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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 104 127
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 -33
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,051 768 855
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.67% 2.50% 1.90%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.03% 21.80% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 471 566
10th Percentile £325 £318 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.39% -0.45%
75th Percentile £624 £626 £630
90th Percentile £728 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £545
% change year-on-year -5.00% -8.26% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 28
10th Percentile £26.33 £55.38 £40.00
25th Percentile £27.21 £60.38 £52.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £67.84 £64.38 £70.47
90th Percentile £80.05 £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.23 £62.50 £67.56
% change year-on-year -30.83% -7.49% +26.28%

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 3,888 3,523 4,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 11.48% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,694 2,159 2,908
10th Percentile £300 £254 £250
25th Percentile £400 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 68 169
10th Percentile £15.20 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.81 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% +49.09% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.25 £63.75 £51.19
90th Percentile £81.60 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £48.16 £24.00
% change year-on-year -43.50% +100.66% +31.29%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +10 940 £500 -2.44% 209
UK excluding London +10 559 £475 -5.00% 164
London -13 406 £550 +6.59% 67
Work from Home -20 259 £475 -1.55% 151
North of England +12 206 £450 -10.00% 40
Midlands +10 116 £425 -10.90% 33
Yorkshire -10 111 £500 -7.41% 16
South West +17 99 £725 +26.09% 26
North West +27 88 £404 -10.33% 24
South East -15 78 £500 +5.26% 44
West Midlands -2 76 £450 -5.66% 24
Scotland +20 45 £463 +8.82% 6
East Midlands -6 39 £393 -6.43% 9
East of England -22 19 £425 +4.68% 18
North East -9 7 £425 -5.56% 1
Wales -7 3 £400 -24.17%
Northern Ireland -2 2 £458 - 2

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 89 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.43%) nginx
3 15 (1.43%) CMS
4 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.86%) SAS
6 8 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.67%) Apache
8 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.29%) Traefik
9 2 (0.19%) CICS
9 2 (0.19%) FileNet
9 2 (0.19%) IIS
9 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.095%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 108 (10.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 107 (10.18%) Microsoft Project
3 100 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
4 90 (8.56%) MS Visio
5 74 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.24%) Trello
7 6 (0.57%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.48%) Notion
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.095%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.095%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.095%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.095%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.095%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.095%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.67%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.19%) Maximo
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.19%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Summit
7 1 (0.095%) Endur
7 1 (0.095%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.095%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.095%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.095%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.095%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 169 (16.08%) AWS
2 158 (15.03%) Azure
3 122 (11.61%) GitHub
4 70 (6.66%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (5.71%) Power Platform
6 32 (3.04%) GCP
7 31 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (2.95%) Miro
8 29 (2.76%) SaaS
9 27 (2.57%) Serverless
10 26 (2.47%) Amazon S3
11 25 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 22 (2.09%) Figma
15 21 (2.00%) Lucidchart
16 20 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.81%) Slack
18 18 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.71%) Firewall
2 21 (2.00%) SSH
3 20 (1.90%) VPN
4 19 (1.81%) DNS
5 18 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.71%) WAN
6 17 (1.62%) Network Security
7 13 (1.24%) LAN
7 13 (1.24%) SSL
8 12 (1.14%) FTP
9 11 (1.05%) HTTP
10 10 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.86%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.86%) SMTP
11 9 (0.86%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.86%) VSAN
11 9 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.67%) Modbus
12 7 (0.67%) RS-232
12 7 (0.67%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.95%) Power BI
2 46 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (4.28%) Tableau
4 33 (3.14%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.90%) Metadata
5 20 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 20 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.62%) Big Data
8 15 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.24%) DocumentDB
10 12 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (1.14%) Hadoop
11 10 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (0.95%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.76%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.76%) Redis
13 7 (0.67%) Tick Data
14 6 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.57%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 965 (91.82%) JIRA
2 131 (12.46%) Jenkins
3 95 (9.04%) Git
4 59 (5.61%) GitLab
5 47 (4.47%) Bitbucket
6 39 (3.71%) Selenium
7 29 (2.76%) SonarQube
8 27 (2.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 26 (2.47%) Postman
10 22 (2.09%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.52%) JUnit
12 12 (1.14%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.05%) Cypress.io
13 11 (1.05%) Maven
14 9 (0.86%) Android Studio
14 9 (0.86%) ScriptRunner
15 8 (0.76%) Vagrant
16 7 (0.67%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.57%) Zephyr
18 5 (0.48%) Artifactory
General
1 469 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 327 (31.11%) Finance
3 208 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (17.13%) Banking
5 136 (12.94%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (4.57%) Military
8 32 (3.04%) Retail
9 28 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.28%) Retail Banking
12 22 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 21 (2.00%) Legal
13 21 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.52%) Marketing
16 15 (1.43%) Automotive
16 15 (1.43%) Front Office
17 14 (1.33%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 240 (22.84%) Analyst
2 203 (19.31%) Business Analyst
3 111 (10.56%) Architect
4 102 (9.71%) Project Manager
5 83 (7.90%) Developer
6 80 (7.61%) Senior
7 73 (6.95%) Lead
8 48 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (3.24%) Technical Business Analyst
10 33 (3.14%) Scrum Master
10 33 (3.14%) Technical Analyst
11 31 (2.95%) Tester
12 30 (2.85%) Service Architect
13 29 (2.76%) Consultant
13 29 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (2.66%) Senior Business Analyst
15 24 (2.28%) Banking Analyst
15 24 (2.28%) Product Owner
16 23 (2.19%) Banking Business Analyst
17 22 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.37%) REST
2 45 (4.28%) RESTful
3 37 (3.52%) Kafka
4 30 (2.85%) .NET
4 30 (2.85%) Spring
5 29 (2.76%) HTML
6 25 (2.38%) JSON
7 23 (2.19%) SOAP
7 23 (2.19%) Spring Boot
8 20 (1.90%) Node.js
9 19 (1.81%) Playwright
10 17 (1.62%) React
10 17 (1.62%) XML
11 15 (1.43%) OAuth
11 15 (1.43%) YAML
12 14 (1.33%) LDAP
12 14 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
12 14 (1.33%) Swagger
13 13 (1.24%) ADO
13 13 (1.24%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 181 (17.22%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 45 (4.28%) Cloud Native
4 30 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.09%) PMI
7 21 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (2.00%) Mobile App
8 20 (1.90%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.24%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 10 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.95%) NHS
13 9 (0.86%) Equities
13 9 (0.86%) Replication
13 9 (0.86%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 82 (7.80%) Linux
2 65 (6.18%) Windows
3 21 (2.00%) Unix
4 16 (1.52%) Android
5 12 (1.14%) VMS
6 8 (0.76%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
7 7 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.57%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.095%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (61.85%) Agile
2 306 (29.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 263 (25.02%) DevOps
4 244 (23.22%) Scrum
5 215 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (17.51%) CI/CD
7 170 (16.18%) User Stories
8 168 (15.98%) Project Management
9 161 (15.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 148 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 140 (13.32%) Acceptance Criteria
12 115 (10.94%) Change Management
13 112 (10.66%) Project Delivery
14 111 (10.56%) Roadmaps
15 107 (10.18%) Decision-Making
16 106 (10.09%) Migration
16 106 (10.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 106 (10.09%) Test Automation
17 104 (9.90%) Workshop Facilitation
18 97 (9.23%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 152 (14.46%) Python
2 120 (11.42%) SQL
3 75 (7.14%) Java
4 60 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 56 (5.33%) JavaScript
6 27 (2.57%) Bash
7 22 (2.09%) C#
8 21 (2.00%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.24%) Go
10 9 (0.86%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.86%) C++
11 8 (0.76%) Groovy
12 7 (0.67%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.57%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.57%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.48%) Perl
15 3 (0.29%) C
15 3 (0.29%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.29%) PHP
15 3 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 294 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 245 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 216 (20.55%) Degree
4 57 (5.42%) PMI Certification
5 51 (4.85%) TOGAF Certification
6 50 (4.76%) PMP
7 45 (4.28%) CISSP
8 41 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 35 (3.33%) CISM
9 35 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (2.85%) Master's Degree
11 27 (2.57%) DV Cleared
12 22 (2.09%) CBAP
13 18 (1.71%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.43%) IIBA
15 12 (1.14%) CSPO
15 12 (1.14%) MBA
16 11 (1.05%) SAFe Agilist
17 10 (0.95%) Azure Certification
17 10 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (9.23%) QA
2 36 (3.43%) GDPR
2 36 (3.43%) PMO
3 29 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 27 (2.57%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.81%) NIST
6 13 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.14%) PSD2
8 11 (1.05%) GRC
9 9 (0.86%) Basel III
10 8 (0.76%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.76%) WCAG
11 5 (0.48%) NCSC
11 5 (0.48%) SEPA
11 5 (0.48%) SLA
12 4 (0.38%) COBIT
12 4 (0.38%) P3O
13 3 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 91 (8.66%) Docker
2 18 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.33%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.14%) Squid
5 10 (0.95%) vSphere
6 8 (0.76%) DFS Replication
6 8 (0.76%) Postfix
7 7 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.67%) Firmware
8 6 (0.57%) Dovecot
9 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.095%) etcd
12 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.095%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 95 (9.04%) Kubernetes
2 74 (7.04%) Terraform
3 58 (5.52%) Ansible
4 31 (2.95%) Grafana
5 30 (2.85%) OPNET
6 20 (1.90%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.81%) Consul
8 17 (1.62%) Packer
9 13 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (1.05%) NetBackup
11 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
11 10 (0.95%) Puppet
11 10 (0.95%) vRealize
12 7 (0.67%) VxRail
13 6 (0.57%) Nessus
13 6 (0.57%) Proxmox
14 5 (0.48%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.48%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.48%) Istio
14 5 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 125 (11.89%) Atlassian
2 112 (10.66%) Microsoft
3 68 (6.47%) ServiceNow
4 49 (4.66%) Oracle
5 48 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 38 (3.62%) Remedy
7 31 (2.95%) BiZZdesign
8 25 (2.38%) Red Hat
9 22 (2.09%) VMware
10 21 (2.00%) SAP
11 20 (1.90%) IBM
12 19 (1.81%) Cisco
13 18 (1.71%) Commvault
13 18 (1.71%) Sonatype
14 17 (1.62%) Google
14 17 (1.62%) HP
15 16 (1.52%) Splunk
16 15 (1.43%) CyberArk
17 14 (1.33%) Dell
18 13 (1.24%) CheckPoint