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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 34 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -27
Contract jobs citing JIRA 118 108 74
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.50% 5.28% 2.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.26% 37.89% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 60 51
10th Percentile £363 £348 £363
25th Percentile £432 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.95% -
75th Percentile £638 £579 £675
90th Percentile £695 £632 £756
London median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.39% -41.28%

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 286 285 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.34% 13.93% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 164 182
10th Percentile £361 £405 £417
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £688
90th Percentile £743 £738 £775
London median daily rate £520 £530 £568
% change year-on-year -1.89% -6.61% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.20
25th Percentile £18.75 - £52.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.22%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £67.88
90th Percentile - - £71.40
London median hourly rate £43.00 £67.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year -36.30% +63.64% -28.26%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -3 110 £525 +5.00% 19
West End of London +7 1 £550 +2.80%
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 50 (42.37%) Confluence
2 12 (10.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.54%) CMS
4 2 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.69%) Ethereum
4 2 (1.69%) Hyperledger
4 2 (1.69%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.85%) Apache
5 1 (0.85%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (10.17%) MS Visio
2 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.39%) Trello
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.85%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.54%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.69%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (1.69%) Summit
4 1 (0.85%) Actimize
4 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.85%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.85%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.49%) Azure
2 17 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (10.17%) AWS
4 10 (8.47%) GitHub
4 10 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.54%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.54%) GCP
7 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.54%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.54%) Serverless
8 2 (1.69%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.69%) Miro
8 2 (1.69%) SaaS
8 2 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) DNS
1 2 (1.69%) HTTP
2 1 (0.85%) DKIM
2 1 (0.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.78%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) Tableau
3 3 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.54%) Metadata
3 3 (2.54%) Tick Data
4 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.69%) SQLite
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.85%) GIS
5 1 (0.85%) Looker
5 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (13.56%) Jenkins
2 10 (8.47%) Git
3 8 (6.78%) Selenium
4 5 (4.24%) Postman
5 4 (3.39%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.39%) GitLab
5 4 (3.39%) JUnit
5 4 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.54%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.54%) Maven
7 2 (1.69%) Ant
7 2 (1.69%) CocoaPods
7 2 (1.69%) Crashlytics
7 2 (1.69%) fastlane
7 2 (1.69%) Liquibase
7 2 (1.69%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.69%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.69%) TestRail
7 2 (1.69%) Xcode
General
1 52 (44.07%) Finance
2 49 (41.53%) Social Skills
3 31 (26.27%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (20.34%) Banking
5 11 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.24%) Front Office
7 5 (4.24%) Legal
8 4 (3.39%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 3 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Marketing
10 2 (1.69%) Back Office
10 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) French Language
11 1 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Analyst
2 25 (21.19%) Business Analyst
2 25 (21.19%) Senior
3 12 (10.17%) Developer
4 10 (8.47%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (7.63%) Lead
5 9 (7.63%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.93%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (5.08%) Banking Analyst
7 6 (5.08%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (5.08%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.08%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Banking Business Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Scrum Master
8 5 (4.24%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.24%) Technical Business Analyst
9 4 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) IT Support
9 4 (3.39%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.39%) JIRA Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.08%) Spring
2 5 (4.24%) REST
3 3 (2.54%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.54%) Kafka
3 3 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.54%) Playwright
3 3 (2.54%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.54%) Web Services
4 2 (1.69%) .NET
4 2 (1.69%) ADO
4 2 (1.69%) AVFoundation
4 2 (1.69%) COM
4 2 (1.69%) Core Data
4 2 (1.69%) CSS
4 2 (1.69%) gRPC
4 2 (1.69%) HTML
4 2 (1.69%) J2EE
4 2 (1.69%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.69%) SOAP
4 2 (1.69%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.39%) Equities
3 4 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.54%) Derivative
4 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.69%) Animation
5 2 (1.69%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.69%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) CMDB
6 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Windows
2 4 (3.39%) Linux
3 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (58.47%) Agile
2 36 (30.51%) Scrum
3 31 (26.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (24.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (23.73%) DevOps
6 23 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (18.64%) Project Delivery
8 21 (17.80%) Project Management
9 19 (16.10%) CI/CD
10 18 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (14.41%) Migration
12 15 (12.71%) User Stories
12 15 (12.71%) Workshop Facilitation
13 14 (11.86%) Decision-Making
13 14 (11.86%) Risk Management
13 14 (11.86%) Test Automation
13 14 (11.86%) Waterfall
14 13 (11.02%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (10.17%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.02%) Java
2 12 (10.17%) Python
2 12 (10.17%) SQL
3 6 (5.08%) C#
3 6 (5.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.54%) Bash
5 2 (1.69%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.69%) C++
5 2 (1.69%) Korn
5 2 (1.69%) Objective-C
5 2 (1.69%) Swift
5 2 (1.69%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.69%) VBA
6 1 (0.85%) PHP
6 1 (0.85%) SOQL
6 1 (0.85%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) Degree
4 6 (5.08%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.24%) CBAP
5 5 (4.24%) ISTQB
5 5 (4.24%) PMP
6 3 (2.54%) ISEB
6 3 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.69%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.69%) CFA
7 2 (1.69%) CISSP
7 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.69%) IIBA
7 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.41%) QA
2 6 (5.08%) PMO
3 4 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.54%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.69%) GDPR
5 2 (1.69%) GRC
5 2 (1.69%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) Basel III
6 1 (0.85%) EMIR
6 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.85%) MiFID
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Docker
2 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.39%) Ansible
2 3 (2.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.69%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.17%) ServiceNow
3 10 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 9 (7.63%) Google
5 6 (5.08%) Oracle
6 5 (4.24%) Atlassian
7 4 (3.39%) Planview
7 4 (3.39%) Remedy
8 3 (2.54%) Adobe
8 3 (2.54%) Apple
8 3 (2.54%) Databricks
8 3 (2.54%) IBM
8 3 (2.54%) SAP
8 3 (2.54%) Solace
8 3 (2.54%) Workday
9 2 (1.69%) Ahrefs
9 2 (1.69%) HP
9 2 (1.69%) Murex
9 2 (1.69%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.85%) Tenable