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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 275 315
Rank change year-on-year -7 +40 +66
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 719 523 708
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.05% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.60% 3.28% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 562 391 515
10th Percentile £37,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,119
Median % change year-on-year - -5.37% +5.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.28% -4.55% +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 27,688 15,968 26,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.41% 31.95% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 18,509 10,948 18,460
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,847 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 26 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 26 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 +2 658 £57,500 +1.77% 165
UK excluding London -12 446 £53,171 +1.28% 112
Work from Home -8 254 £51,000 -7.27% 83
London -4 235 £68,000 +8.80% 65
North of England +42 152 £50,000 +5.26% 28
Midlands -2 110 £57,000 +6.17% 26
North West +37 79 £51,000 +4.62% 15
West Midlands -12 70 £60,000 +13.70% 20
South East -47 70 £50,001 +0.00% 23
Yorkshire +4 63 £42,500 -10.53% 7
East of England -12 62 £85,000 +47.83% 17
East Midlands -4 40 £54,000 -1.82% 6
Wales -43 25 £53,171 +16.86%
South West -72 21 £55,000 +4.76% 15
North East - 10 £38,000 - 8
Scotland +1 8 £65,000 +28.85% 4
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
1 264 (36.72%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.67%) IIS
4 6 (0.83%) Apache
4 6 (0.83%) nginx
5 5 (0.70%) CMS
6 4 (0.56%) WordPress
7 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 122 (16.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.81%) Elite 3E
3 10 (1.39%) Carpe Diem
4 8 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.42%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.28%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 612 (85.12%) Power Platform
2 491 (68.29%) PowerApps
3 354 (49.24%) Azure
4 289 (40.19%) Microsoft 365
5 270 (37.55%) Dynamics 365
6 161 (22.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 125 (17.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 90 (12.52%) Copilot Studio
9 80 (11.13%) Azure DevOps
10 76 (10.57%) Entra ID
11 74 (10.29%) OneDrive
12 53 (7.37%) Serverless
13 47 (6.54%) Azure Functions
14 35 (4.87%) SaaS
15 33 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
16 29 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
17 26 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (2.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 18 (2.50%) Azure AI
19 18 (2.50%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.34%) Firewall
2 16 (2.23%) DNS
3 9 (1.25%) Intranet
4 8 (1.11%) DHCP
4 8 (1.11%) VPN
4 8 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.83%) VoIP
6 5 (0.70%) VLAN
7 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.56%) Wireless
8 3 (0.42%) LTE
8 3 (0.42%) MQTT
8 3 (0.42%) NAS
9 2 (0.28%) DKIM
9 2 (0.28%) DMARC
9 2 (0.28%) HTTP
9 2 (0.28%) Internet
10 1 (0.14%) Broadband
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (43.67%) Power BI
2 65 (9.04%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.50%) Power Query
6 16 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.81%) Metadata
9 10 (1.39%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.70%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.56%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.42%) MySQL
12 3 (0.42%) PowerPivot
13 2 (0.28%) Metabase
13 2 (0.28%) Tableau
14 1 (0.14%) Flink
14 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.92%) Git
2 14 (1.95%) JIRA
3 10 (1.39%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (0.83%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.28%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 250 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 195 (27.12%) Finance
3 81 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (9.74%) Legal
5 50 (6.95%) Law
6 41 (5.70%) Manufacturing
7 37 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (3.89%) Retail
9 26 (3.62%) Marketing
9 26 (3.62%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.95%) Legal Technology
13 9 (1.25%) Banking
14 8 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.70%) Aviation
16 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Billing
17 2 (0.28%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 327 (45.48%) Developer
2 121 (16.83%) Power Platform Developer
3 77 (10.71%) Senior
4 62 (8.62%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 61 (8.48%) Lead
6 58 (8.07%) Analyst
6 58 (8.07%) Consultant
7 44 (6.12%) Senior Developer
8 42 (5.84%) Applications Developer
9 38 (5.29%) IT Support
10 32 (4.45%) Microsoft Developer
10 32 (4.45%) Power Apps Developer
11 29 (4.03%) Applications Support
12 26 (3.62%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 23 (3.20%) Administrator
14 22 (3.06%) Architect
14 22 (3.06%) CRM Developer
14 22 (3.06%) Support Engineer
14 22 (3.06%) Systems Developer
15 21 (2.92%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (17.66%) .NET
2 71 (9.87%) HTML5 Canvas
3 65 (9.04%) HTML
4 64 (8.90%) REST
5 57 (7.93%) CSS
6 41 (5.70%) Microsoft Graph
7 36 (5.01%) SPFx
8 33 (4.59%) .NET Core
9 28 (3.89%) JSON
10 21 (2.92%) ASP.NET
11 20 (2.78%) React
12 17 (2.36%) Web Services
13 15 (2.09%) .NET Framework
13 15 (2.09%) RESTful
14 9 (1.25%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.25%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (1.11%) Middleware
15 8 (1.11%) Terraform
15 8 (1.11%) XML
16 7 (0.97%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.34%) Low-Code
2 41 (5.70%) AI Agents
3 40 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 30 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.20%) Data Structures
7 19 (2.64%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.81%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.70%) CMDB
13 5 (0.70%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.56%) Driving Licence
14 4 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (0.56%) Social Media
15 3 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.34%) Windows
2 31 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.09%) Linux
4 8 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.28%) Android
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (39.64%) Business Intelligence
2 204 (28.37%) AI
3 189 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
4 186 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 169 (23.50%) CRM
6 155 (21.56%) Agile
7 141 (19.61%) DevOps
8 101 (14.05%) Workflow
9 91 (12.66%) CI/CD
9 91 (12.66%) User Experience
10 86 (11.96%) Translating Business Requirements
11 80 (11.13%) Roadmaps
12 79 (10.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 72 (10.01%) Process Improvement
14 70 (9.74%) Customer Service
15 64 (8.90%) ITIL
16 60 (8.34%) Project Management
17 59 (8.21%) Data Modelling
17 59 (8.21%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (27.68%) C#
2 188 (26.15%) SQL
3 170 (23.64%) JavaScript
4 74 (10.29%) PowerShell
5 50 (6.95%) Python
6 45 (6.26%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.23%) T-SQL
8 16 (2.23%) VBA
9 8 (1.11%) Bash
9 8 (1.11%) Java
9 8 (1.11%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.97%) C
11 4 (0.56%) C++
12 3 (0.42%) PHP
12 3 (0.42%) VB
12 3 (0.42%) XPath
13 2 (0.28%) Dart
13 2 (0.28%) X++
14 1 (0.14%) Swift
Qualifications
1 71 (9.87%) Degree
2 70 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (4.03%) Security Cleared
4 28 (3.89%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.97%) PMP
9 5 (0.70%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.56%) CCNA
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.42%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.42%) HND
11 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.21%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.42%) QA
3 23 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.06%) GDPR
5 18 (2.50%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.09%) PMO
8 14 (1.95%) SLA
9 10 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.70%) TickIT
11 4 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (6.26%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.56%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.42%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.28%) Docker
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.97%) Ansible
3 6 (0.83%) Rundeck
4 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 577 (80.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.78%) OpenAI
3 19 (2.64%) Adobe
4 18 (2.50%) Foundry
5 13 (1.81%) Intapp
6 12 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.53%) Oracle
8 10 (1.39%) Databricks
8 10 (1.39%) VMware
9 9 (1.25%) Cognizant
9 9 (1.25%) Sage
10 8 (1.11%) DocuSign
10 8 (1.11%) RedGate
11 7 (0.97%) Aderant
11 7 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.83%) Citrix
12 6 (0.83%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.83%) SonicWALL
12 6 (0.83%) Splunk
12 6 (0.83%) UiPath