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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 119 154
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -41
Contract jobs citing Confluence 442 288 280
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.50% 2.29% 1.58%
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.88% 19.51% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 174 189
10th Percentile £364 £313 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.95% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £642 £638
90th Percentile £737 £738 £778
England median daily rate £500 £512 £538
% change year-on-year -2.34% -4.74% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £21.25
25th Percentile £61.25 - £22.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £26.75
75th Percentile £63.75 - £37.94
90th Percentile - - £52.50
England median hourly rate £62.75 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -1.57% +2.00% +8.70%

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 1,708 1,476 1,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.67% 11.75% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 992 1,453
10th Percentile £356 £333 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £638
90th Percentile £726 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 29
10th Percentile £15.50 £26.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £26.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% +34.48% -17.14%
75th Percentile £32.32 £45.96 £33.00
90th Percentile £69.36 £53.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £28.00 £48.09 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.78% +74.87% -8.33%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -19 45 £575 - 6
South London +3 29 £519 +9.17% 1
West London -22 8 £650 +52.94% 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 41 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.11%) nginx
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.90%) CMS
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
5 3 (0.68%) SAS
5 3 (0.68%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.45%) JBoss
6 2 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
7 1 (0.23%) Drupal
Applications
1 46 (10.41%) MS Visio
2 36 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (5.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.36%) Notion
6 6 (1.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.71%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.36%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.13%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.68%) Actimize
5 3 (0.68%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.45%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.45%) Shopify
6 2 (0.45%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
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 Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (18.55%) AWS
2 64 (14.48%) Azure
3 39 (8.82%) GitHub
4 34 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (5.20%) Amazon S3
7 21 (4.75%) SaaS
8 20 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 18 (4.07%) Serverless
10 17 (3.85%) Figma
11 16 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.17%) GCP
14 13 (2.94%) Miro
15 12 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (2.49%) Entra ID
17 10 (2.26%) Apigee
17 10 (2.26%) Slack
18 9 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.39%) Firewall
2 13 (2.94%) VPN
3 8 (1.81%) DNS
3 8 (1.81%) SSL
4 7 (1.58%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.58%) LAN
4 7 (1.58%) Modbus
4 7 (1.58%) OpenVPN
4 7 (1.58%) RS-232
4 7 (1.58%) RS-485
4 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.58%) WAN
5 5 (1.13%) FTP
5 5 (1.13%) Network Security
6 4 (0.90%) PSTN
6 4 (0.90%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.68%) BGP
7 3 (0.68%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.33%) Power BI
2 20 (4.52%) Tableau
3 16 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.26%) Metadata
5 10 (2.26%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.04%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.81%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.58%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.13%) Big Data
10 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.13%) Tick Data
11 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.68%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.68%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 409 (92.53%) JIRA
2 65 (14.71%) Git
3 31 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.52%) Bitbucket
5 19 (4.30%) GitLab
6 16 (3.62%) Selenium
7 13 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.49%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.26%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.58%) ScriptRunner
11 6 (1.36%) Maven
12 5 (1.13%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.13%) JUnit
12 5 (1.13%) Postman
13 4 (0.90%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.90%) JMeter
13 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.90%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.68%) Ant
14 3 (0.68%) Liquibase
General
1 167 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 160 (36.20%) Finance
3 89 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (18.10%) Banking
5 76 (17.19%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.98%) Legal
8 17 (3.85%) Retail
9 15 (3.39%) Financial Institution
9 15 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.94%) Marketing
10 13 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.71%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.58%) Front Office
12 7 (1.58%) Publishing
13 6 (1.36%) Military
14 5 (1.13%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (25.11%) Analyst
2 100 (22.62%) Business Analyst
3 49 (11.09%) Developer
4 45 (10.18%) Senior
5 35 (7.92%) Lead
6 31 (7.01%) Project Manager
7 25 (5.66%) Architect
8 21 (4.75%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (4.52%) Consultant
10 19 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.39%) Banking Analyst
11 15 (3.39%) Technical Analyst
11 15 (3.39%) Technical Business Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Banking Business Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Scrum Master
13 13 (2.94%) Technical Manager
14 12 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.71%) Senior Business Analyst
15 11 (2.49%) Salesforce Developer
16 10 (2.26%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.85%) REST
2 16 (3.62%) React
3 12 (2.71%) AngularJS
3 12 (2.71%) OpenID
3 12 (2.71%) Spring
4 11 (2.49%) LDAP
5 10 (2.26%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (2.04%) ADO
6 9 (2.04%) HTML
6 9 (2.04%) Kafka
6 9 (2.04%) RESTful
7 8 (1.81%) .NET
7 8 (1.81%) Node.js
8 7 (1.58%) OAuth
9 6 (1.36%) CSS
9 6 (1.36%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.36%) SOAP
9 6 (1.36%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.13%) SAML
10 5 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.18%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.26%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.58%) Equities
9 6 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.13%) Derivative
10 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) Clustering
11 4 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.90%) PKI
11 4 (0.90%) PMI
11 4 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.24%) Linux
2 15 (3.39%) Windows
3 7 (1.58%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.36%) Android
4 6 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.13%) Unix
6 3 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (66.97%) Agile
2 139 (31.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 104 (23.53%) Scrum
4 88 (19.91%) DevOps
5 85 (19.23%) User Stories
6 83 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (16.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (14.93%) Acceptance Criteria
10 65 (14.71%) Project Management
11 63 (14.25%) CI/CD
12 57 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
13 54 (12.22%) Migration
14 53 (11.99%) Roadmaps
15 51 (11.54%) Test Automation
16 50 (11.31%) User Acceptance Testing
17 49 (11.09%) SDLC
18 47 (10.63%) Requirements Gathering
19 46 (10.41%) Decision-Making
20 43 (9.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (15.16%) SQL
2 61 (13.80%) Python
3 36 (8.14%) Java
4 25 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.62%) TypeScript
6 14 (3.17%) Bash
7 12 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.26%) Apex Code
9 8 (1.81%) C#
10 7 (1.58%) C++
10 7 (1.58%) Embedded C++
11 6 (1.36%) Groovy
11 6 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.68%) C
12 3 (0.68%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.68%) Perl
12 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.45%) Korn
13 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 143 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 127 (28.73%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.24%) Degree
4 15 (3.39%) CBAP
4 15 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.71%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.26%) IIBA
8 8 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.81%) CISSP
8 8 (1.81%) PMP
9 7 (1.58%) CISM
10 6 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.36%) CSPO
10 6 (1.36%) ISEB
11 5 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.37%) QA
2 21 (4.75%) GDPR
3 19 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 18 (4.07%) PMO
5 16 (3.62%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.36%) MiFID
8 5 (1.13%) GRC
8 5 (1.13%) SLA
8 5 (1.13%) WCAG
9 3 (0.68%) EMIR
9 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.68%) NIST
9 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.23%) NCSC
11 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 35 (7.92%) Docker
2 8 (1.81%) Squid
3 7 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.58%) Firmware
4 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (11.99%) Terraform
2 40 (9.05%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.75%) Consul
4 15 (3.39%) Grafana
4 15 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.94%) Packer
7 12 (2.71%) Ansible
8 7 (1.58%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.90%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.90%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.90%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.68%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.23%) CASB
13 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 41 (9.28%) ServiceNow
2 37 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.37%) Salesforce
3 34 (7.69%) Atlassian
4 24 (5.43%) SAP
5 18 (4.07%) Oracle
6 12 (2.71%) Google
7 11 (2.49%) IBM
8 10 (2.26%) Databricks
8 10 (2.26%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.04%) Adobe
9 9 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.81%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.58%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.58%) Anaplan
11 7 (1.58%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.58%) Splunk
12 6 (1.36%) Workday
13 5 (1.13%) Murex
13 5 (1.13%) Zuora