%) Azure
4 164 (32.22%) Dynamics 365
5 147 (28.88%) Microsoft 365
6 93 (18.27%) Azure Logic Apps
7 62 (12.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 47 (9.23%) Entra ID
9 44 (8.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 43 (8.45%) OneDrive
11 37 (7.27%) Copilot Studio
12 31 (6.09%) Serverless
13 27 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (5.11%) Azure Functions
14 26 (5.11%) SaaS
15 19 (3.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (3.34%) Azure AI
17 12 (2.36%) Anthropic Claude
18 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.55%) Firewall
2 7 (1.38%) Intranet
3 4 (0.79%) VoIP
3 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.59%) DHCP
4 3 (0.59%) DNS
4 3 (0.59%) LTE
4 3 (0.59%) NAS
4 3 (0.59%) VPN
5 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
6 1 (0.20%) LAN
6 1 (0.20%) Network Security
6 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (51.28%) Power BI
2 76 (14.93%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.89%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (5.89%) Power Query
4 26 (5.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (3.14%) PowerPivot
5 16 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.96%) Metabase
7 10 (1.96%) Pinecone
8 8 (1.57%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.57%) Metadata
9 4 (0.79%) MySQL
9 4 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.39%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (2.36%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.96%) MLflow
3 7 (1.38%) JIRA
4 6 (1.18%) Git
4 6 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.20%) Postman
General
1 186 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 146 (28.68%) Finance
3 89 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.07%) Law
5 35 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.09%) Legal
7 27 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (5.11%) Public Sector
9 21 (4.13%) Marketing
10 19 (3.73%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.16%) Retail
12 9 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.57%) Agriculture
14 7 (1.38%) Automotive
15 5 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.59%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.59%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.39%) Billing
17 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 181 (35.56%) Developer
2 84 (16.50%) Power Platform Developer
3 78 (15.32%) Analyst
4 62 (12.18%) Senior
5 42 (8.25%) IT Support
6 39 (7.66%) Consultant
7 37 (7.27%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 31 (6.09%) Lead
8 31 (6.09%) Senior Developer
8 31 (6.09%) Support Manager
9 29 (5.70%) Applications Developer
10 27 (5.30%) Power Apps Developer
11 22 (4.32%) Applications Support
11 22 (4.32%) Systems Analyst
12 21 (4.13%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.93%) Support Analyst
14 18 (3.54%) Applications Manager
14 18 (3.54%) Architect
14 18 (3.54%) Financial Analyst
15 17 (3.34%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.13%) .NET
2 53 (10.41%) HTML5 Canvas
3 48 (9.43%) REST
4 37 (7.27%) CSS
4 37 (7.27%) HTML
5 30 (5.89%) SPFx
6 27 (5.30%) Microsoft Graph
7 25 (4.91%) JSON
8 23 (4.52%) .NET Core
9 21 (4.13%) Web Services
10 15 (2.95%) RESTful
11 13 (2.55%) SOAP
12 12 (2.36%) JWT
12 12 (2.36%) OAuth
12 12 (2.36%) React
13 11 (2.16%) OpenAPI
13 11 (2.16%) Swagger
14 10 (1.96%) Flask
14 10 (1.96%) scikit-learn
14 10 (1.96%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.15%) Low-Code
2 25 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (3.14%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.95%) Cloud Native
7 15 (2.95%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.79%) Social Media
13 3 (0.59%) PropTech
14 2 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.39%) Reference Data
15 1 (0.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.09%) Windows
2 10 (1.96%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.57%) Linux
4 4 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (49.12%) Business Intelligence
2 138 (27.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 130 (25.54%) CRM
4 122 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (20.83%) AI
6 89 (17.49%) Workflow
7 78 (15.32%) DevOps
8 68 (13.36%) Agile
9 64 (12.57%) Data Modelling
10 60 (11.79%) Analytics
11 58 (11.39%) CI/CD
12 54 (10.61%) Translating Business Requirements
13 52 (10.22%) Project Management
14 51 (10.02%) User Experience
15 48 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (9.04%) Roadmaps
17 45 (8.84%) Process Improvement
18 44 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 41 (8.06%) Data Management
20 40 (7.86%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 162 (31.83%) SQL
2 109 (21.41%) C#
3 104 (20.43%) JavaScript
4 53 (10.41%) PowerShell
5 50 (9.82%) Python
6 31 (6.09%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (2.95%) VBA
9 14 (2.75%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.18%) Java
11 3 (0.59%) Bash
11 3 (0.59%) PHP
11 3 (0.59%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.39%) VB
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (12.77%) Degree
2 33 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.73%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.98%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.59%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.59%) ICAEW
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (10.61%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.68%) QA
3 16 (3.14%) GDPR
4 15 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.75%) SLA
6 10 (1.96%) PMO
7 9 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.57%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.98%) TickIT
10 2 (0.39%) GRC
10 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.36%) Docker
3 4 (0.79%) BitLocker
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.59%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.59%) Ansible
3 3 (0.59%) Rundeck
3 3 (0.59%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 355 (69.74%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.52%) ServiceNow
2 23 (4.52%) UiPath
3 21 (4.13%) Adobe
3 21 (4.13%) OpenAI
4 14 (2.75%) Automation Anywhere
4 14 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.96%) SAP
6 8 (1.57%) Intapp
7 6 (1.18%) Cognizant
7 6 (1.18%) Databricks
7 6 (1.18%) Oracle
8 5 (0.98%) MuleSoft
8 5 (0.98%) Pega
8 5 (0.98%) Sage
8 5 (0.98%) VMware
9 4 (0.79%) BeyondTrust
9 4 (0.79%) Cisco
9 4 (0.79%) Facebook
9 4 (0.79%) Meraki