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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 270 360
Rank change year-on-year -103 +90 -122
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 464 482 460
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.13% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.85% 13.66% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 303 266 263
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +19.25% -16.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £103,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -14.29% +19.25% -13.36%

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 4,278 3,529 5,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.18% 8.25% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,018 2,542 3,673
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% -
75th Percentile £71,235 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £129,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -1.79%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -8 210 £68,000 -17.58% 306
North of England -80 72 £60,000 +23.08% 83
South East -29 68 £60,000 -4.00% 83
South West -50 66 £62,750 +25.50% 52
North West -63 41 £60,000 +9.09% 49
Midlands -127 26 £50,000 -31.03% 45
West Midlands -96 21 £45,000 -37.93% 33
North East -48 18 £60,000 +9.09% 13
East of England -54 15 £38,000 -33.91% 36
Yorkshire -48 13 £60,850 +35.22% 21
East Midlands -68 5 £54,250 +50.69% 12
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 33 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.74%) CMS
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.86%) JBoss
4 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.65%) Drupal
5 3 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 55 (11.85%) MS Visio
2 28 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (2.37%) Trello
6 7 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (1.29%) Moqups
8 2 (0.43%) Simulink
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.72%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 147 (31.68%) Azure
2 99 (21.34%) AWS
3 64 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (8.19%) SaaS
5 35 (7.54%) Figma
5 35 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (6.68%) Miro
7 28 (6.03%) GitHub
8 21 (4.53%) GCP
9 19 (4.09%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.09%) Lucidchart
10 17 (3.66%) Serverless
11 16 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
12 15 (3.23%) Contentsquare
13 14 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (2.80%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (2.37%) Power Platform
16 10 (2.16%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.94%) AWS Fargate
17 9 (1.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.53%) VPN
2 16 (3.45%) Broadband
3 13 (2.80%) DNS
4 10 (2.16%) DHCP
4 10 (2.16%) Firewall
5 8 (1.72%) IPv4
5 8 (1.72%) Multicast
5 8 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.51%) WAN
7 6 (1.29%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (1.08%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.08%) Wireless
9 4 (0.86%) LAN
10 3 (0.65%) Network Security
11 2 (0.43%) RFID
11 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.22%) DKIM
12 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.37%) Db2
5 10 (2.16%) DTS
5 10 (2.16%) Power BI
6 9 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.94%) MySQL
7 7 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.51%) Metadata
7 7 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.51%) Tableau
8 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.08%) Redis
10 3 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.65%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 425 (91.59%) JIRA
2 49 (10.56%) Git
3 26 (5.60%) GitLab
4 23 (4.96%) Jenkins
5 22 (4.74%) Bitbucket
6 20 (4.31%) Selenium
7 14 (3.02%) Postman
8 10 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (1.94%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.72%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.51%) Claude Code
11 7 (1.51%) MSI
11 7 (1.51%) Zephyr
12 6 (1.29%) JMeter
13 5 (1.08%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.43%) Balsamiq
14 2 (0.43%) Maven
14 2 (0.43%) Mocha
14 2 (0.43%) Subversion
14 2 (0.43%) Toad
General
1 185 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 158 (34.05%) Finance
3 102 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.68%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.47%) Games
5 30 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 28 (6.03%) Banking
8 25 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (4.31%) Law
10 19 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (4.09%) Marketing
11 18 (3.88%) Legal
12 17 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 17 (3.66%) Retail
13 13 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.59%) Aerospace
15 11 (2.37%) Automotive
16 9 (1.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 123 (26.51%) Analyst
2 89 (19.18%) Business Analyst
3 63 (13.58%) Senior
4 60 (12.93%) Lead
5 30 (6.47%) Delivery Manager
5 30 (6.47%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.03%) Developer
6 28 (6.03%) Product Owner
7 24 (5.17%) Technical Analyst
8 23 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (4.96%) Technical Business Analyst
9 22 (4.74%) Architect
9 22 (4.74%) Product Manager
10 16 (3.45%) Scrum Master
10 16 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
11 14 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (3.02%) Support Analyst
12 13 (2.80%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
14 11 (2.37%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.54%) HTML
2 32 (6.90%) Terraform
3 28 (6.03%) Node.js
3 28 (6.03%) REST
4 24 (5.17%) .NET
5 23 (4.96%) CSS
6 20 (4.31%) Middleware
7 19 (4.09%) JSON
8 18 (3.88%) React
9 17 (3.66%) Spring
9 17 (3.66%) Spring Boot
10 15 (3.23%) Kafka
10 15 (3.23%) RESTful
11 11 (2.37%) Next.js
11 11 (2.37%) XML
12 10 (2.16%) ASP.NET
12 10 (2.16%) HTML5
13 9 (1.94%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (1.94%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.72%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 83 (17.89%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.54%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.74%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.02%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.80%) PMI
7 12 (2.59%) Biopharmaceutical
7 12 (2.59%) EPoS
7 12 (2.59%) Equities
7 12 (2.59%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (2.16%) iSeries
9 9 (1.94%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.72%) Eurex
10 8 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.30%) Windows
2 50 (10.78%) Linux
3 25 (5.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.94%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.94%) Unix
5 6 (1.29%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.08%) CentOS
7 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) Android
9 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.22%) Rocky
9 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (64.22%) Agile
2 163 (35.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 147 (31.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 139 (29.96%) Scrum
5 123 (26.51%) AI
6 117 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (22.84%) User Stories
8 94 (20.26%) DevOps
9 84 (18.10%) Requirements Gathering
9 84 (18.10%) Roadmaps
10 82 (17.67%) Decision-Making
11 81 (17.46%) Coaching
12 80 (17.24%) Kanban
13 78 (16.81%) Project Delivery
14 76 (16.38%) Acceptance Criteria
15 74 (15.95%) Mentoring
16 70 (15.09%) CI/CD
16 70 (15.09%) Sprint Planning
17 66 (14.22%) Project Management
18 65 (14.01%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.04%) SQL
2 74 (15.95%) Python
3 61 (13.15%) Java
4 42 (9.05%) PowerShell
5 32 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 31 (6.68%) Bash
7 24 (5.17%) C#
8 22 (4.74%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.80%) C++
10 10 (2.16%) RPG
11 8 (1.72%) Bicep
12 4 (0.86%) PHP
13 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.43%) C
14 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.43%) Ruby
15 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.22%) Groovy
15 1 (0.22%) Perl
15 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (17.46%) Degree
2 59 (12.72%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.90%) PMI Certification
4 31 (6.68%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.60%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.09%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.09%) PMP
7 16 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (3.23%) ISTQB
8 15 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.59%) MBA
10 8 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.72%) CCNA
10 8 (1.72%) CSPO
10 8 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.72%) OSCP
10 8 (1.72%) RHCE
10 8 (1.72%) RHCSA
11 7 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.93%) QA
2 34 (7.33%) Accessibility
3 27 (5.82%) WCAG
4 22 (4.74%) PMO
5 18 (3.88%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.16%) GDPR
8 7 (1.51%) NCSC
9 6 (1.29%) SLA
10 5 (1.08%) NIST
10 5 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.65%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.43%) GRC
12 2 (0.43%) MiFID
12 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (7.97%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.03%) Docker
3 23 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.72%) Squid
4 8 (1.72%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.72%) vSphere
5 7 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.86%) KVM
8 3 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.09%) Ansible
3 12 (2.59%) ZABBIX
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.72%) Packer
6 6 (1.29%) Kibana
6 6 (1.29%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.86%) Graylog
8 4 (0.86%) Nagios
8 4 (0.86%) Podman
9 3 (0.65%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.65%) Grafana
9 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 111 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.68%) Atlassian
3 29 (6.25%) Oracle
4 24 (5.17%) VMware
5 23 (4.96%) Adobe
5 23 (4.96%) Splunk
6 20 (4.31%) Google
7 19 (4.09%) ServiceNow
8 18 (3.88%) Red Hat
8 18 (3.88%) Salesforce
9 14 (3.02%) IBM
10 10 (2.16%) ION Trading
10 10 (2.16%) SAP
11 8 (1.72%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.72%) CQG
11 8 (1.72%) Patsystems
11 8 (1.72%) Pega
11 8 (1.72%) Reuters
11 8 (1.72%) Trayport
12 6 (1.29%) Apple