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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 312 257
Rank change year-on-year +3 -55 -57
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 343 440 570
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.92% 1.15%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.57% 9.95% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 217 252 465
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,798 £31,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +7.29%
75th Percentile £86,250 £70,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,775 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +6.30%

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 2,965 4,421 5,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.55% 9.20% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,129 2,605 4,177
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% +8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +13 137 £80,000 +33.33% 55
North of England +4 49 £50,000 -13.04% 45
South East +17 46 £57,500 - 68
Midlands +28 38 £60,000 -7.69% 32
South West -25 34 £50,000 -9.09% 27
East of England +29 29 £57,500 +12.75% 22
North West +2 25 £57,500 - 25
Yorkshire 0 21 £49,500 -31.72% 17
West Midlands +14 20 £72,500 +11.54% 21
East Midlands +3 18 £42,500 +13.33% 11
North East - 3 £50,000 - 4
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 26 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.33%) Apache
3 6 (1.75%) CMS
3 6 (1.75%) IIS
4 4 (1.17%) nginx
4 4 (1.17%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.87%) WordPress
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) Documentum
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.58%) MTS
7 1 (0.29%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (5.54%) MS Visio
3 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.17%) CATIA
5 4 (1.17%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 4 (1.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.58%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.29%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.29%) InDesign
7 1 (0.29%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.46%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.58%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.29%) Actimize
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
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%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 76 (22.16%) Azure
2 39 (11.37%) AWS
3 25 (7.29%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.41%) SaaS
6 21 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.12%) Figma
7 15 (4.37%) Serverless
8 14 (4.08%) GitHub
9 13 (3.79%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.21%) Adobe Analytics
10 11 (3.21%) GCP
11 10 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (2.92%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.92%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.92%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.33%) Miro
12 8 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.04%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.54%) Firewall
2 14 (4.08%) DNS
3 9 (2.62%) HTTP
4 7 (2.04%) SSH
5 6 (1.75%) FTP
5 6 (1.75%) Internet
5 6 (1.75%) SMTP
5 6 (1.75%) VLAN
5 6 (1.75%) Wireless
6 5 (1.46%) VPN
7 4 (1.17%) IMAP
7 4 (1.17%) Multicast
7 4 (1.17%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.87%) DHCP
8 3 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
8 3 (0.87%) Network Security
8 3 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.87%) WAN
9 2 (0.58%) Broadband
9 2 (0.58%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (4.08%) Power BI
4 13 (3.79%) MySQL
5 11 (3.21%) DB2
6 10 (2.92%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (2.04%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.87%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 324 (94.46%) JIRA
2 44 (12.83%) Git
3 33 (9.62%) Jenkins
4 24 (7.00%) Bitbucket
5 19 (5.54%) Selenium
6 15 (4.37%) TeamCity
7 14 (4.08%) GitLab
8 12 (3.50%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.33%) JUnit
10 7 (2.04%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.75%) Postman
11 6 (1.75%) Vagrant
12 5 (1.46%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.17%) JMeter
13 4 (1.17%) webpack
14 3 (0.87%) TestNG
14 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.58%) Fiddler
15 2 (0.58%) Maven
General
1 146 (42.57%) Social Skills
2 102 (29.74%) Finance
3 64 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.29%) Banking
5 22 (6.41%) Marketing
6 20 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.96%) Law
8 16 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (4.37%) Retail
10 13 (3.79%) Legal
10 13 (3.79%) Manufacturing
11 12 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (3.21%) Front Office
13 10 (2.92%) Billing
14 9 (2.62%) Automotive
14 9 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (2.33%) Spanish Language
16 7 (2.04%) Military
16 7 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 79 (23.03%) Analyst
2 54 (15.74%) Business Analyst
2 54 (15.74%) Senior
3 31 (9.04%) Lead
4 29 (8.45%) Developer
5 18 (5.25%) Support Analyst
6 17 (4.96%) Product Owner
7 16 (4.66%) Architect
7 16 (4.66%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.37%) Project Manager
9 12 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (3.21%) Lead Architect
10 11 (3.21%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.92%) Java Developer
11 10 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.92%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (2.62%) Operations Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Product Manager
12 9 (2.62%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.58%) HTML
1 26 (7.58%) React
2 25 (7.29%) CSS
3 17 (4.96%) Node.js
4 15 (4.37%) RESTful
5 13 (3.79%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (3.50%) .NET
7 11 (3.21%) Gherkin
8 10 (2.92%) REST
9 8 (2.33%) Kafka
10 7 (2.04%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.75%) JSON
11 6 (1.75%) Middleware
12 5 (1.46%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.46%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.46%) LDAP
12 5 (1.46%) OAuth
12 5 (1.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.41%) Product Ownership
2 24 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.37%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.21%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.62%) IoT
7 7 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.75%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.75%) Equities
8 6 (1.75%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.75%) Social Media
8 6 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.46%) Eurex
9 5 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.46%) PMI
9 5 (1.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.33%) Linux
2 29 (8.45%) Windows
3 10 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.75%) Amazon Linux
4 6 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 6 (1.75%) VMS
5 5 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.46%) Unix
5 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.17%) Android
6 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.87%) Solaris
7 3 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (64.43%) Agile
2 79 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (23.03%) Scrum
3 72 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (16.91%) DevOps
6 54 (15.74%) CI/CD
7 53 (15.45%) User Experience
8 44 (12.83%) Roadmaps
9 42 (12.24%) Project Management
10 40 (11.66%) Sprint Planning
11 38 (11.08%) User Stories
12 37 (10.79%) Analytics
13 36 (10.50%) Decision-Making
13 36 (10.50%) SDLC
14 35 (10.20%) Kanban
15 34 (9.91%) Business Analysis
16 33 (9.62%) Business Strategy
16 33 (9.62%) Test Automation
17 29 (8.45%) AI
Programming Languages
1 74 (21.57%) SQL
2 43 (12.54%) Python
3 29 (8.45%) JavaScript
4 27 (7.87%) Java
5 25 (7.29%) PowerShell
6 18 (5.25%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.50%) C#
8 9 (2.62%) Bash
9 7 (2.04%) Groovy
10 3 (0.87%) RPG
10 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.58%) C
11 2 (0.58%) C++
11 2 (0.58%) Perl
11 2 (0.58%) XAML
12 1 (0.29%) Delphi
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.29%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (18.08%) Degree
2 40 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.92%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.75%) PMP
9 5 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.17%) CBAP
10 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.17%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.87%) ACCA
11 3 (0.87%) CIMA
11 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.87%) CISSP
12 2 (0.58%) CCNA
12 2 (0.58%) IIBA
12 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.33%) Accessibility
2 30 (8.75%) QA
3 17 (4.96%) PMO
4 12 (3.50%) WCAG
5 7 (2.04%) GDPR
5 7 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.75%) Basel II
7 5 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.58%) NIST
10 2 (0.58%) SLA
11 1 (0.29%) GMP
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.29%) ITGC
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (7.29%) Docker
2 23 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.17%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.17%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.17%) Postfix
4 4 (1.17%) Squid
4 4 (1.17%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (6.71%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.12%) Terraform
3 11 (3.21%) Grafana
3 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.62%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.75%) Ansible
5 6 (1.75%) Puppet
6 5 (1.46%) Kibana
6 5 (1.46%) Nessus
7 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.17%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.29%) Ambari
8 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.58%) Atlassian
3 25 (7.29%) Oracle
3 25 (7.29%) SAP
4 17 (4.96%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.37%) Adobe
6 13 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.21%) Google
8 10 (2.92%) Cisco
8 10 (2.92%) Siemens
8 10 (2.92%) VMware
9 9 (2.62%) Qualtrics
10 7 (2.04%) IBM
11 6 (1.75%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.46%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.46%) CQG
12 5 (1.46%) ION Trading
12 5 (1.46%) Patsystems
12 5 (1.46%) Reuters
12 5 (1.46%) Trayport