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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 288 275
Rank change year-on-year -19 -13 -66
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 349 467 705
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.05% 1.06%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.35% 10.97% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 221 263 597
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,100 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £93,772 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - -4.43% -3.41%

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 3,076 4,257 6,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.19% 9.53% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,217 2,496 5,578
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £34,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -31 136 £75,000 +25.00% 57
North of England -26 56 £55,000 -4.35% 32
Midlands -1 42 £42,500 -30.61% 31
South East -5 39 £56,750 +10.73% 48
South West -29 38 £47,500 -13.64% 30
North West -9 33 £56,250 -2.17% 19
East Midlands +7 30 £37,500 - 8
East of England +20 25 £45,500 -9.90% 16
Yorkshire -34 18 £49,500 -31.72% 13
West Midlands -8 12 £75,000 +15.38% 23
North East 0 5 £55,000 +144.44%
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 25 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.01%) Apache
2 7 (2.01%) IIS
3 6 (1.72%) CMS
4 4 (1.15%) Documentum
4 4 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.86%) WordPress
6 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.57%) MTS
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (7.74%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (5.44%) MS Visio
3 18 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.15%) CATIA
6 4 (1.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.29%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.43%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.57%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.57%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.29%) Actimize
4 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 68 (19.48%) Azure
2 32 (9.17%) AWS
3 28 (8.02%) SaaS
4 23 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 21 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (5.73%) Figma
8 12 (3.44%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.15%) Adobe Analytics
9 11 (3.15%) GCP
10 10 (2.87%) Miro
10 10 (2.87%) PaaS
11 9 (2.58%) GitHub
12 8 (2.29%) Serverless
13 6 (1.72%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.43%) Slack
14 5 (1.43%) Smartsheet
15 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.72%) Firewall
2 9 (2.58%) DNS
2 9 (2.58%) VPN
3 5 (1.43%) VLAN
4 4 (1.15%) Multicast
4 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.86%) FIX Connectivity
5 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 3 (0.86%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.86%) WAN
6 2 (0.57%) Broadband
6 2 (0.57%) DHCP
6 2 (0.57%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.57%) HTTP
6 2 (0.57%) LAN
6 2 (0.57%) WLAN
7 1 (0.29%) Modbus
7 1 (0.29%) NGFW
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.29%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.74%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.58%) Power BI
3 15 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.15%) DB2
5 9 (2.58%) MySQL
6 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.01%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.01%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.86%) Big Data
11 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.86%) Power Query
11 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 331 (94.84%) JIRA
2 28 (8.02%) Git
3 24 (6.88%) Bitbucket
4 22 (6.30%) Jenkins
5 17 (4.87%) Selenium
6 16 (4.58%) GitLab
7 12 (3.44%) Cucumber
7 12 (3.44%) TeamCity
8 7 (2.01%) JUnit
9 5 (1.43%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.15%) Postman
11 3 (0.86%) JMeter
11 3 (0.86%) Maven
11 3 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.86%) TestNG
12 2 (0.57%) Checkstyle
12 2 (0.57%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
General
1 142 (40.69%) Social Skills
2 104 (29.80%) Finance
3 72 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (13.75%) Banking
5 28 (8.02%) Law
6 21 (6.02%) Marketing
7 18 (5.16%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.58%) Manufacturing
10 14 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.01%) Retail
11 13 (3.72%) Legal
12 10 (2.87%) Billing
13 8 (2.29%) Front Office
13 8 (2.29%) Spanish Language
14 7 (2.01%) Games
14 7 (2.01%) Military
15 6 (1.72%) Advertising
15 6 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 90 (25.79%) Analyst
2 59 (16.91%) Business Analyst
3 49 (14.04%) Senior
4 35 (10.03%) Lead
5 29 (8.31%) Developer
6 22 (6.30%) Architect
6 22 (6.30%) Support Analyst
7 19 (5.44%) IT Support
8 16 (4.58%) Lead Architect
8 16 (4.58%) Project Manager
8 16 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (4.58%) Support Engineer
9 14 (4.01%) Senior Manager
10 13 (3.72%) IT Analyst
10 13 (3.72%) IT Engineer
10 13 (3.72%) Product Owner
11 12 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (3.44%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.15%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.15%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.73%) CSS
1 20 (5.73%) React
2 19 (5.44%) HTML
3 14 (4.01%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (3.72%) RESTful
5 12 (3.44%) Node.js
6 11 (3.15%) Gherkin
6 11 (3.15%) REST
7 10 (2.87%) Middleware
8 7 (2.01%) .NET
9 6 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (1.72%) Kafka
10 5 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (1.43%) Hibernate
10 5 (1.43%) JSON
10 5 (1.43%) OAuth
10 5 (1.43%) Spring
11 4 (1.15%) JSF
11 4 (1.15%) SOAP
11 4 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.47%) Product Ownership
2 30 (8.60%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.87%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.72%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.72%) Equities
7 6 (1.72%) IoT
7 6 (1.72%) Market Risk
7 6 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.72%) PMI
7 6 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.43%) Eurex
8 5 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.43%) Social Media
9 4 (1.15%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.88%) Linux
1 24 (6.88%) Windows
2 11 (3.15%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.43%) Unix
4 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.86%) Solaris
6 3 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.57%) Android
7 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (68.19%) Agile
2 83 (23.78%) Scrum
3 80 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 78 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (19.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (16.33%) Roadmaps
7 55 (15.76%) User Experience
8 54 (15.47%) DevOps
9 51 (14.61%) CI/CD
10 47 (13.47%) User Stories
11 44 (12.61%) Sprint Planning
12 43 (12.32%) Project Management
13 41 (11.75%) Analytics
14 39 (11.17%) Business Strategy
15 38 (10.89%) Decision-Making
16 36 (10.32%) Kanban
17 32 (9.17%) SDLC
18 31 (8.88%) Business Analysis
18 31 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 30 (8.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (20.63%) SQL
2 31 (8.88%) Python
3 23 (6.59%) Java
3 23 (6.59%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.01%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.15%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.29%) Bash
7 7 (2.01%) C#
8 3 (0.86%) RPG
9 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.57%) Delphi
9 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.57%) VB
9 2 (0.57%) VB6
10 1 (0.29%) Groovy
10 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.29%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) XAML
Qualifications
1 61 (17.48%) Degree
2 40 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.44%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.01%) PMP
8 5 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.15%) CBAP
9 4 (1.15%) CITP
10 3 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.86%) CISSP
10 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.57%) CCNA
11 2 (0.57%) CSPO
11 2 (0.57%) IIBA
11 2 (0.57%) SAFe Agilist
11 2 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.31%) QA
2 27 (7.74%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.30%) PMO
4 13 (3.72%) SLA
5 9 (2.58%) GDPR
5 9 (2.58%) WCAG
6 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.72%) Basel II
8 5 (1.43%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.57%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.57%) NIST
11 1 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.29%) ITGC
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.73%) Docker
3 10 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.15%) vSphere
5 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.72%) Terraform
3 6 (1.72%) Ansible
4 5 (1.43%) Grafana
4 5 (1.43%) Kibana
4 5 (1.43%) Puppet
5 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.57%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) Ambari
8 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.29%) Nagios
8 1 (0.29%) Podman
8 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.18%) Atlassian
3 26 (7.45%) SAP
4 23 (6.59%) Oracle
5 16 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.30%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.72%) Adobe
7 13 (3.72%) Google
7 13 (3.72%) Siemens
8 10 (2.87%) Cisco
8 10 (2.87%) VMware
9 9 (2.58%) Qualtrics
10 7 (2.01%) IBM
11 6 (1.72%) Bloomberg
11 6 (1.72%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.43%) CQG
12 5 (1.43%) ION Trading
12 5 (1.43%) Patsystems
12 5 (1.43%) Reuters
12 5 (1.43%) Trayport