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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 96 112
Rank change year-on-year -39 +16 -13
Contract jobs citing Confluence 455 413 368
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.23% 3.11% 2.30%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.09% 26.89% 18.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 300 247
10th Percentile £400 £350 £308
25th Percentile £450 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £559 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +6.43% -4.98%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £709 £738 £810
England median daily rate £500 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -3.68% -1.12% -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% -40.91%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.31 £33.75
90th Percentile £84.25 £84.18 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £63.40 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.42% -9.43% +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 2,060 1,536 2,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.11% 11.56% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 1,052 1,366
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £423 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £749
90th Percentile £712 £775 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £22.25 £17.26
25th Percentile £22.83 £25.36 £22.40
Median hourly rate £35.82 £33.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +40.76% -11.03%
75th Percentile £57.00 £52.19 £36.88
90th Percentile £73.30 £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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -30 56 £563 +12.50% 33
South London -21 11 £550 -4.84% 3
West London -21 8 £775 +86.75% 3
North London - 3 - -
East London +5 2 £550 +5.77% 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 26 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.42%) CMS
3 6 (1.32%) nginx
4 5 (1.10%) Camunda
5 4 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.88%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.88%) SAS
6 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.66%) JBoss
6 3 (0.66%) Traefik
6 3 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.44%) Kentico
7 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 40 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (8.35%) MS Visio
3 25 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (4.18%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.10%) Notion
6 5 (1.10%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.88%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.88%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.66%) Productboard
8 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.66%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.44%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) Actimize
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) OneSumX
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 110 (24.18%) AWS
2 107 (23.52%) Azure
3 55 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (11.87%) GitHub
5 46 (10.11%) Power Platform
6 45 (9.89%) Amazon S3
7 28 (6.15%) Serverless
8 27 (5.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 27 (5.93%) Amazon EC2
9 25 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (4.84%) Miro
12 21 (4.62%) GCP
13 19 (4.18%) Figma
13 19 (4.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 17 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (3.52%) SaaS
16 15 (3.30%) OpenShift
17 11 (2.42%) OCI
17 11 (2.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.08%) DNS
2 11 (2.42%) Firewall
2 11 (2.42%) HTTP
2 11 (2.42%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.54%) Network Security
3 7 (1.54%) SSH
3 7 (1.54%) SSL
4 4 (0.88%) IPv4
4 4 (0.88%) OpenVPN
4 4 (0.88%) VPN
5 3 (0.66%) Internet
5 3 (0.66%) IPv6
5 3 (0.66%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.44%) Broadband
6 2 (0.44%) DSL
6 2 (0.44%) FTP
6 2 (0.44%) IMAP
6 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.44%) SMTP
6 2 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.89%) Power BI
2 35 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (4.18%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
5 14 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.20%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (1.76%) Metadata
11 7 (1.54%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.32%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.32%) MySQL
12 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.32%) Tableau
13 5 (1.10%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.10%) Data Mart
13 5 (1.10%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 405 (89.01%) JIRA
2 70 (15.38%) Git
3 42 (9.23%) Jenkins
4 36 (7.91%) GitLab
5 15 (3.30%) Selenium
6 13 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (2.64%) Bitbucket
8 11 (2.42%) Zephyr
9 10 (2.20%) Cypress.io
9 10 (2.20%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.98%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.76%) JMeter
11 8 (1.76%) JUnit
11 8 (1.76%) Maven
11 8 (1.76%) Mockito
12 7 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.54%) Gradle
12 7 (1.54%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.10%) Postman
General
1 177 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 175 (38.46%) Finance
3 99 (21.76%) Banking
4 96 (21.10%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (16.92%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.40%) Retail
9 18 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.08%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.64%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.76%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.54%) Aviation
14 7 (1.54%) Legal
14 7 (1.54%) Military
14 7 (1.54%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.32%) Front Office
15 6 (1.32%) Law
15 6 (1.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (22.64%) Analyst
2 79 (17.36%) Business Analyst
3 49 (10.77%) Lead
4 40 (8.79%) Senior
5 39 (8.57%) Developer
6 22 (4.84%) Architect
6 22 (4.84%) Product Owner
7 17 (3.74%) Consultant
7 17 (3.74%) Scrum Master
8 16 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.52%) Product Manager
9 14 (3.08%) Project Manager
10 13 (2.86%) Data Engineer
11 12 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
12 11 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.42%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.20%) Banking Analyst
14 9 (1.98%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.97%) Terraform
2 32 (7.03%) REST
3 17 (3.74%) React
4 16 (3.52%) SOAP
5 11 (2.42%) JSON
5 11 (2.42%) Kafka
6 10 (2.20%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.20%) RESTful
7 9 (1.98%) ADO
7 9 (1.98%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.98%) HTML
7 9 (1.98%) Loki
7 9 (1.98%) Playwright
7 9 (1.98%) PySpark
7 9 (1.98%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.76%) CSS
8 8 (1.76%) Spring
8 8 (1.76%) Web Services
9 7 (1.54%) JPA
9 7 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (22.20%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.81%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.15%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.08%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.86%) Credit Risk
7 12 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.64%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 11 (2.42%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.20%) Market Risk
9 10 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.98%) Replication
11 8 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.76%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.32%) Clustering
13 5 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.10%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.15%) Linux
2 18 (3.96%) Windows
3 9 (1.98%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.54%) Unix
5 6 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.88%) VMS
7 3 (0.66%) Android
7 3 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (66.37%) Agile
2 188 (41.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (29.01%) DevOps
4 122 (26.81%) Scrum
5 115 (25.27%) CI/CD
6 109 (23.96%) User Stories
7 106 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (19.56%) Migration
9 85 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (16.04%) Acceptance Criteria
10 73 (16.04%) Business Analysis
11 71 (15.60%) Test Automation
12 70 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 67 (14.73%) AI
14 65 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
15 57 (12.53%) Sprint Planning
16 56 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
16 56 (12.31%) SDLC
16 56 (12.31%) Workshop Facilitation
17 54 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.32%) SQL
2 71 (15.60%) Python
3 43 (9.45%) Java
4 25 (5.49%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.05%) Bash
6 15 (3.30%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.08%) Groovy
7 14 (3.08%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.20%) Apex Code
8 10 (2.20%) Perl
9 6 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.10%) C#
10 5 (1.10%) Go
11 4 (0.88%) Swift
12 3 (0.66%) VBA
13 2 (0.44%) Cypher
13 2 (0.44%) Korn
13 2 (0.44%) R
13 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (32.75%) Security Cleared
2 135 (29.67%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.75%) Degree
4 24 (5.27%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.40%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.18%) PMI Certification
7 14 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.08%) PMP
8 13 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.20%) CBAP
9 10 (2.20%) IIBA
10 8 (1.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.76%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.54%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.32%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.66%) CSPO
13 3 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.44%) ISEB
14 2 (0.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (16.04%) QA
2 38 (8.35%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.18%) PMO
4 17 (3.74%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.98%) WCAG
6 6 (1.32%) SEPA
7 5 (1.10%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.10%) SLA
8 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.66%) MiFID
9 3 (0.66%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) EMIR
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.44%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) GDPR
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) HL7
11 1 (0.22%) WAI
System Software
1 42 (9.23%) Docker
2 13 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.44%) Postfix
5 2 (0.44%) Squid
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (8.13%) Grafana
2 26 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 23 (5.05%) Ansible
4 19 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.08%) Argo
6 12 (2.64%) Control-M
7 8 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.32%) Istio
8 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.32%) SCOM
9 4 (0.88%) Podman
10 3 (0.66%) SELinux
11 2 (0.44%) Consul
11 2 (0.44%) Kibana
11 2 (0.44%) Nessus
11 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.22%) SCCM
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 74 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.13%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.27%) Salesforce
4 23 (5.05%) Oracle
5 19 (4.18%) IBM
5 19 (4.18%) Splunk
6 17 (3.74%) Atlassian
7 16 (3.52%) Google
8 12 (2.64%) SAP
9 10 (2.20%) Informatica
10 8 (1.76%) Murex
11 7 (1.54%) Adobe
11 7 (1.54%) BMC
11 7 (1.54%) Databricks
11 7 (1.54%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.54%) Remedy
11 7 (1.54%) VMware
11 7 (1.54%) xMatters
12 6 (1.32%) Commvault
13 5 (1.10%) Red Hat