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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 292 322
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +86
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 692 491 694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.99% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.46% 3.08% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 547 371 519
10th Percentile £37,220 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,250 £45,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -2.59% +0.87%
75th Percentile £74,500 £65,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £81,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.21% -2.39% +10.00%

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 28,075 15,965 26,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.68% 32.16% 32.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,470 11,069 19,256
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £84,975 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -11 626 £57,000 -0.87% 228
UK excluding London -2 423 £52,500 -2.21% 173
Work from Home -14 240 £51,000 -7.27% 127
London +8 229 £67,500 +8.00% 102
North of England +49 145 £50,000 - 35
Midlands -4 97 £55,000 +2.44% 34
North West +42 75 £51,000 +4.62% 17
South East -48 68 £50,000 -2.44% 50
Yorkshire +7 61 £42,500 -26.09% 15
East of England -13 59 £87,500 +52.17% 15
West Midlands -19 57 £55,000 +4.23% 27
East Midlands -5 40 £56,500 +2.73% 7
Wales -44 23 £53,171 +16.86% 4
South West -73 21 £55,000 -4.35% 22
Scotland +12 9 £67,500 +33.81% 6
North East - 9 £50,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 12

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
1 249 (35.98%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.01%) IIS
4 5 (0.72%) CMS
4 5 (0.72%) WordPress
5 3 (0.43%) Apache
5 3 (0.43%) nginx
6 2 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 43 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 113 (16.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.30%) Elite 3E
3 7 (1.01%) Carpe Diem
4 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.43%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.29%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 597 (86.27%) Power Platform
2 471 (68.06%) PowerApps
3 346 (50.00%) Azure
4 270 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
5 249 (35.98%) Dynamics 365
6 143 (20.66%) Microsoft Copilot
7 120 (17.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 83 (11.99%) Copilot Studio
9 74 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
10 72 (10.40%) Entra ID
11 71 (10.26%) OneDrive
12 50 (7.23%) Serverless
13 44 (6.36%) Azure Functions
14 37 (5.35%) SaaS
15 29 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
16 28 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (2.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.75%) Azure AI
18 17 (2.46%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.18%) Firewall
2 13 (1.88%) DNS
3 8 (1.16%) DHCP
3 8 (1.16%) VPN
3 8 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.01%) Intranet
5 6 (0.87%) VoIP
6 5 (0.72%) VLAN
7 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.58%) Wireless
8 3 (0.43%) LTE
8 3 (0.43%) NAS
9 2 (0.29%) DKIM
9 2 (0.29%) DMARC
9 2 (0.29%) HTTP
9 2 (0.29%) Internet
10 1 (0.14%) Broadband
10 1 (0.14%) LAN
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (45.66%) Power BI
2 69 (9.97%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.76%) Power Query
4 25 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (2.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.73%) Metadata
10 10 (1.45%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.87%) PowerPivot
12 5 (0.72%) Metabase
12 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.58%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
14 2 (0.29%) MySQL
14 2 (0.29%) Tableau
15 1 (0.14%) Flink
15 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (2.46%) Git
2 14 (2.02%) JIRA
3 13 (1.88%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.58%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.29%) ERwin
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 231 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 190 (27.46%) Finance
3 85 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (8.96%) Legal
5 52 (7.51%) Law
6 44 (6.36%) Manufacturing
7 40 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (4.19%) Retail
9 26 (3.76%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.61%) Marketing
11 20 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.88%) Legal Technology
13 11 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.01%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.87%) Banking
17 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.43%) Automotive
19 2 (0.29%) Billing
19 2 (0.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 316 (45.66%) Developer
2 120 (17.34%) Power Platform Developer
3 79 (11.42%) Senior
4 64 (9.25%) Analyst
5 60 (8.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 59 (8.53%) Lead
7 48 (6.94%) Consultant
7 48 (6.94%) Senior Developer
8 46 (6.65%) IT Support
9 43 (6.21%) Applications Developer
10 33 (4.77%) Applications Support
10 33 (4.77%) Microsoft Developer
11 32 (4.62%) Power Apps Developer
12 27 (3.90%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 25 (3.61%) IT Manager
13 25 (3.61%) Support Manager
14 23 (3.32%) CRM Developer
15 22 (3.18%) Architect
16 21 (3.03%) Support Analyst
16 21 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (17.77%) .NET
2 68 (9.83%) HTML5 Canvas
3 61 (8.82%) HTML
4 59 (8.53%) REST
5 53 (7.66%) CSS
6 38 (5.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 36 (5.20%) SPFx
8 30 (4.34%) .NET Core
9 27 (3.90%) JSON
10 21 (3.03%) React
11 19 (2.75%) ASP.NET
11 19 (2.75%) Web Services
12 14 (2.02%) RESTful
13 12 (1.73%) .NET Framework
14 9 (1.30%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (1.16%) Middleware
16 6 (0.87%) EDI
16 6 (0.87%) Entity Framework
16 6 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.10%) Low-Code
2 36 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.06%) AI Agents
4 31 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 30 (4.34%) Onboarding
6 28 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.18%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.72%) CMDB
13 5 (0.72%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (0.58%) Social Media
15 3 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
15 3 (0.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.38%) Windows
2 25 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.17%) Linux
4 8 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (41.76%) Business Intelligence
2 193 (27.89%) AI
3 181 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
4 179 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 164 (23.70%) CRM
6 151 (21.82%) Agile
7 132 (19.08%) DevOps
8 105 (15.17%) Workflow
9 88 (12.72%) CI/CD
10 85 (12.28%) User Experience
11 80 (11.56%) Translating Business Requirements
12 73 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 70 (10.12%) Process Improvement
14 69 (9.97%) Roadmaps
15 67 (9.68%) Project Management
16 60 (8.67%) ITIL
17 57 (8.24%) Customer Service
17 57 (8.24%) Data Modelling
18 53 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
19 52 (7.51%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 190 (27.46%) SQL
2 189 (27.31%) C#
3 165 (23.84%) JavaScript
4 69 (9.97%) PowerShell
5 47 (6.79%) Python
6 43 (6.21%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 18 (2.60%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.17%) VBA
10 7 (1.01%) Java
11 6 (0.87%) Bash
11 6 (0.87%) C
11 6 (0.87%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.58%) C++
13 3 (0.43%) VB
14 2 (0.29%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) X++
14 2 (0.29%) XPath
15 1 (0.14%) Dart
15 1 (0.14%) Swift
Qualifications
1 76 (10.98%) Degree
2 61 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.17%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.01%) PMP
9 5 (0.72%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.58%) CCNA
10 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.43%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.43%) HND
11 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.96%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.64%) QA
3 24 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (3.03%) GDPR
5 20 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.17%) PMO
7 12 (1.73%) SLA
8 11 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.72%) TickIT
10 4 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 40 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.01%) Terraform
3 6 (0.87%) Ansible
3 6 (0.87%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 546 (78.90%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.89%) OpenAI
3 19 (2.75%) Adobe
4 14 (2.02%) Intapp
4 14 (2.02%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.73%) Foundry
6 11 (1.59%) Oracle
7 10 (1.45%) Databricks
8 9 (1.30%) Cognizant
8 9 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.16%) Sage
9 8 (1.16%) VMware
10 7 (1.01%) DocuSign
10 7 (1.01%) RedGate
10 7 (1.01%) SAP
11 6 (0.87%) Cisco
11 6 (0.87%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.87%) Splunk
11 6 (0.87%) UiPath
12 5 (0.72%) Okta