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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 260 372
Rank change year-on-year -118 +112 -136
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 454 488 449
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.13% 0.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.46% 13.90% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 295 270 257
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +19.25% -16.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,250 £90,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -13.60%

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 4,341 3,510 5,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.18% 8.12% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,026 2,521 3,536
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,188 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.63%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -2 210 £67,500 -18.18% 378
North of England -83 69 £60,000 +26.32% 102
South West -44 65 £62,750 +25.50% 53
South East -42 64 £60,000 +10.60% 103
North West -62 37 £60,000 +9.09% 48
Midlands -130 23 £47,500 -34.48% 45
West Midlands -94 19 £45,000 -37.93% 31
North East -47 18 £48,750 -11.36% 12
East of England -64 17 £40,000 -30.43% 48
Yorkshire -36 14 £60,850 +38.30% 42
East Midlands -78 4 £50,000 +35.14% 14
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 32 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.74%) CMS
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.10%) JBoss
5 4 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.66%) Drupal
6 3 (0.66%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.44%) nginx
7 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 58 (12.78%) MS Visio
2 27 (5.95%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.64%) Trello
6 7 (1.54%) Moqups
7 6 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.66%) Simulink
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.76%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Actimize
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 142 (31.28%) Azure
2 97 (21.37%) AWS
3 65 (14.32%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.59%) SaaS
5 38 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (7.27%) Miro
7 31 (6.83%) Figma
8 28 (6.17%) GitHub
9 19 (4.19%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.19%) Lucidchart
10 17 (3.74%) GCP
10 17 (3.74%) Serverless
11 14 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.86%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.42%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.20%) Adobe Analytics
14 10 (2.20%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.20%) Contentsquare
15 9 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.63%) VPN
2 14 (3.08%) DNS
3 11 (2.42%) Broadband
4 10 (2.20%) DHCP
4 10 (2.20%) Firewall
5 8 (1.76%) IPv4
5 8 (1.76%) Multicast
5 8 (1.76%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.54%) WAN
7 6 (1.32%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.88%) LAN
9 4 (0.88%) Wireless
10 3 (0.66%) Network Security
11 2 (0.44%) RFID
11 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.22%) DKIM
12 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.30%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.42%) Db2
5 10 (2.20%) DTS
5 10 (2.20%) Metadata
5 10 (2.20%) Power BI
6 9 (1.98%) MySQL
7 8 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.54%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.10%) Redis
9 5 (1.10%) Tableau
10 3 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.66%) Spatial Data
10 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 420 (92.51%) JIRA
2 45 (9.91%) Git
3 27 (5.95%) GitLab
4 23 (5.07%) Jenkins
5 21 (4.63%) Bitbucket
5 21 (4.63%) Selenium
6 15 (3.30%) Postman
7 10 (2.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (2.20%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.98%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.76%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.54%) JMeter
10 7 (1.54%) MSI
10 7 (1.54%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.10%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.44%) Balsamiq
12 2 (0.44%) Maven
12 2 (0.44%) Mocha
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 2 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 181 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 153 (33.70%) Finance
3 102 (22.47%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.05%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.61%) Banking
7 29 (6.39%) Manufacturing
8 23 (5.07%) Games
9 22 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.41%) Law
11 19 (4.19%) Retail
12 18 (3.96%) Marketing
12 18 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (2.86%) Legal
16 12 (2.64%) Aerospace
17 10 (2.20%) Automotive
17 10 (2.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (28.19%) Analyst
2 95 (20.93%) Business Analyst
3 62 (13.66%) Senior
4 47 (10.35%) Lead
5 32 (7.05%) Delivery Manager
6 28 (6.17%) Developer
6 28 (6.17%) Product Owner
6 28 (6.17%) Project Manager
7 26 (5.73%) Technical Analyst
8 24 (5.29%) Technical Business Analyst
9 23 (5.07%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (4.41%) Architect
12 15 (3.30%) Senior Business Analyst
13 14 (3.08%) Scrum Master
13 14 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.08%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.86%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.64%) Data Business Analyst
15 12 (2.64%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.49%) HTML
2 31 (6.83%) REST
3 29 (6.39%) Terraform
4 28 (6.17%) Node.js
5 24 (5.29%) .NET
6 22 (4.85%) CSS
6 22 (4.85%) Middleware
7 18 (3.96%) JSON
7 18 (3.96%) React
8 17 (3.74%) Kafka
8 17 (3.74%) Spring
8 17 (3.74%) Spring Boot
9 15 (3.30%) RESTful
10 11 (2.42%) Next.js
10 11 (2.42%) XML
11 10 (2.20%) ASP.NET
11 10 (2.20%) HTML5
12 9 (1.98%) FIX Protocol
12 9 (1.98%) GraphQL
13 8 (1.76%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.40%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.08%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.64%) Biopharmaceutical
8 12 (2.64%) EPoS
8 12 (2.64%) Equities
8 12 (2.64%) PMI
8 12 (2.64%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.20%) iSeries
10 9 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.98%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.64%) Windows
2 50 (11.01%) Linux
3 24 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.98%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.98%) Unix
5 8 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.32%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.10%) CentOS
8 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.66%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.22%) Rocky
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (64.54%) Agile
2 154 (33.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (31.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (30.18%) Scrum
5 126 (27.75%) AI
6 118 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (25.11%) User Stories
8 95 (20.93%) DevOps
9 84 (18.50%) Requirements Gathering
10 83 (18.28%) Coaching
11 82 (18.06%) Acceptance Criteria
12 80 (17.62%) Kanban
13 76 (16.74%) Decision-Making
14 75 (16.52%) Project Delivery
15 72 (15.86%) Mentoring
16 71 (15.64%) CI/CD
17 70 (15.42%) Sprint Planning
18 69 (15.20%) Roadmaps
19 65 (14.32%) Business Analysis
20 64 (14.10%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (20.93%) SQL
2 71 (15.64%) Python
3 61 (13.44%) Java
4 42 (9.25%) PowerShell
5 32 (7.05%) Bash
6 31 (6.83%) JavaScript
7 24 (5.29%) C#
8 22 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.86%) C++
10 10 (2.20%) RPG
11 8 (1.76%) Bicep
12 4 (0.88%) PHP
13 3 (0.66%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.66%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.44%) C
14 2 (0.44%) Ruby
15 1 (0.22%) Ada
15 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.22%) Perl
15 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (17.18%) Degree
2 61 (13.44%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.83%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.29%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.19%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.19%) PMP
7 16 (3.52%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.64%) MBA
10 9 (1.98%) CSPO
11 8 (1.76%) CBAP
11 8 (1.76%) CCNA
11 8 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.76%) IIBA
11 8 (1.76%) OSCP
11 8 (1.76%) RHCE
11 8 (1.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (14.32%) QA
2 30 (6.61%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.85%) WCAG
4 21 (4.63%) PMO
5 19 (4.19%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.98%) GDPR
8 7 (1.54%) NCSC
9 4 (0.88%) NIST
9 4 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.88%) SLA
10 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.66%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.44%) GRC
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.44%) MiFID
11 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 36 (7.93%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.39%) Docker
3 22 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.76%) Squid
4 8 (1.76%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.76%) vSphere
5 7 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.88%) KVM
6 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.66%) Firmware
7 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (6.39%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.41%) Ansible
3 12 (2.64%) ZABBIX
4 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.76%) Packer
6 6 (1.32%) Kibana
6 6 (1.32%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.88%) Graylog
7 4 (0.88%) Nagios
7 4 (0.88%) Podman
7 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.66%) Grafana
8 3 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.44%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.44%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 109 (24.01%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.61%) Atlassian
3 28 (6.17%) Oracle
4 24 (5.29%) VMware
5 22 (4.85%) Splunk
6 18 (3.96%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.74%) Adobe
7 17 (3.74%) Google
7 17 (3.74%) Red Hat
7 17 (3.74%) Salesforce
8 15 (3.30%) IBM
9 10 (2.20%) ION Trading
9 10 (2.20%) SAP
10 8 (1.76%) Bloomberg
10 8 (1.76%) CQG
10 8 (1.76%) Patsystems
10 8 (1.76%) Pega
10 8 (1.76%) Reuters
10 8 (1.76%) Trayport
11 6 (1.32%) Apple