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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 92 109
Rank change year-on-year -41 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing Confluence 459 416 371
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.24% 3.11% 2.31%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.22% 26.94% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 306 250
10th Percentile £400 £350 £307
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +8.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £688
90th Percentile £710 £738 £810
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.82% -0.98% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £47.33 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.81 £31.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +100.77% -40.91%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.31 £33.75
90th Percentile £84.25 £84.18 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £63.40 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.42% -9.43% +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 2,066 1,544 2,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.07% 11.54% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 1,066 1,372
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £423 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £748
90th Percentile £712 £775 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 23
10th Percentile £18.50 £19.97 £17.26
25th Percentile £21.69 £24.83 £22.40
Median hourly rate £32.11 £31.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +32.35% -13.45%
75th Percentile £45.69 £50.63 £36.88
90th Percentile £66.75 £88.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.40 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% -17.65% +47.83%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -37 56 £563 +12.50% 7
South London -18 11 £500 -13.49% 1
West London -20 8 £775 +86.75% 2
North London - 3 - -
East London +5 2 £550 +5.77% 2
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 26 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.61%) CMS
3 6 (1.31%) nginx
4 5 (1.09%) Camunda
4 5 (1.09%) Traefik
5 4 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.87%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.87%) SAS
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.65%) JBoss
6 3 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.44%) Kentico
7 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (8.28%) MS Visio
3 25 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.58%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.09%) Notion
6 5 (1.09%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.87%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.87%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.65%) Productboard
8 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.65%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.44%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) Actimize
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) OneSumX
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 112 (24.40%) AWS
2 108 (23.53%) Azure
3 54 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (11.55%) GitHub
5 46 (10.02%) Amazon S3
6 45 (9.80%) Power Platform
7 28 (6.10%) Serverless
8 27 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 27 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (5.23%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (5.01%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (4.79%) Miro
12 21 (4.58%) GCP
13 19 (4.14%) Figma
13 19 (4.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (3.49%) SaaS
16 15 (3.27%) OpenShift
17 11 (2.40%) OCI
17 11 (2.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.05%) DNS
2 11 (2.40%) Firewall
2 11 (2.40%) HTTP
2 11 (2.40%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.53%) Network Security
3 7 (1.53%) SSH
3 7 (1.53%) SSL
4 4 (0.87%) IPv4
4 4 (0.87%) OpenVPN
4 4 (0.87%) VPN
5 3 (0.65%) Internet
5 3 (0.65%) IPv6
5 3 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.44%) Broadband
6 2 (0.44%) DSL
6 2 (0.44%) FTP
6 2 (0.44%) IMAP
6 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.44%) SMTP
6 2 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.80%) Power BI
2 35 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 14 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.18%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.18%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.96%) MySQL
9 9 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (1.74%) Metadata
11 7 (1.53%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.53%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.31%) Tableau
13 5 (1.09%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.09%) Data Mart
13 5 (1.09%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 409 (89.11%) JIRA
2 68 (14.81%) Git
3 44 (9.59%) Jenkins
4 37 (8.06%) GitLab
5 14 (3.05%) Selenium
5 14 (3.05%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (2.83%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.40%) Zephyr
8 10 (2.18%) REST Assured
9 9 (1.96%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.96%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.74%) JMeter
10 8 (1.74%) JUnit
10 8 (1.74%) Maven
10 8 (1.74%) Mockito
11 7 (1.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.53%) Gradle
11 7 (1.53%) SonarQube
12 5 (1.09%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.09%) Postman
General
1 177 (38.56%) Finance
1 177 (38.56%) Social Skills
2 99 (21.57%) Banking
3 97 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (16.56%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (4.36%) Retail
7 18 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.05%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.61%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.96%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.53%) Aviation
12 7 (1.53%) Legal
12 7 (1.53%) Military
12 7 (1.53%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.31%) Front Office
13 6 (1.31%) Law
13 6 (1.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (22.44%) Analyst
2 79 (17.21%) Business Analyst
3 48 (10.46%) Lead
4 40 (8.71%) Senior
5 37 (8.06%) Developer
6 22 (4.79%) Architect
6 22 (4.79%) Product Owner
7 17 (3.70%) Consultant
7 17 (3.70%) Scrum Master
8 16 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.49%) Product Manager
8 16 (3.49%) Project Manager
9 13 (2.83%) Data Engineer
10 12 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
10 12 (2.61%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (2.40%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (2.40%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.18%) Banking Analyst
13 9 (1.96%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (12.64%) Terraform
2 32 (6.97%) REST
3 18 (3.92%) SOAP
4 16 (3.49%) React
5 11 (2.40%) JSON
5 11 (2.40%) Kafka
6 10 (2.18%) RESTful
7 9 (1.96%) ADO
7 9 (1.96%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.96%) HTML
7 9 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (1.96%) Loki
7 9 (1.96%) Playwright
7 9 (1.96%) PySpark
7 9 (1.96%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.74%) CSS
8 8 (1.74%) OpenAPI
8 8 (1.74%) Spring
8 8 (1.74%) Swagger
8 8 (1.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 103 (22.44%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.75%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.27%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.83%) Credit Risk
7 12 (2.61%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 11 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.18%) Market Risk
9 10 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.96%) Replication
11 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.53%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.31%) Clustering
14 5 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.32%) Linux
2 18 (3.92%) Windows
3 9 (1.96%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.53%) Unix
5 6 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.87%) VMS
7 3 (0.65%) Android
7 3 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (66.45%) Agile
2 191 (41.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (28.54%) DevOps
4 122 (26.58%) Scrum
5 115 (25.05%) CI/CD
6 111 (24.18%) User Stories
7 105 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (19.39%) Migration
9 86 (18.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (15.90%) Acceptance Criteria
10 73 (15.90%) Business Analysis
11 70 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
12 69 (15.03%) Test Automation
13 68 (14.81%) AI
14 65 (14.16%) Requirements Gathering
15 58 (12.64%) Sprint Planning
16 56 (12.20%) SDLC
16 56 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
17 55 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
18 54 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 100 (21.79%) SQL
2 71 (15.47%) Python
3 43 (9.37%) Java
4 25 (5.45%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.01%) Bash
6 14 (3.05%) Groovy
6 14 (3.05%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.83%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.18%) Perl
9 9 (1.96%) Apex Code
10 6 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.09%) C#
11 5 (1.09%) Go
12 4 (0.87%) Swift
13 3 (0.65%) VBA
14 2 (0.44%) Cypher
14 2 (0.44%) Korn
14 2 (0.44%) R
14 2 (0.44%) SHACL
14 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 149 (32.46%) Security Cleared
2 135 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 59 (12.85%) Degree
4 23 (5.01%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.58%) PMI Certification
6 20 (4.36%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.49%) PMP
8 14 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (2.18%) CBAP
10 10 (2.18%) IIBA
11 8 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.74%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.53%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.31%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.65%) CSPO
14 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.44%) ISEB
15 2 (0.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (16.34%) QA
2 38 (8.28%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.14%) PMO
4 17 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.96%) WCAG
6 6 (1.31%) SEPA
7 5 (1.09%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.09%) SLA
8 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.65%) MiFID
9 3 (0.65%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) EMIR
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.44%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) GDPR
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.22%) WAI
System Software
1 45 (9.80%) Docker
2 13 (2.83%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.44%) Postfix
5 2 (0.44%) Squid
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (8.50%) Grafana
2 30 (6.54%) Kubernetes
3 24 (5.23%) Ansible
4 20 (4.36%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.05%) Argo
6 12 (2.61%) Control-M
7 8 (1.74%) Istio
7 8 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.31%) SCOM
9 4 (0.87%) Podman
10 3 (0.65%) SELinux
11 2 (0.44%) Consul
11 2 (0.44%) Kibana
11 2 (0.44%) Nessus
11 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.22%) SCCM
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 74 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.45%) Oracle
4 23 (5.01%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.14%) IBM
6 18 (3.92%) Splunk
7 17 (3.70%) Atlassian
8 16 (3.49%) Google
9 12 (2.61%) SAP
10 10 (2.18%) Informatica
11 8 (1.74%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.74%) Murex
12 7 (1.53%) Adobe
12 7 (1.53%) BMC
12 7 (1.53%) Databricks
12 7 (1.53%) Remedy
12 7 (1.53%) VMware
12 7 (1.53%) xMatters
13 6 (1.31%) Commvault
13 6 (1.31%) webMethods