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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 97 121
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 -24
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,125 772 845
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.71% 2.54% 1.89%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.79% 21.91% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 494 558
10th Percentile £331 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £407 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £629
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -6.86% -7.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 26
10th Percentile £26.55 £55.79 £35.63
25th Percentile £30.16 £60.81 £50.31
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 4,048 3,524 4,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.75% 11.58% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,795 2,217 2,875
10th Percentile £304 £260 £250
25th Percentile £402 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -4.81%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £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 120 69 171
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £41.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.63% +57.69% +16.44%
75th Percentile £69.44 £63.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.10 £66.00 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.12 £48.16 £24.00
% change year-on-year -22.92% +100.66% +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 1 March 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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +17 1,009 £500 -0.50% 278
UK excluding London +16 606 £475 -6.86% 229
London +1 427 £525 +5.00% 83
Work from Home +5 293 £467 +1.48% 165
North of England +17 214 £455 -7.14% 41
Midlands +19 149 £425 -7.61% 41
Yorkshire -15 112 £500 -8.26% 19
West Midlands +15 111 £443 -7.23% 28
South West +13 106 £725 +26.09% 46
North West +21 97 £431 +1.41% 19
South East -36 72 £500 +1.52% 64
Scotland +15 48 £475 +9.20% 13
East Midlands -6 36 £411 -2.14% 13
East of England -34 21 £425 +1.49% 17
North East -14 5 £350 -22.22% 4
Wales -7 3 £400 -24.17% 6
Northern Ireland -2 2 £458 - 3

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 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.02%) nginx
3 15 (1.33%) CMS
4 14 (1.24%) SAS
5 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.53%) Apache
6 6 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.44%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.36%) 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 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.089%) Mendix
11 1 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 114 (10.13%) Microsoft Project
2 104 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 98 (8.71%) Microsoft Office
4 93 (8.27%) MS Visio
5 75 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.16%) Trello
7 5 (0.44%) Notion
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.18%) InDesign
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.089%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.089%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.089%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.089%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.36%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.18%) Actimize
7 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.18%) Maximo
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
7 2 (0.18%) Summit
8 1 (0.089%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.089%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 197 (17.51%) AWS
2 178 (15.82%) Azure
3 135 (12.00%) GitHub
4 78 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (5.33%) Power Platform
6 40 (3.56%) GCP
7 33 (2.93%) SaaS
8 29 (2.58%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.49%) Amazon EKS
9 28 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (2.40%) Miro
10 27 (2.40%) Serverless
10 27 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 26 (2.31%) Lucidchart
12 25 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (1.87%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (1.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.38%) Firewall
2 21 (1.87%) VPN
3 20 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.69%) WAN
5 18 (1.60%) Network Security
6 16 (1.42%) DNS
7 13 (1.16%) LAN
7 13 (1.16%) SSH
8 12 (1.07%) SSL
9 11 (0.98%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.89%) VSAN
10 10 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.80%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.71%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.62%) FTP
13 7 (0.62%) Modbus
13 7 (0.62%) OpenVPN
13 7 (0.62%) RS-232
13 7 (0.62%) RS-485
14 6 (0.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (4.62%) Power BI
3 37 (3.29%) Tableau
4 33 (2.93%) NoSQL
5 25 (2.22%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.04%) Metadata
6 23 (2.04%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.42%) Big Data
10 15 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.24%) Hadoop
12 13 (1.16%) DocumentDB
13 10 (0.89%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.71%) MySQL
15 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
15 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.62%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.62%) Redis
15 7 (0.62%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1,032 (91.73%) JIRA
2 136 (12.09%) Jenkins
3 122 (10.84%) Git
4 66 (5.87%) GitLab
5 49 (4.36%) Bitbucket
6 42 (3.73%) Selenium
7 32 (2.84%) Postman
8 30 (2.67%) Sonatype Nexus
9 29 (2.58%) Cucumber
9 29 (2.58%) JUnit
10 27 (2.40%) SonarQube
11 19 (1.69%) JMeter
12 12 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 12 (1.07%) Maven
12 12 (1.07%) WebDriver
13 11 (0.98%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.89%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.80%) Android Studio
15 9 (0.80%) ScriptRunner
16 8 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 497 (44.18%) Social Skills
2 326 (28.98%) Finance
3 215 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (16.27%) Banking
5 143 (12.71%) Public Sector
6 59 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.36%) Military
8 38 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (3.11%) Retail
10 31 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.22%) Legal
12 25 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.13%) Retail Banking
14 20 (1.78%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.51%) Marketing
16 13 (1.16%) Automotive
16 13 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.16%) Front Office
17 12 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 257 (22.84%) Analyst
2 212 (18.84%) Business Analyst
3 113 (10.04%) Architect
4 103 (9.16%) Project Manager
5 92 (8.18%) Senior
6 84 (7.47%) Lead
7 83 (7.38%) Developer
8 45 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (3.29%) Tester
10 36 (3.20%) Scrum Master
11 35 (3.11%) Technical Business Analyst
12 34 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
13 33 (2.93%) Consultant
14 30 (2.67%) Service Architect
15 29 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
16 26 (2.31%) Data Engineer
17 25 (2.22%) Product Owner
17 25 (2.22%) Senior Business Analyst
17 25 (2.22%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.13%) REST
2 46 (4.09%) Spring
3 36 (3.20%) RESTful
4 33 (2.93%) Kafka
5 27 (2.40%) HTML
5 27 (2.40%) JSON
5 27 (2.40%) Spring Boot
6 23 (2.04%) .NET
7 21 (1.87%) Playwright
7 21 (1.87%) XML
8 19 (1.69%) SOAP
9 18 (1.60%) Node.js
10 17 (1.51%) ADO
10 17 (1.51%) OAuth
10 17 (1.51%) React
11 16 (1.42%) WireMock
12 15 (1.33%) YAML
13 14 (1.24%) Middleware
13 14 (1.24%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 178 (15.82%) Product Ownership
2 55 (4.89%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
5 26 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.04%) Virtual Team
7 21 (1.87%) PMI
8 20 (1.78%) Mobile App
9 18 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
12 13 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
14 10 (0.89%) Equities
14 10 (0.89%) Reference Data
15 9 (0.80%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 91 (8.09%) Linux
2 60 (5.33%) Windows
3 24 (2.13%) Unix
4 17 (1.51%) Android
5 11 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.53%) VMS
7 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.18%) AIX
9 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.089%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.089%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 684 (60.80%) Agile
2 323 (28.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 281 (24.98%) DevOps
4 256 (22.76%) Scrum
5 226 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (19.73%) CI/CD
7 177 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (15.38%) User Stories
9 172 (15.29%) Project Management
10 164 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 141 (12.53%) Acceptance Criteria
12 128 (11.38%) Test Automation
13 119 (10.58%) Decision-Making
13 119 (10.58%) Migration
14 118 (10.49%) Change Management
15 116 (10.31%) Roadmaps
16 114 (10.13%) Project Delivery
17 108 (9.60%) Workshop Facilitation
18 107 (9.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 99 (8.80%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.87%) Python
2 129 (11.47%) SQL
3 80 (7.11%) Java
4 59 (5.24%) PowerShell
5 53 (4.71%) JavaScript
6 34 (3.02%) Bash
7 23 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.78%) C#
9 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.89%) C++
10 10 (0.89%) Go
11 9 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.62%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.62%) Perl
13 6 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.27%) C
15 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.27%) PHP
15 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 340 (30.22%) Security Cleared
2 286 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 220 (19.56%) Degree
4 60 (5.33%) PMI Certification
5 57 (5.07%) PMP
6 52 (4.62%) TOGAF Certification
7 50 (4.44%) CISSP
8 46 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 42 (3.73%) CISM
10 37 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.76%) Master's Degree
12 24 (2.13%) DV Cleared
13 20 (1.78%) CBAP
14 17 (1.51%) IIBA
15 14 (1.24%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (1.07%) MBA
17 10 (0.89%) PhD
17 10 (0.89%) SAFe Agilist
18 9 (0.80%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.44%) QA
2 41 (3.64%) GDPR
2 41 (3.64%) PMO
3 34 (3.02%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.22%) NIST
5 24 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.07%) GRC
9 10 (0.89%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.80%) Basel III
11 7 (0.62%) PSD2
11 7 (0.62%) WCAG
12 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.44%) MiFID
13 5 (0.44%) SLA
14 4 (0.36%) COBIT
14 4 (0.36%) P3O
14 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 98 (8.71%) Docker
2 17 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.80%) Squid
4 9 (0.80%) vSphere
5 7 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.62%) Firmware
6 4 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.27%) HDFS
7 3 (0.27%) Postfix
7 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.18%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.089%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.089%) etcd
9 1 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 117 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 78 (6.93%) Terraform
3 70 (6.22%) Ansible
4 39 (3.47%) Grafana
5 30 (2.67%) OPNET
6 25 (2.22%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.87%) Consul
8 17 (1.51%) Packer
8 17 (1.51%) Puppet
9 16 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.24%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.89%) vRealize
13 7 (0.62%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.62%) VxRail
14 5 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
14 5 (0.44%) Istio
15 4 (0.36%) HP ALM
16 3 (0.27%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 132 (11.73%) Atlassian
2 114 (10.13%) Microsoft
3 77 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 55 (4.89%) Oracle
5 51 (4.53%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.02%) Remedy
7 32 (2.84%) BiZZdesign
7 32 (2.84%) Red Hat
8 25 (2.22%) SAP
9 21 (1.87%) IBM
9 21 (1.87%) VMware
10 20 (1.78%) Commvault
11 19 (1.69%) Sonatype
12 18 (1.60%) CyberArk
13 17 (1.51%) Google
14 16 (1.42%) Cisco
14 16 (1.42%) Databricks
15 15 (1.33%) HP
15 15 (1.33%) Splunk
16 13 (1.16%) CheckPoint