JIRA Contracts in the City of London

Atlassian JIRA
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 53 47
Rank change year-on-year +20 -6 -16
Contract jobs citing JIRA 101 79 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.75% 3.60% 4.89%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.00% 28.94% 32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 50 129
10th Percentile £388 £393 £423
25th Percentile £413 £450 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £506 £625
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% -19.12% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £700
90th Percentile £655 £690 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £510 £588
% change year-on-year +2.94% -13.19% +4.82%

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 259 273 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 14.75% 12.43% 15.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 185 360
10th Percentile £413 £406 £425
25th Percentile £449 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -9.05% +3.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £750
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £39.06
Median hourly rate - £48.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.82% -10.57%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £40.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -25.91% -10.57%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the City of London

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in the City of London

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the City of London

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
JIRA
Central London

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 43 (42.57%) Confluence
2 8 (7.92%) Apache Spark
3 6 (5.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.96%) Apache
4 4 (3.96%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.99%) nginx
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (5.94%) Trello
6 4 (3.96%) MS Visio
7 2 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.99%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.99%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 27 (26.73%) AWS
2 26 (25.74%) Azure
3 14 (13.86%) Power Platform
4 10 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.92%) GitHub
6 6 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.95%) GCP
8 4 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.96%) IaaS
9 3 (2.97%) Miro
9 3 (2.97%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.97%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.97%) SaaS
9 3 (2.97%) Slack
9 3 (2.97%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.98%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.98%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.96%) SSH
2 2 (1.98%) DNS
2 2 (1.98%) Firewall
2 2 (1.98%) Kerberos
2 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.99%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) Power BI
2 7 (6.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.96%) Apache Hive
3 4 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.96%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.96%) Delta Lake
3 4 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.96%) Tableau
4 3 (2.97%) MySQL
5 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.98%) CockroachDB
5 2 (1.98%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.98%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.98%) Looker
5 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (23.76%) Git
2 13 (12.87%) Jenkins
3 10 (9.90%) Postman
3 10 (9.90%) Selenium
4 9 (8.91%) REST Assured
5 5 (4.95%) ScriptRunner
6 4 (3.96%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.96%) RStudio
6 4 (3.96%) TeamCity
6 4 (3.96%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.97%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.98%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.98%) GitLab
8 2 (1.98%) JMeter
8 2 (1.98%) JUnit
8 2 (1.98%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.98%) Subversion
9 1 (0.99%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.99%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.99%) Jasmine
General
1 38 (37.62%) Finance
2 37 (36.63%) Social Skills
3 27 (26.73%) Banking
4 20 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.93%) Investment Banking
6 6 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.95%) Front Office
7 5 (4.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.97%) Law
8 3 (2.97%) Marketing
8 3 (2.97%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.98%) Back Office
9 2 (1.98%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.98%) Legal
9 2 (1.98%) Military
9 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Automotive
10 1 (0.99%) International Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (16.83%) Analyst
2 12 (11.88%) Senior
3 11 (10.89%) Business Analyst
3 11 (10.89%) Project Manager
4 9 (8.91%) Developer
5 7 (6.93%) Python Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) Test Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Senior Test Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Data Business Analyst
7 5 (4.95%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Lead
8 4 (3.96%) Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Data Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.97%) Consultant
9 3 (2.97%) IT Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Product Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.88%) REST
2 7 (6.93%) pytest
3 5 (4.95%) YAML
4 4 (3.96%) .NET
4 4 (3.96%) JSON
4 4 (3.96%) pydantic
4 4 (3.96%) PySpark
5 3 (2.97%) Spring
6 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.98%) CSS
6 2 (1.98%) HTML
6 2 (1.98%) LDAP
6 2 (1.98%) RESTful
6 2 (1.98%) Swagger
6 2 (1.98%) XML
7 1 (0.99%) Akka
7 1 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.99%) React
7 1 (0.99%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.99%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.94%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.94%) Reference Data
3 5 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.95%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.97%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.97%) Fixed Income
4 3 (2.97%) Replication
5 2 (1.98%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.98%) Clustering
5 2 (1.98%) Equities
5 2 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.98%) PMI
5 2 (1.98%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.87%) Linux
2 11 (10.89%) Windows
3 4 (3.96%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.97%) Unix
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.98%) Android
5 2 (1.98%) Solaris
6 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.99%) SUSE
6 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (59.41%) Agile
2 30 (29.70%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (23.76%) DevOps
3 24 (23.76%) Project Management
4 22 (21.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (20.79%) Scrum
6 18 (17.82%) CI/CD
7 17 (16.83%) Test Automation
8 14 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (12.87%) Data Analysis
9 13 (12.87%) Test Strategy
10 12 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (10.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 10 (9.90%) API Testing
12 10 (9.90%) Decision-Making
13 9 (8.91%) Analytics
13 9 (8.91%) BDD
13 9 (8.91%) ITIL
13 9 (8.91%) Risk Management
13 9 (8.91%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 34 (33.66%) Python
2 25 (24.75%) SQL
3 14 (13.86%) Java
4 9 (8.91%) Bash
5 6 (5.94%) C#
5 6 (5.94%) Groovy
6 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.95%) Scala
7 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.97%) Perl
8 3 (2.97%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.98%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.98%) Ruby
9 2 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.98%) VBA
10 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.99%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.99%) Swift
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 15 (14.85%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.86%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.90%) PMI Certification
5 8 (7.92%) PMP
6 4 (3.96%) CBAP
6 4 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.98%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.99%) CFA
8 1 (0.99%) IIBA
8 1 (0.99%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.99%) PgMP
8 1 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) GDPR
2 6 (5.94%) QA
3 4 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.96%) MiFID
4 3 (2.97%) EMIR
5 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.98%) PMO
5 2 (1.98%) SLA
6 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.99%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.99%) UCITS
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Docker
2 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.99%) Lustre
4 1 (0.99%) NFS
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.99%) Veritas File System
4 1 (0.99%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (6.93%) Ansible
2 5 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.96%) Terraform
4 3 (2.97%) Control-M
5 2 (1.98%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.98%) Podman
5 2 (1.98%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.98%) QRadar
5 2 (1.98%) SCCM
5 2 (1.98%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.99%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 1 (0.99%) Grafana
6 1 (0.99%) Istio
6 1 (0.99%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.99%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.99%) Rancher
6 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.92%) Databricks
3 7 (6.93%) Atlassian
4 6 (5.94%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.95%) Bloomberg
5 5 (4.95%) Cisco
5 5 (4.95%) Google
5 5 (4.95%) Oracle
5 5 (4.95%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.96%) HP
6 4 (3.96%) IBM
6 4 (3.96%) SAP
6 4 (3.96%) Splunk
6 4 (3.96%) VMware
7 3 (2.97%) Logitech
7 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.98%) Arista
8 2 (1.98%) Concur
8 2 (1.98%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.98%) Trayport