Confluence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Confluence
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Confluence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Confluence over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 120 82
Rank change year-on-year -3 -38 +6
Contract jobs citing Confluence 374 481 939
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.79% 2.10% 3.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.99% 19.16% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 341 665
10th Percentile £350 £300 £385
25th Percentile £463 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +6.38%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £541 £525
% change year-on-year -0.69% +3.10% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 24
10th Percentile £61.50 £22.16 £42.38
25th Percentile £65.00 £51.25 £55.96
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -20.69% +15.08%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £73.75 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +10.87% -17.86% +20.69%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

Confluence is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,782 2,511 3,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.55% 10.96% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,767 2,684
10th Percentile £213 £200 £185
25th Percentile £325 £339 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.70%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 101 138
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £13.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.00 £14.45
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +116.22% -2.63%
75th Percentile £51.91 £64.50 £44.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.08 £51.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -41.31% +127.78% +9.76%

Confluence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Confluence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Confluence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Confluence in the UK excluding London

Confluence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
South West +28 100 £550 - 9
Scotland +60 99 £575 +35.29% 17
South East +9 91 £450 -8.63% 38
North of England -26 49 £538 +5.39% 29
Yorkshire +4 23 £600 +20.00% 7
North West -12 23 £500 +5.26% 21
East of England -23 19 £411 -17.75% 9
Midlands -39 15 £416 -20.86% 23
East Midlands +12 8 £345 -53.57% 3
West Midlands -52 7 £550 +4.76% 20
North East -5 3 £575 -25.81% 1
Wales +17 2 £550 +4.76% 5
Confluence
UK

Confluence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 30 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (7.75%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (2.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.87%) Apache
6 5 (1.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (1.07%) Appian
8 2 (0.53%) JBoss
8 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.53%) WildFly
9 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.35%) MS Visio
2 17 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.53%) Simulink
6 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (2.14%) SAP Hybris
2 6 (1.60%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Magento
4 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.12%) Azure
2 56 (14.97%) AWS
3 28 (7.49%) Azure Stack
4 25 (6.68%) GitHub
5 24 (6.42%) GCP
6 22 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 15 (4.01%) Kong
8 13 (3.48%) Apigee
9 10 (2.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 9 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.41%) PaaS
11 8 (2.14%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.60%) Collibra
13 4 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.07%) SaaS
13 4 (1.07%) Serverless
13 4 (1.07%) Slack
14 3 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.80%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.80%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.50%) Firewall
2 31 (8.29%) BGP
3 29 (7.75%) DNS
4 22 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.81%) DHCP
6 17 (4.55%) SNMP
6 17 (4.55%) VPN
7 16 (4.28%) Software-Defined Radio
8 9 (2.41%) HTTP
9 6 (1.60%) SSL
10 5 (1.34%) VSAN
11 3 (0.80%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.80%) Skype
12 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.53%) OpenLDAP
12 2 (0.53%) OSPF
12 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.81%) Power BI
2 13 (3.48%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.67%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.87%) Big Data
6 7 (1.87%) Metadata
6 7 (1.87%) Tableau
7 6 (1.60%) OLAP
7 6 (1.60%) OLTP
8 5 (1.34%) MySQL
8 5 (1.34%) Oracle OLAP
9 4 (1.07%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.07%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.80%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.53%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 355 (94.92%) JIRA
2 69 (18.45%) Bitbucket
3 60 (16.04%) Git
4 55 (14.71%) Jenkins
5 34 (9.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 27 (7.22%) GitLab
7 22 (5.88%) Eclipse
8 17 (4.55%) Robot Framework
9 16 (4.28%) GoogleTest
10 9 (2.41%) CircleCI
10 9 (2.41%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.41%) Travis CI
11 7 (1.87%) JMeter
11 7 (1.87%) JUnit
11 7 (1.87%) Postman
12 6 (1.60%) PyCharm
13 5 (1.34%) Artifactory
13 5 (1.34%) Selenium
13 5 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (1.07%) IntelliJ
General
1 161 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 87 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (18.45%) Public Sector
4 47 (12.57%) Finance
5 27 (7.22%) Aerospace
6 21 (5.61%) Military
7 16 (4.28%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.74%) Banking
9 9 (2.41%) Retail
10 8 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.87%) Marketing
12 6 (1.60%) Automotive
12 6 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.34%) Electronics
14 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.80%) Police
16 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (16.04%) Analyst
2 37 (9.89%) Developer
3 31 (8.29%) Business Analyst
3 31 (8.29%) Senior
4 28 (7.49%) Test Engineer
5 27 (7.22%) Architect
6 22 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
6 22 (5.88%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 21 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (5.35%) Product Manager
8 20 (5.35%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.81%) Software Engineer
10 16 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (4.01%) C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (3.74%) JIRA Engineer
12 14 (3.74%) Microsoft Engineer
13 13 (3.48%) Applications Engineer
14 12 (3.21%) Senior Manager
15 11 (2.94%) Lead
16 10 (2.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.82%) .NET
2 27 (7.22%) .NET Core
3 23 (6.15%) HTML
4 21 (5.61%) CSS
5 19 (5.08%) XML
6 17 (4.55%) REST
7 16 (4.28%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (4.28%) Web Services
8 15 (4.01%) Kafka
9 14 (3.74%) Spring
10 13 (3.48%) JSON
11 12 (3.21%) React
12 11 (2.94%) Apache Camel
12 11 (2.94%) SOAP
12 11 (2.94%) Spring Boot
13 10 (2.67%) J2EE
13 10 (2.67%) YAML
14 9 (2.41%) Node.js
15 8 (2.14%) RESTful
16 7 (1.87%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.29%) Private Cloud
2 26 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.42%) PKI
4 17 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 16 (4.28%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.41%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.14%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.60%) DataPower
10 5 (1.34%) Clustering
10 5 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.07%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.07%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.80%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 87 (23.26%) Linux
2 74 (19.79%) Windows
3 20 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.14%) Unix
6 5 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.53%) VMS
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (55.08%) Agile
2 69 (18.45%) Project Management
3 64 (17.11%) Scrum
4 63 (16.84%) DevOps
5 58 (15.51%) CI/CD
6 56 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (14.17%) Service Management
8 50 (13.37%) Continuous Integration
9 37 (9.89%) ITIL
10 35 (9.36%) Capacity Management
10 35 (9.36%) User Stories
11 34 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (8.82%) Task Automation
13 32 (8.56%) Roadmaps
13 32 (8.56%) Workflow
14 31 (8.29%) OO
15 30 (8.02%) Configuration Management
16 29 (7.75%) Network Management
17 28 (7.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 80 (21.39%) Python
2 58 (15.51%) PowerShell
3 44 (11.76%) SQL
4 36 (9.63%) Java
4 36 (9.63%) JavaScript
5 23 (6.15%) Bash
5 23 (6.15%) C++
6 11 (2.94%) Go
7 9 (2.41%) Groovy
8 8 (2.14%) C
9 7 (1.87%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.07%) C#
11 3 (0.80%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.80%) Ruby
11 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 176 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 127 (33.96%) SC Cleared
3 55 (14.71%) Degree
4 42 (11.23%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 18 (4.81%) MCSA
6 18 (4.81%) MCSE
6 18 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (4.55%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.60%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.34%) CCNA
10 5 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.07%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.07%) HNC
11 4 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.80%) PMP
13 2 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.82%) Government Security Classifications
2 23 (6.15%) QA
3 13 (3.48%) PMO
4 8 (2.14%) GDPR
5 7 (1.87%) GxP
6 6 (1.60%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (1.60%) Good Clinical Practice
7 5 (1.34%) NCSC
8 4 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.07%) NIST
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.53%) IFRS
10 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.27%) MISRA
11 1 (0.27%) MISRA C
System Software
1 36 (9.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (8.56%) Active Directory
3 31 (8.29%) Docker
4 16 (4.28%) Firmware
5 14 (3.74%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.60%) VirtualBox
8 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.07%) vSphere
9 1 (0.27%) HDFS
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.27%) Snort
Systems Management
1 56 (14.97%) Ansible
2 40 (10.70%) Kubernetes
3 34 (9.09%) Terraform
4 27 (7.22%) PowerCLI
5 18 (4.81%) SCOM
6 17 (4.55%) Kibana
7 12 (3.21%) logstash
8 10 (2.67%) Grafana
8 10 (2.67%) Puppet
9 9 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (2.41%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.41%) Progress Chef
9 9 (2.41%) Prometheus
10 7 (1.87%) Rancher
11 6 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.34%) vCenter Server
13 4 (1.07%) OPNET
14 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Satellite
15 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
15 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 134 (35.83%) Atlassian
2 67 (17.91%) Microsoft
3 41 (10.96%) VMware
4 24 (6.42%) Google
5 22 (5.88%) Dell
5 22 (5.88%) HP
5 22 (5.88%) SAP
6 20 (5.35%) Oracle
7 14 (3.74%) Splunk
8 11 (2.94%) Cisco
9 10 (2.67%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.41%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.14%) Adobe
11 8 (2.14%) IBM
12 6 (1.60%) TSYS
13 5 (1.34%) F5
14 4 (1.07%) Palo Alto
15 3 (0.80%) Red Hat
16 2 (0.53%) Bloomberg
16 2 (0.53%) Reuters