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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 281 309
Rank change year-on-year -25 +28 +156
Permanent jobs citing Power Automate 561 506 932
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.14% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.24% 3.39% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 444 395 693
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £41,860 £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 £67,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,500 £80,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £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 25,087 14,945 35,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.89% 33.53% 33.02%
Number of salaries quoted 16,217 10,308 27,353
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,497 £41,750 £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 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%

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 16 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 16 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 -32 508 £56,000 -2.18% 205
UK excluding London -31 325 £50,000 -4.76% 162
London -2 201 £65,000 +1.17% 76
Work from Home -30 189 £50,001 -9.09% 108
North of England +24 116 £45,000 -14.29% 42
Midlands -22 66 £55,000 +2.44% 28
North West +35 58 £51,000 +2.00% 26
Yorkshire -15 52 £42,500 -22.73% 13
East of England -5 51 £76,750 +53.50% 10
South East -43 51 £50,000 -6.98% 46
West Midlands -34 43 £55,000 +5.92% 16
East Midlands -20 23 £59,366 +7.94% 12
Wales -32 19 £41,740 -10.24% 3
South West -68 17 £43,500 -24.35% 19
Scotland +1 6 £52,500 +4.07% 6
North East - 6 £51,000 - 3
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
1 171 (30.48%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.25%) Appian
4 5 (0.89%) CMS
4 5 (0.89%) 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 54 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 95 (16.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.53%) 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
1 479 (85.38%) Power Platform
2 385 (68.63%) PowerApps
3 280 (49.91%) Azure
4 196 (34.94%) Dynamics 365
5 183 (32.62%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (18.36%) Azure Logic Apps
7 81 (14.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 57 (10.16%) OneDrive
9 50 (8.91%) Copilot Studio
10 49 (8.73%) Entra ID
11 39 (6.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (6.60%) Serverless
13 33 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (5.70%) Azure Functions
15 28 (4.99%) SaaS
16 21 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 14 (2.50%) Azure AI
19 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
20 10 (1.78%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.32%) Firewall
2 6 (1.07%) Intranet
2 6 (1.07%) VoIP
3 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.53%) DHCP
4 3 (0.53%) DNS
4 3 (0.53%) LTE
4 3 (0.53%) NAS
4 3 (0.53%) VPN
5 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) LAN
6 1 (0.18%) VLAN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (49.38%) Power BI
2 69 (12.30%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.17%) Power Query
4 25 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.85%) PowerPivot
5 16 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.43%) Metabase
8 8 (1.43%) Metadata
8 8 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.25%) Pinecone
10 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.71%) MySQL
11 4 (0.71%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (2.50%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.78%) Git
3 9 (1.60%) JIRA
4 7 (1.25%) MLflow
5 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.36%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 183 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 159 (28.34%) Finance
3 76 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.84%) Law
5 39 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.77%) Legal
7 28 (4.99%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.92%) Marketing
10 11 (1.96%) Retail
11 9 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.43%) Agriculture
13 7 (1.25%) Automotive
14 6 (1.07%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.53%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.53%) Legal Technology
17 2 (0.36%) Billing
17 2 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (38.68%) Developer
2 96 (17.11%) Power Platform Developer
3 80 (14.26%) Analyst
4 62 (11.05%) Senior
5 43 (7.66%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 43 (7.66%) Lead
6 42 (7.49%) IT Support
7 37 (6.60%) Consultant
8 34 (6.06%) Senior Developer
9 33 (5.88%) Applications Support
10 32 (5.70%) Applications Developer
11 29 (5.17%) Power Apps Developer
11 29 (5.17%) Support Manager
12 25 (4.46%) Architect
12 25 (4.46%) Support Analyst
13 24 (4.28%) CRM Developer
13 24 (4.28%) IT Manager
14 23 (4.10%) Microsoft Developer
15 20 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
16 19 (3.39%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (15.51%) .NET
2 56 (9.98%) HTML5 Canvas
3 51 (9.09%) REST
4 44 (7.84%) HTML
5 39 (6.95%) CSS
6 32 (5.70%) SPFx
7 30 (5.35%) Microsoft Graph
8 25 (4.46%) .NET Core
9 24 (4.28%) JSON
10 21 (3.74%) Web Services
11 15 (2.67%) React
12 13 (2.32%) RESTful
12 13 (2.32%) SOAP
13 11 (1.96%) ASP.NET
14 10 (1.78%) OAuth
15 9 (1.60%) JWT
16 8 (1.43%) Middleware
17 7 (1.25%) Django
17 7 (1.25%) NumPy
17 7 (1.25%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.23%) Low-Code
2 28 (4.99%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.85%) Cloud Native
7 16 (2.85%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.14%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) Social Media
12 3 (0.53%) PropTech
13 2 (0.36%) Client/Server
14 1 (0.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.13%) Windows
2 12 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.96%) Linux
4 6 (1.07%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.71%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.36%) Android
6 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (47.24%) Business Intelligence
2 153 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 151 (26.92%) CRM
4 129 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (19.96%) AI
6 98 (17.47%) Agile
7 93 (16.58%) Workflow
8 83 (14.80%) DevOps
9 71 (12.66%) CI/CD
10 60 (10.70%) Process Improvement
10 60 (10.70%) Translating Business Requirements
11 59 (10.52%) Data Modelling
12 57 (10.16%) Project Management
13 55 (9.80%) Roadmaps
14 54 (9.63%) User Experience
15 53 (9.45%) Customer Service
15 53 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 52 (9.27%) Analytics
17 44 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
18 42 (7.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (30.66%) SQL
2 120 (21.39%) C#
3 118 (21.03%) JavaScript
4 59 (10.52%) PowerShell
5 49 (8.73%) Python
6 34 (6.06%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.39%) T-SQL
8 16 (2.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.85%) VBA
9 6 (1.07%) Bash
9 6 (1.07%) Java
10 3 (0.53%) PHP
10 3 (0.53%) VB
10 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.36%) C
11 2 (0.36%) C++
11 2 (0.36%) X++
12 1 (0.18%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.18%) R
12 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 69 (12.30%) Degree
2 35 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.92%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.89%) ICAEW
7 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.89%) PMP
8 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.53%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.53%) 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 49 (8.73%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.31%) QA
3 16 (2.85%) GDPR
4 15 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.67%) PMO
5 14 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.96%) SLA
7 10 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.89%) TickIT
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 30 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.60%) Docker
3 4 (0.71%) BitLocker
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.07%) Ansible
3 6 (1.07%) Rundeck
3 6 (1.07%) Terraform
4 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 401 (71.48%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.57%) Adobe
3 19 (3.39%) OpenAI
3 19 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.03%) UiPath
5 14 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.96%) Automation Anywhere
7 10 (1.78%) SAP
8 9 (1.60%) Cognizant
9 8 (1.43%) Databricks
10 7 (1.25%) Intapp
11 6 (1.07%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.07%) Foundry
11 6 (1.07%) Oracle
11 6 (1.07%) Splunk
12 5 (0.89%) Cisco
12 5 (0.89%) Meraki
12 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.89%) Sage
12 5 (0.89%) VMware