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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 100 125
Rank change year-on-year -12 +25 -26
Contract jobs citing Confluence 401 348 357
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.70% 2.57% 1.92%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.56% 21.36% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 211 255
10th Percentile £350 £304 £380
25th Percentile £431 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £516 £569
Median % change year-on-year +6.59% -9.31% -2.53%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £665
90th Percentile £738 £810 £800
England median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% -6.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £26.88
25th Percentile - - £29.69
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £35.75
75th Percentile - - £44.38
90th Percentile - - £52.25
England median hourly rate £42.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -32.80% - +16.82%

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 1,510 1,629 2,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.16% 12.02% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 1,004 1,460
10th Percentile £329 £308 £263
25th Percentile £415 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £738 £810 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 31
10th Percentile - £18.19 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.84 £21.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +6.91% +21.52%
75th Percentile £39.38 £39.73 £36.25
90th Percentile £89.87 £41.91 £49.08
England median hourly rate £25.42 £42.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -40.20% +66.67% +15.91%

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 February 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 9 February 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 -16 51 £525 -2.78% 14
South London +3 17 £519 +9.17% 5
West London -12 9 £500 +28.21% 5
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 32 (7.98%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.48%) nginx
3 8 (2.00%) Palantir Foundry
4 7 (1.75%) Apache
5 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.00%) CMS
7 3 (0.75%) Traefik
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.25%) CICS
8 1 (0.25%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 45 (11.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (10.47%) MS Visio
3 27 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (6.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (2.00%) Trello
7 6 (1.50%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 4 (1.00%) Notion
9 2 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.50%) InDesign
9 2 (0.50%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.25%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.99%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.75%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Shopify
4 2 (0.50%) Summit
5 1 (0.25%) Endur
5 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.70%) AWS
2 60 (14.96%) Azure
3 54 (13.47%) GitHub
4 34 (8.48%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (4.74%) Amazon S3
7 17 (4.24%) SaaS
8 16 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (3.99%) GCP
8 16 (3.99%) Serverless
8 16 (3.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
9 14 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.49%) Miro
10 13 (3.24%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.99%) Figma
11 12 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.74%) PaaS
12 11 (2.74%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.74%) Firewall
2 14 (3.49%) DNS
2 14 (3.49%) VPN
3 11 (2.74%) WAN
4 10 (2.49%) FTP
4 10 (2.49%) SSH
5 8 (2.00%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.75%) HTTP
6 7 (1.75%) LAN
6 7 (1.75%) Modbus
6 7 (1.75%) RS-232
6 7 (1.75%) RS-485
6 7 (1.75%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.75%) SMTP
6 7 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.50%) IMAP
7 6 (1.50%) Network Security
7 6 (1.50%) OpenLDAP
7 6 (1.50%) SSL
8 5 (1.25%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.98%) Power BI
2 25 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (5.49%) Tableau
4 14 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.24%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.24%) Big Data
7 9 (2.24%) Hadoop
8 8 (2.00%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.75%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.75%) Tick Data
10 6 (1.50%) Metadata
11 4 (1.00%) DB2
12 3 (0.75%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.75%) Redis
13 2 (0.50%) Tableau Desktop
13 2 (0.50%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 367 (91.52%) JIRA
2 50 (12.47%) Jenkins
3 47 (11.72%) Git
4 24 (5.99%) GitLab
5 23 (5.74%) Selenium
6 22 (5.49%) Bitbucket
7 18 (4.49%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.99%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.74%) Sonatype Nexus
10 10 (2.49%) JUnit
11 9 (2.24%) Postman
12 8 (2.00%) Maven
13 7 (1.75%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.50%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.50%) Vagrant
15 5 (1.25%) Zephyr
16 4 (1.00%) Android Studio
16 4 (1.00%) ScriptRunner
16 4 (1.00%) TestRail
17 3 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 165 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 143 (35.66%) Finance
3 78 (19.45%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.71%) Banking
5 53 (13.22%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.99%) Investment Banking
7 14 (3.49%) Front Office
7 14 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.24%) Legal
9 12 (2.99%) Marketing
9 12 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.74%) Retail
11 8 (2.00%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.25%) Back Office
13 5 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.25%) Publishing
14 4 (1.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 99 (24.69%) Analyst
2 94 (23.44%) Business Analyst
3 44 (10.97%) Developer
4 43 (10.72%) Senior
5 34 (8.48%) Project Manager
6 29 (7.23%) Lead
7 19 (4.74%) Architect
7 19 (4.74%) Technical Business Analyst
8 18 (4.49%) Technical Analyst
9 17 (4.24%) Senior Business Analyst
10 16 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.24%) Consultant
11 13 (3.24%) Product Owner
11 13 (3.24%) Scrum Master
12 11 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (2.74%) Banking Analyst
12 11 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (2.49%) Banking Business Analyst
14 9 (2.24%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.99%) Kafka
2 15 (3.74%) .NET
3 14 (3.49%) REST
3 14 (3.49%) RESTful
3 14 (3.49%) Spring
4 13 (3.24%) LDAP
5 10 (2.49%) Apache NiFi
5 10 (2.49%) Playwright
6 9 (2.24%) HTML
6 9 (2.24%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (2.00%) JSON
7 8 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (2.00%) React
8 7 (1.75%) ADO
8 7 (1.75%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.75%) Node.js
8 7 (1.75%) OpenID
8 7 (1.75%) SOAP
8 7 (1.75%) Web Services
8 7 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.47%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.99%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.49%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.24%) PMI
6 9 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.00%) Equities
8 7 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.75%) Replication
8 7 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.50%) NHS
10 5 (1.25%) Derivative
10 5 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.25%) PKI
11 4 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.23%) Linux
2 20 (4.99%) Windows
3 11 (2.74%) Unix
4 9 (2.24%) VMS
5 7 (1.75%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (1.50%) Amazon Linux
6 6 (1.50%) Android
6 6 (1.50%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (65.34%) Agile
2 117 (29.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 108 (26.93%) Scrum
4 86 (21.45%) DevOps
5 85 (21.20%) User Stories
6 84 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 67 (16.71%) CI/CD
8 67 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (14.46%) Project Management
10 56 (13.97%) Acceptance Criteria
10 56 (13.97%) Roadmaps
11 51 (12.72%) Workshop Facilitation
12 49 (12.22%) Requirements Gathering
12 49 (12.22%) User Acceptance Testing
13 47 (11.72%) Test Automation
14 42 (10.47%) Migration
15 41 (10.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 40 (9.98%) Change Management
17 39 (9.73%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.46%) SQL
2 56 (13.97%) Python
3 37 (9.23%) Java
4 20 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.74%) Bash
6 11 (2.74%) C#
7 9 (2.24%) Apex Code
8 8 (2.00%) C++
8 8 (2.00%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.75%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.50%) Groovy
10 6 (1.50%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.00%) Go
12 3 (0.75%) C
12 3 (0.75%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.50%) Korn
13 2 (0.50%) R
13 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 102 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 97 (24.19%) SC Cleared
3 53 (13.22%) Degree
4 19 (4.74%) PMI Certification
5 18 (4.49%) CBAP
6 12 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.74%) PMP
8 9 (2.24%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.24%) CISSP
9 7 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.75%) CFA
9 7 (1.75%) CSPO
9 7 (1.75%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.50%) IIBA
11 5 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.00%) ISEB
13 3 (0.75%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.22%) QA
2 17 (4.24%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.99%) GDPR
4 14 (3.49%) PMO
5 9 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.50%) GRC
7 5 (1.25%) ISO 20022
8 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.00%) SEPA
9 3 (0.75%) MiFID
9 3 (0.75%) NCSC
9 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.75%) PSD2
9 3 (0.75%) SLA
9 3 (0.75%) WCAG
10 2 (0.50%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.50%) NIST
11 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.25%) EMIR
11 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 48 (11.97%) Docker
2 12 (2.99%) Squid
3 7 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.75%) Firmware
4 6 (1.50%) DFS Replication
4 6 (1.50%) Dovecot
4 6 (1.50%) Postfix
5 5 (1.25%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.25%) etcd
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (10.72%) Kubernetes
1 43 (10.72%) Terraform
2 19 (4.74%) Grafana
3 17 (4.24%) Consul
4 14 (3.49%) Ansible
4 14 (3.49%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.24%) Packer
6 7 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.50%) Nessus
7 6 (1.50%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.25%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.00%) HP ALM
9 4 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.75%) Istio
10 3 (0.75%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.50%) Argo
12 1 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.48%) Salesforce
3 29 (7.23%) Atlassian
4 25 (6.23%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.99%) Oracle
6 10 (2.49%) Google
6 10 (2.49%) SAP
7 8 (2.00%) Adobe
7 8 (2.00%) Cloudera
7 8 (2.00%) Foundry
7 8 (2.00%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.00%) Palantir
8 7 (1.75%) Alteryx
8 7 (1.75%) Anaplan
8 7 (1.75%) Cisco
9 6 (1.50%) DocuSign
9 6 (1.50%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.50%) Jaspersoft
9 6 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.50%) VMware