Confluence Contract Job Trends in the South East

Confluence
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Confluence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 111 109
Rank change year-on-year -40 -2 -32
Contract jobs citing Confluence 85 62 71
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.30% 1.74% 1.61%
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.60% 17.37% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 41 45
10th Percentile £286 £360 £324
25th Percentile £406 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -15.09%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £565
90th Percentile £584 £650 £622
England median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.56% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 13
10th Percentile £45.81 £55.13 £67.62
25th Percentile £58.59 £59.06 -
Median hourly rate £67.47 £66.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -4.64% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95.00 £73.63 -
90th Percentile - £77.45 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £66.70 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.15% -4.71% +5.85%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 457 357 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.97% 10.04% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 208 236
10th Percentile £277 £207 £259
25th Percentile £413 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £574 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £675 £634
England median daily rate £500 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +1.63% -6.29% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 11 27
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.25 £26.05
25th Percentile £20.63 £19.50 £30.21
Median hourly rate £38.11 £32.05 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +18.91% -49.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £66.38 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £94.69 £71.50 -
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% -17.65% -

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Confluence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Confluence job vacancy trend in the South East

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Confluence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Confluence

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence in the South East over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in the South East

Confluence
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Confluence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Confluence

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in the South East over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in the South East

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Hampshire -22 30 £525 +32.91% 18
Thames Valley -50 19 £500 -2.15% 45
Surrey -6 16 £388 -38.00% 13
West Sussex -7 15 £459 - 6
Berkshire -37 15 £500 -2.15% 17
East Sussex -1 3 £459 -12.57% 3
Oxfordshire -26 2 - - 18
Buckinghamshire -27 2 £416 -12.39% 10
Kent -9 1 £210 -44.00% 4
Middlesex - 1 - -
Confluence
England

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (5.88%) Apache
1 5 (5.88%) nginx
2 3 (3.53%) SAS
3 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.18%) CATIA
3 1 (1.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.18%) ENOVIA
2 1 (1.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.06%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (14.12%) AWS
4 7 (8.24%) Azure AKS
4 7 (8.24%) Azure App Service
4 7 (8.24%) Azure Key Vault
4 7 (8.24%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (8.24%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.88%) Azure API Management
5 5 (5.88%) Azure Storage
5 5 (5.88%) IaaS
5 5 (5.88%) PaaS
5 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.35%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.35%) GitHub
7 2 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.35%) Miro
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) DNS
1 6 (7.06%) Firewall
2 5 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (1.18%) Broadband
3 1 (1.18%) LAN
3 1 (1.18%) SONET
3 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (8.24%) NoSQL
2 5 (5.88%) Power BI
3 3 (3.53%) Parquet
4 2 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.35%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.35%) Pentaho
4 2 (2.35%) Tableau
5 1 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.18%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.18%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 77 (90.59%) JIRA
2 11 (12.94%) GitLab
3 6 (7.06%) Git
4 5 (5.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (5.88%) Bitbucket
5 4 (4.71%) Artifactory
6 2 (2.35%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.35%) Selenium
6 2 (2.35%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.18%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.12%) Finance
4 7 (8.24%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.88%) Retail
7 4 (4.71%) Legal
7 4 (4.71%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Automotive
8 3 (3.53%) Marketing
8 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.35%) Billing
9 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Back Office
10 1 (1.18%) Banking
10 1 (1.18%) Military
10 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (28.24%) Analyst
2 18 (21.18%) Business Analyst
3 11 (12.94%) Developer
4 8 (9.41%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (9.41%) Senior
5 6 (7.06%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Architect
6 5 (5.88%) Data Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Computer Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) DevOps Architect
7 4 (4.71%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.53%) .NET Developer
8 3 (3.53%) Azure Developer
8 3 (3.53%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 3 (3.53%) IT Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Lead
8 3 (3.53%) React Developer
8 3 (3.53%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.65%) Terraform
2 9 (10.59%) .NET
2 9 (10.59%) .NET Core
2 9 (10.59%) .NET Framework
2 9 (10.59%) RESTful
3 7 (8.24%) Entity Framework
3 7 (8.24%) OAuth
3 7 (8.24%) OpenID
3 7 (8.24%) REST
3 7 (8.24%) SAML
4 5 (5.88%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.53%) JSON
5 3 (3.53%) React
5 3 (3.53%) SOAP
6 2 (2.35%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.35%) Blazor
6 2 (2.35%) Playwright
6 2 (2.35%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (2.35%) Swagger
7 1 (1.18%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.71%) Wiki
4 3 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.35%) FMCG
5 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.18%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (1.18%) Blog
6 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.18%) Lidar
6 1 (1.18%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.18%) Media Streaming
6 1 (1.18%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.18%) Social Media
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Linux
1 7 (8.24%) Windows
1 7 (8.24%) Windows 10
2 5 (5.88%) Unix
3 3 (3.53%) Android
3 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (55.29%) Agile
2 26 (30.59%) DevOps
3 25 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (28.24%) Scrum
5 20 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (22.35%) Sprint Planning
7 16 (18.82%) Business Analysis
7 16 (18.82%) Project Delivery
7 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 15 (17.65%) Test Automation
9 14 (16.47%) Analytics
9 14 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (16.47%) Software Delivery
10 12 (14.12%) Acceptance Criteria
10 12 (14.12%) Dependency Management
10 12 (14.12%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 11 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (11.76%) Process Improvement
12 10 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.18%) SQL
2 17 (20.00%) Python
3 11 (12.94%) C#
4 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.88%) Bicep
5 5 (5.88%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 12 (14.12%) Degree
4 11 (12.94%) DV Cleared
5 10 (11.76%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.53%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.53%) PMP
7 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.18%) HNC
8 1 (1.18%) HND
8 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) PMO
2 7 (8.24%) QA
3 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.18%) JSP 440
System Software
1 13 (15.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Packer
1 5 (5.88%) vCenter Server
2 4 (4.71%) Ansible
3 2 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.18%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.18%) Grafana
4 1 (1.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.59%) Oracle
2 9 (10.59%) ServiceNow
2 9 (10.59%) VMware
3 5 (5.88%) Denodo
3 5 (5.88%) Talend
3 5 (5.88%) Tanium
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.53%) Databricks
5 3 (3.53%) Informatica
6 2 (2.35%) Adobe
6 2 (2.35%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (2.35%) Dell
6 2 (2.35%) HP
6 2 (2.35%) SAP
7 1 (1.18%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.18%) Axway
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco
7 1 (1.18%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.18%) Splunk