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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 266 331
Rank change year-on-year -22 +65 +199
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 471 548 625
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.14% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.07% 3.06% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 358 287 512
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +13.40% -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 22,737 17,881 29,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.99% 37.16% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,262 10,888 23,911
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,963 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +12.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -36 412 £56,875 -9.00% 144
UK excluding London -79 224 £47,500 -13.64% 129
London +56 204 £60,000 -14.29% 58
Work from Home +20 143 £55,000 -8.33% 79
North of England -1 67 £47,500 -13.64% 27
Midlands -15 50 £55,594 +5.89% 26
West Midlands -13 39 £48,750 -7.14% 16
North West +27 37 £55,000 - 17
South East -18 36 £44,250 -26.25% 40
Yorkshire -31 27 £42,000 -26.96% 5
East of England +8 22 £52,500 -3.97% 3
Scotland +2 19 £57,000 +28.09% 11
South West -115 19 £43,125 -19.77% 16
Wales +12 12 £41,740 -14.82% 7
East Midlands -12 11 £60,000 +50.00% 9
North East -15 3 £50,500 -19.20% 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
1 147 (31.21%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.55%) Appian
4 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.06%) CMS
5 4 (0.85%) Confluence
5 4 (0.85%) WordPress
6 2 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 58 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (15.92%) 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%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 392 (83.23%) Power Platform
2 300 (63.69%) PowerApps
3 261 (55.41%) Azure
4 155 (32.91%) Dynamics 365
5 146 (31.00%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (16.35%) Azure Logic Apps
7 51 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 46 (9.77%) Entra ID
10 39 (8.28%) Azure Functions
10 39 (8.28%) Serverless
11 38 (8.07%) Copilot Studio
12 29 (6.16%) Azure AI
12 29 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (5.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (3.82%) AWS
15 17 (3.61%) SaaS
16 16 (3.40%) Anthropic Claude
17 15 (3.18%) GitHub
17 15 (3.18%) 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
1 247 (52.44%) Power BI
2 57 (12.10%) SQL Server
3 36 (7.64%) Power Query
4 27 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (4.25%) PowerPivot
6 12 (2.55%) Pinecone
7 9 (1.91%) Metabase
7 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.27%) Metadata
10 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.42%) MySQL
13 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.88%) Visual Studio
2 21 (4.46%) Git
3 12 (2.55%) MLflow
4 6 (1.27%) JIRA
5 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.42%) Postman
6 2 (0.42%) Selenium
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 201 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 124 (26.33%) Finance
3 79 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (11.46%) Law
5 42 (8.92%) Legal
6 33 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.40%) Marketing
10 15 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.70%) Agriculture
12 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Automotive
13 5 (1.06%) Retail
14 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.42%) Banking
16 2 (0.42%) Local Government
17 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.21%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 157 (33.33%) Developer
2 93 (19.75%) Power Platform Developer
3 72 (15.29%) Analyst
4 55 (11.68%) Senior
5 38 (8.07%) Consultant
5 38 (8.07%) IT Support
6 34 (7.22%) Senior Developer
7 28 (5.94%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 28 (5.94%) Support Engineer
8 24 (5.10%) Financial Analyst
9 23 (4.88%) Lead
9 23 (4.88%) Support Analyst
10 19 (4.03%) Data Analyst
10 19 (4.03%) Systems Analyst
11 18 (3.82%) Power Platform Consultant
12 17 (3.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 16 (3.40%) IT Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
15 14 (2.97%) Applications Support
16 13 (2.76%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (14.65%) REST
2 63 (13.38%) .NET
3 34 (7.22%) Web Services
4 31 (6.58%) SOAP
5 27 (5.73%) HTML5 Canvas
6 26 (5.52%) HTML
7 22 (4.67%) JSON
8 20 (4.25%) RESTful
9 18 (3.82%) CSS
9 18 (3.82%) XML
10 16 (3.40%) OpenAPI
10 16 (3.40%) Swagger
11 14 (2.97%) JWT
11 14 (2.97%) OAuth
12 13 (2.76%) Pandas
13 12 (2.55%) Django
13 12 (2.55%) FastAPI
13 12 (2.55%) Flask
13 12 (2.55%) NumPy
13 12 (2.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 89 (18.90%) Low-Code
2 20 (4.25%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.49%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.06%) IoT
12 4 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.64%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.64%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.10%) Windows
2 13 (2.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.49%) Android
4 6 (1.27%) Unix
5 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (49.68%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (31.85%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (20.59%) AI
5 93 (19.75%) Agile
6 89 (18.90%) Workflow
7 88 (18.68%) CRM
8 83 (17.62%) DevOps
9 63 (13.38%) CI/CD
10 55 (11.68%) Data Modelling
11 50 (10.62%) Mentoring
12 49 (10.40%) Data Analysis
12 49 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (10.19%) Analytics
13 48 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (10.19%) Visualisation
14 42 (8.92%) Process Improvement
15 41 (8.70%) Coaching
15 41 (8.70%) ETL
15 41 (8.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 133 (28.24%) SQL
2 103 (21.87%) C#
3 98 (20.81%) JavaScript
4 56 (11.89%) Python
5 49 (10.40%) PowerShell
6 24 (5.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (3.61%) VBA
8 16 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.91%) Java
10 8 (1.70%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.85%) Bash
12 4 (0.85%) PHP
13 1 (0.21%) R
13 1 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (12.74%) Degree
2 47 (9.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (9.34%) Security Cleared
4 35 (7.43%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.49%) ACCA
7 7 (1.49%) CIMA
7 7 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.85%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.42%) PhD
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.88%) QA
3 18 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 16 (3.40%) GDPR
4 16 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.12%) SLA
7 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.85%) PMO
9 3 (0.64%) WCAG
10 2 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.42%) NIST
10 2 (0.42%) P3O
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (6.16%) 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 20 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.64%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 296 (62.85%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.37%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.31%) UiPath
4 22 (4.67%) SAP
5 16 (3.40%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.97%) MuleSoft
7 13 (2.76%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.12%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.91%) Intapp
9 9 (1.91%) Oracle
10 6 (1.27%) Pega
11 5 (1.06%) Dell
11 5 (1.06%) Epicor
11 5 (1.06%) Foundry
11 5 (1.06%) IBM
11 5 (1.06%) Infor
11 5 (1.06%) Informatica
11 5 (1.06%) SnapLogic
11 5 (1.06%) Software AG
11 5 (1.06%) TIBCO