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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 275 346
Rank change year-on-year +10 +71 +190
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 471 573 506
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 1.08% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.25% 2.97% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 362 297 419
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,563 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 20,948 19,290 24,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 36.31% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,428 11,344 20,401
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +7.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
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 22 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 22 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 -6 416 £57,500 -8.00% 150
UK excluding London -58 230 £50,000 -4.76% 140
London +69 200 £60,000 -12.73% 53
Work from Home +46 158 £57,500 -4.17% 119
North of England +26 68 £49,250 -10.45% 23
Midlands -1 45 £57,500 +10.05% 22
South East +12 42 £47,500 -20.83% 44
North West +36 37 £60,000 +20.00% 12
West Midlands +2 34 £57,500 +9.52% 14
Yorkshire -15 29 £42,000 -23.64% 6
East of England +16 25 £55,000 +103.70% 17
Scotland +5 21 £55,000 +23.60% 8
South West -94 18 £42,750 -14.50% 13
East Midlands +5 11 £60,000 +50.00% 8
Wales +10 10 £41,740 -14.82% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £70,000 - 3
North East +1 2 £50,000 -20.00% 5

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
1 149 (31.63%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.55%) Confluence
4 10 (2.12%) Appian
5 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.06%) CMS
5 5 (1.06%) WordPress
6 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 47 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 83 (17.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.27%) Shopify
3 4 (0.85%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.64%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.42%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 383 (81.32%) Power Platform
2 303 (64.33%) PowerApps
3 261 (55.41%) Azure
4 162 (34.39%) Dynamics 365
5 150 (31.85%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (16.99%) Azure Logic Apps
7 60 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (12.10%) Microsoft Copilot
9 47 (9.98%) Entra ID
10 45 (9.55%) Serverless
11 43 (9.13%) Copilot Studio
12 39 (8.28%) Azure Functions
13 27 (5.73%) Azure AI
14 25 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (3.82%) AWS
17 17 (3.61%) GitHub
18 16 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
19 14 (2.97%) OneDrive
20 13 (2.76%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.34%) Firewall
2 10 (2.12%) VPN
3 9 (1.91%) DNS
4 5 (1.06%) Internet
4 5 (1.06%) Wireless
5 4 (0.85%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) Intranet
5 4 (0.85%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.42%) VLAN
7 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) WAN
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (48.20%) Power BI
2 50 (10.62%) SQL Server
3 30 (6.37%) Power Query
4 15 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.18%) PowerPivot
5 11 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.12%) Pinecone
7 8 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.27%) Metadata
8 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.06%) Metabase
9 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.21%) EDMS
13 1 (0.21%) GIS
13 1 (0.21%) MS Access
13 1 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 32 (6.79%) Git
2 28 (5.94%) Visual Studio
3 16 (3.40%) JIRA
4 10 (2.12%) MLflow
5 4 (0.85%) Postman
5 4 (0.85%) Selenium
6 3 (0.64%) JMeter
6 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.21%) MSTest
7 1 (0.21%) NUnit
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 195 (41.40%) Social Skills
2 121 (25.69%) Finance
3 61 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (10.83%) Law
5 42 (8.92%) Legal
6 33 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.61%) Marketing
9 16 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.91%) Automotive
10 9 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.49%) Retail
12 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.64%) Banking
15 2 (0.42%) Advertising
15 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (32.91%) Developer
2 85 (18.05%) Power Platform Developer
3 60 (12.74%) Analyst
4 53 (11.25%) Senior
5 36 (7.64%) Consultant
6 34 (7.22%) Senior Developer
7 32 (6.79%) Lead
8 29 (6.16%) IT Support
9 27 (5.73%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 27 (5.73%) Support Engineer
10 18 (3.82%) Power Platform Engineer
10 18 (3.82%) Support Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Financial Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Systems Analyst
12 15 (3.18%) Administrator
12 15 (3.18%) Power Platform Consultant
13 14 (2.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (2.97%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.76%) IT Engineer
15 12 (2.55%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (16.14%) REST
2 71 (15.07%) .NET
3 40 (8.49%) Web Services
4 35 (7.43%) SOAP
5 34 (7.22%) HTML
6 27 (5.73%) HTML5 Canvas
7 24 (5.10%) CSS
7 24 (5.10%) JSON
8 22 (4.67%) RESTful
9 18 (3.82%) XML
10 16 (3.40%) OpenAPI
10 16 (3.40%) Swagger
11 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
12 13 (2.76%) React
13 11 (2.34%) OAuth
13 11 (2.34%) Pandas
14 10 (2.12%) Django
14 10 (2.12%) Flask
14 10 (2.12%) NumPy
14 10 (2.12%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.99%) Low-Code
2 25 (5.31%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.46%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (2.34%) IoT
7 10 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.70%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.49%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.27%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.06%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.25%) Windows
2 10 (2.12%) Linux
3 7 (1.49%) Android
4 6 (1.27%) Unix
4 6 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (45.01%) Business Intelligence
2 132 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (24.42%) Agile
4 93 (19.75%) CRM
5 88 (18.68%) AI
6 87 (18.47%) DevOps
7 85 (18.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (16.77%) Workflow
9 75 (15.92%) CI/CD
10 53 (11.25%) Mentoring
11 52 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (9.77%) Migration
12 46 (9.77%) Visualisation
13 43 (9.13%) Data Analysis
13 43 (9.13%) Process Improvement
14 42 (8.92%) Analytics
14 42 (8.92%) Data Modelling
14 42 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 41 (8.70%) Coaching
15 41 (8.70%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 122 (25.90%) SQL
2 109 (23.14%) C#
3 98 (20.81%) JavaScript
4 58 (12.31%) PowerShell
5 54 (11.46%) Python
6 21 (4.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (3.82%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.61%) VBA
9 11 (2.34%) Java
10 9 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.27%) PHP
12 5 (1.06%) Bash
12 5 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.21%) Bicep
13 1 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 50 (10.62%) Degree
2 48 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (8.92%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.22%) SC Cleared
5 25 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.70%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.49%) ACCA
7 7 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.49%) CIMA
8 5 (1.06%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.64%) PMP
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.42%) MCP
10 2 (0.42%) PhD
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.52%) QA
2 23 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.97%) GDPR
5 11 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.91%) SLA
8 7 (1.49%) PMO
9 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.06%) WCAG
10 2 (0.42%) NIST
10 2 (0.42%) P3O
11 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.82%) Docker
3 7 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.49%) Terraform
4 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 295 (62.63%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.52%) ServiceNow
3 23 (4.88%) UiPath
4 20 (4.25%) SAP
5 16 (3.40%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.34%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.12%) Automation Anywhere
7 10 (2.12%) Intapp
8 9 (1.91%) Oracle
9 6 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.27%) Foundry
9 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.27%) Talend
10 5 (1.06%) Dell
10 5 (1.06%) Epicor
10 5 (1.06%) IBM
10 5 (1.06%) Infor
10 5 (1.06%) Jitterbit
10 5 (1.06%) SnapLogic
10 5 (1.06%) TIBCO