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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 266 303
Rank change year-on-year -67 +37 -76
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 401 431 755
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 1.15% 0.92%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.11% 11.72% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 256 312 597
10th Percentile £33,125 £21,675 £30,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,766 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £83,668 £72,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,766 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.42% +6.36% -15.38%

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 3,311 3,677 8,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.25% 9.84% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,425 2,666 6,476
10th Percentile £28,100 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -30 152 £75,000 +25.00% 78
North of England -100 72 £65,766 +25.27% 25
North West -30 57 £65,766 +14.38% 13
Midlands -33 49 £45,000 +20.00% 25
South East -48 40 £65,000 +57.58% 43
South West -60 40 £47,500 -13.64% 13
East of England -7 31 £38,500 -11.49% 12
East Midlands -52 30 £25,500 +13.33% 6
West Midlands -31 19 £69,000 +6.15% 19
Yorkshire -100 10 £60,000 +23.69% 9
North East -42 5 £67,500 +200.00% 3
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 38 (9.48%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.98%) CMS
3 9 (2.24%) IIS
4 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.25%) Apache
6 4 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.00%) Documentum
6 4 (1.00%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.50%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) MTS
8 1 (0.25%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (4.24%) MS Visio
3 13 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.00%) Trello
7 1 (0.25%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.00%) Fidessa
1 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Actimize
3 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.25%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.70%) Azure
2 44 (10.97%) AWS
3 37 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (8.98%) Figma
5 31 (7.73%) Adobe Analytics
6 25 (6.23%) Contentsquare
6 25 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (6.23%) SaaS
7 22 (5.49%) GCP
8 19 (4.74%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.99%) PaaS
10 11 (2.74%) Miro
11 10 (2.49%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.24%) GitHub
13 8 (2.00%) Slack
14 6 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.50%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (1.25%) Lucidchart
15 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.98%) Broadband
2 15 (3.74%) Firewall
3 11 (2.74%) VPN
4 9 (2.24%) DNS
5 6 (1.50%) WAN
6 5 (1.25%) LAN
7 4 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.00%) Wireless
8 3 (0.75%) IPv4
8 3 (0.75%) Multicast
8 3 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.75%) WLAN
9 2 (0.50%) BGP
9 2 (0.50%) DMVPN
9 2 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.50%) HTTP
9 2 (0.50%) Network Security
9 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.73%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.74%) Power BI
4 10 (2.49%) DB2
5 6 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.25%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.25%) MySQL
7 4 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.00%) Tableau
8 3 (0.75%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.75%) Big Data
8 3 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.50%) Power Query
9 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 359 (89.53%) JIRA
2 25 (6.23%) Bitbucket
2 25 (6.23%) Git
3 23 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.74%) Selenium
5 17 (4.24%) GitLab
6 14 (3.49%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.24%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.25%) JUnit
8 5 (1.25%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.25%) TestRail
8 5 (1.25%) Zephyr
9 4 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.00%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.00%) JMeter
9 4 (1.00%) Maven
9 4 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.00%) Toad
10 3 (0.75%) Postman
11 2 (0.50%) Charles Proxy
General
1 160 (39.90%) Social Skills
2 136 (33.92%) Finance
3 63 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (13.47%) Banking
5 42 (10.47%) Games
6 36 (8.98%) Legal
7 27 (6.73%) Law
8 23 (5.74%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.24%) Marketing
11 16 (3.99%) Manufacturing
12 15 (3.74%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.99%) Automotive
14 11 (2.74%) Retail
15 10 (2.49%) Advertising
15 10 (2.49%) Electronics
16 9 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (2.00%) Billing
18 7 (1.75%) Aerospace
19 5 (1.25%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 84 (20.95%) Analyst
2 65 (16.21%) Lead
3 60 (14.96%) Business Analyst
4 47 (11.72%) Senior
5 29 (7.23%) Architect
6 21 (5.24%) Developer
6 21 (5.24%) IT Support
7 20 (4.99%) Scrum Master
8 19 (4.74%) Lead Architect
8 19 (4.74%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.49%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.24%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (3.74%) Product Owner
12 14 (3.49%) IT Engineer
12 14 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 14 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.24%) IT Analyst
13 13 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
14 12 (2.99%) Support Analyst
15 11 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.24%) React
2 14 (3.49%) CSS
3 13 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (2.99%) HTML
4 12 (2.99%) Node.js
5 11 (2.74%) RESTful
6 10 (2.49%) Gherkin
6 10 (2.49%) Middleware
7 9 (2.24%) .NET
7 9 (2.24%) REST
8 6 (1.50%) Kafka
9 5 (1.25%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.25%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (1.25%) JSON
9 5 (1.25%) OAuth
9 5 (1.25%) Web Services
10 4 (1.00%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.00%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.00%) Spring
10 4 (1.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.46%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.49%) PMI
6 9 (2.24%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.75%) IoT
9 6 (1.50%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.50%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
10 5 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.25%) Equities
11 4 (1.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.23%) Linux
2 26 (6.48%) Windows
3 16 (3.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.75%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.50%) Android
8 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.50%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Solaris
9 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (68.83%) Agile
2 132 (32.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 104 (25.94%) Roadmaps
3 104 (25.94%) Scrum
4 93 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (18.20%) User Experience
6 71 (17.71%) DevOps
6 71 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (16.71%) CI/CD
8 63 (15.71%) Analytics
8 63 (15.71%) Decision-Making
9 57 (14.21%) AI
9 57 (14.21%) Kanban
10 55 (13.72%) Sprint Planning
11 51 (12.72%) User Stories
12 47 (11.72%) Mentoring
12 47 (11.72%) Project Management
13 46 (11.47%) Customer Experience
14 44 (10.97%) SDLC
15 42 (10.47%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 58 (14.46%) SQL
2 38 (9.48%) Python
3 31 (7.73%) Java
4 22 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.99%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.99%) Bash
7 9 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.00%) C#
9 3 (0.75%) RPG
10 2 (0.50%) Delphi
10 2 (0.50%) PHP
10 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) VB
10 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.50%) VB6
11 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.25%) C++
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (14.46%) Degree
2 45 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.23%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.74%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.00%) PMP
9 7 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.25%) CCNA
12 4 (1.00%) CITP
12 4 (1.00%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.75%) CISSP
13 3 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.47%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.98%) QA
3 27 (6.73%) WCAG
4 20 (4.99%) SLA
5 12 (2.99%) PMO
6 10 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 9 (2.24%) GDPR
8 8 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.50%) Basel II
9 6 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.00%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.75%) NIST
11 3 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.50%) GRC
12 2 (0.50%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.50%) MiFID
12 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (6.98%) Docker
2 25 (6.23%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.75%) Squid
5 3 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.75%) vSphere
6 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.25%) Firmware
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.99%) Terraform
3 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.49%) Ansible
5 5 (1.25%) Grafana
5 5 (1.25%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.25%) Puppet
6 4 (1.00%) Functional Safety
6 4 (1.00%) Packer
6 4 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.75%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.75%) Kibana
7 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.75%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.25%) Consul
9 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.25%) Nagios
9 1 (0.25%) Podman
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 62 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.22%) Atlassian
3 34 (8.48%) Adobe
4 28 (6.98%) Oracle
5 26 (6.48%) ServiceNow
6 20 (4.99%) Google
7 18 (4.49%) SAP
8 17 (4.24%) Salesforce
9 15 (3.74%) VMware
10 11 (2.74%) Red Hat
10 11 (2.74%) Siemens
11 9 (2.24%) Splunk
12 6 (1.50%) Cisco
12 6 (1.50%) IBM
13 5 (1.25%) Bloomberg
13 5 (1.25%) Databricks
14 4 (1.00%) CQG
14 4 (1.00%) MuleSoft
14 4 (1.00%) Patsystems
14 4 (1.00%) YouTube