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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 271 318
Rank change year-on-year -41 +47 +151
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 552 505 921
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.14% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.21% 3.40% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 435 392 687
10th Percentile £35,850 £39,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £41,720 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,001 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 24,947 14,861 35,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.94% 33.57% 33.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,062 10,210 27,316
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -8.18%

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 12 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 12 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 -27 499 £56,000 -1.75% 188
UK excluding London -40 317 £50,001 -4.76% 160
London +5 200 £65,000 +1.17% 66
Work from Home -33 182 £50,001 -9.09% 154
North of England +23 112 £45,000 -14.29% 40
Midlands -35 62 £55,000 +2.44% 30
North West +42 55 £51,750 +3.50% 27
East of England -4 51 £76,750 +53.50% 9
Yorkshire -16 51 £42,500 -24.44% 11
South East -53 51 £50,000 -9.09% 45
West Midlands -40 41 £52,500 +1.11% 18
East Midlands -32 21 £59,732 +8.60% 12
Wales -28 19 £41,740 -10.24% 4
South West -75 17 £43,500 -24.35% 18
Scotland +9 6 £52,500 +4.07% 6
North East - 6 £51,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 11

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
1 169 (30.62%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.45%) Appian
4 5 (0.91%) CMS
4 5 (0.91%) WordPress
5 2 (0.36%) Confluence
5 2 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 55 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 92 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.54%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.36%) Magento
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 468 (84.78%) Power Platform
2 380 (68.84%) PowerApps
3 277 (50.18%) Azure
4 190 (34.42%) Dynamics 365
5 178 (32.25%) Microsoft 365
6 102 (18.48%) Azure Logic Apps
7 78 (14.13%) Microsoft Copilot
8 54 (9.78%) OneDrive
9 50 (9.06%) Entra ID
10 47 (8.51%) Copilot Studio
11 40 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 36 (6.52%) Serverless
13 31 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
13 31 (5.62%) Azure Functions
14 29 (5.25%) SaaS
15 21 (3.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (3.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 14 (2.54%) Azure AI
18 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.36%) Firewall
2 6 (1.09%) Intranet
2 6 (1.09%) VoIP
3 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.54%) DHCP
4 3 (0.54%) DNS
4 3 (0.54%) LTE
4 3 (0.54%) NAS
4 3 (0.54%) VPN
5 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) VLAN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (49.64%) Power BI
2 72 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.43%) Power Query
4 25 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.90%) PowerPivot
7 12 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.45%) Metabase
9 8 (1.45%) Metadata
9 8 (1.45%) Pinecone
10 7 (1.27%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.72%) MySQL
12 4 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
13 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Visual Studio
2 9 (1.63%) JIRA
3 8 (1.45%) Git
3 8 (1.45%) MLflow
4 6 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.36%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.36%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 182 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 157 (28.44%) Finance
3 77 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.79%) Law
5 39 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.88%) Legal
7 26 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 22 (3.99%) Marketing
11 11 (1.99%) Retail
12 9 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.45%) Agriculture
14 7 (1.27%) Automotive
15 6 (1.09%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.54%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.54%) Legal Technology
18 2 (0.36%) Billing
18 2 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (38.04%) Developer
2 94 (17.03%) Power Platform Developer
3 79 (14.31%) Analyst
4 63 (11.41%) Senior
5 43 (7.79%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 42 (7.61%) IT Support
7 41 (7.43%) Lead
8 37 (6.70%) Consultant
9 35 (6.34%) Senior Developer
10 32 (5.80%) Applications Developer
11 31 (5.62%) Applications Support
12 30 (5.43%) Support Manager
13 29 (5.25%) Power Apps Developer
14 24 (4.35%) Architect
14 24 (4.35%) CRM Developer
14 24 (4.35%) IT Manager
14 24 (4.35%) Support Analyst
15 21 (3.80%) Microsoft Developer
16 20 (3.62%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
17 19 (3.44%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (15.40%) .NET
2 56 (10.14%) HTML5 Canvas
3 50 (9.06%) REST
4 44 (7.97%) HTML
5 40 (7.25%) CSS
6 32 (5.80%) SPFx
7 30 (5.43%) Microsoft Graph
8 25 (4.53%) .NET Core
9 23 (4.17%) JSON
10 21 (3.80%) Web Services
11 15 (2.72%) React
12 14 (2.54%) RESTful
13 13 (2.36%) SOAP
14 11 (1.99%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.99%) OAuth
15 10 (1.81%) JWT
16 8 (1.45%) FastAPI
16 8 (1.45%) Hugging Face
16 8 (1.45%) OpenAPI
16 8 (1.45%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.96%) Low-Code
2 28 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.89%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 16 (2.90%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (2.17%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.72%) Social Media
13 3 (0.54%) PropTech
14 2 (0.36%) Client/Server
15 1 (0.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.25%) Windows
2 12 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.99%) Linux
4 6 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.36%) Android
6 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (47.46%) Business Intelligence
2 148 (26.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 148 (26.81%) CRM
3 125 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (20.29%) AI
5 93 (16.85%) Agile
5 93 (16.85%) Workflow
6 81 (14.67%) DevOps
7 68 (12.32%) CI/CD
8 62 (11.23%) Data Modelling
9 59 (10.69%) Translating Business Requirements
10 58 (10.51%) Process Improvement
11 56 (10.14%) Project Management
12 54 (9.78%) Analytics
12 54 (9.78%) Roadmaps
12 54 (9.78%) User Experience
13 53 (9.60%) Customer Service
14 50 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 46 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (7.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 170 (30.80%) SQL
2 120 (21.74%) C#
3 119 (21.56%) JavaScript
4 60 (10.87%) PowerShell
5 51 (9.24%) Python
6 34 (6.16%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.44%) T-SQL
8 17 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.90%) VBA
10 6 (1.09%) Bash
10 6 (1.09%) Java
11 3 (0.54%) PHP
11 3 (0.54%) VB
11 3 (0.54%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.36%) C
12 2 (0.36%) C++
13 1 (0.18%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.18%) R
13 1 (0.18%) Swift
13 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 69 (12.50%) Degree
2 34 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.17%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.72%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.91%) ICAEW
8 4 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.72%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.72%) PMP
9 3 (0.54%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.18%) HND
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 39 (7.07%) QA
3 16 (2.90%) GDPR
4 15 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.72%) PMO
5 14 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.17%) SLA
7 10 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.91%) TickIT
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 30 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.81%) Docker
3 4 (0.72%) BitLocker
3 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.54%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.09%) Ansible
3 6 (1.09%) Rundeck
3 6 (1.09%) Terraform
4 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 392 (71.01%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.62%) Adobe
2 20 (3.62%) OpenAI
2 20 (3.62%) ServiceNow
3 18 (3.26%) UiPath
4 14 (2.54%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.17%) Automation Anywhere
6 10 (1.81%) SAP
7 9 (1.63%) Cognizant
8 8 (1.45%) Databricks
9 7 (1.27%) Intapp
10 6 (1.09%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.09%) Oracle
10 6 (1.09%) Splunk
11 5 (0.91%) Foundry
11 5 (0.91%) Meraki
11 5 (0.91%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.91%) Pega
11 5 (0.91%) Sage
11 5 (0.91%) VMware