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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 241 362
Rank change year-on-year -136 +121 -135
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 421 553 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.27% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.51% 14.16% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 290 332 352
10th Percentile £38,750 £26,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,925 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,188 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,600 £100,000 £94,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 4,007 3,904 6,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.39% 8.97% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,955 2,774 5,149
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,101 £54,143 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +1.20% -6.96%
75th Percentile £71,242 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -4.63%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -38 166 £70,000 -12.50% 84
North of England -88 73 £65,766 +35.58% 33
South East -20 66 £60,000 +20.00% 33
South West -43 54 £56,250 +4.65% 18
North West -35 50 £65,766 +19.57% 16
Midlands -118 33 £45,000 -30.77% 15
East of England -36 17 £42,500 -26.09% 8
West Midlands -69 17 £52,500 -27.59% 14
East Midlands -63 16 £25,500 +13.33% 1
North East -46 13 £60,000 +166.67% 7
Yorkshire -66 10 £44,925 -7.38% 10
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 (8.55%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.13%) CMS
3 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.95%) IIS
4 4 (0.95%) JBoss
4 4 (0.95%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.48%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
7 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (8.31%) MS Visio
2 22 (5.23%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.90%) Trello
6 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.48%) Moqups
8 1 (0.24%) Notion
8 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 132 (31.35%) Azure
2 81 (19.24%) AWS
3 60 (14.25%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (9.50%) Figma
5 35 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.18%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (5.94%) Contentsquare
7 25 (5.94%) GitHub
8 24 (5.70%) Miro
9 21 (4.99%) SaaS
10 20 (4.75%) GCP
11 19 (4.51%) Lucidchart
12 18 (4.28%) Serverless
13 14 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (3.09%) Amazon S3
15 11 (2.61%) Power Platform
16 10 (2.38%) AWS Fargate
16 10 (2.38%) Entra ID
17 9 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (2.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.18%) Broadband
2 14 (3.33%) VPN
3 13 (3.09%) Firewall
4 8 (1.90%) IPv4
4 8 (1.90%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (1.43%) Multicast
6 5 (1.19%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.19%) WAN
7 4 (0.95%) DNS
7 4 (0.95%) FIX Connectivity
7 4 (0.95%) LAN
7 4 (0.95%) Wireless
8 3 (0.71%) Network Security
9 2 (0.48%) BGP
9 2 (0.48%) RFID
9 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.24%) DHCP
10 1 (0.24%) MPLS
10 1 (0.24%) OSPF
10 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.23%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.56%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.61%) Db2
5 10 (2.38%) DTS
6 9 (2.14%) MySQL
7 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.90%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.66%) Tableau
9 6 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (1.43%) Power BI
10 5 (1.19%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.95%) Redis
11 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.71%) Spatial Data
13 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.48%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 375 (89.07%) JIRA
2 42 (9.98%) Git
3 26 (6.18%) GitLab
4 24 (5.70%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.51%) Jenkins
6 16 (3.80%) Selenium
7 10 (2.38%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 8 (1.90%) JMeter
9 8 (1.90%) Zephyr
10 6 (1.43%) MSI
10 6 (1.43%) Postman
11 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.95%) Toad
12 3 (0.71%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.71%) Maven
12 3 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.71%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.71%) TestRail
13 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
General
1 163 (38.72%) Social Skills
2 132 (31.35%) Finance
3 71 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.21%) Games
5 32 (7.60%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (7.36%) Legal
7 27 (6.41%) Public Sector
8 25 (5.94%) Banking
9 20 (4.75%) Law
9 20 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.56%) Retail
11 14 (3.33%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.85%) Automotive
12 12 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (2.38%) Marketing
14 9 (2.14%) Aerospace
14 9 (2.14%) Electronics
15 8 (1.90%) Advertising
16 6 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 88 (20.90%) Analyst
2 69 (16.39%) Lead
3 64 (15.20%) Business Analyst
4 49 (11.64%) Senior
5 26 (6.18%) Delivery Manager
5 26 (6.18%) Scrum Master
6 25 (5.94%) Architect
6 25 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 24 (5.70%) Developer
8 18 (4.28%) Technical Analyst
9 17 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (4.04%) Technical Business Analyst
10 16 (3.80%) Product Manager
11 15 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.09%) Product Owner
13 12 (2.85%) IT Support
13 12 (2.85%) Senior Business Analyst
14 11 (2.61%) Designer
14 11 (2.61%) Full-Stack Developer
15 10 (2.38%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.89%) Node.js
2 23 (5.46%) .NET
3 20 (4.75%) Middleware
4 19 (4.51%) CSS
4 19 (4.51%) HTML
4 19 (4.51%) Spring
5 18 (4.28%) Spring Boot
6 17 (4.04%) REST
7 16 (3.80%) JSON
7 16 (3.80%) React
8 14 (3.33%) Kafka
9 11 (2.61%) RESTful
10 10 (2.38%) ASP.NET
10 10 (2.38%) GraphQL
11 9 (2.14%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.14%) HTML5
11 9 (2.14%) XML
12 7 (1.66%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.66%) CSS3
12 7 (1.66%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 59 (14.01%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.70%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.85%) EPoS
5 12 (2.85%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.61%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.38%) Equities
7 10 (2.38%) iSeries
7 10 (2.38%) PMI
8 8 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.66%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.43%) Eurex
11 5 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.35%) Windows
2 43 (10.21%) Linux
3 26 (6.18%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.66%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.43%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.19%) CentOS
7 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.71%) Android
9 2 (0.48%) Unix
10 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (63.66%) Agile
2 152 (36.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 120 (28.50%) Scrum
4 116 (27.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 94 (22.33%) Roadmaps
6 92 (21.85%) DevOps
7 90 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (18.05%) AI
9 73 (17.34%) CI/CD
10 70 (16.63%) Decision-Making
11 65 (15.44%) Mentoring
12 64 (15.20%) User Experience
12 64 (15.20%) User Stories
13 63 (14.96%) Kanban
14 60 (14.25%) SDLC
15 57 (13.54%) Project Delivery
16 56 (13.30%) Requirements Gathering
16 56 (13.30%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 55 (13.06%) Project Management
18 50 (11.88%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.44%) SQL
2 61 (14.49%) Python
3 59 (14.01%) Java
4 32 (7.60%) PowerShell
5 31 (7.36%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.46%) Bash
7 21 (4.99%) C#
8 19 (4.51%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.38%) RPG
10 9 (2.14%) C++
11 7 (1.66%) Bicep
12 6 (1.43%) PHP
13 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.48%) C
14 2 (0.48%) Ruby
15 1 (0.24%) Ada
15 1 (0.24%) Groovy
15 1 (0.24%) Perl
15 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (13.06%) Degree
2 48 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.65%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.46%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.28%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.09%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.09%) PMP
8 12 (2.85%) ISTQB
9 11 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.90%) CCNA
11 8 (1.90%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.90%) OSCP
11 8 (1.90%) RHCE
11 8 (1.90%) RHCSA
12 7 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (1.66%) CCSP
12 7 (1.66%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (11.64%) Accessibility
2 36 (8.55%) WCAG
3 34 (8.08%) QA
4 17 (4.04%) SLA
5 14 (3.33%) GDPR
6 13 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (2.85%) PMO
8 9 (2.14%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.66%) NCSC
10 5 (1.19%) NIST
10 5 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.95%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.71%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.71%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.48%) GRC
14 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (7.60%) Docker
2 29 (6.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (5.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.90%) Squid
4 8 (1.90%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.90%) vSphere
5 7 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.95%) KVM
7 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (7.84%) Terraform
2 29 (6.89%) Kubernetes
3 20 (4.75%) Ansible
4 12 (2.85%) ZABBIX
5 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.14%) Packer
6 7 (1.66%) Kibana
7 6 (1.43%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.19%) Nagios
8 5 (1.19%) Podman
8 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.95%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.95%) Grafana
9 4 (0.95%) Graylog
10 3 (0.71%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.60%) Adobe
3 31 (7.36%) Oracle
4 25 (5.94%) VMware
5 24 (5.70%) Splunk
6 23 (5.46%) Atlassian
7 22 (5.23%) ServiceNow
8 19 (4.51%) Google
8 19 (4.51%) Salesforce
9 16 (3.80%) Red Hat
10 15 (3.56%) IBM
11 8 (1.90%) ION Trading
11 8 (1.90%) SAP
12 6 (1.43%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.43%) CQG
12 6 (1.43%) Patsystems
12 6 (1.43%) Reuters
12 6 (1.43%) Trayport
12 6 (1.43%) Veeam
13 5 (1.19%) Pega