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Confluence freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

5.9% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Confluence – 3,055 projects, rank 10 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 5.8% (+0.4 percentage points from the month before). Confluence is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 20% of the engineering projects with Confluence.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is Confluence required or nice to have?

55% of the listings with Confluence name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 27% name it as nice to have, 18% without a clear mark.

Confluence demand by month

Share of listings with Confluence per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 2026522 of 7,653 projects6.8%
  2. July 2026591 of 9,884 projects6%
  3. August 2026556 of 10,216 projects5.4%
  4. September 2026599 of 10,958 projects5.5%
  5. October 2026761 of 13,054 projects5.8%

Skills asked for together with Confluence

The 15 skills that listings with Confluence name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Confluence, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. Jiraall projects 8.5%91%
  2. Scrumall projects 8.1%36%
  3. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%33%
  4. Project Managementall projects 15%21%
  5. Stakeholder Managementall projects 12%20%
  6. Javaall projects 6.6%19%
  7. REST APIsall projects 7.3%18%
  8. Test Automationall projects 5%18%
  9. SAFeall projects 4%18%
  10. CI/CDall projects 9.2%18%
  11. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%17%
  12. Gitall projects 5.1%16%
  13. Dockerall projects 4.8%15%
  14. Kanbanall projects 2.8%14%
  15. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%12%

Typical for Confluence – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Jira (91%), Kanban (14%), SAFe (18%), Scrum (36%), Agile Methods (33%), Test Automation (18%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Project Management (21%), Stakeholder Management (20%), Java (19%), REST APIs (18%), CI/CD (18%), Kubernetes (17%).

Roles asking for Confluence

41% of the projects with Confluence are engineering projects (1,257 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 8.2% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Confluence, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 20% of the role's projects · required 54%20%
  2. Test Engineerin 16% of the role's projects · required 58%17%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 8.8% of the role's projects · required 36%14%
  4. Java Fullstack Developerin 19% of the role's projects · required 60%12%
  5. Data Engineerin 4.3% of the role's projects · required 53%4.4%
  6. SAP Developerin 4.6% of the role's projects · required 34%3.7%
  7. Security Engineerin 4.3% of the role's projects · required 36%3.5%
  8. React Developerin 9.5% of the role's projects · required 2.5%3.2%

Skills related to Confluence

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with Confluence much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

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Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.