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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 128 160
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 -46
Contract jobs citing Confluence 410 281 280
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.22% 2.31% 1.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.85% 20.38% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 174 189
10th Percentile £375 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £642 £650 £638
90th Percentile £722 £746 £753
England median daily rate £488 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -4.83% -2.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile £61.25 - £23.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £28.50
75th Percentile £63.75 - £36.88
90th Percentile - - £50.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year -10.36% +9.80% +10.87%

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 1,719 1,379 2,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.30% 11.33% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 927 1,558
10th Percentile £363 £356 £273
25th Percentile £425 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £672 £688
90th Percentile £714 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 28
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.56 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.14 £26.04 £23.31
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.48% -13.83%
75th Percentile £38.38 £50.00 £35.31
90th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £59.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £52.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +75.00% -38.46%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -25 44 £550 -4.35% 12
South London +6 27 £519 +9.17%
West London -26 8 £650 +34.02% 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 39 (9.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.44%) nginx
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.98%) CMS
5 3 (0.73%) SAS
5 3 (0.73%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.49%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Appian
7 1 (0.24%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) CICS
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
7 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 41 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 29 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (5.37%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (1.71%) Notion
7 2 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) NetSuite
1 6 (1.46%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.73%) Actimize
2 3 (0.73%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.49%) Summit
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) Endur
4 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.24%) MetaTrader
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (16.83%) AWS
2 64 (15.61%) Azure
3 32 (7.80%) GitHub
4 31 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.34%) Amazon S3
7 23 (5.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 22 (5.37%) Serverless
9 19 (4.63%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (4.63%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (4.15%) SaaS
11 15 (3.66%) Figma
12 13 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (3.17%) GCP
13 12 (2.93%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (2.68%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.44%) Apigee
15 10 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.20%) Miro
16 9 (2.20%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.39%) Firewall
2 13 (3.17%) VPN
3 12 (2.93%) DNS
4 10 (2.44%) Network Security
4 10 (2.44%) SSL
4 10 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.71%) LAN
5 7 (1.71%) OpenVPN
5 7 (1.71%) WAN
6 5 (1.22%) Ethernet
6 5 (1.22%) HTTP
6 5 (1.22%) Modbus
6 5 (1.22%) RS-232
6 5 (1.22%) RS-485
7 4 (0.98%) PSTN
7 4 (0.98%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.73%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.73%) FTP
8 3 (0.73%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.10%) Power BI
2 17 (4.15%) Tableau
3 13 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.44%) Metadata
6 9 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.95%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.71%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.98%) Big Data
10 4 (0.98%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.73%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.73%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.73%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 374 (91.22%) JIRA
2 52 (12.68%) Git
3 27 (6.59%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.90%) Selenium
5 15 (3.66%) GitLab
6 13 (3.17%) Bitbucket
6 13 (3.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (2.44%) Cypress.io
7 10 (2.44%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.46%) Zephyr
9 5 (1.22%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.22%) ScriptRunner
10 4 (0.98%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.98%) JMeter
10 4 (0.98%) Maven
10 4 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.73%) Ant
11 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.73%) JUnit
11 3 (0.73%) Liquibase
General
1 158 (38.54%) Social Skills
2 151 (36.83%) Finance
3 81 (19.76%) Banking
4 78 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (17.07%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.39%) Legal
8 16 (3.90%) Retail
9 15 (3.66%) Financial Institution
10 13 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.68%) Investment Banking
13 10 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.20%) Marketing
15 8 (1.95%) Front Office
16 7 (1.71%) Military
17 6 (1.46%) Corporate Banking
18 5 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 4 (0.98%) Retail Banking
20 3 (0.73%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 99 (24.15%) Analyst
2 88 (21.46%) Business Analyst
3 44 (10.73%) Developer
4 43 (10.49%) Senior
5 39 (9.51%) Lead
6 25 (6.10%) Architect
7 23 (5.61%) Delivery Manager
8 20 (4.88%) Consultant
8 20 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 15 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.41%) Banking Analyst
11 13 (3.17%) Banking Business Analyst
11 13 (3.17%) Scrum Master
11 13 (3.17%) Technical Manager
12 12 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.93%) Salesforce Developer
13 11 (2.68%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (2.68%) Technical Business Analyst
14 10 (2.44%) Technical Architect
15 9 (2.20%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.90%) React
1 16 (3.90%) REST
2 14 (3.41%) OpenID
3 13 (3.17%) AngularJS
4 11 (2.68%) LDAP
4 11 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (2.20%) Node.js
5 9 (2.20%) OAuth
5 9 (2.20%) RESTful
6 8 (1.95%) .NET
6 8 (1.95%) ADO
6 8 (1.95%) HTML
6 8 (1.95%) OAuth2
6 8 (1.95%) Spring
7 7 (1.71%) SAML
8 6 (1.46%) CSS
8 6 (1.46%) Kafka
8 6 (1.46%) SOAP
9 5 (1.22%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.46%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (2.68%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.22%) Derivative
9 5 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.98%) Clustering
10 4 (0.98%) Equities
10 4 (0.98%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.98%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.98%) PKI
10 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.39%) Linux
2 15 (3.66%) Windows
3 6 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.22%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.98%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.73%) Android
6 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) SUSE
8 1 (0.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (64.39%) Agile
2 128 (31.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (22.20%) Scrum
4 86 (20.98%) DevOps
5 79 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (19.27%) User Stories
6 71 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (17.07%) CI/CD
8 60 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 59 (14.39%) Acceptance Criteria
10 54 (13.17%) Migration
11 53 (12.93%) Test Automation
12 52 (12.68%) Project Management
12 52 (12.68%) SDLC
13 51 (12.44%) Roadmaps
14 50 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
15 45 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
16 42 (10.24%) AI
17 40 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
17 40 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.12%) SQL
2 59 (14.39%) Python
3 29 (7.07%) Java
4 23 (5.61%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.66%) PowerShell
5 15 (3.66%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.68%) Apex Code
6 11 (2.68%) Bash
7 8 (1.95%) Groovy
8 7 (1.71%) C#
9 5 (1.22%) C++
9 5 (1.22%) Embedded C++
10 4 (0.98%) Perl
11 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.49%) Korn
12 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 131 (31.95%) Security Cleared
2 114 (27.80%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.07%) Degree
4 16 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.17%) CBAP
6 11 (2.68%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.44%) IIBA
8 8 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.95%) CISSP
8 8 (1.95%) PMP
9 7 (1.71%) CISM
10 6 (1.46%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.22%) ISEB
11 5 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.98%) CSPO
13 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.02%) QA
2 23 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.63%) PMO
4 17 (4.15%) GDPR
5 12 (2.93%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.71%) MiFID
8 5 (1.22%) SLA
8 5 (1.22%) WCAG
9 3 (0.73%) EMIR
9 3 (0.73%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.73%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.49%) GRC
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.49%) NCSC
10 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.24%) Basel III
System Software
1 21 (5.12%) Docker
2 8 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.95%) Squid
3 5 (1.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.22%) Firmware
4 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (10.73%) Terraform
2 26 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.63%) Grafana
4 17 (4.15%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (3.17%) Ansible
7 12 (2.93%) Consul
8 7 (1.71%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.98%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.98%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.49%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.49%) Packer
12 2 (0.49%) Podman
13 1 (0.24%) CASB
13 1 (0.24%) Istio
13 1 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (10.24%) ServiceNow
2 34 (8.29%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.56%) Salesforce
4 27 (6.59%) Atlassian
5 20 (4.88%) SAP
6 16 (3.90%) Oracle
7 12 (2.93%) IBM
8 11 (2.68%) Google
9 10 (2.44%) MuleSoft
10 9 (2.20%) Databricks
11 8 (1.95%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.95%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.95%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.71%) Adobe
12 7 (1.71%) Splunk
13 6 (1.46%) Workday
14 5 (1.22%) Murex
14 5 (1.22%) Temenos
15 4 (0.98%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.98%) Cisco