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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 93 115
Rank change year-on-year -43 +22 -16
Contract jobs citing Confluence 444 414 366
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.20% 3.08% 2.26%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.79% 26.66% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 298 247
10th Percentile £400 £350 £305
25th Percentile £450 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £559 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +6.43% -4.98%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £701 £738 £810
England median daily rate £500 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.57% -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% -50.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.31 £33.75
90th Percentile £84.25 £84.18 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £66.70 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.15% -4.71% +5.85%

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 2,038 1,553 2,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.09% 11.56% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,354 1,063 1,402
10th Percentile £313 £313 £310
25th Percentile £423 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £569
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +3.41%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £750
90th Percentile £712 £782 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 25
10th Percentile £19.03 £22.25 £17.08
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £35.82 £33.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +40.76% -13.45%
75th Percentile £57.00 £52.19 £38.75
90th Percentile £73.45 £88.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.70 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.01% -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -28 55 £550 +10.00% 40
South London -18 11 £550 -4.84% 3
West London -18 7 £775 +86.75% 4
North London - 3 - -
East London +5 2 £550 +5.77% 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 26 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.80%) CMS
3 6 (1.35%) nginx
4 5 (1.13%) Camunda
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.90%) SAS
6 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.68%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.68%) JBoss
6 3 (0.68%) Traefik
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.23%) Appian
7 1 (0.23%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.23%) Mule
7 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 26 (5.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.13%) Notion
6 5 (1.13%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.90%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.90%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.68%) Productboard
8 3 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.45%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.23%) Sketch
10 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.68%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.45%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.45%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.45%) Summit
5 1 (0.23%) Actimize
5 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) OneSumX
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 107 (24.10%) AWS
2 105 (23.65%) Azure
3 53 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (11.94%) GitHub
4 46 (10.36%) Power Platform
5 43 (9.68%) Amazon S3
6 26 (5.86%) Serverless
7 25 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 25 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (4.73%) GCP
10 21 (4.73%) Miro
11 18 (4.05%) Figma
11 18 (4.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (3.60%) SaaS
13 15 (3.38%) OpenShift
14 14 (3.15%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.48%) OCI
16 10 (2.25%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.15%) DNS
2 11 (2.48%) Firewall
2 11 (2.48%) HTTP
2 11 (2.48%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.58%) Network Security
3 7 (1.58%) SSH
3 7 (1.58%) SSL
4 4 (0.90%) IPv4
4 4 (0.90%) OpenVPN
4 4 (0.90%) VPN
5 3 (0.68%) Internet
5 3 (0.68%) IPv6
5 3 (0.68%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.45%) Broadband
6 2 (0.45%) DSL
6 2 (0.45%) FTP
6 2 (0.45%) IMAP
6 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.45%) SMTP
6 2 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.14%) Power BI
2 34 (7.66%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (4.28%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
5 13 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (2.48%) Amazon Athena
6 11 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (2.25%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (1.80%) Metadata
10 7 (1.58%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.35%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.35%) MySQL
11 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.35%) Tableau
12 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.13%) Data Mart
12 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 394 (88.74%) JIRA
2 70 (15.77%) Git
3 41 (9.23%) Jenkins
4 36 (8.11%) GitLab
5 14 (3.15%) Selenium
6 13 (2.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (2.48%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.48%) Zephyr
8 10 (2.25%) Cypress.io
8 10 (2.25%) REST Assured
9 8 (1.80%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.80%) JMeter
9 8 (1.80%) JUnit
9 8 (1.80%) Maven
9 8 (1.80%) Mockito
10 7 (1.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.58%) Gradle
10 7 (1.58%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.13%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.13%) Postman
General
1 173 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 171 (38.51%) Finance
3 97 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (21.40%) Banking
5 77 (17.34%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.28%) Retail
9 18 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.70%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.48%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.58%) Aviation
14 7 (1.58%) Legal
14 7 (1.58%) Military
14 7 (1.58%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.35%) Front Office
15 6 (1.35%) Law
15 6 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (22.30%) Analyst
2 75 (16.89%) Business Analyst
3 49 (11.04%) Lead
4 39 (8.78%) Developer
4 39 (8.78%) Senior
5 22 (4.95%) Architect
5 22 (4.95%) Product Owner
6 17 (3.83%) Consultant
7 16 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (3.60%) Scrum Master
8 15 (3.38%) Product Manager
9 13 (2.93%) Data Engineer
10 12 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (2.70%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (2.48%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (2.25%) Banking Analyst
13 9 (2.03%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (13.29%) Terraform
2 31 (6.98%) REST
3 17 (3.83%) React
4 16 (3.60%) SOAP
5 11 (2.48%) JSON
5 11 (2.48%) Kafka
6 10 (2.25%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.25%) RESTful
7 9 (2.03%) ADO
7 9 (2.03%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.03%) HTML
7 9 (2.03%) Loki
7 9 (2.03%) Playwright
7 9 (2.03%) PySpark
7 9 (2.03%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.80%) CSS
8 8 (1.80%) Spring
8 8 (1.80%) Web Services
9 7 (1.58%) JPA
9 7 (1.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (22.30%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.86%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (2.93%) Credit Risk
6 12 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.25%) Market Risk
9 9 (2.03%) Replication
9 9 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.58%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.35%) Clustering
13 5 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.31%) Linux
2 18 (4.05%) Windows
3 9 (2.03%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.58%) Unix
5 6 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.90%) VMS
7 3 (0.68%) Android
7 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.23%) SUSE
9 1 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (66.22%) Agile
2 183 (41.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (29.05%) DevOps
4 114 (25.68%) CI/CD
4 114 (25.68%) Scrum
5 106 (23.87%) User Stories
6 105 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (19.14%) Migration
8 81 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (15.77%) Test Automation
10 69 (15.54%) Business Analysis
11 67 (15.09%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (14.86%) AI
12 66 (14.86%) User Acceptance Testing
13 59 (13.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 56 (12.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 55 (12.39%) SDLC
16 53 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 52 (11.71%) Sprint Planning
18 50 (11.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.85%) SQL
2 71 (15.99%) Python
3 43 (9.68%) Java
4 25 (5.63%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.18%) Bash
6 14 (3.15%) Groovy
6 14 (3.15%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.25%) Apex Code
7 10 (2.25%) Perl
8 6 (1.35%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.13%) C#
9 5 (1.13%) Go
10 4 (0.90%) Swift
11 3 (0.68%) VBA
12 2 (0.45%) Cypher
12 2 (0.45%) Korn
12 2 (0.45%) R
12 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 135 (30.41%) SC Cleared
3 54 (12.16%) Degree
4 24 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.05%) AWS Certification
5 18 (4.05%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.93%) PMP
8 10 (2.25%) CBAP
9 8 (1.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.58%) IIBA
10 7 (1.58%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.45%) ISEB
13 2 (0.45%) MBA
13 2 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (16.22%) QA
2 38 (8.56%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.28%) PMO
4 13 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.35%) SEPA
5 6 (1.35%) WCAG
6 5 (1.13%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.13%) SLA
7 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.68%) MiFID
8 3 (0.68%) NIST
9 2 (0.45%) EMIR
9 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.45%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) GDPR
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) WAI
System Software
1 42 (9.46%) Docker
2 13 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.45%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.45%) Postfix
5 2 (0.45%) Squid
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (8.33%) Grafana
2 26 (5.86%) Kubernetes
3 23 (5.18%) Ansible
4 19 (4.28%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.15%) Argo
6 12 (2.70%) Control-M
7 8 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.35%) Istio
8 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.35%) SCOM
9 4 (0.90%) Podman
10 3 (0.68%) SELinux
11 2 (0.45%) Consul
11 2 (0.45%) Kibana
11 2 (0.45%) Nessus
11 2 (0.45%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.45%) WSUS
12 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.23%) SCCM
12 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 71 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.18%) Oracle
3 23 (5.18%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.28%) Splunk
5 17 (3.83%) Google
6 16 (3.60%) IBM
7 15 (3.38%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.70%) SAP
9 10 (2.25%) Informatica
10 8 (1.80%) Murex
11 7 (1.58%) Adobe
11 7 (1.58%) BMC
11 7 (1.58%) Databricks
11 7 (1.58%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.58%) Remedy
11 7 (1.58%) VMware
11 7 (1.58%) xMatters
12 6 (1.35%) Commvault
13 5 (1.13%) Red Hat