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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 281 313
Rank change year-on-year -27 +32 +143
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 578 503 928
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.12% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.28% 3.35% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 459 392 692
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

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 25,343 15,000 35,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.44% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16,408 10,346 27,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,252 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%
75th Percentile £84,750 £82,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 June 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 19 June 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 -28 523 £55,000 -4.35% 175
UK excluding London -35 338 £50,000 -4.76% 158
London -2 204 £65,000 +2.77% 60
Work from Home -21 197 £50,001 -9.09% 93
North of England +33 120 £45,000 -14.29% 34
Midlands -25 70 £55,000 +2.44% 30
North West +34 59 £51,000 +4.62% 19
Yorkshire -12 55 £42,500 -24.44% 12
South East -47 54 £50,000 -6.98% 49
East of England -8 51 £76,750 +53.50% 10
West Midlands -23 46 £55,000 +5.92% 18
East Midlands -22 24 £59,000 +7.27% 11
Wales -34 19 £41,740 -10.24% 7
South West -67 18 £43,500 -24.35% 18
Scotland +10 7 £55,000 +9.03% 5
North East - 6 £51,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 10

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
1 177 (30.62%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.21%) Appian
4 5 (0.87%) CMS
4 5 (0.87%) WordPress
5 2 (0.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 56 (9.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 97 (16.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.52%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 3 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.52%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.35%) Magento
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.35%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 494 (85.47%) Power Platform
2 397 (68.69%) PowerApps
3 290 (50.17%) Azure
4 202 (34.95%) Dynamics 365
5 192 (33.22%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (17.99%) Azure Logic Apps
7 87 (15.05%) Microsoft Copilot
8 57 (9.86%) OneDrive
9 55 (9.52%) Copilot Studio
10 52 (9.00%) Entra ID
11 39 (6.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 38 (6.57%) Serverless
13 37 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
14 33 (5.71%) Azure Functions
15 28 (4.84%) SaaS
16 22 (3.81%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (3.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 16 (2.77%) Azure AI
18 16 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.73%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.42%) Firewall
2 6 (1.04%) Intranet
2 6 (1.04%) VoIP
3 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.52%) DHCP
4 3 (0.52%) DNS
4 3 (0.52%) LTE
4 3 (0.52%) NAS
4 3 (0.52%) VPN
5 2 (0.35%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) Broadband
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) VLAN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (48.96%) Power BI
2 72 (12.46%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.19%) Power Query
4 25 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.77%) PowerPivot
7 14 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.56%) Metadata
9 8 (1.38%) Metabase
9 8 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.21%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.69%) MySQL
12 4 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.52%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (2.42%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.73%) Git
2 10 (1.73%) JIRA
3 7 (1.21%) MLflow
4 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.35%) ERwin
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 189 (32.70%) Social Skills
2 164 (28.37%) Finance
3 76 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.79%) Law
5 41 (7.09%) Legal
6 40 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.84%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (4.15%) Marketing
9 23 (3.98%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.25%) Retail
11 9 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.38%) Agriculture
13 7 (1.21%) Automotive
14 6 (1.04%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.69%) Legal Technology
17 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
18 2 (0.35%) Billing
18 2 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (39.45%) Developer
2 98 (16.96%) Power Platform Developer
3 82 (14.19%) Analyst
4 65 (11.25%) Senior
5 44 (7.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 44 (7.61%) Lead
6 43 (7.44%) IT Support
7 36 (6.23%) Consultant
7 36 (6.23%) Senior Developer
8 33 (5.71%) Applications Developer
8 33 (5.71%) Applications Support
9 30 (5.19%) Power Apps Developer
10 29 (5.02%) Support Manager
11 26 (4.50%) Architect
11 26 (4.50%) Microsoft Developer
12 25 (4.33%) Support Analyst
13 24 (4.15%) CRM Developer
13 24 (4.15%) IT Manager
14 20 (3.46%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
15 19 (3.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (16.09%) .NET
2 57 (9.86%) HTML5 Canvas
3 52 (9.00%) REST
4 45 (7.79%) HTML
5 40 (6.92%) CSS
6 34 (5.88%) SPFx
7 31 (5.36%) Microsoft Graph
8 25 (4.33%) .NET Core
9 24 (4.15%) JSON
10 21 (3.63%) Web Services
11 17 (2.94%) React
12 13 (2.25%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.25%) RESTful
12 13 (2.25%) SOAP
13 10 (1.73%) OAuth
14 9 (1.56%) JWT
15 8 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (1.38%) Middleware
16 7 (1.21%) .NET Framework
16 7 (1.21%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.90%) Low-Code
2 30 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (3.11%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (2.77%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.25%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.69%) Social Media
14 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.52%) PropTech
15 2 (0.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.27%) Windows
2 13 (2.25%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.08%) Linux
4 7 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Android
6 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (46.89%) Business Intelligence
2 156 (26.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 153 (26.47%) CRM
4 131 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (20.76%) AI
6 105 (18.17%) Agile
7 96 (16.61%) Workflow
8 87 (15.05%) DevOps
9 77 (13.32%) CI/CD
10 64 (11.07%) Process Improvement
11 63 (10.90%) Translating Business Requirements
12 61 (10.55%) Data Modelling
13 58 (10.03%) User Experience
14 57 (9.86%) Project Management
15 56 (9.69%) Customer Service
15 56 (9.69%) Roadmaps
16 54 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 53 (9.17%) Analytics
18 46 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 43 (7.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (30.45%) SQL
2 129 (22.32%) C#
3 123 (21.28%) JavaScript
4 65 (11.25%) PowerShell
5 52 (9.00%) Python
6 35 (6.06%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.29%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.77%) VBA
10 6 (1.04%) Bash
10 6 (1.04%) Java
11 3 (0.52%) C
11 3 (0.52%) C++
11 3 (0.52%) PHP
11 3 (0.52%) VB
11 3 (0.52%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.35%) X++
13 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.17%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (12.11%) Degree
2 38 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.98%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.77%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.21%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.87%) ICAEW
7 5 (0.87%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.87%) PMP
8 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.52%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.35%) HND
11 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.09%) QA
3 20 (3.46%) GDPR
4 15 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.60%) PMO
5 11 (1.90%) SLA
6 10 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.87%) TickIT
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 30 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.56%) Docker
3 4 (0.69%) BitLocker
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.52%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.04%) Ansible
3 6 (1.04%) Rundeck
3 6 (1.04%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 416 (71.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.63%) OpenAI
3 20 (3.46%) Adobe
4 19 (3.29%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.94%) UiPath
6 14 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.90%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (1.73%) SAP
9 9 (1.56%) Cognizant
10 8 (1.38%) Databricks
10 8 (1.38%) Foundry
11 7 (1.21%) Intapp
11 7 (1.21%) Oracle
12 6 (1.04%) Cisco
12 6 (1.04%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.04%) Meraki
12 6 (1.04%) Splunk
13 5 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.87%) Sage
13 5 (0.87%) VMware