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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 108 150
Rank change year-on-year -6 +42 -46
Contract jobs citing Confluence 412 325 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.57% 2.49% 1.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.34% 20.65% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 206 205
10th Percentile £356 £300 £368
25th Percentile £447 £400 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £40.00
90th Percentile - - £50.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £62.50 £67.41
% change year-on-year -27.26% -7.29% +27.19%

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 1,564 1,574 2,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.75% 12.06% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,085 1,016 1,451
10th Percentile £350 £313 £263
25th Percentile £419 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £507
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +3.55% -7.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £726 £808 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.06% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 32
10th Percentile £15.15 - £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% +16.67% +32.57%
75th Percentile £28.78 £39.00 £34.38
90th Percentile £62.35 £41.91 £48.63
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -35.98% +68.32% +13.94%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -16 49 £525 -1.87% 13
South London +1 23 £519 +9.17% 8
West London -17 6 £650 +54.76% 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 35 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.55%) nginx
3 6 (1.46%) Apache
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.46%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.73%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) SAS
5 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.24%) CICS
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 47 (11.41%) MS Visio
2 43 (10.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (7.28%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (6.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.94%) Trello
7 4 (0.97%) Notion
8 2 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.49%) InDesign
8 2 (0.49%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.24%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.91%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.70%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.21%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.49%) Actimize
6 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.49%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.49%) Shopify
6 2 (0.49%) Summit
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.17%) AWS
2 59 (14.32%) Azure
3 47 (11.41%) GitHub
4 33 (8.01%) Power Platform
5 31 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 17 (4.13%) SaaS
8 16 (3.88%) GCP
9 15 (3.64%) Amazon S3
9 15 (3.64%) Serverless
10 14 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.40%) Miro
11 13 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.43%) Lucidchart
13 9 (2.18%) Apigee
13 9 (2.18%) Figma
13 9 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (1.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.88%) VPN
2 15 (3.64%) Firewall
3 11 (2.67%) DNS
3 11 (2.67%) WAN
4 9 (2.18%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.70%) Ethernet
5 7 (1.70%) LAN
5 7 (1.70%) Modbus
5 7 (1.70%) OpenVPN
5 7 (1.70%) RS-232
5 7 (1.70%) RS-485
5 7 (1.70%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.46%) Network Security
7 5 (1.21%) FTP
8 4 (0.97%) PSTN
8 4 (0.97%) SSL
8 4 (0.97%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.73%) BGP
9 3 (0.73%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.55%) Power BI
2 20 (4.85%) Tableau
3 17 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.91%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.67%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.70%) Big Data
7 7 (1.70%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.70%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.70%) Tick Data
8 6 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.97%) Metadata
10 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.73%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.73%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.73%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 380 (92.23%) JIRA
2 51 (12.38%) Git
3 43 (10.44%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.31%) GitLab
5 22 (5.34%) Bitbucket
5 22 (5.34%) Selenium
6 14 (3.40%) SonarQube
6 14 (3.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (2.91%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.67%) JUnit
9 8 (1.94%) Maven
9 8 (1.94%) Postman
10 5 (1.21%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.21%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.97%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.97%) JMeter
11 4 (0.97%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.97%) ScriptRunner
11 4 (0.97%) TestRail
11 4 (0.97%) Zephyr
General
1 165 (40.05%) Social Skills
2 149 (36.17%) Finance
3 79 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.26%) Banking
5 60 (14.56%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.37%) Legal
8 17 (4.13%) Investment Banking
9 15 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.16%) Marketing
10 13 (3.16%) Retail
11 12 (2.91%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.91%) Front Office
12 11 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.70%) Publishing
14 6 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.97%) Advertising
17 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 113 (27.43%) Analyst
2 103 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 44 (10.68%) Senior
4 38 (9.22%) Developer
5 36 (8.74%) Project Manager
6 24 (5.83%) Lead
7 23 (5.58%) Architect
8 20 (4.85%) Technical Business Analyst
9 19 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (4.61%) Technical Analyst
10 16 (3.88%) Consultant
11 15 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.40%) Banking Analyst
13 13 (3.16%) Banking Business Analyst
13 13 (3.16%) Senior Business Analyst
14 12 (2.91%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.67%) Product Owner
15 11 (2.67%) Scrum Master
16 10 (2.43%) Data Engineer
16 10 (2.43%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.64%) Spring
2 13 (3.16%) REST
3 12 (2.91%) Kafka
4 11 (2.67%) RESTful
5 10 (2.43%) ADO
5 10 (2.43%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.43%) XML
6 9 (2.18%) JSON
6 9 (2.18%) OpenID
6 9 (2.18%) Playwright
7 8 (1.94%) .NET
7 8 (1.94%) Apache NiFi
7 8 (1.94%) LDAP
8 7 (1.70%) HTML
8 7 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (1.70%) SOAP
8 7 (1.70%) Web Services
9 6 (1.46%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.21%) PySpark
10 5 (1.21%) React
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.19%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.18%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.18%) Equities
5 9 (2.18%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.18%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.18%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.70%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.46%) Derivative
7 6 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.21%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.21%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.97%) IoT
9 4 (0.97%) PMI
9 4 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.52%) Linux
2 13 (3.16%) Windows
3 10 (2.43%) Unix
4 7 (1.70%) Android
4 7 (1.70%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (64.32%) Agile
2 122 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (25.00%) Scrum
4 87 (21.12%) DevOps
4 87 (21.12%) User Stories
5 84 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (16.02%) CI/CD
9 64 (15.53%) Acceptance Criteria
10 58 (14.08%) Project Management
11 55 (13.35%) Roadmaps
12 53 (12.86%) Test Automation
12 53 (12.86%) Workshop Facilitation
13 50 (12.14%) User Acceptance Testing
14 47 (11.41%) Migration
15 46 (11.17%) Requirements Gathering
16 45 (10.92%) Project Delivery
17 44 (10.68%) Decision-Making
18 42 (10.19%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (16.02%) SQL
2 51 (12.38%) Python
3 35 (8.50%) Java
4 17 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.67%) Bash
5 11 (2.67%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.43%) C#
7 9 (2.18%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.94%) C++
9 7 (1.70%) Embedded C++
9 7 (1.70%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.70%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.73%) C
10 3 (0.73%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.49%) Korn
12 1 (0.24%) PHP
12 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.24%) VBA
12 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 116 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 108 (26.21%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.47%) Degree
4 16 (3.88%) CBAP
5 13 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.67%) CISSP
7 10 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.43%) PMP
8 8 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.94%) CSPO
8 8 (1.94%) IIBA
9 7 (1.70%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.46%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (1.46%) ISEB
10 6 (1.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.21%) CISM
11 5 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.22%) QA
2 22 (5.34%) GDPR
3 17 (4.13%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.64%) PMO
5 14 (3.40%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.46%) GRC
8 5 (1.21%) MiFID
9 3 (0.73%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.73%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) EMIR
10 2 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.49%) SEPA
10 2 (0.49%) WCAG
11 1 (0.24%) Basel III
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (9.22%) Docker
2 8 (1.94%) Squid
3 7 (1.70%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.70%) Firmware
4 5 (1.21%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (10.68%) Terraform
2 41 (9.95%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.61%) Consul
4 18 (4.37%) Ansible
5 14 (3.40%) Grafana
6 13 (3.16%) Packer
7 11 (2.67%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.70%) FortiGate
10 6 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.97%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.73%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.24%) Ambari
13 1 (0.24%) CASB
13 1 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.24%) Oracle Identity Management
13 1 (0.24%) Puppet
13 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.74%) Salesforce
3 31 (7.52%) Atlassian
4 27 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 20 (4.85%) Oracle
6 13 (3.16%) SAP
7 12 (2.91%) Google
8 9 (2.18%) Databricks
8 9 (2.18%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.94%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.94%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.94%) Zscaler
10 7 (1.70%) Adobe
10 7 (1.70%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.70%) Anaplan
10 7 (1.70%) Cisco
11 6 (1.46%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.46%) Foundry
11 6 (1.46%) Murex
11 6 (1.46%) Palantir