Confluence Contract Job Trends

Confluence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Confluence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 98 137
Rank change year-on-year -9 +39 -24
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,109 748 718
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.27% 2.61% 1.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.12% 23.50% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 496 480
10th Percentile £350 £333 £362
25th Percentile £406 £412 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -1.74%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £626
90th Percentile £675 £674 £707
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -2.11% -11.63% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 22
10th Percentile £23.85 £51.64 £25.03
25th Percentile £48.40 £58.31 £37.56
Median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72.06 £76.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £78.25 £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.25 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.64% - +21.74%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,245 3,183 4,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 11.11% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,859 2,123 2,942
10th Percentile £313 £283 £258
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £615
90th Percentile £675 £712 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £464 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.06% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 56 159
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.20 £26.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +74.07% -42.55%
75th Percentile £62.25 £66.00 £51.91
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.73 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £54.94 £28.76
% change year-on-year -40.84% +91.04% -20.67%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Confluence job vacancy trend in the UK

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Confluence

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Confluence

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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
England +5 976 £490 -4.30% 239
UK excluding London -2 612 £465 -2.11% 145
London -4 405 £523 -5.00% 116
Work from Home +10 361 £492 +9.33% 145
North of England -11 206 £447 +5.12% 31
Midlands +24 198 £456 -0.82% 26
West Midlands +23 152 £459 -6.99% 21
North West +13 106 £431 +5.12% 16
Yorkshire -26 92 £468 +7.22% 12
South East -41 83 £500 +11.11% 40
South West -15 62 £600 +4.35% 14
Scotland -5 55 £555 +23.33% 12
East Midlands +3 43 £402 -4.06% 5
East of England -34 17 £350 -24.32% 12
North East -31 8 £428 -22.27% 3
Wales -15 7 £650 +52.94% 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 4

Confluence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 106 (9.56%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.34%) SAS
3 13 (1.17%) nginx
4 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.54%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.36%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.27%) Apache
7 3 (0.27%) CICS
7 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.090%) Mendix
9 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 87 (7.84%) MS Visio
2 81 (7.30%) Microsoft Project
3 79 (7.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 57 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
5 55 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.72%) Notion
7 5 (0.45%) Trello
8 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.090%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.54%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.45%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.27%) Actimize
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.18%) BASE24
7 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.18%) Maximo
7 2 (0.18%) Primavera
7 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.18%) Summit
8 1 (0.090%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.090%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 237 (21.37%) AWS
2 212 (19.12%) Azure
3 116 (10.46%) GitHub
4 92 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (7.66%) Power Platform
6 50 (4.51%) Amazon S3
7 44 (3.97%) Serverless
8 41 (3.70%) GCP
9 38 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
10 37 (3.34%) SaaS
10 37 (3.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 36 (3.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
12 35 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
13 32 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
14 29 (2.61%) Miro
15 27 (2.43%) Entra ID
15 27 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (2.07%) Figma
17 20 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.98%) Firewall
2 21 (1.89%) Network Security
3 20 (1.80%) DNS
3 20 (1.80%) WAN
4 18 (1.62%) SSL
5 17 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.53%) VPN
6 15 (1.35%) LAN
7 13 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.90%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.72%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.72%) HTTP
10 8 (0.72%) SSH
11 7 (0.63%) OpenVPN
11 7 (0.63%) PSTN
12 5 (0.45%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.45%) Modbus
12 5 (0.45%) RS-232
12 5 (0.45%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.76%) Power BI
2 47 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.89%) Tableau
5 28 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (1.98%) DynamoDB
6 22 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.71%) Metadata
9 18 (1.62%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (1.08%) Big Data
11 12 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (0.90%) DocumentDB
13 10 (0.90%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.81%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1,015 (91.52%) JIRA
2 128 (11.54%) Git
3 117 (10.55%) Jenkins
4 80 (7.21%) GitLab
5 54 (4.87%) Selenium
6 45 (4.06%) Bitbucket
7 33 (2.98%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.80%) Postman
9 28 (2.52%) JUnit
10 27 (2.43%) Cucumber
11 26 (2.34%) JMeter
12 20 (1.80%) Artifactory
12 20 (1.80%) SonarQube
13 19 (1.71%) Cypress.io
14 17 (1.53%) Zephyr
15 16 (1.44%) WebDriver
16 12 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 11 (0.99%) REST Assured
17 11 (0.99%) ScriptRunner
18 9 (0.81%) IntelliJ
General
1 452 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 321 (28.94%) Finance
3 203 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (16.50%) Banking
5 162 (14.61%) Public Sector
6 54 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.43%) Retail
8 32 (2.89%) Military
8 32 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.34%) Legal
10 24 (2.16%) Retail Banking
11 23 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.53%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
15 12 (1.08%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.08%) Marketing
16 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 257 (23.17%) Analyst
2 215 (19.39%) Business Analyst
3 107 (9.65%) Senior
4 92 (8.30%) Developer
5 86 (7.75%) Architect
6 75 (6.76%) Lead
7 68 (6.13%) Project Manager
8 47 (4.24%) Scrum Master
9 45 (4.06%) Consultant
10 39 (3.52%) Data Engineer
11 38 (3.43%) Delivery Manager
12 31 (2.80%) Tester
13 30 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (2.43%) Product Owner
16 24 (2.16%) Banking Analyst
16 24 (2.16%) DevOps Engineer
16 24 (2.16%) Technical Analyst
16 24 (2.16%) Technical Business Analyst
17 22 (1.98%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.33%) REST
2 42 (3.79%) Spring
3 31 (2.80%) RESTful
4 29 (2.61%) React
5 25 (2.25%) ADO
5 25 (2.25%) HTML
6 24 (2.16%) Spring Boot
7 22 (1.98%) .NET
7 22 (1.98%) JSON
8 20 (1.80%) Node.js
9 19 (1.71%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.71%) XML
10 17 (1.53%) Kafka
10 17 (1.53%) SOAP
11 16 (1.44%) WireMock
12 15 (1.35%) Playwright
13 14 (1.26%) OpenID
14 13 (1.17%) AWS CDK
14 13 (1.17%) CSS
14 13 (1.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 173 (15.60%) Product Ownership
2 53 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 51 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.25%) Virtual Team
5 24 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 17 (1.53%) PMI
8 17 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 13 (1.17%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (0.99%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.81%) IoT
14 9 (0.81%) Reference Data
15 8 (0.72%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.03%) Linux
2 51 (4.60%) Windows
3 28 (2.52%) Unix
4 11 (0.99%) Android
5 10 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.45%) AIX
7 5 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.27%) zOS
10 2 (0.18%) MVS
10 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.090%) SUSE
11 1 (0.090%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.090%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 684 (61.68%) Agile
2 310 (27.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 290 (26.15%) DevOps
4 267 (24.08%) Scrum
5 252 (22.72%) CI/CD
6 216 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (15.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 177 (15.96%) User Stories
9 166 (14.97%) Test Automation
10 148 (13.35%) Migration
11 139 (12.53%) Project Management
12 127 (11.45%) Acceptance Criteria
13 116 (10.46%) Roadmaps
14 113 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
15 106 (9.56%) Change Management
15 106 (9.56%) Kanban
16 105 (9.47%) Project Delivery
16 105 (9.47%) SDLC
17 102 (9.20%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 166 (14.97%) SQL
2 145 (13.07%) Python
3 85 (7.66%) Java
4 53 (4.78%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.34%) PowerShell
6 36 (3.25%) Bash
7 32 (2.89%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.25%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.44%) C#
10 11 (0.99%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.90%) Groovy
11 10 (0.90%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.81%) Perl
13 8 (0.72%) C++
14 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.45%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.27%) Korn
17 3 (0.27%) REXX
Qualifications
1 386 (34.81%) Security Cleared
2 319 (28.76%) SC Cleared
3 148 (13.35%) Degree
4 50 (4.51%) PMI Certification
5 47 (4.24%) PMP
6 45 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 41 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 34 (3.07%) CISSP
9 27 (2.43%) CISM
9 27 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.89%) CBAP
10 21 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.80%) SAFe Agilist
11 20 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
12 19 (1.71%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.71%) IIBA
13 17 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.99%) MBA
15 9 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.21%) QA
2 56 (5.05%) PMO
3 52 (4.69%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.43%) GDPR
5 34 (3.07%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.25%) NIST
7 19 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.35%) GRC
9 14 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.90%) SLA
10 10 (0.90%) WCAG
11 8 (0.72%) Basel III
12 7 (0.63%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.63%) MiFID
13 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.54%) NCSC
13 6 (0.54%) PSD2
14 5 (0.45%) HL7
15 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (8.03%) Docker
2 15 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.99%) Squid
4 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.45%) Firmware
6 3 (0.27%) Ceph
6 3 (0.27%) HDFS
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (9.11%) Kubernetes
2 96 (8.66%) Terraform
3 62 (5.59%) Ansible
4 49 (4.42%) Grafana
5 34 (3.07%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.26%) Puppet
8 13 (1.17%) Consul
8 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 9 (0.81%) OPNET
10 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (0.45%) Istio
12 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.36%) PingFederate
13 3 (0.27%) Foglight
13 3 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 107 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.03%) Atlassian
3 83 (7.48%) ServiceNow
4 61 (5.50%) Oracle
5 49 (4.42%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.89%) SAP
7 26 (2.34%) Denodo
7 26 (2.34%) Red Hat
7 26 (2.34%) Talend
8 23 (2.07%) Databricks
9 20 (1.80%) IBM
10 17 (1.53%) BiZZdesign
10 17 (1.53%) Splunk
11 15 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.35%) Google
12 14 (1.26%) Cisco
12 14 (1.26%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.17%) Sonatype
14 12 (1.08%) Remedy
14 12 (1.08%) Zscaler