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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 122 157
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 -49
Contract jobs citing Confluence 436 292 279
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 2.30% 1.55%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.98% 19.76% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 185 184
10th Percentile £363 £302 £363
25th Percentile £450 £407 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £638
90th Percentile £737 £750 £766
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile - - £23.50
Median hourly rate - - £28.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - £60.50
England median hourly rate £63.00 £63.75 £61.25
% change year-on-year -1.18% +4.08% +14.49%

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 1,678 1,478 1,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.73% 11.65% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 993 1,466
10th Percentile £350 £325 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% -7.27%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £631
90th Percentile £726 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 30
10th Percentile £15.25 £23.80 £20.15
25th Percentile £17.50 £26.14 £22.44
Median hourly rate £20.61 £32.73 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +8.79% +14.59%
75th Percentile £28.85 £41.91 £40.00
90th Percentile £57.68 £50.38 £58.13
England median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £28.01
% change year-on-year -38.10% +87.45% +24.48%

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 7 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 7 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 -17 49 £550 +0.46% 15
South London +2 26 £519 +9.17%
West London -21 8 £650 +44.44% 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 41 (9.40%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.19%) nginx
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.15%) Apache
4 5 (1.15%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.92%) CMS
6 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.46%) JBoss
7 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 47 (10.78%) MS Visio
2 39 (8.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (7.11%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (5.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.83%) Trello
7 4 (0.92%) Notion
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.46%) InDesign
8 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.23%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.75%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.38%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.15%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.15%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.69%) Actimize
5 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.46%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.46%) Shopify
6 2 (0.46%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
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 Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (17.20%) AWS
2 63 (14.45%) Azure
3 36 (8.26%) GitHub
4 34 (7.80%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (4.36%) SaaS
7 17 (3.90%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.90%) Serverless
7 17 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (3.44%) GCP
9 14 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.98%) Miro
11 12 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (2.75%) Figma
12 11 (2.52%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.29%) Apigee
14 9 (2.06%) Lucidchart
15 8 (1.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.98%) VPN
2 11 (2.52%) Firewall
3 8 (1.83%) DNS
3 8 (1.83%) SSL
4 7 (1.61%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.61%) LAN
4 7 (1.61%) Modbus
4 7 (1.61%) OpenVPN
4 7 (1.61%) RS-232
4 7 (1.61%) RS-485
4 7 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.61%) WAN
5 5 (1.15%) FTP
5 5 (1.15%) Network Security
6 4 (0.92%) PSTN
6 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.69%) BGP
7 3 (0.69%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.69%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.65%) Power BI
2 23 (5.28%) Tableau
3 14 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.29%) Metadata
5 10 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.83%) Big Data
6 8 (1.83%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.83%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.15%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.15%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.15%) Tick Data
8 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.69%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.69%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.69%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 397 (91.06%) JIRA
2 60 (13.76%) Git
3 29 (6.65%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.82%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.36%) GitLab
6 18 (4.13%) Selenium
7 11 (2.52%) SonarQube
8 10 (2.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (1.61%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.61%) ScriptRunner
10 6 (1.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.38%) JUnit
10 6 (1.38%) Maven
10 6 (1.38%) Postman
11 4 (0.92%) JMeter
11 4 (0.92%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.92%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.92%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.69%) Android Studio
12 3 (0.69%) Ant
General
1 163 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 161 (36.93%) Finance
3 86 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (18.58%) Banking
5 64 (14.68%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (4.59%) Legal
8 18 (4.13%) Retail
9 16 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (3.21%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.21%) Investment Banking
12 13 (2.98%) Marketing
13 12 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.52%) Front Office
15 7 (1.61%) Publishing
16 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
18 4 (0.92%) Advertising
18 4 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (25.69%) Analyst
2 101 (23.17%) Business Analyst
3 50 (11.47%) Senior
4 49 (11.24%) Developer
5 36 (8.26%) Project Manager
6 30 (6.88%) Lead
7 25 (5.73%) Architect
8 21 (4.82%) Delivery Manager
8 21 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (4.36%) Consultant
10 16 (3.67%) Banking Analyst
11 15 (3.44%) Banking Business Analyst
12 14 (3.21%) Senior Business Analyst
12 14 (3.21%) Technical Business Analyst
13 13 (2.98%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (2.98%) Technical Manager
14 11 (2.52%) Salesforce Developer
14 11 (2.52%) Scrum Master
15 9 (2.06%) DevOps Engineer
15 9 (2.06%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.59%) REST
2 13 (2.98%) Spring
3 12 (2.75%) AngularJS
3 12 (2.75%) OpenID
4 11 (2.52%) Kafka
4 11 (2.52%) LDAP
4 11 (2.52%) React
4 11 (2.52%) RESTful
5 10 (2.29%) ADO
5 10 (2.29%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (2.06%) .NET
6 9 (2.06%) HTML
7 8 (1.83%) Node.js
8 7 (1.61%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (1.61%) OAuth
8 7 (1.61%) Playwright
8 7 (1.61%) SOAP
8 7 (1.61%) Web Services
9 6 (1.38%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.83%) Equities
9 7 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.15%) Derivative
11 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.15%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.92%) IoT
12 4 (0.92%) PKI
12 4 (0.92%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.65%) Linux
2 14 (3.21%) Windows
3 7 (1.61%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.38%) Unix
5 5 (1.15%) Android
6 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (67.20%) Agile
2 136 (31.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 112 (25.69%) Scrum
4 90 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (20.18%) User Stories
6 82 (18.81%) DevOps
7 79 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 68 (15.60%) Project Management
10 67 (15.37%) Acceptance Criteria
11 61 (13.99%) CI/CD
12 59 (13.53%) Roadmaps
13 56 (12.84%) Workshop Facilitation
14 55 (12.61%) Test Automation
15 51 (11.70%) User Acceptance Testing
16 49 (11.24%) Migration
17 48 (11.01%) Decision-Making
17 48 (11.01%) Requirements Gathering
18 47 (10.78%) SDLC
19 44 (10.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.91%) SQL
2 55 (12.61%) Python
3 36 (8.26%) Java
4 26 (5.96%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.75%) Bash
5 12 (2.75%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.29%) Apex Code
6 10 (2.29%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.06%) C#
8 7 (1.61%) C++
8 7 (1.61%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.61%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.69%) C
9 3 (0.69%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.69%) Groovy
9 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.46%) Korn
11 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) Swift
11 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 129 (29.59%) Security Cleared
2 121 (27.75%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.26%) Degree
4 15 (3.44%) CBAP
5 14 (3.21%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.52%) CISSP
7 11 (2.52%) PMP
8 10 (2.29%) IIBA
9 9 (2.06%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.61%) CISM
11 7 (1.61%) CSPO
12 6 (1.38%) ISEB
13 5 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (1.15%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.49%) QA
2 24 (5.50%) GDPR
3 18 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.13%) PMO
4 14 (3.21%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.38%) GRC
7 5 (1.15%) MiFID
7 5 (1.15%) SLA
8 4 (0.92%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.69%) NIST
9 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.46%) EMIR
10 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.23%) Basel III
11 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.23%) P3O
11 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (7.57%) Docker
2 8 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.83%) Squid
3 7 (1.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.61%) Firmware
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (11.01%) Terraform
2 39 (8.94%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.36%) Consul
4 15 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.98%) Packer
6 12 (2.75%) Grafana
7 10 (2.29%) Ansible
7 10 (2.29%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.61%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.92%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.92%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.92%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.92%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.23%) CASB
12 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 42 (9.63%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.72%) ServiceNow
3 37 (8.49%) Salesforce
4 35 (8.03%) Atlassian
5 20 (4.59%) SAP
6 17 (3.90%) Oracle
7 14 (3.21%) Google
8 11 (2.52%) IBM
9 10 (2.29%) MuleSoft
10 9 (2.06%) Adobe
10 9 (2.06%) Databricks
11 8 (1.83%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.83%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.83%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.61%) Alteryx
12 7 (1.61%) Anaplan
13 6 (1.38%) Murex
13 6 (1.38%) Workday
14 5 (1.15%) Bloomberg
14 5 (1.15%) Temenos