Confluence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Confluence
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Confluence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Confluence over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 114 88
Rank change year-on-year -5 -26 +10
Contract jobs citing Confluence 396 502 892
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.93% 2.14% 2.94%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.85% 19.31% 23.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 367 625
10th Percentile £353 £304 £384
25th Percentile £461 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £580
90th Percentile £700 £697 £638
UK median daily rate £538 £547 £525
% change year-on-year -1.74% +4.19% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 13
10th Percentile £55.63 £22.16 -
25th Percentile £62.19 £51.25 £38.68
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +21.05% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.25 £86.65 £54.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £86.66 £63.40
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -6.98%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

Confluence is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,733 2,600 3,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.46% 11.08% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,870 2,631
10th Percentile £208 £202 £185
25th Percentile £323 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £545
90th Percentile £650 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 98 138
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.35 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £17.73 £15.01
Median hourly rate £24.43 £29.25 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +58.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £51.91 £65.94 £36.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.36 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £46.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -40.51% +105.56% +5.14%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Scotland +66 119 £575 +35.29% 6
South East +41 99 £500 -4.31% 40
South West +27 98 £550 -4.35% 19
North of England -28 44 £513 -1.44% 32
Yorkshire -5 21 £550 +5.26% 14
North West -9 21 £500 +11.11% 18
East of England -18 20 £410 -18.00% 13
Midlands -53 16 £416 -22.48% 16
East Midlands +26 8 £345 -53.57% 3
West Midlands -66 8 £550 +2.23% 13
North East -5 2 - -
Wales +16 1 - - 2
Confluence
UK

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 35 (8.84%) SharePoint Server
3 28 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.77%) Apache
6 4 (1.01%) Appian
6 4 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.51%) JBoss
7 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.51%) WildFly
8 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.29%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) Simulink
6 1 (0.25%) InVision
6 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.25%) Sketch
6 1 (0.25%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (2.02%) SAP Hybris
2 4 (1.01%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.51%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 87 (21.97%) Azure
2 50 (12.63%) AWS
3 34 (8.59%) Azure Stack
4 28 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.30%) GitHub
6 18 (4.55%) GCP
7 17 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.78%) Apigee
9 10 (2.53%) Kong
9 10 (2.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.77%) Collibra
10 7 (1.77%) PaaS
10 7 (1.77%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.01%) SaaS
12 4 (1.01%) Serverless
12 4 (1.01%) Slack
13 3 (0.76%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.62%) Firewall
2 37 (9.34%) BGP
3 25 (6.31%) DNS
4 18 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 16 (4.04%) DHCP
5 16 (4.04%) SNMP
6 15 (3.79%) Software-Defined Radio
7 12 (3.03%) VPN
8 6 (1.52%) HTTP
8 6 (1.52%) VSAN
9 5 (1.26%) 5G
10 4 (1.01%) Skype
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.51%) LAN
11 2 (0.51%) OSPF
11 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.51%) SSL
11 2 (0.51%) WAN
11 2 (0.51%) WebEx
11 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.06%) Power BI
2 14 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.78%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.77%) Metadata
5 7 (1.77%) Tableau
6 5 (1.26%) MySQL
6 5 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.01%) Big Data
7 4 (1.01%) OLAP
7 4 (1.01%) OLTP
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle OLAP
8 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.76%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.51%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 380 (95.96%) JIRA
2 64 (16.16%) Bitbucket
2 64 (16.16%) Git
3 62 (15.66%) Jenkins
4 30 (7.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 23 (5.81%) GitLab
6 21 (5.30%) Eclipse
7 18 (4.55%) Postman
8 16 (4.04%) Cucumber
8 16 (4.04%) Robot Framework
9 15 (3.79%) GoogleTest
10 14 (3.54%) JUnit
11 10 (2.53%) IntelliJ
12 7 (1.77%) JMeter
13 6 (1.52%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.52%) PyCharm
13 6 (1.52%) Travis CI
14 5 (1.26%) Artifactory
14 5 (1.26%) Selenium
14 5 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 172 (43.43%) Social Skills
2 83 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (19.70%) Public Sector
4 46 (11.62%) Finance
5 25 (6.31%) Aerospace
6 21 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.55%) Military
8 16 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.78%) Banking
10 10 (2.53%) Marketing
11 9 (2.27%) Retail
11 9 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.52%) Electronics
13 6 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.26%) Automotive
14 5 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.76%) Police
16 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (15.40%) Analyst
2 46 (11.62%) Senior
3 45 (11.36%) Developer
4 31 (7.83%) Business Analyst
5 24 (6.06%) Architect
5 24 (6.06%) Test Engineer
6 22 (5.56%) Product Manager
7 21 (5.30%) Integration Engineer
7 21 (5.30%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 19 (4.80%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
10 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Engineer
10 17 (4.29%) Software Engineer
11 16 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.79%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.54%) Java Developer
13 14 (3.54%) JIRA Engineer
14 13 (3.28%) Lead
15 12 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
15 12 (3.03%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.08%) .NET
2 27 (6.82%) .NET Core
3 26 (6.57%) HTML
4 24 (6.06%) CSS
4 24 (6.06%) REST
5 19 (4.80%) Kafka
6 17 (4.29%) Spring
7 16 (4.04%) Apache Camel
7 16 (4.04%) Spring Boot
8 15 (3.79%) XML
9 13 (3.28%) J2EE
9 13 (3.28%) React
9 13 (3.28%) Web Services
10 10 (2.53%) JSON
10 10 (2.53%) Node.js
11 9 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (2.27%) SOAP
12 8 (2.02%) RESTful
13 7 (1.77%) YAML
14 6 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.34%) Private Cloud
2 26 (6.57%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.30%) PKI
4 17 (4.29%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.54%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.77%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.26%) Clustering
9 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.01%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.01%) DataPower
10 4 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.01%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.01%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.01%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.96%) Linux
2 81 (20.45%) Windows
3 18 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.77%) Unix
6 5 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.51%) VMS
9 1 (0.25%) AIX
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (54.29%) Agile
2 67 (16.92%) Scrum
3 64 (16.16%) DevOps
4 63 (15.91%) Project Management
5 59 (14.90%) Service Management
6 51 (12.88%) CI/CD
7 50 (12.63%) Continuous Integration
7 50 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 49 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (11.36%) ITIL
10 41 (10.35%) Capacity Management
11 39 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (8.84%) Network Management
12 35 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 34 (8.59%) Security Monitoring
13 34 (8.59%) User Stories
14 30 (7.58%) ITSM
15 29 (7.32%) Configuration Management
15 29 (7.32%) Task Automation
15 29 (7.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.70%) Python
2 57 (14.39%) PowerShell
3 52 (13.13%) SQL
4 42 (10.61%) Java
5 35 (8.84%) JavaScript
6 22 (5.56%) C++
7 19 (4.80%) Bash
8 10 (2.53%) Go
9 9 (2.27%) Groovy
10 8 (2.02%) C
11 6 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.26%) C#
12 5 (1.26%) Scala
13 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.25%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.25%) Perl
14 1 (0.25%) PHP
14 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 180 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 130 (32.83%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.64%) Degree
4 46 (11.62%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 16 (4.04%) MCSE
6 16 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (3.79%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.79%) MCSA
8 6 (1.52%) CCNA
8 6 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.26%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.76%) HNC
11 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.76%) PMP
12 2 (0.51%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.85%) Government Security Classifications
2 19 (4.80%) PMO
2 19 (4.80%) QA
3 8 (2.02%) GDPR
3 8 (2.02%) GxP
4 6 (1.52%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (1.52%) Good Clinical Practice
4 6 (1.52%) NCSC
5 5 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.26%) NIST
6 4 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.51%) IFRS
8 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.25%) MISRA
9 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
System Software
1 31 (7.83%) Docker
1 31 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.79%) Firmware
4 13 (3.28%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.52%) VirtualBox
7 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.01%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) HDFS
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.25%) Snort
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (12.63%) Ansible
2 31 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 28 (7.07%) Terraform
4 25 (6.31%) PowerCLI
4 25 (6.31%) SCOM
5 17 (4.29%) Kibana
6 9 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.77%) Grafana
7 7 (1.77%) Puppet
8 6 (1.52%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (1.52%) logstash
8 6 (1.52%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.52%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.26%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.01%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.76%) Rancher
12 2 (0.51%) OPNET
13 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 141 (35.61%) Atlassian
2 70 (17.68%) Microsoft
3 37 (9.34%) VMware
4 25 (6.31%) SAP
5 23 (5.81%) Oracle
6 22 (5.56%) Dell
6 22 (5.56%) HP
7 20 (5.05%) Google
8 11 (2.78%) Splunk
9 10 (2.53%) Cisco
10 9 (2.27%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.02%) Adobe
11 8 (2.02%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.52%) Databricks
12 6 (1.52%) IBM
13 5 (1.26%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.01%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.01%) TSYS
15 2 (0.51%) Palantir
15 2 (0.51%) Talend