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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 233 326
Rank change year-on-year -126 +93 -77
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 397 554 745
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.40% 0.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.15% 14.98% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 267 312 556
10th Percentile £32,500 £21,775 £28,423
25th Percentile £47,625 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,005 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -11.54%

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 3,562 3,699 8,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.28% 9.35% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 2,596 6,575
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

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 17 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 17 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 -44 145 £72,500 +3.57% 76
North of England -110 67 £65,766 +25.27% 78
South East -4 59 £60,000 +23.08% 99
North West -39 52 £65,766 +9.61% 33
South West -47 44 £55,000 +10.00% 33
Midlands -87 44 £45,000 -12.20% 48
East Midlands -60 27 £25,500 +13.33% 22
East of England -21 21 £32,500 -60.61% 44
West Midlands -57 17 £69,000 -4.83% 26
North East -49 8 £67,500 +200.00% 14
Yorkshire -88 7 £75,000 +54.62% 31
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 36 (9.07%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.56%) CMS
3 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.26%) IIS
5 4 (1.01%) Documentum
5 4 (1.01%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.76%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.76%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.25%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (5.79%) MS Visio
2 22 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.51%) Trello
6 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.25%) Notion
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.01%) 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
1 108 (27.20%) Azure
2 68 (17.13%) AWS
3 49 (12.34%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (9.07%) Figma
5 28 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.55%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (6.30%) Contentsquare
8 22 (5.54%) SaaS
9 19 (4.79%) GCP
9 19 (4.79%) GitHub
10 15 (3.78%) Power Platform
11 13 (3.27%) Lucidchart
11 13 (3.27%) Miro
12 12 (3.02%) Serverless
13 10 (2.52%) Amazon S3
14 9 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 9 (2.27%) PaaS
14 9 (2.27%) Slack
15 7 (1.76%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.55%) Broadband
2 15 (3.78%) Firewall
3 14 (3.53%) VPN
4 8 (2.02%) IPv4
4 8 (2.02%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (1.76%) Multicast
6 6 (1.51%) DNS
7 5 (1.26%) WAN
8 4 (1.01%) LAN
8 4 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.01%) Wireless
9 3 (0.76%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.50%) BGP
10 2 (0.50%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.50%) Network Security
10 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.50%) WLAN
11 1 (0.25%) DHCP
11 1 (0.25%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.25%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.55%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.02%) MySQL
4 8 (2.02%) Power BI
5 7 (1.76%) Db2
6 6 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.51%) Tableau
7 5 (1.26%) DTS
7 5 (1.26%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.76%) Big Data
8 3 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.76%) Redis
8 3 (0.76%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.76%) Spatial Data
8 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 355 (89.42%) JIRA
2 32 (8.06%) Git
3 25 (6.30%) GitLab
4 20 (5.04%) Bitbucket
5 16 (4.03%) Jenkins
6 14 (3.53%) Selenium
7 8 (2.02%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.26%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.26%) JMeter
8 5 (1.26%) Maven
8 5 (1.26%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.26%) Zephyr
9 4 (1.01%) JUnit
9 4 (1.01%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.01%) Toad
10 3 (0.76%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.76%) MSI
10 3 (0.76%) TestRail
11 2 (0.50%) Checkstyle
General
1 144 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 131 (33.00%) Finance
3 63 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.08%) Games
5 36 (9.07%) Legal
6 30 (7.56%) Banking
7 25 (6.30%) Law
8 24 (6.05%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (4.03%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.78%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.53%) Marketing
13 13 (3.27%) Automotive
13 13 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (2.77%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.77%) Retail
15 10 (2.52%) Electronics
16 9 (2.27%) Advertising
17 7 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (22.67%) Analyst
2 67 (16.88%) Lead
3 63 (15.87%) Business Analyst
4 43 (10.83%) Senior
5 27 (6.80%) Architect
6 26 (6.55%) Scrum Master
7 23 (5.79%) Developer
8 22 (5.54%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (5.04%) IT Support
10 17 (4.28%) Product Owner
11 16 (4.03%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.53%) Lead Architect
12 14 (3.53%) Product Manager
12 14 (3.53%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (3.27%) IT Analyst
13 13 (3.27%) IT Engineer
13 13 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.79%) Node.js
2 18 (4.53%) .NET
3 17 (4.28%) CSS
4 15 (3.78%) HTML
4 15 (3.78%) React
5 14 (3.53%) Middleware
6 13 (3.27%) REST
7 12 (3.02%) Spring
8 11 (2.77%) ASP.NET
8 11 (2.77%) GraphQL
8 11 (2.77%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.52%) RESTful
10 7 (1.76%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.76%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (1.76%) JSON
11 6 (1.51%) ARM Templates
11 6 (1.51%) HTML5
11 6 (1.51%) Jest
11 6 (1.51%) Kafka
12 5 (1.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.87%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.53%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.52%) Equities
7 9 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
7 9 (2.27%) PMI
7 9 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.76%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.76%) Eurex
8 7 (1.76%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.51%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.51%) EPoS
9 6 (1.51%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.33%) Windows
2 39 (9.82%) Linux
3 21 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.51%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.26%) CentOS
6 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.76%) 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 (64.23%) Agile
2 133 (33.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 103 (25.94%) Roadmaps
4 101 (25.44%) Scrum
5 90 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 82 (20.65%) DevOps
7 79 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (17.63%) CI/CD
9 68 (17.13%) Decision-Making
10 67 (16.88%) User Experience
11 64 (16.12%) AI
12 56 (14.11%) Analytics
12 56 (14.11%) User Stories
13 55 (13.85%) Kanban
13 55 (13.85%) SDLC
14 52 (13.10%) Mentoring
15 48 (12.09%) Project Management
16 46 (11.59%) Acceptance Criteria
16 46 (11.59%) Sprint Planning
17 45 (11.34%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 58 (14.61%) SQL
2 53 (13.35%) Python
3 42 (10.58%) Java
4 27 (6.80%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.79%) PowerShell
6 22 (5.54%) Bash
7 16 (4.03%) C#
8 14 (3.53%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.51%) PHP
10 5 (1.26%) RPG
11 4 (1.01%) C++
12 3 (0.76%) Bicep
12 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.50%) Ruby
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%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) VB6
Qualifications
1 44 (11.08%) Degree
1 44 (11.08%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.03%) AWS Certification
4 14 (3.53%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.52%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.27%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.02%) CCNA
8 8 (2.02%) OSCP
8 8 (2.02%) RHCE
8 8 (2.02%) RHCSA
9 6 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.26%) PMP
11 4 (1.01%) CITP
12 3 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.84%) Accessibility
2 31 (7.81%) QA
2 31 (7.81%) WCAG
3 20 (5.04%) SLA
4 10 (2.52%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.27%) GDPR
5 9 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.01%) ISO 26262
7 4 (1.01%) NCSC
7 4 (1.01%) PMO
8 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.76%) NIST
8 3 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.50%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.50%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (7.56%) Docker
2 23 (5.79%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.02%) Squid
4 8 (2.02%) VMware NSX
4 8 (2.02%) vSphere
5 6 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.01%) KVM
8 3 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.76%) Firmware
9 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (7.05%) Kubernetes
1 28 (7.05%) Terraform
2 16 (4.03%) Ansible
3 12 (3.02%) ZABBIX
4 11 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.27%) Packer
6 7 (1.76%) Kibana
7 6 (1.51%) Grafana
8 5 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.26%) Nagios
8 5 (1.26%) Podman
9 4 (1.01%) Functional Safety
9 4 (1.01%) Graylog
9 4 (1.01%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.01%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.76%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.76%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (17.38%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.06%) Adobe
2 32 (8.06%) Oracle
3 27 (6.80%) Atlassian
3 27 (6.80%) ServiceNow
4 21 (5.29%) Splunk
5 20 (5.04%) VMware
6 17 (4.28%) Google
7 16 (4.03%) Salesforce
8 12 (3.02%) Red Hat
9 11 (2.77%) SAP
10 10 (2.52%) IBM
11 8 (2.02%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.76%) CQG
12 7 (1.76%) ION Trading
12 7 (1.76%) Patsystems
12 7 (1.76%) Reuters
12 7 (1.76%) Trayport
13 6 (1.51%) Databricks
13 6 (1.51%) Veeam