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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 96 110
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 -18
Contract jobs citing Confluence 414 380 410
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.87% 2.53% 2.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.49% 21.24% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 247 273
10th Percentile £331 £300 £380
25th Percentile £450 £400 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £664 £675
90th Percentile £738 £810 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £33.88
25th Percentile - - £37.81
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £59.38
90th Percentile - - £62.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -27.26% - +22.55%

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 1,563 1,789 2,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.85% 11.93% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,160 1,405
10th Percentile £325 £308 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £699 £650
90th Percentile £748 £825 £761
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 25
10th Percentile - £17.72 £18.60
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.70 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -17.93% +20.83%
75th Percentile £34.88 £41.18 £44.54
90th Percentile £58.06 £85.88 £64.50
England median hourly rate £27.71 £42.21 £26.39
% change year-on-year -34.34% +59.93% +44.80%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +4 58 £510 -9.93% 44
South London +8 21 £581 +35.99% 5
West London -15 5 £250 -43.82% 7
East London +2 1 £520 -5.45% 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 27 (6.52%) nginx
1 27 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.17%) Apache
3 3 (0.72%) CMS
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.72%) Traefik
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) CICS
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (9.90%) MS Visio
3 27 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (2.90%) Trello
7 10 (2.42%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (1.21%) Notion
9 2 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.48%) InDesign
9 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.24%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.24%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 10 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.97%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.48%) Shopify
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 90 (21.74%) AWS
2 68 (16.43%) Azure
3 50 (12.08%) GitHub
4 29 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.80%) Amazon S3
7 23 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
8 21 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 20 (4.83%) GCP
9 20 (4.83%) Serverless
10 15 (3.62%) Miro
10 15 (3.62%) SaaS
10 15 (3.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (3.14%) Slack
13 12 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (2.42%) Figma
15 10 (2.42%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.59%) Firewall
2 16 (3.86%) SSH
3 15 (3.62%) OpenLDAP
4 14 (3.38%) DNS
4 14 (3.38%) FTP
4 14 (3.38%) SSL
5 11 (2.66%) HTTP
5 11 (2.66%) SMTP
6 10 (2.42%) IMAP
6 10 (2.42%) VPN
7 7 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.69%) WAN
8 5 (1.21%) Network Security
9 4 (0.97%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.72%) BGP
10 3 (0.72%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.72%) LAN
10 3 (0.72%) OSPF
10 3 (0.72%) RS-232
10 3 (0.72%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.52%) Power BI
3 23 (5.56%) Tableau
4 17 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.86%) Hadoop
6 14 (3.38%) Big Data
6 14 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.90%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (2.90%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.69%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.45%) Metadata
11 5 (1.21%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.97%) DB2
12 4 (0.97%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.97%) Tick Data
13 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 385 (93.00%) JIRA
2 55 (13.29%) Jenkins
3 54 (13.04%) Git
4 31 (7.49%) GitLab
5 21 (5.07%) Bitbucket
5 21 (5.07%) Selenium
6 13 (3.14%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.14%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.90%) Postman
8 10 (2.42%) JUnit
8 10 (2.42%) Vagrant
9 8 (1.93%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (1.69%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.69%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.21%) Maven
11 5 (1.21%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.97%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.97%) ScriptRunner
12 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.72%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 179 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 135 (32.61%) Finance
3 70 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (15.22%) Banking
5 56 (13.53%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.86%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.38%) Front Office
9 11 (2.66%) Legal
10 10 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.17%) Retail
11 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.69%) Marketing
13 5 (1.21%) Back Office
13 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 87 (21.01%) Analyst
2 80 (19.32%) Business Analyst
3 46 (11.11%) Senior
4 37 (8.94%) Developer
5 34 (8.21%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.76%) Lead
7 22 (5.31%) Product Owner
8 21 (5.07%) Architect
9 17 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.11%) Technical Analyst
9 17 (4.11%) Technical Business Analyst
10 16 (3.86%) Scrum Master
11 15 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.62%) Senior Business Analyst
12 14 (3.38%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.14%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.90%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.52%) REST
2 26 (6.28%) LDAP
3 25 (6.04%) Kafka
4 18 (4.35%) HTML
4 18 (4.35%) JSON
4 18 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
5 16 (3.86%) .NET
5 16 (3.86%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.86%) Web Services
6 15 (3.62%) Apache NiFi
6 15 (3.62%) SOAP
7 11 (2.66%) RESTful
7 11 (2.66%) Spring
8 10 (2.42%) Playwright
8 10 (2.42%) SAML
9 9 (2.17%) HTML5
9 9 (2.17%) React
10 8 (1.93%) Apache Camel
10 8 (1.93%) jQuery
10 8 (1.93%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.38%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.38%) Replication
4 13 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.66%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.66%) Equities
6 10 (2.42%) PMI
7 9 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.93%) NHS
9 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.45%) Derivative
10 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.21%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.21%) PKI
12 4 (0.97%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.14%) Linux
2 24 (5.80%) Windows
3 17 (4.11%) Unix
4 13 (3.14%) VMS
5 10 (2.42%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (2.42%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.45%) Android
7 3 (0.72%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (65.94%) Agile
2 123 (29.71%) Scrum
3 107 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 101 (24.40%) DevOps
5 87 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (19.32%) CI/CD
7 76 (18.36%) User Stories
8 65 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 56 (13.53%) Roadmaps
11 54 (13.04%) Project Management
12 52 (12.56%) Change Management
13 48 (11.59%) Migration
13 48 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
14 47 (11.35%) Microservices
15 45 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
16 44 (10.63%) Test Automation
17 43 (10.39%) Acceptance Criteria
18 42 (10.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 39 (9.42%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (18.36%) SQL
2 63 (15.22%) Python
3 39 (9.42%) Java
4 28 (6.76%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.86%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.66%) Bash
7 10 (2.42%) C#
7 10 (2.42%) Go
7 10 (2.42%) Groovy
8 9 (2.17%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.45%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.97%) C++
11 3 (0.72%) C
11 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.72%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.48%) Korn
12 2 (0.48%) R
13 1 (0.24%) Swift
13 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 117 (28.26%) Security Cleared
2 116 (28.02%) SC Cleared
3 64 (15.46%) Degree
4 22 (5.31%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.35%) CBAP
6 17 (4.11%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.14%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.14%) PMP
8 11 (2.66%) CSPO
9 10 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.42%) CISSP
10 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.69%) CFA
11 7 (1.69%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.45%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.21%) IIBA
13 5 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.14%) QA
2 16 (3.86%) GDPR
3 13 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.90%) PMO
5 6 (1.45%) GRC
6 5 (1.21%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.97%) SEPA
8 3 (0.72%) NCSC
8 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.72%) PSD2
8 3 (0.72%) WCAG
9 2 (0.48%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.48%) ITGC
9 2 (0.48%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) Basel III
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (11.35%) Docker
2 11 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.66%) Squid
3 10 (2.42%) DFS Replication
3 10 (2.42%) Dovecot
3 10 (2.42%) Postfix
4 5 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.72%) Firmware
6 2 (0.48%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) etcd
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (10.14%) Terraform
2 39 (9.42%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.11%) Grafana
4 15 (3.62%) Ansible
5 12 (2.90%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.66%) Packer
7 10 (2.42%) Consul
7 10 (2.42%) Nessus
7 10 (2.42%) Proxmox
7 10 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.72%) Ambari
8 3 (0.72%) Istio
8 3 (0.72%) Puppet
8 3 (0.72%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.72%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.48%) Argo
9 2 (0.48%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (10.39%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.45%) ServiceNow
3 31 (7.49%) Atlassian
4 29 (7.00%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.14%) Cloudera
5 13 (3.14%) Foundry
5 13 (3.14%) Google
5 13 (3.14%) Oracle
5 13 (3.14%) Palantir
5 13 (3.14%) SAP
6 11 (2.66%) Remedy
7 10 (2.42%) HP
7 10 (2.42%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (2.17%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.93%) BMC
9 8 (1.93%) Ivanti
10 7 (1.69%) Adobe
10 7 (1.69%) Cisco
10 7 (1.69%) DocuSign
11 6 (1.45%) VMware