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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 94 110
Rank change year-on-year -45 +16 -14
Contract jobs citing Confluence 451 415 368
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.23% 3.10% 2.28%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.06% 26.74% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 299 248
10th Percentile £400 £350 £308
25th Percentile £450 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £710 £738 £810
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.80% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £47.33 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.81 £31.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +100.77% -50.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.31 £33.75
90th Percentile £84.25 £84.18 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £63.40 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.42% -9.43% +5.85%

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 2,044 1,552 2,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.10% 11.58% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,354 1,063 1,387
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £423 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% +3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £749
90th Percentile £712 £775 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £22.25 £17.26
25th Percentile £22.83 £25.36 £22.40
Median hourly rate £35.82 £33.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +40.76% -13.45%
75th Percentile £57.00 £52.19 £36.88
90th Percentile £73.30 £88.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.70 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.01% -17.65% +54.55%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -33 56 £563 +12.50% 36
South London -23 11 £550 -4.84% 3
West London -19 7 £775 +86.75% 4
North London - 3 - -
East London +6 2 £550 +5.77% 4
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 26 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.44%) CMS
3 6 (1.33%) nginx
4 5 (1.11%) Camunda
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.89%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.67%) JBoss
6 3 (0.67%) Traefik
6 3 (0.67%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.44%) Kentico
7 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 41 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (8.20%) MS Visio
3 26 (5.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.11%) Notion
6 5 (1.11%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.89%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.67%) Productboard
8 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.67%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.44%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) Actimize
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) OneSumX
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 107 (23.73%) AWS
2 105 (23.28%) Azure
3 53 (11.75%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (11.75%) GitHub
4 46 (10.20%) Power Platform
5 43 (9.53%) Amazon S3
6 26 (5.76%) Serverless
7 25 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 25 (5.54%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.32%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (4.66%) GCP
10 21 (4.66%) Miro
11 18 (3.99%) Figma
11 18 (3.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (3.55%) SaaS
13 15 (3.33%) OpenShift
14 14 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.44%) OCI
16 10 (2.22%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.10%) DNS
2 11 (2.44%) Firewall
2 11 (2.44%) HTTP
2 11 (2.44%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.55%) Network Security
3 7 (1.55%) SSH
3 7 (1.55%) SSL
4 4 (0.89%) IPv4
4 4 (0.89%) OpenVPN
4 4 (0.89%) VPN
5 3 (0.67%) Internet
5 3 (0.67%) IPv6
5 3 (0.67%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.44%) Broadband
6 2 (0.44%) DSL
6 2 (0.44%) FTP
6 2 (0.44%) IMAP
6 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.44%) SMTP
6 2 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.98%) Power BI
2 34 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 13 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
6 11 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (1.77%) Metadata
10 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.33%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.33%) MySQL
11 6 (1.33%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.33%) Tableau
12 5 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.11%) Data Mart
12 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 401 (88.91%) JIRA
2 70 (15.52%) Git
3 42 (9.31%) Jenkins
4 36 (7.98%) GitLab
5 15 (3.33%) Selenium
6 13 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (2.66%) Bitbucket
8 11 (2.44%) Zephyr
9 10 (2.22%) Cypress.io
9 10 (2.22%) REST Assured
10 9 (2.00%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.77%) JMeter
11 8 (1.77%) JUnit
11 8 (1.77%) Maven
11 8 (1.77%) Mockito
12 7 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.55%) Gradle
12 7 (1.55%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.11%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.11%) Postman
General
1 173 (38.36%) Finance
1 173 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 98 (21.73%) Banking
3 97 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (4.21%) Retail
8 18 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.66%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.55%) Aviation
12 7 (1.55%) Legal
12 7 (1.55%) Military
12 7 (1.55%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.33%) Front Office
13 6 (1.33%) Law
13 6 (1.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 102 (22.62%) Analyst
2 78 (17.29%) Business Analyst
3 49 (10.86%) Lead
4 39 (8.65%) Developer
4 39 (8.65%) Senior
5 22 (4.88%) Architect
5 22 (4.88%) Product Owner
6 17 (3.77%) Consultant
7 16 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (3.55%) Product Manager
7 16 (3.55%) Scrum Master
8 13 (2.88%) Data Engineer
9 12 (2.66%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (2.66%) Project Manager
9 12 (2.66%) Technical Analyst
10 11 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.22%) Banking Analyst
12 9 (2.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (13.08%) Terraform
2 32 (7.10%) REST
3 17 (3.77%) React
4 16 (3.55%) SOAP
5 11 (2.44%) JSON
5 11 (2.44%) Kafka
6 10 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.22%) RESTful
7 9 (2.00%) ADO
7 9 (2.00%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.00%) HTML
7 9 (2.00%) Loki
7 9 (2.00%) Playwright
7 9 (2.00%) PySpark
7 9 (2.00%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.77%) CSS
8 8 (1.77%) Spring
8 8 (1.77%) Web Services
9 7 (1.55%) JPA
9 7 (1.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.17%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.87%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.76%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.10%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.88%) Credit Risk
7 12 (2.66%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 11 (2.44%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.22%) Market Risk
10 9 (2.00%) Replication
11 8 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.33%) Clustering
14 5 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.11%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.21%) Linux
2 18 (3.99%) Windows
3 9 (2.00%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.55%) Unix
5 6 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.89%) VMS
7 3 (0.67%) Android
7 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (66.08%) Agile
2 185 (41.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (28.60%) DevOps
4 118 (26.16%) Scrum
5 115 (25.50%) CI/CD
6 109 (24.17%) User Stories
7 105 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (19.07%) Migration
9 81 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (16.19%) Acceptance Criteria
11 72 (15.96%) Business Analysis
12 71 (15.74%) Test Automation
13 69 (15.30%) User Acceptance Testing
14 66 (14.63%) AI
15 64 (14.19%) Requirements Gathering
16 56 (12.42%) Infrastructure as Code
16 56 (12.42%) SDLC
17 55 (12.20%) Sprint Planning
18 54 (11.97%) Workshop Facilitation
19 53 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.51%) SQL
2 71 (15.74%) Python
3 43 (9.53%) Java
4 25 (5.54%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.10%) Bash
6 15 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.10%) Groovy
7 14 (3.10%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.22%) Apex Code
8 10 (2.22%) Perl
9 6 (1.33%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.11%) C#
10 5 (1.11%) Go
11 4 (0.89%) Swift
12 3 (0.67%) VBA
13 2 (0.44%) Cypher
13 2 (0.44%) Korn
13 2 (0.44%) R
13 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (33.04%) Security Cleared
2 135 (29.93%) SC Cleared
3 57 (12.64%) Degree
4 24 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.99%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.99%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.88%) PMP
8 10 (2.22%) CBAP
8 10 (2.22%) IIBA
9 8 (1.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.55%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.67%) CSPO
12 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.44%) ISEB
13 2 (0.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (16.19%) QA
2 38 (8.43%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.21%) PMO
4 16 (3.55%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.00%) WCAG
6 6 (1.33%) SEPA
7 5 (1.11%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.11%) SLA
8 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.67%) MiFID
9 3 (0.67%) NIST
10 2 (0.44%) EMIR
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.44%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) GDPR
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) HL7
11 1 (0.22%) WAI
System Software
1 42 (9.31%) Docker
2 13 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.44%) Postfix
5 2 (0.44%) Squid
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (8.20%) Grafana
2 26 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 23 (5.10%) Ansible
4 19 (4.21%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.10%) Argo
6 12 (2.66%) Control-M
7 8 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.33%) Istio
8 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.33%) SCOM
9 4 (0.89%) Podman
10 3 (0.67%) SELinux
11 2 (0.44%) Consul
11 2 (0.44%) Kibana
11 2 (0.44%) Nessus
11 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.22%) SCCM
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 24 (5.32%) Salesforce
4 23 (5.10%) Oracle
5 19 (4.21%) IBM
5 19 (4.21%) Splunk
6 17 (3.77%) Atlassian
6 17 (3.77%) Google
7 12 (2.66%) SAP
8 10 (2.22%) Informatica
9 8 (1.77%) Murex
10 7 (1.55%) Adobe
10 7 (1.55%) BMC
10 7 (1.55%) Databricks
10 7 (1.55%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.55%) Remedy
10 7 (1.55%) VMware
10 7 (1.55%) xMatters
11 6 (1.33%) Commvault
12 5 (1.11%) Red Hat