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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 31 44
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 122 124 107
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.93% 6.39% 4.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.36% 44.13% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 92 70
10th Percentile £316 £313 £296
25th Percentile £463 £387 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £614
90th Percentile £725 £675 £727
London median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.10% - -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 £53.00 £44.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +36.92% -39.81%

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 288 281 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.65% 14.47% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 198 213
10th Percentile £386 £347 £375
25th Percentile £463 £414 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £700 £781
London median daily rate £532 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.33% -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 £53.00 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +17.78% -2.70% -32.28%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -15 116 £550 +10.00% 79
City of Westminster -3 7 £425 +84.78% 11
West End of London - 5 £425 - 3
Southwark -3 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 49 (40.16%) Confluence
2 7 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.64%) CMS
6 1 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.82%) Apache
6 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.82%) IIS
6 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.92%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.82%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.82%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.82%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.82%) Maximo
2 1 (0.82%) OneSumX
2 1 (0.82%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.82%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.21%) Azure
2 20 (16.39%) AWS
3 13 (10.66%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (9.84%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.56%) GitHub
7 7 (5.74%) GCP
7 7 (5.74%) SaaS
7 7 (5.74%) Serverless
8 6 (4.92%) Amazon S3
9 5 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.64%) Miro
12 2 (1.64%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.66%) DNS
2 11 (9.02%) VPN
3 9 (7.38%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.56%) DHCP
5 3 (2.46%) Firewall
6 2 (1.64%) HTTP
6 2 (1.64%) VLAN
7 1 (0.82%) INAP
7 1 (0.82%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.82%) Internet
7 1 (0.82%) Network Security
7 1 (0.82%) NGFW
7 1 (0.82%) RTP
7 1 (0.82%) SSH
7 1 (0.82%) SSL
7 1 (0.82%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.82%) VoIP
7 1 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.84%) Power BI
2 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.28%) DynamoDB
4 4 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.46%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.64%) Tableau
7 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.82%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.82%) Looker
7 1 (0.82%) Metadata
7 1 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Git
1 14 (11.48%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.38%) GitLab
3 5 (4.10%) JUnit
3 5 (4.10%) Mockito
4 4 (3.28%) Bitbucket
4 4 (3.28%) Postman
5 3 (2.46%) Selenium
5 3 (2.46%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.64%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.64%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.64%) JMeter
6 2 (1.64%) Maven
6 2 (1.64%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.64%) Xcode
7 1 (0.82%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.82%) Gatling
7 1 (0.82%) Locust
7 1 (0.82%) Robot Framework
General
1 52 (42.62%) Finance
2 46 (37.70%) Social Skills
3 27 (22.13%) Banking
4 22 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.74%) Front Office
8 5 (4.10%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.28%) Retail
9 4 (3.28%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.46%) Marketing
11 2 (1.64%) Back Office
12 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.82%) Law
12 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.82%) Publishing
12 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (13.11%) Analyst
2 14 (11.48%) Developer
3 11 (9.02%) Senior
4 10 (8.20%) Lead
4 10 (8.20%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.74%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.74%) Support Engineer
6 6 (4.92%) Product Owner
7 5 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.10%) IT Support
7 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) QA Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Architect
8 4 (3.28%) Consultant
8 4 (3.28%) Scrum Master
8 4 (3.28%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) REST
1 9 (7.38%) SOAP
2 7 (5.74%) Terraform
3 6 (4.92%) AngularJS
3 6 (4.92%) JSON
4 5 (4.10%) Spring
4 5 (4.10%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.28%) HTML
5 4 (3.28%) Kafka
5 4 (3.28%) Web Services
6 3 (2.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (2.46%) RESTful
7 2 (1.64%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.64%) JPA
7 2 (1.64%) Playwright
7 2 (1.64%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) SwiftUI
7 2 (1.64%) UIKit
7 2 (1.64%) WireMock
7 2 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.11%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.38%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.28%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.28%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.46%) Clustering
5 3 (2.46%) Derivative
5 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.64%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.64%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.82%) CSOC
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.11%) Windows
2 6 (4.92%) Linux
3 5 (4.10%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.46%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.46%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.64%) Android
5 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.82%) CentOS
6 1 (0.82%) SUSE
6 1 (0.82%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.82%) VMS
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (53.28%) Agile
2 45 (36.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (24.59%) Scrum
5 28 (22.95%) Migration
6 26 (21.31%) CI/CD
7 25 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (20.49%) DevOps
8 20 (16.39%) Sprint Planning
9 18 (14.75%) Test Automation
10 17 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (13.11%) Project Management
12 15 (12.30%) User Stories
13 14 (11.48%) Incident Management
14 13 (10.66%) Backlog Management
15 12 (9.84%) Change Management
15 12 (9.84%) ITSM
15 12 (9.84%) Service Management
16 11 (9.02%) AI
16 11 (9.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.57%) SQL
2 17 (13.93%) Python
3 9 (7.38%) Java
4 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.74%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.10%) C#
7 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.46%) Bash
9 2 (1.64%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.64%) Korn
9 2 (1.64%) Swift
10 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (13.11%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.66%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.20%) Degree
4 7 (5.74%) PMI Certification
5 6 (4.92%) PMP
6 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.82%) CBAP
7 1 (0.82%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (0.82%) CISSP
7 1 (0.82%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.82%) IIBA
7 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.82%) OSCP
7 1 (0.82%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.39%) QA
2 9 (7.38%) PMO
3 6 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.10%) SLA
5 4 (3.28%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.82%) GDPR
8 1 (0.82%) GRC
8 1 (0.82%) NCSC
8 1 (0.82%) NIST
8 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.82%) P3O
8 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.56%) Docker
3 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.10%) Grafana
3 4 (3.28%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.46%) Istio
4 3 (2.46%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (2.46%) SCCM
4 3 (2.46%) SCOM
4 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.82%) Ansible
6 1 (0.82%) Consul
Vendors
1 25 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.39%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.38%) Remedy
4 7 (5.74%) Oracle
5 6 (4.92%) Google
6 5 (4.10%) Bloomberg
7 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
7 4 (3.28%) BMC
7 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.28%) VMware
8 3 (2.46%) Commvault
8 3 (2.46%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.46%) Okta
8 3 (2.46%) Refinitiv
8 3 (2.46%) Splunk
9 2 (1.64%) Adobe
9 2 (1.64%) Citrix
9 2 (1.64%) IFS
9 2 (1.64%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto