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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 247 353
Rank change year-on-year -134 +106 -123
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 433 536 497
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.22% 0.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.62% 14.07% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 288 315 318
10th Percentile £40,728 £27,000 £38,175
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +10.73% -13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -6.92% +10.73% -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 4,076 3,809 6,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.25% 8.69% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 2,759 4,591
10th Percentile £29,532 £29,000 £30,250
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 £54,408
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.51% -2.84%

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 24 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 24 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 -7 189 £68,000 -17.58% 96
North of England -78 78 £64,133 +32.21% 30
South East -23 66 £60,000 +14.29% 30
South West -49 57 £60,500 +15.24% 21
North West -45 47 £65,766 +22.36% 13
Midlands -119 24 £52,500 -27.59% 17
North East -46 18 £60,000 +166.67% 8
West Midlands -67 18 £52,500 -27.59% 13
Yorkshire -50 13 £60,850 +25.45% 9
East of England -54 13 £57,500 - 7
East Midlands -69 6 £54,250 +141.11% 4
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 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.00%) CMS
3 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
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%) nginx
6 2 (0.46%) Apache
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.46%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (10.62%) MS Visio
2 24 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (4.85%) 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
1 144 (33.26%) Azure
2 95 (21.94%) AWS
3 64 (14.78%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (9.01%) Figma
5 32 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (6.93%) Miro
6 30 (6.93%) SaaS
7 26 (6.00%) GitHub
8 22 (5.08%) GCP
9 21 (4.85%) Adobe Analytics
10 20 (4.62%) Contentsquare
11 19 (4.39%) Lucidchart
12 17 (3.93%) Serverless
13 14 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.77%) Amazon S3
14 12 (2.77%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.31%) Power Platform
16 9 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
16 9 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.85%) Broadband
2 15 (3.46%) 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%) WAN
6 6 (1.39%) DNS
6 6 (1.39%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (1.39%) Wireless
7 5 (1.15%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.92%) LAN
9 3 (0.69%) DHCP
9 3 (0.69%) Network Security
9 3 (0.69%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.46%) BGP
10 2 (0.46%) RFID
10 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.23%) SAN
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%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 390 (90.07%) JIRA
2 45 (10.39%) Git
3 25 (5.77%) GitLab
4 24 (5.54%) Bitbucket
5 21 (4.85%) Jenkins
6 19 (4.39%) Selenium
7 10 (2.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (2.31%) Postman
8 8 (1.85%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.85%) Zephyr
9 7 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.62%) JMeter
9 7 (1.62%) MSI
10 4 (0.92%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.92%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.92%) Toad
11 3 (0.69%) TestRail
12 2 (0.46%) git-flow
12 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 167 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 149 (34.41%) Finance
3 87 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.08%) Games
5 30 (6.93%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (6.47%) Banking
6 28 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.54%) Legal
9 20 (4.62%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.70%) Law
12 15 (3.46%) Marketing
13 14 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (3.23%) Retail
14 11 (2.54%) Automotive
14 11 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (2.31%) Aerospace
16 9 (2.08%) Electronics
17 8 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 102 (23.56%) Analyst
2 75 (17.32%) Business Analyst
3 67 (15.47%) Lead
4 60 (13.86%) Senior
5 27 (6.24%) Project Manager
6 26 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
7 23 (5.31%) Architect
7 23 (5.31%) Developer
8 22 (5.08%) Scrum Master
8 22 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
9 21 (4.85%) Product Manager
9 21 (4.85%) Product Owner
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%) Senior Manager
15 10 (2.31%) Designer
15 10 (2.31%) Product Analyst
15 10 (2.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.85%) Terraform
2 27 (6.24%) Node.js
3 26 (6.00%) HTML
4 24 (5.54%) .NET
5 23 (5.31%) REST
6 20 (4.62%) CSS
6 20 (4.62%) Middleware
7 17 (3.93%) JSON
7 17 (3.93%) Spring
7 17 (3.93%) Spring Boot
8 15 (3.46%) Kafka
8 15 (3.46%) React
9 14 (3.23%) RESTful
10 10 (2.31%) ASP.NET
10 10 (2.31%) HTML5
10 10 (2.31%) XML
11 9 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
11 9 (2.08%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.85%) .NET Framework
12 8 (1.85%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.86%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (4.62%) 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
9 9 (2.08%) Fixed Income
9 9 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
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 62 (14.32%) 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
1 277 (63.97%) Agile
2 157 (36.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 135 (31.18%) Scrum
4 133 (30.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 102 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (22.17%) AI
7 95 (21.94%) DevOps
8 93 (21.48%) Roadmaps
9 81 (18.71%) User Stories
10 77 (17.78%) Decision-Making
11 75 (17.32%) Kanban
12 73 (16.86%) CI/CD
13 68 (15.70%) Mentoring
13 68 (15.70%) Project Delivery
13 68 (15.70%) Requirements Gathering
14 65 (15.01%) Coaching
15 64 (14.78%) SDLC
16 63 (14.55%) Project Management
16 63 (14.55%) User Experience
17 61 (14.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 73 (16.86%) SQL
2 70 (16.17%) Python
3 59 (13.63%) Java
4 34 (7.85%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.93%) JavaScript
6 25 (5.77%) 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 51 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.93%) PMI Certification
4 28 (6.47%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.85%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.62%) AWS Certification
7 18 (4.16%) PMP
8 16 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.00%) ISTQB
10 11 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.85%) CCNA
11 8 (1.85%) OSCP
11 8 (1.85%) RHCE
11 8 (1.85%) RHCSA
12 7 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.62%) CCSP
12 7 (1.62%) CISSP
12 7 (1.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.16%) QA
2 41 (9.47%) Accessibility
3 32 (7.39%) WCAG
4 19 (4.39%) PMO
5 12 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.77%) GDPR
5 12 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.85%) NCSC
6 8 (1.85%) SLA
7 5 (1.15%) NIST
7 5 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.92%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.69%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.46%) GRC
11 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.23%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 31 (7.16%) 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 7 (1.62%) 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
1 100 (23.09%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.16%) Oracle
3 27 (6.24%) Adobe
4 26 (6.00%) Atlassian
5 24 (5.54%) VMware
6 23 (5.31%) Splunk
7 21 (4.85%) ServiceNow
8 19 (4.39%) Google
8 19 (4.39%) Salesforce
9 17 (3.93%) Red Hat
10 14 (3.23%) IBM
11 10 (2.31%) ION Trading
12 8 (1.85%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.85%) CQG
12 8 (1.85%) Patsystems
12 8 (1.85%) Reuters
12 8 (1.85%) Trayport
13 7 (1.62%) SAP
14 6 (1.39%) Pega
14 6 (1.39%) Veeam