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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 107 102
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Confluence 448 377 467
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.16% 2.38% 2.36%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.65% 19.63% 21.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 247 310
10th Percentile £344 £301 £380
25th Percentile £446 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £674
90th Percentile £738 £810 £810
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £47.33 - £35.50
25th Percentile £53.81 - £41.88
Median hourly rate £65.25 - £55.00
75th Percentile £77.31 - £61.25
90th Percentile £84.18 - £63.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £67.26 £63.75
% change year-on-year -6.13% +5.51% +27.50%

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 1,620 1,921 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.42% 12.12% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,264 1,478
10th Percentile £325 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £850 £775
England median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% +3.55% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 20 25
10th Percentile - £17.91 £18.60
25th Percentile £17.50 £23.10 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £28.44 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% +3.40% +17.95%
75th Percentile £46.00 £39.73 £44.54
90th Percentile £87.75 £71.13 £64.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £42.21 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.89% +68.82% +28.21%

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 29 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in London

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 29 November 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
Central London +22 70 £500 -9.09% 9
South London +10 21 £582 +22.47% 1
West London -15 6 £415 -17.00% 4
East London +2 1 £520 -5.45% 1
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 36 (8.04%) nginx
2 26 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.23%) Apache
4 4 (0.89%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.67%) Traefik
6 2 (0.45%) Camunda
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (8.26%) MS Visio
3 32 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (2.68%) Trello
7 10 (2.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.45%) InDesign
8 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.22%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.22%) Notion
9 1 (0.22%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 12 (2.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.89%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.67%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 1 (0.22%) Endur
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 105 (23.44%) AWS
2 71 (15.85%) Azure
3 52 (11.61%) GitHub
4 28 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 25 (5.58%) Amazon S3
6 24 (5.36%) Amazon EC2
7 21 (4.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 21 (4.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (4.24%) GCP
8 19 (4.24%) Serverless
9 17 (3.79%) Miro
9 17 (3.79%) SaaS
10 16 (3.57%) Slack
11 15 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (2.23%) AWS KMS
13 10 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.46%) Firewall
2 17 (3.79%) DNS
3 16 (3.57%) SSH
3 16 (3.57%) SSL
4 15 (3.35%) OpenLDAP
5 13 (2.90%) FTP
6 12 (2.68%) HTTP
7 11 (2.46%) SMTP
8 10 (2.23%) IMAP
9 9 (2.01%) VPN
10 6 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.34%) WAN
11 4 (0.89%) Network Security
12 3 (0.67%) DHCP
12 3 (0.67%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.45%) Calico
13 2 (0.45%) LAN
13 2 (0.45%) RS-232
13 2 (0.45%) SNMP
13 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.03%) Power BI
3 20 (4.46%) Tableau
4 17 (3.79%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.57%) Hadoop
6 14 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.90%) Big Data
8 12 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (2.46%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.12%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.89%) DB2
12 4 (0.89%) Metadata
12 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.89%) Tick Data
13 3 (0.67%) MySQL
14 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 415 (92.63%) JIRA
2 64 (14.29%) Git
3 56 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 30 (6.70%) GitLab
5 25 (5.58%) Bitbucket
6 16 (3.57%) Selenium
7 13 (2.90%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.90%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.46%) Postman
8 11 (2.46%) Vagrant
9 9 (2.01%) JUnit
10 8 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (1.79%) SpecFlow
11 7 (1.56%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.56%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.12%) Android Studio
12 5 (1.12%) Maven
12 5 (1.12%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.89%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.89%) TestRail
General
1 199 (44.42%) Social Skills
2 128 (28.57%) Finance
3 74 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (15.40%) Banking
5 52 (11.61%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.24%) Investment Banking
7 18 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (3.79%) Front Office
9 16 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.90%) Retail
12 11 (2.46%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.23%) Legal
14 8 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.56%) Back Office
16 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.34%) Marketing
16 6 (1.34%) Publishing
17 5 (1.12%) Electronics
17 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (19.64%) Analyst
2 75 (16.74%) Business Analyst
3 53 (11.83%) Senior
4 39 (8.71%) Project Manager
5 38 (8.48%) Developer
6 34 (7.59%) Architect
7 33 (7.37%) Lead
8 20 (4.46%) Product Owner
9 19 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.79%) Scrum Master
12 15 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (3.35%) Technical Business Analyst
13 14 (3.13%) Administrator
13 14 (3.13%) Consultant
13 14 (3.13%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.90%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.48%) REST
2 31 (6.92%) AngularJS
3 30 (6.70%) LDAP
4 25 (5.58%) .NET
5 24 (5.36%) HTML
5 24 (5.36%) Kafka
6 23 (5.13%) JSON
7 22 (4.91%) RabbitMQ
8 20 (4.46%) React
8 20 (4.46%) SOAP
8 20 (4.46%) Web Services
9 15 (3.35%) Apache NiFi
9 15 (3.35%) HTML5
10 13 (2.90%) SAML
11 12 (2.68%) Apache Camel
11 12 (2.68%) JDBC
11 12 (2.68%) jQuery
11 12 (2.68%) ODBC
12 11 (2.46%) RESTful
12 11 (2.46%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.38%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.13%) Replication
4 12 (2.68%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.23%) Equities
7 9 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.01%) Derivative
7 9 (2.01%) NHS
7 9 (2.01%) PMI
8 7 (1.56%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.34%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.12%) PKI
10 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (11.83%) Linux
2 26 (5.80%) Windows
3 19 (4.24%) Unix
4 13 (2.90%) VMS
5 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.23%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.56%) Android
8 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (67.63%) Agile
2 136 (30.36%) Scrum
3 107 (23.88%) DevOps
4 96 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (17.86%) CI/CD
7 69 (15.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (14.73%) User Stories
9 64 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (13.39%) Roadmaps
11 55 (12.28%) Change Management
11 55 (12.28%) Microservices
11 55 (12.28%) Project Management
12 51 (11.38%) Migration
13 47 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
14 40 (8.93%) Requirements Gathering
15 39 (8.71%) Test Automation
15 39 (8.71%) Workshop Facilitation
16 37 (8.26%) Kanban
16 37 (8.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.52%) Python
2 73 (16.29%) SQL
3 50 (11.16%) Java
4 35 (7.81%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.02%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.35%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.68%) C#
7 12 (2.68%) Go
8 11 (2.46%) Bash
8 11 (2.46%) Groovy
9 7 (1.56%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.34%) C++
11 5 (1.12%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.45%) C
12 2 (0.45%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.45%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.45%) Korn
12 2 (0.45%) PHP
12 2 (0.45%) R
13 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 124 (27.68%) Security Cleared
2 122 (27.23%) SC Cleared
3 68 (15.18%) Degree
4 22 (4.91%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.79%) DV Cleared
7 14 (3.13%) PMP
8 13 (2.90%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.46%) CISSP
10 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.01%) CBAP
12 8 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.79%) CSPO
13 7 (1.56%) ISTQB
14 6 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (1.34%) CFA
15 5 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (11.16%) QA
2 16 (3.57%) GDPR
3 14 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.46%) PMO
5 5 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.12%) GRC
5 5 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.12%) SEPA
6 4 (0.89%) ISO 20022
6 4 (0.89%) NCSC
7 3 (0.67%) ITGC
7 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.67%) PSD2
7 3 (0.67%) WCAG
8 2 (0.45%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (0.45%) MiFID
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (12.28%) Docker
2 12 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.23%) DFS Replication
3 10 (2.23%) Dovecot
3 10 (2.23%) Postfix
3 10 (2.23%) Squid
4 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.45%) Firmware
6 2 (0.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) etcd
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (10.71%) Kubernetes
1 48 (10.71%) Terraform
2 20 (4.46%) Packer
3 19 (4.24%) Consul
4 18 (4.02%) Grafana
5 17 (3.79%) Ansible
6 13 (2.90%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (2.23%) Nessus
7 10 (2.23%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.89%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.89%) Puppet
9 3 (0.67%) Ambari
9 3 (0.67%) Istio
9 3 (0.67%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.45%) Argo
11 1 (0.22%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.22%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 47 (10.49%) Microsoft
1 47 (10.49%) ServiceNow
2 32 (7.14%) Atlassian
3 27 (6.03%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.57%) HP
5 14 (3.13%) Oracle
5 14 (3.13%) Remedy
6 13 (2.90%) Cloudera
6 13 (2.90%) Foundry
6 13 (2.90%) Google
6 13 (2.90%) Palantir
7 12 (2.68%) BMC
7 12 (2.68%) Ivanti
7 12 (2.68%) SAP
8 10 (2.23%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (1.79%) Splunk
10 7 (1.56%) Adobe
10 7 (1.56%) DocuSign
10 7 (1.56%) VMware
11 6 (1.34%) Cisco