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 3 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 83 110
Rank change year-on-year -45 +27 -16
Contract jobs citing Confluence 253 229 174
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.30% 2.14%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.98% 27.66% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 168 122
10th Percentile £398 £315 £308
25th Percentile £447 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% - -
75th Percentile £614 £650 £709
90th Percentile £700 £729 £800
England median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £63.25 - -
25th Percentile £66.25 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% - -
75th Percentile £81.25 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £85.75 - -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £70.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.30% +0.71% +12.00%

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 1,101 828 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.57% 11.92% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 553 704
10th Percentile £275 £313 £322
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +5.75%
75th Percentile £613 £663 £775
90th Percentile £700 £788 £875
England median daily rate £500 £496 £530
% change year-on-year +0.81% -6.42% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 13
10th Percentile £25.71 £23.25 £17.26
25th Percentile £26.51 £24.99 £19.95
Median hourly rate £41.00 £30.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +29.20% +5.78%
75th Percentile £73.75 £51.00 £33.07
90th Percentile £85.93 £88.13 £117.75
England median hourly rate £28.40 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.87% - +55.56%

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 3 months to 27 August 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 3 months to 27 August 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 3 months to 27 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -32 27 £513 +2.50% 39
South London -14 6 £650 +11.80% 1
West London -13 2 £838 +101.81% 10
North London - 2 - - 2
East London +8 1 £550 +5.77% 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 (8.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.01%) CMS
3 6 (1.34%) nginx
4 5 (1.12%) JBoss
5 4 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.67%) Camunda
6 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (8.71%) MS Visio
2 38 (8.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.46%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.12%) Notion
7 4 (0.89%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.67%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.45%) Trello
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (2.01%) Temenos T24
2 6 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.45%) Actimize
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.45%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 2 (0.45%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.45%) Summit
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 99 (22.10%) AWS
2 95 (21.21%) Azure
3 49 (10.94%) GitHub
4 43 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (9.15%) Amazon S3
6 38 (8.48%) Power Platform
7 29 (6.47%) Serverless
8 26 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (5.36%) Amazon EC2
11 23 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (4.24%) Figma
13 19 (4.24%) GCP
14 16 (3.57%) SaaS
15 13 (2.90%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (2.68%) Miro
16 12 (2.68%) OCI
17 11 (2.46%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.90%) Firewall
2 11 (2.46%) DNS
2 11 (2.46%) HTTP
3 10 (2.23%) SSL
3 10 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.79%) Network Security
5 7 (1.56%) SSH
6 5 (1.12%) VPN
7 4 (0.89%) IPv4
7 4 (0.89%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.67%) IPv6
9 2 (0.45%) Broadband
9 2 (0.45%) DSL
9 2 (0.45%) FTP
9 2 (0.45%) IMAP
9 2 (0.45%) Internet
9 2 (0.45%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.45%) SMTP
9 2 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.26%) Power BI
2 24 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 14 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.68%) Tableau
7 11 (2.46%) Metadata
7 11 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.23%) DynamoDB
8 10 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.34%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.34%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.89%) Big Data
13 3 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 399 (89.06%) JIRA
2 72 (16.07%) Git
3 38 (8.48%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.80%) GitLab
5 16 (3.57%) Selenium
6 13 (2.90%) Cypress.io
6 13 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (2.23%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.23%) Zephyr
8 9 (2.01%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.34%) Postman
10 5 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.12%) JMeter
10 5 (1.12%) ScriptRunner
11 4 (0.89%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.89%) Gradle
11 4 (0.89%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.89%) JUnit
11 4 (0.89%) Mockito
11 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 171 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 170 (37.95%) Finance
3 105 (23.44%) Banking
4 86 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (16.74%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.24%) Retail
8 13 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.46%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.46%) Legal
11 8 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.56%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.56%) Military
13 6 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.34%) Front Office
13 6 (1.34%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.12%) Law
14 5 (1.12%) Police
14 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 98 (21.88%) Analyst
2 77 (17.19%) Business Analyst
3 47 (10.49%) Lead
4 46 (10.27%) Developer
5 38 (8.48%) Senior
6 24 (5.36%) Architect
7 20 (4.46%) Product Owner
8 18 (4.02%) Consultant
8 18 (4.02%) Scrum Master
9 16 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.90%) Banking Analyst
11 13 (2.90%) Data Engineer
12 12 (2.68%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (2.68%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.46%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.01%) Banking Business Analyst
14 9 (2.01%) Salesforce Developer
14 9 (2.01%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (14.51%) Terraform
2 31 (6.92%) REST
3 21 (4.69%) React
4 16 (3.57%) AngularJS
5 11 (2.46%) JSON
6 10 (2.23%) HTML
6 10 (2.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.23%) Node.js
7 9 (2.01%) CSS
7 9 (2.01%) Playwright
7 9 (2.01%) PySpark
7 9 (2.01%) SOAP
8 8 (1.79%) Loki
8 8 (1.79%) RESTful
9 7 (1.56%) .NET
9 7 (1.56%) OAuth
9 7 (1.56%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.56%) XML
10 6 (1.34%) OpenID
10 6 (1.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (18.08%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.46%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 14 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.23%) Clustering
7 10 (2.23%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.01%) Replication
9 8 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.56%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.56%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.12%) Derivative
11 5 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.12%) Market Risk
11 5 (1.12%) PMI
11 5 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.36%) Linux
2 17 (3.79%) Windows
3 9 (2.01%) Amazon Linux
4 7 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.67%) Unix
7 2 (0.45%) Android
7 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.45%) VMS
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) SUSE
8 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (66.74%) Agile
2 164 (36.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 122 (27.23%) DevOps
4 110 (24.55%) CI/CD
5 105 (23.44%) Scrum
6 103 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (18.75%) User Stories
8 74 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (16.29%) Migration
10 67 (14.96%) Test Automation
10 67 (14.96%) User Acceptance Testing
11 60 (13.39%) Acceptance Criteria
12 59 (13.17%) Infrastructure as Code
13 56 (12.50%) Business Analysis
13 56 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 55 (12.28%) AI
15 52 (11.61%) Requirements Gathering
15 52 (11.61%) SDLC
16 51 (11.38%) Workshop Facilitation
17 46 (10.27%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 84 (18.75%) SQL
2 77 (17.19%) Python
3 40 (8.93%) Java
4 23 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 23 (5.13%) PowerShell
5 18 (4.02%) Bash
5 18 (4.02%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.35%) Groovy
7 10 (2.23%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.01%) Perl
9 7 (1.56%) C#
9 7 (1.56%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.89%) Swift
11 3 (0.67%) Korn
11 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.67%) VBA
12 2 (0.45%) Cypher
12 2 (0.45%) Go
12 2 (0.45%) R
12 2 (0.45%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 162 (36.16%) Security Cleared
2 148 (33.04%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.71%) Degree
4 23 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.24%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.68%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.01%) IIBA
10 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.79%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.56%) CBAP
11 7 (1.56%) PMP
12 5 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.45%) ISEB
14 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.50%) QA
2 30 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.24%) PMO
4 13 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.34%) GDPR
5 6 (1.34%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.34%) SEPA
5 6 (1.34%) WCAG
6 5 (1.12%) MiFID
6 5 (1.12%) SLA
7 4 (0.89%) NIST
8 3 (0.67%) EMIR
9 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.45%) NCSC
9 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (7.37%) Docker
2 18 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.45%) DFS Replication
4 2 (0.45%) Dovecot
4 2 (0.45%) Postfix
4 2 (0.45%) Squid
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (6.70%) Grafana
2 20 (4.46%) Ansible
3 18 (4.02%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.57%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.68%) Argo
7 7 (1.56%) Control-M
8 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (1.34%) SCOM
9 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.89%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.89%) Podman
10 3 (0.67%) Consul
10 3 (0.67%) Istio
10 3 (0.67%) SELinux
11 2 (0.45%) Nessus
11 2 (0.45%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.45%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.13%) Salesforce
3 23 (5.13%) SAP
4 20 (4.46%) Atlassian
4 20 (4.46%) IBM
4 20 (4.46%) Oracle
5 19 (4.24%) Splunk
6 17 (3.79%) Google
7 10 (2.23%) Informatica
8 8 (1.79%) Adobe
8 8 (1.79%) Temenos
9 7 (1.56%) xMatters
10 6 (1.34%) BMC
10 6 (1.34%) Commvault
10 6 (1.34%) Databricks
10 6 (1.34%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.34%) Remedy
10 6 (1.34%) VMware
11 5 (1.12%) Red Hat