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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 152 115
Rank change year-on-year +46 -37 -26
Contract jobs citing Confluence 606 575 1,143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.49% 1.54% 2.27%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.56% 16.59% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 410 825
10th Percentile £341 £363 £363
25th Percentile £414 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £675
90th Percentile £688 £700 £798
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 17
10th Percentile £51.78 £23.50 £22.16
25th Percentile £58.47 £33.88 £51.25
Median hourly rate £63.75 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75.63 £70.00 £86.65
90th Percentile £78.13 £76.25 £89.80
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £61.25 £55.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% +10.36% +11.00%

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 2,811 3,465 5,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.55% 9.31% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,878 2,477 3,916
10th Percentile £281 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 139 128
10th Percentile £16.26 £13.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.63 £15.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -12.00% +49.59%
75th Percentile £64.50 £45.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +36 286 £513 -6.82% 201
North of England +78 102 £425 -19.05% 66
South East +18 75 £485 -3.00% 39
Yorkshire +53 60 £450 -18.18% 26
Midlands +55 50 £504 +6.05% 35
South West 0 49 £563 +2.27% 37
North West +32 41 £410 -18.00% 36
West Midlands +42 35 £512 -6.91% 29
East of England +37 24 £425 +3.60% 24
East Midlands +16 14 £449 +30.00% 6
North East +5 7 £525 - 4
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 49 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.65%) Apache
3 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.83%) CMS
4 5 (0.83%) Drupal
4 5 (0.83%) nginx
4 5 (0.83%) SAS
4 5 (0.83%) WordPress
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle Coherence
5 3 (0.50%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.33%) Camunda
6 2 (0.33%) Traefik
6 2 (0.33%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) Appian
7 1 (0.17%) CICS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 68 (11.22%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (6.11%) MS Visio
4 31 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.32%) Trello
7 7 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.50%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.33%) InVision
9 2 (0.33%) Open Workbench
9 2 (0.33%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.65%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.33%) Kondor
4 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.33%) Shopify
4 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 122 (20.13%) AWS
2 78 (12.87%) Azure
3 39 (6.44%) GitHub
4 31 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.95%) Power Platform
6 29 (4.79%) GCP
7 25 (4.13%) IaaS
7 25 (4.13%) Slack
8 24 (3.96%) SaaS
9 22 (3.63%) Cloud Computing
10 19 (3.14%) Serverless
11 16 (2.64%) PaaS
12 14 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.31%) Miro
13 12 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.65%) Figma
15 7 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.16%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.63%) Firewall
2 19 (3.14%) HTTP
3 16 (2.64%) DNS
4 12 (1.98%) Network Security
5 11 (1.82%) DHCP
6 10 (1.65%) Software-Defined Radio
6 10 (1.65%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.49%) SAN
7 9 (1.49%) VPN
8 8 (1.32%) Kerberos
8 8 (1.32%) SNMP
9 6 (0.99%) SMTP
10 5 (0.83%) NAS
10 5 (0.83%) POP3
10 5 (0.83%) Skype
11 4 (0.66%) Internet
11 4 (0.66%) VLAN
12 3 (0.50%) SSL
12 3 (0.50%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.33%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.11%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (4.62%) MySQL
3 26 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 25 (4.13%) Power BI
5 22 (3.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 20 (3.30%) Oracle Database
7 16 (2.64%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.48%) Big Data
8 15 (2.48%) SQL Server
8 15 (2.48%) Tableau
9 14 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.99%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.83%) Amazon QuickSight
13 5 (0.83%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.83%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 546 (90.10%) JIRA
2 80 (13.20%) Git
3 64 (10.56%) Jenkins
4 53 (8.75%) Bitbucket
5 36 (5.94%) GitLab
6 35 (5.78%) Cucumber
7 29 (4.79%) JUnit
8 24 (3.96%) Visual Studio
9 22 (3.63%) ScriptRunner
10 21 (3.47%) Postman
11 20 (3.30%) Selenium
12 18 (2.97%) Jasmine
13 13 (2.15%) Eclipse
13 13 (2.15%) GoogleTest
13 13 (2.15%) Maven
13 13 (2.15%) Robot Framework
14 10 (1.65%) Cypress.io
14 10 (1.65%) ERwin
14 10 (1.65%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.49%) TeamCity
General
1 221 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 172 (28.38%) Finance
3 118 (19.47%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.72%) Banking
5 63 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (2.81%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.81%) Marketing
8 16 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.98%) Military
11 11 (1.82%) Automotive
11 11 (1.82%) Front Office
12 10 (1.65%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.65%) Retail
12 10 (1.65%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.16%) Legal
15 6 (0.99%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 120 (19.80%) Analyst
2 76 (12.54%) Developer
3 75 (12.38%) Business Analyst
4 60 (9.90%) Senior
5 40 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 35 (5.78%) Lead
7 30 (4.95%) Architect
8 25 (4.13%) Delivery Manager
9 24 (3.96%) Software Engineer
10 22 (3.63%) Technical Manager
11 17 (2.81%) Java Developer
12 16 (2.64%) Delphi Developer
12 16 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.48%) Data Analyst
14 14 (2.31%) JIRA Engineer
14 14 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (2.15%) Scrum Master
15 13 (2.15%) Test Engineer
15 13 (2.15%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.61%) REST
2 31 (5.12%) Spring Boot
3 30 (4.95%) HTML
4 28 (4.62%) Spring
5 27 (4.46%) CSS
6 26 (4.29%) RESTful
6 26 (4.29%) Swagger
7 24 (3.96%) Kafka
8 23 (3.80%) OpenAPI
8 23 (3.80%) SOAP
9 17 (2.81%) Spring Security
10 16 (2.64%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.64%) Spring Batch
10 16 (2.64%) Web Services
11 15 (2.48%) JSON
12 13 (2.15%) Flash
13 12 (1.98%) LDAP
14 10 (1.65%) XML
15 9 (1.49%) Bootstrap
16 8 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.96%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 16 (2.64%) Clustering
5 14 (2.31%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.31%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.65%) PKI
10 8 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.99%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.83%) Derivative
13 5 (0.83%) IVR
13 5 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.83%) Taxonomies
14 4 (0.66%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.70%) Linux
2 57 (9.41%) Windows
3 32 (5.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (3.96%) Unix
5 18 (2.97%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.49%) Android
7 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.83%) VMS
8 5 (0.83%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.66%) CentOS
9 4 (0.66%) Solaris
9 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.33%) Debian
11 2 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.33%) zOS
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (60.07%) Agile
2 146 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (19.80%) Scrum
4 106 (17.49%) DevOps
5 96 (15.84%) Project Management
6 94 (15.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 75 (12.38%) Migration
8 73 (12.05%) CI/CD
8 73 (12.05%) Test Automation
9 63 (10.40%) User Stories
10 61 (10.07%) Project Delivery
10 61 (10.07%) Validation
11 60 (9.90%) Analytics
11 60 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (8.58%) Waterfall
13 51 (8.42%) Microservices
14 50 (8.25%) TDD
15 48 (7.92%) Software Engineering
16 46 (7.59%) Roadmaps
17 45 (7.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (18.81%) SQL
2 85 (14.03%) Java
3 84 (13.86%) Python
4 43 (7.10%) JavaScript
5 39 (6.44%) Bash
6 27 (4.46%) C#
7 26 (4.29%) PL/SQL
8 24 (3.96%) Groovy
8 24 (3.96%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.81%) C++
10 16 (2.64%) Delphi
11 12 (1.98%) Kotlin
11 12 (1.98%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.16%) Bicep
12 7 (1.16%) Perl
13 6 (0.99%) PHP
13 6 (0.99%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.83%) Go
14 5 (0.83%) R
14 5 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 143 (23.60%) Security Cleared
2 126 (20.79%) SC Cleared
3 78 (12.87%) Degree
4 22 (3.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 20 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.81%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.98%) CCNA
9 11 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.82%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.65%) CBAP
10 10 (1.65%) CCNP
11 9 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
11 9 (1.49%) RHCA
11 9 (1.49%) RHCE
12 8 (1.32%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.32%) CISSP
12 8 (1.32%) OCA
12 8 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.75%) QA
2 20 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.97%) GDPR
3 18 (2.97%) PMO
4 17 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.83%) SLA
7 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.66%) NCSC
7 4 (0.66%) NIST
7 4 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.50%) MiFID
8 3 (0.50%) WCAG
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) P3O
10 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (8.09%) Docker
2 34 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.13%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (1.98%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.83%) Firmware
7 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.66%) VirtualBox
8 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.33%) NFS
9 2 (0.33%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.33%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (9.08%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.45%) Terraform
3 32 (5.28%) Ansible
4 20 (3.30%) vCenter Server
5 19 (3.14%) Puppet
6 15 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.82%) Oracle RMAN
8 10 (1.65%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.83%) Packer
9 5 (0.83%) WSUS
10 4 (0.66%) Consul
10 4 (0.66%) Control-M
10 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.66%) Rancher
10 4 (0.66%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.50%) Istio
11 3 (0.50%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.50%) QRadar
11 3 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (17.49%) Atlassian
2 92 (15.18%) Microsoft
3 75 (12.38%) Oracle
4 37 (6.11%) VMware
5 35 (5.78%) Google
6 30 (4.95%) Cisco
7 26 (4.29%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.14%) IBM
9 18 (2.97%) Splunk
10 15 (2.48%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.82%) Commvault
11 11 (1.82%) SAP
12 10 (1.65%) Dell
12 10 (1.65%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.16%) Informatica
13 7 (1.16%) Intel
13 7 (1.16%) Sparx
14 6 (0.99%) Databricks
14 6 (0.99%) EMC
14 6 (0.99%) Veritas