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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 96 138
Rank change year-on-year -4 +42 -27
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,121 747 739
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.32% 2.59% 1.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.88% 23.40% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 487 493
10th Percentile £350 £331 £363
25th Percentile £413 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.01%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £630
90th Percentile £686 £674 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -1.58% -11.63% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 21
10th Percentile £23.85 £51.49 £25.00
25th Percentile £48.40 £56.41 £36.75
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 £75.00
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 4,171 3,192 4,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 11.08% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,820 2,130 2,928
10th Percentile £313 £281 £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 £675 £713 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.22% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 53 160
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.97 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.03 £32.05 £15.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +75.00% -35.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £47.61
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.74 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% +120.00% -9.09%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +11 990 £500 -0.25% 182
UK excluding London -8 610 £468 -1.58% 141
London +9 415 £525 - 71
Work from Home +18 358 £492 +9.33% 133
North of England -10 202 £447 +5.18% 26
Midlands +24 198 £456 -0.87% 15
West Midlands +28 152 £459 -10.35% 11
North West +1 104 £431 +3.86% 13
Yorkshire -20 90 £474 +8.66% 10
South East -48 78 £500 +11.11% 43
South West -11 69 £635 +12.89% 19
Scotland -8 52 £565 +25.56% 13
East Midlands +4 43 £425 +1.43% 4
East of England -30 19 £350 -24.32% 11
North East -30 8 £428 -22.27% 3
Wales -15 6 £650 +52.94% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 10

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
1 105 (9.37%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.05%) 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%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) CICS
8 2 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.089%) Mendix
9 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 90 (8.03%) MS Visio
2 87 (7.76%) Microsoft Project
3 82 (7.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 64 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
5 57 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.71%) Notion
7 7 (0.62%) Trello
8 1 (0.089%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.089%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.089%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.54%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.45%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.27%) Actimize
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.18%) Maximo
7 2 (0.18%) Primavera
7 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.18%) Summit
8 1 (0.089%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 233 (20.79%) AWS
2 217 (19.36%) Azure
3 121 (10.79%) GitHub
4 95 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 50 (4.46%) Amazon S3
7 44 (3.93%) Serverless
8 41 (3.66%) GCP
9 40 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 38 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
10 38 (3.39%) SaaS
11 36 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
11 36 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
12 35 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (2.68%) Miro
14 27 (2.41%) Entra ID
14 27 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (2.05%) Figma
16 20 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.94%) Firewall
2 21 (1.87%) Network Security
2 21 (1.87%) SSL
3 20 (1.78%) WAN
4 19 (1.69%) VPN
5 18 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.52%) DNS
7 15 (1.34%) LAN
8 13 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.80%) Ethernet
10 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.71%) HTTP
12 7 (0.62%) OpenVPN
12 7 (0.62%) PSTN
12 7 (0.62%) SSH
13 6 (0.54%) Modbus
13 6 (0.54%) RS-232
13 6 (0.54%) RS-485
14 5 (0.45%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.87%) Power BI
2 46 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.94%) Tableau
5 28 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.14%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.96%) DynamoDB
8 21 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.87%) SQL Server
9 19 (1.69%) Metadata
10 14 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (1.25%) DocumentDB
11 13 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (1.07%) Big Data
12 12 (1.07%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.89%) Relational Database
15 9 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.80%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1,025 (91.44%) JIRA
2 131 (11.69%) Git
3 117 (10.44%) Jenkins
4 72 (6.42%) GitLab
5 54 (4.82%) Selenium
6 47 (4.19%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 30 (2.68%) Postman
9 27 (2.41%) JUnit
10 26 (2.32%) Cucumber
10 26 (2.32%) JMeter
11 21 (1.87%) SonarQube
12 20 (1.78%) Cypress.io
13 17 (1.52%) Zephyr
14 16 (1.43%) Artifactory
14 16 (1.43%) WebDriver
15 12 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 11 (0.98%) ScriptRunner
17 10 (0.89%) REST Assured
18 9 (0.80%) IntelliJ
General
1 463 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 320 (28.55%) Finance
3 214 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (16.15%) Banking
5 166 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 53 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (3.75%) Military
8 39 (3.48%) Retail
9 30 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.23%) Legal
11 24 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.14%) Retail Banking
12 22 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
16 12 (1.07%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.07%) Marketing
17 9 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 262 (23.37%) Analyst
2 218 (19.45%) Business Analyst
3 115 (10.26%) Senior
4 96 (8.56%) Developer
5 95 (8.47%) Architect
6 74 (6.60%) Lead
7 71 (6.33%) Project Manager
8 49 (4.37%) Scrum Master
9 44 (3.93%) Consultant
10 38 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
11 36 (3.21%) Data Engineer
12 31 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (2.77%) Tester
13 29 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (2.32%) Product Owner
15 25 (2.23%) Technical Analyst
15 25 (2.23%) Technical Business Analyst
16 24 (2.14%) Banking Analyst
17 22 (1.96%) Banking Business Analyst
17 22 (1.96%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.55%) REST
2 46 (4.10%) Spring
3 34 (3.03%) RESTful
4 28 (2.50%) React
5 27 (2.41%) ADO
5 27 (2.41%) HTML
5 27 (2.41%) Spring Boot
6 24 (2.14%) Node.js
7 22 (1.96%) JSON
8 20 (1.78%) .NET
8 20 (1.78%) Kafka
9 18 (1.61%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.61%) XML
10 17 (1.52%) SOAP
11 16 (1.43%) WireMock
12 14 (1.25%) OpenID
12 14 (1.25%) Playwright
13 13 (1.16%) AWS CDK
13 13 (1.16%) Swagger
14 12 (1.07%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 182 (16.24%) Product Ownership
2 52 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 52 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
3 25 (2.23%) Virtual Team
4 22 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 20 (1.78%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.61%) PMI
8 17 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 13 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (0.98%) Mobile App
12 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.80%) IoT
14 9 (0.80%) Reference Data
15 8 (0.71%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.05%) Linux
2 50 (4.46%) Windows
3 24 (2.14%) Unix
4 13 (1.16%) Android
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.45%) AIX
8 5 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.36%) 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%) SUSE
12 1 (0.089%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (61.55%) Agile
2 314 (28.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 288 (25.69%) DevOps
4 265 (23.64%) Scrum
5 256 (22.84%) CI/CD
6 215 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 181 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 178 (15.88%) User Stories
10 160 (14.27%) Test Automation
11 147 (13.11%) Migration
12 143 (12.76%) Project Management
13 138 (12.31%) Acceptance Criteria
14 112 (9.99%) Roadmaps
15 111 (9.90%) Workshop Facilitation
16 107 (9.55%) Change Management
17 106 (9.46%) Requirements Gathering
18 105 (9.37%) Kanban
18 105 (9.37%) Project Delivery
19 102 (9.10%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 161 (14.36%) SQL
2 142 (12.67%) Python
3 87 (7.76%) Java
4 56 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 36 (3.21%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.94%) Bash
7 32 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.96%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.34%) C#
10 11 (0.98%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.98%) Kotlin
10 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.89%) Groovy
12 9 (0.80%) C++
12 9 (0.80%) Perl
13 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.54%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.27%) C
15 3 (0.27%) Korn
Qualifications
1 392 (34.97%) Security Cleared
2 326 (29.08%) SC Cleared
3 154 (13.74%) Degree
4 52 (4.64%) PMI Certification
5 48 (4.28%) PMP
6 44 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 32 (2.85%) CISSP
9 28 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (2.32%) CISM
11 25 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (1.87%) CBAP
12 21 (1.87%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.78%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.78%) SAFe Agilist
14 19 (1.69%) IIBA
15 17 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (0.98%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.98%) MBA
17 9 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (8.03%) QA
2 57 (5.08%) PMO
3 53 (4.73%) Data Quality
4 39 (3.48%) GDPR
5 35 (3.12%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.23%) NIST
7 18 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.34%) GRC
9 11 (0.98%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.89%) SLA
10 10 (0.89%) WCAG
11 8 (0.71%) Basel III
12 7 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.62%) MiFID
12 7 (0.62%) NCSC
13 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.54%) PSD2
14 5 (0.45%) HL7
15 4 (0.36%) P3O
System Software
1 94 (8.39%) Docker
2 15 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.54%) Firmware
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%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 104 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 96 (8.56%) Terraform
3 61 (5.44%) Ansible
4 49 (4.37%) Grafana
5 33 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.52%) OPNET
8 16 (1.43%) Puppet
9 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 12 (1.07%) Consul
11 9 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.80%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.71%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.54%) Istio
14 5 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
15 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.36%) PingFederate
16 3 (0.27%) Argo
16 3 (0.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 104 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.92%) Atlassian
3 92 (8.21%) ServiceNow
4 57 (5.08%) Oracle
5 51 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.94%) SAP
7 26 (2.32%) Red Hat
8 23 (2.05%) Databricks
8 23 (2.05%) Talend
9 21 (1.87%) Denodo
10 20 (1.78%) Remedy
11 19 (1.69%) IBM
12 17 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
12 17 (1.52%) Splunk
13 15 (1.34%) Cisco
13 15 (1.34%) Dynatrace
13 15 (1.34%) Google
14 14 (1.25%) MuleSoft
15 13 (1.16%) Sonatype
16 12 (1.07%) Zscaler