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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 113 144
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 -41
Contract jobs citing Confluence 432 310 291
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 2.43% 1.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.87% 20.52% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 197 199
10th Percentile £358 £302 £375
25th Percentile £449 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £638
90th Percentile £737 £760 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile - - £23.88
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £44.38
90th Percentile - - £52.25
England median hourly rate £45.46 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -27.26% - +17.92%

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 1,608 1,511 2,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.75% 11.84% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,106 990 1,461
10th Percentile £350 £325 £263
25th Percentile £419 £410 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £625 £672 £630
90th Percentile £725 £810 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 28
10th Percentile £15.20 - £19.45
25th Percentile £17.50 £23.80 £23.31
Median hourly rate £19.00 £32.52 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -41.57% +8.11% +25.33%
75th Percentile £28.88 £41.91 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.02 £44.34 £51.61
England median hourly rate £27.21 £51.25 £25.50
% change year-on-year -46.91% +100.98% +13.33%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -13 54 £525 -4.11% 13
South London 0 23 £519 +9.17% 7
West London -20 6 £650 +52.94% 7
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 40 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.25%) nginx
3 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.16%) Apache
4 5 (1.16%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.93%) CMS
6 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.46%) JBoss
7 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 49 (11.34%) MS Visio
2 41 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (7.18%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.85%) Trello
7 4 (0.93%) Notion
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.46%) InDesign
8 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.23%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.62%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.16%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.93%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.46%) Actimize
6 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.46%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.46%) Shopify
6 2 (0.46%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Endur
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
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 74 (17.13%) AWS
2 59 (13.66%) Azure
3 46 (10.65%) GitHub
4 34 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 17 (3.94%) Amazon S3
8 16 (3.70%) SaaS
8 16 (3.70%) Serverless
9 15 (3.47%) GCP
10 14 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.78%) Miro
13 10 (2.31%) Apigee
14 9 (2.08%) Figma
14 9 (2.08%) Google Workspace
14 9 (2.08%) Lucidchart
14 9 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.70%) VPN
2 15 (3.47%) Firewall
3 11 (2.55%) DNS
3 11 (2.55%) WAN
4 9 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.62%) Ethernet
5 7 (1.62%) LAN
5 7 (1.62%) Modbus
5 7 (1.62%) OpenVPN
5 7 (1.62%) RS-232
5 7 (1.62%) RS-485
5 7 (1.62%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.39%) Network Security
7 5 (1.16%) FTP
8 4 (0.93%) PSTN
8 4 (0.93%) SSL
8 4 (0.93%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.69%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.69%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.25%) Power BI
2 23 (5.32%) Tableau
3 15 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.31%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.08%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.85%) Big Data
8 8 (1.85%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.62%) Tick Data
10 6 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.39%) Metadata
11 5 (1.16%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.16%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.69%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.69%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.69%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.69%) Spark SQL
14 2 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 394 (91.20%) JIRA
2 54 (12.50%) Git
3 38 (8.80%) Jenkins
4 23 (5.32%) GitLab
5 22 (5.09%) Bitbucket
6 20 (4.63%) Selenium
7 14 (3.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.55%) SonarQube
9 9 (2.08%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.85%) JUnit
10 8 (1.85%) Maven
11 6 (1.39%) Postman
12 5 (1.16%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.93%) JMeter
13 4 (0.93%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.93%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.93%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.69%) Ant
14 3 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 168 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 158 (36.57%) Finance
3 81 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (18.52%) Banking
5 61 (14.12%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (4.63%) Legal
8 16 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.24%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.24%) Retail
11 13 (3.01%) Financial Institution
11 13 (3.01%) Marketing
11 13 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.78%) Front Office
13 7 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.62%) Publishing
14 4 (0.93%) Advertising
14 4 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (27.31%) Analyst
2 108 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 45 (10.42%) Developer
4 44 (10.19%) Senior
5 37 (8.56%) Project Manager
6 29 (6.71%) Lead
7 23 (5.32%) Architect
8 21 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
9 20 (4.63%) Technical Business Analyst
10 19 (4.40%) Consultant
10 19 (4.40%) Technical Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
12 15 (3.47%) Banking Business Analyst
13 14 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
14 12 (2.78%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.55%) Product Owner
15 11 (2.55%) Salesforce Developer
16 10 (2.31%) Scrum Master
17 9 (2.08%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.47%) Spring
2 14 (3.24%) REST
3 11 (2.55%) Kafka
4 10 (2.31%) ADO
4 10 (2.31%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (2.31%) RESTful
5 8 (1.85%) OpenID
5 8 (1.85%) Playwright
5 8 (1.85%) XML
6 7 (1.62%) .NET
6 7 (1.62%) Apache NiFi
6 7 (1.62%) LDAP
6 7 (1.62%) Web Services
7 6 (1.39%) HTML
7 6 (1.39%) JSON
7 6 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.39%) React
7 6 (1.39%) SOAP
7 6 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (2.55%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (2.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (2.08%) Equities
6 9 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.08%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.39%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.16%) Derivative
11 4 (0.93%) Fixed Income
11 4 (0.93%) IoT
11 4 (0.93%) PMI
12 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.94%) Linux
2 14 (3.24%) Windows
3 8 (1.85%) Unix
4 7 (1.62%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (1.39%) Android
6 4 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (65.74%) Agile
2 131 (30.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 108 (25.00%) Scrum
4 91 (21.06%) User Stories
5 87 (20.14%) DevOps
6 85 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (15.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 67 (15.51%) CI/CD
10 66 (15.28%) Acceptance Criteria
11 63 (14.58%) Project Management
12 58 (13.43%) Roadmaps
12 58 (13.43%) Workshop Facilitation
13 54 (12.50%) Test Automation
14 52 (12.04%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (11.34%) Migration
15 49 (11.34%) Requirements Gathering
16 46 (10.65%) Decision-Making
16 46 (10.65%) Project Delivery
17 43 (9.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 67 (15.51%) SQL
2 54 (12.50%) Python
3 33 (7.64%) Java
4 18 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.01%) Bash
6 11 (2.55%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.31%) Apex Code
7 10 (2.31%) C#
8 7 (1.62%) C++
8 7 (1.62%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.62%) Kotlin
8 7 (1.62%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.69%) C
9 3 (0.69%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.69%) Korn
9 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) PHP
10 1 (0.23%) Swift
10 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 127 (29.40%) Security Cleared
2 119 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.80%) Degree
4 16 (3.70%) CBAP
5 14 (3.24%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.55%) CISSP
7 11 (2.55%) PMP
8 9 (2.08%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.08%) IIBA
9 8 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.85%) CSPO
10 7 (1.62%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (1.39%) ISEB
12 5 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.16%) CISM
12 5 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.80%) QA
2 22 (5.09%) GDPR
3 17 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.70%) PMO
5 14 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.39%) GRC
8 5 (1.16%) MiFID
9 4 (0.93%) SLA
10 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.46%) EMIR
11 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.46%) NIST
11 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.23%) Basel III
12 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (8.10%) Docker
2 8 (1.85%) Squid
3 7 (1.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.62%) Firmware
4 5 (1.16%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 48 (11.11%) Terraform
2 39 (9.03%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.40%) Ansible
3 19 (4.40%) Consul
4 13 (3.01%) Grafana
4 13 (3.01%) Packer
5 11 (2.55%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.93%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.93%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.23%) CASB
9 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 33 (7.64%) Atlassian
4 26 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.40%) SAP
6 17 (3.94%) Oracle
7 12 (2.78%) Google
8 10 (2.31%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.08%) Adobe
9 9 (2.08%) Databricks
9 9 (2.08%) IBM
10 8 (1.85%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.85%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.85%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.62%) Anaplan
11 7 (1.62%) Cisco
12 6 (1.39%) Murex
12 6 (1.39%) Workday
13 5 (1.16%) Cloudera