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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 -16
Contract jobs citing JIRA 114 109 82
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.76% 5.44% 3.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 43.68% 38.79% 29.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 63 48
10th Percentile £369 £363 £393
25th Percentile £463 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £638
90th Percentile £712 £641 £704
London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £17.98 - -
25th Percentile £18.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £33.00
75th Percentile £20.25 - -
90th Percentile £42.85 - -
London median hourly rate £29.50 £30.00 £32.36
% change year-on-year -1.67% -7.28% -40.08%

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 261 281 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.89% 14.01% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 167 185
10th Percentile £363 £404 £409
25th Percentile £445 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.41%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
London median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £17.98 - £35.75
25th Percentile £18.75 - £39.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.65%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £62.00
90th Percentile £42.85 - £69.05
London median hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £39.38
% change year-on-year +5.00% -23.81% -31.52%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -11 108 £525 - 38
Southwark 0 1 £650 -
West End of London - 1 £550 -
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 (37.72%) Confluence
2 9 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.75%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.75%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.75%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) JBoss
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (7.89%) MS Visio
3 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.63%) Trello
5 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.88%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.75%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (1.75%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.75%) Summit
4 1 (0.88%) Actimize
4 1 (0.88%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.88%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.88%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.88%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.88%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.88%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.54%) Azure
2 18 (15.79%) AWS
3 13 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.89%) GitHub
5 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.26%) Amazon S3
6 6 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (5.26%) GCP
6 6 (5.26%) Serverless
7 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.63%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.63%) SaaS
9 3 (2.63%) Slack
10 2 (1.75%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.75%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) HTTP
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.26%) DynamoDB
1 6 (5.26%) Power BI
1 6 (5.26%) Tableau
2 4 (3.51%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.75%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.75%) Tick Data
5 1 (0.88%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.88%) Looker
5 1 (0.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (13.16%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.28%) Git
3 6 (5.26%) JUnit
3 6 (5.26%) Selenium
4 5 (4.39%) Postman
5 4 (3.51%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.51%) GitLab
6 3 (2.63%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.63%) Mockito
7 2 (1.75%) Ant
7 2 (1.75%) Liquibase
7 2 (1.75%) Maven
7 2 (1.75%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.75%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.75%) TestRail
8 1 (0.88%) Zephyr
General
1 54 (47.37%) Finance
2 38 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 28 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (23.68%) Banking
5 13 (11.40%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (6.14%) Front Office
7 7 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.39%) Investment Banking
9 5 (4.39%) Legal
9 5 (4.39%) Retail
10 4 (3.51%) Back Office
11 3 (2.63%) Marketing
12 1 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.88%) French Language
12 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.88%) Military
12 1 (0.88%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (25.44%) Analyst
2 21 (18.42%) Business Analyst
2 21 (18.42%) Senior
3 14 (12.28%) Developer
4 11 (9.65%) Lead
5 10 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (6.14%) Banking Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.26%) IT Support
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 5 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (4.39%) Banking Business Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.51%) Junior
10 4 (3.51%) Scrum Master
10 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.51%) Tester
11 3 (2.63%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.02%) Spring
2 5 (4.39%) Kafka
2 5 (4.39%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.51%) REST
3 4 (3.51%) Web Services
4 3 (2.63%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.63%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.63%) J2EE
4 3 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.63%) Playwright
4 3 (2.63%) React
4 3 (2.63%) SOAP
4 3 (2.63%) WireMock
4 3 (2.63%) YAML
5 2 (1.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (1.75%) COM
5 2 (1.75%) gRPC
5 2 (1.75%) Qt
5 2 (1.75%) RESTful
5 2 (1.75%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.77%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.51%) Derivative
4 4 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.63%) Equities
6 2 (1.75%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.75%) PMI
6 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.88%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.88%) FMCG
7 1 (0.88%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.39%) Windows
2 4 (3.51%) Linux
3 2 (1.75%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (60.53%) Agile
2 32 (28.07%) Scrum
3 29 (25.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (22.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (15.79%) Migration
7 18 (15.79%) Test Automation
8 17 (14.91%) CI/CD
8 17 (14.91%) DevOps
9 16 (14.04%) Project Delivery
9 16 (14.04%) Project Management
10 15 (13.16%) Decision-Making
10 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (13.16%) Workshop Facilitation
11 14 (12.28%) Waterfall
12 13 (11.40%) Risk Management
12 13 (11.40%) User Stories
13 11 (9.65%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (9.65%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.40%) Java
2 12 (10.53%) Python
2 12 (10.53%) SQL
3 9 (7.89%) C#
4 6 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.39%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.75%) Bash
6 2 (1.75%) C++
6 2 (1.75%) VBA
7 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.88%) Korn
7 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.88%) Scala
7 1 (0.88%) Swift
7 1 (0.88%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.89%) Degree
4 5 (4.39%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.51%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.63%) CBAP
6 3 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.63%) PMP
7 2 (1.75%) CFA
7 2 (1.75%) IIBA
7 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.88%) CEH
8 1 (0.88%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.88%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.88%) ISEB
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.79%) QA
2 9 (7.89%) PMO
3 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.63%) SLA
4 2 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.75%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.88%) Basel III
5 1 (0.88%) EMIR
5 1 (0.88%) GRC
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.88%) MiFID
5 1 (0.88%) NCSC
5 1 (0.88%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Docker
2 3 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Kubernetes
1 5 (4.39%) Terraform
2 4 (3.51%) Ansible
3 2 (1.75%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.88%) Consul
4 1 (0.88%) Control-M
4 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.65%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.14%) Google
3 7 (6.14%) Salesforce
4 6 (5.26%) Oracle
4 6 (5.26%) Remedy
5 4 (3.51%) Planview
5 4 (3.51%) Workday
6 3 (2.63%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.63%) Databricks
6 3 (2.63%) IBM
6 3 (2.63%) Murex
6 3 (2.63%) SAP
7 2 (1.75%) HP
7 2 (1.75%) SmartStream
7 2 (1.75%) Solace
8 1 (0.88%) LexisNexis
8 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.88%) Splunk