Confluence Job Trends in England

Confluence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Confluence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 302 263
Rank change year-on-year -6 -39 -57
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 345 451 639
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 0.94% 1.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.61% 10.21% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 217 255 524
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £47,500 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +2.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +1.52%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Confluence falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,971 4,417 6,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.43% 9.23% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 2,600 4,750
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £57,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +11.76% -7.27%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Confluence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Confluence job vacancy trend in England

Confluence
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Confluence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Confluence

Confluence
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Confluence in England over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Confluence in England

Confluence
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the England region over the 6 months to 23 January 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
London -6 134 £77,500 +29.17% 61
North of England -1 54 £55,000 -4.35% 64
South East +5 44 £56,750 -1.30% 103
Midlands +18 40 £62,500 -3.85% 52
South West -32 34 £50,000 -9.09% 49
North West -3 29 £56,250 -2.17% 29
East of England +24 28 £57,500 +12.75% 49
West Midlands +8 21 £73,750 +13.46% 26
Yorkshire -11 21 £49,500 -31.72% 27
East Midlands +6 19 £42,500 +13.33% 25
North East - 4 £50,000 - 8
Confluence
UK

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.03%) Apache
2 7 (2.03%) IIS
3 6 (1.74%) CMS
4 4 (1.16%) nginx
4 4 (1.16%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.87%) Documentum
5 3 (0.87%) WordPress
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.58%) MTS
7 1 (0.29%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 24 (6.96%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (6.09%) MS Visio
3 17 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.16%) CATIA
6 4 (1.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (1.16%) Trello
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.58%) Sketch
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.29%) Doxygen
8 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.29%) InDesign
8 1 (0.29%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.45%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.58%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.29%) Actimize
4 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.32%) Azure
2 37 (10.72%) AWS
3 26 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.96%) SaaS
5 23 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (6.09%) Figma
8 14 (4.06%) GitHub
8 14 (4.06%) Serverless
9 12 (3.48%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.19%) Adobe Analytics
10 11 (3.19%) GCP
11 10 (2.90%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.61%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.61%) PaaS
12 9 (2.61%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.32%) Miro
14 7 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.51%) Firewall
2 14 (4.06%) DNS
3 9 (2.61%) HTTP
4 7 (2.03%) SSH
5 6 (1.74%) FTP
5 6 (1.74%) SMTP
5 6 (1.74%) VLAN
6 5 (1.45%) Internet
6 5 (1.45%) VPN
6 5 (1.45%) Wireless
7 4 (1.16%) IMAP
7 4 (1.16%) Multicast
7 4 (1.16%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.87%) DHCP
8 3 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
8 3 (0.87%) Network Security
8 3 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.87%) WAN
9 2 (0.58%) Broadband
9 2 (0.58%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (4.06%) Power BI
4 12 (3.48%) MySQL
5 11 (3.19%) DB2
6 8 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.03%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.03%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.74%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.87%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 326 (94.49%) JIRA
2 40 (11.59%) Git
3 32 (9.28%) Jenkins
4 23 (6.67%) Bitbucket
5 19 (5.51%) Selenium
6 14 (4.06%) GitLab
6 14 (4.06%) TeamCity
7 12 (3.48%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.03%) JUnit
8 7 (2.03%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.74%) Postman
9 6 (1.74%) Vagrant
10 5 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.16%) JMeter
12 3 (0.87%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.87%) TestNG
12 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.87%) webpack
13 2 (0.58%) Gradle
General
1 142 (41.16%) Social Skills
2 104 (30.14%) Finance
3 68 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (14.49%) Banking
5 22 (6.38%) Marketing
6 20 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.93%) Law
8 15 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.35%) Retail
9 14 (4.06%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.77%) Legal
11 12 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.90%) Billing
12 10 (2.90%) Front Office
13 9 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (2.32%) Automotive
14 8 (2.32%) Spanish Language
15 7 (2.03%) Military
15 7 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 81 (23.48%) Analyst
2 57 (16.52%) Business Analyst
3 54 (15.65%) Senior
4 32 (9.28%) Lead
5 31 (8.99%) Developer
6 19 (5.51%) Architect
7 17 (4.93%) Product Owner
7 17 (4.93%) Project Manager
7 17 (4.93%) Support Analyst
8 16 (4.64%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.77%) Lead Architect
11 11 (3.19%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.19%) Support Engineer
12 10 (2.90%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.90%) Senior Business Analyst
13 9 (2.61%) IT Analyst
13 9 (2.61%) Product Manager
13 9 (2.61%) Senior Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.25%) HTML
2 24 (6.96%) CSS
3 22 (6.38%) React
4 15 (4.35%) RESTful
5 14 (4.06%) Node.js
6 13 (3.77%) .NET
6 13 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (3.48%) REST
8 11 (3.19%) Gherkin
9 8 (2.32%) Middleware
10 6 (1.74%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.74%) JSON
10 6 (1.74%) Kafka
10 6 (1.74%) OAuth
10 6 (1.74%) OpenAPI
10 6 (1.74%) Swagger
11 5 (1.45%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.45%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
11 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.20%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.96%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.61%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.32%) IoT
8 6 (1.74%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.74%) Equities
8 6 (1.74%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.74%) Social Media
8 6 (1.74%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.45%) Eurex
9 5 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.45%) PMI
9 5 (1.45%) Replication
10 4 (1.16%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.41%) Linux
2 28 (8.12%) Windows
3 10 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.74%) Amazon Linux
4 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
4 6 (1.74%) VMS
5 5 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.45%) Unix
5 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.87%) Android
7 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.87%) Solaris
7 3 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (64.93%) Agile
2 80 (23.19%) Scrum
3 77 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (17.68%) DevOps
7 56 (16.23%) CI/CD
8 52 (15.07%) User Experience
9 49 (14.20%) Roadmaps
10 41 (11.88%) Project Management
11 40 (11.59%) Sprint Planning
12 39 (11.30%) Decision-Making
12 39 (11.30%) User Stories
13 37 (10.72%) SDLC
14 36 (10.43%) Analytics
14 36 (10.43%) Kanban
15 34 (9.86%) Business Analysis
15 34 (9.86%) Business Strategy
16 33 (9.57%) Test Automation
17 30 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 72 (20.87%) SQL
2 43 (12.46%) Python
3 27 (7.83%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.25%) Java
4 25 (7.25%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.06%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.48%) C#
7 9 (2.61%) Bash
8 7 (2.03%) Groovy
9 3 (0.87%) RPG
9 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.58%) C
10 2 (0.58%) C++
10 2 (0.58%) Delphi
10 2 (0.58%) Perl
10 2 (0.58%) VB
10 2 (0.58%) VB6
10 2 (0.58%) XAML
11 1 (0.29%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (17.97%) Degree
2 40 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.19%) PMI Certification
7 9 (2.61%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.03%) PMP
10 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.16%) CBAP
11 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.87%) CISSP
12 3 (0.87%) CITP
13 2 (0.58%) CCNA
13 2 (0.58%) IIBA
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.58%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.99%) Accessibility
1 31 (8.99%) QA
2 17 (4.93%) PMO
3 12 (3.48%) WCAG
4 7 (2.03%) GDPR
5 6 (1.74%) Basel II
5 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.58%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) GMP
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) ITGC
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (7.25%) Docker
2 23 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.16%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.16%) Postfix
4 4 (1.16%) Squid
4 4 (1.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (6.09%) Kubernetes
1 21 (6.09%) Terraform
2 11 (3.19%) Grafana
2 11 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.61%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.74%) Ansible
4 6 (1.74%) Puppet
5 5 (1.45%) Nessus
6 4 (1.16%) Kibana
6 4 (1.16%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.16%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.29%) Ambari
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.49%) Atlassian
3 26 (7.54%) SAP
4 24 (6.96%) Oracle
5 17 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.35%) Adobe
7 13 (3.77%) Salesforce
8 11 (3.19%) Google
8 11 (3.19%) Siemens
9 10 (2.90%) Cisco
9 10 (2.90%) VMware
10 9 (2.61%) Qualtrics
11 7 (2.03%) IBM
12 6 (1.74%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.74%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.45%) CQG
13 5 (1.45%) ION Trading
13 5 (1.45%) Patsystems
13 5 (1.45%) Reuters
13 5 (1.45%) Trayport