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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 252 365
Rank change year-on-year -144 +113 -127
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 437 495 427
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 1.16% 0.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.04% 14.29% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 276 265 238
10th Percentile £39,475 £36,250 £40,524
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £92,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%

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 4,352 3,463 5,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.18% 8.10% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,965 2,496 3,317
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -6.63% +4.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £106,250 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%

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 13 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 13 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 -1 207 £67,500 -16.92% 250
South East -38 65 £60,000 +14.29% 63
South West -51 63 £62,750 +25.50% 34
North of England -90 62 £60,000 +20.00% 79
North West -69 31 £60,000 +9.09% 30
Midlands -135 20 £50,000 -31.03% 33
North East -56 17 £42,500 -15.00% 7
East of England -62 16 £40,000 -30.43% 15
West Midlands -94 16 £45,000 -37.93% 24
Yorkshire -40 14 £61,675 +40.17% 42
East Midlands -73 4 £50,000 +33.33% 9
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 28 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.66%) CMS
3 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.14%) JBoss
5 4 (0.92%) Drupal
6 3 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.69%) IIS
6 3 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.46%) nginx
7 2 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (12.59%) MS Visio
2 26 (5.95%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (3.20%) Trello
6 7 (1.60%) Moqups
7 6 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.92%) Simulink
9 1 (0.23%) Notion
9 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.83%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.46%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Actimize
4 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 132 (30.21%) Azure
2 92 (21.05%) AWS
3 61 (13.96%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (8.92%) SaaS
6 32 (7.32%) Miro
7 31 (7.09%) GitHub
8 28 (6.41%) Figma
9 19 (4.35%) Entra ID
10 18 (4.12%) Lucidchart
11 17 (3.89%) Serverless
12 14 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.97%) GCP
14 11 (2.52%) Power Platform
15 10 (2.29%) Amazon S3
16 9 (2.06%) Adobe Analytics
16 9 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (2.06%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.81%) VPN
2 12 (2.75%) DNS
3 10 (2.29%) Broadband
3 10 (2.29%) DHCP
4 8 (1.83%) Firewall
4 8 (1.83%) Multicast
4 8 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.37%) FIX Connectivity
5 6 (1.37%) IPv4
5 6 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
6 5 (1.14%) WAN
7 4 (0.92%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.69%) Network Security
8 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.46%) DMARC
9 2 (0.46%) LAN
9 2 (0.46%) RFID
9 2 (0.46%) SAN
9 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.12%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.29%) Db2
4 10 (2.29%) DTS
4 10 (2.29%) Metadata
4 10 (2.29%) Power BI
4 10 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.06%) MySQL
6 8 (1.83%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.60%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.60%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (1.37%) Spatial Data
9 5 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.14%) Redis
9 5 (1.14%) Tableau
10 3 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.46%) GIS
Development Applications
1 404 (92.45%) JIRA
2 43 (9.84%) Git
3 28 (6.41%) GitLab
4 19 (4.35%) Jenkins
5 18 (4.12%) Bitbucket
5 18 (4.12%) Selenium
6 15 (3.43%) Postman
7 10 (2.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (2.29%) Cypress.io
8 9 (2.06%) Claude Code
9 8 (1.83%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.60%) JMeter
10 7 (1.60%) MSI
11 5 (1.14%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.14%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.46%) Balsamiq
13 2 (0.46%) Mocha
13 2 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 181 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 149 (34.10%) Finance
3 104 (23.80%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.86%) Banking
5 30 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.41%) Manufacturing
7 24 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (5.03%) Retail
9 21 (4.81%) Law
10 20 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 19 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.12%) Games
13 17 (3.89%) Marketing
14 16 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (2.97%) Publishing
16 12 (2.75%) Legal
17 11 (2.52%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 125 (28.60%) Analyst
2 91 (20.82%) Business Analyst
3 58 (13.27%) Senior
4 40 (9.15%) Lead
5 32 (7.32%) Delivery Manager
6 31 (7.09%) Developer
7 27 (6.18%) Product Owner
8 25 (5.72%) Technical Analyst
9 23 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
10 22 (5.03%) Architect
10 22 (5.03%) Product Manager
10 22 (5.03%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.81%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.66%) Senior Business Analyst
13 15 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (3.43%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.97%) Senior Manager
16 12 (2.75%) Scrum Master
17 11 (2.52%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.78%) HTML
2 32 (7.32%) REST
3 30 (6.86%) Node.js
4 28 (6.41%) .NET
5 27 (6.18%) Terraform
6 21 (4.81%) CSS
6 21 (4.81%) Middleware
7 20 (4.58%) React
8 18 (4.12%) JSON
9 17 (3.89%) RESTful
9 17 (3.89%) Spring
9 17 (3.89%) Spring Boot
10 16 (3.66%) Kafka
11 14 (3.20%) Next.js
12 12 (2.75%) ASP.NET
12 12 (2.75%) GraphQL
13 11 (2.52%) XML
14 10 (2.29%) HTML5
15 9 (2.06%) FIX Protocol
15 9 (2.06%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 76 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.78%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.03%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (4.81%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.43%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.97%) Biopharmaceutical
6 13 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.75%) EPoS
7 12 (2.75%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.52%) Equities
9 10 (2.29%) Fixed Income
9 10 (2.29%) iSeries
9 10 (2.29%) PMI
10 9 (2.06%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.83%) Eurex
11 8 (1.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (15.56%) Windows
2 47 (10.76%) Linux
3 20 (4.58%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.29%) macOS
5 9 (2.06%) Unix
6 8 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.37%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.14%) CentOS
9 4 (0.92%) Android
9 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.23%) Rocky
10 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (64.30%) Agile
2 143 (32.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 136 (31.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 131 (29.98%) Scrum
5 127 (29.06%) AI
6 118 (27.00%) Problem-Solving
7 112 (25.63%) User Stories
8 95 (21.74%) DevOps
9 82 (18.76%) Coaching
10 80 (18.31%) Acceptance Criteria
11 78 (17.85%) Requirements Gathering
12 77 (17.62%) Kanban
13 75 (17.16%) Mentoring
14 72 (16.48%) Decision-Making
15 71 (16.25%) Project Delivery
16 69 (15.79%) CI/CD
16 69 (15.79%) Sprint Planning
17 66 (15.10%) Business Analysis
18 62 (14.19%) Roadmaps
19 58 (13.27%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.28%) SQL
2 67 (15.33%) Python
3 57 (13.04%) Java
4 41 (9.38%) PowerShell
5 32 (7.32%) JavaScript
6 30 (6.86%) Bash
7 28 (6.41%) C#
8 24 (5.49%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.97%) C++
10 10 (2.29%) RPG
11 8 (1.83%) Bicep
12 4 (0.92%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.92%) PHP
13 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.46%) C
14 2 (0.46%) Ruby
15 1 (0.23%) Ada
15 1 (0.23%) Go
15 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 72 (16.48%) Degree
2 60 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.41%) PMI Certification
5 23 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 18 (4.12%) PMP
7 17 (3.89%) AWS Certification
8 15 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (2.97%) ISTQB
10 13 (2.97%) MBA
11 10 (2.29%) CSPO
12 8 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (1.83%) IIBA
13 7 (1.60%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.60%) CBAP
13 7 (1.60%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (14.19%) QA
2 28 (6.41%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.81%) WCAG
4 20 (4.58%) PMO
5 17 (3.89%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.60%) GDPR
7 7 (1.60%) NCSC
8 4 (0.92%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.92%) NIST
8 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.69%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.69%) SLA
10 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.23%) EMIR
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.23%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.23%) SEPA
11 1 (0.23%) TARGET2
System Software
1 33 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.72%) Docker
3 19 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.60%) vSphere
5 6 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.37%) Squid
5 6 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.92%) KVM
6 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.69%) Firmware
8 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.12%) Ansible
3 10 (2.29%) ZABBIX
4 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.37%) Packer
6 6 (1.37%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.14%) Kibana
8 4 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.92%) Graylog
8 4 (0.92%) Nagios
8 4 (0.92%) Podman
8 4 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.46%) Grafana
10 2 (0.46%) Puppet
11 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.23%) Opsview
11 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.95%) Atlassian
3 24 (5.49%) Oracle
4 21 (4.81%) VMware
5 20 (4.58%) Splunk
6 17 (3.89%) Adobe
7 16 (3.66%) Google
7 16 (3.66%) IBM
7 16 (3.66%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 15 (3.43%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.29%) ION Trading
10 9 (2.06%) SAP
11 8 (1.83%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.83%) CQG
11 8 (1.83%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.83%) Pega
11 8 (1.83%) Reuters
11 8 (1.83%) Trayport
12 6 (1.37%) Apple