Confluence Job Trends in the South West

Confluence
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Confluence skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 146 155
Rank change year-on-year +18 +9 +33
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 41 96 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.17% 1.28% 1.49%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.50% 15.69% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 33 41 52
10th Percentile £25,500 £37,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +7.11% -8.26%
75th Percentile £67,000 £65,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £82,000 £65,750 £91,934
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,700 £70,000
% change year-on-year +19.25% -16.14% +12.00%

All Application Platform Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 328 612 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.38% 8.14% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 216 361 443
10th Percentile £28,875 £30,000 £30,730
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +1.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence in the South West

Confluence
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Confluence

Confluence
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Confluence in the South West over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Confluence in the South West

Confluence
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Bristol +57 16 £45,000 -23.34% 7
Dorset -5 11 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Gloucestershire +15 9 £70,000 +22.81% 14
Wiltshire +21 3 £60,000 +2.21% 2
Somerset - 2 £68,750 - 1
Confluence
England

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Doxygen
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) AWS
2 7 (17.07%) SaaS
3 4 (9.76%) Azure
4 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) Pulumi
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.44%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.44%) Miro
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Internet
2 1 (2.44%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.88%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (95.12%) JIRA
2 14 (34.15%) Git
3 4 (9.76%) GitLab
4 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
4 3 (7.32%) JUnit
5 2 (4.88%) Bitbucket
5 2 (4.88%) TeamCity
6 1 (2.44%) Selenium
6 1 (2.44%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Banking
3 4 (9.76%) Law
4 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Games
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Developer
2 8 (19.51%) .NET Developer
2 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) C# Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Angular Developer
4 5 (12.20%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Graduate
4 5 (12.20%) Graduate Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Graduate Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Junior
4 5 (12.20%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Junior Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 5 (12.20%) SQL Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) SQL Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Technical Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Strategic Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.83%) React
2 10 (24.39%) .NET
3 6 (14.63%) .NET Core
4 5 (12.20%) AngularJS
4 5 (12.20%) Vue
5 4 (9.76%) Android Jetpack
5 4 (9.76%) Jetpack Compose
5 4 (9.76%) Node.js
5 4 (9.76%) OkHttp
5 4 (9.76%) Retrofit
6 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
6 2 (4.88%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (4.88%) Avalonia
6 2 (4.88%) Entity Framework
6 2 (4.88%) Middleware
6 2 (4.88%) REST
6 2 (4.88%) WPF
7 1 (2.44%) boto
7 1 (2.44%) Kafka
7 1 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) IoT
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Cybercrime
4 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Android
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (24.39%) Project Management
4 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
4 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
6 6 (14.63%) Analytics
6 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (14.63%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (12.20%) DevOps
7 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (12.20%) Microservices
7 5 (12.20%) Scrum
7 5 (12.20%) User Experience
7 5 (12.20%) Visualisation
8 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy
8 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
8 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
8 4 (9.76%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) C#
2 7 (17.07%) SQL
3 6 (14.63%) TypeScript
4 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.20%) Python
5 4 (9.76%) Java
5 4 (9.76%) Kotlin
6 2 (4.88%) C
6 2 (4.88%) C++
6 2 (4.88%) XAML
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.88%) CITP
4 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.44%) IEC 62304
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kibana
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Salesforce
1 4 (9.76%) Samsung
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) Planon
3 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) Workday