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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 242 329
Rank change year-on-year -119 +87 -81
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 401 562 737
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 1.40% 0.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.88% 15.01% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 270 324 551
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,500 £28,095
25th Percentile £47,750 £42,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.19% -13.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,005 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +8.11% -14.62%

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 3,685 3,743 8,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.36% 9.30% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,742 2,642 6,552
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,051 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -42 144 £72,500 +3.57% 89
North of England -105 70 £65,766 +25.27% 39
South East -26 61 £60,000 +23.08% 55
North West -35 52 £65,766 +9.61% 23
South West -52 48 £55,000 +10.00% 23
Midlands -93 42 £45,000 -28.00% 14
East Midlands -54 26 £25,500 +13.33% 3
East of England -27 19 £32,500 -45.83% 7
West Midlands -66 16 £69,000 -4.83% 11
North East -43 10 £67,500 +200.00% 4
Yorkshire -84 8 £75,000 +54.62% 12
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 35 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.48%) CMS
3 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.25%) IIS
5 4 (1.00%) Documentum
5 4 (1.00%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.75%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) Apache
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.25%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (6.73%) MS Visio
2 21 (5.24%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.00%) Trello
5 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.25%) Notion
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.50%) Workfront
5 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.25%) Magento
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (28.43%) Azure
2 68 (16.96%) AWS
3 53 (13.22%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (9.23%) Figma
5 27 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.48%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (6.23%) Contentsquare
8 24 (5.99%) SaaS
9 19 (4.74%) GCP
9 19 (4.74%) GitHub
10 17 (4.24%) Lucidchart
11 15 (3.74%) Miro
11 15 (3.74%) Power Platform
12 14 (3.49%) Serverless
13 11 (2.74%) Amazon S3
13 11 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.24%) Entra ID
14 9 (2.24%) PaaS
15 8 (2.00%) AWS Fargate
16 7 (1.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.48%) Broadband
2 14 (3.49%) Firewall
2 14 (3.49%) VPN
3 8 (2.00%) IPv4
3 8 (2.00%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (1.50%) DNS
4 6 (1.50%) Multicast
5 5 (1.25%) WAN
6 4 (1.00%) LAN
6 4 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.00%) Wireless
7 3 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
7 3 (0.75%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.50%) BGP
8 2 (0.50%) Network Security
8 2 (0.50%) RFID
8 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.50%) WLAN
9 1 (0.25%) MPLS
9 1 (0.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.00%) Db2
4 8 (2.00%) Power BI
5 7 (1.75%) DTS
5 7 (1.75%) MySQL
5 7 (1.75%) Tableau
6 6 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.50%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.75%) Big Data
8 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.75%) Redis
8 3 (0.75%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.50%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 355 (88.53%) JIRA
2 33 (8.23%) Git
3 24 (5.99%) GitLab
4 20 (4.99%) Bitbucket
5 15 (3.74%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.99%) Selenium
7 7 (1.75%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.25%) JMeter
9 5 (1.25%) Zephyr
10 4 (1.00%) Maven
10 4 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.00%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.00%) Toad
11 3 (0.75%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.75%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.75%) JUnit
11 3 (0.75%) MSI
11 3 (0.75%) TestRail
12 2 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 150 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 133 (33.17%) Finance
3 66 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.97%) Games
5 36 (8.98%) Legal
6 29 (7.23%) Banking
7 26 (6.48%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (5.99%) Law
9 19 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.99%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.49%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.24%) Automotive
12 13 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (3.24%) Marketing
12 13 (3.24%) Retail
13 10 (2.49%) Aerospace
14 9 (2.24%) Advertising
14 9 (2.24%) Electronics
15 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (22.94%) Analyst
2 66 (16.46%) Lead
3 64 (15.96%) Business Analyst
4 43 (10.72%) Senior
5 29 (7.23%) Architect
6 27 (6.73%) Scrum Master
7 24 (5.99%) Delivery Manager
8 22 (5.49%) Developer
9 19 (4.74%) IT Support
10 17 (4.24%) Product Owner
10 17 (4.24%) Project Manager
11 16 (3.99%) Technical Analyst
12 14 (3.49%) IT Analyst
12 14 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.49%) Technical Business Analyst
13 13 (3.24%) Lead Architect
13 13 (3.24%) Product Manager
14 12 (2.99%) IT Engineer
14 12 (2.99%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (2.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.49%) Node.js
2 19 (4.74%) .NET
2 19 (4.74%) Middleware
3 15 (3.74%) CSS
3 15 (3.74%) Spring
4 14 (3.49%) HTML
4 14 (3.49%) Spring Boot
5 13 (3.24%) React
6 12 (2.99%) REST
7 11 (2.74%) ASP.NET
8 10 (2.49%) GraphQL
8 10 (2.49%) JSON
9 9 (2.24%) Kafka
9 9 (2.24%) RESTful
10 7 (1.75%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.50%) ARM Templates
11 6 (1.50%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.50%) HTML5
12 5 (1.25%) Jest
12 5 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.21%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.23%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.74%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.74%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.24%) EPoS
7 9 (2.24%) Equities
7 9 (2.24%) PMI
7 9 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.00%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.00%) Distributed Architecture
9 7 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.75%) iSeries
10 6 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.50%) Eurex
10 6 (1.50%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.47%) Windows
2 39 (9.73%) Linux
3 22 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.50%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.25%) CentOS
6 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.50%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (63.59%) Agile
2 141 (35.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 103 (25.69%) Roadmaps
4 101 (25.19%) Scrum
5 93 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (21.45%) DevOps
7 79 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (17.71%) Decision-Making
9 69 (17.21%) CI/CD
10 66 (16.46%) User Experience
11 65 (16.21%) AI
12 59 (14.71%) User Stories
13 57 (14.21%) Analytics
14 56 (13.97%) Kanban
14 56 (13.97%) SDLC
15 52 (12.97%) Mentoring
16 48 (11.97%) Requirements Gathering
17 46 (11.47%) Acceptance Criteria
18 45 (11.22%) Project Management
18 45 (11.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 60 (14.96%) SQL
2 53 (13.22%) Python
3 45 (11.22%) Java
4 26 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 25 (6.23%) PowerShell
6 21 (5.24%) Bash
7 16 (3.99%) C#
8 13 (3.24%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.75%) RPG
10 6 (1.50%) PHP
11 4 (1.00%) Bicep
11 4 (1.00%) C++
12 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.50%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) Delphi
14 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.25%) Go
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.25%) VB6
Qualifications
1 44 (10.97%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.72%) Degree
3 22 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.24%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.49%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.49%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.24%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.00%) CCNA
10 8 (2.00%) OSCP
10 8 (2.00%) RHCE
10 8 (2.00%) RHCSA
11 6 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.25%) PMP
13 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.72%) Accessibility
2 32 (7.98%) QA
3 31 (7.73%) WCAG
4 20 (4.99%) SLA
5 10 (2.49%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.49%) GDPR
5 10 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.00%) ISO 26262
7 4 (1.00%) NCSC
7 4 (1.00%) NIST
7 4 (1.00%) PMO
7 4 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.75%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.75%) ISO 8583
8 3 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.50%) GRC
9 2 (0.50%) MiFID
9 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (6.98%) Docker
2 24 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 21 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.00%) Squid
4 8 (2.00%) VMware NSX
4 8 (2.00%) vSphere
5 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.00%) KVM
8 3 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.75%) Firmware
8 3 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (7.23%) Terraform
2 26 (6.48%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.24%) Ansible
4 12 (2.99%) ZABBIX
5 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.24%) Packer
6 7 (1.75%) Kibana
7 5 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (1.25%) Grafana
7 5 (1.25%) Nagios
7 5 (1.25%) Podman
8 4 (1.00%) Functional Safety
8 4 (1.00%) Graylog
8 4 (1.00%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.75%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.75%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.98%) Adobe
3 30 (7.48%) Oracle
4 28 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 24 (5.99%) Atlassian
6 22 (5.49%) Splunk
7 21 (5.24%) VMware
8 16 (3.99%) Google
8 16 (3.99%) Salesforce
9 13 (3.24%) Red Hat
10 12 (2.99%) IBM
11 8 (2.00%) SAP
12 7 (1.75%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.75%) ION Trading
13 6 (1.50%) CQG
13 6 (1.50%) Databricks
13 6 (1.50%) Patsystems
13 6 (1.50%) Reuters
13 6 (1.50%) Trayport
13 6 (1.50%) Veeam