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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 30 44
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 +7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 124 127 104
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.21% 6.66% 4.45%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.03% 44.10% 33.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 98 66
10th Percentile £296 £313 £278
25th Percentile £463 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -3.33% -7.73%
75th Percentile £642 £640 £614
90th Percentile £725 £681 £759
London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £78.75 - -
London median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £26.97
% change year-on-year +40.45% +65.00% -50.06%

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 295 288 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 12.39% 15.09% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 204 199
10th Percentile £363 £352 £363
25th Percentile £460 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £694
90th Percentile £738 £723 £784
London median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £78.75 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +32.22% +20.00% -39.76%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -10 116 £544 +3.62% 64
City of Westminster -2 7 £425 +84.78% 7
West End of London - 5 £425 -
Southwark -2 1 £600 -
Lambeth - 1 - -
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 50 (40.32%) Confluence
2 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.65%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.81%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.81%) Maximo
2 1 (0.81%) OneSumX
2 1 (0.81%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.81%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.77%) Azure
2 19 (15.32%) AWS
3 17 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (11.29%) Power Platform
5 11 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (8.06%) GitHub
7 8 (6.45%) Serverless
8 7 (5.65%) GCP
8 7 (5.65%) SaaS
9 6 (4.84%) Amazon S3
9 6 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.23%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.23%) Snowflake
12 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.61%) dbt
13 2 (1.61%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.48%) DNS
2 11 (8.87%) VPN
3 9 (7.26%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.45%) DHCP
5 2 (1.61%) Firewall
5 2 (1.61%) HTTP
5 2 (1.61%) VLAN
6 1 (0.81%) INAP
6 1 (0.81%) Intelligent Network
6 1 (0.81%) Internet
6 1 (0.81%) Network Security
6 1 (0.81%) NGFW
6 1 (0.81%) RTP
6 1 (0.81%) SSH
6 1 (0.81%) SSL
6 1 (0.81%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.81%) VoIP
6 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.29%) Power BI
2 11 (8.87%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.23%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.42%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.42%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.61%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.61%) Tableau
7 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.81%) Flink
7 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.81%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (11.29%) Git
1 14 (11.29%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.26%) GitLab
3 6 (4.84%) JUnit
4 5 (4.03%) Mockito
4 5 (4.03%) Postman
5 4 (3.23%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.23%) Selenium
5 4 (3.23%) Zephyr
6 3 (2.42%) Maven
7 2 (1.61%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.61%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.61%) JMeter
7 2 (1.61%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.61%) Xcode
8 1 (0.81%) Gatling
8 1 (0.81%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 55 (44.35%) Finance
2 48 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 27 (21.77%) Banking
4 23 (18.55%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.26%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.84%) Front Office
8 5 (4.03%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.23%) Marketing
9 4 (3.23%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.42%) Retail
11 2 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.61%) Back Office
11 2 (1.61%) Publishing
12 1 (0.81%) Advertising
12 1 (0.81%) Automotive
12 1 (0.81%) Law
12 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (16.94%) Analyst
2 14 (11.29%) Developer
3 13 (10.48%) Senior
4 11 (8.87%) Business Analyst
5 10 (8.06%) Lead
5 10 (8.06%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.65%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.84%) Product Owner
8 5 (4.03%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) IT Support
8 5 (4.03%) Network Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (3.23%) Architect
9 4 (3.23%) Consultant
9 4 (3.23%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.23%) Scrum Master
9 4 (3.23%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.23%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.23%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.87%) REST
2 10 (8.06%) SOAP
3 8 (6.45%) Terraform
4 7 (5.65%) AngularJS
5 6 (4.84%) JSON
5 6 (4.84%) Spring
5 6 (4.84%) Spring Boot
6 5 (4.03%) Web Services
7 4 (3.23%) HTML
7 4 (3.23%) Kafka
7 4 (3.23%) RESTful
8 3 (2.42%) .NET
8 3 (2.42%) Bootstrap
8 3 (2.42%) Hibernate
8 3 (2.42%) JPA
9 2 (1.61%) CSS
9 2 (1.61%) Playwright
9 2 (1.61%) Spring Cloud
9 2 (1.61%) WireMock
9 2 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.26%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.84%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.23%) Derivative
5 4 (3.23%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.42%) Clustering
6 3 (2.42%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.61%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.61%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.81%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.81%) CSOC
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.90%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Linux
3 5 (4.03%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.03%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.42%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.42%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.61%) Android
5 2 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.61%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) CentOS
6 1 (0.81%) SUSE
6 1 (0.81%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.81%) VMS
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (53.23%) Agile
2 49 (39.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (29.84%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (25.81%) Scrum
5 29 (23.39%) DevOps
6 28 (22.58%) Migration
7 26 (20.97%) CI/CD
7 26 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (16.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
10 18 (14.52%) User Stories
11 17 (13.71%) Test Automation
12 15 (12.10%) Validation
13 14 (11.29%) Acceptance Criteria
13 14 (11.29%) Incident Management
13 14 (11.29%) Project Management
14 13 (10.48%) AI
14 13 (10.48%) Backlog Management
14 13 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.55%) SQL
2 17 (13.71%) Python
3 10 (8.06%) Java
4 8 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.03%) C#
6 3 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.61%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.61%) Bash
7 2 (1.61%) Korn
7 2 (1.61%) Swift
8 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.06%) Degree
4 9 (7.26%) PMI Certification
5 8 (6.45%) PMP
6 3 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) CBAP
8 1 (0.81%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.81%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.81%) IIBA
8 1 (0.81%) OSCP
8 1 (0.81%) PgMP
8 1 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.94%) QA
2 8 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.84%) PMO
4 5 (4.03%) SLA
5 3 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.61%) GDPR
6 2 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.81%) GRC
7 1 (0.81%) NCSC
7 1 (0.81%) NIST
7 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.81%) P3O
7 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.26%) Docker
3 4 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.03%) Grafana
3 3 (2.42%) Istio
3 3 (2.42%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (2.42%) Prometheus
3 3 (2.42%) SCCM
3 3 (2.42%) SCOM
3 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.13%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.26%) Oracle
3 9 (7.26%) Remedy
4 5 (4.03%) Bloomberg
4 5 (4.03%) Google
5 4 (3.23%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.23%) BMC
5 4 (3.23%) VMware
6 3 (2.42%) Commvault
6 3 (2.42%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.42%) Okta
6 3 (2.42%) Refinitiv
6 3 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.42%) SAP
6 3 (2.42%) Splunk
6 3 (2.42%) UiPath
7 2 (1.61%) Databricks
7 2 (1.61%) IFS
7 2 (1.61%) Planview