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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 106 136
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 -31
Contract jobs citing Confluence 429 327 321
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.71% 2.45% 1.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.36% 20.57% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 204 223
10th Percentile £356 £301 £375
25th Percentile £440 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £785
England median daily rate £500 £510 £545
% change year-on-year -1.96% -6.42% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £40.00
90th Percentile - - £50.50
England median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £64.88
% change year-on-year -29.23% -3.67% +21.28%

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 1,568 1,590 2,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.92% 11.89% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,086 1,004 1,447
10th Percentile £350 £308 £263
25th Percentile £415 £400 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £625
90th Percentile £738 £810 £771
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 33
10th Percentile £16.10 - £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +16.67% +32.57%
75th Percentile £37.56 £41.91 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.31 £46.28 £48.17
England median hourly rate £27.21 £53.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -48.66% +107.84% +15.07%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -7 53 £510 -6.42% 10
South London +3 25 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -21 8 £500 +19.05% 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 32 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.99%) nginx
3 8 (1.86%) Palantir Foundry
4 7 (1.63%) Apache
5 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.93%) CMS
7 3 (0.70%) Traefik
8 2 (0.47%) SAS
8 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.23%) CICS
9 1 (0.23%) IIS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 45 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (10.02%) MS Visio
3 30 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (6.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (1.63%) Trello
7 4 (0.93%) Notion
8 3 (0.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.47%) InDesign
9 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.23%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.63%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.47%) Actimize
5 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.47%) Shopify
5 2 (0.47%) Summit
6 1 (0.23%) Endur
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 85 (19.81%) AWS
2 64 (14.92%) Azure
3 52 (12.12%) GitHub
4 33 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 22 (5.13%) Amazon S3
6 19 (4.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 18 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (3.96%) Serverless
9 16 (3.73%) GCP
9 16 (3.73%) SaaS
10 14 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.26%) Miro
11 13 (3.03%) Figma
12 11 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.56%) Lucidchart
12 11 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (2.33%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.20%) Firewall
2 15 (3.50%) VPN
3 14 (3.26%) DNS
4 11 (2.56%) WAN
5 9 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.86%) FTP
7 7 (1.63%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.63%) LAN
7 7 (1.63%) Modbus
7 7 (1.63%) OpenVPN
7 7 (1.63%) RS-232
7 7 (1.63%) RS-485
7 7 (1.63%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.40%) Network Security
9 4 (0.93%) HTTP
9 4 (0.93%) PSTN
9 4 (0.93%) SSH
9 4 (0.93%) SSL
9 4 (0.93%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.29%) Power BI
2 22 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.20%) Tableau
4 16 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.50%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.80%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.10%) Big Data
8 9 (2.10%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.63%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.63%) Metadata
9 7 (1.63%) Tick Data
10 6 (1.40%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.70%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.70%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.70%) Redis
12 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 396 (92.31%) JIRA
2 52 (12.12%) Git
3 46 (10.72%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.29%) GitLab
5 22 (5.13%) Bitbucket
6 21 (4.90%) Selenium
7 17 (3.96%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (2.56%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.56%) JUnit
10 9 (2.10%) Postman
11 8 (1.86%) Maven
11 8 (1.86%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.40%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.93%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.93%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.93%) TestRail
13 4 (0.93%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.70%) JMeter
14 3 (0.70%) REST Assured
General
1 172 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 148 (34.50%) Finance
3 80 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (14.92%) Banking
5 59 (13.75%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.20%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.73%) Legal
8 16 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.03%) Marketing
12 12 (2.80%) Retail
13 11 (2.56%) Front Office
14 10 (2.33%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.63%) Publishing
16 6 (1.40%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 4 (0.93%) Advertising
19 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (25.87%) Analyst
2 100 (23.31%) Business Analyst
3 46 (10.72%) Senior
4 41 (9.56%) Developer
5 38 (8.86%) Project Manager
6 29 (6.76%) Lead
7 24 (5.59%) Architect
8 19 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (4.20%) Technical Business Analyst
10 17 (3.96%) Technical Analyst
11 15 (3.50%) Consultant
12 14 (3.26%) Senior Business Analyst
13 13 (3.03%) Product Owner
13 13 (3.03%) Scrum Master
14 12 (2.80%) Banking Analyst
14 12 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.80%) Full-Stack Developer
15 11 (2.56%) Banking Business Analyst
15 11 (2.56%) Data Engineer
15 11 (2.56%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.50%) Kafka
1 15 (3.50%) REST
2 14 (3.26%) .NET
2 14 (3.26%) Spring
3 12 (2.80%) RESTful
4 11 (2.56%) LDAP
4 11 (2.56%) Playwright
5 10 (2.33%) ADO
5 10 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
5 10 (2.33%) XML
6 9 (2.10%) JSON
6 9 (2.10%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (2.10%) OpenID
6 9 (2.10%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (1.63%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.63%) HTML
7 7 (1.63%) SOAP
7 7 (1.63%) Web Services
8 6 (1.40%) PySpark
8 6 (1.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.10%) Equities
6 9 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.10%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.40%) Derivative
9 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.40%) PMI
10 5 (1.17%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.17%) NHS
10 5 (1.17%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.93%) Linux
2 17 (3.96%) Windows
3 11 (2.56%) Unix
4 7 (1.63%) Android
4 7 (1.63%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (1.40%) VMS
6 3 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (65.27%) Agile
2 124 (28.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 109 (25.41%) Scrum
4 91 (21.21%) DevOps
5 90 (20.98%) User Stories
6 86 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (16.08%) CI/CD
9 65 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 63 (14.69%) Acceptance Criteria
11 60 (13.99%) Project Management
12 57 (13.29%) Roadmaps
13 51 (11.89%) Test Automation
13 51 (11.89%) Workshop Facilitation
14 48 (11.19%) Requirements Gathering
14 48 (11.19%) User Acceptance Testing
15 46 (10.72%) Migration
16 43 (10.02%) Change Management
16 43 (10.02%) Decision-Making
16 43 (10.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.55%) SQL
2 58 (13.52%) Python
3 33 (7.69%) Java
4 19 (4.43%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.26%) C#
5 14 (3.26%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.80%) Bash
7 9 (2.10%) Apex Code
7 9 (2.10%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.86%) C++
9 7 (1.63%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.40%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.70%) C
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.70%) Go
11 3 (0.70%) Groovy
11 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 118 (27.51%) Security Cleared
2 111 (25.87%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.72%) Degree
4 17 (3.96%) CBAP
5 15 (3.50%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.33%) CISSP
8 10 (2.33%) PMP
9 8 (1.86%) IIBA
9 8 (1.86%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.63%) CSPO
11 6 (1.40%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.40%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (1.40%) ISEB
11 6 (1.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.09%) QA
2 24 (5.59%) GDPR
3 17 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.50%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.50%) PMO
5 8 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.40%) GRC
7 4 (0.93%) MiFID
8 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.70%) NCSC
8 3 (0.70%) SLA
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.47%) EMIR
9 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.47%) NIST
9 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.47%) SEPA
10 1 (0.23%) P3O
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (10.49%) Docker
2 11 (2.56%) Squid
3 7 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.63%) Firmware
4 5 (1.17%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.70%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.70%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.70%) Postfix
6 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.23%) etcd
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (10.96%) Terraform
2 45 (10.49%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.43%) Consul
3 19 (4.43%) Grafana
4 17 (3.96%) Ansible
5 14 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.03%) Packer
7 10 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.63%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.93%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.70%) Istio
11 3 (0.70%) Nessus
11 3 (0.70%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.70%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.47%) Argo
13 1 (0.23%) Ambari
13 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (10.49%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.93%) Salesforce
3 30 (6.99%) Atlassian
4 28 (6.53%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.43%) Oracle
6 11 (2.56%) Google
7 10 (2.33%) SAP
8 9 (2.10%) Adobe
8 9 (2.10%) Databricks
9 8 (1.86%) Cloudera
9 8 (1.86%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.86%) Foundry
9 8 (1.86%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.86%) Palantir
9 8 (1.86%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.63%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.63%) Anaplan
11 6 (1.40%) Cisco
11 6 (1.40%) Murex
12 5 (1.17%) IBM