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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 106 158
Rank change year-on-year -17 +52 -43
Contract jobs citing Confluence 435 326 292
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.26% 2.53% 1.67%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.93% 21.86% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 210 204
10th Percentile £391 £362 £363
25th Percentile £444 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £647 £649 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £759
England median daily rate £488 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £21.10
25th Percentile £61.25 £86.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +207.02% -56.15%
75th Percentile £76.25 £88.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - £52.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +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 1,818 1,491 2,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.43% 11.57% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 995 1,645
10th Percentile £359 £351 £300
25th Percentile £425 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £673 £725
90th Percentile £701 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 29
10th Percentile £15.85 £26.00 £19.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.14 £23.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £41.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -32.12% +36.77% -13.83%
75th Percentile £41.44 £53.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £82.78 £80.38 £59.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £31.91
% change year-on-year -38.10% +64.51% -33.52%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 47 £550 +2.33% 25
South London +10 26 £519 +6.37%
West London -21 5 £650 +50.29% 7
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 43 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.30%) nginx
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (1.15%) JBoss
4 5 (1.15%) SAS
5 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Appian
7 1 (0.23%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
7 1 (0.23%) Drupal
Applications
1 41 (9.43%) MS Visio
2 32 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (5.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (5.52%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.92%) Notion
7 3 (0.69%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.46%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.07%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.92%) Actimize
3 3 (0.69%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.69%) IntelliMatch
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.69%) Summit
4 2 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.46%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Shopify
5 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.23%) Endur
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.31%) AWS
2 78 (17.93%) Azure
3 37 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (8.05%) Amazon S3
4 35 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.36%) GitHub
6 30 (6.90%) Serverless
7 27 (6.21%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (5.75%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (5.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 20 (4.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (3.45%) SaaS
12 14 (3.22%) Figma
13 13 (2.99%) dbt
13 13 (2.99%) GCP
14 12 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.76%) Entra ID
14 12 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (2.30%) Miro
16 9 (2.07%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.91%) Firewall
2 12 (2.76%) DNS
2 12 (2.76%) VPN
3 10 (2.30%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.07%) Network Security
5 8 (1.84%) SSL
6 7 (1.61%) HTTP
6 7 (1.61%) OpenVPN
7 6 (1.38%) LAN
7 6 (1.38%) WAN
8 4 (0.92%) PSTN
8 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.46%) BGP
9 2 (0.46%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.46%) Modbus
9 2 (0.46%) RS-232
9 2 (0.46%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.90%) Power BI
2 26 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.99%) Amazon Athena
4 12 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (2.76%) Tableau
5 9 (2.07%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.84%) Metadata
6 8 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.84%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.38%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.38%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.15%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.15%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.69%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.69%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.69%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 394 (90.57%) JIRA
2 62 (14.25%) Git
3 30 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 24 (5.52%) GitLab
5 15 (3.45%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.22%) Selenium
7 13 (2.99%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.53%) Cypress.io
9 10 (2.30%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.61%) REST Assured
11 6 (1.38%) JMeter
11 6 (1.38%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.15%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.15%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.92%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.92%) Liquibase
13 4 (0.92%) Maven
13 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.69%) Ant
14 3 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 161 (37.01%) Finance
2 160 (36.78%) Social Skills
3 94 (21.61%) Banking
4 73 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (16.78%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.75%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.14%) Retail
7 17 (3.91%) Legal
8 16 (3.68%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.53%) Investment Banking
11 10 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.07%) Front Office
13 7 (1.61%) Military
14 6 (1.38%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.38%) Marketing
15 5 (1.15%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.69%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (21.84%) Analyst
2 81 (18.62%) Business Analyst
3 48 (11.03%) Developer
4 44 (10.11%) Senior
5 38 (8.74%) Lead
6 29 (6.67%) Architect
7 24 (5.52%) Delivery Manager
8 19 (4.37%) Consultant
9 18 (4.14%) Project Manager
10 15 (3.45%) Data Engineer
10 15 (3.45%) Scrum Master
11 14 (3.22%) Product Owner
12 12 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.53%) Banking Analyst
13 11 (2.53%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.53%) Technical Manager
14 10 (2.30%) Banking Business Analyst
14 10 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (2.30%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (2.30%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.60%) REST
2 17 (3.91%) React
3 16 (3.68%) AngularJS
4 13 (2.99%) OpenID
5 12 (2.76%) PySpark
6 11 (2.53%) LDAP
7 10 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (2.07%) HTML
8 9 (2.07%) JSON
8 9 (2.07%) Node.js
8 9 (2.07%) OAuth
8 9 (2.07%) RESTful
8 9 (2.07%) SOAP
9 8 (1.84%) .NET
9 8 (1.84%) CSS
9 8 (1.84%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.84%) Spring
10 6 (1.38%) ADO
10 6 (1.38%) Bootstrap
10 6 (1.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 13 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.61%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.38%) Derivative
9 6 (1.38%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.92%) Clustering
11 4 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.92%) IoT
11 4 (0.92%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.37%) Linux
2 13 (2.99%) Windows
3 8 (1.84%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.92%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (0.69%) Android
5 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.69%) Unix
6 2 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) SUSE
7 1 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (66.44%) Agile
2 134 (30.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (24.60%) DevOps
4 100 (22.99%) Scrum
5 88 (20.23%) CI/CD
6 86 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (17.47%) User Stories
8 73 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (14.02%) Acceptance Criteria
10 60 (13.79%) Test Automation
11 59 (13.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 57 (13.10%) Migration
12 57 (13.10%) User Acceptance Testing
13 56 (12.87%) AI
14 51 (11.72%) SDLC
15 49 (11.26%) Roadmaps
16 45 (10.34%) Project Management
17 40 (9.20%) Sprint Planning
17 40 (9.20%) Workshop Facilitation
18 39 (8.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 77 (17.70%) SQL
2 68 (15.63%) Python
3 34 (7.82%) Java
4 24 (5.52%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.68%) TypeScript
6 14 (3.22%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.30%) Apex Code
7 10 (2.30%) Bash
8 8 (1.84%) C#
8 8 (1.84%) Groovy
9 6 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.92%) Perl
11 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.69%) Swift
11 3 (0.69%) VBA
12 2 (0.46%) C++
12 2 (0.46%) Cypher
12 2 (0.46%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.46%) R
12 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 143 (32.87%) Security Cleared
2 126 (28.97%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.05%) Degree
4 17 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.99%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.76%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.07%) PMP
9 8 (1.84%) CISSP
10 7 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.61%) CISM
11 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.38%) CBAP
11 6 (1.38%) IIBA
12 5 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.15%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.57%) QA
2 34 (7.82%) Data Quality
3 22 (5.06%) PMO
4 15 (3.45%) GDPR
5 14 (3.22%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.38%) MiFID
8 5 (1.15%) SLA
8 5 (1.15%) WCAG
9 4 (0.92%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.69%) EMIR
10 3 (0.69%) NIST
11 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.46%) GRC
11 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.46%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.46%) NCSC
11 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.46%) SEPA
System Software
1 21 (4.83%) Docker
2 7 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.61%) Squid
3 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.46%) Firmware
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (11.95%) Terraform
2 26 (5.98%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.83%) Grafana
4 17 (3.91%) Prometheus
5 15 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.99%) Ansible
7 12 (2.76%) Consul
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%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.46%) Argo
12 2 (0.46%) Control-M
12 2 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.46%) Packer
12 2 (0.46%) Podman
12 2 (0.46%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 45 (10.34%) ServiceNow
2 39 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.44%) Atlassian
4 26 (5.98%) Salesforce
5 22 (5.06%) SAP
6 19 (4.37%) Oracle
7 15 (3.45%) IBM
8 12 (2.76%) Google
9 11 (2.53%) Databricks
10 9 (2.07%) Informatica
10 9 (2.07%) Splunk
11 8 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.84%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.84%) Temenos
12 7 (1.61%) Adobe
12 7 (1.61%) Zscaler
13 6 (1.38%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.38%) Murex
13 6 (1.38%) Workday
14 5 (1.15%) Bloomberg