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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 35 57
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -23
Contract jobs citing JIRA 110 103 81
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.86% 5.56% 3.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.59% 36.52% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 56 62
10th Percentile £363 £337 £451
25th Percentile £425 £413 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -16.11% +1.05%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £675
90th Percentile £695 £673 £773
Central London median daily rate £525 £518 £600
% change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% +4.35%

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 271 282 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 14.43% 15.24% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 162 185
10th Percentile £363 £384 £415
25th Percentile £425 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £650 £639 £688
90th Percentile £773 £738 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £545 £600
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.20
25th Percentile - - £52.88
Median hourly rate - - £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.22%
75th Percentile - - £67.88
90th Percentile - - £71.40
Central London median hourly rate - - £60.50
% change year-on-year - - +5.22%

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 27 January 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
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 49 (44.55%) Confluence
2 13 (11.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.73%) CMS
4 2 (1.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.91%) Apache
5 1 (0.91%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.91%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (10.91%) MS Visio
2 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (7.27%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (3.64%) Trello
6 1 (0.91%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.82%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.82%) Summit
3 1 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.91%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.91%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.91%) Azure
2 17 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (9.09%) AWS
3 10 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.36%) GitHub
5 5 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.73%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.73%) GCP
7 3 (2.73%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.73%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.73%) Serverless
8 2 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.82%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.82%) DNS
2 1 (0.91%) DKIM
2 1 (0.91%) Firewall
2 1 (0.91%) HTTP
2 1 (0.91%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.27%) Power BI
2 5 (4.55%) Tableau
3 3 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.73%) Tick Data
4 2 (1.82%) Metadata
4 2 (1.82%) SQLite
5 1 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.91%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.91%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.91%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.91%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.91%) GIS
5 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.91%) Redis
5 1 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 9 (8.18%) Selenium
3 7 (6.36%) Git
4 4 (3.64%) Postman
4 4 (3.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (2.73%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.73%) GitLab
5 3 (2.73%) JUnit
5 3 (2.73%) Maven
5 3 (2.73%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.82%) CocoaPods
6 2 (1.82%) Crashlytics
6 2 (1.82%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.82%) fastlane
6 2 (1.82%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.82%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (1.82%) TestRail
6 2 (1.82%) Xcode
7 1 (0.91%) Gatling
7 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 44 (40.00%) Finance
3 32 (29.09%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (20.91%) Banking
5 8 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.55%) Front Office
7 5 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.64%) Retail
9 3 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.73%) Legal
9 3 (2.73%) Marketing
10 2 (1.82%) Back Office
10 2 (1.82%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.91%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.91%) French Language
11 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 32 (29.09%) Analyst
2 25 (22.73%) Business Analyst
3 21 (19.09%) Senior
4 10 (9.09%) Developer
5 9 (8.18%) Lead
6 8 (7.27%) Project Manager
6 8 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (6.36%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (5.45%) Banking Analyst
8 6 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (5.45%) Tester
9 5 (4.55%) Banking Business Analyst
9 5 (4.55%) Scrum Master
9 5 (4.55%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Technical Business Analyst
10 4 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.64%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.64%) Junior
10 4 (3.64%) Payments Analyst
10 4 (3.64%) Payments Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) Spring
2 4 (3.64%) .NET
2 4 (3.64%) REST
3 3 (2.73%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.73%) SOAP
4 2 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.82%) AVFoundation
4 2 (1.82%) Core Animation
4 2 (1.82%) Core Data
4 2 (1.82%) CSS
4 2 (1.82%) HTML
4 2 (1.82%) JSON
4 2 (1.82%) Kafka
4 2 (1.82%) Playwright
4 2 (1.82%) RxSwift
4 2 (1.82%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.82%) UIKit
4 2 (1.82%) WireMock
4 2 (1.82%) XML
5 1 (0.91%) OpenJDK
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.73%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.18%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.64%) Equities
4 4 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.73%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.73%) Derivative
5 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.73%) PMI
5 3 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.82%) Animation
6 2 (1.82%) CMDB
6 2 (1.82%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.82%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.82%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.91%) DTCC
7 1 (0.91%) Tandem
7 1 (0.91%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.82%) Linux
2 2 (1.82%) Unix
3 1 (0.91%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (63.64%) Agile
2 31 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 29 (26.36%) Scrum
5 28 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (21.82%) DevOps
6 24 (21.82%) Project Delivery
7 23 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (20.00%) Project Management
9 20 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (15.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (14.55%) User Stories
11 16 (14.55%) Waterfall
12 15 (13.64%) Migration
12 15 (13.64%) Test Automation
13 13 (11.82%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (10.91%) Backlog Management
14 12 (10.91%) CI/CD
14 12 (10.91%) Risk Management
14 12 (10.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.82%) Java
2 11 (10.00%) Python
3 10 (9.09%) SQL
4 5 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.82%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.82%) Bash
5 2 (1.82%) C#
5 2 (1.82%) Korn
5 2 (1.82%) Objective-C
5 2 (1.82%) Swift
6 1 (0.91%) PHP
6 1 (0.91%) SOQL
6 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.91%) VBA
6 1 (0.91%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (19.09%) SC Cleared
1 21 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.55%) Degree
3 7 (6.36%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.45%) CBAP
5 5 (4.55%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.64%) PMP
7 3 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.73%) ISEB
7 3 (2.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.82%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.82%) CFA
8 2 (1.82%) CISSP
8 2 (1.82%) IIBA
8 2 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.55%) QA
2 7 (6.36%) PMO
3 4 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.64%) ISO 20022
4 3 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.82%) GDPR
5 2 (1.82%) GRC
5 2 (1.82%) SLA
6 1 (0.91%) Basel III
6 1 (0.91%) EMIR
6 1 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.91%) MiFID
6 1 (0.91%) NCSC
6 1 (0.91%) PSD2
6 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.91%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (2.73%) Docker
2 2 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Ansible
1 2 (1.82%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.91%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.91%) SCCM
2 1 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 8 (7.27%) Google
4 7 (6.36%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.45%) Oracle
6 5 (4.55%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.73%) Apple
7 3 (2.73%) Planview
7 3 (2.73%) SAP
7 3 (2.73%) Solace
7 3 (2.73%) Workday
8 2 (1.82%) Adobe
8 2 (1.82%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.82%) Databricks
8 2 (1.82%) DocuSign
8 2 (1.82%) HP
8 2 (1.82%) IBM
8 2 (1.82%) Murex
8 2 (1.82%) SmartStream
9 1 (0.91%) Tenable