Confluence Contracts in England

Confluence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Confluence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Confluence over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 133 118
Rank change year-on-year +37 -15 -35
Contract jobs citing Confluence 695 653 1,078
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.61% 1.76% 2.23%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.91% 17.10% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 460 748
10th Percentile £341 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.56%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £656
90th Percentile £695 £701 £798
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 19
10th Percentile £54.51 £25.26 £42.40
25th Percentile £62.50 £43.38 £53.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -7.78%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £73.75
90th Percentile £80.75 £75.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.00
% change year-on-year - +14.75% -6.93%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,033 3,819 5,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.41% 10.27% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,983 2,736 3,531
10th Percentile £289 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £643 £650
90th Percentile £738 £825 £765
UK median daily rate £490 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -2.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 139 143
10th Percentile £17.33 £13.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.34 £16.88 £21.00
Median hourly rate £48.56 £32.12 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.21% -33.78% +122.99%
75th Percentile £69.00 £51.91 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.63 £70.80 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £32.12 £52.50
% change year-on-year +55.69% -38.83% +130.77%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence in England

Confluence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Confluence in England.

Daily rate trend for Confluence in England

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence in England over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in England

Confluence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Confluence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Confluence in England

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in England over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in England

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the England region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 336 £550 +2.33% 349
North of England +40 145 £425 -15.00% 89
Yorkshire +32 71 £425 -15.00% 36
North West +29 67 £415 -17.41% 47
South East +13 65 £500 +19.05% 119
Midlands +47 55 £475 +21.33% 51
South West -6 48 £575 +4.31% 61
West Midlands +31 38 £475 -13.64% 37
East of England +16 22 £463 +1.37% 35
East Midlands +9 16 £333 -6.33% 13
North East +5 13 £538 +11.98% 6
Confluence
UK

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 35 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.88%) nginx
3 18 (2.59%) Apache
4 7 (1.01%) CMS
4 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.58%) Camunda
5 4 (0.58%) Drupal
5 4 (0.58%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.58%) WordPress
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.29%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) CICS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.19%) MS Visio
3 49 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.15%) Trello
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.29%) InVision
7 2 (0.29%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 2 (0.29%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.73%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.14%) Actimize
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Primavera
4 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 152 (21.87%) AWS
2 97 (13.96%) Azure
3 51 (7.34%) GitHub
4 37 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (5.32%) GCP
5 33 (4.75%) SaaS
6 31 (4.46%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.74%) IaaS
8 25 (3.60%) Serverless
9 24 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (2.73%) Miro
11 17 (2.45%) PaaS
12 16 (2.30%) Amazon S3
13 14 (2.01%) Slack
14 13 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.44%) Lucidchart
17 9 (1.29%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.90%) DNS
2 35 (5.04%) Firewall
3 23 (3.31%) VPN
4 19 (2.73%) DHCP
5 14 (2.01%) HTTP
5 14 (2.01%) SMTP
6 13 (1.87%) SSL
7 12 (1.73%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.58%) Unified Communications
9 10 (1.44%) BGP
9 10 (1.44%) VLAN
10 8 (1.15%) IPsec
10 8 (1.15%) Network Security
11 7 (1.01%) Kerberos
11 7 (1.01%) MPLS
11 7 (1.01%) SAN
11 7 (1.01%) SSH
12 6 (0.86%) FTP
13 5 (0.72%) Internet
13 5 (0.72%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.60%) Power BI
2 24 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.73%) Big Data
5 18 (2.59%) Oracle Database
6 17 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (2.30%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.16%) MySQL
9 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.44%) Tableau
12 9 (1.29%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.01%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 618 (88.92%) JIRA
2 91 (13.09%) Git
3 77 (11.08%) Jenkins
4 57 (8.20%) Bitbucket
5 38 (5.47%) GitLab
6 26 (3.74%) Selenium
7 23 (3.31%) ScriptRunner
8 21 (3.02%) Maven
9 19 (2.73%) Cucumber
9 19 (2.73%) JUnit
10 14 (2.01%) Gradle
10 14 (2.01%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.87%) Postman
11 13 (1.87%) Vagrant
12 12 (1.73%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.58%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
14 10 (1.44%) Eclipse
14 10 (1.44%) GoogleTest
14 10 (1.44%) Robot Framework
General
1 284 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 181 (26.04%) Finance
3 119 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (12.95%) Banking
5 73 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 31 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.59%) Front Office
9 17 (2.45%) Retail
10 15 (2.16%) Marketing
11 14 (2.01%) Military
12 13 (1.87%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.58%) Automotive
13 11 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.29%) Legal
16 8 (1.15%) Back Office
16 8 (1.15%) Electronics
16 8 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (20.14%) Analyst
2 118 (16.98%) Business Analyst
3 71 (10.22%) Developer
4 56 (8.06%) Senior
5 53 (7.63%) Project Manager
6 45 (6.47%) Lead
7 37 (5.32%) Architect
8 28 (4.03%) Delivery Manager
9 23 (3.31%) Administrator
10 22 (3.17%) Software Engineer
11 20 (2.88%) Technical Manager
12 19 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
12 19 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.16%) Product Owner
14 15 (2.16%) Technical Leader
15 14 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
15 14 (2.01%) JIRA Engineer
16 13 (1.87%) Data Analyst
16 13 (1.87%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.33%) REST
2 37 (5.32%) HTML
3 33 (4.75%) AngularJS
3 33 (4.75%) CSS
4 27 (3.88%) React
5 25 (3.60%) Kafka
6 24 (3.45%) SOAP
7 23 (3.31%) Web Services
8 20 (2.88%) Spring Boot
9 18 (2.59%) .NET
10 17 (2.45%) Node.js
11 16 (2.30%) JSON
11 16 (2.30%) LDAP
12 14 (2.01%) jQuery
13 13 (1.87%) RESTful
14 12 (1.73%) HTML5
14 12 (1.73%) Spring
15 11 (1.58%) Hibernate
15 11 (1.58%) SAML
15 11 (1.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (11.22%) Product Ownership
2 36 (5.18%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.59%) PKI
5 15 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (2.16%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.73%) Clustering
8 12 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.44%) Derivative
11 9 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.29%) Replication
12 8 (1.15%) Equities
13 7 (1.01%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.01%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 78 (11.22%) Linux
2 58 (8.35%) Windows
3 23 (3.31%) Unix
4 18 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.58%) Android
6 11 (1.58%) VMS
7 8 (1.15%) Amazon Linux
8 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.72%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.58%) CentOS
10 4 (0.58%) Debian
10 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.43%) Solaris
12 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.29%) zOS
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (64.89%) Agile
2 158 (22.73%) Scrum
3 143 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (18.99%) DevOps
5 106 (15.25%) Migration
5 106 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (14.39%) Project Management
7 88 (12.66%) Validation
8 77 (11.08%) CI/CD
9 71 (10.22%) User Stories
10 69 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (9.50%) Change Management
11 66 (9.50%) Microservices
12 64 (9.21%) Analytics
13 63 (9.06%) Roadmaps
14 61 (8.78%) Project Delivery
14 61 (8.78%) Test Automation
15 58 (8.35%) Service Management
16 55 (7.91%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 107 (15.40%) SQL
2 103 (14.82%) Java
3 90 (12.95%) Python
4 52 (7.48%) JavaScript
5 33 (4.75%) Groovy
6 32 (4.60%) PowerShell
7 24 (3.45%) Bash
8 20 (2.88%) C#
9 18 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 16 (2.30%) C++
11 15 (2.16%) Perl
12 13 (1.87%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.15%) Bicep
13 8 (1.15%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.86%) Delphi
14 6 (0.86%) PHP
15 5 (0.72%) Go
16 4 (0.58%) R
16 4 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 169 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 153 (22.01%) SC Cleared
3 85 (12.23%) Degree
4 24 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (3.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 16 (2.30%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.16%) CCNP
8 14 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.01%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.87%) PMP
10 12 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.73%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.58%) CBAP
11 11 (1.58%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (1.44%) OCA
13 9 (1.29%) CCNA
14 7 (1.01%) CISSP
14 7 (1.01%) IIBA
14 7 (1.01%) RHCA
14 7 (1.01%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.91%) QA
2 14 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.58%) PMO
4 9 (1.29%) GDPR
5 8 (1.15%) MiFID
6 6 (0.86%) SLA
7 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.43%) COBIT
9 3 (0.43%) EMIR
9 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) SEPA
9 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.43%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.29%) ITGC
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
10 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (7.34%) Docker
2 40 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.03%) Active Directory
4 22 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.58%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.15%) vSphere
7 6 (0.86%) DFS Replication
8 5 (0.72%) VirtualBox
9 4 (0.58%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.29%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.29%) Firmware
11 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.29%) NFS
11 2 (0.29%) Squid
11 2 (0.29%) Veritas File System
11 2 (0.29%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 54 (7.77%) Terraform
2 53 (7.63%) Kubernetes
3 42 (6.04%) Ansible
4 20 (2.88%) Puppet
4 20 (2.88%) vCenter Server
5 17 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (2.16%) Packer
7 14 (2.01%) Consul
8 13 (1.87%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.58%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (1.44%) Grafana
10 10 (1.44%) Prometheus
11 8 (1.15%) Tivoli
12 5 (0.72%) WSUS
13 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.58%) Nessus
14 3 (0.43%) Control-M
14 3 (0.43%) Kibana
14 3 (0.43%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.43%) Netcool
Vendors
1 102 (14.68%) Atlassian
2 79 (11.37%) Microsoft
3 61 (8.78%) Oracle
4 48 (6.91%) ServiceNow
4 48 (6.91%) VMware
5 36 (5.18%) Cisco
6 32 (4.60%) Google
7 19 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.45%) Splunk
9 14 (2.01%) IBM
10 11 (1.58%) Commvault
10 11 (1.58%) HP
10 11 (1.58%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.44%) Citrix
11 10 (1.44%) Dell
12 9 (1.29%) Palantir
12 9 (1.29%) Veeam
13 8 (1.15%) SAP
13 8 (1.15%) Veracode
14 7 (1.01%) Duck Creek