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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 251 353
Rank change year-on-year -129 +102 -118
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 433 532 500
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.22% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.64% 14.01% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 286 310 318
10th Percentile £40,663 £27,000 £38,175
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,250 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +14.57% -13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -10.45% +14.14% -9.69%

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 4,070 3,798 6,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.22% 8.68% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,939 2,751 4,591
10th Percentile £29,543 £29,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -2.68%

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 26 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 26 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 -11 189 £68,000 -18.81% 108
North of England -92 77 £62,500 +28.85% 34
South East -24 66 £60,000 +14.29% 16
South West -53 58 £60,500 +18.05% 29
North West -34 46 £65,766 +22.36% 16
Midlands -115 24 £52,500 -27.59% 17
North East -53 18 £60,000 +166.67% 8
West Midlands -79 18 £52,500 -27.59% 12
East of England -51 13 £57,500 - 4
Yorkshire -61 13 £60,850 +25.45% 10
East Midlands -66 6 £54,250 +141.11% 5
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 34 (7.85%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.00%) CMS
3 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.92%) IIS
4 4 (0.92%) JBoss
4 4 (0.92%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.69%) nginx
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.46%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (10.85%) MS Visio
2 25 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (2.08%) Trello
6 7 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (1.15%) Moqups
8 1 (0.23%) Notion
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.85%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.46%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 143 (33.03%) Azure
2 95 (21.94%) AWS
3 62 (14.32%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (9.01%) Figma
5 33 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (6.93%) Miro
6 30 (6.93%) SaaS
7 25 (5.77%) GitHub
8 23 (5.31%) GCP
9 21 (4.85%) Adobe Analytics
10 20 (4.62%) Contentsquare
11 19 (4.39%) Lucidchart
12 16 (3.70%) Serverless
13 13 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (3.00%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.54%) Amazon S3
15 10 (2.31%) Power Platform
16 9 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (2.08%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.85%) Broadband
2 16 (3.70%) VPN
3 12 (2.77%) Firewall
4 8 (1.85%) IPv4
4 8 (1.85%) Multicast
4 8 (1.85%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (1.62%) DNS
5 7 (1.62%) WAN
6 6 (1.39%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (1.39%) Wireless
7 5 (1.15%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.92%) DHCP
8 4 (0.92%) LAN
9 3 (0.69%) Network Security
9 3 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.46%) BGP
10 2 (0.46%) RFID
10 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.23%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.16%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.46%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.54%) Db2
5 10 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.31%) DTS
6 9 (2.08%) MySQL
7 7 (1.62%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.62%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.62%) Power BI
7 7 (1.62%) Tableau
8 6 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.15%) Redis
10 3 (0.69%) Metadata
10 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.69%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.46%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 390 (90.07%) JIRA
2 45 (10.39%) Git
3 24 (5.54%) Bitbucket
3 24 (5.54%) GitLab
4 21 (4.85%) Jenkins
5 19 (4.39%) Selenium
6 10 (2.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (2.31%) Postman
7 8 (1.85%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.85%) Zephyr
8 7 (1.62%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.62%) JMeter
8 7 (1.62%) MSI
9 4 (0.92%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.92%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.92%) Toad
10 3 (0.69%) TestRail
11 2 (0.46%) git-flow
11 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 169 (39.03%) Social Skills
2 150 (34.64%) Finance
3 88 (20.32%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.85%) Games
5 28 (6.47%) Influencing Skills
5 28 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.24%) Banking
7 24 (5.54%) Legal
7 24 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 18 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.46%) Law
10 15 (3.46%) Marketing
11 14 (3.23%) Retail
12 11 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.31%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.31%) Automotive
14 9 (2.08%) Electronics
15 8 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (24.25%) Analyst
2 77 (17.78%) Business Analyst
3 67 (15.47%) Lead
4 61 (14.09%) Senior
5 28 (6.47%) Project Manager
6 26 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
7 23 (5.31%) Architect
7 23 (5.31%) Developer
7 23 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
8 22 (5.08%) Product Owner
9 21 (4.85%) Product Manager
10 20 (4.62%) Scrum Master
10 20 (4.62%) Technical Analyst
11 19 (4.39%) Technical Business Analyst
12 17 (3.93%) Senior Business Analyst
13 14 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.54%) Product Analyst
14 11 (2.54%) Product Business Analyst
14 11 (2.54%) Senior Manager
15 10 (2.31%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.62%) Terraform
2 27 (6.24%) Node.js
3 26 (6.00%) HTML
4 24 (5.54%) .NET
4 24 (5.54%) REST
5 20 (4.62%) CSS
5 20 (4.62%) Middleware
6 17 (3.93%) JSON
6 17 (3.93%) Spring
6 17 (3.93%) Spring Boot
7 15 (3.46%) Kafka
7 15 (3.46%) React
8 14 (3.23%) RESTful
9 10 (2.31%) ASP.NET
9 10 (2.31%) HTML5
9 10 (2.31%) XML
10 9 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (2.08%) GraphQL
11 8 (1.85%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.85%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 72 (16.63%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.47%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.00%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.77%) EPoS
6 12 (2.77%) Equities
6 12 (2.77%) PMI
7 11 (2.54%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.31%) iSeries
8 10 (2.31%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.08%) Fixed Income
9 9 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.08%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.85%) Eurex
10 8 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 64 (14.78%) Windows
2 46 (10.62%) Linux
3 26 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.15%) Unix
7 4 (0.92%) CentOS
7 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.69%) Android
9 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (63.74%) Agile
2 158 (36.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 134 (30.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (30.72%) Scrum
5 102 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (22.86%) AI
7 93 (21.48%) DevOps
8 92 (21.25%) Roadmaps
9 82 (18.94%) User Stories
10 78 (18.01%) Decision-Making
11 73 (16.86%) Kanban
12 70 (16.17%) CI/CD
12 70 (16.17%) Requirements Gathering
13 69 (15.94%) Mentoring
13 69 (15.94%) Project Delivery
14 66 (15.24%) Coaching
15 63 (14.55%) Project Management
15 63 (14.55%) User Experience
16 62 (14.32%) SDLC
17 59 (13.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 72 (16.63%) SQL
2 69 (15.94%) Python
3 60 (13.86%) Java
4 35 (8.08%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.93%) JavaScript
6 24 (5.54%) Bash
7 22 (5.08%) C#
8 19 (4.39%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.00%) C++
10 10 (2.31%) RPG
11 8 (1.85%) Bicep
12 5 (1.15%) PHP
13 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.46%) C
14 2 (0.46%) 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 (15.24%) Degree
2 53 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.39%) PMI Certification
4 29 (6.70%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.85%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.62%) AWS Certification
6 20 (4.62%) PMP
7 16 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.00%) ISTQB
9 12 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.85%) CCNA
10 8 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.85%) OSCP
10 8 (1.85%) RHCE
10 8 (1.85%) RHCSA
11 7 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.62%) CCSP
11 7 (1.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.16%) QA
2 40 (9.24%) Accessibility
3 32 (7.39%) WCAG
4 19 (4.39%) PMO
5 12 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.54%) GDPR
7 8 (1.85%) NCSC
7 8 (1.85%) SLA
8 5 (1.15%) NIST
8 5 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.92%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.69%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.46%) GRC
12 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.93%) Docker
3 23 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.85%) Squid
4 8 (1.85%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.85%) vSphere
5 7 (1.62%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.92%) KVM
8 3 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.69%) Firmware
8 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (6.24%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.62%) Ansible
3 12 (2.77%) ZABBIX
4 9 (2.08%) Packer
5 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.39%) Kibana
6 6 (1.39%) Proxmox
6 6 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.92%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.92%) Graylog
8 4 (0.92%) Nagios
8 4 (0.92%) Podman
9 3 (0.69%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.69%) Puppet
10 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.46%) Grafana
Vendors
1 102 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.93%) Oracle
3 27 (6.24%) Adobe
4 25 (5.77%) Atlassian
5 24 (5.54%) VMware
6 23 (5.31%) Splunk
7 21 (4.85%) ServiceNow
8 20 (4.62%) Google
9 19 (4.39%) Salesforce
10 17 (3.93%) Red Hat
11 14 (3.23%) IBM
12 10 (2.31%) ION Trading
13 8 (1.85%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.85%) CQG
13 8 (1.85%) Patsystems
13 8 (1.85%) Reuters
13 8 (1.85%) Trayport
14 7 (1.62%) SAP
15 6 (1.39%) Pega
15 6 (1.39%) Veeam