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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 41 60
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 -30
Contract jobs citing JIRA 124 99 89
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.14% 4.37% 3.33%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.39% 33.90% 33.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 57 61
10th Percentile £331 £311 £450
25th Percentile £413 £413 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -12.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £688
90th Percentile £675 £654 £775
London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%

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 307 292 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 15.19% 12.89% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 169 191
10th Percentile £358 £360 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £59.50 £48.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year +22.05% +14.71% -26.09%

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 January 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
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 January 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 +7 115 £510 +0.65% 45
City of Westminster - 1 £230 -
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 59 (47.58%) Confluence
2 11 (8.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.23%) CMS
4 2 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.61%) WordPress
5 1 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.81%) Drupal
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) MS Visio
2 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.23%) Trello
5 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.81%) InVision
6 1 (0.81%) Notion
6 1 (0.81%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.61%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.61%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.81%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Summit
3 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.35%) Azure
2 14 (11.29%) AWS
3 13 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (9.68%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.45%) GitHub
6 5 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.42%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.42%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.42%) SaaS
8 3 (2.42%) Serverless
9 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.61%) Miro
9 2 (1.61%) PaaS
9 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.61%) DNS
1 2 (1.61%) Firewall
1 2 (1.61%) SSL
2 1 (0.81%) DKIM
2 1 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
2 1 (0.81%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.87%) Power BI
2 5 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.03%) Tableau
3 4 (3.23%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.23%) Redis
4 3 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.61%) Metadata
5 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.61%) SQLite
5 2 (1.61%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.81%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.81%) GIS
6 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.81%) MySQL
6 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.26%) Git
3 8 (6.45%) Selenium
4 7 (5.65%) Postman
5 6 (4.84%) SonarQube
6 5 (4.03%) Maven
6 5 (4.03%) Xcode
7 4 (3.23%) GitLab
7 4 (3.23%) JUnit
8 3 (2.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (2.42%) Cypress.io
8 3 (2.42%) Mockito
8 3 (2.42%) REST Assured
8 3 (2.42%) SoapUI
8 3 (2.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.42%) Subversion
8 3 (2.42%) XCTest
9 2 (1.61%) Crashlytics
9 2 (1.61%) fastlane
9 2 (1.61%) TestRail
General
1 48 (38.71%) Finance
2 45 (36.29%) Social Skills
3 34 (27.42%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (21.77%) Banking
5 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.03%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.23%) Front Office
10 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.42%) Legal
10 3 (2.42%) Marketing
10 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.81%) Back Office
12 1 (0.81%) French Language
12 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.81%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (25.00%) Analyst
2 23 (18.55%) Business Analyst
3 21 (16.94%) Senior
4 11 (8.87%) Lead
5 9 (7.26%) Developer
6 8 (6.45%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.65%) Tester
8 6 (4.84%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Administrator
9 5 (4.03%) Consultant
9 5 (4.03%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.03%) Technical Business Analyst
10 4 (3.23%) Architect
10 4 (3.23%) Banking Analyst
10 4 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.23%) Scrum Master
10 4 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) HTML
1 8 (6.45%) REST
2 7 (5.65%) SOAP
3 6 (4.84%) AngularJS
3 6 (4.84%) CSS
3 6 (4.84%) Spring
3 6 (4.84%) Web Services
4 5 (4.03%) HTML5
5 4 (3.23%) .NET
5 4 (3.23%) ADO
5 4 (3.23%) JSON
6 3 (2.42%) Bootstrap
6 3 (2.42%) CSS3
6 3 (2.42%) Hibernate
6 3 (2.42%) J2EE
6 3 (2.42%) JPA
6 3 (2.42%) Kafka
6 3 (2.42%) LDAP
6 3 (2.42%) Spring Cloud
6 3 (2.42%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.23%) Equities
4 4 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.42%) Derivative
5 3 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.61%) Animation
6 2 (1.61%) CMDB
6 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.61%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.61%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.61%) PMI
6 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Unix
2 4 (3.23%) Windows
3 2 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.61%) Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (61.29%) Agile
2 33 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (26.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (25.00%) Scrum
4 30 (24.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (23.39%) DevOps
6 22 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (17.74%) User Acceptance Testing
7 21 (16.94%) Project Delivery
7 21 (16.94%) Project Management
8 19 (15.32%) User Stories
9 18 (14.52%) Test Automation
10 17 (13.71%) Migration
11 15 (12.10%) CI/CD
11 15 (12.10%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.10%) Workshop Facilitation
12 14 (11.29%) Backlog Management
12 14 (11.29%) Waterfall
13 13 (10.48%) Risk Management
14 12 (9.68%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.90%) SQL
2 15 (12.10%) Java
3 13 (10.48%) JavaScript
4 12 (9.68%) Python
5 4 (3.23%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.42%) Apex Code
6 3 (2.42%) Groovy
7 2 (1.61%) Bash
7 2 (1.61%) Korn
7 2 (1.61%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.61%) Swift
8 1 (0.81%) C#
8 1 (0.81%) Go
8 1 (0.81%) PHP
8 1 (0.81%) SOQL
8 1 (0.81%) VBA
8 1 (0.81%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) SC Cleared
1 23 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.48%) Degree
3 5 (4.03%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.23%) CBAP
4 4 (3.23%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.42%) CISSP
5 3 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.42%) PMP
6 2 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.61%) CFA
6 2 (1.61%) ISEB
7 1 (0.81%) CISA
7 1 (0.81%) CRISC
7 1 (0.81%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.81%) IIBA
7 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.52%) QA
2 7 (5.65%) PMO
3 6 (4.84%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.42%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.61%) GDPR
5 2 (1.61%) GRC
5 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.61%) WCAG
6 1 (0.81%) Basel III
6 1 (0.81%) EMIR
6 1 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.81%) MiFID
6 1 (0.81%) NCSC
6 1 (0.81%) NIST
6 1 (0.81%) PSD2
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.81%) SEPA
6 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.03%) Docker
2 2 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.61%) Ansible
2 2 (1.61%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.81%) Ambari
3 1 (0.81%) Puppet
3 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.81%) SCCM
3 1 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.06%) Salesforce
3 9 (7.26%) Oracle
3 9 (7.26%) ServiceNow
4 8 (6.45%) Google
5 6 (4.84%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.23%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (3.23%) HP
6 4 (3.23%) SAP
6 4 (3.23%) Splunk
7 3 (2.42%) Adobe
7 3 (2.42%) Apple
7 3 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.42%) Remedy
8 2 (1.61%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.61%) BMC
8 2 (1.61%) IBM
8 2 (1.61%) Ivanti
8 2 (1.61%) Planview
8 2 (1.61%) SmartStream