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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 97 137
Rank change year-on-year -11 +40 -26
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,115 756 720
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.27% 2.60% 1.68%
As % of the Application Platforms category 26.11% 23.27% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 503 480
10th Percentile £350 £332 £357
25th Percentile £405 £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -6.98% -2.01%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £626
90th Percentile £675 £671 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -3.00% -11.63% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 21
10th Percentile £23.85 £53.36 £25.00
25th Percentile £48.40 £61.56 £36.75
Median hourly rate £62.75 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +12.00% +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 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.64% - +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 4,270 3,249 4,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 11.16% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 2,162 2,963
10th Percentile £313 £289 £258
25th Percentile £403 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% -1.35% -2.72%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £709 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 59 159
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.86 £13.20
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.39 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +74.07% -42.55%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.75 £53.61 £27.52
% change year-on-year -37.05% +94.84% -38.86%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +6 980 £488 -4.83% 124
UK excluding London -6 613 £461 -3.00% 95
London -3 408 £525 -4.55% 54
Work from Home +10 367 £492 +9.33% 97
North of England -14 206 £446 +4.88% 12
Midlands +34 201 £457 -0.76% 13
West Midlands +27 155 £459 -6.99% 9
North West +4 107 £431 +3.73% 4
Yorkshire -29 91 £461 +10.15% 5
South East -40 86 £475 +5.56% 39
South West -29 57 £588 +2.17% 11
Scotland -5 55 £555 +23.33% 10
East Midlands +5 43 £402 +2.81% 4
East of England -36 17 £350 -24.32% 7
North East -26 8 £428 -22.27% 3
Wales -13 7 £650 +52.94% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 -

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
1 107 (9.60%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.51%) SAS
3 13 (1.17%) nginx
4 12 (1.08%) 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%) CICS
7 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.090%) Appian
9 1 (0.090%) Mendix
9 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 86 (7.71%) MS Visio
2 78 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 76 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
4 55 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 53 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.72%) Notion
7 5 (0.45%) Trello
8 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.090%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.54%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.45%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Actimize
5 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.18%) BASE24
6 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Primavera
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.090%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.090%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 243 (21.79%) AWS
2 215 (19.28%) Azure
3 120 (10.76%) GitHub
4 93 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.71%) Power Platform
6 51 (4.57%) Amazon S3
7 47 (4.22%) Serverless
8 43 (3.86%) GCP
9 40 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
10 39 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (3.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 38 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 36 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (3.14%) SaaS
14 32 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (2.60%) Miro
16 27 (2.42%) Entra ID
16 27 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
17 22 (1.97%) Figma
18 20 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.96%) Firewall
2 23 (2.06%) Network Security
3 20 (1.79%) DNS
3 20 (1.79%) WAN
4 18 (1.61%) SSL
5 17 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.52%) VPN
6 15 (1.35%) LAN
7 13 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.90%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.81%) SSH
10 8 (0.72%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.72%) HTTP
11 7 (0.63%) OpenVPN
11 7 (0.63%) PSTN
12 5 (0.45%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.45%) Modbus
12 5 (0.45%) RS-232
12 5 (0.45%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.82%) Power BI
2 49 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.87%) Tableau
5 29 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (1.97%) DynamoDB
6 22 (1.97%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.88%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.70%) Metadata
9 18 (1.61%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (1.08%) Big Data
12 12 (1.08%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.90%) DocumentDB
14 10 (0.90%) Relational Database
15 9 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.81%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1,021 (91.57%) JIRA
2 132 (11.84%) Git
3 118 (10.58%) Jenkins
4 84 (7.53%) GitLab
5 57 (5.11%) Selenium
6 46 (4.13%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 31 (2.78%) Postman
9 30 (2.69%) JUnit
10 29 (2.60%) Cucumber
11 28 (2.51%) JMeter
12 22 (1.97%) Artifactory
13 20 (1.79%) Cypress.io
13 20 (1.79%) SonarQube
14 18 (1.61%) WebDriver
14 18 (1.61%) Zephyr
15 13 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 11 (0.99%) REST Assured
16 11 (0.99%) ScriptRunner
17 9 (0.81%) IntelliJ
General
1 453 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 320 (28.70%) Finance
3 198 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (16.50%) Banking
5 162 (14.53%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.41%) Retail
8 33 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.51%) Military
10 26 (2.33%) Legal
11 25 (2.24%) Retail Banking
12 23 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
16 12 (1.08%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.08%) Marketing
17 10 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (23.14%) Analyst
2 215 (19.28%) Business Analyst
3 108 (9.69%) Senior
4 92 (8.25%) Developer
5 84 (7.53%) Architect
6 75 (6.73%) Lead
7 68 (6.10%) Project Manager
8 49 (4.39%) Scrum Master
9 45 (4.04%) Consultant
10 42 (3.77%) Data Engineer
11 39 (3.50%) Delivery Manager
12 33 (2.96%) Tester
13 30 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 25 (2.24%) Product Owner
16 24 (2.15%) Banking Analyst
16 24 (2.15%) DevOps Engineer
17 23 (2.06%) Technical Analyst
17 23 (2.06%) Technical Business Analyst
18 22 (1.97%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.30%) REST
2 44 (3.95%) Spring
3 31 (2.78%) RESTful
4 29 (2.60%) React
5 25 (2.24%) ADO
5 25 (2.24%) HTML
6 24 (2.15%) Spring Boot
7 22 (1.97%) .NET
7 22 (1.97%) JSON
8 20 (1.79%) Node.js
9 19 (1.70%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.70%) XML
10 18 (1.61%) SOAP
10 18 (1.61%) WireMock
11 17 (1.52%) Kafka
12 16 (1.43%) OpenID
12 16 (1.43%) Playwright
13 13 (1.17%) AWS CDK
13 13 (1.17%) CSS
13 13 (1.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 169 (15.16%) Product Ownership
2 53 (4.75%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 24 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
3 24 (2.15%) Virtual Team
4 23 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 21 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.52%) PMI
7 17 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
9 14 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 11 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 10 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.81%) IoT
12 9 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.00%) Linux
2 52 (4.66%) Windows
3 31 (2.78%) Unix
4 12 (1.08%) Android
5 10 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.45%) AIX
7 5 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.27%) zOS
10 2 (0.18%) MVS
10 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.090%) SUSE
11 1 (0.090%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.090%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (61.52%) Agile
2 311 (27.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 294 (26.37%) DevOps
4 270 (24.22%) Scrum
5 258 (23.14%) CI/CD
6 218 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
7 196 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 178 (15.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 177 (15.87%) User Stories
10 173 (15.52%) Test Automation
11 151 (13.54%) Migration
12 138 (12.38%) Project Management
13 124 (11.12%) Acceptance Criteria
14 116 (10.40%) Roadmaps
15 113 (10.13%) Workshop Facilitation
16 110 (9.87%) Kanban
17 109 (9.78%) Change Management
18 106 (9.51%) Project Delivery
18 106 (9.51%) SDLC
19 101 (9.06%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 169 (15.16%) SQL
2 150 (13.45%) Python
3 86 (7.71%) Java
4 53 (4.75%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.41%) Bash
7 32 (2.87%) TypeScript
8 27 (2.42%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.43%) C#
10 11 (0.99%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.90%) Groovy
11 10 (0.90%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.81%) Perl
13 8 (0.72%) C++
14 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.45%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.27%) HiveQL
17 3 (0.27%) REXX
Qualifications
1 385 (34.53%) Security Cleared
2 318 (28.52%) SC Cleared
3 144 (12.91%) Degree
4 50 (4.48%) PMI Certification
5 47 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (4.22%) PMP
6 41 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.05%) CISSP
8 28 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (2.42%) CISM
10 21 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.79%) CBAP
11 20 (1.79%) SAFe Agilist
12 19 (1.70%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.70%) IIBA
13 17 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.99%) MBA
16 9 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.52%) QA
2 56 (5.02%) PMO
3 54 (4.84%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.41%) GDPR
5 34 (3.05%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.24%) NIST
7 19 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.35%) GRC
9 14 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.90%) SLA
10 10 (0.90%) WCAG
11 8 (0.72%) Basel III
12 7 (0.63%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.63%) MiFID
13 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.54%) NCSC
13 6 (0.54%) PSD2
14 5 (0.45%) HL7
15 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 90 (8.07%) Docker
2 15 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.99%) Squid
4 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.45%) Firmware
6 3 (0.27%) Ceph
6 3 (0.27%) HDFS
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (9.15%) Kubernetes
2 99 (8.88%) Terraform
3 61 (5.47%) Ansible
4 50 (4.48%) Grafana
5 35 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.26%) Puppet
8 13 (1.17%) Consul
8 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.81%) NetBackup
10 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (0.45%) Istio
11 5 (0.45%) OPNET
12 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.36%) PingFederate
13 3 (0.27%) Argo
13 3 (0.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 108 (9.69%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.53%) Atlassian
3 81 (7.26%) ServiceNow
4 63 (5.65%) Oracle
5 48 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.87%) SAP
7 28 (2.51%) Denodo
7 28 (2.51%) Talend
8 26 (2.33%) Red Hat
9 23 (2.06%) Databricks
10 21 (1.88%) IBM
11 17 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
11 17 (1.52%) Splunk
12 15 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 15 (1.35%) Google
13 14 (1.26%) Cisco
13 14 (1.26%) MuleSoft
14 12 (1.08%) Sonatype
14 12 (1.08%) Zscaler
15 11 (0.99%) Informatica