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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 279 347
Rank change year-on-year +2 +68 +215
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 458 568 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 1.06% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.22% 2.93% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 349 294 361
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,063 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% -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 20,588 19,411 22,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.15% 36.22% 40.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11,279 11,427 18,304
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,331 £46,713 £45,000
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 £83,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 15 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 15 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 +2 410 £57,500 -8.00% 110
UK excluding London -51 224 £50,000 -4.31% 103
London +77 197 £60,000 -11.11% 50
Work from Home +42 150 £57,500 -4.17% 74
North of England +20 65 £50,000 -6.98% 20
Midlands +2 47 £57,500 +9.52% 13
South East +11 43 £50,000 -16.67% 36
West Midlands -7 36 £57,500 +9.52% 10
North West +36 35 £60,000 +26.32% 11
Yorkshire -13 28 £42,000 -23.64% 6
East of England +24 25 £55,000 +103.70% 6
Scotland +15 21 £55,000 +23.60% 7
South West -102 17 £42,625 -14.75% 8
East Midlands -4 11 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Wales +7 5 £45,870 -6.39% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £70,000 - 1
North East +7 2 £50,000 -20.00% 3

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
1 144 (31.44%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.84%) Confluence
4 9 (1.97%) Appian
5 5 (1.09%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.09%) CMS
5 5 (1.09%) WordPress
6 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (9.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 80 (17.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.31%) Shopify
3 4 (0.87%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.44%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.44%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 370 (80.79%) Power Platform
2 290 (63.32%) PowerApps
3 256 (55.90%) Azure
4 159 (34.72%) Dynamics 365
5 148 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (16.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 64 (13.97%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (12.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 45 (9.83%) Entra ID
10 43 (9.39%) Copilot Studio
10 43 (9.39%) Serverless
11 36 (7.86%) Azure Functions
12 28 (6.11%) Azure AI
13 24 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (3.93%) AWS
16 17 (3.71%) GitHub
17 16 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (3.28%) OneDrive
19 12 (2.62%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.62%) Firewall
2 10 (2.18%) VPN
3 9 (1.97%) DNS
4 6 (1.31%) Internet
4 6 (1.31%) Wireless
5 4 (0.87%) DHCP
5 4 (0.87%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.66%) Intranet
7 2 (0.44%) Network Security
7 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.44%) VLAN
8 1 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.22%) VoIP
8 1 (0.22%) WAN
8 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (48.25%) Power BI
2 50 (10.92%) SQL Server
3 28 (6.11%) Power Query
4 14 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.84%) PowerPivot
6 12 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.97%) Pinecone
8 8 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.31%) Metadata
9 6 (1.31%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.87%) Metabase
11 4 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
14 1 (0.22%) EDMS
14 1 (0.22%) GIS
14 1 (0.22%) MS Access
14 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 32 (6.99%) Git
2 27 (5.90%) Visual Studio
3 17 (3.71%) JIRA
4 9 (1.97%) MLflow
5 4 (0.87%) Postman
5 4 (0.87%) Selenium
6 3 (0.66%) JMeter
6 3 (0.66%) MSTest
6 3 (0.66%) NUnit
6 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.22%) GitLab
7 1 (0.22%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.22%) Moq
7 1 (0.22%) NSubstitute
7 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 186 (40.61%) Social Skills
2 119 (25.98%) Finance
3 60 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.14%) Law
5 41 (8.95%) Legal
6 30 (6.55%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.93%) Marketing
9 15 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.97%) Automotive
10 9 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.75%) Retail
12 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.66%) Agriculture
15 3 (0.66%) Banking
16 2 (0.44%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.44%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 149 (32.53%) Developer
2 83 (18.12%) Power Platform Developer
3 57 (12.45%) Analyst
4 54 (11.79%) Senior
5 35 (7.64%) Senior Developer
6 34 (7.42%) Consultant
7 32 (6.99%) Lead
8 30 (6.55%) IT Support
9 26 (5.68%) Support Engineer
10 25 (5.46%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 18 (3.93%) Power Platform Engineer
12 17 (3.71%) Support Analyst
13 15 (3.28%) Administrator
13 15 (3.28%) Systems Analyst
14 14 (3.06%) Financial Analyst
15 13 (2.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 13 (2.84%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.84%) IT Engineer
15 13 (2.84%) Power Platform Consultant
16 12 (2.62%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (16.59%) REST
2 72 (15.72%) .NET
3 39 (8.52%) Web Services
4 35 (7.64%) SOAP
5 34 (7.42%) HTML
6 27 (5.90%) HTML5 Canvas
7 24 (5.24%) CSS
7 24 (5.24%) JSON
8 22 (4.80%) RESTful
9 17 (3.71%) XML
10 15 (3.28%) OpenAPI
10 15 (3.28%) Swagger
11 14 (3.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 13 (2.84%) React
13 11 (2.40%) .NET Framework
14 10 (2.18%) OAuth
14 10 (2.18%) Pandas
15 9 (1.97%) pytest
15 9 (1.97%) PyTorch
15 9 (1.97%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.03%) Low-Code
2 27 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.84%) IoT
5 11 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.97%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.31%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.09%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.37%) Windows
2 10 (2.18%) Linux
3 7 (1.53%) Android
4 6 (1.31%) Unix
4 6 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (44.98%) Business Intelligence
2 129 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (24.24%) Agile
4 90 (19.65%) CRM
5 86 (18.78%) AI
5 86 (18.78%) DevOps
6 79 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (16.59%) CI/CD
7 76 (16.59%) Workflow
8 54 (11.79%) Mentoring
9 53 (11.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 48 (10.48%) Migration
11 46 (10.04%) Visualisation
12 42 (9.17%) ITIL
12 42 (9.17%) Process Improvement
13 41 (8.95%) Analytics
13 41 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (8.52%) Data Analysis
14 39 (8.52%) Data Modelling
15 38 (8.30%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 121 (26.42%) SQL
2 109 (23.80%) C#
3 96 (20.96%) JavaScript
4 58 (12.66%) PowerShell
5 52 (11.35%) Python
6 21 (4.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 19 (4.15%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.71%) VBA
9 11 (2.40%) Java
10 9 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.31%) PHP
12 5 (1.09%) Bash
12 5 (1.09%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.44%) Bicep
14 1 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 50 (10.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 49 (10.70%) Degree
3 42 (9.17%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.42%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.53%) ACCA
8 7 (1.53%) CIMA
9 5 (1.09%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.66%) PMP
11 2 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.44%) MCP
11 2 (0.44%) PhD
12 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.68%) QA
2 21 (4.59%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.93%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.06%) GDPR
5 11 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.75%) SLA
8 7 (1.53%) PMO
9 5 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.09%) WCAG
10 2 (0.44%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) P3O
11 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.71%) Docker
3 7 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.71%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.53%) Terraform
4 6 (1.31%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.44%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Autotask
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 287 (62.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.46%) ServiceNow
3 21 (4.59%) UiPath
4 20 (4.37%) SAP
5 15 (3.28%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.40%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.18%) Intapp
8 9 (1.97%) Automation Anywhere
8 9 (1.97%) Oracle
9 7 (1.53%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.31%) Foundry
10 6 (1.31%) Talend
11 5 (1.09%) IBM
11 5 (1.09%) IFS
11 5 (1.09%) Infor
11 5 (1.09%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.09%) SnapLogic
11 5 (1.09%) TIBCO
11 5 (1.09%) Workday