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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 285 324
Rank change year-on-year -21 +39 +137
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 585 503 925
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.12% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.30% 3.35% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 464 392 691
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,650 £36,365
25th Percentile £41,860 £46,168 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%

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 25,444 15,013 35,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.03% 33.45% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 16,496 10,369 27,538
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,466 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,250 £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 20 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 20 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 -36 528 £55,000 -3.93% 172
UK excluding London -18 345 £50,000 -4.76% 159
London +5 204 £65,000 +3.17% 60
Work from Home -23 198 £50,001 -9.09% 92
North of England +39 122 £45,000 -14.29% 35
Midlands -29 71 £55,000 +2.44% 27
North West +35 59 £51,000 +4.62% 21
Yorkshire -11 56 £42,500 -22.73% 11
South East -44 55 £50,000 -4.76% 49
East of England -1 52 £76,750 +53.50% 10
West Midlands -28 46 £55,000 +5.92% 17
East Midlands -28 25 £59,366 +7.94% 9
Wales -32 20 £41,740 -10.24% 7
South West -72 18 £43,500 -24.35% 18
Scotland +11 8 £61,250 +21.42% 5
North East - 7 £51,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 13

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
1 179 (30.60%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.03%) Appian
4 5 (0.85%) CMS
4 5 (0.85%) WordPress
5 2 (0.34%) Confluence
5 2 (0.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 56 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 99 (16.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.51%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.51%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.34%) Magento
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.34%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 499 (85.30%) Power Platform
2 402 (68.72%) PowerApps
3 293 (50.09%) Azure
4 204 (34.87%) Dynamics 365
5 194 (33.16%) Microsoft 365
6 105 (17.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 88 (15.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 57 (9.74%) OneDrive
9 56 (9.57%) Copilot Studio
10 53 (9.06%) Entra ID
11 40 (6.84%) Serverless
12 38 (6.50%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
14 34 (5.81%) Azure Functions
15 28 (4.79%) SaaS
16 23 (3.93%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (3.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 17 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
19 16 (2.74%) Azure AI
20 10 (1.71%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.39%) Firewall
2 6 (1.03%) Intranet
2 6 (1.03%) VoIP
3 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.51%) DHCP
4 3 (0.51%) DNS
4 3 (0.51%) LTE
4 3 (0.51%) NAS
4 3 (0.51%) VPN
5 2 (0.34%) 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
1 286 (48.89%) Power BI
2 71 (12.14%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.13%) Power Query
4 25 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.74%) PowerPivot
7 14 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.54%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.54%) Metadata
9 8 (1.37%) Metabase
9 8 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.03%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.68%) MySQL
12 4 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.51%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (2.39%) Visual Studio
2 11 (1.88%) Git
2 11 (1.88%) JIRA
3 6 (1.03%) MLflow
3 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.34%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.34%) ERwin
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 190 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 166 (28.38%) Finance
3 76 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.69%) Law
5 42 (7.18%) Legal
6 40 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (4.96%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (4.10%) Marketing
9 23 (3.93%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.22%) Retail
11 9 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.37%) Agriculture
13 7 (1.20%) Automotive
14 6 (1.03%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.68%) Legal Technology
17 3 (0.51%) Financial Institution
18 2 (0.34%) Billing
18 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (39.66%) Developer
2 99 (16.92%) Power Platform Developer
3 82 (14.02%) Analyst
4 65 (11.11%) Senior
5 45 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 44 (7.52%) IT Support
6 44 (7.52%) Lead
7 37 (6.32%) Consultant
8 36 (6.15%) Senior Developer
9 33 (5.64%) Applications Developer
9 33 (5.64%) Applications Support
10 31 (5.30%) Power Apps Developer
11 29 (4.96%) Support Manager
12 26 (4.44%) Architect
12 26 (4.44%) Microsoft Developer
13 25 (4.27%) Support Analyst
14 24 (4.10%) CRM Developer
14 24 (4.10%) IT Manager
15 20 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
16 19 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (16.24%) .NET
2 57 (9.74%) HTML5 Canvas
3 51 (8.72%) REST
4 45 (7.69%) HTML
5 40 (6.84%) CSS
6 34 (5.81%) SPFx
7 31 (5.30%) Microsoft Graph
8 26 (4.44%) .NET Core
9 24 (4.10%) JSON
10 20 (3.42%) Web Services
11 18 (3.08%) React
12 13 (2.22%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.22%) RESTful
12 13 (2.22%) SOAP
13 9 (1.54%) OAuth
14 8 (1.37%) ASP.NET Core
14 8 (1.37%) JWT
14 8 (1.37%) Middleware
15 7 (1.20%) .NET Framework
16 6 (1.03%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.77%) Low-Code
2 31 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (3.08%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.74%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.22%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Social Media
13 3 (0.51%) PropTech
14 2 (0.34%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.35%) Windows
2 13 (2.22%) Linux
2 13 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.37%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.34%) Android
5 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (46.84%) Business Intelligence
2 159 (27.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 155 (26.50%) CRM
4 131 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (20.51%) AI
6 108 (18.46%) Agile
7 95 (16.24%) Workflow
8 89 (15.21%) DevOps
9 78 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 65 (11.11%) Process Improvement
11 63 (10.77%) Translating Business Requirements
12 60 (10.26%) Data Modelling
13 59 (10.09%) User Experience
14 58 (9.91%) Project Management
15 57 (9.74%) Customer Service
16 56 (9.57%) Roadmaps
17 55 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 53 (9.06%) Analytics
19 45 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
20 44 (7.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (29.91%) SQL
2 131 (22.39%) C#
3 125 (21.37%) JavaScript
4 67 (11.45%) PowerShell
5 53 (9.06%) Python
6 36 (6.15%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.25%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.74%) VBA
10 7 (1.20%) Java
11 6 (1.03%) Bash
12 3 (0.51%) C
12 3 (0.51%) C++
12 3 (0.51%) PHP
12 3 (0.51%) VB
12 3 (0.51%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.34%) X++
14 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.17%) R
14 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (11.97%) Degree
2 40 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (4.10%) Security Cleared
5 17 (2.91%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.03%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.03%) PMP
8 5 (0.85%) ICAEW
9 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.51%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.34%) HND
12 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.01%) QA
3 21 (3.59%) GDPR
4 15 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.56%) PMO
5 11 (1.88%) SLA
6 10 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.85%) TickIT
9 2 (0.34%) GRC
9 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.37%) Docker
3 4 (0.68%) BitLocker
3 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.03%) Ansible
3 6 (1.03%) Rundeck
3 6 (1.03%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 421 (71.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.59%) OpenAI
3 20 (3.42%) Adobe
4 19 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.74%) UiPath
6 14 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.71%) Automation Anywhere
7 10 (1.71%) SAP
8 9 (1.54%) Cognizant
8 9 (1.54%) Foundry
9 8 (1.37%) Databricks
10 7 (1.20%) Intapp
10 7 (1.20%) Oracle
11 6 (1.03%) Cisco
11 6 (1.03%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.03%) Meraki
11 6 (1.03%) Splunk
12 5 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.85%) Sage
12 5 (0.85%) VMware