Confluence Job Trends

Confluence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Confluence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 325 246
Rank change year-on-year +15 -79 -46
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 401 477 708
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.86% 1.38%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.43% 9.33% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 248 272 564
10th Percentile £34,275 £41,250 £36,639
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.44% +6.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,775 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,750 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.30% -11.54% +13.04%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,508 5,113 5,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.92% 9.25% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 3,068 4,377
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,075
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +3.26% -3.16%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Confluence job vacancy trend in the UK

Confluence
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Confluence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Confluence

Confluence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Confluence over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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
England +3 345 £65,000 +8.33% 761
UK excluding London +5 220 £56,750 -1.30% 670
London +17 141 £80,000 +33.33% 143
Work from Home +42 131 £71,250 +23.91% 414
South East +23 50 £56,750 -5.42% 198
North of England +10 48 £50,000 -13.04% 142
Midlands +25 38 £58,750 -9.62% 133
South West -18 32 £50,000 -9.09% 83
East of England +20 29 £57,500 - 75
North West +4 26 £51,250 -10.87% 72
West Midlands +14 22 £72,500 +11.54% 70
Scotland +13 19 £61,250 +2.08% 20
Yorkshire +12 19 £49,500 +1.54% 62
East Midlands -3 16 £42,500 -5.56% 57
North East - 3 £50,000 - 9
Wales -10 2 £67,500 +3.85% 21
Northern Ireland -19 2 £50,000 - 9

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (8.23%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.00%) Apache
3 6 (1.50%) CMS
3 6 (1.50%) IIS
4 4 (1.00%) nginx
4 4 (1.00%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.75%) WordPress
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.50%) MTS
7 1 (0.25%) Appian
7 1 (0.25%) FileNet
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 38 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (5.24%) MS Visio
4 16 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (1.75%) Trello
7 4 (1.00%) CATIA
7 4 (1.00%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 2 (0.50%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.50%) Sketch
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.25%) Doxygen
9 1 (0.25%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.25%) InDesign
9 1 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (3.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.50%) SAP IBP
2 6 (1.50%) SAP MII
3 5 (1.25%) Fidessa
4 4 (1.00%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.00%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.50%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.25%) Actimize
6 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.25%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 111 (27.68%) Azure
2 53 (13.22%) AWS
3 42 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 37 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (5.99%) GitHub
6 23 (5.74%) GCP
6 23 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (5.49%) SaaS
8 20 (4.99%) Figma
9 18 (4.49%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.24%) Serverless
11 16 (3.99%) Snowflake
12 15 (3.74%) Power Automate
13 13 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (3.24%) Amazon S3
14 12 (2.99%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.74%) Adobe Analytics
15 11 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (2.49%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.49%) Firewall
2 18 (4.49%) DNS
3 12 (2.99%) HTTP
4 11 (2.74%) SSH
5 9 (2.24%) FTP
5 9 (2.24%) SMTP
5 9 (2.24%) Wireless
6 8 (2.00%) Internet
7 7 (1.75%) VLAN
8 4 (1.00%) IMAP
8 4 (1.00%) Multicast
8 4 (1.00%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (1.00%) VPN
9 3 (0.75%) DHCP
9 3 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
9 3 (0.75%) WAN
10 2 (0.50%) Broadband
10 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.50%) SSL
10 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.23%) Power BI
3 18 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.99%) MySQL
5 15 (3.74%) Tableau
6 11 (2.74%) DB2
7 10 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.00%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.50%) Power Query
10 6 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.25%) Metadata
12 4 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 381 (95.01%) JIRA
2 54 (13.47%) Git
3 34 (8.48%) Jenkins
4 33 (8.23%) Bitbucket
5 20 (4.99%) GitLab
6 18 (4.49%) Selenium
7 15 (3.74%) TeamCity
8 13 (3.24%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.49%) Visual Studio
10 9 (2.24%) Vagrant
11 8 (2.00%) JUnit
11 8 (2.00%) Subversion
12 7 (1.75%) Postman
13 4 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.00%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.00%) JMeter
13 4 (1.00%) webpack
14 3 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
14 3 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 180 (44.89%) Social Skills
2 135 (33.67%) Finance
3 90 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.22%) Banking
5 38 (9.48%) Marketing
5 38 (9.48%) Public Sector
6 29 (7.23%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.24%) Retail
8 17 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.99%) Law
10 15 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.49%) Automotive
12 12 (2.99%) Front Office
12 12 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.74%) Billing
13 11 (2.74%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (2.24%) Legal
16 8 (2.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 95 (23.69%) Analyst
2 61 (15.21%) Senior
3 58 (14.46%) Business Analyst
4 34 (8.48%) Lead
5 32 (7.98%) Developer
6 21 (5.24%) Project Manager
7 20 (4.99%) Product Owner
8 19 (4.74%) Senior Manager
9 18 (4.49%) Support Analyst
10 17 (4.24%) Architect
10 17 (4.24%) Consultant
11 16 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
13 12 (2.99%) Technical Business Analyst
14 11 (2.74%) Senior Consultant
14 11 (2.74%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.49%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.49%) Java Developer
15 10 (2.49%) Junior
15 10 (2.49%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.73%) React
2 26 (6.48%) HTML
3 25 (6.23%) CSS
4 18 (4.49%) Node.js
5 15 (3.74%) RESTful
6 14 (3.49%) .NET
7 12 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
8 11 (2.74%) Gherkin
9 9 (2.24%) JSON
9 9 (2.24%) Kafka
9 9 (2.24%) REST
10 7 (1.75%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (1.50%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.50%) LDAP
11 6 (1.50%) Middleware
12 5 (1.25%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.25%) .NET Framework
13 4 (1.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 69 (17.21%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.73%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.23%) Management Information System
4 23 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.99%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.74%) IoT
8 9 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.24%) Social Media
9 8 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.50%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.50%) Equities
10 6 (1.50%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.50%) Replication
11 5 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.25%) Eurex
11 5 (1.25%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.98%) Linux
2 31 (7.73%) Windows
3 10 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.24%) Amazon Linux
4 9 (2.24%) VMS
5 6 (1.50%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.50%) Unix
6 5 (1.25%) Android
6 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.00%) Solaris
7 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (66.58%) Agile
2 97 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (22.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 89 (22.19%) DevOps
5 85 (21.20%) Scrum
6 70 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (15.71%) User Experience
8 60 (14.96%) CI/CD
9 55 (13.72%) User Stories
10 54 (13.47%) Sprint Planning
11 51 (12.72%) Project Management
12 49 (12.22%) AI
13 46 (11.47%) Analytics
13 46 (11.47%) Change Management
14 45 (11.22%) Roadmaps
15 39 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (9.23%) Decision-Making
16 37 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 36 (8.98%) Coaching
18 35 (8.73%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 86 (21.45%) SQL
2 56 (13.97%) Python
3 31 (7.73%) Java
4 30 (7.48%) JavaScript
4 30 (7.48%) PowerShell
5 19 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 14 (3.49%) C#
7 10 (2.49%) Groovy
8 9 (2.24%) Bash
9 6 (1.50%) Perl
10 4 (1.00%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.75%) RPG
12 2 (0.50%) C
12 2 (0.50%) C++
12 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.50%) XAML
13 1 (0.25%) Delphi
13 1 (0.25%) VB
13 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 76 (18.95%) Degree
2 43 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.48%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.24%) SAP Certification
7 11 (2.74%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.74%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.00%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.50%) PMP
11 5 (1.25%) CBAP
12 4 (1.00%) ACCA
12 4 (1.00%) CIMA
13 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.50%) CCNA
14 2 (0.50%) CISSP
14 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.50%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.98%) Accessibility
2 33 (8.23%) QA
3 20 (4.99%) PMO
4 12 (2.99%) WCAG
5 7 (1.75%) GDPR
5 7 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.50%) Basel II
7 4 (1.00%) GMP
7 4 (1.00%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.25%) COBIT
10 1 (0.25%) GxP
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.25%) MiFID
10 1 (0.25%) SLA
10 1 (0.25%) UCITS
System Software
1 33 (8.23%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.73%) Docker
3 9 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.25%) DFS Replication
5 4 (1.00%) Dovecot
5 4 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.00%) Postfix
5 4 (1.00%) Squid
5 4 (1.00%) vSphere
6 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (6.48%) Terraform
2 22 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.24%) Grafana
4 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.74%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.00%) Ansible
7 6 (1.50%) Puppet
8 5 (1.25%) Kibana
8 5 (1.25%) Nessus
9 4 (1.00%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.00%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.25%) Ambari
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
10 1 (0.25%) VxRail
10 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 57 (14.21%) Atlassian
3 35 (8.73%) SAP
4 24 (5.99%) Oracle
5 20 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.99%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.99%) Adobe
7 14 (3.49%) Google
8 10 (2.49%) Cisco
8 10 (2.49%) Siemens
8 10 (2.49%) VMware
9 9 (2.24%) Qualtrics
10 8 (2.00%) IBM
11 7 (1.75%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.50%) Bloomberg
13 5 (1.25%) CQG
13 5 (1.25%) ION Trading
13 5 (1.25%) Patsystems
13 5 (1.25%) Reuters
13 5 (1.25%) Trayport