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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 102 123
Rank change year-on-year +8 +21 -25
Contract jobs citing Confluence 1,132 775 849
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.72% 2.53% 1.91%
As % of the Application Platforms category 27.81% 21.86% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 493 563
10th Percentile £331 £313 £365
25th Percentile £405 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £629
90th Percentile £725 £705 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -6.40% -7.73% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 27
10th Percentile £26.55 £55.79 £36.50
25th Percentile £30.16 £60.81 £50.63
Median hourly rate £44.23 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £66.73 £66.56 £73.45
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 4,071 3,546 4,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 11.59% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,812 2,217 2,876
10th Percentile £304 £262 £250
25th Percentile £402 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -4.81%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £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 119 69 168
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.74 £22.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £41.00 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year -33.63% +55.36% +19.09%
75th Percentile £69.44 £63.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.20 £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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +18 1,016 £500 -0.99% 191
UK excluding London +7 610 £475 -6.40% 157
London 0 431 £525 +5.00% 59
Work from Home -1 293 £467 +1.48% 104
North of England +16 216 £455 -7.14% 29
Midlands +16 150 £425 -7.61% 28
Yorkshire -14 114 £500 -8.26% 13
West Midlands +20 112 £443 -7.23% 21
South West +13 106 £725 +26.09% 32
North West +25 97 £431 +1.41% 14
South East -39 73 £500 +3.09% 50
Scotland +13 48 £475 +11.76% 8
East Midlands -3 36 £411 -2.14% 7
East of England -29 21 £425 +3.03% 8
North East -15 5 £350 -22.22% 3
Wales -7 3 £400 -24.17% 3
Northern Ireland -4 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 92 (8.13%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.09%) nginx
3 15 (1.33%) CMS
4 14 (1.24%) SAS
5 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.62%) Apache
8 5 (0.44%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.27%) Traefik
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) FileNet
11 2 (0.18%) IIS
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.088%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.088%) Mendix
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 114 (10.07%) Microsoft Project
2 105 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 98 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (8.39%) MS Visio
5 75 (6.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.15%) 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%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.088%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.088%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.088%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.088%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.088%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 199 (17.58%) AWS
2 180 (15.90%) Azure
3 135 (11.93%) GitHub
4 78 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (5.39%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.62%) GCP
7 33 (2.92%) SaaS
8 30 (2.65%) Amazon S3
9 29 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
10 28 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
10 28 (2.47%) Miro
10 28 (2.47%) Serverless
10 28 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 27 (2.39%) Lucidchart
12 25 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (1.86%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (1.68%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.45%) Firewall
2 21 (1.86%) VPN
3 20 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.68%) Network Security
4 19 (1.68%) WAN
5 17 (1.50%) DNS
6 14 (1.24%) SSH
7 13 (1.15%) LAN
8 12 (1.06%) SSL
9 11 (0.97%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.88%) VSAN
10 10 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.80%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.71%) FTP
12 8 (0.71%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.62%) HTTP
13 7 (0.62%) Modbus
13 7 (0.62%) OpenVPN
13 7 (0.62%) RS-232
13 7 (0.62%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (4.68%) Power BI
3 37 (3.27%) Tableau
4 33 (2.92%) NoSQL
5 25 (2.21%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.03%) Metadata
6 23 (2.03%) MongoDB
7 22 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
7 22 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.59%) Big Data
9 17 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.41%) Hadoop
11 13 (1.15%) DocumentDB
12 10 (0.88%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.71%) MySQL
14 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
14 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.62%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.62%) Redis
14 7 (0.62%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1,038 (91.70%) JIRA
2 137 (12.10%) Jenkins
3 123 (10.87%) Git
4 66 (5.83%) GitLab
5 49 (4.33%) Bitbucket
6 42 (3.71%) Selenium
7 32 (2.83%) Postman
8 30 (2.65%) Sonatype Nexus
9 29 (2.56%) Cucumber
9 29 (2.56%) JUnit
10 27 (2.39%) SonarQube
11 19 (1.68%) JMeter
12 12 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 12 (1.06%) Maven
12 12 (1.06%) WebDriver
13 11 (0.97%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.88%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.80%) Android Studio
15 9 (0.80%) ScriptRunner
16 8 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 501 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 327 (28.89%) Finance
3 216 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (16.25%) Banking
5 145 (12.81%) Public Sector
6 60 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.33%) Military
8 38 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (3.09%) Retail
10 31 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (2.21%) Legal
13 24 (2.12%) Retail Banking
14 20 (1.77%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.50%) Marketing
16 13 (1.15%) Automotive
16 13 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.15%) Front Office
17 12 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 259 (22.88%) Analyst
2 213 (18.82%) Business Analyst
3 113 (9.98%) Architect
4 104 (9.19%) Project Manager
5 92 (8.13%) Senior
6 84 (7.42%) Lead
7 83 (7.33%) Developer
8 45 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (3.27%) Tester
10 36 (3.18%) Scrum Master
11 35 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
11 35 (3.09%) Technical Business Analyst
12 34 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (2.92%) Consultant
14 30 (2.65%) Service Architect
15 29 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
16 27 (2.39%) Data Engineer
17 25 (2.21%) Product Owner
17 25 (2.21%) Senior Business Analyst
17 25 (2.21%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.10%) REST
2 46 (4.06%) Spring
3 36 (3.18%) RESTful
4 35 (3.09%) Kafka
5 27 (2.39%) HTML
5 27 (2.39%) JSON
5 27 (2.39%) Spring Boot
6 23 (2.03%) .NET
7 21 (1.86%) Playwright
7 21 (1.86%) XML
8 19 (1.68%) SOAP
9 18 (1.59%) Node.js
10 17 (1.50%) ADO
10 17 (1.50%) OAuth
10 17 (1.50%) React
11 16 (1.41%) WireMock
12 15 (1.33%) Middleware
12 15 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
12 15 (1.33%) YAML
13 13 (1.15%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 178 (15.72%) Product Ownership
2 55 (4.86%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
5 26 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 21 (1.86%) PMI
8 20 (1.77%) Mobile App
9 18 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.59%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
12 10 (0.88%) Equities
12 10 (0.88%) Reference Data
13 9 (0.80%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 92 (8.13%) Linux
2 62 (5.48%) Windows
3 24 (2.12%) Unix
4 17 (1.50%) Android
5 11 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
6 7 (0.62%) VMS
6 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.18%) AIX
8 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.18%) Solaris
8 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.088%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.088%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (60.87%) Agile
2 324 (28.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 282 (24.91%) DevOps
4 258 (22.79%) Scrum
5 228 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
6 223 (19.70%) CI/CD
7 178 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (15.28%) Project Management
8 173 (15.28%) User Stories
9 166 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 141 (12.46%) Acceptance Criteria
11 128 (11.31%) Test Automation
12 120 (10.60%) Change Management
12 120 (10.60%) Migration
13 119 (10.51%) Decision-Making
14 116 (10.25%) Project Delivery
14 116 (10.25%) Roadmaps
15 109 (9.63%) Workshop Facilitation
16 107 (9.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 99 (8.75%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 158 (13.96%) Python
2 130 (11.48%) SQL
3 80 (7.07%) Java
4 60 (5.30%) PowerShell
5 53 (4.68%) JavaScript
6 34 (3.00%) Bash
7 23 (2.03%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.77%) C#
9 12 (1.06%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.88%) C++
10 10 (0.88%) 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
1 343 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 289 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 221 (19.52%) Degree
4 60 (5.30%) PMI Certification
5 57 (5.04%) PMP
6 52 (4.59%) TOGAF Certification
7 50 (4.42%) CISSP
8 46 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 42 (3.71%) CISM
10 37 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.74%) Master's Degree
12 26 (2.30%) DV Cleared
13 20 (1.77%) CBAP
14 17 (1.50%) IIBA
15 15 (1.33%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (1.06%) MBA
18 10 (0.88%) PhD
18 10 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
19 9 (0.80%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.39%) QA
2 42 (3.71%) GDPR
3 41 (3.62%) PMO
4 34 (3.00%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.21%) NIST
6 20 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.06%) GRC
9 10 (0.88%) 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 (0.35%) COBIT
14 4 (0.35%) P3O
14 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 99 (8.75%) Docker
2 17 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.88%) Squid
5 9 (0.80%) vSphere
6 7 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.62%) Firmware
7 4 (0.35%) Postfix
7 4 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
8 3 (0.27%) HDFS
8 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.18%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.088%) etcd
10 1 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 117 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 79 (6.98%) Terraform
3 70 (6.18%) Ansible
4 40 (3.53%) Grafana
5 30 (2.65%) OPNET
6 26 (2.30%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.86%) Consul
8 17 (1.50%) Packer
8 17 (1.50%) Puppet
9 16 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.24%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.88%) 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 (0.35%) HP ALM
16 3 (0.27%) Argo
Vendors
1 132 (11.66%) Atlassian
2 115 (10.16%) Microsoft
3 78 (6.89%) ServiceNow
4 56 (4.95%) Oracle
5 51 (4.51%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.09%) Remedy
7 32 (2.83%) BiZZdesign
7 32 (2.83%) Red Hat
8 25 (2.21%) SAP
9 21 (1.86%) IBM
9 21 (1.86%) VMware
10 20 (1.77%) Commvault
11 19 (1.68%) Sonatype
12 18 (1.59%) CyberArk
13 17 (1.50%) Google
14 16 (1.41%) Cisco
14 16 (1.41%) Databricks
15 15 (1.33%) HP
15 15 (1.33%) Splunk
16 13 (1.15%) CheckPoint