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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 261 380
Rank change year-on-year -121 +119 -154
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 463 486 461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.13% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.78% 13.69% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 305 269 261
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £70,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +19.25% -16.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £103,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -14.29% +19.25% -13.04%

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 4,296 3,551 5,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.17% 8.25% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 2,565 3,618
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 £71,235 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £130,446
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -1.79%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -1 208 £67,750 -17.88% 346
North of England -74 72 £60,000 +23.08% 83
South East -40 69 £60,000 - 87
South West -51 66 £62,750 +25.50% 51
North West -49 41 £60,000 +9.09% 47
Midlands -128 25 £50,000 -31.03% 40
West Midlands -95 20 £45,000 -37.93% 30
North East -49 18 £60,000 +9.09% 12
East of England -59 16 £40,000 -30.43% 36
Yorkshire -43 13 £60,850 +35.22% 24
East Midlands -64 5 £54,250 +49.66% 10
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 34 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.10%) CMS
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.08%) JBoss
5 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.65%) Drupal
6 3 (0.65%) IIS
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 55 (11.88%) MS Visio
2 28 (6.05%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (2.38%) Trello
6 7 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (1.51%) Moqups
7 3 (0.65%) Simulink
8 1 (0.22%) Notion
8 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.73%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Shopify
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
1 146 (31.53%) Azure
2 101 (21.81%) AWS
3 63 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.42%) SaaS
5 35 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (7.13%) Figma
7 31 (6.70%) Miro
8 28 (6.05%) GitHub
9 20 (4.32%) GCP
10 19 (4.10%) Entra ID
10 19 (4.10%) Lucidchart
11 17 (3.67%) Serverless
12 14 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.81%) Adobe Analytics
13 13 (2.81%) Anthropic Claude
14 12 (2.59%) Contentsquare
15 11 (2.38%) Power Platform
16 10 (2.16%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (1.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.54%) VPN
2 13 (2.81%) Broadband
2 13 (2.81%) DNS
3 10 (2.16%) DHCP
3 10 (2.16%) Firewall
4 8 (1.73%) IPv4
4 8 (1.73%) Multicast
4 8 (1.73%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.51%) WAN
6 6 (1.30%) FIX Connectivity
7 5 (1.08%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.08%) Wireless
8 4 (0.86%) LAN
9 3 (0.65%) Network Security
10 2 (0.43%) RFID
10 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.26%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.24%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.38%) Db2
5 10 (2.16%) DTS
5 10 (2.16%) Power BI
6 9 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.94%) MySQL
7 7 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.51%) Metadata
7 7 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.51%) Tableau
8 6 (1.30%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.08%) Redis
10 3 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.65%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 427 (92.22%) JIRA
2 49 (10.58%) Git
3 26 (5.62%) GitLab
4 23 (4.97%) Jenkins
5 22 (4.75%) Bitbucket
6 21 (4.54%) Selenium
7 15 (3.24%) Postman
8 10 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (2.16%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.94%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.51%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.51%) JMeter
10 7 (1.51%) MSI
10 7 (1.51%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.08%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.43%) Balsamiq
12 2 (0.43%) Maven
12 2 (0.43%) Mocha
12 2 (0.43%) Subversion
12 2 (0.43%) Toad
General
1 182 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 156 (33.69%) Finance
3 103 (22.25%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.26%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.05%) Banking
7 27 (5.83%) Games
8 25 (5.40%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (4.32%) Law
10 19 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (4.10%) Marketing
11 17 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (3.67%) Retail
12 15 (3.24%) Legal
13 13 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.59%) Aerospace
15 11 (2.38%) Automotive
16 9 (1.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 123 (26.57%) Analyst
2 89 (19.22%) Business Analyst
3 63 (13.61%) Senior
4 59 (12.74%) Lead
5 30 (6.48%) Delivery Manager
5 30 (6.48%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.05%) Developer
6 28 (6.05%) Product Owner
7 25 (5.40%) Technical Analyst
8 24 (5.18%) Technical Business Analyst
9 23 (4.97%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.75%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (4.54%) Architect
12 15 (3.24%) Scrum Master
12 15 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
12 15 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.02%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.81%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
16 11 (2.38%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.56%) HTML
2 32 (6.91%) Terraform
3 30 (6.48%) REST
4 28 (6.05%) Node.js
5 23 (4.97%) .NET
5 23 (4.97%) CSS
6 21 (4.54%) Middleware
7 19 (4.10%) JSON
8 18 (3.89%) React
9 17 (3.67%) Spring
9 17 (3.67%) Spring Boot
10 16 (3.46%) Kafka
11 15 (3.24%) RESTful
12 11 (2.38%) Next.js
12 11 (2.38%) XML
13 10 (2.16%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.16%) HTML5
14 9 (1.94%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (1.94%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.73%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 81 (17.49%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.56%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.75%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.02%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.81%) PMI
8 12 (2.59%) Biopharmaceutical
8 12 (2.59%) EPoS
8 12 (2.59%) Equities
8 12 (2.59%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.16%) iSeries
10 9 (1.94%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (1.94%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.94%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.73%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.73%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.55%) Windows
2 51 (11.02%) Linux
3 25 (5.40%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.94%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.94%) Unix
5 6 (1.30%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.08%) CentOS
7 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) Android
9 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.22%) Rocky
9 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (63.93%) Agile
2 160 (34.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 148 (31.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 138 (29.81%) Scrum
5 124 (26.78%) AI
6 118 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (23.11%) User Stories
8 95 (20.52%) DevOps
9 84 (18.14%) Requirements Gathering
10 80 (17.28%) Coaching
10 80 (17.28%) Kanban
11 79 (17.06%) Decision-Making
11 79 (17.06%) Roadmaps
12 78 (16.85%) Project Delivery
13 77 (16.63%) Acceptance Criteria
14 72 (15.55%) CI/CD
15 71 (15.33%) Mentoring
16 69 (14.90%) Sprint Planning
17 66 (14.25%) Project Management
18 62 (13.39%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.09%) SQL
2 73 (15.77%) Python
3 62 (13.39%) Java
4 42 (9.07%) PowerShell
5 32 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 31 (6.70%) Bash
7 24 (5.18%) C#
8 22 (4.75%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.81%) C++
10 10 (2.16%) RPG
11 8 (1.73%) Bicep
12 4 (0.86%) PHP
13 3 (0.65%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.43%) C
14 2 (0.43%) 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 81 (17.49%) Degree
2 61 (13.17%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.91%) PMI Certification
3 32 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.62%) Master's Degree
5 19 (4.10%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.10%) PMP
6 16 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.46%) ISTQB
7 15 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.59%) MBA
9 8 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.73%) CCNA
9 8 (1.73%) CSPO
9 8 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.73%) OSCP
9 8 (1.73%) RHCE
9 8 (1.73%) RHCSA
10 7 (1.51%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.17%) QA
2 31 (6.70%) Accessibility
3 24 (5.18%) WCAG
4 22 (4.75%) PMO
5 18 (3.89%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.16%) GDPR
8 7 (1.51%) NCSC
9 6 (1.30%) SLA
10 5 (1.08%) NIST
10 5 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.43%) GRC
12 2 (0.43%) MiFID
12 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (7.99%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.26%) Docker
3 23 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.73%) Squid
4 8 (1.73%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.73%) vSphere
5 7 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.86%) KVM
8 3 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.10%) Ansible
3 12 (2.59%) ZABBIX
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.73%) Packer
6 6 (1.30%) Kibana
6 6 (1.30%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.86%) Graylog
8 4 (0.86%) Nagios
8 4 (0.86%) Podman
9 3 (0.65%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.65%) Grafana
9 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 111 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.70%) Atlassian
3 29 (6.26%) Oracle
4 25 (5.40%) VMware
5 23 (4.97%) Splunk
6 20 (4.32%) Adobe
7 19 (4.10%) Google
7 19 (4.10%) ServiceNow
8 18 (3.89%) Red Hat
8 18 (3.89%) Salesforce
9 15 (3.24%) IBM
10 10 (2.16%) ION Trading
10 10 (2.16%) SAP
11 8 (1.73%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.73%) CQG
11 8 (1.73%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.73%) Pega
11 8 (1.73%) Reuters
11 8 (1.73%) Trayport
12 6 (1.30%) Veeam