Confluence Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Confluence
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Confluence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.81% 11.96% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.11% 29.73% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £675 £563 -
90th Percentile - £566 -
South West median daily rate £725 £575 £560
% change year-on-year +26.09% +2.68% -2.61%

All Application Platform Skills
Dorset

Confluence falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 9 37 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 7.32% 40.22% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 8
10th Percentile £189 £223 £349
25th Percentile £224 £408 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -4.52% -5.24%
75th Percentile £464 £506 £511
90th Percentile £591 £557 £524
South West median daily rate £568 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +16.41% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.60
25th Percentile - - £16.60
Median hourly rate - - £18.56
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.46%
75th Percentile - - £18.98
90th Percentile - - £19.06
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £65.01 £40.00
% change year-on-year -65.39% +62.53% -41.36%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Confluence job vacancy trend in Dorset

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Confluence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Confluence

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -9 1 £650 +33.33% 2
Confluence
South West

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management