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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 122 151
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 -43
Contract jobs citing Confluence 426 283 285
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.44% 2.23% 1.61%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.12% 18.92% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 172 193
10th Percentile £363 £304 £363
25th Percentile £450 £407 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £639 £638
90th Percentile £737 £749 £767
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £21.25
25th Percentile £61.25 - £22.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £26.75
75th Percentile £63.75 - £37.94
90th Percentile - - £52.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -0.96% +2.00% +12.61%

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 1,696 1,496 1,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.73% 11.77% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,142 1,010 1,455
10th Percentile £356 £327 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £625 £671 £638
90th Percentile £725 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 10 27
10th Percentile £15.45 £25.78 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £26.14 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.33 £33.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.26% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34.03 £41.91 £36.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £50.38 £60.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +75.44% +5.59%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -18 47 £538 -2.27% 19
South London +5 29 £519 +9.17% 1
West London -24 8 £650 +44.44% 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 39 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.34%) nginx
3 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.94%) CMS
5 3 (0.70%) Apache
5 3 (0.70%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.47%) JBoss
6 2 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 47 (11.03%) MS Visio
2 35 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (5.87%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.41%) Trello
7 4 (0.94%) Notion
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.82%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.41%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.17%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.94%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.70%) Actimize
5 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.47%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.47%) Shopify
6 2 (0.47%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Endur
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (19.01%) AWS
2 64 (15.02%) Azure
3 39 (9.15%) GitHub
4 32 (7.51%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.16%) Amazon S3
7 20 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 19 (4.46%) SaaS
9 17 (3.99%) Serverless
10 15 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.29%) Miro
12 12 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (2.82%) Figma
12 12 (2.82%) GCP
13 11 (2.58%) Entra ID
14 10 (2.35%) Apigee
15 9 (2.11%) Lucidchart
16 8 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.52%) Firewall
2 13 (3.05%) VPN
3 8 (1.88%) DNS
3 8 (1.88%) SSL
4 7 (1.64%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.64%) LAN
4 7 (1.64%) Modbus
4 7 (1.64%) OpenVPN
4 7 (1.64%) RS-232
4 7 (1.64%) RS-485
4 7 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.64%) WAN
5 5 (1.17%) FTP
5 5 (1.17%) Network Security
6 4 (0.94%) PSTN
6 4 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.70%) BGP
7 3 (0.70%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.10%) Power BI
2 20 (4.69%) Tableau
3 17 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.35%) Metadata
5 10 (2.35%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.88%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.64%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.41%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.17%) Big Data
9 5 (1.17%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.17%) Tick Data
10 3 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.70%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.70%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 394 (92.49%) JIRA
2 64 (15.02%) Git
3 32 (7.51%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.69%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.46%) GitLab
6 17 (3.99%) Selenium
7 11 (2.58%) SonarQube
7 11 (2.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.88%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.64%) ScriptRunner
10 6 (1.41%) Maven
10 6 (1.41%) Postman
11 5 (1.17%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.17%) JUnit
12 4 (0.94%) JMeter
12 4 (0.94%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.94%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.70%) Appium
13 3 (0.70%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 155 (36.38%) Social Skills
2 154 (36.15%) Finance
3 87 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (18.31%) Banking
5 71 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (4.69%) Legal
8 17 (3.99%) Retail
9 16 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.29%) Financial Institution
10 14 (3.29%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.82%) Marketing
11 12 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.35%) Front Office
13 7 (1.64%) Publishing
14 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.94%) Military
16 4 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (26.06%) Analyst
2 102 (23.94%) Business Analyst
3 49 (11.50%) Developer
4 44 (10.33%) Senior
5 31 (7.28%) Project Manager
6 26 (6.10%) Lead
7 25 (5.87%) Architect
8 21 (4.93%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (3.52%) Banking Analyst
10 15 (3.52%) Consultant
11 14 (3.29%) Banking Business Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Senior Business Analyst
12 13 (3.05%) Scrum Master
12 13 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (3.05%) Technical Business Analyst
12 13 (3.05%) Technical Manager
13 12 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.58%) Salesforce Developer
15 10 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.99%) REST
2 13 (3.05%) React
3 12 (2.82%) AngularJS
3 12 (2.82%) OpenID
3 12 (2.82%) Spring
4 11 (2.58%) LDAP
5 10 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.35%) RESTful
6 9 (2.11%) HTML
7 8 (1.88%) .NET
7 8 (1.88%) ADO
7 8 (1.88%) Kafka
7 8 (1.88%) Node.js
8 7 (1.64%) OAuth
9 6 (1.41%) CSS
9 6 (1.41%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.41%) Playwright
9 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.17%) SOAP
10 5 (1.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.88%) Equities
7 8 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.41%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.17%) Derivative
9 5 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.94%) Clustering
10 4 (0.94%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.94%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.94%) PKI
10 4 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.51%) Linux
2 12 (2.82%) Windows
3 7 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.17%) Unix
5 4 (0.94%) Android
5 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (67.61%) Agile
2 130 (30.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (24.18%) Scrum
4 87 (20.42%) DevOps
5 86 (20.19%) User Stories
6 85 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (15.49%) Acceptance Criteria
10 63 (14.79%) Project Management
11 62 (14.55%) CI/CD
12 60 (14.08%) Workshop Facilitation
13 54 (12.68%) Roadmaps
14 53 (12.44%) Test Automation
14 53 (12.44%) User Acceptance Testing
15 50 (11.74%) Migration
16 46 (10.80%) Requirements Gathering
16 46 (10.80%) SDLC
17 45 (10.56%) Decision-Making
18 44 (10.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.26%) SQL
2 60 (14.08%) Python
3 36 (8.45%) Java
4 26 (6.10%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.29%) Bash
6 13 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.35%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.11%) C#
9 7 (1.64%) C++
9 7 (1.64%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.41%) Groovy
10 6 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.70%) C
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.70%) Perl
11 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) Korn
12 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 137 (32.16%) Security Cleared
2 124 (29.11%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.28%) Degree
4 14 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (3.29%) CBAP
5 11 (2.58%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.35%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.35%) IIBA
7 9 (2.11%) CISSP
8 8 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.88%) PMP
9 7 (1.64%) CISM
10 6 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.41%) CSPO
10 6 (1.41%) ISEB
11 5 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.45%) QA
2 21 (4.93%) GDPR
3 18 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.76%) PMO
5 12 (2.82%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.41%) MiFID
8 5 (1.17%) GRC
8 5 (1.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.70%) EMIR
9 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.70%) NIST
9 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.23%) Basel III
11 1 (0.23%) P3O
11 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (8.45%) Docker
2 8 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.88%) Squid
3 7 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.64%) Firmware
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (12.44%) Terraform
2 41 (9.62%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.93%) Consul
4 15 (3.52%) Grafana
4 15 (3.52%) Prometheus
4 15 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (3.05%) Packer
6 12 (2.82%) Ansible
7 7 (1.64%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.94%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.94%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.94%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.70%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.23%) CASB
12 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 40 (9.39%) ServiceNow
2 38 (8.92%) Microsoft
3 36 (8.45%) Salesforce
4 34 (7.98%) Atlassian
5 21 (4.93%) SAP
6 17 (3.99%) Oracle
7 12 (2.82%) Google
8 11 (2.58%) IBM
9 10 (2.35%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.88%) Adobe
10 8 (1.88%) Databricks
10 8 (1.88%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.88%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.64%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.64%) Anaplan
11 7 (1.64%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.64%) Splunk
12 6 (1.41%) Workday
13 5 (1.17%) Murex
13 5 (1.17%) Zuora