Confluence Contract Job Trends in London

Confluence
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Confluence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 103 136
Rank change year-on-year -4 +33 -34
Contract jobs citing Confluence 432 330 326
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.72% 2.46% 1.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.36% 20.54% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 204 225
10th Percentile £356 £303 £375
25th Percentile £445 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £783
England median daily rate £500 £512 £544
% change year-on-year -2.34% -5.84% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £40.00
90th Percentile - - £50.50
England median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £64.88
% change year-on-year -29.23% -3.67% +21.28%

All Application Platform Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,579 1,607 2,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.94% 11.96% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,011 1,453
10th Percentile £350 £313 £263
25th Percentile £416 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £625
90th Percentile £729 £810 £767
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 33
10th Percentile £16.10 £23.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.36 £22.00
Median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +16.67% +32.57%
75th Percentile £37.56 £41.18 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.31 £44.09 £48.17
England median hourly rate £27.21 £50.25 £25.50
% change year-on-year -45.85% +97.06% +14.20%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Confluence job vacancy trend in London

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Confluence

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in London

Confluence
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Confluence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Confluence

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Central London -6 53 £510 -6.42% 8
South London +2 26 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -16 8 £500 +19.05% 2
Confluence
England

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 32 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.94%) nginx
3 8 (1.85%) Palantir Foundry
4 7 (1.62%) Apache
5 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.93%) CMS
7 3 (0.69%) Traefik
8 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.23%) CICS
9 1 (0.23%) IIS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 45 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (9.95%) MS Visio
3 31 (7.18%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.85%) Trello
7 4 (0.93%) Notion
8 3 (0.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.46%) InDesign
9 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.23%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.62%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.46%) Actimize
5 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.46%) Shopify
5 2 (0.46%) Summit
6 1 (0.23%) Endur
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.44%) AWS
2 63 (14.58%) Azure
3 52 (12.04%) GitHub
4 33 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (7.64%) Power Platform
5 22 (5.09%) Amazon S3
6 19 (4.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 18 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (3.94%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (3.94%) SaaS
8 17 (3.94%) Serverless
9 16 (3.70%) GCP
10 14 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.24%) Miro
11 12 (2.78%) Figma
11 12 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.55%) Lucidchart
12 11 (2.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.17%) Firewall
2 15 (3.47%) VPN
3 14 (3.24%) DNS
4 11 (2.55%) WAN
5 9 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.85%) FTP
7 7 (1.62%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.62%) LAN
7 7 (1.62%) Modbus
7 7 (1.62%) OpenVPN
7 7 (1.62%) RS-232
7 7 (1.62%) RS-485
7 7 (1.62%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.16%) Network Security
9 4 (0.93%) HTTP
9 4 (0.93%) PSTN
9 4 (0.93%) SMTP
9 4 (0.93%) SSH
9 4 (0.93%) SSL
9 4 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.25%) Power BI
2 22 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.17%) Tableau
4 16 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.47%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.08%) Big Data
8 9 (2.08%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.62%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.62%) Metadata
9 7 (1.62%) Tick Data
10 6 (1.39%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.69%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.69%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.69%) Redis
12 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.69%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 400 (92.59%) JIRA
2 53 (12.27%) Git
3 47 (10.88%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.25%) GitLab
5 22 (5.09%) Bitbucket
6 21 (4.86%) Selenium
7 17 (3.94%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.01%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (2.78%) Cucumber
10 11 (2.55%) JUnit
11 9 (2.08%) Postman
12 8 (1.85%) Maven
12 8 (1.85%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.39%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.93%) Android Studio
14 4 (0.93%) JMeter
14 4 (0.93%) ScriptRunner
14 4 (0.93%) TestRail
14 4 (0.93%) Zephyr
15 3 (0.69%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 151 (34.95%) Finance
3 79 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (14.81%) Banking
5 58 (13.43%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 17 (3.94%) Legal
9 16 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.01%) Marketing
12 13 (3.01%) Retail
13 11 (2.55%) Front Office
14 10 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.62%) Publishing
15 7 (1.62%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.93%) Advertising
18 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (25.93%) Analyst
2 101 (23.38%) Business Analyst
3 46 (10.65%) Senior
4 42 (9.72%) Developer
5 38 (8.80%) Project Manager
6 29 (6.71%) Lead
7 22 (5.09%) Architect
8 19 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
10 17 (3.94%) Technical Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) Consultant
12 14 (3.24%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
13 13 (3.01%) Product Owner
13 13 (3.01%) Scrum Master
14 12 (2.78%) Banking Analyst
14 12 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (2.78%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.55%) Banking Business Analyst
15 11 (2.55%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.47%) Kafka
1 15 (3.47%) REST
1 15 (3.47%) Spring
2 14 (3.24%) .NET
3 12 (2.78%) RESTful
4 11 (2.55%) LDAP
4 11 (2.55%) Playwright
5 10 (2.31%) ADO
5 10 (2.31%) Apache NiFi
5 10 (2.31%) XML
6 9 (2.08%) JSON
6 9 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (2.08%) OpenID
6 9 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (1.62%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.62%) HTML
7 7 (1.62%) SOAP
7 7 (1.62%) Web Services
8 6 (1.39%) React
8 6 (1.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.19%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.08%) Equities
6 9 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.08%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.39%) Derivative
9 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.39%) PMI
10 5 (1.16%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.16%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.10%) Linux
2 17 (3.94%) Windows
3 11 (2.55%) Unix
4 7 (1.62%) Android
4 7 (1.62%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (1.39%) VMS
6 3 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (65.28%) Agile
2 125 (28.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 110 (25.46%) Scrum
4 92 (21.30%) DevOps
5 90 (20.83%) User Stories
6 87 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (16.44%) CI/CD
9 67 (15.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 63 (14.58%) Acceptance Criteria
11 61 (14.12%) Project Management
12 57 (13.19%) Roadmaps
13 52 (12.04%) Test Automation
13 52 (12.04%) Workshop Facilitation
14 48 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
14 48 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
15 47 (10.88%) Migration
16 45 (10.42%) Project Delivery
17 43 (9.95%) Change Management
17 43 (9.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.44%) SQL
2 58 (13.43%) Python
3 35 (8.10%) Java
4 19 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.24%) C#
5 14 (3.24%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.78%) Bash
7 9 (2.08%) Apex Code
7 9 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.85%) C++
9 7 (1.62%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.39%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.69%) C
11 3 (0.69%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.69%) Go
11 3 (0.69%) Groovy
11 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.46%) Korn
13 1 (0.23%) PHP
13 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 120 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 113 (26.16%) SC Cleared
3 47 (10.88%) Degree
4 17 (3.94%) CBAP
5 16 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.55%) CISSP
7 11 (2.55%) PMP
8 8 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.85%) IIBA
8 8 (1.85%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.62%) CSPO
10 6 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (1.39%) ISEB
10 6 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.03%) QA
2 23 (5.32%) GDPR
3 16 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.47%) PMO
5 7 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.39%) GRC
7 4 (0.93%) MiFID
8 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.69%) SLA
8 3 (0.69%) WCAG
9 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.46%) EMIR
9 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.46%) SEPA
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (10.42%) Docker
2 11 (2.55%) Squid
3 7 (1.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.62%) Firmware
4 5 (1.16%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.69%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.69%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.69%) Postfix
6 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.23%) etcd
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (10.88%) Terraform
2 45 (10.42%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.40%) Consul
3 19 (4.40%) Grafana
4 18 (4.17%) Ansible
5 14 (3.24%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.01%) Packer
7 10 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.62%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.93%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.69%) Istio
11 3 (0.69%) Nessus
11 3 (0.69%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.69%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.46%) Argo
13 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.23%) SCCM
13 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.10%) Salesforce
3 30 (6.94%) Atlassian
3 30 (6.94%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.40%) Oracle
5 12 (2.78%) Google
6 11 (2.55%) SAP
7 9 (2.08%) Databricks
8 8 (1.85%) Cloudera
8 8 (1.85%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.85%) Foundry
8 8 (1.85%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.85%) Palantir
8 8 (1.85%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.62%) Adobe
9 7 (1.62%) Alteryx
9 7 (1.62%) Anaplan
10 6 (1.39%) Cisco
10 6 (1.39%) Murex
11 5 (1.16%) IBM