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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 96 133
Rank change year-on-year -15 +37 -21
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,118 756 746
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.26% 2.60% 1.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.19% 23.35% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 500 499
10th Percentile £350 £333 £356
25th Percentile £406 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £488 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.30% -0.69%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £629
90th Percentile £675 £663 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £459 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -3.37% -11.63% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 21
10th Percentile £23.85 £53.36 £25.00
25th Percentile £48.40 £62.50 £36.75
Median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72.06 £76.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £78.38 £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 4,269 3,238 4,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.64% 11.15% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,871 2,137 3,004
10th Percentile £313 £281 £262
25th Percentile £403 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £620
90th Percentile £675 £703 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 62 162
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.33 £13.28
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.35 £15.54
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +74.07% -42.55%
75th Percentile £63.38 £69.00 £48.11
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £53.61 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.71% +78.70% -29.41%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +6 977 £488 -2.55% 247
UK excluding London 0 613 £459 -3.37% 174
London -2 411 £525 -4.55% 106
Work from Home +16 380 £488 +8.33% 141
North of England -18 202 £445 +5.95% 34
Midlands +37 201 £459 -0.22% 24
West Midlands +24 156 £459 -3.37% 14
North West +3 110 £430 +4.88% 20
South East -34 89 £488 +8.33% 52
Yorkshire -39 84 £468 +13.33% 10
Scotland -7 60 £565 +25.56% 12
South West -24 53 £558 -3.04% 25
East Midlands +5 42 £407 +4.16% 10
East of England -32 17 £350 -24.32% 15
North East -29 8 £428 -22.27% 4
Wales -19 7 £650 +36.84% 9
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 (9.48%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.68%) SAS
3 13 (1.16%) nginx
4 12 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.54%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.36%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.27%) Apache
7 3 (0.27%) CICS
7 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.089%) Appian
9 1 (0.089%) Mendix
9 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (7.42%) MS Visio
2 76 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 69 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
4 54 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.45%) 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 (0.54%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.45%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.36%) Actimize
4 4 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
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
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.089%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 248 (22.18%) AWS
2 217 (19.41%) Azure
3 121 (10.82%) GitHub
4 96 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (7.78%) Power Platform
6 59 (5.28%) Amazon S3
7 52 (4.65%) Serverless
8 44 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 42 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
10 42 (3.76%) GCP
10 42 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 32 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
12 32 (2.86%) SaaS
13 28 (2.50%) Miro
14 27 (2.42%) Entra ID
14 27 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (1.88%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.68%) Firewall
2 22 (1.97%) Network Security
3 19 (1.70%) DNS
3 19 (1.70%) WAN
4 17 (1.52%) SSL
5 16 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.25%) LAN
6 14 (1.25%) VPN
7 13 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.98%) SSH
9 10 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.72%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.63%) HTTP
11 7 (0.63%) OpenVPN
11 7 (0.63%) PSTN
12 5 (0.45%) Modbus
12 5 (0.45%) MPLS
12 5 (0.45%) RS-232
12 5 (0.45%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.89%) Power BI
2 50 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (2.59%) Tableau
5 26 (2.33%) DynamoDB
6 24 (2.15%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.97%) SQL Server
8 21 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (1.61%) Metadata
10 17 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (1.52%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (1.07%) Big Data
12 12 (1.07%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (1.07%) Pentaho
13 10 (0.89%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.81%) DocumentDB
15 8 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1,024 (91.59%) JIRA
2 138 (12.34%) Git
3 122 (10.91%) Jenkins
4 92 (8.23%) GitLab
5 57 (5.10%) Selenium
6 47 (4.20%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.77%) JUnit
9 30 (2.68%) Cucumber
9 30 (2.68%) Postman
10 29 (2.59%) JMeter
11 22 (1.97%) Artifactory
12 20 (1.79%) Cypress.io
12 20 (1.79%) SonarQube
13 19 (1.70%) WebDriver
14 18 (1.61%) Zephyr
15 12 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 11 (0.98%) ScriptRunner
17 10 (0.89%) REST Assured
18 9 (0.81%) IntelliJ
General
1 445 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 317 (28.35%) Finance
3 196 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (16.55%) Banking
5 165 (14.76%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.40%) Retail
8 32 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.50%) Legal
10 26 (2.33%) Retail Banking
11 24 (2.15%) Military
12 22 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
15 15 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.25%) Investment Banking
17 12 (1.07%) Marketing
18 10 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 9 (0.81%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 259 (23.17%) Analyst
2 212 (18.96%) Business Analyst
3 111 (9.93%) Senior
4 92 (8.23%) Developer
5 79 (7.07%) Architect
6 73 (6.53%) Lead
7 63 (5.64%) Project Manager
8 50 (4.47%) Scrum Master
9 48 (4.29%) Data Engineer
10 47 (4.20%) Consultant
11 40 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
12 32 (2.86%) Tester
13 29 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (2.33%) Product Owner
15 24 (2.15%) Banking Analyst
15 24 (2.15%) DevOps Engineer
16 23 (2.06%) Technical Analyst
16 23 (2.06%) Technical Business Analyst
17 22 (1.97%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.20%) REST
2 44 (3.94%) Spring
3 30 (2.68%) RESTful
4 29 (2.59%) React
5 25 (2.24%) ADO
5 25 (2.24%) JSON
6 23 (2.06%) HTML
6 23 (2.06%) Spring Boot
7 22 (1.97%) .NET
8 19 (1.70%) AngularJS
8 19 (1.70%) Node.js
8 19 (1.70%) WireMock
9 18 (1.61%) SOAP
9 18 (1.61%) XML
10 16 (1.43%) Kafka
10 16 (1.43%) OpenID
10 16 (1.43%) PySpark
11 15 (1.34%) Playwright
12 14 (1.25%) AWS CDK
13 13 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 169 (15.12%) Product Ownership
2 53 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 52 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.15%) Virtual Team
5 23 (2.06%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
5 23 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 20 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.43%) Distributed Architecture
9 16 (1.43%) PMI
10 14 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (0.98%) Mobile App
11 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.89%) PKI
12 10 (0.89%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.81%) IoT
13 9 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.25%) Linux
2 52 (4.65%) Windows
3 32 (2.86%) Unix
4 12 (1.07%) Android
5 10 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.45%) AIX
6 5 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.45%) 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
1 682 (61.00%) Agile
2 309 (27.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 297 (26.57%) DevOps
4 271 (24.24%) Scrum
5 264 (23.61%) CI/CD
6 219 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (15.83%) Test Automation
9 175 (15.65%) User Stories
10 174 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 154 (13.77%) Migration
12 130 (11.63%) Project Management
13 121 (10.82%) Acceptance Criteria
14 116 (10.38%) Roadmaps
15 112 (10.02%) Project Delivery
16 111 (9.93%) Workshop Facilitation
17 110 (9.84%) Kanban
18 107 (9.57%) SDLC
19 105 (9.39%) Change Management
20 103 (9.21%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 178 (15.92%) SQL
2 154 (13.77%) Python
3 85 (7.60%) Java
4 52 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.49%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.40%) Bash
7 32 (2.86%) TypeScript
8 31 (2.77%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.43%) C#
10 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
11 11 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.89%) Groovy
12 10 (0.89%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.89%) Perl
13 8 (0.72%) C++
14 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.45%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.27%) Korn
17 3 (0.27%) REXX
Qualifications
1 397 (35.51%) Security Cleared
2 330 (29.52%) SC Cleared
3 133 (11.90%) Degree
4 50 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 46 (4.11%) PMI Certification
6 43 (3.85%) PMP
7 41 (3.67%) DV Cleared
8 33 (2.95%) CISSP
9 28 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (2.33%) CISM
11 23 (2.06%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.79%) SAFe Agilist
13 19 (1.70%) Master's Degree
14 16 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.43%) IIBA
15 15 (1.34%) CBAP
16 14 (1.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (0.98%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
18 10 (0.89%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.41%) QA
2 58 (5.19%) Data Quality
2 58 (5.19%) PMO
3 37 (3.31%) GDPR
4 34 (3.04%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.24%) NIST
6 19 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.34%) GRC
8 14 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.89%) SLA
9 10 (0.89%) WCAG
10 7 (0.63%) Basel III
10 7 (0.63%) JSP 440
11 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.54%) MiFID
11 6 (0.54%) NCSC
11 6 (0.54%) PSD2
12 5 (0.45%) HL7
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 90 (8.05%) Docker
2 15 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.98%) Squid
4 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.45%) 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 (9.12%) Terraform
2 96 (8.59%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.28%) Ansible
4 50 (4.47%) Grafana
5 35 (3.13%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.16%) Consul
7 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (1.16%) Puppet
8 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (0.45%) 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%) CASB
12 3 (0.27%) Foglight
12 3 (0.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 107 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.16%) Atlassian
3 78 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 71 (6.35%) Oracle
5 46 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.95%) SAP
7 31 (2.77%) Talend
8 28 (2.50%) Denodo
9 26 (2.33%) Red Hat
10 23 (2.06%) Databricks
11 20 (1.79%) IBM
12 17 (1.52%) MuleSoft
13 16 (1.43%) BiZZdesign
13 16 (1.43%) Splunk
14 15 (1.34%) Dynatrace
14 15 (1.34%) Google
14 15 (1.34%) Informatica
15 12 (1.07%) Cisco
15 12 (1.07%) Sonatype
16 11 (0.98%) Zscaler