JIRA Contracts in Central London

Atlassian JIRA
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 55 47
Rank change year-on-year +20 -8 -20
Contract jobs citing JIRA 108 87 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.55% 3.60% 4.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.75% 28.90% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 51 135
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £448 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -12.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £586 £700
90th Percentile £667 £688 £779
London median daily rate £500 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -7.41% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.00 -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £31.71 £54.00
% change year-on-year +18.26% -41.28% +21.35%

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 265 301 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.61% 12.45% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 205 365
10th Percentile £400 £389 £418
25th Percentile £425 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £738
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £34.38 -
25th Percentile - £36.44 £35.00
Median hourly rate - £40.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -22.38% -27.59%
75th Percentile - £45.94 £58.75
90th Percentile - £48.53 -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +2.74% -47.86% +57.30%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in Central London.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Central London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Central London

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 21 May 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 +14 100 £533 +6.29% 35
City of Westminster +2 2 £375 -
JIRA
London

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (40.74%) Confluence
2 7 (6.48%) Apache Spark
2 7 (6.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.70%) Apache
3 4 (3.70%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) nginx
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.56%) Trello
5 4 (3.70%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.93%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (27.78%) Azure
2 27 (25.00%) AWS
3 15 (13.89%) Power Platform
4 11 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (8.33%) GitHub
6 6 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.63%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (4.63%) GCP
7 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.70%) IaaS
8 4 (3.70%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.70%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.78%) Miro
9 3 (2.78%) SaaS
10 2 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.85%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.85%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) SSH
2 3 (2.78%) DNS
2 3 (2.78%) Firewall
2 3 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.85%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.93%) LAN
4 1 (0.93%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.11%) Power BI
2 8 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.70%) Apache Hive
4 4 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.70%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.70%) Delta Lake
4 4 (3.70%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.70%) Tableau
5 3 (2.78%) Redis
5 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.85%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.85%) CockroachDB
6 2 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.85%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.85%) Looker
6 2 (1.85%) MySQL
6 2 (1.85%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (23.15%) Git
2 16 (14.81%) Jenkins
3 13 (12.04%) Postman
4 12 (11.11%) REST Assured
5 10 (9.26%) Selenium
6 5 (4.63%) Bitbucket
6 5 (4.63%) ScriptRunner
6 5 (4.63%) SonarQube
6 5 (4.63%) Subversion
7 4 (3.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (3.70%) JUnit
7 4 (3.70%) Maven
7 4 (3.70%) RStudio
7 4 (3.70%) TeamCity
8 3 (2.78%) LoadRunner
8 3 (2.78%) Mockito
8 3 (2.78%) SoapUI
8 3 (2.78%) Xcode
8 3 (2.78%) XCTest
8 3 (2.78%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (39.81%) Finance
3 31 (28.70%) Banking
4 21 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.56%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.63%) Front Office
7 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.78%) Back Office
8 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.78%) Law
8 3 (2.78%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.85%) Legal
9 2 (1.85%) Marketing
9 2 (1.85%) Military
9 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) International Banking
10 1 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (18.52%) Analyst
2 12 (11.11%) Developer
2 12 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 12 (11.11%) Senior
3 11 (10.19%) Business Analyst
4 7 (6.48%) Python Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) Test Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Senior Test Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Consultant
6 5 (4.63%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (3.70%) Data Engineer
7 4 (3.70%) Data Manager
7 4 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.70%) JIRA Consultant
7 4 (3.70%) Lead
8 3 (2.78%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (2.78%) Product Manager
8 3 (2.78%) Product Owner
8 3 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.81%) REST
2 7 (6.48%) pytest
3 6 (5.56%) CSS
3 6 (5.56%) HTML
4 5 (4.63%) Spring
4 5 (4.63%) Swagger
4 5 (4.63%) YAML
5 4 (3.70%) .NET
5 4 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.70%) Bootstrap
5 4 (3.70%) HTML5
5 4 (3.70%) JSON
5 4 (3.70%) Kafka
5 4 (3.70%) pydantic
5 4 (3.70%) PySpark
5 4 (3.70%) SOAP
5 4 (3.70%) Web Services
6 3 (2.78%) Hibernate
6 3 (2.78%) J2EE
6 3 (2.78%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.56%) Reference Data
3 5 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.78%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.78%) Replication
6 2 (1.85%) Clustering
6 2 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.85%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.85%) PMI
6 2 (1.85%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.11%) Linux
2 10 (9.26%) Windows
3 6 (5.56%) Unix
4 4 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.85%) Android
6 2 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.85%) Solaris
7 1 (0.93%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (59.26%) Agile
2 37 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (22.22%) DevOps
3 24 (22.22%) Project Management
4 23 (21.30%) Scrum
5 22 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (18.52%) CI/CD
7 16 (14.81%) Test Automation
8 15 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (12.04%) Test Strategy
10 12 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (11.11%) Data Analysis
10 12 (11.11%) Risk Management
11 11 (10.19%) SDLC
12 10 (9.26%) API Testing
12 10 (9.26%) Decision-Making
12 10 (9.26%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 10 (9.26%) Test Scripting
13 9 (8.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 32 (29.63%) Python
2 27 (25.00%) SQL
3 16 (14.81%) Java
4 9 (8.33%) Groovy
4 9 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 8 (7.41%) Bash
6 7 (6.48%) C#
7 6 (5.56%) Shell Script
8 5 (4.63%) PowerShell
8 5 (4.63%) Scala
9 3 (2.78%) Perl
10 2 (1.85%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.85%) Ruby
10 2 (1.85%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.85%) VBA
11 1 (0.93%) JCL
11 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.93%) Swift
11 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (13.89%) Degree
2 14 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.33%) PMI Certification
5 8 (7.41%) PMP
6 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.78%) CBAP
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.93%) CAPM
8 1 (0.93%) CFA
8 1 (0.93%) IIBA
8 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.93%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) GDPR
2 6 (5.56%) QA
3 3 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.78%) MiFID
4 2 (1.85%) EMIR
4 2 (1.85%) PMO
4 2 (1.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.93%) UCITS
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) Docker
2 4 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.93%) Lustre
4 1 (0.93%) NFS
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.93%) Veritas File System
4 1 (0.93%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (6.48%) Ansible
1 7 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.63%) Terraform
3 3 (2.78%) Control-M
4 2 (1.85%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.85%) Podman
4 2 (1.85%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.85%) QRadar
4 2 (1.85%) SCCM
4 2 (1.85%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.93%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) Istio
5 1 (0.93%) Karpenter
5 1 (0.93%) Netcool
5 1 (0.93%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.93%) Rancher
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.41%) Atlassian
2 8 (7.41%) Oracle
3 7 (6.48%) Databricks
3 7 (6.48%) Splunk
4 6 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.63%) Bloomberg
5 5 (4.63%) Cisco
5 5 (4.63%) Google
5 5 (4.63%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.63%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.70%) HP
6 4 (3.70%) IBM
6 4 (3.70%) VMware
7 3 (2.78%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.78%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.78%) Logitech
7 3 (2.78%) SAP
8 2 (1.85%) Arista
8 2 (1.85%) CyberArk