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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 276 332
Rank change year-on-year +4 +56 +217
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 475 572 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.09% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.24% 2.99% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 361 295 458
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,745 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,875 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £89,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%

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 21,172 19,107 26,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.55% 36.45% 39.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,528 11,173 22,028
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,619 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -19 417 £57,500 -8.00% 145
UK excluding London -55 231 £50,000 -4.76% 136
London +72 202 £60,000 -11.44% 58
Work from Home +29 158 £57,500 -4.17% 115
North of England +18 67 £48,500 -11.82% 20
Midlands -11 46 £57,500 +10.58% 18
South East +3 41 £45,000 -25.00% 47
North West +29 36 £60,000 +17.07% 12
West Midlands +1 35 £55,594 +5.89% 11
Yorkshire -20 29 £42,000 -23.64% 3
East of England +19 24 £55,000 +56.03% 16
Scotland +4 21 £55,000 +23.60% 9
South West -100 19 £43,125 -13.75% 12
Wales +13 12 £41,740 -14.82% 14
East Midlands -1 11 £60,000 +50.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £70,000 - 2
North East -7 2 £50,000 -20.00% 5

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
1 149 (31.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.32%) Appian
4 10 (2.11%) Confluence
5 5 (1.05%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.05%) CMS
5 5 (1.05%) WordPress
6 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 50 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 85 (17.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.26%) Shopify
3 4 (0.84%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.63%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 388 (81.68%) Power Platform
2 306 (64.42%) PowerApps
3 260 (54.74%) Azure
4 161 (33.89%) Dynamics 365
5 151 (31.79%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (16.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 58 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (11.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 47 (9.89%) Entra ID
10 44 (9.26%) Serverless
11 43 (9.05%) Copilot Studio
12 39 (8.21%) Azure Functions
13 28 (5.89%) Azure AI
14 26 (5.47%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (4.00%) AWS
17 16 (3.37%) GitHub
18 15 (3.16%) OneDrive
19 14 (2.95%) Anthropic Claude
19 14 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.32%) Firewall
2 10 (2.11%) VPN
3 9 (1.89%) DNS
4 4 (0.84%) DHCP
4 4 (0.84%) Internet
4 4 (0.84%) Intranet
4 4 (0.84%) Wireless
5 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.42%) VLAN
7 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) WAN
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (48.63%) Power BI
2 52 (10.95%) SQL Server
3 30 (6.32%) Power Query
4 16 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.37%) PowerPivot
5 11 (2.32%) Pinecone
5 11 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.26%) Metabase
7 6 (1.26%) Metadata
7 6 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.21%) EDMS
11 1 (0.21%) GIS
11 1 (0.21%) MS Access
11 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (6.53%) Git
2 28 (5.89%) Visual Studio
3 14 (2.95%) JIRA
4 11 (2.32%) MLflow
5 3 (0.63%) Postman
5 3 (0.63%) Selenium
6 2 (0.42%) JMeter
6 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.21%) MSTest
7 1 (0.21%) NUnit
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 202 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 124 (26.11%) Finance
3 63 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (10.53%) Law
5 43 (9.05%) Legal
6 33 (6.95%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.58%) Marketing
10 9 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.68%) Automotive
12 6 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.26%) Retail
13 5 (1.05%) Agriculture
13 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.63%) Banking
16 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.42%) Local Government
16 2 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 157 (33.05%) Developer
2 86 (18.11%) Power Platform Developer
3 64 (13.47%) Analyst
4 55 (11.58%) Senior
5 37 (7.79%) Consultant
6 35 (7.37%) Senior Developer
7 30 (6.32%) IT Support
7 30 (6.32%) Lead
8 28 (5.89%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 27 (5.68%) Support Engineer
10 20 (4.21%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.79%) Financial Analyst
12 17 (3.58%) Power Platform Engineer
12 17 (3.58%) Systems Analyst
13 16 (3.37%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.37%) Power Platform Consultant
14 15 (3.16%) Administrator
14 15 (3.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 13 (2.74%) Applications Support
15 13 (2.74%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (16.21%) REST
2 69 (14.53%) .NET
3 39 (8.21%) Web Services
4 36 (7.58%) SOAP
5 33 (6.95%) HTML
6 27 (5.68%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (4.84%) CSS
7 23 (4.84%) JSON
8 22 (4.63%) RESTful
9 18 (3.79%) XML
10 16 (3.37%) OpenAPI
10 16 (3.37%) Swagger
11 14 (2.95%) Microsoft Graph
12 12 (2.53%) OAuth
12 12 (2.53%) Pandas
13 11 (2.32%) Django
13 11 (2.32%) NumPy
13 11 (2.32%) pytest
13 11 (2.32%) PyTorch
13 11 (2.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.26%) Low-Code
2 23 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (2.11%) IoT
7 10 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.47%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.47%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (0.63%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.21%) Windows
2 10 (2.11%) Linux
3 7 (1.47%) Android
4 6 (1.26%) Unix
4 6 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (45.47%) Business Intelligence
2 137 (28.84%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (24.21%) Agile
4 95 (20.00%) CRM
5 92 (19.37%) AI
6 89 (18.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (17.89%) DevOps
8 81 (17.05%) Workflow
9 75 (15.79%) CI/CD
10 53 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 52 (10.95%) Mentoring
12 47 (9.89%) Migration
13 46 (9.68%) Visualisation
14 44 (9.26%) Data Analysis
14 44 (9.26%) Process Improvement
14 44 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (9.05%) Coaching
16 42 (8.84%) Analytics
16 42 (8.84%) Data Modelling
16 42 (8.84%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 123 (25.89%) SQL
2 109 (22.95%) C#
3 98 (20.63%) JavaScript
4 58 (12.21%) Python
5 55 (11.58%) PowerShell
6 21 (4.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 19 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.58%) VBA
9 11 (2.32%) Java
10 8 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.26%) PHP
12 5 (1.05%) Bash
12 5 (1.05%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.21%) Bicep
13 1 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 55 (11.58%) Degree
2 49 (10.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (9.05%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.16%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.68%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.47%) ACCA
7 7 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.47%) CIMA
8 5 (1.05%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.63%) PMP
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.42%) MCP
10 2 (0.42%) PhD
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.68%) QA
2 25 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 16 (3.37%) GDPR
5 14 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.89%) SLA
8 7 (1.47%) PMO
9 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.84%) WCAG
11 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.42%) NIST
11 2 (0.42%) P3O
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (6.53%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.00%) Docker
3 6 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
2 5 (1.05%) Terraform
3 2 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 294 (61.89%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.89%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.05%) UiPath
4 21 (4.42%) SAP
5 16 (3.37%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.53%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.32%) Automation Anywhere
8 9 (1.89%) Intapp
8 9 (1.89%) Oracle
9 7 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.26%) Talend
11 5 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.05%) Dell
11 5 (1.05%) Epicor
11 5 (1.05%) IBM
11 5 (1.05%) IFS
11 5 (1.05%) Infor
11 5 (1.05%) Informatica
11 5 (1.05%) Software AG
11 5 (1.05%) TIBCO