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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 96 135
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 -23
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,128 761 746
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.37% 2.62% 1.75%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.02% 23.34% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 493 490
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £630
90th Percentile £696 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £485 £538
% change year-on-year -3.30% -9.77% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £23.85 £51.49 £24.70
25th Percentile £48.40 £56.41 £35.38
Median hourly rate £62.75 £63.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72.06 £76.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £78.38 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.25 £63.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -0.78% -8.93% +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 4,175 3,261 4,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.75% 11.22% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,825 2,169 2,872
10th Percentile £313 £275 £258
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £686 £713 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.89% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 69 159
10th Percentile £15.66 £16.65 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.20 £22.50 £15.43
Median hourly rate £32.50 £46.18 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.62% +62.04% -36.67%
75th Percentile £68.63 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.22 £52.50 £24.47
% change year-on-year -32.91% +114.59% -11.04%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -1 998 £500 -2.15% 212
UK excluding London -7 614 £469 -3.30% 157
London +3 418 £519 -1.23% 73
Work from Home +21 348 £492 +9.33% 145
Midlands +23 200 £455 -5.21% 29
North of England -18 195 £447 +5.18% 26
West Midlands +17 152 £459 -9.95% 24
North West +10 102 £431 +5.12% 13
Yorkshire -29 85 £461 +2.50% 10
South West -4 79 £725 +28.60% 26
South East -49 79 £500 +11.11% 43
Scotland -4 50 £553 +21.10% 13
East Midlands +1 45 £423 -5.48% 5
East of England -35 19 £350 -23.29% 11
North East -19 8 £428 -18.57% 3
Wales -8 6 £650 +52.94% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 1

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
1 107 (9.49%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.95%) SAS
3 13 (1.15%) nginx
4 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.53%) CMS
6 4 (0.35%) Apache
6 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.35%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) CICS
8 2 (0.18%) JBoss
8 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.089%) Drupal
9 1 (0.089%) Mendix
Applications
1 98 (8.69%) Microsoft Project
2 90 (7.98%) MS Visio
3 84 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 73 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
5 59 (5.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.62%) Notion
6 7 (0.62%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.089%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.089%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.089%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.089%) InDesign
8 1 (0.089%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.53%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.44%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.27%) Actimize
5 3 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Primavera
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.089%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.089%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.089%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (20.04%) AWS
2 218 (19.33%) Azure
3 124 (10.99%) GitHub
4 95 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (7.54%) Power Platform
6 50 (4.43%) Amazon S3
7 45 (3.99%) Serverless
8 42 (3.72%) GCP
9 41 (3.63%) SaaS
10 40 (3.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 38 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
12 36 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 36 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
12 36 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (2.66%) Miro
15 28 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (2.39%) Entra ID
17 23 (2.04%) Figma
18 21 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.84%) Firewall
2 19 (1.68%) Network Security
2 19 (1.68%) SSL
2 19 (1.68%) VPN
3 18 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.60%) WAN
4 15 (1.33%) DNS
4 15 (1.33%) LAN
5 13 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.89%) Ethernet
6 10 (0.89%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.62%) Modbus
7 7 (0.62%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.62%) PSTN
7 7 (0.62%) RS-232
7 7 (0.62%) RS-485
7 7 (0.62%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.62%) SSH
8 6 (0.53%) HTTP
9 5 (0.44%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.74%) Power BI
2 46 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.93%) Tableau
5 27 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (2.04%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.95%) DynamoDB
8 21 (1.86%) SQL Server
9 20 (1.77%) Metadata
9 20 (1.77%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (1.15%) Big Data
11 13 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.15%) DocumentDB
12 12 (1.06%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (0.89%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.80%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1,034 (91.67%) JIRA
2 132 (11.70%) Git
3 118 (10.46%) Jenkins
4 68 (6.03%) GitLab
5 55 (4.88%) Selenium
6 46 (4.08%) Bitbucket
7 33 (2.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.75%) Postman
9 28 (2.48%) JUnit
10 27 (2.39%) Cucumber
11 26 (2.30%) JMeter
12 22 (1.95%) SonarQube
13 20 (1.77%) Cypress.io
14 17 (1.51%) Zephyr
15 16 (1.42%) WebDriver
16 15 (1.33%) Artifactory
17 12 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 11 (0.98%) ScriptRunner
19 10 (0.89%) REST Assured
20 9 (0.80%) IntelliJ
General
1 480 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 323 (28.63%) Finance
3 221 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (16.13%) Banking
5 168 (14.89%) Public Sector
6 54 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
7 52 (4.61%) Military
8 37 (3.28%) Retail
9 30 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.30%) Legal
11 24 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.13%) Retail Banking
12 22 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.51%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
15 14 (1.24%) Marketing
16 13 (1.15%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 269 (23.85%) Analyst
2 224 (19.86%) Business Analyst
3 116 (10.28%) Senior
4 104 (9.22%) Architect
5 96 (8.51%) Developer
6 76 (6.74%) Lead
6 76 (6.74%) Project Manager
7 49 (4.34%) Scrum Master
8 41 (3.63%) Consultant
9 38 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
10 35 (3.10%) Data Engineer
11 32 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (2.75%) Tester
13 29 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (2.39%) Technical Analyst
14 27 (2.39%) Technical Business Analyst
15 26 (2.30%) Service Architect
16 25 (2.22%) Banking Analyst
16 25 (2.22%) Product Owner
17 24 (2.13%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (4.43%) REST
2 46 (4.08%) Spring
3 34 (3.01%) RESTful
4 28 (2.48%) ADO
4 28 (2.48%) React
5 27 (2.39%) HTML
5 27 (2.39%) Spring Boot
6 24 (2.13%) Node.js
7 22 (1.95%) Kafka
8 21 (1.86%) JSON
9 19 (1.68%) .NET
10 18 (1.60%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.51%) SOAP
11 17 (1.51%) WireMock
12 15 (1.33%) Playwright
12 15 (1.33%) XML
13 14 (1.24%) OpenID
14 13 (1.15%) Swagger
15 12 (1.06%) AWS CDK
15 12 (1.06%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 193 (17.11%) Product Ownership
2 54 (4.79%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.39%) Virtual Team
5 25 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.68%) PMI
8 17 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 13 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
12 12 (1.06%) Mobile App
13 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.80%) IoT
15 9 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.91%) Linux
2 51 (4.52%) Windows
3 21 (1.86%) Unix
4 15 (1.33%) Android
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.44%) AIX
8 5 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.27%) zOS
11 2 (0.18%) Solaris
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.089%) MVS
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (62.85%) Agile
2 316 (28.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 286 (25.35%) DevOps
4 267 (23.67%) Scrum
5 251 (22.25%) CI/CD
6 216 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
7 193 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 183 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 179 (15.87%) User Stories
10 162 (14.36%) Test Automation
11 151 (13.39%) Acceptance Criteria
12 150 (13.30%) Project Management
13 147 (13.03%) Migration
14 114 (10.11%) Roadmaps
14 114 (10.11%) Workshop Facilitation
15 108 (9.57%) Change Management
16 107 (9.49%) Kanban
16 107 (9.49%) Project Delivery
16 107 (9.49%) Requirements Gathering
17 103 (9.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.83%) SQL
2 138 (12.23%) Python
3 89 (7.89%) Java
4 58 (5.14%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.37%) PowerShell
6 32 (2.84%) Bash
6 32 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.77%) PL/SQL
8 16 (1.42%) C#
9 11 (0.98%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.98%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.89%) C++
10 10 (0.89%) Groovy
11 9 (0.80%) Perl
12 7 (0.62%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 402 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 336 (29.79%) SC Cleared
3 165 (14.63%) Degree
4 55 (4.88%) PMI Certification
5 50 (4.43%) PMP
6 43 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (3.37%) TOGAF Certification
8 37 (3.28%) DV Cleared
9 31 (2.75%) CISSP
10 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (2.13%) CISM
12 22 (1.95%) CBAP
13 21 (1.86%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.86%) SAFe Agilist
14 20 (1.77%) AWS Certification
15 19 (1.68%) IIBA
16 16 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.98%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.98%) MBA
18 9 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.07%) QA
2 52 (4.61%) Data Quality
3 51 (4.52%) PMO
4 41 (3.63%) GDPR
5 36 (3.19%) Accessibility
6 26 (2.30%) NIST
7 20 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.42%) GRC
9 12 (1.06%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.80%) SLA
10 9 (0.80%) WCAG
11 8 (0.71%) Basel III
12 7 (0.62%) MiFID
13 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.53%) PSD2
14 5 (0.44%) HL7
15 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.35%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.35%) P3O
System Software
1 89 (7.89%) Docker
2 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.62%) Firmware
5 6 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.27%) HDFS
7 2 (0.18%) Ceph
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.089%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 96 (8.51%) Terraform
3 61 (5.41%) Ansible
4 47 (4.17%) Grafana
5 32 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 26 (2.30%) OPNET
7 19 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.42%) Puppet
9 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.98%) Consul
11 9 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.80%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.71%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.53%) Istio
14 5 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
15 4 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.35%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.35%) PingFederate
16 3 (0.27%) CASB
16 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 114 (10.11%) Atlassian
2 106 (9.40%) Microsoft
3 99 (8.78%) ServiceNow
4 55 (4.88%) Oracle
5 52 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.10%) SAP
7 30 (2.66%) Remedy
8 26 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 23 (2.04%) Databricks
10 21 (1.86%) Talend
11 19 (1.68%) Denodo
11 19 (1.68%) IBM
12 17 (1.51%) BiZZdesign
12 17 (1.51%) Splunk
13 15 (1.33%) Dynatrace
14 14 (1.24%) Cisco
14 14 (1.24%) MuleSoft
14 14 (1.24%) Sonatype
15 13 (1.15%) Google
16 11 (0.98%) Informatica