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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 280 329
Rank change year-on-year -2 +49 +43
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 753 521 622
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.05% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.71% 3.31% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 581 384 415
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +8.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,063 £70,625
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,875 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% +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 27,740 15,737 24,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.55% 31.68% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,793 10,656 16,102
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -2 689 £57,500 +1.77% 249
UK excluding London -10 476 £53,500 +2.88% 198
Work from Home -23 267 £51,000 -11.30% 148
London -9 239 £67,500 +8.00% 98
North of England +41 154 £50,000 +5.26% 50
Midlands +6 127 £60,000 +11.76% 35
West Midlands +5 88 £60,000 +11.76% 21
North West +32 78 £51,000 +10.27% 27
South East -42 70 £50,001 +0.00% 53
East of England -9 66 £87,500 +52.17% 22
Yorkshire -5 61 £42,500 -9.57% 15
East Midlands -9 39 £54,000 -1.82% 14
Wales -59 26 £53,171 +6.34% 3
South West -72 25 £55,000 +8.37% 27
North East -45 15 £38,000 -24.00% 10
Scotland +2 10 £62,500 +28.21% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 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
1 290 (38.51%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.86%) IIS
4 8 (1.06%) Apache
4 8 (1.06%) nginx
5 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 36 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 121 (16.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.99%) Elite 3E
3 11 (1.46%) Carpe Diem
4 9 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 634 (84.20%) Power Platform
2 508 (67.46%) PowerApps
3 366 (48.61%) Azure
4 308 (40.90%) Microsoft 365
5 273 (36.25%) Dynamics 365
6 175 (23.24%) Microsoft Copilot
7 123 (16.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 90 (11.95%) Copilot Studio
9 86 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (10.89%) Entra ID
11 80 (10.62%) OneDrive
12 60 (7.97%) Serverless
13 54 (7.17%) Azure Functions
14 37 (4.91%) SaaS
15 35 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
16 30 (3.98%) Microsoft Purview
17 25 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (3.05%) Azure AI
19 20 (2.66%) Zapier
20 18 (2.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.45%) Firewall
2 18 (2.39%) DNS
3 10 (1.33%) Intranet
4 8 (1.06%) DHCP
4 8 (1.06%) VPN
4 8 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.80%) VoIP
6 5 (0.66%) VLAN
7 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.53%) Wireless
8 3 (0.40%) LTE
8 3 (0.40%) MQTT
8 3 (0.40%) NAS
9 2 (0.27%) DKIM
9 2 (0.27%) DMARC
9 2 (0.27%) HTTP
9 2 (0.27%) Internet
10 1 (0.13%) Broadband
10 1 (0.13%) SSL
10 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 325 (43.16%) Power BI
2 71 (9.43%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.26%) Power Query
7 16 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (1.99%) Metadata
9 14 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.33%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.66%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.27%) Big Data
12 2 (0.27%) MySQL
12 2 (0.27%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.27%) Tableau
13 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.13%) Flink
13 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 26 (3.45%) Git
2 13 (1.73%) JIRA
3 10 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
4 9 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.80%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.27%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 266 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 195 (25.90%) Finance
3 82 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.69%) Legal
5 54 (7.17%) Law
6 46 (6.11%) Manufacturing
7 42 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (4.12%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.98%) Retail
10 24 (3.19%) Marketing
10 24 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.99%) Legal Technology
13 10 (1.33%) Banking
14 8 (1.06%) Aviation
14 8 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.93%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.40%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.27%) Billing
Job Titles
1 337 (44.75%) Developer
2 124 (16.47%) Power Platform Developer
3 77 (10.23%) Senior
4 65 (8.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 63 (8.37%) Consultant
6 62 (8.23%) Lead
7 59 (7.84%) Analyst
8 44 (5.84%) Senior Developer
9 40 (5.31%) Applications Developer
10 39 (5.18%) IT Support
11 32 (4.25%) Microsoft Developer
12 29 (3.85%) Administrator
12 29 (3.85%) Applications Support
12 29 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 29 (3.85%) Power Apps Developer
13 24 (3.19%) Architect
13 24 (3.19%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 23 (3.05%) Support Engineer
15 22 (2.92%) CRM Developer
15 22 (2.92%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (17.53%) .NET
2 71 (9.43%) HTML
3 69 (9.16%) HTML5 Canvas
3 69 (9.16%) REST
4 62 (8.23%) CSS
5 43 (5.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 38 (5.05%) SPFx
7 36 (4.78%) .NET Core
8 35 (4.65%) JSON
9 24 (3.19%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.66%) React
10 20 (2.66%) RESTful
11 19 (2.52%) .NET Framework
12 17 (2.26%) Web Services
13 16 (2.12%) XML
14 9 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.20%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (1.20%) Middleware
15 8 (1.06%) Entity Framework
15 8 (1.06%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.84%) Low-Code
2 44 (5.84%) AI Agents
3 42 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.66%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.73%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.66%) CMDB
13 5 (0.66%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (0.53%) Driving Licence
14 4 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (0.53%) Social Media
14 4 (0.53%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.37%) Windows
2 33 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.26%) Linux
4 8 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (39.31%) Business Intelligence
2 226 (30.01%) AI
3 205 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 172 (22.84%) CRM
6 165 (21.91%) Agile
7 149 (19.79%) DevOps
8 112 (14.87%) Workflow
9 99 (13.15%) CI/CD
10 93 (12.35%) Translating Business Requirements
11 90 (11.95%) User Experience
12 85 (11.29%) Roadmaps
13 81 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 79 (10.49%) Process Improvement
15 72 (9.56%) Customer Service
16 69 (9.16%) ITIL
17 66 (8.76%) Data Modelling
18 65 (8.63%) Technical Leadership
19 62 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
20 60 (7.97%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 209 (27.76%) C#
2 190 (25.23%) SQL
3 175 (23.24%) JavaScript
4 82 (10.89%) PowerShell
5 49 (6.51%) Python
6 43 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (2.26%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.26%) VBA
9 8 (1.06%) Bash
9 8 (1.06%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.93%) C
11 6 (0.80%) Java
12 4 (0.53%) C++
13 3 (0.40%) PHP
13 3 (0.40%) VB
13 3 (0.40%) X++
13 3 (0.40%) XPath
14 2 (0.27%) Dart
15 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 78 (10.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 73 (9.69%) Degree
3 29 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 28 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.93%) PMP
9 5 (0.66%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.53%) CCNA
10 4 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.40%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.40%) HND
11 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.91%) QA
3 29 (3.85%) GDPR
4 23 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 23 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.12%) SLA
7 15 (1.99%) PMO
8 10 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.66%) TickIT
10 4 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.53%) WCAG
11 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 48 (6.37%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.53%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.27%) Docker
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.93%) Ansible
3 6 (0.80%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 609 (80.88%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.79%) OpenAI
3 19 (2.52%) Foundry
4 18 (2.39%) Adobe
5 13 (1.73%) Intapp
6 12 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.59%) VMware
7 11 (1.46%) Sage
8 10 (1.33%) Databricks
8 10 (1.33%) Oracle
9 9 (1.20%) Cognizant
10 8 (1.06%) Aderant
10 8 (1.06%) Citrix
10 8 (1.06%) DocuSign
10 8 (1.06%) RedGate
10 8 (1.06%) SonicWALL
11 7 (0.93%) UiPath
12 6 (0.80%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.80%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.80%) Splunk