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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 261 335
Rank change year-on-year -43 +74 +216
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 471 540 694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.17% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.00% 3.11% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 360 304 570
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,313 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £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 23,579 17,370 30,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 37.51% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,682 11,200 25,112
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £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 £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
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 7 March 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 March 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 -28 417 £56,938 -5.10% 183
UK excluding London -93 217 £47,500 -13.64% 156
London +81 211 £60,000 -14.29% 63
Work from Home -6 140 £53,171 -7.53% 101
North of England -5 69 £47,500 -13.64% 39
Midlands -11 49 £53,688 +2.26% 32
West Midlands -10 39 £47,500 -9.52% 23
North West +13 38 £55,000 - 21
South East -9 35 £50,000 -16.67% 44
Yorkshire -41 29 £42,039 -29.94% 11
East of England +14 23 £55,000 +15.79% 11
South West -111 18 £42,750 -25.65% 14
Wales +1 12 £41,740 -14.82% 9
Scotland -14 12 £60,000 +34.83% 11
East Midlands -14 10 £60,000 +50.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £70,000 -
North East -15 2 £51,000 -18.40% 9

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
1 145 (30.79%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.55%) Appian
4 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.06%) CMS
5 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 3 (0.64%) WordPress
6 2 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 68 (14.44%) 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%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 395 (83.86%) Power Platform
2 304 (64.54%) PowerApps
3 255 (54.14%) Azure
4 155 (32.91%) Dynamics 365
5 144 (30.57%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (16.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 49 (10.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 46 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (8.70%) Entra ID
10 40 (8.49%) Azure Functions
10 40 (8.49%) Copilot Studio
10 40 (8.49%) Serverless
11 30 (6.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (6.16%) Azure AI
13 24 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (3.40%) Anthropic Claude
14 16 (3.40%) SaaS
15 15 (3.18%) AWS
15 15 (3.18%) OneDrive
16 14 (2.97%) GitHub
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
1 258 (54.78%) Power BI
2 59 (12.53%) SQL Server
3 38 (8.07%) Power Query
4 30 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.46%) PowerPivot
6 12 (2.55%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.34%) Metabase
8 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.27%) Metadata
11 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.64%) MySQL
14 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.21%) EDMS
15 1 (0.21%) GIS
Development Applications
1 22 (4.67%) Visual Studio
2 18 (3.82%) Git
3 12 (2.55%) MLflow
4 7 (1.49%) JIRA
5 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 200 (42.46%) Social Skills
2 126 (26.75%) Finance
3 85 (18.05%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.68%) Law
5 42 (8.92%) Legal
6 33 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 23 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.40%) Marketing
10 15 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.70%) Agriculture
12 6 (1.27%) Automotive
12 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Retail
13 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.42%) Advertising
14 2 (0.42%) Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Local Government
15 1 (0.21%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.21%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 159 (33.76%) Developer
2 94 (19.96%) Power Platform Developer
3 77 (16.35%) Analyst
4 54 (11.46%) Senior
5 41 (8.70%) IT Support
6 35 (7.43%) Consultant
7 34 (7.22%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.16%) Support Engineer
9 28 (5.94%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 26 (5.52%) Financial Analyst
11 25 (5.31%) Lead
12 24 (5.10%) Support Analyst
13 21 (4.46%) Data Analyst
13 21 (4.46%) Systems Analyst
14 18 (3.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 17 (3.61%) IT Engineer
15 17 (3.61%) Power Platform Consultant
16 16 (3.40%) IT Support Engineer
17 15 (3.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 15 (3.18%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (14.23%) REST
2 56 (11.89%) .NET
3 32 (6.79%) HTML5 Canvas
4 31 (6.58%) Web Services
5 29 (6.16%) SOAP
6 23 (4.88%) JSON
7 21 (4.46%) HTML
8 19 (4.03%) RESTful
9 18 (3.82%) XML
10 15 (3.18%) CSS
11 14 (2.97%) JWT
11 14 (2.97%) OAuth
11 14 (2.97%) OpenAPI
11 14 (2.97%) Swagger
12 13 (2.76%) Pandas
13 12 (2.55%) FastAPI
13 12 (2.55%) pytest
13 12 (2.55%) PyTorch
13 12 (2.55%) scikit-learn
13 12 (2.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 91 (19.32%) Low-Code
2 20 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.49%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) IoT
12 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.64%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.64%) PropTech
13 2 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.67%) Windows
2 13 (2.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.49%) Android
4 6 (1.27%) Unix
5 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) 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
1 245 (52.02%) Business Intelligence
2 145 (30.79%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (21.66%) AI
4 101 (21.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 90 (19.11%) Workflow
6 85 (18.05%) CRM
7 83 (17.62%) Agile
8 78 (16.56%) DevOps
9 61 (12.95%) CI/CD
10 58 (12.31%) Data Modelling
11 54 (11.46%) Data Analysis
12 50 (10.62%) Analytics
12 50 (10.62%) Visualisation
13 48 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 47 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 44 (9.34%) Translating Business Requirements
16 43 (9.13%) ETL
17 42 (8.92%) Migration
18 40 (8.49%) Mentoring
19 39 (8.28%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 145 (30.79%) SQL
2 97 (20.59%) C#
2 97 (20.59%) JavaScript
3 57 (12.10%) Python
4 44 (9.34%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (3.82%) VBA
7 17 (3.61%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.91%) Java
8 9 (1.91%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.64%) Bash
11 2 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (13.16%) Degree
2 46 (9.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (9.55%) Security Cleared
4 36 (7.64%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.73%) 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 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.42%) PhD
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.10%) QA
3 17 (3.61%) Accessibility
4 16 (3.40%) GDPR
4 16 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.12%) SLA
6 9 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.85%) 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%) NIST
8 2 (0.42%) PMO
8 2 (0.42%) WCAG
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 26 (5.52%) 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 19 (4.03%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 298 (63.27%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.37%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.31%) UiPath
4 24 (5.10%) SAP
5 16 (3.40%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.76%) Automation Anywhere
6 13 (2.76%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.55%) Intapp
8 10 (2.12%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.70%) 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%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.06%) Software AG
11 5 (1.06%) TIBCO