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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 96 111
Rank change year-on-year -41 +15 -9
Contract jobs citing Confluence 461 419 370
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.25% 3.13% 2.31%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.38% 27.12% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 310 250
10th Percentile £400 £350 £307
25th Percentile £450 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £531
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +7.06% -3.41%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £684
90th Percentile £710 £738 £810
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -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 1,545 2,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.05% 11.54% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,064 1,362
10th Percentile £313 £313 £310
25th Percentile £420 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -8.30% +4.09%
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 29 23 22
10th Percentile £18.67 £19.97 £17.17
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.83 £21.70
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +32.35% -13.45%
75th Percentile £41.92 £50.63 £35.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £88.50 £73.88
England median hourly rate £28.20 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.44% -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -31 56 £563 +9.76% 29
South London -16 11 £500 -13.49% 3
West London -23 8 £775 +86.75% 2
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 28 (6.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.60%) CMS
3 6 (1.30%) nginx
4 5 (1.08%) Camunda
4 5 (1.08%) Traefik
5 4 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.87%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.87%) SAS
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.65%) JBoss
6 3 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.43%) Kentico
7 2 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (8.24%) MS Visio
3 25 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.56%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.08%) Notion
6 5 (1.08%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.87%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.87%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.65%) Productboard
8 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.43%) 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 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.65%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.43%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.43%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) Actimize
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
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
1 112 (24.30%) AWS
2 108 (23.43%) Azure
3 53 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (11.06%) GitHub
5 48 (10.41%) Power Platform
6 46 (9.98%) Amazon S3
7 27 (5.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 27 (5.86%) Amazon EC2
7 27 (5.86%) Serverless
8 23 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (4.77%) Miro
10 21 (4.56%) GCP
11 19 (4.12%) Figma
11 19 (4.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 18 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (3.47%) SaaS
14 15 (3.25%) OpenShift
15 11 (2.39%) OCI
15 11 (2.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.04%) DNS
2 11 (2.39%) Firewall
2 11 (2.39%) HTTP
2 11 (2.39%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.52%) Network Security
3 7 (1.52%) SSH
3 7 (1.52%) SSL
4 4 (0.87%) IPv4
4 4 (0.87%) OpenVPN
4 4 (0.87%) VPN
5 3 (0.65%) Internet
5 3 (0.65%) IPv6
5 3 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.43%) Broadband
6 2 (0.43%) DSL
6 2 (0.43%) FTP
6 2 (0.43%) IMAP
6 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.43%) SMTP
6 2 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.41%) Power BI
2 35 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.99%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
5 14 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.39%) Metadata
7 11 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.17%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.17%) MySQL
9 9 (1.95%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.30%) Data Mart
11 6 (1.30%) Tableau
12 5 (1.08%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.87%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 408 (88.50%) JIRA
2 67 (14.53%) Git
3 44 (9.54%) Jenkins
4 37 (8.03%) GitLab
5 14 (3.04%) Selenium
5 14 (3.04%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (2.82%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.39%) Zephyr
8 10 (2.17%) REST Assured
9 9 (1.95%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.74%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.74%) JMeter
10 8 (1.74%) JUnit
10 8 (1.74%) Maven
10 8 (1.74%) Mockito
11 7 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.52%) Gradle
11 7 (1.52%) SonarQube
12 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.08%) Postman
General
1 179 (38.83%) Finance
2 177 (38.39%) Social Skills
3 99 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (21.26%) Banking
5 76 (16.49%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.99%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (4.34%) Retail
9 18 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.60%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.95%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.52%) Legal
14 7 (1.52%) Military
15 6 (1.30%) Aviation
15 6 (1.30%) Front Office
15 6 (1.30%) Law
15 6 (1.30%) Marketing
15 6 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (22.34%) Analyst
2 78 (16.92%) Business Analyst
3 50 (10.85%) Lead
4 41 (8.89%) Senior
5 36 (7.81%) Developer
6 22 (4.77%) Architect
6 22 (4.77%) Product Owner
7 20 (4.34%) Consultant
8 17 (3.69%) Product Manager
9 16 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.47%) Project Manager
9 16 (3.47%) Scrum Master
10 13 (2.82%) Data Engineer
10 13 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (2.60%) Technical Analyst
12 11 (2.39%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (2.39%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.17%) Banking Analyst
14 9 (1.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (12.36%) Terraform
2 33 (7.16%) REST
3 19 (4.12%) SOAP
4 15 (3.25%) React
5 11 (2.39%) JSON
5 11 (2.39%) Kafka
6 10 (2.17%) ADO
6 10 (2.17%) RESTful
7 9 (1.95%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.95%) HTML
7 9 (1.95%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (1.95%) Loki
7 9 (1.95%) OpenAPI
7 9 (1.95%) Playwright
7 9 (1.95%) PySpark
7 9 (1.95%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.95%) Swagger
8 8 (1.74%) CSS
8 8 (1.74%) JMS
8 8 (1.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 103 (22.34%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.07%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.25%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.04%) Credit Risk
7 13 (2.82%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.60%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (2.39%) Market Risk
10 10 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.95%) Replication
12 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.52%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.30%) Clustering
14 6 (1.30%) Taxonomies
15 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.51%) Linux
2 18 (3.90%) Windows
3 9 (1.95%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.74%) Unix
5 6 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.87%) VMS
7 3 (0.65%) Android
7 3 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.43%) 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
1 304 (65.94%) Agile
2 194 (42.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 130 (28.20%) DevOps
4 121 (26.25%) Scrum
5 115 (24.95%) CI/CD
6 110 (23.86%) User Stories
7 107 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (20.17%) Migration
9 88 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (15.84%) Acceptance Criteria
10 73 (15.84%) Business Analysis
11 69 (14.97%) User Acceptance Testing
12 68 (14.75%) AI
12 68 (14.75%) Test Automation
13 66 (14.32%) Requirements Gathering
14 58 (12.58%) Sprint Planning
15 57 (12.36%) SDLC
16 56 (12.15%) Workshop Facilitation
17 54 (11.71%) Infrastructure as Code
17 54 (11.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 101 (21.91%) SQL
2 70 (15.18%) Python
3 43 (9.33%) Java
4 25 (5.42%) PowerShell
5 24 (5.21%) Bash
6 14 (3.04%) Groovy
7 13 (2.82%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.60%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.17%) Perl
10 9 (1.95%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.30%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.08%) C#
12 5 (1.08%) Go
13 4 (0.87%) Swift
14 3 (0.65%) VBA
15 2 (0.43%) Cypher
15 2 (0.43%) R
15 2 (0.43%) SHACL
15 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (32.32%) Security Cleared
2 137 (29.72%) SC Cleared
3 60 (13.02%) Degree
4 21 (4.56%) DV Cleared
4 21 (4.56%) PMI Certification
5 20 (4.34%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.47%) PMP
7 15 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.17%) CBAP
9 10 (2.17%) IIBA
10 8 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.74%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.52%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.30%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.65%) CSPO
13 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.43%) ISEB
14 2 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (16.49%) QA
2 39 (8.46%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.56%) PMO
4 19 (4.12%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.95%) WCAG
6 6 (1.30%) SEPA
7 5 (1.08%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.08%) SLA
8 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.65%) MiFID
9 3 (0.65%) NIST
10 2 (0.43%) EMIR
10 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.43%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) GDPR
11 1 (0.22%) HL7
11 1 (0.22%) P3O
11 1 (0.22%) WAI
System Software
1 45 (9.76%) Docker
2 13 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.43%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.43%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.43%) Postfix
5 2 (0.43%) Squid
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (8.46%) Grafana
2 31 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 24 (5.21%) Ansible
4 20 (4.34%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.04%) Argo
6 13 (2.82%) Control-M
7 8 (1.74%) Istio
7 8 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.30%) SCOM
9 4 (0.87%) Podman
10 3 (0.65%) SELinux
11 2 (0.43%) Consul
11 2 (0.43%) Kibana
11 2 (0.43%) Nessus
11 2 (0.43%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.43%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.22%) SCCM
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 75 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.68%) ServiceNow
3 26 (5.64%) Oracle
4 23 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.12%) IBM
6 17 (3.69%) Atlassian
6 17 (3.69%) Splunk
7 16 (3.47%) Google
8 12 (2.60%) SAP
9 10 (2.17%) Informatica
10 9 (1.95%) Murex
11 8 (1.74%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.52%) Adobe
12 7 (1.52%) BMC
12 7 (1.52%) Databricks
12 7 (1.52%) Remedy
12 7 (1.52%) VMware
12 7 (1.52%) webMethods
12 7 (1.52%) xMatters
13 6 (1.30%) Commvault