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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 94 129
Rank change year-on-year -13 +35 -14
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,150 791 773
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.28% 2.66% 1.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.36% 23.69% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 529 526
10th Percentile £350 £329 £356
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -2.60%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £625
90th Percentile £684 £671 £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 25
10th Percentile £26.99 £53.94 £25.10
25th Percentile £55.47 £62.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £74.50 £77.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £80.63 £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 4,363 3,339 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.66% 11.22% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,925 2,207 3,069
10th Percentile £313 £289 £262
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -1.57%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £624
90th Percentile £675 £709 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 70 166
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.33 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.35 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +65.56% -39.60%
75th Percentile £61.17 £69.00 £51.91
90th Percentile £74.85 £78.88 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £53.61 £30.00
% change year-on-year -39.38% +78.70% -40.00%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +2 1,003 £488 -4.79% 165
UK excluding London -9 629 £465 -2.11% 134
London +4 426 £525 -4.55% 72
Work from Home +8 386 £492 +8.73% 106
North of England -20 207 £444 +4.47% 31
Midlands +32 198 £459 -1.82% 15
West Midlands +29 156 £463 -2.63% 12
North West +5 112 £431 +5.00% 14
Yorkshire -34 87 £455 +10.30% 15
South East -35 85 £500 +8.11% 48
Scotland -4 67 £555 +23.33% 9
South West -15 60 £553 -3.91% 16
East Midlands +2 40 £413 +23.87% 3
East of England -29 20 £350 -24.32% 11
North East -41 8 £375 -30.23% 2
Wales -16 7 £650 +36.84% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 6

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
1 101 (8.78%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.61%) SAS
3 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.13%) nginx
4 6 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.52%) CMS
5 5 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.35%) Apache
6 4 (0.35%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.26%) CICS
7 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.17%) Camunda
8 2 (0.17%) Drupal
8 2 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.087%) Appian
9 1 (0.087%) Mendix
Applications
1 87 (7.57%) MS Visio
2 84 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 65 (5.65%) Microsoft Project
4 56 (4.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 47 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.43%) Trello
7 4 (0.35%) Notion
8 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.087%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 9 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.52%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.35%) Actimize
5 3 (0.26%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.26%) Primavera
5 3 (0.26%) Summit
6 2 (0.17%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.17%) BASE24
6 2 (0.17%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.17%) Maximo
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.087%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 265 (23.04%) AWS
2 239 (20.78%) Azure
3 121 (10.52%) GitHub
4 109 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (8.17%) Power Platform
6 68 (5.91%) Amazon S3
7 56 (4.87%) Serverless
8 49 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 48 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
9 48 (4.17%) GCP
10 44 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 31 (2.70%) SaaS
13 29 (2.52%) Miro
14 28 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
14 28 (2.43%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (1.83%) Figma
17 20 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.70%) Firewall
2 23 (2.00%) Network Security
3 19 (1.65%) DNS
4 18 (1.57%) WAN
5 17 (1.48%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.22%) LAN
6 14 (1.22%) VPN
7 13 (1.13%) SSL
8 12 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.87%) SSH
9 10 (0.87%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.78%) HTTP
11 7 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.61%) OpenVPN
11 7 (0.61%) PSTN
11 7 (0.61%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.43%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.43%) Modbus
12 5 (0.43%) RS-232
12 5 (0.43%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.22%) Power BI
2 58 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
4 30 (2.61%) Tableau
5 29 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
6 28 (2.43%) DynamoDB
7 25 (2.17%) MongoDB
8 23 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
8 23 (2.00%) SQL Server
9 20 (1.74%) Metadata
10 16 (1.39%) Data Lake
10 16 (1.39%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (1.13%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.04%) Pentaho
14 11 (0.96%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.87%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.87%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1,052 (91.48%) JIRA
2 154 (13.39%) Git
3 127 (11.04%) Jenkins
4 104 (9.04%) GitLab
5 55 (4.78%) Selenium
6 48 (4.17%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.78%) JUnit
7 32 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.70%) Cucumber
9 29 (2.52%) JMeter
10 28 (2.43%) Postman
11 22 (1.91%) Artifactory
12 20 (1.74%) SonarQube
13 19 (1.65%) Cypress.io
13 19 (1.65%) WebDriver
13 19 (1.65%) Zephyr
14 13 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 12 (1.04%) REST Assured
16 11 (0.96%) ScriptRunner
17 9 (0.78%) Maven
General
1 444 (38.61%) Social Skills
2 331 (28.78%) Finance
3 199 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (16.70%) Banking
5 174 (15.13%) Public Sector
6 59 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.04%) Retail
8 31 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.43%) Legal
10 26 (2.26%) Retail Banking
11 24 (2.09%) Military
12 23 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.39%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
17 13 (1.13%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.13%) Marketing
18 11 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 9 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 251 (21.83%) Analyst
2 204 (17.74%) Business Analyst
3 117 (10.17%) Senior
4 106 (9.22%) Developer
5 87 (7.57%) Architect
6 74 (6.43%) Lead
7 61 (5.30%) Project Manager
8 55 (4.78%) Scrum Master
9 53 (4.61%) Data Engineer
10 45 (3.91%) Consultant
11 40 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
12 33 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (2.70%) Product Owner
13 31 (2.70%) Tester
14 27 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (2.09%) DevOps Engineer
16 23 (2.00%) Technical Analyst
16 23 (2.00%) Technical Business Analyst
17 21 (1.83%) Banking Analyst
17 21 (1.83%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.26%) REST
2 41 (3.57%) Spring
3 35 (3.04%) JSON
4 31 (2.70%) RESTful
5 30 (2.61%) React
6 27 (2.35%) .NET
7 26 (2.26%) HTML
8 25 (2.17%) ADO
9 22 (1.91%) PySpark
10 21 (1.83%) AngularJS
11 20 (1.74%) CSS
11 20 (1.74%) Spring Boot
12 19 (1.65%) WireMock
13 18 (1.57%) SOAP
14 17 (1.48%) XML
15 16 (1.39%) OpenID
16 14 (1.22%) Kafka
16 14 (1.22%) Node.js
17 13 (1.13%) AWS CDK
17 13 (1.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 179 (15.57%) Product Ownership
2 67 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.87%) Cloud Native
4 27 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 27 (2.35%) Virtual Team
5 24 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.48%) PMI
8 17 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
10 15 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 12 (1.04%) Data Structures
12 11 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 11 (0.96%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.78%) IoT
14 9 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.48%) Linux
2 58 (5.04%) Windows
3 34 (2.96%) Unix
4 13 (1.13%) Android
5 11 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.43%) AIX
6 5 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.26%) Solaris
8 3 (0.26%) zOS
9 2 (0.17%) MVS
9 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.087%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.087%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.087%) SUSE
10 1 (0.087%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (62.26%) Agile
2 328 (28.52%) DevOps
3 313 (27.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 279 (24.26%) Scrum
5 278 (24.17%) CI/CD
6 221 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
7 212 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (16.09%) Test Automation
9 182 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 175 (15.22%) User Stories
11 159 (13.83%) Migration
12 122 (10.61%) Project Management
13 120 (10.43%) Kanban
14 119 (10.35%) Acceptance Criteria
15 115 (10.00%) Roadmaps
16 111 (9.65%) SDLC
17 108 (9.39%) Project Delivery
17 108 (9.39%) User Acceptance Testing
18 106 (9.22%) Change Management
19 105 (9.13%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 197 (17.13%) SQL
2 164 (14.26%) Python
3 84 (7.30%) Java
4 57 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.57%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.48%) PL/SQL
7 39 (3.39%) Bash
8 34 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.00%) C#
10 12 (1.04%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.04%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.87%) Groovy
11 10 (0.87%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.87%) Perl
12 8 (0.70%) C++
13 7 (0.61%) Bicep
13 7 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.43%) Embedded C++
15 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 401 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 337 (29.30%) SC Cleared
3 129 (11.22%) Degree
4 52 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (4.17%) PMI Certification
6 42 (3.65%) PMP
7 41 (3.57%) DV Cleared
8 32 (2.78%) CISSP
9 26 (2.26%) AWS Certification
10 25 (2.17%) CISM
11 23 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.65%) SAFe Agilist
13 18 (1.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 17 (1.48%) Master's Degree
15 16 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (1.22%) IIBA
17 13 (1.13%) CBAP
17 13 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.96%) Azure Certification
19 9 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (8.87%) QA
2 67 (5.83%) Data Quality
3 54 (4.70%) PMO
4 38 (3.30%) GDPR
5 35 (3.04%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.17%) NIST
7 20 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.39%) GRC
9 14 (1.22%) WCAG
10 13 (1.13%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.04%) NCSC
12 10 (0.87%) SLA
13 7 (0.61%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.52%) MiFID
15 5 (0.43%) Basel III
15 5 (0.43%) HL7
15 5 (0.43%) PSD2
16 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 91 (7.91%) Docker
2 17 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.96%) Squid
4 6 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.43%) Firmware
6 3 (0.26%) Ceph
6 3 (0.26%) HDFS
6 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) Postfix
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 113 (9.83%) Terraform
2 97 (8.43%) Kubernetes
3 61 (5.30%) Ansible
4 51 (4.43%) Grafana
5 35 (3.04%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (1.13%) Consul
8 13 (1.13%) Puppet
9 9 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.78%) NetBackup
10 8 (0.70%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (0.43%) Istio
12 4 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.35%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.35%) PingFederate
13 3 (0.26%) Foglight
13 3 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 3 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 116 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 88 (7.65%) Atlassian
3 85 (7.39%) ServiceNow
4 81 (7.04%) Oracle
5 48 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.78%) SAP
6 32 (2.78%) Talend
7 28 (2.43%) Denodo
8 26 (2.26%) Red Hat
9 24 (2.09%) Databricks
10 22 (1.91%) Informatica
11 20 (1.74%) IBM
12 18 (1.57%) Google
13 16 (1.39%) Splunk
14 15 (1.30%) BiZZdesign
14 15 (1.30%) Dynatrace
14 15 (1.30%) MuleSoft
15 12 (1.04%) Cisco
15 12 (1.04%) Sonatype
16 11 (0.96%) Zscaler