JIRA Contract Job Trends in Central London

Atlassian JIRA
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 121 114 94
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.64% 5.86% 3.95%
As % of the Development Applications category 45.83% 42.86% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 68 60
10th Percentile £399 £356 £392
25th Percentile £471 £409 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £578
90th Percentile £725 £690 £656
London median daily rate £518 £520 £534
% change year-on-year -0.48% -2.62% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% +165.15% -
75th Percentile £31.13 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.45 - -
London median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £32.11
% change year-on-year -38.89% +40.17% -40.55%

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 264 266 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.13% 13.68% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 159 216
10th Percentile £369 £384 £400
25th Percentile £451 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £722 £738 £768
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile - - £34.38
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 £36.44
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% +114.72% -6.86%
75th Percentile £31.13 £88.75 £45.94
90th Percentile £75.45 - £48.53
London median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% -6.98% -42.67%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

JIRA job vacancy trend in Central London

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Central London over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in Central London over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 June 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
City of London -12 113 £550 +4.76% 12
City of Westminster -2 4 - - 2
West End of London - 4 £550 - 1
Southwark +2 2 £625 -
JIRA
London

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 43 (35.54%) Confluence
2 6 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.65%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.65%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.65%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.83%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) JBoss
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) SAS
4 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.96%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.83%) Actimize
2 1 (0.83%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.83%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.83%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.83%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.83%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.83%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.83%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.83%) AWS
1 24 (19.83%) Azure
2 15 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (9.92%) GitHub
4 11 (9.09%) Serverless
5 10 (8.26%) Amazon S3
6 9 (7.44%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (6.61%) SaaS
8 7 (5.79%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (4.96%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (4.96%) GCP
10 5 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (2.48%) Entra ID
12 3 (2.48%) Slack
13 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
13 2 (1.65%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.31%) HTTP
2 3 (2.48%) DNS
3 2 (1.65%) DHCP
3 2 (1.65%) Firewall
3 2 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.65%) VPN
4 1 (0.83%) Internet
4 1 (0.83%) Network Security
4 1 (0.83%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.44%) DynamoDB
2 8 (6.61%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.96%) Amazon Athena
3 6 (4.96%) Power BI
4 4 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.31%) Tableau
5 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.48%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.65%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.65%) Metadata
7 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.83%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.83%) Looker
7 1 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.83%) QlikView
7 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (16.53%) Git
2 19 (15.70%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.26%) GitLab
4 9 (7.44%) JUnit
5 6 (4.96%) Mockito
5 6 (4.96%) Postman
6 5 (4.13%) Cucumber
7 4 (3.31%) Selenium
8 3 (2.48%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.65%) Ant
9 2 (1.65%) Liquibase
9 2 (1.65%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.65%) Xcode
9 2 (1.65%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.83%) Maven
10 1 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (45.45%) Finance
2 48 (39.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (27.27%) Banking
4 15 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.13%) Retail
9 4 (3.31%) Front Office
9 4 (3.31%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.48%) Back Office
10 3 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.48%) Legal
11 2 (1.65%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.65%) Marketing
12 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.83%) Military
12 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.83%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (17.36%) Analyst
2 20 (16.53%) Developer
3 14 (11.57%) Senior
4 10 (8.26%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.61%) IT Support
5 8 (6.61%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.79%) Delivery Manager
6 7 (5.79%) Lead
7 6 (4.96%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Banking Analyst
7 6 (4.96%) Scrum Master
7 6 (4.96%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.13%) Product Owner
8 5 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) Banking Business Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.31%) Java Developer
10 3 (2.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.26%) Spring
2 8 (6.61%) Kafka
2 8 (6.61%) SOAP
2 8 (6.61%) Spring Boot
3 7 (5.79%) REST
4 5 (4.13%) Gherkin
4 5 (4.13%) WireMock
4 5 (4.13%) YAML
5 4 (3.31%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.31%) JSON
5 4 (3.31%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (3.31%) Web Services
6 3 (2.48%) J2EE
6 3 (2.48%) React
6 3 (2.48%) RESTful
6 3 (2.48%) SwiftUI
6 3 (2.48%) UIKit
7 2 (1.65%) HTML
7 2 (1.65%) Qt
7 2 (1.65%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.79%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.48%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (2.48%) PMI
5 3 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.65%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.65%) Derivative
6 2 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.83%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.83%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.83%) FMCG
7 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.96%) Windows
2 5 (4.13%) Linux
3 3 (2.48%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.83%) SUSE
5 1 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (57.85%) Agile
2 32 (26.45%) Scrum
3 29 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (19.83%) CI/CD
5 24 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (17.36%) DevOps
7 19 (15.70%) Migration
8 17 (14.05%) Test Automation
9 15 (12.40%) Project Management
9 15 (12.40%) Sprint Planning
9 15 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (11.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (9.92%) Backlog Management
11 12 (9.92%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 12 (9.92%) Roadmaps
12 11 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.09%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.09%) Sprint Retrospective
13 10 (8.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.57%) Java
2 13 (10.74%) Python
3 12 (9.92%) C#
4 10 (8.26%) SQL
5 7 (5.79%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.96%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.48%) Swift
8 2 (1.65%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.65%) Bash
8 2 (1.65%) C++
8 2 (1.65%) VBA
9 1 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 24 (19.83%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.09%) Degree
4 6 (4.96%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.31%) CBAP
5 4 (3.31%) PMP
6 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.83%) CEH
8 1 (0.83%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.83%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.83%) IIBA
8 1 (0.83%) ISEB
8 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.57%) QA
2 9 (7.44%) PMO
3 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.31%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.48%) SLA
6 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.83%) GRC
7 1 (0.83%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.83%) NCSC
7 1 (0.83%) NIST
7 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.83%) P3O
7 1 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (8.26%) Docker
2 5 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (9.92%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.26%) Terraform
3 4 (3.31%) Ansible
4 3 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.83%) Consul
6 1 (0.83%) Control-M
6 1 (0.83%) Grafana
6 1 (0.83%) Istio
Vendors
1 16 (13.22%) ServiceNow
2 13 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.79%) Oracle
3 7 (5.79%) Remedy
4 6 (4.96%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.13%) Google
6 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.48%) Databricks
6 3 (2.48%) Okta
6 3 (2.48%) Planview
7 2 (1.65%) Adobe
7 2 (1.65%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.65%) Citrix
7 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.65%) IBM
7 2 (1.65%) Murex
7 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.65%) Workday
8 1 (0.83%) Informatica
8 1 (0.83%) Red Hat