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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 262 371
Rank change year-on-year -113 +109 -130
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 453 485 450
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.12% 0.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.49% 13.81% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 294 268 256
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,625 £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 £84,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,750 £90,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £59,350
% change year-on-year -14.29% +17.94% -14.54%

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 4,320 3,513 5,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.16% 8.14% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,023 2,523 3,507
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 £70,250 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,811
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.45% +1.20%

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 1 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 1 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 +2 209 £67,500 -18.18% 345
North of England -92 68 £60,000 +26.32% 87
South West -50 65 £62,750 +25.50% 53
South East -52 64 £60,000 +10.60% 99
North West -59 37 £60,000 +9.09% 41
Midlands -123 24 £50,000 -31.03% 43
West Midlands -96 20 £45,000 -37.93% 30
North East -50 18 £48,750 -11.36% 11
East of England -52 17 £40,000 -30.43% 45
Yorkshire -38 13 £60,850 +38.30% 35
East Midlands -74 4 £50,000 +35.14% 13
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 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.75%) CMS
3 7 (1.55%) 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
Applications
1 58 (12.80%) MS Visio
2 27 (5.96%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.65%) Trello
6 7 (1.55%) 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 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.77%) 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 (31.35%) Azure
2 98 (21.63%) AWS
3 64 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.61%) SaaS
5 38 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (7.28%) Miro
7 31 (6.84%) Figma
8 28 (6.18%) GitHub
9 19 (4.19%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.19%) Lucidchart
10 18 (3.97%) GCP
11 17 (3.75%) Serverless
12 14 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.87%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (2.43%) Adobe Analytics
14 11 (2.43%) Power Platform
15 10 (2.21%) Amazon S3
15 10 (2.21%) Contentsquare
16 9 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.99%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.64%) VPN
2 14 (3.09%) DNS
3 11 (2.43%) Broadband
4 10 (2.21%) DHCP
4 10 (2.21%) Firewall
5 8 (1.77%) IPv4
5 8 (1.77%) Multicast
5 8 (1.77%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.55%) 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%) Ethernet VPN
12 1 (0.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.43%) Db2
5 10 (2.21%) DTS
5 10 (2.21%) Metadata
5 10 (2.21%) Power BI
6 9 (1.99%) MySQL
7 8 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.55%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.55%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.55%) 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
1 419 (92.49%) JIRA
2 46 (10.15%) Git
3 27 (5.96%) GitLab
4 23 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 22 (4.86%) Bitbucket
6 21 (4.64%) Selenium
7 15 (3.31%) Postman
8 10 (2.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (2.21%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.99%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.55%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.55%) JMeter
10 7 (1.55%) MSI
10 7 (1.55%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.10%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.44%) git-flow
12 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.44%) TestRail
General
1 180 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 152 (33.55%) Finance
3 103 (22.74%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.40%) Manufacturing
7 28 (6.18%) Banking
8 23 (5.08%) Games
9 21 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.42%) Law
11 19 (4.19%) Marketing
11 19 (4.19%) Retail
12 18 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (2.87%) Legal
13 13 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.65%) Aerospace
15 10 (2.21%) Automotive
15 10 (2.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (28.26%) Analyst
2 95 (20.97%) Business Analyst
3 63 (13.91%) Senior
4 47 (10.38%) Lead
5 32 (7.06%) Delivery Manager
6 28 (6.18%) Developer
6 28 (6.18%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.96%) Product Owner
8 26 (5.74%) Technical Analyst
9 24 (5.30%) Technical Business Analyst
10 23 (5.08%) Product Manager
10 23 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (4.42%) Architect
12 16 (3.53%) Senior Business Analyst
13 14 (3.09%) Scrum Master
13 14 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.09%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.87%) Data Business Analyst
14 13 (2.87%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.73%) HTML
2 30 (6.62%) REST
3 29 (6.40%) Terraform
4 28 (6.18%) Node.js
5 24 (5.30%) .NET
6 23 (5.08%) CSS
7 22 (4.86%) Middleware
8 19 (4.19%) JSON
9 18 (3.97%) React
10 17 (3.75%) Kafka
10 17 (3.75%) Spring
10 17 (3.75%) Spring Boot
11 15 (3.31%) RESTful
12 11 (2.43%) Next.js
12 11 (2.43%) XML
13 10 (2.21%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.21%) HTML5
14 9 (1.99%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (1.99%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.77%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.44%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.51%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.86%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.09%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.65%) Biopharmaceutical
8 12 (2.65%) EPoS
8 12 (2.65%) Equities
8 12 (2.65%) PMI
8 12 (2.65%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.21%) iSeries
10 9 (1.99%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.99%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.99%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.77%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.67%) Windows
2 50 (11.04%) Linux
3 24 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.99%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.99%) Unix
5 8 (1.77%) 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
1 291 (64.24%) Agile
2 153 (33.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (31.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 135 (29.80%) Scrum
5 125 (27.59%) AI
6 118 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
7 113 (24.94%) User Stories
8 94 (20.75%) DevOps
9 84 (18.54%) Requirements Gathering
10 82 (18.10%) Acceptance Criteria
11 81 (17.88%) Coaching
12 78 (17.22%) Kanban
13 77 (17.00%) Decision-Making
14 75 (16.56%) Project Delivery
15 71 (15.67%) CI/CD
15 71 (15.67%) Mentoring
16 69 (15.23%) Roadmaps
16 69 (15.23%) Sprint Planning
17 66 (14.57%) Business Analysis
18 63 (13.91%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (20.97%) SQL
2 71 (15.67%) Python
3 61 (13.47%) Java
4 42 (9.27%) PowerShell
5 32 (7.06%) Bash
5 32 (7.06%) JavaScript
6 24 (5.30%) C#
7 22 (4.86%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.87%) C++
9 10 (2.21%) RPG
10 8 (1.77%) Bicep
11 4 (0.88%) PHP
12 3 (0.66%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.66%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.44%) C
13 2 (0.44%) Ruby
14 1 (0.22%) Ada
14 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.22%) Perl
14 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (17.22%) Degree
2 61 (13.47%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.84%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.30%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.19%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.19%) PMP
7 16 (3.53%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.65%) MBA
10 8 (1.77%) CBAP
10 8 (1.77%) CCNA
10 8 (1.77%) CSPO
10 8 (1.77%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.77%) IIBA
10 8 (1.77%) OSCP
10 8 (1.77%) RHCE
10 8 (1.77%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (13.91%) QA
2 30 (6.62%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.86%) WCAG
4 21 (4.64%) PMO
5 19 (4.19%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.99%) GDPR
8 7 (1.55%) 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%) EMIR
System Software
1 36 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.40%) Docker
3 22 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.77%) Squid
4 8 (1.77%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.77%) vSphere
5 7 (1.55%) 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 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.42%) Ansible
3 12 (2.65%) ZABBIX
4 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.77%) 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 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.62%) Atlassian
3 28 (6.18%) Oracle
4 24 (5.30%) VMware
5 22 (4.86%) Splunk
6 19 (4.19%) Google
7 18 (3.97%) Adobe
7 18 (3.97%) ServiceNow
8 17 (3.75%) Red Hat
8 17 (3.75%) Salesforce
9 15 (3.31%) IBM
10 10 (2.21%) ION Trading
10 10 (2.21%) SAP
11 8 (1.77%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.77%) CQG
11 8 (1.77%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.77%) Pega
11 8 (1.77%) Reuters
11 8 (1.77%) Trayport
12 6 (1.32%) Veeam