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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 97 127
Rank change year-on-year -34 +30 -20
Contract jobs citing Confluence 451 381 334
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.25% 2.88% 2.08%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.84% 24.93% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 261 227
10th Percentile £405 £350 £313
25th Percentile £450 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £674
90th Percentile £701 £750 £788
England median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.24% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £22.98
25th Percentile £61.25 £86.25 £24.44
Median hourly rate £67.50 £87.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +186.89% -53.08%
75th Percentile £77.50 £88.75 £41.56
90th Percentile £84.25 - £55.63
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 2,065 1,528 2,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.29% 11.56% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,024 1,463
10th Percentile £313 £325 £316
25th Percentile £425 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £673 £763
90th Percentile £711 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 24 25
10th Percentile £19.03 £24.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £23.00 £26.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £33.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% +40.76% -49.89%
75th Percentile £41.56 £53.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £73.23 £88.38 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £43.80 £38.50
% change year-on-year -25.79% +13.75% -18.95%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -34 51 £550 +4.76% 25
South London -10 16 £550 -5.34% 1
West London -24 4 £838 +101.81% 9
North London - 3 - - 1
East London +3 1 £550 +5.77% 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 35 (7.76%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.00%) CMS
3 6 (1.33%) nginx
4 5 (1.11%) Camunda
4 5 (1.11%) JBoss
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) Mule
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (7.76%) MS Visio
3 26 (5.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.43%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.11%) Notion
6 5 (1.11%) 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 9 (2.00%) Temenos T24
2 7 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.44%) Actimize
3 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.44%) Summit
4 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.22%) MetaTrader
4 1 (0.22%) Primavera
4 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (22.39%) AWS
2 94 (20.84%) Azure
3 52 (11.53%) GitHub
4 43 (9.53%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (9.09%) Amazon S3
6 34 (7.54%) Power Platform
7 30 (6.65%) Serverless
8 27 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (5.32%) Amazon EC2
11 23 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (4.66%) GCP
13 20 (4.43%) Figma
14 19 (4.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (3.77%) SaaS
16 15 (3.33%) OpenShift
17 12 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (2.66%) Miro
17 12 (2.66%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.88%) HTTP
2 12 (2.66%) DNS
2 12 (2.66%) Firewall
3 11 (2.44%) SSL
3 11 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.55%) Network Security
4 7 (1.55%) SSH
5 4 (0.89%) IPv4
5 4 (0.89%) OpenVPN
6 3 (0.67%) IPv6
6 3 (0.67%) VPN
7 2 (0.44%) Broadband
7 2 (0.44%) DSL
7 2 (0.44%) FTP
7 2 (0.44%) IMAP
7 2 (0.44%) Internet
7 2 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.44%) SMTP
7 2 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.32%) Power BI
2 25 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 15 (3.33%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.44%) Metadata
7 11 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.22%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.00%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.00%) Tableau
10 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.55%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.33%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.33%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.89%) Big Data
13 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 403 (89.36%) JIRA
2 73 (16.19%) Git
3 42 (9.31%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.43%) GitLab
5 15 (3.33%) Selenium
6 14 (3.10%) Sonatype Nexus
7 13 (2.88%) Cypress.io
8 10 (2.22%) Bitbucket
8 10 (2.22%) REST Assured
8 10 (2.22%) Zephyr
9 8 (1.77%) JUnit
9 8 (1.77%) Maven
9 8 (1.77%) Mockito
10 7 (1.55%) SonarQube
11 6 (1.33%) Gradle
11 6 (1.33%) Postman
12 5 (1.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (1.11%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.11%) JMeter
12 5 (1.11%) ScriptRunner
General
1 171 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 169 (37.47%) Finance
3 107 (23.73%) Banking
4 86 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (16.19%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.66%) Retail
7 19 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.22%) Legal
10 9 (2.00%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.77%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.77%) Military
11 8 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.33%) Law
12 6 (1.33%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.11%) Front Office
13 5 (1.11%) Police
13 5 (1.11%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 97 (21.51%) Analyst
2 75 (16.63%) Business Analyst
3 50 (11.09%) Developer
3 50 (11.09%) Lead
4 40 (8.87%) Senior
5 22 (4.88%) Architect
6 19 (4.21%) Product Owner
7 18 (3.99%) Scrum Master
8 17 (3.77%) Consultant
9 16 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.88%) Banking Analyst
11 13 (2.88%) Data Engineer
11 13 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.66%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (2.66%) Project Manager
13 9 (2.00%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.00%) Senior Business Analyst
13 9 (2.00%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (14.41%) Terraform
2 35 (7.76%) REST
3 23 (5.10%) React
4 18 (3.99%) AngularJS
5 12 (2.66%) HTML
5 12 (2.66%) JSON
6 11 (2.44%) CSS
6 11 (2.44%) RESTful
6 11 (2.44%) SOAP
7 10 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
7 10 (2.22%) Node.js
8 9 (2.00%) Kafka
8 9 (2.00%) Playwright
8 9 (2.00%) PySpark
8 9 (2.00%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.77%) Loki
10 7 (1.55%) JPA
10 7 (1.55%) OAuth
10 7 (1.55%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 80 (17.74%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 15 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.88%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.44%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.44%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.22%) Clustering
9 9 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.00%) Replication
10 8 (1.77%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.55%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.55%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.32%) Linux
2 17 (3.77%) Windows
3 9 (2.00%) Amazon Linux
4 7 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.67%) Unix
7 2 (0.44%) Android
7 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) SUSE
8 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (67.41%) Agile
2 165 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 125 (27.72%) DevOps
4 112 (24.83%) CI/CD
5 111 (24.61%) Scrum
6 102 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (19.51%) User Stories
8 74 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (16.19%) Migration
10 69 (15.30%) Test Automation
11 66 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (13.08%) Infrastructure as Code
13 57 (12.64%) Acceptance Criteria
13 57 (12.64%) AI
13 57 (12.64%) SDLC
14 54 (11.97%) Business Analysis
15 53 (11.75%) Requirements Gathering
15 53 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (10.86%) Sprint Planning
16 49 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 85 (18.85%) SQL
2 76 (16.85%) Python
3 43 (9.53%) Java
4 25 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.10%) PowerShell
6 20 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.99%) Bash
8 15 (3.33%) Groovy
9 10 (2.22%) Apex Code
10 9 (2.00%) Perl
11 7 (1.55%) C#
11 7 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.89%) Swift
13 3 (0.67%) Korn
13 3 (0.67%) VBA
14 2 (0.44%) Cypher
14 2 (0.44%) Go
14 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.44%) R
14 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (35.70%) Security Cleared
2 148 (32.82%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.65%) Degree
4 24 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.99%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.88%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.00%) IIBA
9 8 (1.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.77%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.77%) PMP
10 7 (1.55%) CBAP
11 6 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.11%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.44%) ISEB
14 2 (0.44%) MBA
14 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.42%) QA
2 31 (6.87%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.21%) PMO
4 14 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.33%) GDPR
5 6 (1.33%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.33%) SEPA
5 6 (1.33%) SLA
5 6 (1.33%) WCAG
6 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.89%) MiFID
8 3 (0.67%) EMIR
8 3 (0.67%) NIST
9 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.44%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) HL7
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) WAI
System Software
1 35 (7.76%) Docker
2 18 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
4 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
4 2 (0.44%) Postfix
4 2 (0.44%) Squid
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (7.32%) Grafana
2 20 (4.43%) Ansible
3 18 (3.99%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.99%) Prometheus
4 13 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.66%) Argo
6 7 (1.55%) Control-M
7 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (1.33%) SCOM
8 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.89%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.89%) Podman
9 3 (0.67%) Consul
9 3 (0.67%) Istio
9 3 (0.67%) SELinux
10 2 (0.44%) Kibana
10 2 (0.44%) Nessus
10 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 62 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.31%) ServiceNow
3 22 (4.88%) IBM
3 22 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.66%) SAP
5 19 (4.21%) Atlassian
5 19 (4.21%) Oracle
5 19 (4.21%) Splunk
6 18 (3.99%) Google
7 10 (2.22%) Informatica
8 8 (1.77%) Adobe
8 8 (1.77%) Temenos
9 7 (1.55%) BMC
9 7 (1.55%) Remedy
9 7 (1.55%) xMatters
10 6 (1.33%) Commvault
10 6 (1.33%) Databricks
10 6 (1.33%) VMware
11 5 (1.11%) Ping Identity
11 5 (1.11%) Red Hat