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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 266 374
Rank change year-on-year -117 +108 -139
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 450 491 446
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 1.14% 0.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.39% 13.93% 7.60%
Number of salaries quoted 290 270 255
10th Percentile £39,975 £37,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +19.25% -16.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,250 £90,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -14.29% +19.25% -15.48%

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 4,331 3,524 5,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.16% 8.15% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,010 2,528 3,497
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +1.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £123,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,762
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.37% +1.29%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -6 209 £67,500 -18.18% 373
North of England -81 68 £60,000 +26.32% 110
South West -50 65 £62,750 +25.50% 58
South East -41 64 £60,000 +10.60% 110
North West -61 37 £60,000 +9.09% 51
Midlands -131 21 £47,500 -34.48% 50
North East -46 18 £48,750 - 16
East of England -64 17 £40,000 -30.43% 50
West Midlands -91 17 £45,000 -37.93% 34
Yorkshire -47 13 £60,850 +38.30% 45
East Midlands -79 4 £50,000 +33.33% 16
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 30 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.78%) CMS
3 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.11%) JBoss
5 4 (0.89%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.67%) Drupal
6 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.44%) nginx
7 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 58 (12.89%) MS Visio
2 26 (5.78%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.67%) Trello
6 7 (1.56%) Moqups
7 6 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.67%) Simulink
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.78%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Actimize
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 140 (31.11%) Azure
2 96 (21.33%) AWS
3 65 (14.44%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (8.67%) SaaS
5 33 (7.33%) Miro
6 31 (6.89%) Figma
7 29 (6.44%) GitHub
8 19 (4.22%) Entra ID
8 19 (4.22%) Lucidchart
9 17 (3.78%) Serverless
10 16 (3.56%) GCP
11 14 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.89%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.44%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.22%) Adobe Analytics
14 10 (2.22%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.22%) Contentsquare
15 9 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.67%) VPN
2 14 (3.11%) DNS
3 11 (2.44%) Broadband
4 10 (2.22%) DHCP
4 10 (2.22%) Firewall
5 8 (1.78%) IPv4
5 8 (1.78%) Multicast
5 8 (1.78%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.56%) WAN
7 6 (1.33%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.89%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.89%) LAN
10 3 (0.67%) Network Security
10 3 (0.67%) Wireless
11 2 (0.44%) RFID
11 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
12 1 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.56%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.22%) Db2
4 10 (2.22%) DTS
4 10 (2.22%) Metadata
4 10 (2.22%) Power BI
5 9 (2.00%) MySQL
6 8 (1.78%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.56%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.11%) Redis
8 5 (1.11%) Tableau
9 4 (0.89%) Spatial Data
10 3 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.44%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 416 (92.44%) JIRA
2 45 (10.00%) Git
3 28 (6.22%) GitLab
4 23 (5.11%) Jenkins
5 20 (4.44%) Bitbucket
5 20 (4.44%) Selenium
6 15 (3.33%) Postman
7 10 (2.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (2.00%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.00%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.78%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.56%) JMeter
10 7 (1.56%) MSI
10 7 (1.56%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.11%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.44%) git-flow
12 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.44%) TestRail
General
1 181 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 149 (33.11%) Finance
3 103 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.44%) Banking
6 29 (6.44%) Manufacturing
7 22 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.89%) Games
8 20 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.44%) Law
8 20 (4.44%) Retail
9 18 (4.00%) Marketing
9 18 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 16 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.89%) Legal
11 13 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.67%) Aerospace
13 11 (2.44%) Publishing
14 10 (2.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 126 (28.00%) Analyst
2 93 (20.67%) Business Analyst
3 59 (13.11%) Senior
4 46 (10.22%) Lead
5 32 (7.11%) Delivery Manager
6 29 (6.44%) Developer
7 28 (6.22%) Product Owner
8 27 (6.00%) Project Manager
9 26 (5.78%) Technical Analyst
10 24 (5.33%) Technical Business Analyst
11 23 (5.11%) Product Manager
12 21 (4.67%) Architect
12 21 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (3.11%) Scrum Master
13 14 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
13 14 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.11%) Support Analyst
14 13 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (2.89%) Senior Manager
15 11 (2.44%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.33%) HTML
2 31 (6.89%) REST
3 29 (6.44%) Terraform
4 28 (6.22%) Node.js
5 25 (5.56%) .NET
6 22 (4.89%) Middleware
7 21 (4.67%) CSS
8 18 (4.00%) JSON
8 18 (4.00%) React
9 17 (3.78%) Kafka
9 17 (3.78%) Spring
9 17 (3.78%) Spring Boot
10 15 (3.33%) RESTful
11 12 (2.67%) Next.js
12 11 (2.44%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.44%) XML
13 10 (2.22%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.22%) HTML5
14 9 (2.00%) FIX Protocol
15 8 (1.78%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.33%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.56%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (4.67%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.11%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.67%) Biopharmaceutical
8 12 (2.67%) EPoS
8 12 (2.67%) Equities
8 12 (2.67%) PMI
8 12 (2.67%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.22%) iSeries
10 9 (2.00%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.00%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.00%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.78%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.78%) Windows
2 50 (11.11%) Linux
3 24 (5.33%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.00%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.00%) Unix
5 8 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.33%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.11%) CentOS
8 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.67%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.22%) Rocky
10 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (64.22%) Agile
2 152 (33.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (31.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 135 (30.00%) Scrum
5 125 (27.78%) AI
6 118 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (24.67%) User Stories
8 96 (21.33%) DevOps
9 83 (18.44%) Coaching
10 82 (18.22%) Requirements Gathering
11 80 (17.78%) Acceptance Criteria
12 79 (17.56%) Kanban
13 75 (16.67%) Decision-Making
13 75 (16.67%) Project Delivery
14 73 (16.22%) Mentoring
15 71 (15.78%) CI/CD
16 70 (15.56%) Sprint Planning
17 67 (14.89%) Roadmaps
18 65 (14.44%) Business Analysis
19 63 (14.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.67%) SQL
2 69 (15.33%) Python
3 60 (13.33%) Java
4 42 (9.33%) PowerShell
5 32 (7.11%) Bash
5 32 (7.11%) JavaScript
6 25 (5.56%) C#
7 23 (5.11%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.89%) C++
9 10 (2.22%) RPG
10 8 (1.78%) Bicep
11 4 (0.89%) PHP
12 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.44%) C
13 2 (0.44%) Ruby
14 1 (0.22%) Ada
14 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.22%) Perl
14 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (16.89%) Degree
2 60 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.33%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.89%) PMI Certification
5 23 (5.11%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.22%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.22%) PMP
7 16 (3.56%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.67%) MBA
10 9 (2.00%) CSPO
11 8 (1.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.78%) CBAP
11 8 (1.78%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.78%) IIBA
11 8 (1.78%) OSCP
11 8 (1.78%) RHCE
11 8 (1.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (14.44%) QA
2 30 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.89%) WCAG
4 20 (4.44%) PMO
5 18 (4.00%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (2.00%) GDPR
8 7 (1.56%) NCSC
9 4 (0.89%) NIST
9 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.89%) SLA
10 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.67%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.67%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.44%) GRC
11 2 (0.44%) MiFID
11 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.22%) EMIR
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 36 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.22%) Docker
3 22 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.78%) Squid
4 8 (1.78%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.78%) vSphere
5 7 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.89%) KVM
6 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.67%) Firmware
7 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.44%) Ansible
3 12 (2.67%) ZABBIX
4 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.78%) Packer
6 6 (1.33%) Kibana
6 6 (1.33%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.89%) Graylog
7 4 (0.89%) Nagios
7 4 (0.89%) Podman
7 4 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.67%) Grafana
8 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.44%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.44%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 109 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.67%) Atlassian
3 28 (6.22%) Oracle
4 24 (5.33%) VMware
5 22 (4.89%) Splunk
6 19 (4.22%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.78%) Adobe
7 17 (3.78%) Red Hat
8 16 (3.56%) Google
8 16 (3.56%) Salesforce
9 15 (3.33%) IBM
10 10 (2.22%) ION Trading
10 10 (2.22%) SAP
11 8 (1.78%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.78%) CQG
11 8 (1.78%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.78%) Pega
11 8 (1.78%) Reuters
11 8 (1.78%) Trayport
12 6 (1.33%) Veeam