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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 97 119
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 -23
Contract jobs citing Confluence 393 356 378
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.80% 2.56% 2.08%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.57% 21.73% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 231 263
10th Percentile £326 £300 £380
25th Percentile £450 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.96% -
75th Percentile £650 £664 £674
90th Percentile £738 £810 £800
England median daily rate £513 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £26.88
25th Percentile - - £29.69
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £35.75
75th Percentile - - £44.38
90th Percentile - - £52.25
England median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -29.23% - +43.68%

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 1,479 1,638 1,942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.53% 11.77% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,038 1,369
10th Percentile £322 £308 £263
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 28
10th Percentile - £17.63 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 - £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.08 £23.80 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% -11.03% +18.89%
75th Percentile £41.19 £41.91 £34.38
90th Percentile £67.10 £93.25 £59.38
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -35.98% +77.08% +36.29%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +9 59 £510 -7.06% 9
South London +4 17 £557 +30.23% 3
West London -12 10 £500 +28.21% 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 27 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.62%) nginx
3 9 (2.29%) Apache
4 3 (0.76%) CMS
4 3 (0.76%) Traefik
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) CICS
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (9.67%) MS Visio
3 28 (7.12%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (2.54%) Trello
7 9 (2.29%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 4 (1.02%) Notion
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.51%) InDesign
9 2 (0.51%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.25%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.05%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.02%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.76%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.76%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.51%) Shopify
5 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.25%) Endur
5 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 86 (21.88%) AWS
2 60 (15.27%) Azure
3 55 (13.99%) GitHub
4 27 (6.87%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (5.85%) Amazon S3
7 22 (5.60%) Amazon EC2
8 20 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 19 (4.83%) Serverless
10 18 (4.58%) GCP
11 14 (3.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (3.31%) Miro
12 13 (3.31%) SaaS
13 12 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (2.54%) Figma
15 10 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.29%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.83%) Firewall
2 15 (3.82%) SSH
3 14 (3.56%) OpenLDAP
4 13 (3.31%) FTP
5 12 (3.05%) DNS
6 10 (2.54%) HTTP
6 10 (2.54%) SMTP
6 10 (2.54%) VPN
7 9 (2.29%) IMAP
8 8 (2.04%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.04%) SSL
8 8 (2.04%) WAN
9 7 (1.78%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.53%) Modbus
10 6 (1.53%) Network Security
10 6 (1.53%) RS-232
10 6 (1.53%) RS-485
11 4 (1.02%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 4 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.36%) Power BI
3 22 (5.60%) Tableau
4 14 (3.56%) Hadoop
4 14 (3.56%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.31%) Big Data
5 13 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.80%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (1.78%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.53%) Metadata
10 4 (1.02%) DB2
10 4 (1.02%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.02%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.76%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 365 (92.88%) JIRA
2 53 (13.49%) Git
2 53 (13.49%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.89%) GitLab
4 21 (5.34%) Selenium
5 19 (4.83%) Bitbucket
6 13 (3.31%) SonarQube
7 12 (3.05%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.80%) Postman
9 10 (2.54%) JUnit
10 9 (2.29%) Vagrant
11 8 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (1.78%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.53%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.27%) Maven
14 5 (1.27%) Zephyr
15 4 (1.02%) Android Studio
15 4 (1.02%) ScriptRunner
15 4 (1.02%) TeamCity
16 3 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 167 (42.49%) Social Skills
2 135 (34.35%) Finance
3 74 (18.83%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (16.03%) Banking
5 50 (12.72%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.33%) Investment Banking
7 16 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.31%) Front Office
9 13 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.05%) Legal
11 9 (2.29%) Marketing
11 9 (2.29%) Retail
11 9 (2.29%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.27%) Back Office
12 5 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.27%) Publishing
13 4 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 84 (21.37%) Analyst
2 77 (19.59%) Business Analyst
3 41 (10.43%) Senior
4 37 (9.41%) Developer
5 33 (8.40%) Project Manager
6 29 (7.38%) Lead
7 17 (4.33%) Architect
7 17 (4.33%) Product Owner
7 17 (4.33%) Technical Analyst
7 17 (4.33%) Technical Business Analyst
8 16 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (4.07%) Senior Business Analyst
9 15 (3.82%) Scrum Master
9 15 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
10 14 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.31%) Consultant
12 12 (3.05%) AWS DevOps
12 12 (3.05%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.85%) Kafka
2 21 (5.34%) REST
3 20 (5.09%) LDAP
4 14 (3.56%) .NET
4 14 (3.56%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (3.05%) HTML
5 12 (3.05%) JSON
5 12 (3.05%) RabbitMQ
6 11 (2.80%) Spring
7 10 (2.54%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.54%) Playwright
7 10 (2.54%) RESTful
7 10 (2.54%) SOAP
7 10 (2.54%) Web Services
8 8 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (2.04%) pytest
8 8 (2.04%) React
9 7 (1.78%) boto
9 7 (1.78%) XML
10 6 (1.53%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.43%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.31%) Replication
5 10 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.54%) Equities
5 10 (2.54%) PMI
6 9 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.78%) NHS
9 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.53%) Derivative
9 6 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.53%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.02%) PKI
11 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.92%) Linux
2 23 (5.85%) Windows
3 15 (3.82%) Unix
4 12 (3.05%) VMS
5 9 (2.29%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (2.29%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.53%) Android
6 6 (1.53%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (65.14%) Agile
2 112 (28.50%) Scrum
3 103 (26.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (23.16%) DevOps
5 82 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (19.34%) CI/CD
7 71 (18.07%) User Stories
8 64 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (16.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 53 (13.49%) Project Management
11 48 (12.21%) Workshop Facilitation
12 47 (11.96%) Roadmaps
13 46 (11.70%) Migration
14 45 (11.45%) Test Automation
15 44 (11.20%) Acceptance Criteria
15 44 (11.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 43 (10.94%) Change Management
16 43 (10.94%) Requirements Gathering
17 42 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
18 40 (10.18%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 73 (18.58%) SQL
2 63 (16.03%) Python
3 36 (9.16%) Java
4 23 (5.85%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.82%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.80%) Bash
7 10 (2.54%) C#
7 10 (2.54%) Go
8 9 (2.29%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.29%) Groovy
9 8 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.78%) C++
11 6 (1.53%) Embedded C++
11 6 (1.53%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.76%) C
12 3 (0.76%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.51%) Korn
13 2 (0.51%) R
14 1 (0.25%) PHP
14 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 103 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 102 (25.95%) SC Cleared
3 57 (14.50%) Degree
4 20 (5.09%) PMI Certification
5 17 (4.33%) CBAP
6 16 (4.07%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.80%) PMP
9 10 (2.54%) CISSP
10 9 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.29%) CSPO
11 8 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.78%) CFA
12 7 (1.78%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.53%) CESG Certified Professional
14 5 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.27%) IIBA
14 5 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.92%) QA
2 16 (4.07%) GDPR
3 14 (3.56%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.31%) PMO
5 6 (1.53%) GRC
6 5 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.02%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.02%) SEPA
7 4 (1.02%) WCAG
8 3 (0.76%) NCSC
8 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.76%) PSD2
9 2 (0.51%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.51%) MiFID
10 1 (0.25%) Basel III
10 1 (0.25%) EMIR
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) P3O
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (11.70%) Docker
2 10 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.54%) Squid
3 9 (2.29%) DFS Replication
3 9 (2.29%) Dovecot
3 9 (2.29%) Postfix
4 6 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (1.53%) Firmware
5 5 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.51%) vSphere
7 1 (0.25%) etcd
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (10.69%) Terraform
2 39 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.07%) Ansible
3 16 (4.07%) Grafana
4 11 (2.80%) Packer
4 11 (2.80%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.54%) Consul
6 9 (2.29%) Nessus
6 9 (2.29%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.76%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.76%) Istio
8 3 (0.76%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.51%) Ambari
9 2 (0.51%) Argo
9 2 (0.51%) Puppet
9 2 (0.51%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.25%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.25%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.38%) ServiceNow
3 28 (7.12%) Atlassian
4 27 (6.87%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.82%) Oracle
6 13 (3.31%) SAP
7 12 (3.05%) Cloudera
7 12 (3.05%) Foundry
7 12 (3.05%) Google
7 12 (3.05%) Palantir
8 9 (2.29%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (2.04%) Cisco
9 8 (2.04%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.78%) Adobe
10 7 (1.78%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.78%) Anaplan
10 7 (1.78%) Remedy
11 6 (1.53%) DocuSign
11 6 (1.53%) HP
11 6 (1.53%) VMware