JIRA Contracts in Central London

Atlassian JIRA
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 54 49
Rank change year-on-year +19 -5 -15
Contract jobs citing JIRA 113 92 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.80% 3.92% 4.38%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.48% 29.21% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 58 116
10th Percentile £355 £384 £372
25th Percentile £406 £446 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +3.93%
75th Percentile £625 £587 £688
90th Percentile £693 £709 £764
London median daily rate £524 £533 £573
% change year-on-year -1.69% -6.90% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +165.15% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £66.25 £32.11 £54.00
% change year-on-year +106.35% -40.55% +21.35%

All Development Application Skills
Central London

JIRA falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 266 315 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.66% 13.42% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 214 347
10th Percentile £384 £400 £400
25th Percentile £428 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -8.33% +0.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £725
90th Percentile £738 £773 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £34.38 £36.63
25th Percentile £86.25 £36.44 £39.06
Median hourly rate £87.50 £40.75 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +114.72% -6.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88.75 £45.94 £49.06
90th Percentile - £48.53 £51.88
London median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -1.16% -42.67% +68.54%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in Central London.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Central London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
City of London +14 107 £525 - 204
City of Westminster +1 2 £375 - 3
Southwark - 1 - -
JIRA
London

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 50 (44.25%) Confluence
2 4 (3.54%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.77%) Apache
3 2 (1.77%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.77%) nginx
4 1 (0.88%) Camunda
4 1 (0.88%) Drupal
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (13.27%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (6.19%) MS Visio
5 6 (5.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.88%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.66%) Azure
2 22 (19.47%) AWS
3 15 (13.27%) Power Platform
4 13 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (7.96%) GitHub
6 5 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.42%) GCP
7 4 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.54%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.54%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.65%) IaaS
8 3 (2.65%) Miro
9 2 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.77%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.77%) SaaS
9 2 (1.77%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.42%) Firewall
2 3 (2.65%) DNS
2 3 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.77%) SSH
3 2 (1.77%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.88%) LAN
4 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.62%) Power BI
2 5 (4.42%) Data Lake
2 5 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.42%) Tableau
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.65%) Redis
4 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.77%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.77%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.77%) CockroachDB
5 2 (1.77%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.77%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.77%) Looker
5 2 (1.77%) MySQL
5 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 19 (16.81%) Git
2 13 (11.50%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.85%) Postman
4 9 (7.96%) REST Assured
5 6 (5.31%) Bitbucket
5 6 (5.31%) ScriptRunner
5 6 (5.31%) Selenium
6 5 (4.42%) SonarQube
7 4 (3.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (3.54%) JUnit
7 4 (3.54%) Maven
7 4 (3.54%) Subversion
7 4 (3.54%) Zephyr
8 3 (2.65%) LoadRunner
8 3 (2.65%) Mockito
8 3 (2.65%) SoapUI
8 3 (2.65%) Xcode
8 3 (2.65%) XCTest
9 2 (1.77%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.77%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (45.13%) Finance
2 49 (43.36%) Social Skills
3 32 (28.32%) Banking
4 22 (19.47%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.19%) Investment Banking
6 6 (5.31%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.42%) Front Office
8 4 (3.54%) Law
9 3 (2.65%) Back Office
9 3 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.77%) Legal
10 2 (1.77%) Military
10 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.77%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Police
11 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (21.24%) Analyst
2 17 (15.04%) Business Analyst
3 16 (14.16%) Project Manager
4 15 (13.27%) Developer
5 8 (7.08%) Senior
6 5 (4.42%) Data Business Analyst
6 5 (4.42%) Data Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Lead
7 4 (3.54%) Consultant
7 4 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.54%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (3.54%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.54%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (3.54%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.65%) Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Data Analyst
8 3 (2.65%) Product Manager
8 3 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Test Engineer
8 3 (2.65%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.39%) REST
2 8 (7.08%) CSS
2 8 (7.08%) HTML
3 6 (5.31%) AngularJS
3 6 (5.31%) HTML5
4 5 (4.42%) Kafka
4 5 (4.42%) Spring
4 5 (4.42%) Swagger
5 4 (3.54%) .NET
5 4 (3.54%) JPA
5 4 (3.54%) React
5 4 (3.54%) SOAP
5 4 (3.54%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.54%) Web Services
6 3 (2.65%) Bootstrap
6 3 (2.65%) CSS3
6 3 (2.65%) J2EE
6 3 (2.65%) pytest
6 3 (2.65%) Spring MVC
6 3 (2.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.42%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.54%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.54%) Fixed Income
3 4 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.54%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.54%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.65%) Derivative
4 3 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.77%) Equities
5 2 (1.77%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.77%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.77%) Replication
5 2 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Linux
1 9 (7.96%) Windows
2 7 (6.19%) Unix
3 3 (2.65%) Android
3 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.88%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (65.49%) Agile
2 35 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (25.66%) Scrum
4 26 (23.01%) DevOps
5 23 (20.35%) Project Management
5 23 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (15.93%) CI/CD
8 14 (12.39%) SDLC
9 13 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (10.62%) Migration
10 12 (10.62%) Project Delivery
10 12 (10.62%) User Stories
11 11 (9.73%) Risk Management
11 11 (9.73%) Roadmaps
11 11 (9.73%) Test Automation
12 10 (8.85%) Analytics
12 10 (8.85%) Data Analysis
12 10 (8.85%) ITIL
12 10 (8.85%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.01%) SQL
2 23 (20.35%) Python
3 18 (15.93%) Java
4 10 (8.85%) Groovy
4 10 (8.85%) JavaScript
5 7 (6.19%) C#
6 6 (5.31%) Bash
7 5 (4.42%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.42%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.65%) Scala
8 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.77%) Perl
10 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.88%) C
10 1 (0.88%) COBOL
10 1 (0.88%) JCL
10 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.88%) Ruby
10 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.81%) Degree
2 13 (11.50%) SC Cleared
2 13 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.08%) PMI Certification
3 8 (7.08%) PMP
4 5 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.65%) CBAP
6 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.88%) APMG
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CAPM
7 1 (0.88%) CFA
7 1 (0.88%) IIBA
7 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) PhD
7 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.08%) QA
2 5 (4.42%) PMO
3 4 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.54%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) MiFID
5 2 (1.77%) EMIR
5 2 (1.77%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.77%) SEPA
5 2 (1.77%) SLA
6 1 (0.88%) COBIT
6 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.88%) NCSC
6 1 (0.88%) NIST
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.88%) UCITS
6 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (8.85%) Docker
2 2 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Lustre
3 1 (0.88%) NFS
3 1 (0.88%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.88%) Veritas File System
3 1 (0.88%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.31%) Ansible
2 6 (5.31%) Terraform
3 3 (2.65%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.77%) Control-M
4 2 (1.77%) Opsgenie
4 2 (1.77%) Podman
4 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.77%) SCCM
4 2 (1.77%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.88%) Consul
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) Istio
5 1 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.88%) Karpenter
5 1 (0.88%) Netcool
5 1 (0.88%) Packer
5 1 (0.88%) QRadar
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.96%) Atlassian
3 8 (7.08%) Oracle
4 7 (6.19%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.31%) Splunk
6 5 (4.42%) HP
7 4 (3.54%) Cisco
7 4 (3.54%) Databricks
7 4 (3.54%) Google
7 4 (3.54%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.65%) Bloomberg
8 3 (2.65%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (2.65%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.65%) IBM
8 3 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.65%) SAP
8 3 (2.65%) VMware
9 2 (1.77%) Arista
9 2 (1.77%) Dell
9 2 (1.77%) Logitech