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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 42 46
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -13
Contract jobs citing JIRA 122 97 116
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.09% 4.60% 4.18%
As % of the Development Applications category 43.42% 32.66% 37.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 58 73
10th Percentile £314 £287 £413
25th Percentile £413 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -12.50% +2.13%
75th Percentile £648 £614 £675
90th Percentile £695 £811 £788
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £588
% change year-on-year -4.76% -10.64% +1.29%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £87.50 - -

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 281 297 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 16.33% 14.08% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 180 217
10th Percentile £347 £348 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% -4.79% -2.04%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £729 £800 £788
Central London median daily rate £545 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.10%
75th Percentile £82.50 - £73.75
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £75.00 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +38.10%

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 6 November 2025.

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
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 6 November 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
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 61 (50.00%) Confluence
2 8 (6.56%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.74%) CMS
4 4 (3.28%) Drupal
4 4 (3.28%) WordPress
5 2 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.82%) Camunda
6 1 (0.82%) nginx
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.82%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.84%) MS Visio
3 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.64%) Trello
7 1 (0.82%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.82%) InVision
7 1 (0.82%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.64%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.82%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.82%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.93%) Azure
2 13 (10.66%) AWS
3 12 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (9.02%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.92%) GitHub
6 4 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.28%) Miro
7 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.46%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.46%) Figma
7 3 (2.46%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.46%) SaaS
7 3 (2.46%) Serverless
8 2 (1.64%) Asana
8 2 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.64%) Firebase
8 2 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.10%) Firewall
2 3 (2.46%) DNS
3 2 (1.64%) SSL
3 2 (1.64%) WAN
4 1 (0.82%) DKIM
4 1 (0.82%) LAN
4 1 (0.82%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (0.82%) SSH
4 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) Power BI
2 3 (2.46%) Tableau
3 2 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.64%) Metadata
3 2 (1.64%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.64%) SQLite
3 2 (1.64%) Tick Data
4 1 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.82%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.82%) GIS
4 1 (0.82%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.82%) MySQL
4 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.82%) Redis
4 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Git
2 9 (7.38%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.74%) Selenium
4 4 (3.28%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.46%) GitLab
5 3 (2.46%) Postman
5 3 (2.46%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.46%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.64%) CocoaPods
6 2 (1.64%) Crashlytics
6 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.64%) fastlane
6 2 (1.64%) Maven
6 2 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (1.64%) TestRail
6 2 (1.64%) Xcode
7 1 (0.82%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.82%) JUnit
7 1 (0.82%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.82%) TestNG
General
1 52 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 45 (36.89%) Finance
3 25 (20.49%) Banking
4 23 (18.85%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.10%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.28%) Front Office
10 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.64%) Back Office
11 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.64%) Legal
11 2 (1.64%) Retail
11 2 (1.64%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.82%) Automotive
12 1 (0.82%) Billing
12 1 (0.82%) French Language
12 1 (0.82%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (23.77%) Analyst
2 21 (17.21%) Business Analyst
3 15 (12.30%) Senior
4 14 (11.48%) Developer
5 11 (9.02%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.56%) Lead
6 8 (6.56%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (5.74%) Consultant
8 6 (4.92%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.92%) Tester
9 5 (4.10%) Architect
10 4 (3.28%) Administrator
10 4 (3.28%) Payments Analyst
10 4 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.28%) Technical Business Analyst
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Manager
11 3 (2.46%) Test Engineer
11 3 (2.46%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.56%) HTML
2 7 (5.74%) REST
3 6 (4.92%) CSS
4 5 (4.10%) .NET
5 4 (3.28%) ADO
5 4 (3.28%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.28%) HTML5
5 4 (3.28%) SOAP
5 4 (3.28%) Spring
6 3 (2.46%) jQuery
6 3 (2.46%) JSON
6 3 (2.46%) LDAP
6 3 (2.46%) React
6 3 (2.46%) Web Services
7 2 (1.64%) Apache Camel
7 2 (1.64%) AVFoundation
7 2 (1.64%) JDBC
7 2 (1.64%) ODBC
7 2 (1.64%) SAML
7 2 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.93%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.10%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (2.46%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.46%) Derivative
3 3 (2.46%) Equities
3 3 (2.46%) Fixed Income
3 3 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.64%) Animation
4 2 (1.64%) CMDB
4 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.64%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.64%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.64%) NHS
4 2 (1.64%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.92%) Windows
2 5 (4.10%) Unix
3 4 (3.28%) Linux
4 2 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.82%) Android
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (61.48%) Agile
2 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (23.77%) Scrum
4 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (22.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (21.31%) DevOps
7 22 (18.03%) User Stories
8 21 (17.21%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (16.39%) Project Management
10 17 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (13.93%) Roadmaps
11 16 (13.11%) CI/CD
12 15 (12.30%) Migration
12 15 (12.30%) Project Delivery
12 15 (12.30%) Test Automation
13 13 (10.66%) Risk Management
13 13 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (9.02%) Mentoring
14 11 (9.02%) SDLC
14 11 (9.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.11%) Java
2 15 (12.30%) SQL
3 13 (10.66%) Python
4 11 (9.02%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.46%) Apex Code
5 3 (2.46%) Bash
6 2 (1.64%) C#
6 2 (1.64%) Objective-C
6 2 (1.64%) Swift
6 2 (1.64%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.82%) C
7 1 (0.82%) Go
7 1 (0.82%) Groovy
7 1 (0.82%) Korn
7 1 (0.82%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.82%) PHP
7 1 (0.82%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.82%) SOQL
7 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (18.85%) SC Cleared
1 23 (18.85%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.75%) Degree
3 5 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.28%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.28%) PMP
5 3 (2.46%) CBAP
5 3 (2.46%) CISSP
6 2 (1.64%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.64%) ISEB
6 2 (1.64%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.82%) APMG
7 1 (0.82%) CFA
7 1 (0.82%) CISA
7 1 (0.82%) CSPO
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.48%) QA
2 8 (6.56%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.56%) PMO
3 4 (3.28%) ISO 20022
4 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.46%) SEPA
5 2 (1.64%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.64%) GDPR
5 2 (1.64%) GRC
5 2 (1.64%) NCSC
5 2 (1.64%) NIST
5 2 (1.64%) WCAG
6 1 (0.82%) COBIT
6 1 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.82%) PSD2
6 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Docker
2 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.82%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.46%) Terraform
3 2 (1.64%) Ansible
3 2 (1.64%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.64%) SCCM
4 1 (0.82%) Ambari
4 1 (0.82%) Consul
4 1 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.82%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.82%) Packer
4 1 (0.82%) Puppet
4 1 (0.82%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.82%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.56%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.10%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.28%) Google
5 4 (3.28%) HP
6 3 (2.46%) Adobe
6 3 (2.46%) Remedy
6 3 (2.46%) SAP
7 2 (1.64%) Apple
7 2 (1.64%) BMC
7 2 (1.64%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.64%) IBM
7 2 (1.64%) Ivanti
7 2 (1.64%) Oracle
7 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.64%) Solace
7 2 (1.64%) Tenable
8 1 (0.82%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.82%) Duck Creek