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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 100 125
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -30
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,087 770 839
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.67% 2.52% 1.89%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.48% 21.89% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 486 556
10th Percentile £330 £312 £363
25th Percentile £400 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £541
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -5.40% -1.59%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £706 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £511 £550
% change year-on-year -7.05% -7.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 27
10th Percentile £26.55 £55.79 £36.50
25th Percentile £30.16 £60.81 £50.63
Median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £66.73 £66.56 £73.45
90th Percentile £79.23 £74.63 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.23 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -30.83% -10.71% +30.84%

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 3,956 3,517 4,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 11.52% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,732 2,180 2,862
10th Percentile £304 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.52% -5.65%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 69 165
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £26.31 £41.91 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% +56.50% +20.85%
75th Percentile £69.44 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.70 £66.00 £68.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £48.82 £24.00
% change year-on-year -44.26% +103.40% +17.07%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +14 976 £500 -2.34% 205
UK excluding London +9 577 £475 -7.05% 163
London -8 423 £525 +5.00% 65
Work from Home 0 276 £464 -2.37% 109
North of England +17 209 £450 -11.76% 31
Midlands +12 134 £442 -5.68% 35
Yorkshire -17 109 £500 -8.85% 12
South West +16 99 £725 +26.09% 32
West Midlands +4 97 £450 -5.66% 28
North West +28 94 £424 -3.14% 19
South East -26 73 £500 +5.26% 48
Scotland +13 45 £463 +8.82% 4
East Midlands -8 35 £411 -2.14% 7
East of England -32 21 £425 +4.68% 12
North East -15 6 £388 -13.89% 1
Wales -7 3 £400 -24.17% 3
Northern Ireland -1 2 £458 -

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 91 (8.37%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.22%) nginx
3 15 (1.38%) CMS
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.92%) SAS
5 8 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.64%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.28%) Traefik
10 2 (0.18%) CICS
10 2 (0.18%) FileNet
10 2 (0.18%) IIS
10 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 112 (10.30%) Microsoft Project
2 104 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 97 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
4 93 (8.56%) MS Visio
5 73 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (1.10%) Trello
7 5 (0.46%) Notion
8 3 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.18%) InDesign
9 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.092%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.092%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.092%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.64%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.092%) Actimize
7 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.092%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.092%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.092%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 192 (17.66%) AWS
2 173 (15.92%) Azure
3 127 (11.68%) GitHub
4 76 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (5.43%) Power Platform
6 38 (3.50%) GCP
7 31 (2.85%) Amazon S3
8 30 (2.76%) Miro
8 30 (2.76%) SaaS
9 28 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
9 28 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 27 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (2.48%) Lucidchart
11 26 (2.39%) Serverless
12 22 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (1.75%) Entra ID
16 18 (1.66%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.40%) Firewall
2 20 (1.84%) VPN
3 19 (1.75%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.75%) WAN
4 18 (1.66%) Network Security
5 17 (1.56%) DNS
6 15 (1.38%) SSH
7 13 (1.20%) LAN
8 12 (1.10%) SSL
9 11 (1.01%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.83%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.83%) FTP
11 9 (0.83%) VSAN
12 8 (0.74%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.64%) HTTP
13 7 (0.64%) Modbus
13 7 (0.64%) RS-232
13 7 (0.64%) RS-485
14 6 (0.55%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.69%) Power BI
2 50 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (3.40%) Tableau
4 33 (3.04%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (2.21%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.12%) Metadata
6 23 (2.12%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.66%) Big Data
8 17 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.20%) DocumentDB
10 13 (1.20%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
12 7 (0.64%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.64%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.64%) Redis
12 7 (0.64%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 994 (91.44%) JIRA
2 126 (11.59%) Jenkins
3 115 (10.58%) Git
4 62 (5.70%) GitLab
5 39 (3.59%) Bitbucket
5 39 (3.59%) Selenium
6 28 (2.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 27 (2.48%) Postman
8 26 (2.39%) SonarQube
9 25 (2.30%) Cucumber
9 25 (2.30%) JUnit
10 14 (1.29%) JMeter
11 11 (1.01%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.01%) Maven
12 9 (0.83%) Android Studio
12 9 (0.83%) ScriptRunner
12 9 (0.83%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.74%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 482 (44.34%) Social Skills
2 320 (29.44%) Finance
3 211 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (16.28%) Banking
5 140 (12.88%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.51%) Military
8 37 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (3.04%) Retail
10 28 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (2.21%) Retail Banking
13 23 (2.12%) Legal
14 20 (1.84%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.47%) Marketing
16 13 (1.20%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.10%) Automotive
17 12 (1.10%) Front Office
17 12 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 252 (23.18%) Analyst
2 210 (19.32%) Business Analyst
3 114 (10.49%) Architect
4 104 (9.57%) Project Manager
5 89 (8.19%) Senior
6 78 (7.18%) Developer
6 78 (7.18%) Lead
7 45 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
9 34 (3.13%) Scrum Master
9 34 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
9 34 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
10 33 (3.04%) Tester
11 31 (2.85%) Consultant
12 30 (2.76%) Service Architect
13 27 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
13 27 (2.48%) Senior Business Analyst
14 24 (2.21%) Banking Analyst
14 24 (2.21%) Technical Manager
15 23 (2.12%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.16%) REST
2 41 (3.77%) Spring
3 36 (3.31%) RESTful
4 35 (3.22%) Kafka
5 27 (2.48%) HTML
6 26 (2.39%) JSON
7 25 (2.30%) Spring Boot
8 23 (2.12%) .NET
9 20 (1.84%) XML
10 19 (1.75%) Playwright
10 19 (1.75%) SOAP
11 18 (1.66%) Node.js
12 17 (1.56%) ADO
12 17 (1.56%) OAuth
13 16 (1.47%) React
14 15 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (1.38%) YAML
15 13 (1.20%) WireMock
16 12 (1.10%) Middleware
16 12 (1.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 174 (16.01%) Product Ownership
2 53 (4.88%) Cloud Native
3 44 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.93%) PMI
7 20 (1.84%) Mobile App
7 20 (1.84%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.66%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.01%) NHS
13 11 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 9 (0.83%) Equities
15 9 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.83%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.91%) Linux
2 59 (5.43%) Windows
3 21 (1.93%) Unix
4 17 (1.56%) Android
5 11 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.74%) VMS
7 7 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.55%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Solaris
12 1 (0.092%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.092%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.092%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (60.44%) Agile
2 313 (28.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 265 (24.38%) DevOps
4 241 (22.17%) Scrum
5 216 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (18.12%) CI/CD
7 172 (15.82%) Project Management
8 170 (15.64%) User Stories
9 168 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 162 (14.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 141 (12.97%) Acceptance Criteria
12 117 (10.76%) Decision-Making
13 116 (10.67%) Change Management
14 115 (10.58%) Roadmaps
15 113 (10.40%) Project Delivery
15 113 (10.40%) Test Automation
16 111 (10.21%) Migration
17 108 (9.94%) Workshop Facilitation
18 101 (9.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 95 (8.74%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.52%) Python
2 121 (11.13%) SQL
3 72 (6.62%) Java
4 58 (5.34%) PowerShell
5 52 (4.78%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.76%) Bash
7 21 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.75%) C#
9 11 (1.01%) Go
9 11 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.83%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.83%) C++
11 7 (0.64%) Embedded C++
11 7 (0.64%) Perl
12 6 (0.55%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) Bicep
14 3 (0.28%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.28%) PHP
14 3 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 318 (29.25%) Security Cleared
2 268 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 217 (19.96%) Degree
4 58 (5.34%) PMI Certification
5 54 (4.97%) PMP
6 52 (4.78%) TOGAF Certification
7 48 (4.42%) CISSP
8 44 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 40 (3.68%) CISM
10 34 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.85%) Master's Degree
12 25 (2.30%) DV Cleared
13 23 (2.12%) CBAP
14 16 (1.47%) IIBA
15 15 (1.38%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.10%) MBA
17 11 (1.01%) CSPO
18 10 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (0.92%) PhD
18 10 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.37%) QA
2 43 (3.96%) GDPR
3 41 (3.77%) PMO
4 33 (3.04%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 23 (2.12%) NIST
7 19 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (1.10%) GRC
10 10 (0.92%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.83%) Basel III
12 8 (0.74%) WCAG
13 7 (0.64%) PSD2
14 6 (0.55%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.46%) NCSC
15 5 (0.46%) SLA
16 4 (0.37%) COBIT
16 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.37%) MiFID
16 4 (0.37%) P3O
System Software
1 94 (8.65%) Docker
2 16 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.92%) Squid
5 9 (0.83%) vSphere
6 7 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.64%) Firmware
7 5 (0.46%) Postfix
8 4 (0.37%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.28%) Dovecot
9 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.092%) etcd
11 1 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 107 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 77 (7.08%) Terraform
3 60 (5.52%) Ansible
4 35 (3.22%) Grafana
5 30 (2.76%) OPNET
6 24 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 20 (1.84%) Consul
8 17 (1.56%) Packer
9 15 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (1.20%) Puppet
11 12 (1.10%) NetBackup
12 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.92%) vRealize
13 7 (0.64%) VxRail
14 6 (0.55%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.46%) Istio
16 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
16 4 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
17 3 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 123 (11.32%) Atlassian
2 109 (10.03%) Microsoft
3 77 (7.08%) ServiceNow
4 50 (4.60%) Oracle
5 49 (4.51%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.31%) Remedy
7 32 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
8 30 (2.76%) Red Hat
9 24 (2.21%) SAP
10 23 (2.12%) IBM
11 20 (1.84%) VMware
12 19 (1.75%) Commvault
13 18 (1.66%) Sonatype
14 17 (1.56%) Cisco
14 17 (1.56%) CyberArk
15 16 (1.47%) Google
16 15 (1.38%) Databricks
16 15 (1.38%) HP
17 14 (1.29%) Splunk
18 13 (1.20%) CheckPoint