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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -17 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 122 123 104
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.94% 6.34% 4.46%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.21% 43.62% 32.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 92 70
10th Percentile £305 £313 £296
25th Percentile £463 £387 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.40% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £614
90th Percentile £725 £675 £727
London median daily rate £534 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.71% - -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 289 282 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.70% 14.54% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 199 210
10th Percentile £378 £348 £375
25th Percentile £463 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.95%
75th Percentile £649 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £700 £776
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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -9 116 £542 +8.40% 77
City of Westminster -3 7 £425 +84.78% 10
West End of London - 5 £425 - 3
Southwark -2 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
4 3 (2.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.82%) Apache
5 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.82%) IIS
5 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 22 (18.03%) 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 9 (7.38%) GitHub
7 7 (5.74%) GCP
7 7 (5.74%) SaaS
7 7 (5.74%) Serverless
8 6 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 5 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (2.46%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.64%) Miro
12 2 (1.64%) Smartsheet
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 5 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
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%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.64%) MongoDB
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
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 23 (18.85%) 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%) Marketing
9 4 (3.28%) Retail
9 4 (3.28%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.64%) Back Office
11 2 (1.64%) Publishing
12 1 (0.82%) Advertising
12 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.82%) Games
12 1 (0.82%) Law
12 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (13.93%) Analyst
2 13 (10.66%) Developer
3 12 (9.84%) Senior
4 10 (8.20%) Project Manager
5 9 (7.38%) Lead
6 8 (6.56%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.74%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Product Owner
9 5 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Coordinator
9 5 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (4.10%) IT Support
9 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Architect
10 4 (3.28%) Consultant
10 4 (3.28%) QA Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Scrum Master
10 4 (3.28%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.28%) Technical Manager
10 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%) AWS CDK
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
5 3 (2.46%) Clustering
5 3 (2.46%) Derivative
5 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.46%) Virtual Team
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 64 (52.46%) Agile
2 47 (38.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (23.77%) Scrum
5 28 (22.95%) Migration
6 27 (22.13%) CI/CD
7 25 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (20.49%) DevOps
8 20 (16.39%) Sprint Planning
9 17 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (13.93%) Test Automation
10 16 (13.11%) Project Management
11 15 (12.30%) User Stories
12 14 (11.48%) Incident Management
13 13 (10.66%) Backlog Management
14 12 (9.84%) Change Management
14 12 (9.84%) ITSM
14 12 (9.84%) Service Management
14 12 (9.84%) Validation
15 11 (9.02%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.57%) SQL
2 18 (14.75%) Python
3 8 (6.56%) Java
3 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.10%) C#
6 3 (2.46%) Bash
6 3 (2.46%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.64%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.64%) Korn
7 2 (1.64%) Swift
8 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
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 3 (2.46%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.82%) CBAP
8 1 (0.82%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.82%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.82%) IIBA
8 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.82%) OSCP
8 1 (0.82%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.57%) QA
2 9 (7.38%) PMO
3 6 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.10%) SLA
5 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.82%) GDPR
7 1 (0.82%) GRC
7 1 (0.82%) NCSC
7 1 (0.82%) NIST
7 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.82%) P3O
7 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.38%) Docker
3 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (10.66%) 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 26 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.39%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.38%) Remedy
4 7 (5.74%) Oracle
5 5 (4.10%) Bloomberg
5 5 (4.10%) Google
6 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.28%) BMC
6 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.28%) VMware
7 3 (2.46%) Commvault
7 3 (2.46%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.46%) Okta
7 3 (2.46%) Refinitiv
7 3 (2.46%) Splunk
8 2 (1.64%) Citrix
8 2 (1.64%) Databricks
8 2 (1.64%) IFS
8 2 (1.64%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto