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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 255 351
Rank change year-on-year -107 +96 -125
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 443 521 492
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.19% 0.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.78% 13.94% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 297 301 304
10th Percentile £40,300 £32,000 £38,325
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,231 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £67,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +14.99% -15.48%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,000 £90,875
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £58,700
% change year-on-year -10.37% +14.99% -13.04%

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 4,110 3,738 6,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.23% 8.57% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,978 2,711 4,347
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,688 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -2.39% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -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 2 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 2 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 -6 197 £70,000 -16.42% 334
North of England -86 76 £61,675 +27.15% 86
South East -28 65 £60,000 +9.09% 59
South West -51 60 £60,500 +15.24% 54
North West -45 45 £64,133 +19.32% 46
Midlands -122 25 £52,500 -27.59% 30
West Midlands -75 19 £52,500 -27.59% 24
North East -45 18 £60,000 +166.67% 14
East of England -47 14 £46,750 -18.70% 21
Yorkshire -67 13 £60,850 +25.45% 26
East Midlands -72 6 £54,250 +141.11% 6
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 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.64%) CMS
3 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.90%) IIS
4 4 (0.90%) JBoss
4 4 (0.90%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.68%) nginx
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.45%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (11.06%) MS Visio
2 26 (5.87%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (2.03%) Trello
6 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (1.13%) Moqups
8 1 (0.23%) Notion
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.81%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 145 (32.73%) Azure
2 96 (21.67%) AWS
3 64 (14.45%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (8.80%) Figma
5 35 (7.90%) SaaS
6 32 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (6.55%) Miro
8 25 (5.64%) GitHub
9 23 (5.19%) GCP
10 21 (4.74%) Adobe Analytics
11 20 (4.51%) Contentsquare
12 19 (4.29%) Lucidchart
13 16 (3.61%) Serverless
14 15 (3.39%) Entra ID
15 13 (2.93%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.48%) Amazon S3
17 10 (2.26%) Power Platform
18 9 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
18 9 (2.03%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.74%) Broadband
2 17 (3.84%) VPN
3 11 (2.48%) Firewall
4 9 (2.03%) DNS
5 8 (1.81%) IPv4
5 8 (1.81%) Multicast
5 8 (1.81%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (1.58%) WAN
7 6 (1.35%) DHCP
7 6 (1.35%) FIX Connectivity
7 6 (1.35%) Wireless
8 5 (1.13%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.90%) LAN
9 4 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.68%) Network Security
11 2 (0.45%) BGP
11 2 (0.45%) RFID
11 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.39%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.48%) Db2
5 10 (2.26%) DTS
6 9 (2.03%) MySQL
7 8 (1.81%) Power BI
8 7 (1.58%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.58%) Tableau
9 6 (1.35%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.13%) Redis
11 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.68%) Metadata
12 3 (0.68%) Spatial Data
13 2 (0.45%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 400 (90.29%) JIRA
2 47 (10.61%) Git
3 25 (5.64%) GitLab
4 24 (5.42%) Bitbucket
5 22 (4.97%) Jenkins
6 20 (4.51%) Selenium
7 11 (2.48%) Postman
8 10 (2.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (2.03%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.81%) Zephyr
11 7 (1.58%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.58%) JMeter
11 7 (1.58%) MSI
12 5 (1.13%) Claude Code
12 5 (1.13%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.90%) Toad
14 3 (0.68%) TestRail
15 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
15 2 (0.45%) Mocha
15 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 172 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 156 (35.21%) Finance
3 94 (21.22%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.13%) Games
5 31 (7.00%) Influencing Skills
6 29 (6.55%) Banking
6 29 (6.55%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.42%) Legal
9 20 (4.51%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (3.39%) Law
11 15 (3.39%) Retail
12 14 (3.16%) Marketing
13 11 (2.48%) Automotive
13 11 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.26%) Aerospace
15 9 (2.03%) Electronics
15 9 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (24.60%) Analyst
2 79 (17.83%) Business Analyst
3 64 (14.45%) Lead
4 61 (13.77%) Senior
5 29 (6.55%) Project Manager
6 27 (6.09%) Product Owner
7 26 (5.87%) Delivery Manager
8 24 (5.42%) Developer
8 24 (5.42%) Senior Analyst
9 23 (5.19%) Architect
9 23 (5.19%) Technical Analyst
10 22 (4.97%) Technical Business Analyst
11 21 (4.74%) Product Manager
12 20 (4.51%) Scrum Master
13 17 (3.84%) Senior Business Analyst
14 14 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.48%) Product Analyst
15 11 (2.48%) Product Business Analyst
15 11 (2.48%) Senior Manager
16 10 (2.26%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.22%) Terraform
2 27 (6.09%) HTML
2 27 (6.09%) Node.js
3 26 (5.87%) REST
4 24 (5.42%) .NET
5 21 (4.74%) CSS
6 20 (4.51%) Middleware
7 19 (4.29%) JSON
8 17 (3.84%) Spring
8 17 (3.84%) Spring Boot
9 16 (3.61%) React
10 15 (3.39%) Kafka
11 14 (3.16%) RESTful
12 11 (2.48%) XML
13 10 (2.26%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.26%) HTML5
14 9 (2.03%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (2.03%) GraphQL
15 8 (1.81%) .NET Framework
15 8 (1.81%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.61%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.97%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.71%) EPoS
7 12 (2.71%) Equities
7 12 (2.71%) PMI
8 11 (2.48%) Distributed Architecture
8 11 (2.48%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.26%) iSeries
10 9 (2.03%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.81%) Eurex
11 8 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (15.12%) Windows
2 47 (10.61%) Linux
3 26 (5.87%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.81%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.35%) Unix
7 5 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.13%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.90%) CentOS
8 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.68%) Android
9 3 (0.68%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (64.79%) Agile
2 158 (35.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (32.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 139 (31.38%) Scrum
5 107 (24.15%) AI
6 103 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (21.22%) DevOps
8 93 (20.99%) Roadmaps
9 88 (19.86%) User Stories
10 79 (17.83%) Decision-Making
11 78 (17.61%) Kanban
11 78 (17.61%) Requirements Gathering
12 74 (16.70%) Mentoring
13 71 (16.03%) CI/CD
14 70 (15.80%) Project Delivery
15 69 (15.58%) Coaching
16 67 (15.12%) User Experience
17 64 (14.45%) Sprint Planning
18 63 (14.22%) Acceptance Criteria
18 63 (14.22%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.06%) SQL
2 70 (15.80%) Python
3 62 (14.00%) Java
4 37 (8.35%) PowerShell
5 31 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 25 (5.64%) Bash
7 22 (4.97%) C#
8 20 (4.51%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.93%) C++
10 10 (2.26%) RPG
11 8 (1.81%) Bicep
12 5 (1.13%) PHP
13 3 (0.68%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.45%) C
14 2 (0.45%) Ruby
15 1 (0.23%) Ada
15 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.23%) Groovy
15 1 (0.23%) Perl
15 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (14.90%) Degree
2 53 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.45%) PMI Certification
4 29 (6.55%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.74%) Master's Degree
5 21 (4.74%) PMP
6 20 (4.51%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.16%) ISTQB
9 13 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.81%) CCNA
10 8 (1.81%) OSCP
10 8 (1.81%) RHCE
10 8 (1.81%) RHCSA
11 7 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.58%) CCSP
11 7 (1.58%) CISSP
11 7 (1.58%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (11.51%) QA
2 40 (9.03%) Accessibility
3 32 (7.22%) WCAG
4 19 (4.29%) PMO
5 12 (2.71%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.48%) GDPR
7 8 (1.81%) NCSC
8 7 (1.58%) SLA
9 5 (1.13%) NIST
9 5 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.90%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.68%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.45%) GRC
13 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (7.67%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.55%) Docker
3 23 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.81%) Squid
4 8 (1.81%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.81%) vSphere
5 7 (1.58%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.90%) KVM
8 3 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.68%) Firmware
8 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.51%) Ansible
3 12 (2.71%) ZABBIX
4 9 (2.03%) Packer
5 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.35%) Kibana
6 6 (1.35%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.13%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.90%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.90%) Graylog
8 4 (0.90%) Nagios
8 4 (0.90%) Podman
9 3 (0.68%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.68%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 102 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.77%) Oracle
3 27 (6.09%) Adobe
4 26 (5.87%) Atlassian
5 24 (5.42%) VMware
6 23 (5.19%) Splunk
7 21 (4.74%) ServiceNow
8 20 (4.51%) Google
9 17 (3.84%) Red Hat
9 17 (3.84%) Salesforce
10 14 (3.16%) IBM
11 10 (2.26%) ION Trading
12 8 (1.81%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.81%) CQG
12 8 (1.81%) Patsystems
12 8 (1.81%) Reuters
12 8 (1.81%) SAP
12 8 (1.81%) Trayport
13 7 (1.58%) Pega
14 6 (1.35%) Veeam