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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 39 57
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 -22
Contract jobs citing JIRA 119 107 84
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.74% 5.00% 3.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.80% 36.64% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 60 63
10th Percentile £358 £322 £452
25th Percentile £421 £413 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% +3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £675
90th Percentile £683 £671 £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 299 292 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 14.42% 13.66% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 169 200
10th Percentile £359 £378 £411
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £688
90th Percentile £765 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £535 £570
% change year-on-year -1.87% -6.06% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.20
25th Percentile - - £52.88
Median hourly rate - - £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.22%
75th Percentile - - £67.88
90th Percentile - - £71.40
London median hourly rate £73.25 £48.75 £45.50
% change year-on-year +50.26% +7.14% -20.87%

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 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 24 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 +4 112 £525 +4.30% 18
West End of London +8 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 53 (44.54%) Confluence
2 13 (10.92%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.52%) CMS
4 2 (1.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.84%) Apache
5 1 (0.84%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.84%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (10.08%) MS Visio
2 10 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (3.36%) Trello
6 1 (0.84%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.68%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.68%) Summit
3 1 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.84%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.85%) Azure
2 19 (15.97%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (10.08%) Power Platform
4 10 (8.40%) AWS
5 9 (7.56%) GitHub
6 6 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.52%) GCP
8 3 (2.52%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.52%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.52%) Serverless
9 2 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.68%) DNS
2 1 (0.84%) DKIM
2 1 (0.84%) Firewall
2 1 (0.84%) HTTP
2 1 (0.84%) SSH
2 1 (0.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) Power BI
2 5 (4.20%) Tableau
3 3 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.52%) Tick Data
4 2 (1.68%) Metadata
4 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.68%) Redis
4 2 (1.68%) SQLite
5 1 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.84%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.84%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.84%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.56%) Selenium
3 8 (6.72%) Git
4 6 (5.04%) Postman
5 4 (3.36%) GitLab
5 4 (3.36%) JUnit
5 4 (3.36%) Maven
5 4 (3.36%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.52%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.52%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.52%) Xcode
7 2 (1.68%) CocoaPods
7 2 (1.68%) Crashlytics
7 2 (1.68%) fastlane
7 2 (1.68%) Mockito
7 2 (1.68%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.68%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.68%) TestRail
General
1 51 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 47 (39.50%) Finance
3 34 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (20.17%) Banking
5 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Front Office
8 5 (4.20%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.36%) Retail
10 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.52%) Legal
10 3 (2.52%) Marketing
11 2 (1.68%) Back Office
11 2 (1.68%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.84%) French Language
12 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 33 (27.73%) Analyst
2 26 (21.85%) Business Analyst
3 22 (18.49%) Senior
4 11 (9.24%) Developer
4 11 (9.24%) Lead
5 9 (7.56%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.72%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Banking Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Tester
9 5 (4.20%) Administrator
9 5 (4.20%) Banking Business Analyst
9 5 (4.20%) Scrum Master
9 5 (4.20%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.20%) Technical Business Analyst
10 4 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.36%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.36%) Junior
10 4 (3.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) REST
1 6 (5.04%) Spring
2 5 (4.20%) SOAP
3 4 (3.36%) .NET
3 4 (3.36%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.36%) HTML
4 3 (2.52%) ADO
4 3 (2.52%) CSS
4 3 (2.52%) JSON
4 3 (2.52%) Kafka
4 3 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.52%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.52%) Web Services
5 2 (1.68%) AVFoundation
5 2 (1.68%) Core Data
5 2 (1.68%) J2EE
5 2 (1.68%) Playwright
5 2 (1.68%) RxSwift
5 2 (1.68%) WireMock
5 2 (1.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.56%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (3.36%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.36%) Equities
4 4 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.52%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.52%) Derivative
5 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.52%) PMI
5 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.68%) Animation
6 2 (1.68%) CMDB
6 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.68%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.68%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.84%) DTCC
7 1 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
2 3 (2.52%) Unix
3 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (64.71%) Agile
2 34 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (26.89%) Scrum
4 30 (25.21%) DevOps
4 30 (25.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (21.01%) Project Delivery
6 24 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (18.49%) Project Management
8 20 (16.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 18 (15.13%) User Stories
9 18 (15.13%) Workshop Facilitation
10 17 (14.29%) Migration
11 16 (13.45%) Test Automation
11 16 (13.45%) Waterfall
12 15 (12.61%) CI/CD
13 14 (11.76%) Backlog Management
13 14 (11.76%) Risk Management
13 14 (11.76%) Roadmaps
14 13 (10.92%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.76%) Java
2 11 (9.24%) Python
2 11 (9.24%) SQL
3 8 (6.72%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.68%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.68%) Bash
4 2 (1.68%) C#
4 2 (1.68%) Korn
4 2 (1.68%) Objective-C
4 2 (1.68%) Swift
5 1 (0.84%) Groovy
5 1 (0.84%) PHP
5 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.84%) SOQL
5 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.84%) VBA
5 1 (0.84%) XPath
Qualifications
1 22 (18.49%) SC Cleared
1 22 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.45%) Degree
3 7 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.04%) CBAP
5 5 (4.20%) ISTQB
5 5 (4.20%) PMP
6 3 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.52%) ISEB
6 3 (2.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.68%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.68%) CFA
7 2 (1.68%) CISSP
7 2 (1.68%) IIBA
7 2 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.84%) CSPO
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.29%) QA
2 7 (5.88%) PMO
3 4 (3.36%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.36%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.68%) GDPR
4 2 (1.68%) GRC
4 2 (1.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.84%) Basel III
5 1 (0.84%) EMIR
5 1 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) MiFID
5 1 (0.84%) NCSC
5 1 (0.84%) PSD2
5 1 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.84%) SEPA
5 1 (0.84%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.36%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.68%) Ansible
2 2 (1.68%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.84%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.84%) SCCM
3 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.40%) Salesforce
2 10 (8.40%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.72%) Google
4 7 (5.88%) Oracle
5 5 (4.20%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.52%) Apple
6 3 (2.52%) HP
6 3 (2.52%) Planview
6 3 (2.52%) SAP
6 3 (2.52%) Solace
6 3 (2.52%) Workday
7 2 (1.68%) Adobe
7 2 (1.68%) Databricks
7 2 (1.68%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.68%) IBM
7 2 (1.68%) Murex
7 2 (1.68%) Remedy
7 2 (1.68%) SmartStream
7 2 (1.68%) Splunk