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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 313 241
Rank change year-on-year +10 -72 -29
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 339 431 588
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.88% 1.26%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.39% 9.60% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 215 249 477
10th Percentile £34,050 £41,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +7.43%
75th Percentile £85,625 £70,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +7.43%

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 2,977 4,491 5,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.72% 9.22% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,149 2,656 4,050
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,875 £54,145
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +3.20% -1.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £74,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 5 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 5 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 +17 141 £80,000 +33.33% 107
South East +10 49 £57,500 -2.13% 62
North of England +10 46 £50,000 -13.04% 33
Midlands +22 36 £57,500 -11.54% 22
South West -26 32 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East of England +24 28 £57,500 - 7
North West -5 24 £53,750 -6.52% 16
West Midlands +14 20 £72,500 +11.54% 15
Yorkshire +1 19 £49,500 +1.54% 17
East Midlands +5 16 £42,500 -2.86% 6
North East - 3 £50,000 - 1
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 28 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.36%) Apache
3 6 (1.77%) CMS
3 6 (1.77%) IIS
4 4 (1.18%) nginx
4 4 (1.18%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.88%) WordPress
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.59%) 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 (6.78%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (5.60%) MS Visio
3 18 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.18%) CATIA
6 4 (1.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (1.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.59%) Sketch
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.29%) Doxygen
8 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.29%) InDesign
8 1 (0.29%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.47%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.88%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.88%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.59%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.29%) Actimize
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.83%) Azure
2 36 (10.62%) AWS
3 25 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.90%) Figma
5 20 (5.90%) SaaS
6 19 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.72%) Serverless
8 14 (4.13%) GitHub
8 14 (4.13%) Power Automate
9 11 (3.24%) Adobe Analytics
9 11 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (3.24%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.24%) GCP
9 11 (3.24%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.95%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.36%) Amazon ELB
12 8 (2.36%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.60%) Firewall
2 16 (4.72%) DNS
3 10 (2.95%) HTTP
4 9 (2.65%) SSH
5 7 (2.06%) FTP
5 7 (2.06%) Internet
5 7 (2.06%) SMTP
5 7 (2.06%) Wireless
6 6 (1.77%) VLAN
7 4 (1.18%) IMAP
7 4 (1.18%) Multicast
7 4 (1.18%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (1.18%) VPN
8 3 (0.88%) DHCP
8 3 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.59%) Broadband
9 2 (0.59%) Network Security
9 2 (0.59%) SSL
9 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (4.13%) MySQL
4 13 (3.83%) Power BI
5 11 (3.24%) DB2
6 10 (2.95%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 320 (94.40%) JIRA
2 47 (13.86%) Git
3 33 (9.73%) Jenkins
4 25 (7.37%) Bitbucket
5 19 (5.60%) Selenium
6 15 (4.42%) TeamCity
7 13 (3.83%) GitLab
8 12 (3.54%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.36%) JUnit
10 7 (2.06%) Vagrant
10 7 (2.06%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.77%) Postman
12 5 (1.47%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.18%) JMeter
13 4 (1.18%) webpack
14 3 (0.88%) TestNG
14 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.59%) Checkstyle
15 2 (0.59%) Fiddler
General
1 143 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 96 (28.32%) Finance
3 64 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (13.57%) Banking
5 22 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.19%) Marketing
7 16 (4.72%) Law
7 16 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.42%) Retail
9 14 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.24%) Billing
10 11 (3.24%) Front Office
11 10 (2.95%) Automotive
11 10 (2.95%) Legal
12 9 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.36%) Spanish Language
14 7 (2.06%) Advertising
14 7 (2.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (21.83%) Analyst
2 53 (15.63%) Senior
3 49 (14.45%) Business Analyst
4 31 (9.14%) Developer
5 30 (8.85%) Lead
6 17 (5.01%) Product Owner
6 17 (5.01%) Senior Manager
6 17 (5.01%) Support Analyst
7 16 (4.72%) Project Manager
8 13 (3.83%) Architect
9 12 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (3.24%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.95%) Java Developer
11 10 (2.95%) Operations Engineer
12 9 (2.65%) Lead Architect
12 9 (2.65%) Product Manager
12 9 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.65%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (2.65%) Strategy Manager
12 9 (2.65%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.96%) React
2 26 (7.67%) HTML
3 25 (7.37%) CSS
4 18 (5.31%) Node.js
5 15 (4.42%) RESTful
6 13 (3.83%) .NET
6 13 (3.83%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (3.24%) Gherkin
8 10 (2.95%) REST
9 9 (2.65%) Kafka
10 7 (2.06%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.77%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (1.77%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.77%) JSON
11 6 (1.77%) LDAP
11 6 (1.77%) Middleware
12 5 (1.47%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.47%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.47%) OAuth
12 5 (1.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.68%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.42%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.24%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.95%) IoT
7 9 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.77%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.77%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.77%) Social Media
9 6 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.47%) Equities
10 5 (1.47%) Eurex
10 5 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.47%) Replication
11 4 (1.18%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.03%) Linux
2 30 (8.85%) Windows
3 10 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.06%) Amazon Linux
4 7 (2.06%) VMS
5 6 (1.77%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.77%) Unix
6 5 (1.47%) Android
6 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.18%) Solaris
7 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.59%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (64.60%) Agile
2 78 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (22.12%) Scrum
4 67 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (16.52%) DevOps
7 53 (15.63%) User Experience
8 50 (14.75%) CI/CD
9 42 (12.39%) Project Management
10 39 (11.50%) Sprint Planning
11 38 (11.21%) Roadmaps
12 36 (10.62%) User Stories
13 35 (10.32%) SDLC
14 34 (10.03%) Analytics
15 33 (9.73%) Test Automation
16 32 (9.44%) Business Strategy
16 32 (9.44%) Kanban
17 31 (9.14%) Decision-Making
18 30 (8.85%) Business Analysis
19 29 (8.55%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (20.94%) SQL
2 43 (12.68%) Python
3 30 (8.85%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.55%) Java
5 27 (7.96%) PowerShell
6 19 (5.60%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.83%) C#
8 10 (2.95%) Bash
9 8 (2.36%) Groovy
10 4 (1.18%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.18%) Perl
10 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.88%) RPG
12 2 (0.59%) C
12 2 (0.59%) C++
12 2 (0.59%) XAML
13 1 (0.29%) Delphi
13 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (17.99%) Degree
2 37 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.77%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.47%) PMP
8 5 (1.47%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.18%) CBAP
9 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.88%) ACCA
10 3 (0.88%) CIMA
10 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CCNA
11 2 (0.59%) CISSP
11 2 (0.59%) CSPO
11 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.44%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.14%) QA
3 17 (5.01%) PMO
4 12 (3.54%) WCAG
5 7 (2.06%) GDPR
5 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.77%) Basel II
7 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
9 1 (0.29%) GMP
9 1 (0.29%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (7.67%) Docker
2 23 (6.78%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.18%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.18%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.18%) Postfix
4 4 (1.18%) Squid
4 4 (1.18%) vSphere
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (7.08%) Terraform
2 23 (6.78%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.54%) Grafana
4 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.95%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.06%) Ansible
7 6 (1.77%) Puppet
8 5 (1.47%) Kibana
8 5 (1.47%) Nessus
9 4 (1.18%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.18%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.29%) Ambari
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle ZFS
10 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.29%) VxRail
10 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.75%) Atlassian
3 26 (7.67%) SAP
4 24 (7.08%) Oracle
5 17 (5.01%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.42%) Adobe
6 15 (4.42%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.24%) Google
8 10 (2.95%) Siemens
8 10 (2.95%) VMware
9 9 (2.65%) Cisco
9 9 (2.65%) Qualtrics
10 7 (2.06%) IBM
10 7 (2.06%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.47%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.47%) CQG
11 5 (1.47%) ION Trading
11 5 (1.47%) Patsystems
11 5 (1.47%) Reuters
11 5 (1.47%) Trayport