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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 262 366
Rank change year-on-year -102 +104 -127
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 459 495 468
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.15% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.97% 13.82% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 300 277 270
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,750 £51,250 £47,500
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,250 £70,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -13.93% +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 4,184 3,583 6,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.16% 8.30% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,970 2,577 3,775
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,411 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.34% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 16 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 16 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 £69,000 -16.36% 468
North of England -85 70 £60,000 +14.29% 114
South East -41 66 £60,000 +7.14% 102
South West -47 65 £60,500 +21.00% 69
North West -44 39 £60,000 +9.09% 67
Midlands -108 27 £50,000 -31.03% 57
West Midlands -85 22 £50,000 -31.03% 40
North East -47 18 £60,000 +9.09% 15
East of England -58 16 £36,000 -37.39% 47
Yorkshire -41 13 £60,850 +28.11% 32
East Midlands -73 5 £54,250 +50.69% 17
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 33 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.79%) CMS
3 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.87%) Drupal
4 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 4 (0.87%) JBoss
4 4 (0.87%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.65%) nginx
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Solr
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 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 29 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.18%) Trello
6 7 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (1.31%) Moqups
8 2 (0.44%) Simulink
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.74%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
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
1 146 (31.81%) Azure
2 100 (21.79%) AWS
3 62 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.50%) SaaS
5 35 (7.63%) Figma
6 34 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (6.75%) Miro
8 28 (6.10%) GitHub
9 23 (5.01%) GCP
10 19 (4.14%) Entra ID
10 19 (4.14%) Lucidchart
11 17 (3.70%) Serverless
12 16 (3.49%) Adobe Analytics
13 15 (3.27%) Contentsquare
14 14 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.83%) Anthropic Claude
16 11 (2.40%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.40%) Power Platform
17 9 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (1.96%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.58%) VPN
2 16 (3.49%) Broadband
3 13 (2.83%) DNS
4 11 (2.40%) Firewall
5 10 (2.18%) DHCP
6 8 (1.74%) IPv4
6 8 (1.74%) Multicast
6 8 (1.74%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.53%) WAN
8 6 (1.31%) FIX Connectivity
8 6 (1.31%) Wireless
9 5 (1.09%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.87%) LAN
11 3 (0.65%) Network Security
12 2 (0.44%) BGP
12 2 (0.44%) RFID
12 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.27%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.40%) Db2
5 10 (2.18%) DTS
5 10 (2.18%) Power BI
6 9 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.96%) MySQL
7 7 (1.53%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.53%) Tableau
8 6 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.31%) Redis
9 5 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.09%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.87%) Metadata
11 3 (0.65%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.44%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 419 (91.29%) JIRA
2 49 (10.68%) Git
3 25 (5.45%) GitLab
4 22 (4.79%) Bitbucket
4 22 (4.79%) Jenkins
5 21 (4.58%) Selenium
6 13 (2.83%) Postman
7 10 (2.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (1.96%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.74%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.53%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.53%) JMeter
10 7 (1.53%) MSI
10 7 (1.53%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.09%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.44%) Balsamiq
12 2 (0.44%) Maven
12 2 (0.44%) Mocha
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 2 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 178 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 159 (34.64%) Finance
3 98 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (6.54%) Games
4 30 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.32%) Banking
6 28 (6.10%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (4.36%) Law
8 20 (4.36%) Marketing
9 18 (3.92%) Legal
10 17 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.49%) Retail
12 12 (2.61%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.61%) Automotive
12 12 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.18%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 118 (25.71%) Analyst
2 82 (17.86%) Business Analyst
3 65 (14.16%) Senior
4 62 (13.51%) Lead
5 29 (6.32%) Product Owner
6 28 (6.10%) Delivery Manager
6 28 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.88%) Developer
8 25 (5.45%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (5.23%) Technical Analyst
10 22 (4.79%) Architect
10 22 (4.79%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.79%) Technical Business Analyst
11 18 (3.92%) Scrum Master
12 17 (3.70%) Senior Business Analyst
13 14 (3.05%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.05%) Support Analyst
14 11 (2.40%) Product Analyst
14 11 (2.40%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.63%) HTML
2 32 (6.97%) Terraform
3 28 (6.10%) Node.js
4 27 (5.88%) REST
5 24 (5.23%) .NET
6 23 (5.01%) CSS
7 20 (4.36%) Middleware
8 18 (3.92%) JSON
8 18 (3.92%) React
9 17 (3.70%) Spring
9 17 (3.70%) Spring Boot
10 15 (3.27%) Kafka
10 15 (3.27%) RESTful
11 11 (2.40%) Next.js
11 11 (2.40%) XML
12 10 (2.18%) ASP.NET
12 10 (2.18%) HTML5
13 9 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (1.96%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.74%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 83 (18.08%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.79%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.83%) PMI
7 12 (2.61%) Biopharmaceutical
7 12 (2.61%) EPoS
7 12 (2.61%) Equities
7 12 (2.61%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.18%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (2.18%) iSeries
9 9 (1.96%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.74%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.74%) Eurex
10 8 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.47%) Windows
2 50 (10.89%) Linux
3 26 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.96%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.74%) Unix
6 6 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.31%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.09%) CentOS
8 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.65%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.22%) Rocky
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (63.83%) Agile
2 164 (35.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 139 (30.28%) Scrum
5 118 (25.71%) AI
6 113 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (21.35%) User Stories
8 92 (20.04%) DevOps
9 88 (19.17%) Roadmaps
10 81 (17.65%) Decision-Making
11 80 (17.43%) Requirements Gathering
12 79 (17.21%) Coaching
12 79 (17.21%) Kanban
13 76 (16.56%) Project Delivery
14 75 (16.34%) Mentoring
15 72 (15.69%) CI/CD
16 71 (15.47%) Acceptance Criteria
17 70 (15.25%) Sprint Planning
18 65 (14.16%) User Experience
19 63 (13.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (19.61%) SQL
2 74 (16.12%) Python
3 62 (13.51%) Java
4 41 (8.93%) PowerShell
5 32 (6.97%) JavaScript
6 30 (6.54%) Bash
7 23 (5.01%) C#
8 22 (4.79%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.83%) C++
10 10 (2.18%) RPG
11 8 (1.74%) Bicep
12 5 (1.09%) PHP
13 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.44%) C
14 2 (0.44%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.44%) 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 80 (17.43%) Degree
2 59 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.19%) PMI Certification
4 31 (6.75%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.36%) AWS Certification
6 20 (4.36%) PMP
7 16 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (3.27%) ISTQB
9 14 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (2.61%) MBA
11 8 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.74%) CCNA
11 8 (1.74%) CSPO
11 8 (1.74%) OSCP
11 8 (1.74%) RHCE
11 8 (1.74%) RHCSA
12 7 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.53%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (12.64%) QA
2 34 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 27 (5.88%) WCAG
4 21 (4.58%) PMO
5 16 (3.49%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.18%) GDPR
8 8 (1.74%) NCSC
9 6 (1.31%) SLA
10 5 (1.09%) NIST
10 5 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.87%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.65%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.65%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.44%) GRC
13 2 (0.44%) MiFID
13 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.10%) Docker
3 23 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.74%) Squid
4 8 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.74%) vSphere
5 7 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.87%) KVM
8 3 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.36%) Ansible
3 12 (2.61%) ZABBIX
4 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.96%) Packer
5 6 (1.31%) Kibana
5 6 (1.31%) Proxmox
5 6 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.87%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.87%) Graylog
7 4 (0.87%) Nagios
7 4 (0.87%) Podman
8 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.65%) Puppet
9 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.44%) Grafana
9 2 (0.44%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 108 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.32%) Atlassian
2 29 (6.32%) Oracle
3 24 (5.23%) VMware
4 23 (5.01%) Adobe
4 23 (5.01%) Splunk
5 21 (4.58%) Google
5 21 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.14%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.92%) Red Hat
8 14 (3.05%) IBM
9 10 (2.18%) ION Trading
9 10 (2.18%) SAP
10 8 (1.74%) Bloomberg
10 8 (1.74%) CQG
10 8 (1.74%) Patsystems
10 8 (1.74%) Pega
10 8 (1.74%) Reuters
10 8 (1.74%) Trayport
11 6 (1.31%) Veeam