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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 103 136
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 -34
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,115 756 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.39% 2.56% 1.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.52% 22.59% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 490 494
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £406 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.01%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £673 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -6.20% -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 18
10th Percentile £25.00 £51.78 £24.10
25th Percentile £51.65 £58.47 £37.56
Median hourly rate £63.00 £63.75 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +4.08% +12.39%
75th Percentile £70.79 £75.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £76.75 £78.13 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £63.75 £66.25
% change year-on-year -0.96% -3.77% +21.56%

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 4,205 3,347 4,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.02% 11.34% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 2,235 2,872
10th Percentile £310 £275 £250
25th Percentile £404 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.15%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +1.96% +2.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 83 162
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.80 £13.03
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.50 £15.42
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.91 £28.01
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +49.64% -29.98%
75th Percentile £72.88 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £67.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.12 £50.66 £24.09
% change year-on-year -26.72% +110.28% -8.19%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +3 990 £500 -2.34% 142
UK excluding London -6 588 £469 -6.20% 113
London +9 430 £525 +2.44% 51
Work from Home +8 316 £485 +6.59% 147
North of England -5 195 £449 +5.53% 10
Midlands +19 173 £450 -10.67% 26
West Midlands +17 129 £450 -12.11% 18
North West +14 103 £438 +8.83% 5
South West -6 89 £725 +28.89% 15
Yorkshire -35 86 £480 +3.90% 5
South East -68 68 £500 +3.09% 42
Scotland +2 48 £525 +13.51% 7
East Midlands -7 41 £420 -6.35% 8
East of England -46 18 £350 -22.22% 8
North East -19 6 £365 -30.48%
Wales -9 5 £606 +42.65% 4
Northern Ireland - 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 99 (8.88%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.96%) nginx
3 18 (1.61%) SAS
4 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.54%) CMS
6 5 (0.45%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.36%) Apache
7 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.27%) CICS
8 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.090%) Mendix
Applications
1 104 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
2 91 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (7.98%) MS Visio
4 79 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
5 66 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.81%) Trello
7 5 (0.45%) Notion
8 1 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.090%) InDesign
8 1 (0.090%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.54%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.45%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.27%) Actimize
6 3 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
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%) Shopify
7 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.090%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 219 (19.64%) AWS
2 203 (18.21%) Azure
3 127 (11.39%) GitHub
4 90 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (6.64%) Power Platform
6 42 (3.77%) GCP
7 41 (3.68%) SaaS
8 39 (3.50%) Amazon S3
9 37 (3.32%) Miro
10 34 (3.05%) Serverless
11 33 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 30 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (2.33%) Entra ID
15 24 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 24 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (1.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.69%) Firewall
2 19 (1.70%) VPN
3 18 (1.61%) Network Security
3 18 (1.61%) SSL
3 18 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.61%) WAN
4 15 (1.35%) LAN
5 13 (1.17%) DNS
5 13 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 10 (0.90%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.63%) Modbus
7 7 (0.63%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.63%) PSTN
7 7 (0.63%) RS-232
7 7 (0.63%) RS-485
7 7 (0.63%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.45%) BIG-IP
8 5 (0.45%) SSH
8 5 (0.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.83%) Power BI
2 54 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.23%) Tableau
5 26 (2.33%) NoSQL
6 25 (2.24%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (1.88%) SQL Server
9 20 (1.79%) Metadata
10 18 (1.61%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.17%) Big Data
11 13 (1.17%) DocumentDB
12 11 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.81%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.72%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1,033 (92.65%) JIRA
2 144 (12.91%) Git
3 120 (10.76%) Jenkins
4 61 (5.47%) GitLab
5 55 (4.93%) Selenium
6 52 (4.66%) Bitbucket
7 35 (3.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 33 (2.96%) Postman
9 29 (2.60%) JUnit
10 27 (2.42%) Cucumber
11 25 (2.24%) JMeter
12 23 (2.06%) SonarQube
13 16 (1.43%) WebDriver
14 15 (1.35%) Cypress.io
14 15 (1.35%) Zephyr
15 13 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 13 (1.17%) ScriptRunner
16 10 (0.90%) Maven
17 9 (0.81%) IntelliJ
17 9 (0.81%) REST Assured
General
1 471 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 329 (29.51%) Finance
3 218 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (17.22%) Banking
5 167 (14.98%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 54 (4.84%) Military
8 38 (3.41%) Retail
9 30 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.24%) Legal
11 25 (2.24%) Retail Banking
12 23 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.43%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.43%) Marketing
15 15 (1.35%) Corporate Banking
15 15 (1.35%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 255 (22.87%) Analyst
2 215 (19.28%) Business Analyst
3 107 (9.60%) Architect
4 101 (9.06%) Senior
5 96 (8.61%) Developer
6 85 (7.62%) Project Manager
7 76 (6.82%) Lead
8 47 (4.22%) Scrum Master
9 40 (3.59%) Delivery Manager
10 34 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (2.96%) Consultant
12 32 (2.87%) Tester
13 30 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (2.69%) Service Architect
14 27 (2.42%) Technical Analyst
14 27 (2.42%) Technical Business Analyst
15 26 (2.33%) Banking Analyst
16 25 (2.24%) Banking Business Analyst
17 24 (2.15%) Technical Manager
17 24 (2.15%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.20%) REST
2 48 (4.30%) Spring
3 32 (2.87%) RESTful
4 27 (2.42%) HTML
4 27 (2.42%) Spring Boot
5 25 (2.24%) React
6 24 (2.15%) ADO
6 24 (2.15%) Kafka
7 21 (1.88%) JSON
7 21 (1.88%) Node.js
8 18 (1.61%) WireMock
9 17 (1.52%) .NET
9 17 (1.52%) SOAP
10 15 (1.35%) Playwright
11 14 (1.26%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.26%) OpenID
11 14 (1.26%) Swagger
12 13 (1.17%) XML
13 12 (1.08%) CSS
14 11 (0.99%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 189 (16.95%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 26 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (1.97%) Virtual Team
6 21 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.61%) PMI
9 16 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
11 14 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 11 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.81%) IoT
14 9 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 100 (8.97%) Linux
2 49 (4.39%) Windows
3 14 (1.26%) Android
3 14 (1.26%) Unix
4 11 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.45%) AIX
7 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.27%) zOS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (64.04%) Agile
2 316 (28.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 292 (26.19%) DevOps
4 268 (24.04%) Scrum
5 236 (21.17%) CI/CD
6 215 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
7 187 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 182 (16.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 174 (15.61%) User Stories
10 161 (14.44%) Project Management
11 150 (13.45%) Acceptance Criteria
12 141 (12.65%) Test Automation
13 135 (12.11%) Migration
14 119 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
15 117 (10.49%) Roadmaps
16 113 (10.13%) Change Management
17 112 (10.04%) Kanban
18 109 (9.78%) Project Delivery
19 108 (9.69%) Decision-Making
20 102 (9.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 148 (13.27%) Python
2 141 (12.65%) SQL
3 92 (8.25%) Java
4 58 (5.20%) JavaScript
5 49 (4.39%) PowerShell
6 39 (3.50%) Bash
7 28 (2.51%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.35%) C#
9 13 (1.17%) Kotlin
9 13 (1.17%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.99%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.90%) C++
12 9 (0.81%) Perl
13 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.63%) Embedded C++
14 7 (0.63%) Groovy
15 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.36%) C
16 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 394 (35.34%) Security Cleared
2 333 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 170 (15.25%) Degree
4 50 (4.48%) PMI Certification
5 49 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 48 (4.30%) PMP
7 44 (3.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 33 (2.96%) CISSP
9 26 (2.33%) CISM
9 26 (2.33%) DV Cleared
10 23 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.70%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.70%) CBAP
11 19 (1.70%) IIBA
12 16 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.43%) SAFe Agilist
13 12 (1.08%) MBA
14 10 (0.90%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.63%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.98%) QA
2 46 (4.13%) PMO
3 45 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 41 (3.68%) GDPR
5 26 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.33%) NIST
6 20 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.61%) GRC
8 12 (1.08%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.81%) Basel III
10 8 (0.72%) SLA
11 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.54%) MiFID
11 6 (0.54%) PSD2
12 5 (0.45%) HL7
12 5 (0.45%) WCAG
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.36%) P3O
13 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 100 (8.97%) Docker
2 14 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.90%) Squid
3 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.63%) Firmware
5 4 (0.36%) vSphere
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
8 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 120 (10.76%) Kubernetes
2 94 (8.43%) Terraform
3 61 (5.47%) Ansible
4 41 (3.68%) Grafana
5 31 (2.78%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.69%) OPNET
7 23 (2.06%) Consul
8 19 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.43%) Packer
9 16 (1.43%) Puppet
10 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.81%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.54%) Istio
14 5 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
15 4 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.36%) HP ALM
15 4 (0.36%) PingFederate
15 4 (0.36%) vRealize
Vendors
1 131 (11.75%) Atlassian
2 105 (9.42%) Microsoft
3 102 (9.15%) ServiceNow
4 53 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 45 (4.04%) Oracle
6 37 (3.32%) SAP
7 34 (3.05%) Remedy
8 27 (2.42%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.88%) Databricks
10 19 (1.70%) BiZZdesign
11 17 (1.52%) IBM
11 17 (1.52%) Splunk
12 15 (1.35%) Google
12 15 (1.35%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.35%) Sonatype
12 15 (1.35%) Talend
13 13 (1.17%) Cisco
14 12 (1.08%) Commvault
14 12 (1.08%) Dynatrace
15 11 (0.99%) Zscaler