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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 122 162
Rank change year-on-year -6 +40 -48
Contract jobs citing Confluence 405 279 282
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.22% 2.31% 1.62%
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.11% 20.35% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 175 191
10th Percentile £375 £353 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -10.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £763
England median daily rate £492 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.65% -6.93% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile £61.25 - £23.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £28.50
75th Percentile £63.75 - £36.88
90th Percentile - - £50.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £67.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -7.04% +5.88% +10.87%

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 1,680 1,371 2,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.23% 11.33% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 922 1,543
10th Percentile £363 £356 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £675 £688
90th Percentile £717 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 27
10th Percentile £15.45 £25.56 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.09 £26.04 £22.88
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -10.48% -19.57%
75th Percentile £35.75 £50.00 £36.88
90th Percentile £64.68 £53.75 £60.50
England median hourly rate £29.50 £52.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -43.81% +75.00% -35.14%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -26 43 £545 -5.22% 35
South London +5 27 £519 +9.17%
West London -26 8 £650 +34.02% 3
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 39 (9.63%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.47%) nginx
3 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.99%) CMS
5 3 (0.74%) SAS
5 3 (0.74%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.49%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) CICS
7 1 (0.25%) Drupal
7 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 42 (10.37%) MS Visio
2 30 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (5.43%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (1.73%) Notion
7 2 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.73%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.48%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.74%) Actimize
3 3 (0.74%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.49%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Summit
5 1 (0.25%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.25%) Endur
5 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.25%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.30%) AWS
2 62 (15.31%) Azure
3 32 (7.90%) Power Platform
4 30 (7.41%) GitHub
5 29 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.17%) Amazon S3
7 22 (5.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 19 (4.69%) Amazon EC2
8 19 (4.69%) SaaS
8 19 (4.69%) Serverless
9 18 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.95%) Figma
11 12 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (2.96%) GCP
12 11 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.72%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.47%) Apigee
14 9 (2.22%) Lucidchart
14 9 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.44%) Firewall
2 13 (3.21%) VPN
3 12 (2.96%) DNS
4 10 (2.47%) SSL
4 10 (2.47%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.98%) Network Security
6 7 (1.73%) LAN
6 7 (1.73%) OpenVPN
6 7 (1.73%) WAN
7 5 (1.23%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.23%) HTTP
7 5 (1.23%) Modbus
7 5 (1.23%) RS-232
7 5 (1.23%) RS-485
8 4 (0.99%) PSTN
8 4 (0.99%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.74%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.74%) FTP
9 3 (0.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.42%) Power BI
2 18 (4.44%) Tableau
3 13 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.47%) Metadata
5 9 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.98%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (1.48%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.99%) Big Data
8 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (0.74%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.74%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.74%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 369 (91.11%) JIRA
2 49 (12.10%) Git
3 26 (6.42%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.70%) Selenium
5 14 (3.46%) GitLab
6 12 (2.96%) Bitbucket
6 12 (2.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (2.22%) Cypress.io
7 9 (2.22%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.23%) ScriptRunner
8 5 (1.23%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.99%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.99%) JMeter
9 4 (0.99%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.74%) Ant
10 3 (0.74%) Appium
10 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.74%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.74%) Maven
General
1 158 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 149 (36.79%) Finance
3 80 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (19.26%) Banking
5 70 (17.28%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.44%) Legal
8 16 (3.95%) Retail
9 15 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 13 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.72%) Investment Banking
13 10 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.22%) Marketing
15 8 (1.98%) Front Office
16 7 (1.73%) Military
17 6 (1.48%) Corporate Banking
18 5 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
19 3 (0.74%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (24.69%) Analyst
2 89 (21.98%) Business Analyst
3 44 (10.86%) Developer
3 44 (10.86%) Senior
4 39 (9.63%) Lead
5 24 (5.93%) Architect
6 21 (5.19%) Delivery Manager
6 21 (5.19%) Project Manager
7 20 (4.94%) Consultant
8 16 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (3.46%) Banking Analyst
10 13 (3.21%) Banking Business Analyst
10 13 (3.21%) Technical Manager
11 12 (2.96%) Salesforce Developer
12 11 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (2.72%) Scrum Master
12 11 (2.72%) Technical Analyst
12 11 (2.72%) Technical Business Analyst
13 9 (2.22%) Data Business Analyst
13 9 (2.22%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.95%) REST
2 15 (3.70%) React
3 13 (3.21%) AngularJS
4 12 (2.96%) OpenID
5 11 (2.72%) LDAP
5 11 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (2.22%) Node.js
6 9 (2.22%) RESTful
7 8 (1.98%) .NET
7 8 (1.98%) ADO
7 8 (1.98%) Spring
8 7 (1.73%) HTML
8 7 (1.73%) OAuth
9 6 (1.48%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.48%) SOAP
10 5 (1.23%) CSS
10 5 (1.23%) Kafka
10 5 (1.23%) SAML
11 4 (0.99%) JSON
11 4 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.36%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.47%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 9 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.23%) Derivative
9 5 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.99%) Clustering
10 4 (0.99%) Equities
10 4 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.99%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.99%) PKI
10 4 (0.99%) PMI
10 4 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.44%) Linux
2 15 (3.70%) Windows
3 6 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.23%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
5 4 (0.99%) Android
6 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) SUSE
8 1 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (64.69%) Agile
2 130 (32.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (21.23%) Scrum
4 80 (19.75%) DevOps
5 78 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (19.01%) User Stories
7 67 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (15.80%) CI/CD
9 60 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 58 (14.32%) Acceptance Criteria
11 52 (12.84%) Migration
11 52 (12.84%) Project Management
12 51 (12.59%) SDLC
13 50 (12.35%) Roadmaps
13 50 (12.35%) Workshop Facilitation
14 49 (12.10%) Test Automation
15 43 (10.62%) User Acceptance Testing
16 41 (10.12%) AI
16 41 (10.12%) Requirements Gathering
17 40 (9.88%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.06%) SQL
2 56 (13.83%) Python
3 29 (7.16%) Java
4 22 (5.43%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 13 (3.21%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.72%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.22%) Bash
9 8 (1.98%) Groovy
10 7 (1.73%) C#
11 5 (1.23%) C++
11 5 (1.23%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.99%) Perl
13 2 (0.49%) Korn
13 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 130 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 113 (27.90%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.91%) Degree
4 16 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.46%) CBAP
6 11 (2.72%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.47%) IIBA
8 8 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.98%) CISSP
9 7 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.73%) CISM
9 7 (1.73%) PMP
10 6 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.23%) CSPO
11 5 (1.23%) ISEB
11 5 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.74%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.89%) QA
2 21 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.94%) PMO
4 17 (4.20%) GDPR
5 12 (2.96%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.73%) MiFID
8 5 (1.23%) SLA
8 5 (1.23%) WCAG
9 3 (0.74%) EMIR
9 3 (0.74%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.74%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.49%) GRC
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.49%) NCSC
10 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
System Software
1 21 (5.19%) Docker
2 8 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.98%) Squid
3 5 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (10.12%) Terraform
2 25 (6.17%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.69%) Grafana
4 17 (4.20%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (3.21%) Ansible
7 12 (2.96%) Consul
8 7 (1.73%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.99%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.99%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.49%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.49%) Packer
13 1 (0.25%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.25%) CASB
13 1 (0.25%) Istio
13 1 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 40 (9.88%) ServiceNow
2 33 (8.15%) Microsoft
3 32 (7.90%) Salesforce
4 27 (6.67%) Atlassian
5 20 (4.94%) SAP
6 16 (3.95%) Oracle
7 11 (2.72%) Google
7 11 (2.72%) IBM
8 10 (2.47%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.22%) Databricks
10 8 (1.98%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.98%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.98%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.73%) Adobe
11 7 (1.73%) Splunk
12 6 (1.48%) Workday
13 5 (1.23%) Murex
13 5 (1.23%) Temenos
14 4 (0.99%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.99%) Cisco