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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 101 123
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 -27
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,092 777 841
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.68% 2.53% 1.88%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.53% 21.99% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 804 488 559
10th Percentile £327 £312 £363
25th Percentile £400 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -5.14% -1.82%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £708 £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 26
10th Percentile £26.55 £55.79 £40.00
25th Percentile £30.16 £60.81 £51.56
Median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £64.88
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% -3.67% +23.59%
75th Percentile £66.73 £66.56 £74.22
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 3,967 3,533 4,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 11.49% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,739 2,190 2,865
10th Percentile £304 £256 £250
25th Percentile £400 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.22%
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% - -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 69 166
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 £15.54
Median hourly rate £26.31 £41.91 £27.14
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% +54.42% +22.92%
75th Percentile £69.44 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.70 £66.00 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £48.82 £24.00
% change year-on-year -44.26% +103.40% +26.32%

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 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 22 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 22 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 +12 981 £500 -2.39% 212
UK excluding London +13 582 £475 -7.05% 171
London -2 423 £525 +5.00% 67
Work from Home -3 276 £464 -3.89% 113
North of England +12 211 £450 -11.76% 34
Midlands +17 135 £443 -5.55% 35
Yorkshire -22 110 £500 -8.85% 14
South West +13 99 £725 +26.09% 37
West Midlands 0 98 £450 -5.66% 28
North West +32 95 £423 -3.43% 20
South East -22 75 £500 +5.26% 45
Scotland +2 45 £463 +8.82% 5
East Midlands -9 35 £411 -2.14% 7
East of England -28 21 £425 +4.68% 13
North East -19 6 £388 -13.89% 1
Wales -6 3 £400 -24.17% 3
Northern Ireland -3 2 £458 - 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 92 (8.42%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.21%) nginx
3 15 (1.37%) CMS
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.92%) SAS
5 8 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.64%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.27%) 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 (10.26%) Microsoft Project
2 104 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 97 (8.88%) Microsoft Office
4 93 (8.52%) MS Visio
5 73 (6.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (1.10%) Trello
7 5 (0.46%) Notion
8 3 (0.27%) 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 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.27%) 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%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.092%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 193 (17.67%) AWS
2 173 (15.84%) Azure
3 127 (11.63%) GitHub
4 76 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 38 (3.48%) GCP
7 32 (2.93%) Amazon S3
8 30 (2.75%) Miro
8 30 (2.75%) SaaS
9 29 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
9 29 (2.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 28 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
11 27 (2.47%) Lucidchart
12 26 (2.38%) Serverless
13 22 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (1.74%) Entra ID
16 18 (1.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.57%) Firewall
2 20 (1.83%) VPN
3 19 (1.74%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.74%) WAN
4 18 (1.65%) DNS
4 18 (1.65%) Network Security
5 16 (1.47%) SSH
6 13 (1.19%) LAN
7 12 (1.10%) SSL
8 11 (1.01%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.92%) FTP
9 10 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.82%) Ethernet
10 9 (0.82%) VSAN
11 8 (0.73%) HTTP
11 8 (0.73%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.64%) Modbus
12 7 (0.64%) RS-232
12 7 (0.64%) RS-485
13 6 (0.55%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
1 50 (4.58%) Power BI
2 36 (3.30%) Tableau
3 33 (3.02%) NoSQL
4 25 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (2.20%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.11%) Metadata
6 23 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.65%) Big Data
8 17 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.19%) DocumentDB
10 13 (1.19%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.82%) 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
1 998 (91.39%) JIRA
2 127 (11.63%) Jenkins
3 116 (10.62%) Git
4 62 (5.68%) GitLab
5 39 (3.57%) Bitbucket
5 39 (3.57%) Selenium
6 28 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 27 (2.47%) Postman
8 26 (2.38%) SonarQube
9 25 (2.29%) Cucumber
9 25 (2.29%) JUnit
10 14 (1.28%) JMeter
11 11 (1.01%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.01%) Maven
12 9 (0.82%) Android Studio
12 9 (0.82%) ScriptRunner
12 9 (0.82%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.73%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 482 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 319 (29.21%) Finance
3 213 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (16.21%) Banking
5 141 (12.91%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.49%) Military
8 38 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (3.02%) Retail
10 28 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (2.20%) Retail Banking
13 23 (2.11%) Legal
14 20 (1.83%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.47%) Marketing
16 13 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.10%) Automotive
17 12 (1.10%) Front Office
17 12 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 252 (23.08%) Analyst
2 211 (19.32%) Business Analyst
3 114 (10.44%) Architect
4 105 (9.62%) Project Manager
5 88 (8.06%) Senior
6 78 (7.14%) Developer
6 78 (7.14%) Lead
7 45 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (3.11%) Scrum Master
8 34 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
8 34 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
8 34 (3.11%) Technical Business Analyst
9 33 (3.02%) Tester
10 30 (2.75%) Consultant
10 30 (2.75%) Service Architect
11 28 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
12 27 (2.47%) Senior Business Analyst
13 24 (2.20%) Banking Analyst
13 24 (2.20%) Technical Manager
14 23 (2.11%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.14%) REST
2 41 (3.75%) Spring
3 36 (3.30%) RESTful
4 35 (3.21%) Kafka
5 27 (2.47%) HTML
6 26 (2.38%) JSON
7 25 (2.29%) Spring Boot
8 23 (2.11%) .NET
9 20 (1.83%) XML
10 19 (1.74%) Playwright
10 19 (1.74%) SOAP
11 18 (1.65%) Node.js
12 17 (1.56%) ADO
12 17 (1.56%) OAuth
13 16 (1.47%) React
14 15 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (1.37%) YAML
15 13 (1.19%) WireMock
16 12 (1.10%) SAML
16 12 (1.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 174 (15.93%) Product Ownership
2 53 (4.85%) Cloud Native
3 44 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.92%) PMI
7 20 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 19 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 18 (1.65%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (1.01%) NHS
14 11 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 9 (0.82%) Equities
16 9 (0.82%) Reference Data
16 9 (0.82%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.97%) Linux
2 60 (5.49%) Windows
3 21 (1.92%) Unix
4 17 (1.56%) Android
5 11 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.82%) VMS
7 7 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.55%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.27%) 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
1 659 (60.35%) Agile
2 314 (28.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (24.36%) DevOps
4 241 (22.07%) Scrum
5 216 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (18.04%) CI/CD
7 172 (15.75%) Project Management
8 171 (15.66%) User Stories
9 168 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 163 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (13.00%) Acceptance Criteria
12 117 (10.71%) Change Management
12 117 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 116 (10.62%) Decision-Making
14 113 (10.35%) Project Delivery
14 113 (10.35%) Test Automation
15 112 (10.26%) Migration
16 109 (9.98%) Workshop Facilitation
17 101 (9.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 96 (8.79%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.46%) Python
2 120 (10.99%) SQL
3 73 (6.68%) Java
4 59 (5.40%) PowerShell
5 52 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.75%) Bash
7 21 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.74%) C#
9 11 (1.01%) Go
9 11 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.82%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.82%) C++
11 8 (0.73%) Perl
12 7 (0.64%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.46%) Groovy
15 3 (0.27%) Bicep
15 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.27%) PHP
15 3 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 321 (29.40%) Security Cleared
2 271 (24.82%) SC Cleared
3 217 (19.87%) Degree
4 58 (5.31%) PMI Certification
5 54 (4.95%) PMP
6 52 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
7 48 (4.40%) CISSP
8 44 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 40 (3.66%) CISM
10 34 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.84%) Master's Degree
12 25 (2.29%) DV Cleared
13 23 (2.11%) CBAP
14 16 (1.47%) IIBA
15 15 (1.37%) 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 (8.33%) QA
2 43 (3.94%) GDPR
3 41 (3.75%) PMO
4 33 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 28 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 23 (2.11%) NIST
7 19 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (1.10%) GRC
10 10 (0.92%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.82%) Basel III
12 8 (0.73%) 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 95 (8.70%) Docker
2 16 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.92%) Squid
4 9 (0.82%) vSphere
5 7 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.64%) Firmware
6 5 (0.46%) DFS Replication
6 5 (0.46%) Postfix
7 4 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.27%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.092%) etcd
10 1 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 107 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 78 (7.14%) Terraform
3 60 (5.49%) Ansible
4 36 (3.30%) Grafana
5 30 (2.75%) OPNET
6 25 (2.29%) Prometheus
7 20 (1.83%) Consul
8 17 (1.56%) Packer
9 15 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (1.19%) 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 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 123 (11.26%) Atlassian
2 109 (9.98%) Microsoft
3 78 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 50 (4.58%) Oracle
5 49 (4.49%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.30%) Remedy
7 32 (2.93%) BiZZdesign
8 30 (2.75%) Red Hat
9 24 (2.20%) SAP
10 23 (2.11%) IBM
11 20 (1.83%) VMware
12 19 (1.74%) Commvault
13 18 (1.65%) Cisco
13 18 (1.65%) Sonatype
14 17 (1.56%) CyberArk
15 15 (1.37%) Databricks
15 15 (1.37%) Google
15 15 (1.37%) HP
16 14 (1.28%) CheckPoint
16 14 (1.28%) Splunk