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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 94 121
Rank change year-on-year -34 +27 -22
Contract jobs citing Confluence 448 386 359
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.22% 2.91% 2.23%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.58% 25.21% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 268 244
10th Percentile £405 £344 £308
25th Percentile £450 £449 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £544
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.75% -3.89%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £675
90th Percentile £701 £750 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £47.33 £22.65
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.81 £23.63
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +128.95% -43.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.31 £32.75
90th Percentile £84.25 £84.18 £33.35
England median hourly rate £67.47 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -3.61% - +12.00%

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 2,076 1,531 2,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.26% 11.53% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 1,021 1,455
10th Percentile £313 £313 £308
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £750
90th Percentile £710 £806 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 26
10th Percentile £19.03 £24.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £22.83 £26.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £26.15
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +20.46% -9.04%
75th Percentile £41.68 £50.63 £37.81
90th Percentile £73.30 £88.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £35.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.80% -25.79% +4.40%

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 22 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in London over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

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 22 September 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 -27 53 £545 +9.00% 46
South London -13 14 £550 -4.84% 1
West London -24 7 £838 +101.81% 8
North London - 3 - - 1
East London +5 2 £550 +5.77% 3
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 28 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.79%) CMS
3 6 (1.34%) nginx
4 5 (1.12%) Camunda
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.67%) JBoss
7 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
8 1 (0.22%) Traefik
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (7.59%) MS Visio
3 28 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (4.02%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.12%) Notion
6 5 (1.12%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.89%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.22%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
9 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.12%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.45%) Actimize
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.45%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.45%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.45%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) OneSumX
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 106 (23.66%) AWS
2 99 (22.10%) Azure
3 51 (11.38%) GitHub
4 44 (9.82%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (9.15%) Power Platform
6 37 (8.26%) Amazon S3
7 25 (5.58%) Serverless
8 24 (5.36%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.36%) GCP
9 23 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 22 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (4.91%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (4.24%) Figma
11 19 (4.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (3.79%) Miro
12 17 (3.79%) SaaS
13 15 (3.35%) OpenShift
14 12 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.68%) OCI
15 10 (2.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.90%) DNS
1 13 (2.90%) HTTP
2 12 (2.68%) Firewall
3 11 (2.46%) SSL
3 11 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.56%) Network Security
4 7 (1.56%) SSH
5 4 (0.89%) IPv4
5 4 (0.89%) OpenVPN
5 4 (0.89%) VPN
6 3 (0.67%) Internet
6 3 (0.67%) IPv6
7 2 (0.45%) Broadband
7 2 (0.45%) DSL
7 2 (0.45%) FTP
7 2 (0.45%) IMAP
7 2 (0.45%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.45%) SMTP
7 2 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.93%) Power BI
2 30 (6.70%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 13 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (2.46%) Metadata
7 11 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.56%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.34%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.34%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.34%) Tableau
11 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 406 (90.63%) JIRA
2 74 (16.52%) Git
3 46 (10.27%) Jenkins
4 34 (7.59%) GitLab
5 15 (3.35%) Selenium
6 14 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (2.46%) Zephyr
8 10 (2.23%) Bitbucket
8 10 (2.23%) Cypress.io
8 10 (2.23%) REST Assured
9 8 (1.79%) JMeter
9 8 (1.79%) JUnit
9 8 (1.79%) Maven
9 8 (1.79%) Mockito
10 7 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.56%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.56%) SonarQube
11 6 (1.34%) Gradle
11 6 (1.34%) Postman
12 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 173 (38.62%) Social Skills
2 169 (37.72%) Finance
3 95 (21.21%) Banking
4 92 (20.54%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (16.96%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.46%) Retail
7 19 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.01%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.01%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.79%) Military
12 7 (1.56%) Legal
12 7 (1.56%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.34%) Aviation
13 6 (1.34%) Front Office
13 6 (1.34%) Law
13 6 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.12%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (20.09%) Analyst
2 68 (15.18%) Business Analyst
3 48 (10.71%) Lead
4 41 (9.15%) Developer
5 40 (8.93%) Senior
6 23 (5.13%) Architect
7 19 (4.24%) Product Owner
7 19 (4.24%) Scrum Master
8 15 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (3.13%) Consultant
10 13 (2.90%) Data Engineer
10 13 (2.90%) Product Manager
11 12 (2.68%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (2.68%) Project Manager
11 12 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.46%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.46%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.23%) Banking Analyst
13 10 (2.23%) User Researcher
14 9 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (13.84%) Terraform
2 34 (7.59%) REST
3 20 (4.46%) React
4 19 (4.24%) AngularJS
5 15 (3.35%) SOAP
6 12 (2.68%) HTML
6 12 (2.68%) JSON
7 11 (2.46%) CSS
7 11 (2.46%) RESTful
8 10 (2.23%) Node.js
8 10 (2.23%) Playwright
9 9 (2.01%) Kafka
9 9 (2.01%) Lightning Web Components
9 9 (2.01%) PySpark
9 9 (2.01%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.79%) Loki
11 7 (1.56%) Hibernate
11 7 (1.56%) JPA
11 7 (1.56%) OAuth
11 7 (1.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 91 (20.31%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.80%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.46%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 10 (2.23%) Clustering
10 9 (2.01%) Replication
11 8 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.79%) Credit Risk
11 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.79%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.34%) Market Risk
12 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.12%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.80%) Linux
2 19 (4.24%) Windows
3 9 (2.01%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.67%) Unix
5 3 (0.67%) VMS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.22%) CentOS
7 1 (0.22%) SUSE
7 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (66.07%) Agile
2 171 (38.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 125 (27.90%) DevOps
4 118 (26.34%) CI/CD
5 113 (25.22%) Scrum
6 107 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (20.09%) User Stories
8 78 (17.41%) Migration
9 77 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 72 (16.07%) Test Automation
11 63 (14.06%) AI
11 63 (14.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 58 (12.95%) Business Analysis
13 57 (12.72%) Acceptance Criteria
13 57 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
14 54 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 52 (11.61%) Requirements Gathering
16 49 (10.94%) SDLC
16 49 (10.94%) Sprint Planning
16 49 (10.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 87 (19.42%) SQL
2 76 (16.96%) Python
3 48 (10.71%) Java
4 24 (5.36%) PowerShell
5 20 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.24%) Bash
7 17 (3.79%) Groovy
7 17 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.23%) Perl
9 9 (2.01%) Apex Code
10 7 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.34%) C#
12 4 (0.89%) Go
13 3 (0.67%) Swift
13 3 (0.67%) VBA
14 2 (0.45%) Cypher
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.45%) R
14 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 152 (33.93%) Security Cleared
2 139 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.82%) Degree
4 26 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.02%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.79%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.68%) PMP
9 9 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.79%) IIBA
11 7 (1.56%) CBAP
11 7 (1.56%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.34%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.45%) ISEB
14 2 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (14.73%) QA
2 35 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.24%) PMO
4 12 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.34%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.34%) SEPA
5 6 (1.34%) SLA
5 6 (1.34%) WCAG
6 5 (1.12%) GDPR
7 4 (0.89%) MiFID
7 4 (0.89%) NIST
8 3 (0.67%) EMIR
9 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.45%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (8.71%) Docker
2 16 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.45%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.45%) Postfix
5 2 (0.45%) Squid
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (8.04%) Grafana
2 24 (5.36%) Ansible
3 22 (4.91%) Kubernetes
4 20 (4.46%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.90%) Argo
6 12 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.79%) Control-M
8 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.34%) SCOM
9 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.89%) Istio
9 4 (0.89%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.89%) Podman
10 3 (0.67%) Consul
10 3 (0.67%) SELinux
11 2 (0.45%) Kibana
11 2 (0.45%) Nessus
11 2 (0.45%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.60%) ServiceNow
3 22 (4.91%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.46%) Google
4 20 (4.46%) Oracle
5 19 (4.24%) Splunk
6 18 (4.02%) IBM
7 17 (3.79%) Atlassian
8 14 (3.13%) SAP
9 10 (2.23%) Informatica
10 7 (1.56%) BMC
10 7 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.56%) Remedy
10 7 (1.56%) VMware
10 7 (1.56%) xMatters
11 6 (1.34%) Adobe
11 6 (1.34%) Commvault
11 6 (1.34%) Databricks
12 5 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.12%) Temenos