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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 103 139
Rank change year-on-year -2 +36 -38
Contract jobs citing Confluence 423 338 328
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.72% 2.50% 1.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.41% 21.10% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 208 228
10th Percentile £356 £302 £375
25th Percentile £431 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £788
England median daily rate £500 £512 £543
% change year-on-year -2.39% -5.58% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £26.88
25th Percentile - - £29.69
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £35.75
75th Percentile - - £44.38
90th Percentile - - £52.25
England median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year -29.23% -7.08% +25.73%

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 1,543 1,602 2,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.91% 11.86% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 1,003 1,443
10th Percentile £350 £308 £262
25th Percentile £415 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £625
90th Percentile £738 £810 £760
England median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 32
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 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.31 £46.28 £48.63
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 22 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 22 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 -10 50 £505 -7.34% 13
South London +2 24 £519 +9.17% 4
West London -20 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 33 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.86%) nginx
3 8 (1.89%) Palantir Foundry
4 7 (1.65%) Apache
5 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.95%) CMS
7 3 (0.71%) Traefik
8 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.24%) CICS
9 1 (0.24%) IIS
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (9.93%) MS Visio
3 29 (6.86%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.89%) Trello
7 4 (0.95%) Notion
8 3 (0.71%) 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 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.24%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.65%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.71%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) Shopify
4 2 (0.47%) Summit
5 1 (0.24%) Actimize
5 1 (0.24%) Endur
5 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.86%) AWS
2 63 (14.89%) Azure
3 52 (12.29%) GitHub
4 32 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (7.57%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.96%) Amazon S3
6 18 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 17 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (3.78%) GCP
8 16 (3.78%) SaaS
8 16 (3.78%) Serverless
9 14 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.31%) Miro
10 13 (3.07%) Figma
11 11 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 11 (2.60%) Lucidchart
12 10 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.36%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.02%) Firewall
2 14 (3.31%) VPN
3 13 (3.07%) DNS
4 11 (2.60%) WAN
5 8 (1.89%) FTP
5 8 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.65%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.65%) LAN
6 7 (1.65%) Modbus
6 7 (1.65%) RS-232
6 7 (1.65%) RS-485
6 7 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.42%) Network Security
7 6 (1.42%) OpenVPN
8 4 (0.95%) HTTP
8 4 (0.95%) PSTN
8 4 (0.95%) SMTP
8 4 (0.95%) SSH
8 4 (0.95%) SSL
8 4 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.15%) Power BI
2 22 (5.20%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.02%) Tableau
4 15 (3.55%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (3.55%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.84%) NoSQL
6 11 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.13%) Big Data
7 9 (2.13%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.65%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.65%) Metadata
8 7 (1.65%) Tick Data
9 6 (1.42%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.71%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.71%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.71%) Redis
11 3 (0.71%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.71%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 390 (92.20%) JIRA
2 51 (12.06%) Git
3 46 (10.87%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.38%) GitLab
5 21 (4.96%) Bitbucket
5 21 (4.96%) Selenium
6 16 (3.78%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (2.60%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.60%) JUnit
9 9 (2.13%) Postman
10 8 (1.89%) Maven
11 7 (1.65%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.42%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.95%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.95%) ScriptRunner
13 4 (0.95%) TestRail
13 4 (0.95%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.71%) JMeter
14 3 (0.71%) Vagrant
General
1 169 (39.95%) Social Skills
2 145 (34.28%) Finance
3 78 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (14.89%) Banking
5 59 (13.95%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.20%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.26%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.55%) Legal
10 13 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.84%) Marketing
11 12 (2.84%) Retail
12 11 (2.60%) Front Office
13 10 (2.36%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.42%) Publishing
14 6 (1.42%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.95%) Advertising
17 3 (0.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 107 (25.30%) Analyst
2 97 (22.93%) Business Analyst
3 45 (10.64%) Senior
4 41 (9.69%) Developer
5 37 (8.75%) Project Manager
6 29 (6.86%) Lead
7 23 (5.44%) Architect
8 18 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (4.26%) Technical Business Analyst
9 17 (4.02%) Technical Analyst
10 14 (3.31%) Consultant
10 14 (3.31%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
11 13 (3.07%) Product Owner
12 12 (2.84%) Banking Analyst
12 12 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (2.84%) Scrum Master
13 11 (2.60%) Banking Business Analyst
13 11 (2.60%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.60%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.55%) Kafka
1 15 (3.55%) REST
2 14 (3.31%) .NET
2 14 (3.31%) Spring
3 12 (2.84%) RESTful
4 10 (2.36%) ADO
4 10 (2.36%) Apache NiFi
4 10 (2.36%) LDAP
4 10 (2.36%) Playwright
4 10 (2.36%) XML
5 9 (2.13%) JSON
5 9 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (1.89%) OpenID
7 7 (1.65%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.65%) HTML
7 7 (1.65%) SOAP
7 7 (1.65%) Web Services
8 6 (1.42%) PySpark
8 6 (1.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.93%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.44%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.89%) Equities
7 8 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.42%) Derivative
8 6 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.42%) NHS
8 6 (1.42%) PMI
9 5 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.18%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.04%) Linux
2 17 (4.02%) Windows
3 11 (2.60%) Unix
4 7 (1.65%) Android
4 7 (1.65%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (1.42%) VMS
6 3 (0.71%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (65.25%) Agile
2 119 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 108 (25.53%) Scrum
4 89 (21.04%) DevOps
5 87 (20.57%) User Stories
6 83 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (18.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (16.08%) CI/CD
9 66 (15.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 61 (14.42%) Acceptance Criteria
11 60 (14.18%) Project Management
12 57 (13.48%) Roadmaps
13 50 (11.82%) Test Automation
13 50 (11.82%) Workshop Facilitation
14 46 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
14 46 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
15 45 (10.64%) Migration
16 42 (9.93%) Project Delivery
17 40 (9.46%) Change Management
17 40 (9.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.31%) SQL
2 56 (13.24%) Python
3 33 (7.80%) Java
4 18 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.07%) C#
7 12 (2.84%) Bash
8 9 (2.13%) Apex Code
9 8 (1.89%) C++
9 8 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.65%) Embedded C++
11 6 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.71%) C
12 3 (0.71%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.71%) Go
12 3 (0.71%) Groovy
12 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.47%) Korn
14 1 (0.24%) PHP
14 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 116 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 109 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.87%) Degree
4 17 (4.02%) CBAP
5 15 (3.55%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.36%) CISSP
7 10 (2.36%) PMP
8 8 (1.89%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.65%) CSPO
9 7 (1.65%) IIBA
10 6 (1.42%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (1.42%) ISEB
10 6 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.22%) QA
2 24 (5.67%) GDPR
3 17 (4.02%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.55%) PMO
5 14 (3.31%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.42%) GRC
8 4 (0.95%) MiFID
9 3 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.71%) SLA
9 3 (0.71%) WCAG
10 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.47%) EMIR
10 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.47%) NIST
10 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.47%) SEPA
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (10.64%) Docker
2 10 (2.36%) Squid
3 7 (1.65%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (1.65%) Firmware
4 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.71%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.71%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.71%) Postfix
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) etcd
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (10.87%) Terraform
2 44 (10.40%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.26%) Consul
3 18 (4.26%) Grafana
4 17 (4.02%) Ansible
5 13 (3.07%) Packer
5 13 (3.07%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.42%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.95%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.71%) Istio
10 3 (0.71%) Nessus
10 3 (0.71%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.71%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.47%) Argo
12 1 (0.24%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.24%) SCCM
12 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.80%) Salesforce
3 29 (6.86%) Atlassian
4 28 (6.62%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.49%) Oracle
6 10 (2.36%) Google
6 10 (2.36%) SAP
7 9 (2.13%) Adobe
8 8 (1.89%) Cloudera
8 8 (1.89%) Databricks
8 8 (1.89%) Foundry
8 8 (1.89%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.89%) Palantir
9 7 (1.65%) Alteryx
9 7 (1.65%) Anaplan
9 7 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.65%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.42%) Cisco
10 6 (1.42%) Murex
11 5 (1.18%) IBM