Confluence Job Trends in the North West

Confluence
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Confluence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 159 160
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 24 48 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.38% 0.95% 0.82%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.92% 10.02% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8 28 35
10th Percentile £40,175 £41,099 £23,850
25th Percentile £45,688 £46,813 £36,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £75,938 £64,175 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £93,778 £96,539
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +7.43%

All Application Platform Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 242 479 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.81% 9.51% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 159 271 274
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £34,866 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +7.55% -3.64%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Confluence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Confluence job vacancy trend in the North West

Confluence
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Confluence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Confluence

Confluence
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Confluence in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Confluence in the North West

Confluence
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester +11 10 £57,500 - 9
Cumbria +11 9 - - 2
Cheshire -14 3 £44,000 - 4
Lancashire +4 2 - - 6
Confluence
England

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.17%) SAP IBP
1 1 (4.17%) SAP MII
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
1 3 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Manufacturing
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Finance
6 1 (4.17%) Automotive
6 1 (4.17%) Law
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Lead
2 9 (37.50%) Architect
2 9 (37.50%) Lead Architect
2 9 (37.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 9 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (25.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Strategy Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Lead DevOps
5 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Agile Coach
6 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) JIRA Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Junior
6 1 (4.17%) Mac Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Cybercrime
2 1 (4.17%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) Agile
2 14 (58.33%) Business Strategy
3 9 (37.50%) CAD
3 9 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 9 (37.50%) ERP
3 9 (37.50%) PLM
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) User Experience
7 4 (16.67%) Scrum
7 4 (16.67%) Wireframes
8 3 (12.50%) Coaching
8 3 (12.50%) Co-Creation
8 3 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (12.50%) DevOps
8 3 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (12.50%) Prototyping
8 3 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) GxP
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) SAP
2 9 (37.50%) Siemens
3 3 (12.50%) Adobe
3 3 (12.50%) Qualtrics
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Spotify