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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 243 372
Rank change year-on-year -131 +129 -139
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 423 561 484
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.28% 0.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.51% 14.20% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 290 337 324
10th Percentile £38,984 £26,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,563 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,188 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,600 £100,000 £96,400
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 4,026 3,951 6,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.38% 9.04% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,963 2,811 4,850
10th Percentile £29,076 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,101 £54,285 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% -1.30% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,844 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.56% -6.25%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -44 168 £70,000 -12.50% 135
North of England -98 75 £65,766 +35.58% 44
South East -3 66 £60,000 +20.00% 52
South West -49 54 £57,500 +6.98% 27
North West -39 49 £65,766 +19.57% 18
Midlands -107 31 £45,000 -30.77% 23
East of England -42 17 £42,500 -26.09% 7
West Midlands -80 17 £52,500 -27.59% 16
North East -49 15 £60,000 +166.67% 8
East Midlands -62 14 £25,500 +13.33% 7
Yorkshire -69 11 £44,925 -7.38% 18
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 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.09%) CMS
3 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.95%) IIS
4 4 (0.95%) JBoss
4 4 (0.95%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.47%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
7 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (8.75%) MS Visio
2 22 (5.20%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.89%) Trello
6 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.71%) Moqups
8 1 (0.24%) Notion
8 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 133 (31.44%) Azure
2 81 (19.15%) AWS
3 61 (14.42%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (9.69%) Figma
5 34 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (6.15%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (5.91%) Contentsquare
7 25 (5.91%) GitHub
7 25 (5.91%) Miro
8 22 (5.20%) SaaS
9 19 (4.49%) GCP
9 19 (4.49%) Lucidchart
10 17 (4.02%) Serverless
11 13 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.84%) Amazon S3
13 11 (2.60%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.36%) Entra ID
15 9 (2.13%) AWS Fargate
16 8 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.15%) Broadband
2 13 (3.07%) VPN
3 12 (2.84%) Firewall
4 8 (1.89%) IPv4
4 8 (1.89%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (1.42%) Multicast
6 5 (1.18%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.18%) WAN
7 4 (0.95%) DNS
7 4 (0.95%) FIX Connectivity
7 4 (0.95%) LAN
7 4 (0.95%) Wireless
8 3 (0.71%) Network Security
9 2 (0.47%) BGP
9 2 (0.47%) RFID
9 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.24%) DHCP
10 1 (0.24%) MPLS
10 1 (0.24%) OSPF
10 1 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.20%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.55%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.60%) Db2
5 10 (2.36%) DTS
6 9 (2.13%) MySQL
7 8 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.65%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.65%) Tableau
9 6 (1.42%) Power BI
10 5 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.95%) Redis
11 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.71%) Spatial Data
13 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.47%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 377 (89.13%) JIRA
2 43 (10.17%) Git
3 26 (6.15%) GitLab
4 24 (5.67%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.49%) Jenkins
6 17 (4.02%) Selenium
7 10 (2.36%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 8 (1.89%) JMeter
9 8 (1.89%) Zephyr
10 7 (1.65%) MSI
10 7 (1.65%) Postman
11 5 (1.18%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.95%) Toad
13 3 (0.71%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.71%) Maven
13 3 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.71%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.71%) TestRail
14 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 163 (38.53%) Social Skills
2 133 (31.44%) Finance
3 75 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.17%) Games
5 32 (7.57%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (7.33%) Legal
7 28 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.15%) Banking
9 20 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (4.49%) Law
11 16 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (3.55%) Retail
13 13 (3.07%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.84%) Automotive
14 12 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (2.36%) Marketing
16 9 (2.13%) Aerospace
16 9 (2.13%) Electronics
17 8 (1.89%) Advertising
18 6 (1.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (21.28%) Analyst
2 69 (16.31%) Lead
3 67 (15.84%) Business Analyst
4 52 (12.29%) Senior
5 26 (6.15%) Delivery Manager
5 26 (6.15%) Project Manager
5 26 (6.15%) Scrum Master
6 24 (5.67%) Architect
6 24 (5.67%) Developer
7 19 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
9 17 (4.02%) Product Manager
9 17 (4.02%) Technical Business Analyst
10 14 (3.31%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.07%) Product Owner
12 11 (2.60%) Designer
13 10 (2.36%) Content Manager
13 10 (2.36%) IT Support
13 10 (2.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.62%) Node.js
2 24 (5.67%) .NET
3 20 (4.73%) CSS
3 20 (4.73%) HTML
4 19 (4.49%) Middleware
4 19 (4.49%) REST
5 18 (4.26%) Spring
6 17 (4.02%) Spring Boot
7 16 (3.78%) JSON
7 16 (3.78%) React
8 14 (3.31%) Kafka
9 12 (2.84%) RESTful
10 10 (2.36%) ASP.NET
10 10 (2.36%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.36%) HTML5
11 9 (2.13%) XML
12 8 (1.89%) .NET Framework
12 8 (1.89%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.89%) CSS3
13 7 (1.65%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 59 (13.95%) Product Ownership
2 32 (7.57%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.78%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.84%) EPoS
6 11 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.60%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.36%) Equities
7 10 (2.36%) iSeries
7 10 (2.36%) PMI
8 8 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.65%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.42%) Eurex
10 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.53%) Windows
2 43 (10.17%) Linux
3 26 (6.15%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.65%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.42%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.18%) CentOS
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.71%) Android
9 2 (0.47%) Unix
10 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (63.83%) Agile
2 153 (36.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 122 (28.84%) Scrum
4 117 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (22.46%) Roadmaps
6 93 (21.99%) DevOps
7 90 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (18.68%) AI
9 74 (17.49%) CI/CD
10 72 (17.02%) Decision-Making
11 65 (15.37%) Kanban
11 65 (15.37%) User Experience
11 65 (15.37%) User Stories
12 64 (15.13%) Mentoring
13 61 (14.42%) SDLC
14 58 (13.71%) Requirements Gathering
14 58 (13.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 57 (13.48%) Project Delivery
16 56 (13.24%) Project Management
17 51 (12.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 63 (14.89%) SQL
2 62 (14.66%) Python
3 59 (13.95%) Java
4 32 (7.57%) JavaScript
4 32 (7.57%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.44%) Bash
6 22 (5.20%) C#
7 20 (4.73%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.36%) RPG
9 9 (2.13%) C++
10 8 (1.89%) Bicep
11 6 (1.42%) PHP
12 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.47%) C
13 2 (0.47%) Ruby
14 1 (0.24%) Ada
14 1 (0.24%) Groovy
14 1 (0.24%) Perl
14 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (13.00%) Degree
2 51 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 29 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.67%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.26%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.31%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.31%) PMP
8 12 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.84%) ISTQB
9 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.89%) CCNA
10 8 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.89%) OSCP
10 8 (1.89%) RHCE
10 8 (1.89%) RHCSA
11 7 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (1.65%) CCSP
11 7 (1.65%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (11.82%) Accessibility
2 37 (8.75%) WCAG
3 35 (8.27%) QA
4 15 (3.55%) SLA
5 14 (3.31%) GDPR
6 13 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (2.84%) PMO
8 9 (2.13%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.89%) NCSC
10 6 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.18%) NIST
11 5 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.95%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.71%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.71%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.47%) GRC
15 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (7.80%) Docker
2 29 (6.86%) Active Directory
3 24 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.89%) Squid
4 8 (1.89%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.89%) vSphere
5 7 (1.65%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.95%) KVM
7 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (8.04%) Terraform
2 30 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 20 (4.73%) Ansible
4 12 (2.84%) ZABBIX
5 9 (2.13%) Packer
6 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.65%) Kibana
8 6 (1.42%) Proxmox
9 5 (1.18%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (1.18%) Nagios
9 5 (1.18%) Podman
9 5 (1.18%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.95%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.95%) Grafana
10 4 (0.95%) Graylog
11 3 (0.71%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.57%) Adobe
3 31 (7.33%) Oracle
4 25 (5.91%) VMware
5 24 (5.67%) Splunk
6 23 (5.44%) Atlassian
7 22 (5.20%) ServiceNow
8 19 (4.49%) Salesforce
9 18 (4.26%) Google
10 16 (3.78%) Red Hat
11 15 (3.55%) IBM
12 8 (1.89%) ION Trading
13 7 (1.65%) SAP
14 6 (1.42%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.42%) CQG
14 6 (1.42%) Patsystems
14 6 (1.42%) Reuters
14 6 (1.42%) Trayport
14 6 (1.42%) Veeam
15 5 (1.18%) Pega