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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 27 43
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 +9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 128 127 102
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.26% 6.57% 4.36%
As % of the Development Applications category 43.10% 44.10% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 98 65
10th Percentile £300 £312 £274
25th Percentile £454 £389 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -4.76% -6.17%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £614
90th Percentile £725 £681 £768
London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £17.79 - -
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% - -
75th Percentile £52.88 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £76.25 - -
London median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £29.74
% change year-on-year +40.45% +49.66% -44.94%

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 297 288 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 12.20% 14.90% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 205 201
10th Percentile £363 £336 £363
25th Percentile £459 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.95%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £723 £783
London median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £17.79 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% - -
75th Percentile £52.88 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £56.25 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.70% -31.48%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -12 121 £539 +6.16% 61
City of Westminster -2 7 £425 +84.78% 5
West End of London - 5 £425 - 3
Southwark -1 1 £600 -
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 52 (40.63%) Confluence
2 7 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.78%) Apache
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.78%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.78%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.78%) Maximo
2 1 (0.78%) OneSumX
2 1 (0.78%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.31%) Azure
2 21 (16.41%) AWS
3 16 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (11.72%) Power Platform
5 11 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (7.81%) GitHub
7 8 (6.25%) Serverless
8 7 (5.47%) GCP
8 7 (5.47%) SaaS
9 6 (4.69%) Amazon S3
9 6 (4.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.13%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.13%) Snowflake
12 3 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.34%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.56%) dbt
13 2 (1.56%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.16%) DNS
2 11 (8.59%) VPN
3 9 (7.03%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.25%) DHCP
5 3 (2.34%) Firewall
6 2 (1.56%) HTTP
6 2 (1.56%) VLAN
7 1 (0.78%) INAP
7 1 (0.78%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.78%) Internet
7 1 (0.78%) Network Security
7 1 (0.78%) NGFW
7 1 (0.78%) RTP
7 1 (0.78%) SSH
7 1 (0.78%) SSL
7 1 (0.78%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.78%) VoIP
7 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.72%) Power BI
2 11 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.69%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.13%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.34%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.34%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.56%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.56%) Tableau
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.78%) Looker
Development Applications
1 15 (11.72%) Git
1 15 (11.72%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.03%) GitLab
3 6 (4.69%) JUnit
4 5 (3.91%) Mockito
4 5 (3.91%) Postman
5 4 (3.13%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.13%) Selenium
5 4 (3.13%) Zephyr
6 3 (2.34%) Maven
7 2 (1.56%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.56%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.56%) JMeter
7 2 (1.56%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.56%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.56%) Xcode
8 1 (0.78%) Gatling
8 1 (0.78%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.78%) TestRail
General
1 55 (42.97%) Finance
2 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 27 (21.09%) Banking
4 24 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.69%) Front Office
8 5 (3.91%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.13%) Marketing
9 4 (3.13%) Retail
9 4 (3.13%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.56%) Back Office
11 2 (1.56%) Publishing
12 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.78%) Games
12 1 (0.78%) Military
12 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (16.41%) Analyst
2 15 (11.72%) Developer
3 12 (9.38%) Senior
4 11 (8.59%) Business Analyst
5 10 (7.81%) Lead
5 10 (7.81%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.47%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.69%) Product Owner
8 5 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.91%) IT Support
8 5 (3.91%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.91%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.13%) Architect
9 4 (3.13%) Consultant
9 4 (3.13%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.13%) Product Manager
9 4 (3.13%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.59%) REST
2 10 (7.81%) SOAP
3 8 (6.25%) Terraform
4 7 (5.47%) AngularJS
5 6 (4.69%) JSON
5 6 (4.69%) Spring
5 6 (4.69%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.91%) Web Services
7 4 (3.13%) HTML
7 4 (3.13%) Kafka
7 4 (3.13%) RESTful
8 3 (2.34%) .NET
8 3 (2.34%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.34%) Hibernate
8 3 (2.34%) JPA
8 3 (2.34%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (1.56%) ActiveMQ
9 2 (1.56%) CSS
9 2 (1.56%) Middleware
9 2 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.28%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.03%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.13%) Derivative
4 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.34%) Clustering
5 3 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.56%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.78%) FMCG
7 1 (0.78%) iPad
7 1 (0.78%) iPhone
7 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.50%) Windows
2 6 (4.69%) Linux
3 5 (3.91%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.34%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.56%) Android
5 2 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.78%) CentOS
6 1 (0.78%) SUSE
6 1 (0.78%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.78%) VMS
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (54.69%) Agile
2 50 (39.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (29.69%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (25.00%) Scrum
5 29 (22.66%) DevOps
6 28 (21.88%) CI/CD
6 28 (21.88%) Migration
7 26 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (15.63%) Sprint Planning
8 20 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (14.06%) Test Automation
9 18 (14.06%) User Stories
10 15 (11.72%) Project Management
10 15 (11.72%) Validation
11 14 (10.94%) Acceptance Criteria
11 14 (10.94%) Backlog Management
11 14 (10.94%) Incident Management
12 13 (10.16%) AI
12 13 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (9.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.97%) SQL
2 19 (14.84%) Python
3 10 (7.81%) Java
4 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.69%) C#
6 3 (2.34%) Bash
6 3 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.56%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.56%) Korn
7 2 (1.56%) Swift
8 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.59%) Degree
4 8 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.47%) PMP
6 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.78%) CBAP
8 1 (0.78%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.78%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.78%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) IIBA
8 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.78%) OSCP
8 1 (0.78%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.41%) QA
2 8 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.47%) PMO
4 5 (3.91%) SLA
5 3 (2.34%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.56%) GDPR
6 2 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.78%) GRC
7 1 (0.78%) NCSC
7 1 (0.78%) NIST
7 1 (0.78%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.78%) P3O
7 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (8.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.81%) Docker
3 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.91%) Grafana
3 4 (3.13%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.34%) Istio
4 3 (2.34%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (2.34%) SCCM
4 3 (2.34%) SCOM
4 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.78%) Ansible
6 1 (0.78%) Consul
Vendors
1 28 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.63%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.03%) Oracle
3 9 (7.03%) Remedy
4 5 (3.91%) Bloomberg
4 5 (3.91%) Google
5 4 (3.13%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.13%) BMC
5 4 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.13%) VMware
6 3 (2.34%) Commvault
6 3 (2.34%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.34%) Okta
6 3 (2.34%) Refinitiv
6 3 (2.34%) SAP
6 3 (2.34%) Splunk
6 3 (2.34%) UiPath
7 2 (1.56%) Databricks
7 2 (1.56%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.56%) Palo Alto