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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 363 237
Rank change year-on-year +104 -126 -18
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 492 476 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.14% 0.69% 1.44%
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.80% 7.77% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 275 271 612
10th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,250 £47,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,700 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.25% -16.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £86,063
90th Percentile £101,500 £81,250 £99,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,700 £67,500
% change year-on-year +19.25% -13.04% +8.00%

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 3,565 6,128 6,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.25% 8.87% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,783 5,033
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,285 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,446 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,688 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.70% +2.77%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 +50 148 £82,500 +26.92% 175
Midlands +117 116 £72,500 +36.79% 47
North of England +39 87 £48,750 -11.20% 68
West Midlands +88 69 £72,500 +23.51% 27
North West +18 67 £55,000 -4.35% 37
South East +43 53 £58,000 -1.28% 133
East Midlands +62 47 £36,000 -2.70% 18
East of England -7 42 £57,500 -4.17% 21
South West +19 41 £50,000 -11.50% 28
Yorkshire +9 18 £45,000 -14.29% 28
North East +20 2 £55,000 -12.00% 3
Confluence
UK

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.63%) nginx
3 3 (0.61%) Apache
4 2 (0.41%) CICS
4 2 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.20%) FileNet
5 1 (0.20%) JBoss
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.25%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) CATIA
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.41%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.41%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.41%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.20%) Endur
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 219 (44.51%) AWS
2 196 (39.84%) Azure
3 120 (24.39%) GCP
4 52 (10.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 51 (10.37%) Amazon EC2
5 51 (10.37%) Amazon S3
6 49 (9.96%) AWS KMS
7 44 (8.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 42 (8.54%) Amazon ELB
9 34 (6.91%) Amazon Glacier
10 31 (6.30%) Serverless
11 29 (5.89%) GitHub
12 27 (5.49%) Power Platform
13 24 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (3.66%) Power Automate
15 17 (3.46%) PowerApps
16 16 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (3.05%) Route 53
17 15 (3.05%) SaaS
18 11 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 45 (9.15%) Firewall
2 27 (5.49%) DNS
3 26 (5.28%) HTTP
3 26 (5.28%) SSH
4 25 (5.08%) FTP
4 25 (5.08%) SMTP
5 19 (3.86%) Internet
6 14 (2.85%) Wireless
7 8 (1.63%) IMAP
7 8 (1.63%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (0.81%) Network Security
9 3 (0.61%) VLAN
10 2 (0.41%) Broadband
10 2 (0.41%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.41%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.41%) Multicast
11 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
11 1 (0.20%) DHCP
11 1 (0.20%) SMS
11 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (27.85%) SQL Server
2 49 (9.96%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (4.67%) MySQL
5 18 (3.66%) MongoDB
6 16 (3.25%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.05%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.83%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (1.83%) Power BI
10 8 (1.63%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.22%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.61%) DB2
12 3 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 469 (95.33%) JIRA
2 124 (25.20%) GitLab
3 123 (25.00%) Bitbucket
4 122 (24.80%) Selenium
4 122 (24.80%) Sonatype Nexus
5 118 (23.98%) Maven
5 118 (23.98%) SonarQube
6 117 (23.78%) Cucumber
7 100 (20.33%) Git
8 64 (13.01%) Jenkins
9 41 (8.33%) Vagrant
10 15 (3.05%) JUnit
11 10 (2.03%) TeamCity
12 8 (1.63%) Mockito
13 7 (1.42%) Bitbucket Server
13 7 (1.42%) DbUnit
13 7 (1.42%) jMock
14 6 (1.22%) Artifactory
15 5 (1.02%) Postman
15 5 (1.02%) webpack
General
1 204 (41.46%) Finance
2 153 (31.10%) Social Skills
3 136 (27.64%) Banking
4 120 (24.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.88%) Law
8 20 (4.07%) Marketing
9 18 (3.66%) Automotive
9 18 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.46%) Retail
11 14 (2.85%) Financial Institution
12 13 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.44%) Front Office
14 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.63%) Legal
16 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.22%) Billing
17 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 127 (25.81%) Software Engineer
2 95 (19.31%) Analyst
3 59 (11.99%) Senior
4 58 (11.79%) Business Analyst
5 52 (10.57%) Developer
6 36 (7.32%) Lead
7 26 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
8 23 (4.67%) Project Manager
9 19 (3.86%) AWS Engineer
9 19 (3.86%) Product Owner
9 19 (3.86%) Support Analyst
10 17 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (3.46%) Support Engineer
10 17 (3.46%) Technical Manager
11 16 (3.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (3.05%) .NET Developer
12 15 (3.05%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.85%) Junior
13 14 (2.85%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.85%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (29.27%) React
2 133 (27.03%) CSS
2 133 (27.03%) HTML
3 126 (25.61%) Kafka
3 126 (25.61%) Spring
4 125 (25.41%) Spring Boot
5 119 (24.19%) Hibernate
6 116 (23.58%) JPA
7 110 (22.36%) Redux
8 23 (4.67%) .NET
9 22 (4.47%) Node.js
10 19 (3.86%) SOAP
10 19 (3.86%) Web Services
11 18 (3.66%) REST
11 18 (3.66%) RESTful
12 17 (3.46%) AngularJS
13 12 (2.44%) GraphQL
13 12 (2.44%) Vue
14 11 (2.24%) LDAP
15 9 (1.83%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 145 (29.47%) Product Ownership
2 110 (22.36%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (5.89%) Replication
4 19 (3.86%) IoT
5 18 (3.66%) Cloud Native
6 15 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.64%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.83%) Distributed Architecture
9 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.22%) Wiki
12 5 (1.02%) CMDB
12 5 (1.02%) Equities
12 5 (1.02%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.02%) NHS
12 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.04%) Linux
2 51 (10.37%) Windows
3 42 (8.54%) VMS
4 26 (5.28%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (1.83%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.42%) Android
7 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.61%) Solaris
9 3 (0.61%) Unix
10 2 (0.41%) CentOS
10 2 (0.41%) Debian
10 2 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (72.15%) Agile
2 223 (45.33%) DevOps
3 159 (32.32%) CI/CD
3 159 (32.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (29.88%) Microservices
5 140 (28.46%) Software Engineering
6 139 (28.25%) Test Automation
7 134 (27.24%) SDLC
8 127 (25.81%) Containerisation
9 126 (25.61%) TDD
10 122 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
11 121 (24.59%) Front End Development
12 115 (23.37%) Clean Code
13 109 (22.15%) Performance Optimisation
14 90 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (14.02%) Project Management
16 62 (12.60%) Scrum
16 62 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
17 55 (11.18%) Change Management
18 50 (10.16%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 179 (36.38%) SQL
2 166 (33.74%) Java
3 143 (29.07%) JavaScript
4 72 (14.63%) Python
5 60 (12.20%) PowerShell
6 41 (8.33%) Groovy
7 28 (5.69%) TypeScript
8 23 (4.67%) C#
9 19 (3.86%) Perl
10 6 (1.22%) Apex Code
10 6 (1.22%) Bash
11 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.61%) PHP
13 3 (0.61%) R
14 2 (0.41%) C
14 2 (0.41%) C++
14 2 (0.41%) COBOL
14 2 (0.41%) Go
14 2 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 62 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.77%) Degree
4 20 (4.07%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.66%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.02%) SAP Certification
8 4 (0.81%) ACCA
8 4 (0.81%) CIMA
9 3 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.61%) CBAP
9 3 (0.61%) CCSP
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CISM
9 3 (0.61%) CISSP
9 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (27.85%) QA
2 17 (3.46%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.63%) GDPR
5 6 (1.22%) PMO
5 6 (1.22%) WCAG
6 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.81%) SLA
7 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.61%) GRC
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.41%) MiFID
8 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.41%) UCITS
9 1 (0.20%) COBIT
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 159 (32.32%) Docker
2 35 (7.11%) Active Directory
3 29 (5.89%) DFS Replication
4 8 (1.63%) Dovecot
4 8 (1.63%) Postfix
4 8 (1.63%) Squid
5 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (26.63%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.38%) Terraform
3 48 (9.76%) Prometheus
4 47 (9.55%) Grafana
5 21 (4.27%) Ansible
6 9 (1.83%) Nessus
6 9 (1.83%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.61%) Kibana
8 2 (0.41%) CA Endevor
8 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.41%) Puppet
8 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.20%) SCOM
9 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 108 (21.95%) Solace
2 61 (12.40%) Microsoft
3 56 (11.38%) ServiceNow
4 37 (7.52%) Atlassian
5 21 (4.27%) SAP
6 20 (4.07%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.05%) Juniper
7 15 (3.05%) Oracle
8 8 (1.63%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (1.42%) Google
10 6 (1.22%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.02%) Adobe
11 5 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
12 4 (0.81%) IBM
12 4 (0.81%) Samsung
12 4 (0.81%) Splunk
12 4 (0.81%) VMware
13 3 (0.61%) HP
13 3 (0.61%) Red Hat