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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 239 335
Rank change year-on-year -121 +96 -88
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 398 556 746
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.40% 0.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.16% 15.00% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 269 313 558
10th Percentile £32,500 £22,300 £28,554
25th Percentile £47,750 £41,250 £43,000
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 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% +6.19% -13.08%

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 3,566 3,707 8,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.28% 9.35% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,648 2,604 6,598
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 18 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 18 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 -37 144 £72,500 +3.57% 68
North of England -115 68 £65,766 +25.27% 29
South East -4 60 £60,000 +23.08% 47
North West -29 52 £65,766 +14.38% 14
South West -54 44 £55,000 +10.00% 17
Midlands -93 44 £45,000 -18.18% 15
East Midlands -55 27 £25,500 +13.33% 3
East of England -24 21 £32,500 -60.61% 12
West Midlands -60 17 £69,000 -4.83% 12
North East -48 9 £67,500 +200.00% 2
Yorkshire -83 7 £75,000 +54.62% 13
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 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.54%) CMS
3 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.26%) IIS
5 4 (1.01%) Documentum
5 4 (1.01%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.75%) Apache
6 3 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.75%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.25%) Drupal
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (6.03%) MS Visio
2 22 (5.53%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.51%) 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 (27.14%) Azure
2 67 (16.83%) AWS
3 49 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (9.05%) Figma
5 27 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.53%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (6.28%) Contentsquare
8 22 (5.53%) SaaS
9 19 (4.77%) GitHub
10 18 (4.52%) GCP
11 15 (3.77%) Power Platform
12 14 (3.52%) Lucidchart
13 13 (3.27%) Miro
14 12 (3.02%) Serverless
15 10 (2.51%) Amazon S3
16 9 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (2.26%) Entra ID
16 9 (2.26%) PaaS
16 9 (2.26%) Slack
17 7 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.53%) Broadband
2 14 (3.52%) Firewall
3 13 (3.27%) VPN
4 8 (2.01%) IPv4
4 8 (2.01%) 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 (0.75%) 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%) MPLS
11 1 (0.25%) OSPF
11 1 (0.25%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.01%) MySQL
4 8 (2.01%) Power BI
5 7 (1.76%) Db2
5 7 (1.76%) Tableau
6 6 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.26%) DTS
7 5 (1.26%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.75%) Big Data
9 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.75%) Redis
9 3 (0.75%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.50%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 355 (89.20%) JIRA
2 33 (8.29%) Git
3 25 (6.28%) GitLab
4 20 (5.03%) Bitbucket
5 16 (4.02%) Jenkins
6 14 (3.52%) Selenium
7 8 (2.01%) 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 (0.75%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.75%) MSI
10 3 (0.75%) TestRail
11 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 144 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 128 (32.16%) Finance
3 64 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.06%) Games
5 36 (9.05%) Legal
6 30 (7.54%) Banking
7 25 (6.28%) Law
8 24 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.77%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.52%) Manufacturing
12 13 (3.27%) Automotive
12 13 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (3.27%) Marketing
13 12 (3.02%) Retail
14 10 (2.51%) Aerospace
15 9 (2.26%) Advertising
15 9 (2.26%) Electronics
16 7 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (22.61%) Analyst
2 67 (16.83%) Lead
3 63 (15.83%) Business Analyst
4 43 (10.80%) Senior
5 28 (7.04%) Architect
6 26 (6.53%) Scrum Master
7 24 (6.03%) Developer
8 22 (5.53%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (5.03%) IT Support
10 18 (4.52%) Product Owner
11 16 (4.02%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
13 14 (3.52%) Lead Architect
13 14 (3.52%) Product Manager
14 13 (3.27%) IT Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.27%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.03%) Node.js
2 18 (4.52%) .NET
3 17 (4.27%) CSS
4 16 (4.02%) Middleware
5 15 (3.77%) HTML
5 15 (3.77%) React
6 14 (3.52%) REST
7 13 (3.27%) Spring
8 12 (3.02%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.76%) ASP.NET
9 11 (2.76%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.51%) RESTful
11 9 (2.26%) JSON
12 7 (1.76%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.76%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (1.76%) Kafka
13 6 (1.51%) ARM Templates
13 6 (1.51%) HTML5
13 6 (1.51%) Jest
14 5 (1.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.83%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.29%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.52%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.51%) Equities
7 9 (2.26%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.26%) Distributed Architecture
7 9 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.01%) PMI
9 7 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.76%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (1.76%) Eurex
9 7 (1.76%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.51%) EPoS
10 6 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.26%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.30%) Windows
2 39 (9.80%) Linux
3 21 (5.28%) 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 (0.75%) 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 (64.07%) Agile
2 134 (33.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 102 (25.63%) Roadmaps
4 101 (25.38%) Scrum
5 90 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (20.35%) DevOps
7 78 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (17.59%) CI/CD
9 69 (17.34%) Decision-Making
10 67 (16.83%) User Experience
11 63 (15.83%) AI
12 57 (14.32%) Analytics
13 56 (14.07%) User Stories
14 55 (13.82%) Kanban
14 55 (13.82%) SDLC
15 52 (13.07%) Mentoring
16 48 (12.06%) Project Management
17 46 (11.56%) Sprint Planning
18 45 (11.31%) Acceptance Criteria
18 45 (11.31%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.08%) SQL
2 53 (13.32%) Python
3 43 (10.80%) Java
4 27 (6.78%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.78%) PowerShell
6 22 (5.53%) Bash
7 16 (4.02%) C#
8 14 (3.52%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.51%) PHP
10 5 (1.26%) RPG
11 4 (1.01%) C++
12 3 (0.75%) Bicep
12 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.50%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) C
14 1 (0.25%) Delphi
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (10.80%) Degree
1 43 (10.80%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.28%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.02%) AWS Certification
4 13 (3.27%) PMI Certification
5 12 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.01%) CCNA
8 8 (2.01%) OSCP
8 8 (2.01%) RHCE
8 8 (2.01%) RHCSA
9 6 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.26%) PMP
11 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.01%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.81%) Accessibility
2 32 (8.04%) QA
3 31 (7.79%) WCAG
4 20 (5.03%) SLA
5 10 (2.51%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.26%) GDPR
6 9 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.01%) ISO 26262
8 4 (1.01%) NCSC
8 4 (1.01%) PMO
9 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.75%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.75%) NIST
9 3 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.50%) MiFID
System Software
1 30 (7.54%) Docker
2 23 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.01%) Squid
4 8 (2.01%) VMware NSX
4 8 (2.01%) vSphere
5 6 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.01%) KVM
8 3 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.75%) Firmware
9 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (7.04%) Kubernetes
1 28 (7.04%) Terraform
2 16 (4.02%) Ansible
3 12 (3.02%) ZABBIX
4 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.26%) 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 (0.75%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.04%) Adobe
2 32 (8.04%) Oracle
3 27 (6.78%) Atlassian
3 27 (6.78%) ServiceNow
4 21 (5.28%) Splunk
5 20 (5.03%) VMware
6 16 (4.02%) Google
6 16 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.02%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.51%) IBM
8 10 (2.51%) SAP
9 8 (2.01%) Bloomberg
9 8 (2.01%) ION Trading
10 7 (1.76%) CQG
10 7 (1.76%) Patsystems
10 7 (1.76%) Reuters
10 7 (1.76%) Trayport
11 6 (1.51%) Databricks
11 6 (1.51%) Veeam