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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 104 146
Rank change year-on-year -18 +42 -33
Contract jobs citing Confluence 453 359 302
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 2.65% 1.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.67% 22.97% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 237 215
10th Percentile £400 £359 £358
25th Percentile £448 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £21.10
25th Percentile £61.25 £86.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +207.02% -56.15%
75th Percentile £76.25 £88.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - £52.50
England median hourly rate £62.75 £70.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.99% +0.71% +9.80%

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 1,914 1,563 2,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.66% 11.52% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 1,055 1,625
10th Percentile £350 £350 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £671 £750
90th Percentile £700 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 18 27
10th Percentile £15.45 £23.75 £20.80
25th Percentile £19.09 £26.01 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.75 £30.75 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% -3.03% -33.24%
75th Percentile £41.00 £52.81 £40.00
90th Percentile £64.68 £70.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £45.59 £32.50
% change year-on-year -28.71% +40.28% -30.61%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -38 44 £539 +1.41% 22
South London +5 28 £519 -10.81% 1
West London -19 2 - - 3
North London - 2 - - 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 46 (10.15%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.65%) nginx
3 6 (1.32%) CMS
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.10%) JBoss
4 5 (1.10%) SAS
5 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) Camunda
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 41 (9.05%) MS Visio
2 31 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.42%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.10%) Notion
7 4 (0.88%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.66%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Trello
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.99%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.88%) Actimize
3 3 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.66%) Summit
4 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.22%) Endur
5 1 (0.22%) MetaTrader
5 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.22%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (21.63%) AWS
2 94 (20.75%) Azure
3 44 (9.71%) Amazon S3
3 44 (9.71%) GitHub
4 40 (8.83%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (7.73%) Power Platform
6 31 (6.84%) Amazon EC2
6 31 (6.84%) Serverless
7 28 (6.18%) AWS Lambda
8 27 (5.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 23 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (4.19%) SaaS
12 18 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (3.75%) Figma
13 17 (3.75%) GCP
14 13 (2.87%) dbt
15 12 (2.65%) Entra ID
16 11 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (2.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.31%) DNS
2 15 (3.31%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.65%) VPN
4 11 (2.43%) OpenVPN
5 8 (1.77%) HTTP
5 8 (1.77%) SSL
6 7 (1.55%) Network Security
7 6 (1.32%) WAN
8 4 (0.88%) LAN
8 4 (0.88%) PSTN
8 4 (0.88%) SSH
8 4 (0.88%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.44%) DSL
9 2 (0.44%) FTP
9 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) NGFW
10 1 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.62%) Power BI
2 27 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.87%) Amazon Athena
4 12 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.65%) Tableau
5 9 (1.99%) DynamoDB
5 9 (1.99%) Metadata
5 9 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (1.10%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 405 (89.40%) JIRA
2 68 (15.01%) Git
3 33 (7.28%) Jenkins
4 28 (6.18%) GitLab
5 16 (3.53%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.09%) Selenium
7 12 (2.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.43%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.43%) SonarQube
9 9 (1.99%) Zephyr
10 7 (1.55%) REST Assured
11 6 (1.32%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.32%) JMeter
12 5 (1.10%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.88%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.88%) JUnit
13 4 (0.88%) Liquibase
13 4 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.66%) Ant
14 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 171 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 167 (36.87%) Finance
3 95 (20.97%) Banking
4 80 (17.66%) Public Sector
5 76 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.96%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.75%) Retail
8 15 (3.31%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.87%) Legal
9 13 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.77%) Military
13 7 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (1.55%) Front Office
14 6 (1.32%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.32%) Marketing
14 6 (1.32%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.88%) Law
15 4 (0.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 98 (21.63%) Analyst
2 80 (17.66%) Business Analyst
3 48 (10.60%) Lead
3 48 (10.60%) Senior
4 45 (9.93%) Developer
5 29 (6.40%) Architect
6 22 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
7 18 (3.97%) Consultant
8 16 (3.53%) Scrum Master
9 15 (3.31%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.31%) Project Manager
10 14 (3.09%) Product Owner
11 13 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.65%) Banking Analyst
12 12 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.21%) Banking Business Analyst
13 10 (2.21%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.21%) Technical Architect
14 9 (1.99%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (1.99%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.74%) REST
2 20 (4.42%) React
3 16 (3.53%) AngularJS
4 13 (2.87%) OpenID
5 12 (2.65%) PySpark
6 11 (2.43%) JSON
6 11 (2.43%) LDAP
6 11 (2.43%) SOAP
7 10 (2.21%) Node.js
7 10 (2.21%) RESTful
8 9 (1.99%) CSS
8 9 (1.99%) HTML
8 9 (1.99%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.99%) OAuth
9 8 (1.77%) .NET
9 8 (1.77%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.77%) XML
10 7 (1.55%) Loki
11 6 (1.32%) Bootstrap
11 6 (1.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 65 (14.35%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.40%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 14 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.77%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.32%) Clustering
9 6 (1.32%) Derivative
9 6 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.10%) Replication
10 5 (1.10%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.88%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.86%) Linux
2 15 (3.31%) Windows
3 8 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.66%) Android
6 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.66%) Unix
7 1 (0.22%) SUSE
7 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (66.00%) Agile
2 155 (34.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (26.05%) DevOps
4 101 (22.30%) CI/CD
4 101 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (21.63%) Scrum
6 79 (17.44%) User Stories
7 75 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (14.13%) User Acceptance Testing
9 63 (13.91%) Migration
10 61 (13.47%) Test Automation
11 59 (13.02%) AI
12 58 (12.80%) Acceptance Criteria
13 56 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (11.04%) Infrastructure as Code
15 48 (10.60%) SDLC
16 45 (9.93%) Roadmaps
17 44 (9.71%) Business Analysis
17 44 (9.71%) Requirements Gathering
18 42 (9.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 80 (17.66%) SQL
2 73 (16.11%) Python
3 38 (8.39%) Java
4 24 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.75%) Bash
6 17 (3.75%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.21%) Groovy
8 9 (1.99%) Apex Code
8 9 (1.99%) C#
9 6 (1.32%) Perl
9 6 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.66%) Swift
10 3 (0.66%) VBA
11 2 (0.44%) Cypher
11 2 (0.44%) R
11 2 (0.44%) SHACL
11 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 157 (34.66%) Security Cleared
2 140 (30.91%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.95%) Degree
4 18 (3.97%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.87%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.43%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.77%) CISSP
8 7 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.55%) CISM
8 7 (1.55%) PMP
9 6 (1.32%) IIBA
10 5 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.10%) CBAP
10 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (1.10%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.27%) QA
2 33 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.19%) PMO
4 15 (3.31%) GDPR
5 13 (2.87%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.32%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.32%) WCAG
8 5 (1.10%) MiFID
8 5 (1.10%) SEPA
9 3 (0.66%) EMIR
9 3 (0.66%) SLA
10 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.44%) NCSC
10 2 (0.44%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (5.96%) Docker
2 11 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.55%) Squid
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (14.79%) Terraform
2 30 (6.62%) Grafana
3 26 (5.74%) Kubernetes
4 19 (4.19%) Ansible
4 19 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (3.97%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.21%) Consul
7 9 (1.99%) Argo
8 7 (1.55%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.32%) Control-M
9 6 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.88%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.88%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.88%) Podman
12 3 (0.66%) Istio
12 3 (0.66%) SELinux
13 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 52 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.38%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.62%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.74%) Atlassian
5 24 (5.30%) SAP
6 22 (4.86%) Oracle
7 20 (4.42%) IBM
8 15 (3.31%) Google
9 14 (3.09%) Splunk
10 12 (2.65%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.43%) Databricks
12 9 (1.99%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.99%) Informatica
13 8 (1.77%) Temenos
14 7 (1.55%) Adobe
15 6 (1.32%) MuleSoft
15 6 (1.32%) xMatters
16 5 (1.10%) Murex
16 5 (1.10%) Workday
16 5 (1.10%) Zscaler