The NAPF's latest Workplace Pensions survey found confidence has particularly increased among employees already saving into a pension scheme or those who have already been auto-enrolled into a scheme.
The NAPF's Confidence Index, which measures the difference between the number of respondents who are confident and not confident in pensions compared to other forms of retirement saving, increased to -2 from -17 last October.
This is the highest score since 2010, with 44% of employees now very or quite confident about pensions, compared to 46% who are not confident.
Joanne Segars, chief executive of the NAPF, said: "We knew that auto-enrolment would be a game changer but it would appear it has had a positive impact on confidence in pensions too."
She added that the challenge now is to keep auto-enrolment opt-out rates low, further increase confidence in pensions and encourage more people to save for retirement.
The study found confidence is higher (59%) among those who are already in a pension scheme and those who have been auto-enrolled than among those who do not save into a scheme (28%).
This is a rise since October 2012, when 50% of those already saving in a pension were confident in pensions.
Since the beginning of auto-enrolment last October, 1.6 million people have been enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. Opt-out rates are 12%, the major reason for which is cost.
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