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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 112 148
Rank change year-on-year -11 +36 -41
Contract jobs citing Confluence 453 350 304
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 2.58% 1.77%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.66% 22.48% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 230 217
10th Percentile £397 £360 £358
25th Percentile £447 £439 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.30%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £21.10
25th Percentile £61.25 £86.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +207.02% -56.15%
75th Percentile £76.25 £88.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - £52.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +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 1,915 1,557 2,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.63% 11.48% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,047 1,660
10th Percentile £355 £343 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £666 £743
90th Percentile £707 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 25
10th Percentile £16.03 £23.75 £20.70
25th Percentile £19.66 £26.01 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.75 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -3.03% -33.24%
75th Percentile £41.33 £52.81 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.55 £70.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £46.65 £33.04
% change year-on-year -30.33% +41.21% -31.18%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 44 £539 +2.62% 11
South London +8 28 £519 -10.75%
West London -20 2 - - 3
North London - 2 - - 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 45 (9.93%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.09%) nginx
3 6 (1.32%) CMS
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.10%) JBoss
4 5 (1.10%) SAS
5 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) Camunda
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 40 (8.83%) MS Visio
2 31 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.64%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.10%) Notion
7 4 (0.88%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.66%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Trello
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.99%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.88%) Actimize
3 3 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.66%) Summit
4 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.22%) Endur
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.22%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (21.63%) AWS
2 91 (20.09%) Azure
3 43 (9.49%) Amazon S3
3 43 (9.49%) GitHub
4 39 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (7.95%) Power Platform
6 31 (6.84%) Amazon EC2
6 31 (6.84%) Serverless
7 28 (6.18%) AWS Lambda
8 27 (5.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 22 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (4.19%) SaaS
12 17 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (3.75%) Figma
13 16 (3.53%) GCP
14 13 (2.87%) dbt
15 12 (2.65%) Entra ID
16 11 (2.43%) Miro
17 10 (2.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.75%) Firewall
2 14 (3.09%) DNS
2 14 (3.09%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.87%) VPN
4 11 (2.43%) OpenVPN
5 7 (1.55%) HTTP
5 7 (1.55%) Network Security
5 7 (1.55%) SSL
5 7 (1.55%) WAN
6 5 (1.10%) LAN
7 4 (0.88%) PSTN
7 4 (0.88%) SSH
7 4 (0.88%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.44%) DSL
9 2 (0.44%) FTP
10 1 (0.22%) BGP
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.84%) Power BI
2 27 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.87%) Amazon Athena
4 12 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.65%) Tableau
5 10 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.99%) DynamoDB
6 9 (1.99%) Metadata
7 7 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.10%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 406 (89.62%) JIRA
2 70 (15.45%) Git
3 32 (7.06%) Jenkins
4 27 (5.96%) GitLab
5 15 (3.31%) Bitbucket
5 15 (3.31%) Selenium
6 11 (2.43%) Cypress.io
6 11 (2.43%) SonarQube
6 11 (2.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (1.55%) REST Assured
7 7 (1.55%) Zephyr
8 6 (1.32%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.32%) JMeter
9 5 (1.10%) ScriptRunner
10 4 (0.88%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.88%) JUnit
10 4 (0.88%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.66%) Ant
11 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 167 (36.87%) Social Skills
2 163 (35.98%) Finance
3 93 (20.53%) Banking
4 79 (17.44%) Public Sector
5 73 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.96%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.75%) Retail
8 15 (3.31%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.87%) Legal
9 13 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.77%) Military
13 7 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (1.55%) Front Office
14 6 (1.32%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.32%) Marketing
15 5 (1.10%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 96 (21.19%) Analyst
2 79 (17.44%) Business Analyst
3 47 (10.38%) Lead
3 47 (10.38%) Senior
4 46 (10.15%) Developer
5 30 (6.62%) Architect
6 22 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
7 18 (3.97%) Consultant
8 15 (3.31%) Data Engineer
8 15 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (3.31%) Project Manager
8 15 (3.31%) Scrum Master
9 14 (3.09%) Product Owner
10 12 (2.65%) Banking Analyst
11 11 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.43%) Technical Architect
12 10 (2.21%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (2.21%) Banking Business Analyst
12 10 (2.21%) Data Business Analyst
12 10 (2.21%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.52%) REST
2 20 (4.42%) React
3 16 (3.53%) AngularJS
4 13 (2.87%) OpenID
5 12 (2.65%) PySpark
6 11 (2.43%) JSON
6 11 (2.43%) LDAP
6 11 (2.43%) SOAP
7 10 (2.21%) Lightning Web Components
7 10 (2.21%) Node.js
7 10 (2.21%) RESTful
8 9 (1.99%) CSS
8 9 (1.99%) HTML
8 9 (1.99%) OAuth
9 8 (1.77%) .NET
9 8 (1.77%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.77%) XML
10 6 (1.32%) Bootstrap
10 6 (1.32%) Loki
10 6 (1.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 64 (14.13%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.18%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 14 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.77%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.32%) Clustering
9 6 (1.32%) Derivative
9 6 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.10%) Replication
10 5 (1.10%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.30%) Linux
2 15 (3.31%) Windows
3 8 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
4 5 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.66%) Android
5 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.66%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.22%) SUSE
6 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (65.78%) Agile
2 150 (33.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (26.05%) DevOps
4 101 (22.30%) CI/CD
5 98 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (21.41%) Scrum
7 79 (17.44%) User Stories
8 74 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (13.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 62 (13.69%) Migration
11 61 (13.47%) Test Automation
12 58 (12.80%) AI
13 56 (12.36%) Acceptance Criteria
13 56 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 47 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (10.38%) SDLC
15 45 (9.93%) Roadmaps
16 43 (9.49%) Business Analysis
16 43 (9.49%) Requirements Gathering
17 41 (9.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 81 (17.88%) SQL
2 71 (15.67%) Python
3 37 (8.17%) Java
4 24 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.75%) TypeScript
7 16 (3.53%) Bash
8 10 (2.21%) Apex Code
9 9 (1.99%) C#
9 9 (1.99%) Groovy
10 6 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.10%) Perl
12 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.66%) Swift
12 3 (0.66%) VBA
13 2 (0.44%) Cypher
13 2 (0.44%) Korn
13 2 (0.44%) R
13 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 141 (31.13%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.95%) Degree
4 18 (3.97%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.87%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.65%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.77%) CISSP
7 8 (1.77%) PMP
8 7 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.55%) CISM
9 6 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.32%) IIBA
10 5 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.10%) CBAP
10 5 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (1.10%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.66%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.27%) QA
2 33 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.42%) PMO
4 15 (3.31%) GDPR
5 13 (2.87%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.32%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.32%) WCAG
8 5 (1.10%) MiFID
8 5 (1.10%) SEPA
9 3 (0.66%) EMIR
9 3 (0.66%) SLA
10 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.44%) NCSC
10 2 (0.44%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (6.18%) Docker
2 11 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.55%) Squid
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 68 (15.01%) Terraform
2 28 (6.18%) Grafana
2 28 (6.18%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.19%) Ansible
3 19 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (3.97%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.65%) Consul
6 8 (1.77%) Argo
7 7 (1.55%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.10%) Control-M
9 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.88%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.88%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.88%) Podman
11 3 (0.66%) Istio
11 3 (0.66%) SELinux
12 2 (0.44%) Packer
12 2 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 49 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.60%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.62%) Salesforce
4 27 (5.96%) Atlassian
5 24 (5.30%) SAP
6 22 (4.86%) Oracle
7 19 (4.19%) IBM
8 14 (3.09%) Google
9 13 (2.87%) Splunk
10 12 (2.65%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.43%) Databricks
12 9 (1.99%) Informatica
13 8 (1.77%) Dynatrace
13 8 (1.77%) Temenos
14 7 (1.55%) Adobe
14 7 (1.55%) MuleSoft
15 6 (1.32%) Zscaler
16 5 (1.10%) Murex
16 5 (1.10%) Workday
16 5 (1.10%) xMatters