Confluence Contracts

Confluence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Confluence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Confluence over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 137 111
Rank change year-on-year +39 -26 -27
Contract jobs citing Confluence 756 720 1,281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.59% 1.68% 2.28%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.26% 17.03% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 480 888
10th Percentile £332 £357 £360
25th Percentile £410 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £549
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.01% +4.48%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £671 £713 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £538 £505
% change year-on-year -11.63% +6.44% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 17
10th Percentile £53.36 £25.00 £22.16
25th Percentile £61.56 £36.75 £38.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £76.88 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £75.00 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +21.74% -23.33%

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 3,250 4,228 6,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.14% 9.86% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,151 2,947 4,276
10th Percentile £289 £257 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.82% +0.39%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 159 147
10th Percentile £16.86 £13.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.39 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.16 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.07% -42.55% +128.26%
75th Percentile £66.00 £49.04 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.61 £27.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year +94.84% -38.86% +143.24%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Confluence.

Daily rate trend for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Confluence.

Hourly rate trend for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in the UK

Confluence
Top 16 Contract 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 2025. 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 +52 615 £512 -2.43% 471
UK excluding London +37 372 £475 -11.63% 295
London +39 283 £550 +2.33% 224
Work from Home +16 252 £450 -13.79% 362
North of England +75 120 £425 -20.93% 72
South East +23 67 £450 - 63
Yorkshire +48 63 £419 -30.21% 26
Scotland -24 57 £450 -21.74% 26
South West +8 55 £575 +4.55% 41
North West +39 52 £415 -17.00% 41
Midlands +47 49 £460 +10.71% 56
West Midlands +41 35 £494 -10.27% 46
East of England +28 22 £463 +12.80% 15
East Midlands +14 13 £391 +13.33% 9
North East +9 11 £550 -4.35% 5
Wales +8 7 £425 -22.73% 12

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.85%) Apache
3 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.19%) nginx
4 5 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.66%) Camunda
4 5 (0.66%) CMS
4 5 (0.66%) Drupal
4 5 (0.66%) WordPress
5 4 (0.53%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Coherence
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) Traefik
7 2 (0.26%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 66 (8.73%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (8.60%) MS Visio
3 44 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (3.17%) Trello
5 22 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.26%) InVision
8 2 (0.26%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.13%) Open Workbench
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.13%) Actimize
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Primavera
4 1 (0.13%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 170 (22.49%) AWS
2 109 (14.42%) Azure
3 52 (6.88%) GitHub
4 45 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (5.29%) GCP
6 37 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 33 (4.37%) Serverless
8 31 (4.10%) SaaS
9 26 (3.44%) IaaS
10 22 (2.91%) Miro
11 19 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (2.25%) PaaS
13 11 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.46%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.32%) Lucidchart
14 10 (1.32%) Slack
15 9 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.23%) DNS
2 28 (3.70%) Firewall
3 22 (2.91%) VPN
4 18 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.25%) DHCP
6 14 (1.85%) HTTP
7 12 (1.59%) Network Security
8 11 (1.46%) BGP
8 11 (1.46%) Unified Communications
8 11 (1.46%) VLAN
9 10 (1.32%) SMTP
10 9 (1.19%) Kerberos
10 9 (1.19%) SAN
11 8 (1.06%) IPsec
11 8 (1.06%) SSL
12 7 (0.93%) MPLS
12 7 (0.93%) SNMP
13 6 (0.79%) POP3
14 5 (0.66%) Skype
14 5 (0.66%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.37%) Oracle Database
2 31 (4.10%) Power BI
3 29 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.25%) Big Data
7 15 (1.98%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.98%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.85%) MySQL
8 14 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (1.59%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.32%) Tableau
13 9 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (1.06%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.06%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
17 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 686 (90.74%) JIRA
2 94 (12.43%) Git
3 71 (9.39%) Jenkins
4 70 (9.26%) Bitbucket
5 39 (5.16%) GitLab
6 28 (3.70%) ScriptRunner
7 22 (2.91%) Visual Studio
8 21 (2.78%) Selenium
9 19 (2.51%) Postman
9 19 (2.51%) Subversion
10 18 (2.38%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.85%) Gradle
11 14 (1.85%) JUnit
11 14 (1.85%) Maven
12 13 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (1.46%) Eclipse
13 11 (1.46%) GoogleTest
13 11 (1.46%) PVCS
13 11 (1.46%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.46%) Robot Framework
General
1 289 (38.23%) Social Skills
2 213 (28.17%) Finance
3 143 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 91 (12.04%) Banking
6 30 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.78%) Marketing
9 16 (2.12%) Front Office
10 15 (1.98%) Military
11 14 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.72%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.59%) Retail
13 12 (1.59%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.46%) Automotive
14 11 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.93%) Back Office
15 7 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (23.28%) Analyst
2 132 (17.46%) Business Analyst
3 85 (11.24%) Developer
4 52 (6.88%) Senior
5 51 (6.75%) Project Manager
6 45 (5.95%) Lead
7 29 (3.84%) Architect
8 28 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
8 28 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (3.17%) Software Engineer
10 22 (2.91%) Data Analyst
11 21 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
12 19 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
12 19 (2.51%) Scrum Master
12 19 (2.51%) Technical Manager
13 16 (2.12%) JIRA Engineer
13 16 (2.12%) Technical Business Analyst
14 15 (1.98%) Administrator
15 14 (1.85%) Delphi Developer
15 14 (1.85%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.76%) REST
2 30 (3.97%) HTML
2 30 (3.97%) Kafka
3 29 (3.84%) CSS
4 26 (3.44%) SOAP
5 20 (2.65%) AngularJS
5 20 (2.65%) Web Services
6 18 (2.38%) RESTful
6 18 (2.38%) Spring
6 18 (2.38%) Spring Boot
7 17 (2.25%) JSON
8 15 (1.98%) LDAP
8 15 (1.98%) XML
9 13 (1.72%) Flash
10 12 (1.59%) Node.js
11 11 (1.46%) Java EE
12 10 (1.32%) Bootstrap
12 10 (1.32%) React
13 9 (1.19%) OAuth
14 8 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.51%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.97%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.65%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.51%) PKI
5 18 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 16 (2.12%) Clustering
7 16 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.98%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.19%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.06%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.06%) Derivative
12 7 (0.93%) Equities
13 6 (0.79%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.79%) PMI
14 5 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.39%) Linux
2 61 (8.07%) Windows
3 24 (3.17%) Unix
4 23 (3.04%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.32%) Android
7 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.66%) VMS
9 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.66%) zOS
10 4 (0.53%) CentOS
10 4 (0.53%) Solaris
11 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.26%) Debian
12 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (62.30%) Agile
2 168 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (21.43%) Scrum
4 145 (19.18%) DevOps
5 125 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 112 (14.81%) Project Management
7 101 (13.36%) Migration
8 90 (11.90%) User Stories
9 80 (10.58%) CI/CD
9 80 (10.58%) Validation
10 79 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (10.19%) Analytics
12 64 (8.47%) Business Analysis
13 62 (8.20%) Service Management
14 61 (8.07%) Project Delivery
14 61 (8.07%) Test Automation
15 60 (7.94%) Roadmaps
16 59 (7.80%) User Experience
17 58 (7.67%) Acceptance Criteria
17 58 (7.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 133 (17.59%) SQL
2 103 (13.62%) Java
2 103 (13.62%) Python
3 45 (5.95%) JavaScript
4 36 (4.76%) PL/SQL
5 31 (4.10%) Groovy
6 30 (3.97%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.70%) Bash
8 27 (3.57%) C#
9 14 (1.85%) C++
9 14 (1.85%) Delphi
10 13 (1.72%) C
11 12 (1.59%) Kotlin
11 12 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.46%) ProC
12 11 (1.46%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.32%) Perl
14 7 (0.93%) Bicep
15 5 (0.66%) Go
15 5 (0.66%) JCL
Qualifications
1 165 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 145 (19.18%) SC Cleared
3 100 (13.23%) Degree
4 27 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (3.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 17 (2.25%) CCNP
6 17 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.12%) PMI Certification
8 15 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.72%) CBAP
11 12 (1.59%) CCNA
11 12 (1.59%) PMP
12 11 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.19%) CISSP
13 9 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (1.06%) IIBA
14 8 (1.06%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.88%) QA
2 28 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.98%) PMO
5 14 (1.85%) GDPR
6 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.66%) MiFID
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
7 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.53%) NCSC
8 4 (0.53%) NIST
8 4 (0.53%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) GxP
9 3 (0.40%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.26%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 44 (5.82%) Docker
2 40 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (3.97%) Active Directory
4 24 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (1.59%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.06%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.93%) vSphere
8 4 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.40%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.26%) Firmware
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
10 2 (0.26%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.26%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (7.01%) Terraform
2 51 (6.75%) Kubernetes
3 44 (5.82%) Ansible
4 21 (2.78%) vCenter Server
5 20 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (2.38%) Puppet
7 13 (1.72%) Oracle RMAN
8 11 (1.46%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.32%) Packer
10 9 (1.19%) Tivoli
11 8 (1.06%) Consul
12 6 (0.79%) WSUS
13 4 (0.53%) Control-M
13 4 (0.53%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.53%) Istio
13 4 (0.53%) Rancher
13 4 (0.53%) Tivoli NetView
14 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.40%) Opsgenie
14 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (16.53%) Atlassian
2 96 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 89 (11.77%) Oracle
4 49 (6.48%) VMware
5 41 (5.42%) Cisco
6 38 (5.03%) Google
7 30 (3.97%) ServiceNow
8 21 (2.78%) IBM
9 17 (2.25%) SAP
10 16 (2.12%) Splunk
11 15 (1.98%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.72%) Commvault
13 12 (1.59%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.46%) Dell
15 9 (1.19%) Veeam
16 8 (1.06%) Citrix
17 7 (0.93%) Adobe
17 7 (0.93%) HP
17 7 (0.93%) Informatica
17 7 (0.93%) Palantir