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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 42 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -15
Contract jobs citing JIRA 126 100 123
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.79% 4.34% 4.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 43.90% 32.68% 35.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 61 80
10th Percentile £313 £256 £386
25th Percentile £400 £413 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £638 £614 £666
90th Percentile £675 £800 £788
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year +36.92% -39.81% +210.79%

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 287 306 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 15.46% 13.27% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 189 238
10th Percentile £351 £360 £384
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £644 £688 £688
90th Percentile £724 £800 £791
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
London median hourly rate £45.00 £46.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.70% -15.91% +24.69%

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025. 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 +16 114 £500 -4.76% 178
Southwark - 1 - -
City of Westminster - 1 £230 - 4
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 60 (47.62%) Confluence
2 7 (5.56%) CMS
2 7 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.17%) Drupal
3 4 (3.17%) WordPress
4 2 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.79%) Camunda
5 1 (0.79%) nginx
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.73%) MS Visio
3 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.59%) Trello
7 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.79%) InVision
7 1 (0.79%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.79%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.79%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.46%) Azure
2 14 (11.11%) AWS
3 13 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (10.32%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.35%) GitHub
5 4 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.38%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.38%) Figma
6 3 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.38%) Miro
6 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.38%) SaaS
6 3 (2.38%) Serverless
7 2 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) Firewall
2 3 (2.38%) DNS
3 2 (1.59%) SSL
3 2 (1.59%) WAN
4 1 (0.79%) DKIM
4 1 (0.79%) LAN
4 1 (0.79%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (0.79%) SSH
4 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.52%) Power BI
2 6 (4.76%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.97%) Redis
4 3 (2.38%) Tableau
5 2 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.59%) Metadata
5 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.59%) SQLite
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.79%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.79%) GIS
6 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.79%) MySQL
6 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.79%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (11.11%) Git
2 12 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.35%) Postman
4 7 (5.56%) SonarQube
5 6 (4.76%) Selenium
5 6 (4.76%) Xcode
6 5 (3.97%) Bitbucket
6 5 (3.97%) JUnit
6 5 (3.97%) Maven
6 5 (3.97%) REST Assured
7 4 (3.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (3.17%) GitLab
7 4 (3.17%) Mockito
7 4 (3.17%) SoapUI
7 4 (3.17%) Subversion
7 4 (3.17%) XCTest
8 3 (2.38%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.59%) CocoaPods
9 2 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 56 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 49 (38.89%) Finance
3 29 (23.02%) Banking
4 22 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.17%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Front Office
8 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Back Office
9 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.59%) Legal
9 2 (1.59%) Retail
9 2 (1.59%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Billing
10 1 (0.79%) French Language
10 1 (0.79%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (20.63%) Analyst
2 19 (15.08%) Business Analyst
3 14 (11.11%) Developer
3 14 (11.11%) Senior
4 12 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 11 (8.73%) Lead
6 9 (7.14%) Product Owner
7 7 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (4.76%) Administrator
8 6 (4.76%) Consultant
8 6 (4.76%) Tester
9 5 (3.97%) Architect
10 4 (3.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 4 (3.17%) JIRA Administrator
10 4 (3.17%) Payments Analyst
10 4 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.38%) Lead DevOps
11 3 (2.38%) Payments Business Analyst
11 3 (2.38%) Senior Architect
11 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.32%) HTML
2 11 (8.73%) CSS
2 11 (8.73%) REST
3 9 (7.14%) AngularJS
3 9 (7.14%) HTML5
4 8 (6.35%) SOAP
5 7 (5.56%) Spring
5 7 (5.56%) Web Services
6 5 (3.97%) .NET
6 5 (3.97%) ADO
6 5 (3.97%) JPA
6 5 (3.97%) Kafka
6 5 (3.97%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.97%) Swagger
7 4 (3.17%) Bootstrap
7 4 (3.17%) CSS3
7 4 (3.17%) Hibernate
7 4 (3.17%) J2EE
7 4 (3.17%) React
7 4 (3.17%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.97%) Mobile App
2 5 (3.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (3.17%) Reinsurance
4 3 (2.38%) Fixed Income
4 3 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.59%) Animation
5 2 (1.59%) CMDB
5 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.59%) Derivative
5 2 (1.59%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.59%) Equities
5 2 (1.59%) NHS
5 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.35%) Unix
2 5 (3.97%) Windows
3 3 (2.38%) Linux
4 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.79%) Android
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (62.70%) Agile
2 34 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (24.60%) DevOps
3 31 (24.60%) Scrum
4 30 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (17.46%) User Stories
6 20 (15.87%) CI/CD
6 20 (15.87%) Project Management
7 19 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (15.08%) Roadmaps
8 16 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (11.90%) SDLC
10 14 (11.11%) Backlog Management
10 14 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 14 (11.11%) Migration
10 14 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 13 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 13 (10.32%) Workshop Facilitation
12 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.08%) Java
2 18 (14.29%) SQL
3 16 (12.70%) JavaScript
4 12 (9.52%) Python
5 5 (3.97%) Groovy
5 5 (3.97%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.38%) Apex Code
6 3 (2.38%) Bash
6 3 (2.38%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.59%) C#
7 2 (1.59%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.59%) Swift
8 1 (0.79%) C
8 1 (0.79%) Go
8 1 (0.79%) Korn
8 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.79%) PHP
8 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.79%) SOQL
8 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.08%) SC Cleared
1 19 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.49%) Degree
3 5 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.17%) PMP
5 3 (2.38%) CBAP
5 3 (2.38%) CISSP
6 2 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.59%) ISEB
6 2 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.79%) APMG
7 1 (0.79%) CFA
7 1 (0.79%) CISA
7 1 (0.79%) CSPO
7 1 (0.79%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.90%) QA
2 9 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.35%) PMO
4 4 (3.17%) ISO 20022
5 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.38%) SEPA
5 3 (2.38%) WCAG
6 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.59%) GRC
6 2 (1.59%) NCSC
6 2 (1.59%) NIST
7 1 (0.79%) COBIT
7 1 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.79%) PSD2
7 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.35%) Docker
2 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.17%) Terraform
3 2 (1.59%) Ansible
3 2 (1.59%) SCCM
4 1 (0.79%) Ambari
4 1 (0.79%) Consul
4 1 (0.79%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.79%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.79%) Packer
4 1 (0.79%) Puppet
4 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.76%) Oracle
5 5 (3.97%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.97%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (3.97%) Splunk
6 4 (3.17%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.17%) Google
7 3 (2.38%) Adobe
7 3 (2.38%) HP
7 3 (2.38%) SAP
8 2 (1.59%) Apple
8 2 (1.59%) BMC
8 2 (1.59%) DocuSign
8 2 (1.59%) IBM
8 2 (1.59%) Ivanti
8 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.59%) Remedy
8 2 (1.59%) Tenable