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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 263 308
Rank change year-on-year -68 +45 -89
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 382 429 743
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 1.17% 0.94%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.74% 11.78% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 244 310 593
10th Percentile £31,250 £21,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,766 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,640 £70,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £91,750 £93,778 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,766 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.61% +4.35% -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 3,253 3,642 8,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.49% 9.94% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,371 2,644 6,413
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -22 141 £75,000 +25.00% 72
North of England -100 70 £64,133 +22.16% 41
North West -26 53 £65,766 +14.38% 20
Midlands -36 50 £45,000 - 31
South East -40 42 £65,000 +44.44% 50
South West -53 34 £47,500 -13.64% 21
East Midlands -41 31 £25,500 +13.33% 12
East of England -7 28 £38,500 -35.83% 15
West Midlands -20 19 £69,000 +6.15% 19
Yorkshire -93 10 £60,000 +23.69% 10
North East -29 7 £60,000 +166.67% 11
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 (9.42%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.50%) CMS
3 8 (2.09%) IIS
4 7 (1.83%) Apache
5 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.05%) Documentum
6 4 (1.05%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.79%) WordPress
8 2 (0.52%) MTS
9 1 (0.26%) Drupal
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (7.59%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (4.19%) MS Visio
3 15 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.31%) Trello
6 1 (0.26%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.26%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.05%) Fidessa
2 4 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.26%) Actimize
4 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.26%) Magento
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 78 (20.42%) Azure
2 39 (10.21%) AWS
3 31 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (7.85%) Figma
5 28 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (7.07%) Adobe Analytics
7 26 (6.81%) SaaS
8 22 (5.76%) Power Platform
9 20 (5.24%) GCP
10 15 (3.93%) Contentsquare
11 13 (3.40%) PaaS
12 10 (2.62%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.62%) GitHub
13 9 (2.36%) Miro
14 8 (2.09%) Slack
15 6 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.57%) Google Workspace
16 5 (1.31%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.31%) Lucidchart
16 5 (1.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.45%) Broadband
2 13 (3.40%) Firewall
3 11 (2.88%) VPN
4 8 (2.09%) DNS
5 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.05%) WAN
6 3 (0.79%) LAN
6 3 (0.79%) Multicast
6 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.79%) Wireless
7 2 (0.52%) BGP
7 2 (0.52%) DMVPN
7 2 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.52%) HTTP
7 2 (0.52%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) WLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.26%) MPLS
8 1 (0.26%) OSPF
8 1 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.66%) Power BI
3 10 (2.62%) DB2
4 7 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.31%) Tableau
7 4 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.79%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.79%) Big Data
8 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.79%) MySQL
8 3 (0.79%) Power Query
9 2 (0.52%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 350 (91.62%) JIRA
2 27 (7.07%) Git
3 24 (6.28%) Bitbucket
4 21 (5.50%) Jenkins
5 18 (4.71%) Selenium
6 14 (3.66%) Cucumber
6 14 (3.66%) GitLab
7 9 (2.36%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.31%) JUnit
9 4 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.05%) JMeter
9 4 (1.05%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.05%) TestRail
9 4 (1.05%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.79%) Maven
10 3 (0.79%) Postman
10 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.79%) Toad
10 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 144 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 131 (34.29%) Finance
3 67 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (15.45%) Banking
5 30 (7.85%) Law
6 27 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
6 27 (7.07%) Legal
7 26 (6.81%) Games
8 20 (5.24%) Marketing
8 20 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.45%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.19%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.88%) Advertising
11 11 (2.88%) Retail
12 9 (2.36%) Automotive
12 9 (2.36%) Billing
13 8 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.57%) Electronics
15 5 (1.31%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.31%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 82 (21.47%) Analyst
2 59 (15.45%) Lead
3 57 (14.92%) Business Analyst
4 48 (12.57%) Senior
5 27 (7.07%) Architect
6 22 (5.76%) IT Support
7 19 (4.97%) Lead Architect
7 19 (4.97%) Support Engineer
8 18 (4.71%) Developer
8 18 (4.71%) Project Manager
8 18 (4.71%) Scrum Master
9 16 (4.19%) IT Engineer
9 16 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (3.93%) Senior Manager
11 13 (3.40%) IT Analyst
11 13 (3.40%) Product Owner
12 12 (3.14%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.14%) Support Analyst
13 11 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.19%) React
2 14 (3.66%) CSS
3 13 (3.40%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (3.14%) HTML
5 11 (2.88%) RESTful
6 10 (2.62%) Gherkin
6 10 (2.62%) Middleware
6 10 (2.62%) Node.js
6 10 (2.62%) REST
7 8 (2.09%) .NET
8 7 (1.83%) JSON
9 5 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (1.31%) Kafka
9 5 (1.31%) OAuth
9 5 (1.31%) Spring
10 4 (1.05%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.05%) Web Services
11 3 (0.79%) Hibernate
11 3 (0.79%) SOAP
11 3 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (16.75%) Product Ownership
2 29 (7.59%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.83%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.83%) IoT
6 7 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.83%) PMI
7 6 (1.57%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.57%) Market Risk
7 6 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.31%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.31%) Equities
8 5 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.31%) Social Media
8 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.54%) Linux
2 23 (6.02%) Windows
3 11 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.79%) Unix
7 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.52%) Android
8 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (68.85%) Agile
2 115 (30.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 94 (24.61%) Scrum
4 92 (24.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 89 (23.30%) Roadmaps
6 77 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (18.06%) User Experience
8 68 (17.80%) CI/CD
9 67 (17.54%) DevOps
10 59 (15.45%) Analytics
11 51 (13.35%) Sprint Planning
12 49 (12.83%) Decision-Making
13 48 (12.57%) Kanban
13 48 (12.57%) User Stories
14 47 (12.30%) AI
15 44 (11.52%) Business Strategy
16 43 (11.26%) Customer Experience
16 43 (11.26%) Project Management
16 43 (11.26%) SDLC
17 38 (9.95%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.71%) SQL
2 36 (9.42%) Python
3 30 (7.85%) Java
4 18 (4.71%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.66%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.62%) Bash
7 8 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.79%) RPG
9 2 (0.52%) C#
9 2 (0.52%) Delphi
9 2 (0.52%) PHP
9 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.52%) VB
9 2 (0.52%) VB6
10 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Groovy
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (14.92%) Degree
2 41 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.93%) PMI Certification
5 14 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.36%) PMP
8 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.05%) CITP
12 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.79%) CCNA
12 3 (0.79%) CISSP
12 3 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.52%) IIBA
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.21%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.54%) QA
3 20 (5.24%) SLA
4 19 (4.97%) WCAG
5 12 (3.14%) PMO
6 11 (2.88%) GDPR
7 8 (2.09%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.57%) Basel II
10 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.79%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.79%) NIST
13 2 (0.52%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.52%) MiFID
13 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.26%) HL7
System Software
1 25 (6.54%) Docker
2 20 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) Squid
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.97%) Terraform
3 13 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.09%) Ansible
5 6 (1.57%) Puppet
6 5 (1.31%) Grafana
6 5 (1.31%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.05%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.79%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.79%) Kibana
9 2 (0.52%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.52%) Packer
9 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.52%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.26%) Ambari
10 1 (0.26%) Consul
10 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.26%) Nagios
10 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.26%) Atlassian
3 28 (7.33%) Adobe
4 25 (6.54%) Oracle
5 23 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 20 (5.24%) Google
6 20 (5.24%) SAP
7 18 (4.71%) Salesforce
8 13 (3.40%) Siemens
9 10 (2.62%) VMware
10 9 (2.36%) Qualtrics
11 8 (2.09%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.83%) Splunk
13 6 (1.57%) Cisco
13 6 (1.57%) IBM
14 5 (1.31%) Bloomberg
14 5 (1.31%) Databricks
15 4 (1.05%) MuleSoft
15 4 (1.05%) Reuters
15 4 (1.05%) YouTube