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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 96 133
Rank change year-on-year -13 +37 -20
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,124 769 755
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.26% 2.63% 1.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.17% 23.55% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 508 507
10th Percentile £350 £334 £356
25th Percentile £413 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -9.07% -0.46%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £626
90th Percentile £675 £663 £717
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -2.63% -11.63% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 23
10th Percentile £23.85 £53.65 £25.05
25th Percentile £48.40 £62.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £72.06 £77.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £81.00 £75.00
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 4,295 3,265 4,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.65% 11.15% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,882 2,152 3,023
10th Percentile £313 £282 £262
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £615
90th Percentile £675 £706 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 64 162
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.33 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.42 £15.74
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £30.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +72.17% -41.92%
75th Percentile £63.56 £70.63 £51.91
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.63 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £53.61 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.71% +78.70% -38.14%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +4 979 £488 -2.50% 200
UK excluding London 0 617 £463 -2.63% 151
London +5 412 £525 -4.11% 85
Work from Home +10 381 £492 +9.33% 190
North of England -18 203 £447 +6.37% 28
Midlands +33 199 £459 -0.22% 24
West Midlands +23 155 £461 -3.00% 14
North West +6 110 £431 +5.12% 13
South East -31 89 £488 +8.33% 51
Yorkshire -36 84 £480 +16.36% 11
Scotland -4 63 £555 +23.33% 10
South West -27 54 £563 -2.17% 20
East Midlands 0 41 £413 +5.50% 10
East of England -37 17 £350 -24.32% 9
North East -27 9 £428 -22.27% 4
Wales -14 7 £650 +36.84% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 5

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 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.67%) SAS
3 13 (1.16%) nginx
4 12 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.27%) CICS
8 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) Drupal
9 2 (0.18%) JBoss
10 1 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.089%) Appian
10 1 (0.089%) Mendix
10 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (7.47%) MS Visio
2 78 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 68 (6.05%) Microsoft Project
4 54 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.44%) Trello
7 4 (0.36%) Notion
8 1 (0.089%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.53%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.44%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.36%) Actimize
4 4 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.27%) Primavera
5 3 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.18%) BASE24
6 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.089%) SAP SRM
7 1 (0.089%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 249 (22.15%) AWS
2 220 (19.57%) Azure
3 120 (10.68%) GitHub
4 98 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (8.01%) Power Platform
6 61 (5.43%) Amazon S3
7 52 (4.63%) Serverless
8 44 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (3.91%) GCP
9 43 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 42 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
10 42 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 33 (2.94%) SaaS
13 31 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
14 30 (2.67%) Miro
15 27 (2.40%) Entra ID
15 27 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
16 21 (1.87%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.67%) Firewall
2 22 (1.96%) Network Security
3 19 (1.69%) DNS
3 19 (1.69%) WAN
4 16 (1.42%) SSL
4 16 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.25%) LAN
5 14 (1.25%) VPN
6 13 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.98%) SSH
8 10 (0.89%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.71%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.62%) HTTP
10 7 (0.62%) OpenVPN
10 7 (0.62%) PSTN
11 5 (0.44%) Modbus
11 5 (0.44%) MPLS
11 5 (0.44%) RS-232
11 5 (0.44%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.03%) Power BI
2 52 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (2.76%) Tableau
5 29 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
6 27 (2.40%) DynamoDB
7 24 (2.14%) MongoDB
8 23 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (1.96%) SQL Server
10 18 (1.60%) Metadata
11 17 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.42%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
13 14 (1.25%) Data Lake
14 13 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.07%) Big Data
15 12 (1.07%) Pentaho
16 10 (0.89%) Relational Database
17 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
18 8 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1,029 (91.55%) JIRA
2 140 (12.46%) Git
3 122 (10.85%) Jenkins
4 92 (8.19%) GitLab
5 57 (5.07%) Selenium
6 47 (4.18%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.76%) JUnit
9 30 (2.67%) Cucumber
9 30 (2.67%) Postman
10 29 (2.58%) JMeter
11 22 (1.96%) Artifactory
12 20 (1.78%) Cypress.io
12 20 (1.78%) SonarQube
13 19 (1.69%) WebDriver
14 18 (1.60%) Zephyr
15 12 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 11 (0.98%) ScriptRunner
17 10 (0.89%) REST Assured
18 9 (0.80%) IntelliJ
General
1 449 (39.95%) Social Skills
2 321 (28.56%) Finance
3 200 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (16.73%) Banking
5 164 (14.59%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.38%) Retail
8 32 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.49%) Legal
10 25 (2.22%) Retail Banking
11 24 (2.14%) Military
12 23 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
16 14 (1.25%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.25%) Marketing
17 10 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 260 (23.13%) Analyst
2 213 (18.95%) Business Analyst
3 110 (9.79%) Senior
4 94 (8.36%) Developer
5 82 (7.30%) Architect
6 74 (6.58%) Lead
7 62 (5.52%) Project Manager
8 51 (4.54%) Scrum Master
9 48 (4.27%) Data Engineer
10 47 (4.18%) Consultant
11 40 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
12 31 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (2.76%) Tester
13 29 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
14 25 (2.22%) Product Owner
15 24 (2.14%) Banking Analyst
15 24 (2.14%) DevOps Engineer
16 23 (2.05%) Technical Analyst
16 23 (2.05%) Technical Business Analyst
17 22 (1.96%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.18%) REST
2 43 (3.83%) Spring
3 29 (2.58%) React
3 29 (2.58%) RESTful
4 26 (2.31%) JSON
5 25 (2.22%) ADO
6 22 (1.96%) .NET
6 22 (1.96%) HTML
6 22 (1.96%) Spring Boot
7 19 (1.69%) AngularJS
7 19 (1.69%) WireMock
8 18 (1.60%) Node.js
8 18 (1.60%) SOAP
8 18 (1.60%) XML
9 16 (1.42%) OpenID
9 16 (1.42%) PySpark
10 15 (1.33%) Kafka
10 15 (1.33%) Playwright
11 14 (1.25%) AWS CDK
12 13 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 171 (15.21%) Product Ownership
2 54 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 24 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
11 15 (1.33%) PMI
12 14 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 11 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.89%) PKI
14 10 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.80%) IoT
15 9 (0.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.21%) Linux
2 52 (4.63%) Windows
3 32 (2.85%) Unix
4 12 (1.07%) Android
5 10 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.44%) AIX
6 5 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Solaris
8 3 (0.27%) zOS
9 2 (0.18%) MVS
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.089%) SUSE
10 1 (0.089%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (61.21%) Agile
2 308 (27.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 301 (26.78%) DevOps
4 275 (24.47%) Scrum
5 266 (23.67%) CI/CD
6 221 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
7 193 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 178 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 178 (15.84%) User Stories
9 177 (15.75%) Test Automation
10 159 (14.15%) Migration
11 129 (11.48%) Project Management
12 121 (10.77%) Acceptance Criteria
13 118 (10.50%) Roadmaps
14 112 (9.96%) Project Delivery
15 111 (9.88%) Kanban
16 110 (9.79%) SDLC
16 110 (9.79%) Workshop Facilitation
17 105 (9.34%) Change Management
17 105 (9.34%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 181 (16.10%) SQL
2 154 (13.70%) Python
3 85 (7.56%) Java
4 51 (4.54%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.38%) Bash
7 33 (2.94%) PL/SQL
8 32 (2.85%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.42%) C#
10 12 (1.07%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.89%) Groovy
11 10 (0.89%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.89%) Perl
12 8 (0.71%) C++
13 7 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.44%) Embedded C++
15 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.27%) Korn
16 3 (0.27%) REXX
Qualifications
1 395 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 328 (29.18%) SC Cleared
3 133 (11.83%) Degree
4 50 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 45 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 42 (3.74%) PMP
7 41 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 33 (2.94%) CISSP
9 28 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (2.31%) CISM
11 23 (2.05%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.69%) SAFe Agilist
13 18 (1.60%) Master's Degree
14 16 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.42%) IIBA
15 15 (1.33%) CBAP
16 14 (1.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (0.98%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
18 9 (0.80%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (8.27%) QA
2 61 (5.43%) Data Quality
3 58 (5.16%) PMO
4 39 (3.47%) GDPR
5 34 (3.02%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.22%) NIST
7 20 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.42%) GRC
9 14 (1.25%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.89%) SLA
10 10 (0.89%) WCAG
11 7 (0.62%) JSP 440
11 7 (0.62%) NCSC
12 6 (0.53%) Basel III
12 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.53%) MiFID
12 6 (0.53%) PSD2
13 5 (0.44%) HL7
14 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 89 (7.92%) Docker
2 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.98%) Squid
4 6 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.44%) 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 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 102 (9.07%) Terraform
2 95 (8.45%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.25%) Ansible
4 50 (4.45%) Grafana
5 35 (3.11%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.16%) Consul
7 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (1.16%) Puppet
8 9 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.80%) NetBackup
9 8 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (0.44%) Istio
11 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.36%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.27%) Argo
12 3 (0.27%) CASB
12 3 (0.27%) Foglight
Vendors
1 108 (9.61%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.21%) Atlassian
3 79 (7.03%) ServiceNow
4 73 (6.49%) Oracle
5 47 (4.18%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.94%) SAP
7 31 (2.76%) Talend
8 28 (2.49%) Denodo
9 26 (2.31%) Red Hat
10 23 (2.05%) Databricks
11 20 (1.78%) IBM
12 18 (1.60%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.51%) Google
14 16 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
14 16 (1.42%) Splunk
15 15 (1.33%) Dynatrace
15 15 (1.33%) Informatica
16 12 (1.07%) Cisco
16 12 (1.07%) Sonatype
17 11 (0.98%) Zscaler