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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 103 138
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 -40
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,159 755 758
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.63% 2.60% 1.71%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.83% 22.27% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 511 490
10th Percentile £340 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £406 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £716 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 22
10th Percentile £26.77 £53.65 £26.18
25th Percentile £39.00 £61.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +2.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £74.01 £75.00 £69.39
90th Percentile £79.00 £78.00 £76.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.86 £62.50 £65.03
% change year-on-year -10.62% -3.89% +23.87%

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 4,165 3,390 4,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.44% 11.68% 9.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,882 2,247 2,859
10th Percentile £305 £263 £250
25th Percentile £404 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £604 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £453 £450
% change year-on-year +4.86% +0.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 78 168
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.58 £13.50
25th Percentile £18.27 £23.80 £15.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £27.51
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +54.50% +21.55%
75th Percentile £73.75 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £82.00 £75.75 £67.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £54.88 £23.88
% change year-on-year -25.28% +129.84% +8.52%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +8 1,040 £500 - 226
UK excluding London +10 627 £475 -5.00% 167
London +7 439 £525 +5.00% 72
Work from Home -8 309 £472 +2.61% 109
North of England +14 225 £455 +4.00% 41
Midlands +13 168 £443 -3.80% 31
West Midlands +12 127 £450 -5.66% 19
Yorkshire -5 112 £500 +5.71% 10
North West +20 110 £434 +5.91% 20
South West +16 100 £725 +26.09% 21
South East -54 73 £510 +0.99% 50
Scotland +4 45 £500 +11.11% 4
East Midlands -10 39 £416 -0.89% 12
East of England -31 20 £425 +3.03% 15
Wales -13 3 £431 -13.75% 7
North East -15 3 £350 -22.22% 11
Northern Ireland -2 2 £458 -

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
1 108 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.85%) nginx
3 14 (1.21%) SAS
4 13 (1.12%) CMS
5 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.52%) Apache
7 5 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.086%) IIS
11 1 (0.086%) Mendix
Applications
1 113 (9.75%) Microsoft Project
2 105 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 93 (8.02%) MS Visio
4 86 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
5 77 (6.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.95%) Trello
7 5 (0.43%) Notion
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.17%) InDesign
8 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.086%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.086%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.086%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.29%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.43%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.17%) Actimize
6 2 (0.17%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.17%) Maximo
6 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.17%) Summit
7 1 (0.086%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 209 (18.03%) AWS
2 198 (17.08%) Azure
3 136 (11.73%) GitHub
4 88 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.54%) GCP
7 35 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
7 35 (3.02%) SaaS
7 35 (3.02%) Serverless
8 33 (2.85%) Amazon S3
9 32 (2.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 29 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
11 26 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (2.24%) Miro
12 25 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 24 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (1.81%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.93%) Firewall
2 24 (2.07%) VPN
3 21 (1.81%) WAN
4 19 (1.64%) Network Security
4 19 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.29%) DNS
5 15 (1.29%) LAN
6 14 (1.21%) SSL
7 11 (0.95%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.78%) SSH
8 9 (0.78%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.78%) VSAN
9 7 (0.60%) Modbus
9 7 (0.60%) OpenVPN
9 7 (0.60%) RS-232
9 7 (0.60%) RS-485
10 6 (0.52%) PSTN
11 5 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.52%) Power BI
2 56 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (3.80%) Tableau
4 29 (2.50%) NoSQL
5 26 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (2.07%) MongoDB
7 21 (1.81%) Metadata
8 20 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.64%) SQL Server
10 16 (1.38%) Big Data
11 15 (1.29%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.12%) DocumentDB
14 12 (1.04%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.69%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
17 6 (0.52%) Power Query
17 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
17 6 (0.52%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1,063 (91.72%) JIRA
2 142 (12.25%) Git
3 137 (11.82%) Jenkins
4 71 (6.13%) GitLab
5 51 (4.40%) Bitbucket
6 46 (3.97%) Selenium
7 31 (2.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 30 (2.59%) JUnit
9 28 (2.42%) Cucumber
10 25 (2.16%) Postman
11 24 (2.07%) JMeter
12 23 (1.98%) SonarQube
13 16 (1.38%) WebDriver
14 13 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 12 (1.04%) Cypress.io
15 12 (1.04%) ScriptRunner
16 11 (0.95%) Maven
17 9 (0.78%) REST Assured
18 8 (0.69%) Android Studio
18 8 (0.69%) Artifactory
General
1 484 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 339 (29.25%) Finance
3 216 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (17.52%) Banking
5 153 (13.20%) Public Sector
6 60 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (3.97%) Military
8 37 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.11%) Retail
10 33 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.24%) Legal
12 25 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.98%) Retail Banking
14 17 (1.47%) Investment Banking
14 17 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.47%) Marketing
15 16 (1.38%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.29%) Corporate Banking
17 13 (1.12%) Front Office
18 12 (1.04%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 257 (22.17%) Analyst
2 216 (18.64%) Business Analyst
3 123 (10.61%) Architect
4 102 (8.80%) Senior
5 100 (8.63%) Project Manager
6 92 (7.94%) Developer
7 84 (7.25%) Lead
8 48 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (3.28%) Consultant
10 36 (3.11%) Tester
11 35 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
11 35 (3.02%) Scrum Master
12 33 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (2.85%) Technical Business Analyst
13 32 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
14 30 (2.59%) Service Architect
15 28 (2.42%) Banking Analyst
16 27 (2.33%) Banking Business Analyst
17 26 (2.24%) Technical Manager
18 25 (2.16%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.13%) REST
2 48 (4.14%) Spring
3 36 (3.11%) RESTful
4 30 (2.59%) Kafka
5 27 (2.33%) Spring Boot
6 23 (1.98%) HTML
7 22 (1.90%) JSON
7 22 (1.90%) Node.js
8 21 (1.81%) React
9 20 (1.73%) ADO
10 18 (1.55%) .NET
10 18 (1.55%) WireMock
11 17 (1.47%) Playwright
12 16 (1.38%) OAuth
12 16 (1.38%) XML
13 15 (1.29%) SOAP
14 14 (1.21%) Swagger
15 13 (1.12%) Middleware
16 12 (1.04%) SAML
16 12 (1.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 185 (15.96%) Product Ownership
2 60 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 46 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 22 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.73%) PMI
9 18 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 14 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
12 14 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (1.04%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.95%) Reference Data
16 9 (0.78%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 97 (8.37%) Linux
2 53 (4.57%) Windows
3 19 (1.64%) Unix
4 16 (1.38%) Android
5 11 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.17%) AIX
10 2 (0.17%) Solaris
11 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (62.12%) Agile
2 331 (28.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 303 (26.14%) DevOps
4 264 (22.78%) Scrum
5 235 (20.28%) CI/CD
6 223 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (15.27%) User Stories
9 173 (14.93%) Project Management
9 173 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 146 (12.60%) Acceptance Criteria
11 138 (11.91%) Test Automation
12 126 (10.87%) Decision-Making
13 125 (10.79%) Migration
14 123 (10.61%) Roadmaps
15 122 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
16 119 (10.27%) Change Management
17 118 (10.18%) Project Delivery
18 110 (9.49%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 106 (9.15%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 172 (14.84%) Python
2 136 (11.73%) SQL
3 82 (7.08%) Java
4 59 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 58 (5.00%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.45%) Bash
7 27 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.55%) C#
9 12 (1.04%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.86%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.86%) C++
10 10 (0.86%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.60%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.52%) Perl
12 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.43%) Go
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Groovy
14 4 (0.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 389 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 330 (28.47%) SC Cleared
3 197 (17.00%) Degree
4 55 (4.75%) PMI Certification
5 53 (4.57%) PMP
6 52 (4.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 49 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 49 (4.23%) CISSP
8 38 (3.28%) CISM
9 33 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (2.67%) Master's Degree
11 27 (2.33%) DV Cleared
12 20 (1.73%) CBAP
13 19 (1.64%) IIBA
14 17 (1.47%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.29%) SAFe Agilist
16 12 (1.04%) MBA
17 10 (0.86%) PhD
18 9 (0.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.20%) QA
2 44 (3.80%) PMO
3 42 (3.62%) Data Quality
4 41 (3.54%) GDPR
5 25 (2.16%) NIST
6 24 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.47%) GRC
9 12 (1.04%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.78%) Basel III
11 7 (0.60%) SLA
12 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.52%) PSD2
13 5 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.43%) HL7
13 5 (0.43%) MiFID
14 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.35%) P3O
14 4 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (8.54%) Docker
2 16 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.86%) Squid
5 8 (0.69%) vSphere
6 7 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.60%) Firmware
7 3 (0.26%) HDFS
8 2 (0.17%) Ceph
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.17%) Postfix
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 118 (10.18%) Kubernetes
2 95 (8.20%) Terraform
3 71 (6.13%) Ansible
4 38 (3.28%) Grafana
5 30 (2.59%) OPNET
6 27 (2.33%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.81%) Consul
8 20 (1.73%) Puppet
9 17 (1.47%) Packer
9 17 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (1.29%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.86%) vRealize
13 8 (0.69%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.60%) VxRail
15 5 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.43%) Istio
16 4 (0.35%) HP ALM
16 4 (0.35%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 149 (12.86%) Atlassian
2 110 (9.49%) Microsoft
3 86 (7.42%) ServiceNow
4 52 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.36%) Oracle
6 34 (2.93%) Red Hat
6 34 (2.93%) Remedy
6 34 (2.93%) SAP
7 32 (2.76%) BiZZdesign
8 21 (1.81%) Commvault
8 21 (1.81%) IBM
9 20 (1.73%) Splunk
10 19 (1.64%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.64%) Databricks
10 19 (1.64%) VMware
11 18 (1.55%) Cisco
12 17 (1.47%) Google
13 16 (1.38%) Sonatype
14 15 (1.29%) MuleSoft
15 12 (1.04%) Centrify