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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 122 156
Rank change year-on-year +5 +34 -49
Contract jobs citing Confluence 427 285 285
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.44% 2.24% 1.61%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.12% 19.08% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 173 193
10th Percentile £363 £305 £363
25th Percentile £450 £407 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £736 £748 £767
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £21.25
25th Percentile £61.25 - £22.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £26.75
75th Percentile £63.75 - £37.94
90th Percentile - - £52.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -0.96% +2.00% +10.62%

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 1,700 1,494 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.73% 11.75% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,007 1,454
10th Percentile £356 £329 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £625 £674 £638
90th Percentile £725 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 10 27
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.78 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £26.14 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% +10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £32.32 £41.91 £36.50
90th Percentile £69.36 £50.38 £60.00
England median hourly rate £29.44 £50.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -41.12% +75.44% -5.00%

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 April 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 22 April 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 -19 47 £538 -2.27% 26
South London +4 29 £519 +9.17% 7
West London -27 8 £650 +44.44% 8
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 40 (9.37%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.32%) nginx
3 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.70%) Apache
4 3 (0.70%) CMS
4 3 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.47%) JBoss
5 2 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.47%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 47 (11.01%) MS Visio
2 34 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (6.09%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (5.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.41%) Trello
7 4 (0.94%) Notion
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.41%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.17%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.70%) Actimize
5 3 (0.70%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.47%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.47%) Shopify
6 2 (0.47%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Endur
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (18.97%) AWS
2 63 (14.75%) Azure
3 39 (9.13%) GitHub
4 33 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.15%) Amazon S3
7 20 (4.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 19 (4.45%) SaaS
9 17 (3.98%) Serverless
10 15 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.28%) Miro
12 12 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (2.81%) Figma
12 12 (2.81%) GCP
13 11 (2.58%) Entra ID
14 10 (2.34%) Apigee
15 9 (2.11%) Lucidchart
16 8 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.51%) Firewall
2 13 (3.04%) VPN
3 8 (1.87%) DNS
3 8 (1.87%) SSL
4 7 (1.64%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.64%) LAN
4 7 (1.64%) Modbus
4 7 (1.64%) OpenVPN
4 7 (1.64%) RS-232
4 7 (1.64%) RS-485
4 7 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.64%) WAN
5 5 (1.17%) FTP
5 5 (1.17%) Network Security
6 4 (0.94%) PSTN
6 4 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.70%) BGP
7 3 (0.70%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.32%) Power BI
2 20 (4.68%) Tableau
3 17 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.34%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.11%) Metadata
7 8 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.87%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.64%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.41%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.17%) Big Data
10 5 (1.17%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.17%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.70%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.70%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 395 (92.51%) JIRA
2 63 (14.75%) Git
3 32 (7.49%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.68%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.45%) GitLab
6 17 (3.98%) Selenium
7 12 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.58%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.87%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.64%) ScriptRunner
11 6 (1.41%) Maven
11 6 (1.41%) Postman
12 5 (1.17%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.17%) JUnit
13 4 (0.94%) JMeter
13 4 (0.94%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.94%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.70%) Appium
14 3 (0.70%) Liquibase
14 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 158 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 156 (36.53%) Finance
3 87 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (18.27%) Banking
5 71 (16.63%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.92%) Legal
8 17 (3.98%) Retail
9 15 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.28%) Financial Institution
10 14 (3.28%) Investment Banking
11 13 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.81%) Marketing
12 12 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.34%) Front Office
14 7 (1.64%) Publishing
15 5 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
15 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.94%) Military
16 4 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (26.00%) Analyst
2 102 (23.89%) Business Analyst
3 49 (11.48%) Developer
4 44 (10.30%) Senior
5 31 (7.26%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.56%) Lead
7 25 (5.85%) Architect
8 21 (4.92%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (3.75%) Consultant
11 15 (3.51%) Banking Analyst
12 14 (3.28%) Banking Business Analyst
12 14 (3.28%) Scrum Master
12 14 (3.28%) Senior Business Analyst
13 13 (3.04%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (3.04%) Technical Business Analyst
13 13 (3.04%) Technical Manager
14 12 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (2.58%) Salesforce Developer
16 10 (2.34%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.98%) REST
2 13 (3.04%) React
3 12 (2.81%) AngularJS
3 12 (2.81%) OpenID
3 12 (2.81%) Spring
4 11 (2.58%) LDAP
5 10 (2.34%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.34%) RESTful
6 9 (2.11%) HTML
7 8 (1.87%) .NET
7 8 (1.87%) ADO
7 8 (1.87%) Kafka
7 8 (1.87%) Node.js
8 7 (1.64%) OAuth
9 6 (1.41%) CSS
9 6 (1.41%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.17%) Playwright
10 5 (1.17%) SOAP
10 5 (1.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.07%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.81%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.34%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.64%) Equities
9 6 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.17%) Derivative
10 5 (1.17%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.94%) Clustering
11 4 (0.94%) IoT
11 4 (0.94%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.94%) PKI
11 4 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.49%) Linux
2 12 (2.81%) Windows
3 7 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.17%) Unix
5 4 (0.94%) Android
5 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (67.45%) Agile
2 132 (30.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (24.12%) Scrum
4 86 (20.14%) DevOps
4 86 (20.14%) User Stories
5 84 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (17.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (15.46%) Acceptance Criteria
9 64 (14.99%) Project Management
10 62 (14.52%) CI/CD
11 60 (14.05%) Workshop Facilitation
12 53 (12.41%) Roadmaps
12 53 (12.41%) Test Automation
12 53 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
13 51 (11.94%) Migration
14 48 (11.24%) SDLC
15 47 (11.01%) Requirements Gathering
16 45 (10.54%) Change Management
16 45 (10.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.22%) SQL
2 59 (13.82%) Python
3 36 (8.43%) Java
4 25 (5.85%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.28%) Bash
6 12 (2.81%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.81%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.34%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.87%) C#
9 7 (1.64%) C++
9 7 (1.64%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.41%) Groovy
10 6 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.70%) C
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.70%) Perl
11 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) Korn
12 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 136 (31.85%) Security Cleared
2 123 (28.81%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.26%) Degree
4 14 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (3.28%) CBAP
5 11 (2.58%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.34%) IIBA
7 9 (2.11%) CISSP
8 8 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.87%) PMP
9 7 (1.64%) CISM
10 6 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.41%) CSPO
10 6 (1.41%) ISEB
11 5 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.67%) QA
2 21 (4.92%) GDPR
3 18 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.75%) PMO
5 12 (2.81%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.41%) MiFID
8 5 (1.17%) GRC
8 5 (1.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.70%) EMIR
9 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.70%) NIST
9 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.23%) Basel III
11 1 (0.23%) P3O
11 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (8.43%) Docker
2 8 (1.87%) Squid
3 7 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.64%) Firmware
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (12.41%) Terraform
2 41 (9.60%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.92%) Consul
4 15 (3.51%) Grafana
4 15 (3.51%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (3.04%) Packer
7 12 (2.81%) Ansible
8 7 (1.64%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.94%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.94%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.94%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.70%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.23%) CASB
13 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 40 (9.37%) ServiceNow
2 37 (8.67%) Microsoft
3 36 (8.43%) Salesforce
4 33 (7.73%) Atlassian
5 21 (4.92%) SAP
6 17 (3.98%) Oracle
7 11 (2.58%) Google
7 11 (2.58%) IBM
8 10 (2.34%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.87%) Adobe
9 8 (1.87%) Databricks
9 8 (1.87%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.87%) Zscaler
10 7 (1.64%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.64%) Anaplan
10 7 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.64%) Splunk
11 6 (1.41%) Workday
12 5 (1.17%) Murex
12 5 (1.17%) Zuora