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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 30 52
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 116 127 91
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.45% 6.19% 3.92%
As % of the Development Applications category 43.94% 44.72% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 84 57
10th Percentile £381 £327 £380
25th Percentile £465 £385 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £628 £614
90th Percentile £730 £679 £713
London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% +165.15% -
75th Percentile £31.13 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.45 - -
London median hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year -56.67% +41.91% -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 264 284 306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.12% 13.83% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 177 205
10th Percentile £371 £361 £400
25th Percentile £461 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £551
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.91% -4.26%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £719 £772
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile - £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +127.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £31.13 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £75.45 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £35.29
% change year-on-year -16.67% +27.53% -49.59%

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 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -15 107 £547 +4.19% 26
City of Westminster -4 7 £425 +13.33% 3
West End of London - 5 £425 - 2
Southwark -2 2 £625 -
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 40 (34.48%) Confluence
2 5 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.72%) CMS
4 2 (1.72%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.86%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.86%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.86%) IIS
5 1 (0.86%) JBoss
5 1 (0.86%) SAS
5 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (4.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (8.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.86%) Actimize
2 1 (0.86%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.86%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.86%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.86%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.97%) AWS
2 21 (18.10%) Azure
3 10 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (8.62%) GitHub
3 10 (8.62%) Serverless
4 9 (7.76%) Amazon S3
5 8 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.03%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.03%) SaaS
7 6 (5.17%) GCP
8 5 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (4.31%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (2.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.72%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) DNS
2 8 (6.90%) VPN
3 6 (5.17%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.31%) DHCP
5 3 (2.59%) Firewall
5 3 (2.59%) HTTP
6 1 (0.86%) Internet
6 1 (0.86%) Network Security
6 1 (0.86%) NGFW
6 1 (0.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) DynamoDB
2 7 (6.03%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (6.03%) Power BI
3 5 (4.31%) Amazon Athena
3 5 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.59%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.59%) Tableau
5 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.72%) Metadata
5 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.86%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.86%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.86%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 18 (15.52%) Git
2 17 (14.66%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.62%) GitLab
4 7 (6.03%) JUnit
5 5 (4.31%) Mockito
5 5 (4.31%) Postman
6 4 (3.45%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.45%) Selenium
7 3 (2.59%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.59%) Zephyr
8 2 (1.72%) Ant
8 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.72%) Liquibase
8 2 (1.72%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.72%) Xcode
9 1 (0.86%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.86%) Gatling
9 1 (0.86%) JMeter
General
1 54 (46.55%) Finance
2 42 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 33 (28.45%) Banking
4 16 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Front Office
7 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Retail
8 3 (2.59%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Back Office
9 2 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.72%) Legal
10 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.86%) Law
10 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (15.52%) Developer
2 17 (14.66%) Analyst
3 12 (10.34%) Senior
4 9 (7.76%) IT Support
5 8 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.03%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (5.17%) Project Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Lead
8 5 (4.31%) Product Owner
8 5 (4.31%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.45%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) QA Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Scrum Master
9 4 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) SOAP
2 7 (6.03%) REST
2 7 (6.03%) Spring
3 6 (5.17%) Kafka
3 6 (5.17%) Spring Boot
4 5 (4.31%) JSON
5 4 (3.45%) Gherkin
5 4 (3.45%) Web Services
5 4 (3.45%) WireMock
5 4 (3.45%) YAML
6 3 (2.59%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.59%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (2.59%) Playwright
6 3 (2.59%) React
6 3 (2.59%) SwiftUI
6 3 (2.59%) UIKit
7 2 (1.72%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (1.72%) Bootstrap
7 2 (1.72%) Qt
7 2 (1.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.31%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.31%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.59%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (2.59%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.72%) Derivative
6 2 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.86%) CSOC
7 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.86%) NHS
7 1 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.21%) Windows
2 7 (6.03%) Linux
3 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.59%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.59%) Unix
4 3 (2.59%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.86%) SUSE
6 1 (0.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (50.86%) Agile
2 30 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (25.86%) Scrum
3 27 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (19.83%) CI/CD
5 21 (18.10%) Migration
6 19 (16.38%) DevOps
7 18 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (13.79%) Test Automation
9 14 (12.07%) ITSM
10 12 (10.34%) Customer Service
10 12 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (10.34%) Sprint Planning
11 10 (8.62%) Problem Management
11 10 (8.62%) Project Management
11 10 (8.62%) Sprint Retrospective
12 9 (7.76%) Analytics
12 9 (7.76%) Service Management
12 9 (7.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.07%) Python
2 12 (10.34%) Java
2 12 (10.34%) SQL
3 11 (9.48%) C#
4 8 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.31%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.31%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.59%) Bash
6 3 (2.59%) Swift
7 2 (1.72%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.72%) C++
7 2 (1.72%) VBA
8 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.86%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (18.10%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.76%) Degree
4 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.72%) PMP
6 1 (0.86%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) CBAP
6 1 (0.86%) CEH
6 1 (0.86%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (0.86%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) IIBA
6 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.86%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.79%) QA
2 8 (6.90%) PMO
3 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.59%) SLA
5 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.86%) GRC
6 1 (0.86%) NCSC
6 1 (0.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.86%) P3O
6 1 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Docker
2 8 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (12.07%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.62%) Terraform
3 4 (3.45%) Ansible
4 3 (2.59%) Istio
4 3 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.72%) Grafana
5 2 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.86%) Consul
6 1 (0.86%) Control-M
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.86%) SCCM
6 1 (0.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (16.38%) ServiceNow
2 15 (12.93%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.62%) Remedy
4 6 (5.17%) Google
5 5 (4.31%) Oracle
6 3 (2.59%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.59%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.59%) Okta
6 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.72%) Adobe
7 2 (1.72%) Citrix
7 2 (1.72%) Databricks
7 2 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.72%) IBM
7 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.72%) Planview
7 2 (1.72%) Splunk
7 2 (1.72%) VMware
8 1 (0.86%) Workday