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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 323 238
Rank change year-on-year +19 -85 -37
Permanent jobs citing Confluence 401 477 704
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.86% 1.38%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.46% 9.31% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 248 272 562
10th Percentile £34,275 £41,250 £36,393
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,359
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 £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 3,499 5,121 5,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.91% 9.23% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,367 3,076 4,344
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,000
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 £78,750 £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 31 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 31 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 +10 344 £65,000 +8.33% 211
UK excluding London +5 220 £57,500 - 132
London +17 140 £80,000 +33.33% 102
Work from Home +42 131 £71,250 +23.91% 101
South East +23 50 £56,750 -5.42% 55
North of England +1 47 £50,000 -13.04% 26
Midlands +26 38 £58,750 -9.62% 26
South West -17 33 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East of England +22 29 £57,500 - 6
North West +3 25 £52,500 -8.70% 12
West Midlands +20 22 £72,500 +11.54% 18
Scotland +5 19 £61,250 +2.08% 4
Yorkshire +5 19 £49,500 +1.54% 14
East Midlands +2 16 £42,500 -5.56% 8
North East - 3 £50,000 - 1
Wales -5 2 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Northern Ireland -17 2 £50,000 - 1

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 25 (6.23%) GitHub
6 24 (5.99%) GCP
7 23 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (5.49%) SaaS
9 20 (4.99%) Figma
10 18 (4.49%) Entra ID
11 17 (4.24%) Serverless
12 16 (3.99%) Snowflake
13 15 (3.74%) Power Automate
14 13 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.24%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.99%) PowerApps
16 11 (2.74%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 10 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 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 35 (8.73%) Jenkins
4 33 (8.23%) Bitbucket
5 21 (5.24%) GitLab
6 19 (4.74%) Selenium
7 15 (3.74%) TeamCity
8 13 (3.24%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.49%) Visual Studio
10 9 (2.24%) JUnit
10 9 (2.24%) Vagrant
11 8 (2.00%) Subversion
12 7 (1.75%) Postman
13 5 (1.25%) Cypress.io
14 4 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (1.00%) JMeter
14 4 (1.00%) webpack
15 3 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.75%) TestNG
15 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 180 (44.89%) Social Skills
2 135 (33.67%) Finance
3 89 (22.19%) 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 20 (4.99%) Product Owner
6 20 (4.99%) Project Manager
7 19 (4.74%) Senior Manager
8 18 (4.49%) Support Analyst
9 17 (4.24%) Architect
9 17 (4.24%) Consultant
10 16 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.99%) Technical Business Analyst
13 11 (2.74%) Senior Consultant
13 11 (2.74%) Support Engineer
14 10 (2.49%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (2.49%) Java Developer
14 10 (2.49%) Junior
14 10 (2.49%) Operations Engineer
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 13 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
9 11 (2.74%) Gherkin
10 10 (2.49%) REST
11 9 (2.24%) JSON
11 9 (2.24%) Kafka
12 7 (1.75%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (1.50%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (1.50%) LDAP
13 6 (1.50%) Middleware
14 5 (1.25%) .NET Framework
14 5 (1.25%) OAuth
14 5 (1.25%) 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
1 268 (66.83%) Agile
2 96 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (22.69%) 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 62 (15.46%) CI/CD
9 54 (13.47%) Sprint Planning
9 54 (13.47%) User Stories
10 51 (12.72%) Project Management
11 50 (12.47%) AI
12 46 (11.47%) Analytics
12 46 (11.47%) Change Management
13 45 (11.22%) Roadmaps
14 39 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (9.23%) Decision-Making
15 37 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 36 (8.98%) Coaching
17 35 (8.73%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 87 (21.70%) SQL
2 57 (14.21%) Python
3 32 (7.98%) 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%) Bash
7 10 (2.49%) Groovy
8 6 (1.50%) Perl
9 4 (1.00%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.75%) RPG
11 2 (0.50%) C
11 2 (0.50%) C++
11 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.50%) XAML
12 1 (0.25%) Delphi
12 1 (0.25%) VB
12 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 75 (18.70%) 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 34 (8.48%) 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 28 (6.98%) 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 23 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.49%) Grafana
4 12 (2.99%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.00%) Ansible
8 6 (1.50%) Puppet
9 5 (1.25%) Kibana
9 5 (1.25%) Nessus
10 4 (1.00%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.00%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.25%) Ambari
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.25%) VxRail
11 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 57 (14.21%) Atlassian
3 35 (8.73%) SAP
4 25 (6.23%) Oracle
5 20 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.99%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.99%) Adobe
6 16 (3.99%) Google
7 10 (2.49%) Cisco
7 10 (2.49%) Siemens
7 10 (2.49%) VMware
8 9 (2.24%) Qualtrics
9 8 (2.00%) IBM
10 7 (1.75%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.50%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.25%) CQG
12 5 (1.25%) ION Trading
12 5 (1.25%) Patsystems
12 5 (1.25%) Reuters
12 5 (1.25%) Trayport