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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 259 358
Rank change year-on-year -124 +99 -125
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 448 505 468
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.16% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.70% 13.90% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 297 288 275
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +19.25% -16.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,750 £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 4,187 3,633 6,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.22% 8.37% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,024 2,615 3,891
10th Percentile £29,128 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,285 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -3.96% -0.24%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £136,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% -0.09%

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 9 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 9 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 -9 197 £70,000 -15.15% 290
North of England -87 73 £60,000 +23.69% 75
South East -19 66 £60,000 +2.13% 54
South West -49 62 £60,500 +21.00% 48
North West -41 42 £60,000 +11.63% 43
Midlands -121 29 £51,250 -29.31% 29
West Midlands -79 23 £51,250 -29.31% 27
North East -50 18 £60,000 +166.67% 9
East of England -61 15 £36,000 -37.39% 24
Yorkshire -60 13 £60,850 +28.11% 23
East Midlands -75 6 £54,250 +52.82% 2
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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.58%) CMS
3 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.89%) IIS
4 4 (0.89%) JBoss
4 4 (0.89%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) nginx
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.45%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (11.38%) MS Visio
2 27 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (2.01%) Trello
6 7 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (1.12%) Moqups
8 2 (0.45%) Simulink
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.79%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.22%) Magento
4 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 145 (32.37%) Azure
2 96 (21.43%) AWS
3 64 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.71%) Figma
5 36 (8.04%) SaaS
6 32 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (6.47%) Miro
8 25 (5.58%) GitHub
9 23 (5.13%) GCP
10 21 (4.69%) Adobe Analytics
11 20 (4.46%) Contentsquare
12 19 (4.24%) Lucidchart
13 17 (3.79%) Entra ID
13 17 (3.79%) Serverless
14 14 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.90%) Anthropic Claude
16 11 (2.46%) Amazon S3
17 10 (2.23%) Power Platform
18 9 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
18 9 (2.01%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.69%) Broadband
2 19 (4.24%) VPN
3 11 (2.46%) DNS
3 11 (2.46%) Firewall
4 8 (1.79%) DHCP
4 8 (1.79%) IPv4
4 8 (1.79%) Multicast
4 8 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (1.56%) WAN
6 6 (1.34%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (1.34%) Wireless
7 5 (1.12%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.89%) LAN
9 3 (0.67%) Network Security
10 2 (0.45%) BGP
10 2 (0.45%) RFID
10 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.35%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.46%) Db2
5 10 (2.23%) DTS
6 9 (2.01%) MySQL
6 9 (2.01%) Power BI
7 7 (1.56%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.56%) Tableau
8 6 (1.34%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.12%) Redis
10 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.67%) Metadata
11 3 (0.67%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.45%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.45%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 404 (90.18%) JIRA
2 49 (10.94%) Git
3 25 (5.58%) GitLab
4 24 (5.36%) Bitbucket
5 22 (4.91%) Jenkins
6 20 (4.46%) Selenium
7 11 (2.46%) Postman
8 10 (2.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (2.01%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.79%) Zephyr
11 7 (1.56%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.56%) JMeter
11 7 (1.56%) MSI
12 6 (1.34%) Claude Code
13 5 (1.12%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.89%) Toad
15 3 (0.67%) TestRail
16 2 (0.45%) git-flow
16 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 157 (35.04%) Finance
3 97 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.81%) Games
5 29 (6.47%) Banking
5 29 (6.47%) Influencing Skills
5 29 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 26 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.13%) Legal
7 23 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.35%) Law
9 15 (3.35%) Retail
10 14 (3.13%) Marketing
11 12 (2.68%) Aerospace
11 12 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.46%) Automotive
12 11 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (2.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 114 (25.45%) Analyst
2 81 (18.08%) Business Analyst
3 66 (14.73%) Lead
4 62 (13.84%) Senior
5 29 (6.47%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.25%) Product Owner
7 25 (5.58%) Delivery Manager
7 25 (5.58%) Senior Analyst
8 24 (5.36%) Developer
9 23 (5.13%) Architect
9 23 (5.13%) Technical Analyst
10 22 (4.91%) Technical Business Analyst
11 21 (4.69%) Product Manager
12 19 (4.24%) Scrum Master
13 17 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
14 14 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.68%) Support Analyst
16 11 (2.46%) Product Analyst
16 11 (2.46%) Product Business Analyst
16 11 (2.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.14%) Terraform
2 28 (6.25%) HTML
3 27 (6.03%) Node.js
3 27 (6.03%) REST
4 24 (5.36%) .NET
5 21 (4.69%) CSS
6 20 (4.46%) Middleware
7 19 (4.24%) JSON
8 17 (3.79%) Spring
8 17 (3.79%) Spring Boot
9 16 (3.57%) React
10 15 (3.35%) Kafka
11 14 (3.13%) RESTful
12 11 (2.46%) XML
13 10 (2.23%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.23%) HTML5
14 9 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (2.01%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.79%) .NET Framework
15 8 (1.79%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.63%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.47%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.91%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.91%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.68%) EPoS
6 12 (2.68%) Equities
6 12 (2.68%) PMI
6 12 (2.68%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.46%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (2.23%) iSeries
9 9 (2.01%) Fixed Income
9 9 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.79%) Eurex
10 8 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.56%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 68 (15.18%) Windows
2 47 (10.49%) Linux
3 26 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.79%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.34%) Unix
7 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.12%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.89%) CentOS
8 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.67%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (64.96%) Agile
2 161 (35.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 141 (31.47%) Scrum
5 111 (24.78%) AI
6 106 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (20.98%) DevOps
8 92 (20.54%) Roadmaps
8 92 (20.54%) User Stories
9 80 (17.86%) Decision-Making
9 80 (17.86%) Mentoring
10 79 (17.63%) Kanban
10 79 (17.63%) Requirements Gathering
11 73 (16.29%) Coaching
11 73 (16.29%) Project Delivery
12 70 (15.63%) CI/CD
13 67 (14.96%) User Experience
14 66 (14.73%) Acceptance Criteria
14 66 (14.73%) Sprint Planning
15 62 (13.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 82 (18.30%) SQL
2 71 (15.85%) Python
3 62 (13.84%) Java
4 39 (8.71%) PowerShell
5 31 (6.92%) JavaScript
6 27 (6.03%) Bash
7 22 (4.91%) C#
8 20 (4.46%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.90%) C++
10 10 (2.23%) RPG
11 8 (1.79%) Bicep
12 5 (1.12%) PHP
13 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.45%) C
14 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.45%) Ruby
15 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.22%) Groovy
15 1 (0.22%) Perl
15 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (16.29%) Degree
2 56 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 30 (6.70%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.91%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.46%) AWS Certification
6 20 (4.46%) PMP
7 16 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.13%) ISTQB
9 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.79%) CCNA
10 8 (1.79%) OSCP
10 8 (1.79%) RHCE
10 8 (1.79%) RHCSA
11 7 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.56%) CCSP
11 7 (1.56%) CISSP
11 7 (1.56%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (11.83%) QA
2 39 (8.71%) Accessibility
3 32 (7.14%) WCAG
4 20 (4.46%) PMO
5 13 (2.90%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.23%) GDPR
8 8 (1.79%) NCSC
9 7 (1.56%) SLA
10 5 (1.12%) NIST
10 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.89%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.67%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.67%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.45%) GRC
14 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (7.81%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.47%) Docker
3 23 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.79%) Squid
4 8 (1.79%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.79%) vSphere
5 7 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.89%) KVM
8 3 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.67%) Firmware
8 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.46%) Ansible
3 12 (2.68%) ZABBIX
4 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.01%) Packer
5 6 (1.34%) Kibana
5 6 (1.34%) Proxmox
5 6 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.89%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.89%) Graylog
7 4 (0.89%) Nagios
7 4 (0.89%) Podman
8 3 (0.67%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.67%) Puppet
9 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 104 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.70%) Oracle
3 27 (6.03%) Adobe
3 27 (6.03%) Atlassian
4 24 (5.36%) VMware
5 23 (5.13%) Splunk
6 21 (4.69%) ServiceNow
7 20 (4.46%) Google
8 17 (3.79%) Red Hat
8 17 (3.79%) Salesforce
9 14 (3.13%) IBM
10 10 (2.23%) ION Trading
11 8 (1.79%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.79%) CQG
11 8 (1.79%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.79%) Pega
11 8 (1.79%) Reuters
11 8 (1.79%) SAP
11 8 (1.79%) Trayport
12 6 (1.34%) Veeam