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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 104 106
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -12
Contract jobs citing Confluence 448 378 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.12% 2.41% 2.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.93% 19.87% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 251 299
10th Percentile £337 £302 £396
25th Percentile £450 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £675
90th Percentile £738 £810 £810
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £47.33 - £35.50
25th Percentile £53.81 - £41.88
Median hourly rate £65.25 - £55.00
75th Percentile £77.31 - £61.25
90th Percentile £84.18 - £63.50
England median hourly rate £62.82 £62.50 £66.13
% change year-on-year +0.51% -5.49% +32.27%

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 1,604 1,902 2,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.16% 12.10% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 1,252 1,445
10th Percentile £325 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
England median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 25
10th Percentile - £17.82 £18.60
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.40 £21.50
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -13.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.46 £44.54
90th Percentile £75.18 £78.50 £64.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year -17.65% +61.05% +37.99%

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 6 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in London over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

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 6 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 +11 66 £525 -6.67% 6
South London +8 21 £582 +36.08% 2
West London -15 6 £415 -17.00% 4
East London +2 1 £520 -5.45% 1
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 35 (7.81%) nginx
2 26 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.23%) Apache
4 4 (0.89%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.67%) Traefik
6 2 (0.45%) Camunda
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (9.38%) MS Visio
3 32 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (2.68%) Trello
7 10 (2.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (1.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.45%) InDesign
9 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.22%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 12 (2.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (2.01%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.89%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.67%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 1 (0.22%) Endur
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 105 (23.44%) AWS
2 70 (15.63%) Azure
3 51 (11.38%) GitHub
4 29 (6.47%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (5.58%) Amazon S3
7 24 (5.36%) Amazon EC2
8 21 (4.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 20 (4.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (4.24%) GCP
10 19 (4.24%) SaaS
10 19 (4.24%) Serverless
11 17 (3.79%) Miro
12 15 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
13 14 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (2.90%) Slack
15 10 (2.23%) Amazon ELB
15 10 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (2.23%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.69%) Firewall
2 17 (3.79%) DNS
3 16 (3.57%) SSH
3 16 (3.57%) SSL
4 15 (3.35%) OpenLDAP
5 13 (2.90%) FTP
6 12 (2.68%) HTTP
7 11 (2.46%) SMTP
8 10 (2.23%) IMAP
8 10 (2.23%) VPN
9 7 (1.56%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.56%) WAN
10 5 (1.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.67%) BGP
11 3 (0.67%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.67%) DHCP
11 3 (0.67%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 3 (0.67%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (6.25%) Power BI
3 23 (5.13%) Tableau
4 17 (3.79%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.57%) Hadoop
6 14 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.90%) Big Data
8 12 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (2.46%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.34%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.12%) Metadata
12 5 (1.12%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.89%) DB2
13 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.89%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.67%) MySQL
15 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 415 (92.63%) JIRA
2 64 (14.29%) Git
3 57 (12.72%) Jenkins
4 30 (6.70%) GitLab
5 26 (5.80%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.79%) Selenium
7 13 (2.90%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.90%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.68%) Postman
9 11 (2.46%) Vagrant
10 9 (2.01%) JUnit
11 8 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (1.79%) SpecFlow
12 7 (1.56%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.34%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.12%) Android Studio
14 5 (1.12%) Maven
15 4 (0.89%) ScriptRunner
15 4 (0.89%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.89%) TestRail
General
1 195 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 138 (30.80%) Finance
3 75 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (15.85%) Banking
5 53 (11.83%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.02%) Investment Banking
6 18 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.79%) Front Office
8 15 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.68%) Retail
10 10 (2.23%) Legal
11 9 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.56%) Back Office
14 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.34%) Marketing
14 6 (1.34%) Publishing
15 5 (1.12%) Electronics
15 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 91 (20.31%) Analyst
2 80 (17.86%) Business Analyst
3 53 (11.83%) Senior
4 40 (8.93%) Project Manager
5 35 (7.81%) Developer
6 34 (7.59%) Architect
6 34 (7.59%) Lead
7 21 (4.69%) Product Owner
8 19 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.79%) Scrum Master
11 15 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
11 15 (3.35%) Technical Business Analyst
12 14 (3.13%) Consultant
12 14 (3.13%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
13 13 (2.90%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.48%) REST
2 30 (6.70%) LDAP
3 29 (6.47%) AngularJS
4 25 (5.58%) .NET
5 24 (5.36%) Kafka
6 23 (5.13%) JSON
7 22 (4.91%) HTML
7 22 (4.91%) RabbitMQ
8 20 (4.46%) SOAP
8 20 (4.46%) Web Services
9 18 (4.02%) React
10 15 (3.35%) Apache NiFi
11 13 (2.90%) HTML5
11 13 (2.90%) SAML
12 12 (2.68%) Apache Camel
12 12 (2.68%) JDBC
12 12 (2.68%) jQuery
12 12 (2.68%) ODBC
13 11 (2.46%) Playwright
13 11 (2.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.05%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.13%) Replication
4 13 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.23%) Equities
8 9 (2.01%) Derivative
8 9 (2.01%) NHS
8 9 (2.01%) PMI
9 8 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.34%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.12%) PKI
11 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (11.61%) Linux
2 27 (6.03%) Windows
3 19 (4.24%) Unix
4 13 (2.90%) VMS
5 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.23%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.56%) Android
8 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (68.30%) Agile
2 138 (30.80%) Scrum
3 107 (23.88%) DevOps
4 99 (22.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 94 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (18.08%) CI/CD
7 73 (16.29%) User Stories
8 72 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 69 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (12.95%) Project Management
10 58 (12.95%) Roadmaps
11 56 (12.50%) Change Management
12 55 (12.28%) Microservices
13 51 (11.38%) Migration
14 47 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
15 45 (10.04%) Requirements Gathering
16 44 (9.82%) Workshop Facilitation
17 40 (8.93%) Test Automation
18 39 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
19 38 (8.48%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 79 (17.63%) SQL
2 74 (16.52%) Python
3 50 (11.16%) Java
4 35 (7.81%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.35%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.68%) C#
7 12 (2.68%) Go
8 11 (2.46%) Bash
9 10 (2.23%) Groovy
10 7 (1.56%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.34%) C++
12 5 (1.12%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.45%) C
13 2 (0.45%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.45%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.45%) Korn
13 2 (0.45%) PHP
13 2 (0.45%) R
14 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 122 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 119 (26.56%) SC Cleared
3 68 (15.18%) Degree
4 22 (4.91%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.79%) DV Cleared
7 14 (3.13%) CBAP
7 14 (3.13%) PMP
8 13 (2.90%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.46%) CISSP
10 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.23%) CSPO
11 8 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.56%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
13 6 (1.34%) CFA
14 5 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.67%) CCIE
16 3 (0.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (11.38%) QA
2 17 (3.79%) GDPR
3 14 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.46%) PMO
5 5 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.12%) GRC
5 5 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.12%) SEPA
6 4 (0.89%) ISO 20022
6 4 (0.89%) NCSC
7 3 (0.67%) ITGC
7 3 (0.67%) MiFID
7 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.67%) PSD2
7 3 (0.67%) WCAG
8 2 (0.45%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (12.05%) Docker
2 12 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.23%) DFS Replication
3 10 (2.23%) Dovecot
3 10 (2.23%) Postfix
3 10 (2.23%) Squid
4 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.45%) Firmware
6 2 (0.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) etcd
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (10.71%) Terraform
2 47 (10.49%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.24%) Packer
4 18 (4.02%) Ansible
4 18 (4.02%) Consul
4 18 (4.02%) Grafana
5 13 (2.90%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.23%) Nessus
6 10 (2.23%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.89%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.89%) Puppet
8 3 (0.67%) Ambari
8 3 (0.67%) Istio
8 3 (0.67%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.45%) Argo
10 1 (0.22%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.22%) HP Operations Orchestration
10 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (10.94%) ServiceNow
2 47 (10.49%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.92%) Atlassian
4 26 (5.80%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.57%) HP
6 15 (3.35%) Remedy
7 14 (3.13%) Oracle
8 13 (2.90%) Cloudera
8 13 (2.90%) Foundry
8 13 (2.90%) Palantir
9 12 (2.68%) BMC
9 12 (2.68%) Google
9 12 (2.68%) Ivanti
9 12 (2.68%) SAP
10 10 (2.23%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (1.79%) Splunk
12 7 (1.56%) Adobe
12 7 (1.56%) Cisco
12 7 (1.56%) DocuSign
12 7 (1.56%) VMware