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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 243 318
Rank change year-on-year -71 +75 +222
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 480 528 828
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.29% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.83% 3.49% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 370 320 652
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £86,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +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 26,299 15,136 33,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.94% 36.89% 36.82%
Number of salaries quoted 13,910 11,092 26,460
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -77 428 £56,875 -5.21% 201
UK excluding London -132 236 £50,000 -4.76% 156
London +49 206 £60,000 -14.29% 63
Work from Home -34 156 £52,500 -4.55% 94
North of England -36 71 £47,085 -10.32% 34
Midlands -36 52 £59,000 +15.69% 40
South East -60 47 £50,000 -16.67% 51
North West -9 38 £55,000 +4.76% 22
West Midlands -19 37 £47,085 +4.63% 24
Yorkshire -56 30 £40,000 -23.81% 9
East of England -18 29 £67,500 +35.00% 17
South West -142 16 £43,500 -24.35% 12
East Midlands -38 15 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Wales -16 12 £41,740 -14.82% 3
Scotland -23 11 £65,000 +28.85% 4
North East -25 3 £51,000 -18.40% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £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
1 137 (28.54%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.50%) Appian
4 6 (1.25%) CMS
5 5 (1.04%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.63%) Confluence
7 2 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (12.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 63 (13.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.04%) Shopify
3 3 (0.63%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.63%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.63%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 404 (84.17%) Power Platform
2 304 (63.33%) PowerApps
3 256 (53.33%) Azure
4 144 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
5 131 (27.29%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (16.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 43 (8.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 40 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 39 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (7.71%) Serverless
11 36 (7.50%) Azure Functions
12 34 (7.08%) Copilot Studio
13 32 (6.67%) Entra ID
14 23 (4.79%) Azure AI
15 21 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (4.38%) OneDrive
16 20 (4.17%) SaaS
17 15 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
17 15 (3.13%) Boomi
18 14 (2.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.29%) Firewall
2 5 (1.04%) DNS
2 5 (1.04%) VPN
3 3 (0.63%) DHCP
3 3 (0.63%) Intranet
3 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.42%) NAS
4 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.42%) VoIP
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.21%) LAN
5 1 (0.21%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (55.83%) Power BI
2 68 (14.17%) SQL Server
3 36 (7.50%) Power Query
4 29 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (4.79%) PowerPivot
6 16 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.50%) Metabase
7 12 (2.50%) Pinecone
8 10 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.46%) Metadata
11 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.83%) MySQL
12 4 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.42%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (3.75%) Visual Studio
2 15 (3.13%) Git
3 12 (2.50%) MLflow
4 7 (1.46%) JIRA
5 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 205 (42.71%) Social Skills
2 135 (28.13%) Finance
3 100 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.21%) Law
5 35 (7.29%) Legal
6 28 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.13%) Marketing
10 14 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.67%) Agriculture
12 7 (1.46%) Automotive
12 7 (1.46%) Retail
13 6 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.04%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.42%) Billing
16 2 (0.42%) Police
16 2 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 164 (34.17%) Developer
2 85 (17.71%) Power Platform Developer
3 84 (17.50%) Analyst
4 55 (11.46%) Senior
5 45 (9.38%) IT Support
6 34 (7.08%) Consultant
7 32 (6.67%) Senior Developer
8 28 (5.83%) Lead
9 27 (5.63%) Financial Analyst
10 26 (5.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 25 (5.21%) Support Manager
12 24 (5.00%) Support Engineer
12 24 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
13 23 (4.79%) Support Analyst
14 21 (4.38%) Applications Support
15 19 (3.96%) Applications Developer
15 19 (3.96%) Data Analyst
15 19 (3.96%) Power Apps Developer
16 18 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
16 18 (3.75%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (14.17%) .NET
2 66 (13.75%) REST
3 41 (8.54%) HTML5 Canvas
4 29 (6.04%) JSON
5 25 (5.21%) Web Services
6 24 (5.00%) SOAP
7 21 (4.38%) HTML
7 21 (4.38%) RESTful
8 20 (4.17%) CSS
9 18 (3.75%) SPFx
10 15 (3.13%) XML
11 14 (2.92%) JWT
11 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
11 14 (2.92%) OpenAPI
11 14 (2.92%) Swagger
12 13 (2.71%) OAuth
12 13 (2.71%) Pandas
13 12 (2.50%) Django
13 12 (2.50%) NumPy
13 12 (2.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 91 (18.96%) Low-Code
2 20 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.46%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.63%) IoT
10 3 (0.63%) PropTech
11 2 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.54%) Windows
2 11 (2.29%) Linux
3 6 (1.25%) Unix
4 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.42%) Android
6 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Solaris
7 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (52.29%) Business Intelligence
2 145 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (20.21%) AI
5 93 (19.38%) Workflow
6 91 (18.96%) CRM
7 76 (15.83%) Agile
8 73 (15.21%) DevOps
9 55 (11.46%) CI/CD
9 55 (11.46%) Data Modelling
10 54 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 53 (11.04%) Data Analysis
12 49 (10.21%) Analytics
13 48 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 47 (9.79%) Translating Business Requirements
15 42 (8.75%) Visualisation
16 41 (8.54%) Mentoring
17 40 (8.33%) ETL
18 39 (8.13%) Decision-Making
18 39 (8.13%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 162 (33.75%) SQL
2 98 (20.42%) C#
3 97 (20.21%) JavaScript
4 58 (12.08%) Python
5 41 (8.54%) PowerShell
6 25 (5.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 22 (4.58%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.75%) VBA
9 11 (2.29%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.08%) Java
11 5 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.63%) PHP
13 2 (0.42%) Bash
14 1 (0.21%) R
14 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (12.71%) Degree
2 38 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (6.04%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.46%) ACCA
6 7 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.46%) CIMA
6 7 (1.46%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.42%) PhD
9 1 (0.21%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.21%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.83%) QA
3 16 (3.33%) GDPR
4 12 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.50%) SLA
5 11 (2.29%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.25%) PMO
7 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.83%) TickIT
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.42%) GRC
8 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.42%) WCAG
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.96%) Docker
3 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 308 (64.17%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.21%) SAP
4 24 (5.00%) UiPath
5 15 (3.13%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.92%) Intapp
6 14 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.71%) Automation Anywhere
8 12 (2.50%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.29%) Adobe
10 10 (2.08%) Oracle
11 6 (1.25%) Pega
12 5 (1.04%) Dell
12 5 (1.04%) Epicor
12 5 (1.04%) IBM
12 5 (1.04%) Infor
12 5 (1.04%) Informatica
12 5 (1.04%) Jitterbit
12 5 (1.04%) Software AG
12 5 (1.04%) TIBCO