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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 29 41
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 116 117 98
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.40% 6.77% 4.61%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.73% 42.86% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 91 61
10th Percentile £290 £313 £300
25th Percentile £456 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £644 £646 £614
90th Percentile £725 £695 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.75 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.71% - -
75th Percentile £20.25 £88.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £87.50 -
% change year-on-year -77.71% - -

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 278 273 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.94% 15.81% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 192 185
10th Percentile £363 £358 £368
25th Percentile £454 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £706
90th Percentile £738 £724 £793
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% - -
75th Percentile £20.25 £82.50 -
90th Percentile - £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -74.00% - -

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 9 October 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 46 (39.66%) Confluence
2 7 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.59%) CMS
5 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.86%) Apache
5 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.86%) IIS
5 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.03%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.86%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.86%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.86%) Maximo
2 1 (0.86%) OneSumX
2 1 (0.86%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.86%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.55%) Azure
2 17 (14.66%) AWS
3 16 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 10 (8.62%) GitHub
5 10 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.90%) Serverless
7 7 (6.03%) GCP
8 6 (5.17%) Amazon S3
8 6 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.45%) Snowflake
11 3 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.59%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (2.59%) SaaS
12 2 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) DNS
2 12 (10.34%) VPN
3 9 (7.76%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.03%) DHCP
5 3 (2.59%) VLAN
6 2 (1.72%) Firewall
7 1 (0.86%) INAP
7 1 (0.86%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.86%) Internet
7 1 (0.86%) Network Security
7 1 (0.86%) NGFW
7 1 (0.86%) RTP
7 1 (0.86%) SSH
7 1 (0.86%) SSL
7 1 (0.86%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.86%) VoIP
7 1 (0.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.34%) Power BI
1 12 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.59%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.59%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.72%) Tableau
6 1 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.86%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.86%) Looker
6 1 (0.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (12.93%) Git
1 15 (12.93%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.76%) GitLab
3 6 (5.17%) JUnit
4 5 (4.31%) Bitbucket
4 5 (4.31%) Mockito
5 4 (3.45%) Postman
5 4 (3.45%) Zephyr
6 3 (2.59%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.59%) Maven
6 3 (2.59%) Selenium
7 2 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.72%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.72%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.72%) Xcode
8 1 (0.86%) Appium
8 1 (0.86%) Gradle
8 1 (0.86%) JMeter
8 1 (0.86%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.86%) TestNG
General
1 52 (44.83%) Finance
2 42 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 27 (23.28%) Banking
4 20 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.17%) Front Office
7 5 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.31%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.45%) Marketing
8 4 (3.45%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.59%) Retail
10 2 (1.72%) Back Office
10 2 (1.72%) Publishing
11 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.86%) Games
11 1 (0.86%) Law
11 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (18.10%) Analyst
2 12 (10.34%) Developer
2 12 (10.34%) Senior
3 11 (9.48%) Business Analyst
4 10 (8.62%) Lead
5 8 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 7 (6.03%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.17%) Product Owner
8 5 (4.31%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Network Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Applications Support
9 4 (3.45%) Applications Support Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Architect
9 4 (3.45%) Consultant
9 4 (3.45%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.45%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) REST
1 8 (6.90%) Terraform
2 6 (5.17%) SOAP
2 6 (5.17%) Spring
2 6 (5.17%) Spring Boot
3 5 (4.31%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.45%) .NET
4 4 (3.45%) JSON
4 4 (3.45%) Kafka
4 4 (3.45%) RESTful
5 3 (2.59%) Hibernate
5 3 (2.59%) JPA
5 3 (2.59%) Web Services
6 2 (1.72%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (1.72%) Gherkin
6 2 (1.72%) HTML
6 2 (1.72%) Middleware
6 2 (1.72%) UIKit
6 2 (1.72%) XML
6 2 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.93%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.45%) Derivative
5 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.59%) Clustering
6 3 (2.59%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.86%) CSOC
8 1 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.79%) Windows
2 7 (6.03%) Linux
3 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.59%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.72%) Unix
7 1 (0.86%) Android
7 1 (0.86%) CentOS
7 1 (0.86%) SUSE
7 1 (0.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.86%) VMS
7 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (51.72%) Agile
2 42 (36.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (24.14%) DevOps
5 27 (23.28%) Migration
5 27 (23.28%) Scrum
6 25 (21.55%) CI/CD
7 21 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (16.38%) Sprint Planning
9 18 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (13.79%) Test Automation
10 16 (13.79%) User Stories
11 15 (12.93%) Incident Management
12 13 (11.21%) AI
12 13 (11.21%) Project Management
12 13 (11.21%) Validation
13 12 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
13 12 (10.34%) ITSM
13 12 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (9.48%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.10%) SQL
2 17 (14.66%) Python
3 10 (8.62%) Java
4 8 (6.90%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.31%) C#
5 5 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.59%) Bash
6 3 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.72%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.72%) Korn
7 2 (1.72%) Swift
8 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.90%) Degree
4 5 (4.31%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.45%) PMP
6 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.86%) CBAP
8 1 (0.86%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.86%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.86%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.86%) IIBA
8 1 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.86%) OSCP
8 1 (0.86%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (17.24%) QA
2 6 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.17%) PMO
3 4 (3.45%) SLA
4 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.72%) GDPR
5 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.86%) GRC
6 1 (0.86%) NCSC
6 1 (0.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.86%) P3O
6 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.76%) Docker
3 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.17%) Grafana
3 4 (3.45%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (2.59%) Istio
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (2.59%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.59%) SCCM
4 3 (2.59%) SCOM
4 3 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.52%) ServiceNow
3 10 (8.62%) Oracle
4 8 (6.90%) Remedy
5 5 (4.31%) Bloomberg
5 5 (4.31%) Google
6 4 (3.45%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.45%) BMC
6 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.45%) Splunk
6 4 (3.45%) VMware
7 3 (2.59%) Commvault
7 3 (2.59%) ION Trading
7 3 (2.59%) Okta
7 3 (2.59%) Refinitiv
7 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 2 (1.72%) Adobe
8 2 (1.72%) Citrix
8 2 (1.72%) Databricks