JIRA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Atlassian JIRA
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 50
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 -1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 107 101 84
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.63% 5.82% 3.88%
As % of the Development Applications category 45.53% 40.08% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 56 51
10th Percentile £363 £388 £363
25th Percentile £463 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £533 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% +6.29% -16.50%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £586
90th Percentile £712 £675 £688
Central London median daily rate £547 £525 £501
% change year-on-year +4.19% +4.79% -10.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £18.17 - -
25th Percentile £18.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.25 - -
90th Percentile £37.20 - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - £33.00

All Development Application Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 235 252 282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.16% 14.52% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 146 190
10th Percentile £363 £410 £400
25th Percentile £445 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% - -9.69%
75th Percentile £644 £639 £673
90th Percentile £738 £731 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £18.17 - -
25th Percentile £18.75 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.62%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £50.25
90th Percentile £37.20 - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - £40.75
% change year-on-year - - -22.38%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

JIRA job vacancy trend in the City of London

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the City of London

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the City of London

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
London Bridge - 1 £650 -
JIRA
Central London

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 38 (35.51%) Confluence
2 7 (6.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.87%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.87%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) JBoss
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.54%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (2.80%) Trello
6 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.93%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.87%) Summit
4 1 (0.93%) Actimize
4 1 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.93%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.93%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.93%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.93%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.93%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.63%) AWS
1 21 (19.63%) Azure
2 13 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (8.41%) GitHub
4 7 (6.54%) Amazon S3
4 7 (6.54%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.54%) Serverless
5 6 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (5.61%) GCP
6 5 (4.67%) SaaS
7 4 (3.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.80%) Slack
9 2 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.87%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) DHCP
1 2 (1.87%) DNS
1 2 (1.87%) Firewall
1 2 (1.87%) HTTP
1 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.87%) VPN
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.61%) DynamoDB
1 6 (5.61%) Power BI
1 6 (5.61%) Tableau
2 5 (4.67%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.74%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.80%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.87%) Data Vault
5 2 (1.87%) Metadata
5 2 (1.87%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.93%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Looker
6 1 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.93%) QlikView
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Git
2 14 (13.08%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.61%) JUnit
4 5 (4.67%) GitLab
4 5 (4.67%) Postman
4 5 (4.67%) Selenium
5 4 (3.74%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.80%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.80%) Mockito
6 3 (2.80%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.87%) Ant
7 2 (1.87%) Liquibase
7 2 (1.87%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.87%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.93%) Maven
8 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.93%) TestRail
General
1 50 (46.73%) Finance
2 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 29 (27.10%) Banking
4 21 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.61%) Front Office
6 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Retail
8 4 (3.74%) Legal
8 4 (3.74%) Marketing
9 3 (2.80%) Back Office
10 2 (1.87%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.93%) Military
11 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (23.36%) Analyst
2 16 (14.95%) Senior
3 14 (13.08%) Business Analyst
4 12 (11.21%) Developer
5 9 (8.41%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (8.41%) Lead
6 8 (7.48%) Banking Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) IT Support
7 6 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.67%) Banking Business Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) Product Owner
8 5 (4.67%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Scrum Master
9 4 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.80%) CRM Manager
10 3 (2.80%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
10 3 (2.80%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) Spring
2 5 (4.67%) Kafka
2 5 (4.67%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.74%) React
3 4 (3.74%) REST
4 3 (2.80%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.80%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.80%) J2EE
4 3 (2.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.80%) Playwright
4 3 (2.80%) SOAP
4 3 (2.80%) WireMock
4 3 (2.80%) YAML
5 2 (1.87%) gRPC
5 2 (1.87%) RESTful
5 2 (1.87%) Spring Batch
5 2 (1.87%) Web Services
5 2 (1.87%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.93%) PySpark
6 1 (0.93%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.08%) Product Ownership
2 12 (11.21%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.54%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.80%) Derivative
5 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.80%) PMI
6 2 (1.87%) Equities
6 2 (1.87%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.93%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.93%) DTCC
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) FMCG
7 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.93%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Windows
2 2 (1.87%) Linux
2 2 (1.87%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.87%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (60.75%) Agile
2 34 (31.78%) Scrum
3 26 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (17.76%) CI/CD
5 19 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (15.89%) DevOps
7 16 (14.95%) Test Automation
8 15 (14.02%) Project Management
9 14 (13.08%) Migration
10 13 (12.15%) Project Delivery
10 13 (12.15%) Sprint Planning
10 13 (12.15%) Waterfall
11 12 (11.21%) Roadmaps
12 11 (10.28%) Backlog Management
12 11 (10.28%) Decision-Making
12 11 (10.28%) User Stories
12 11 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
13 10 (9.35%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) Python
2 12 (11.21%) Java
3 10 (9.35%) SQL
4 8 (7.48%) C#
5 6 (5.61%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.61%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.87%) Bash
7 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.93%) Korn
7 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.93%) Scala
7 1 (0.93%) Swift
7 1 (0.93%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 17 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.35%) Degree
4 6 (5.61%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.74%) CBAP
6 3 (2.80%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.80%) PMP
7 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.93%) CEH
8 1 (0.93%) CFA
8 1 (0.93%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.93%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.93%) IIBA
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB
8 1 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) QA
2 9 (8.41%) PMO
3 4 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.80%) SLA
5 2 (1.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.87%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.93%) Basel III
6 1 (0.93%) EMIR
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) MiFID
6 1 (0.93%) NCSC
6 1 (0.93%) NIST
6 1 (0.93%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.93%) P3O
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.54%) Docker
2 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.54%) Kubernetes
1 7 (6.54%) Terraform
2 4 (3.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.93%) Consul
3 1 (0.93%) Control-M
3 1 (0.93%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.48%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.54%) Oracle
4 6 (5.61%) Google
4 6 (5.61%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.67%) Atlassian
5 5 (4.67%) Remedy
6 4 (3.74%) Planview
7 3 (2.80%) Bloomberg
7 3 (2.80%) Databricks
7 3 (2.80%) Murex
7 3 (2.80%) SAP
8 2 (1.87%) Citrix
8 2 (1.87%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.87%) IBM
8 2 (1.87%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.87%) Workday
9 1 (0.93%) F5
9 1 (0.93%) Pega
9 1 (0.93%) VMware