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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 50
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 -1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 107 102 84
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.58% 6.03% 3.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 46.12% 41.98% 29.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 60 53
10th Percentile £364 £379 £358
25th Percentile £465 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £576
90th Percentile £711 £671 £648
Central London median daily rate £547 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.19% +5.00% -13.04%
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 232 243 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.94% 14.36% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 147 194
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £431 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -9.05%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £722 £730 £750
Central London median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% - -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 - - +10.86%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £50.25
90th Percentile £37.20 - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - £40.75
% change year-on-year - - -6.86%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 39 (36.45%) 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 6 (5.61%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 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
2 18 (16.82%) Azure
3 13 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (9.35%) GitHub
5 8 (7.48%) Amazon S3
5 8 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 8 (7.48%) Serverless
6 7 (6.54%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (5.61%) SaaS
8 5 (4.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (4.67%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (4.67%) GCP
9 4 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.80%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.80%) Slack
11 2 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.80%) DNS
2 2 (1.87%) DHCP
2 2 (1.87%) Firewall
2 2 (1.87%) HTTP
2 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.87%) VPN
3 1 (0.93%) Internet
3 1 (0.93%) Network Security
3 1 (0.93%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) DynamoDB
1 7 (6.54%) Power BI
2 6 (5.61%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (5.61%) Tableau
3 5 (4.67%) Amazon Athena
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%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.87%) Metadata
5 2 (1.87%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Looker
6 1 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.93%) QlikView
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (14.95%) Git
2 15 (14.02%) Jenkins
3 8 (7.48%) GitLab
4 7 (6.54%) JUnit
5 6 (5.61%) Postman
6 5 (4.67%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.67%) Selenium
7 4 (3.74%) Mockito
8 3 (2.80%) Cypress.io
8 3 (2.80%) Zephyr
9 2 (1.87%) Ant
9 2 (1.87%) Liquibase
9 2 (1.87%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.87%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.93%) Maven
10 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.93%) TestRail
General
1 48 (44.86%) Finance
2 40 (37.38%) Social Skills
3 29 (27.10%) Banking
4 17 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.61%) Front Office
6 6 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Retail
7 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.74%) Marketing
9 3 (2.80%) Back Office
9 3 (2.80%) Legal
10 2 (1.87%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Law
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 22 (20.56%) Analyst
2 14 (13.08%) Senior
3 12 (11.21%) Business Analyst
3 12 (11.21%) Developer
4 8 (7.48%) Banking Analyst
4 8 (7.48%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.48%) Lead
5 6 (5.61%) IT Support
5 6 (5.61%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.61%) Scrum Master
6 5 (4.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.67%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Banking Business Analyst
6 5 (4.67%) Product Owner
6 5 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (2.80%) CRM Manager
7 3 (2.80%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (2.80%) PMO Manager
7 3 (2.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.48%) Spring
2 6 (5.61%) Kafka
2 6 (5.61%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.74%) Gherkin
3 4 (3.74%) REST
3 4 (3.74%) SOAP
3 4 (3.74%) WireMock
3 4 (3.74%) YAML
4 3 (2.80%) J2EE
4 3 (2.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.80%) Playwright
4 3 (2.80%) React
5 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
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%) JMS
6 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.02%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.28%) 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%) Data Centre
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%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.93%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.93%) DTCC
7 1 (0.93%) FMCG
7 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) NHS
7 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.80%) Linux
3 2 (1.87%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.87%) Unix
4 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.93%) SUSE
4 1 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (59.81%) Agile
2 32 (29.91%) Scrum
3 26 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (17.76%) CI/CD
7 18 (16.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (15.89%) DevOps
9 16 (14.95%) Migration
9 16 (14.95%) Project Management
9 16 (14.95%) Test Automation
10 15 (14.02%) Sprint Planning
11 13 (12.15%) Waterfall
12 12 (11.21%) Backlog Management
12 12 (11.21%) Project Delivery
12 12 (11.21%) Roadmaps
12 12 (11.21%) Sprint Retrospective
13 11 (10.28%) User Stories
13 11 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
14 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) Java
1 13 (12.15%) Python
2 9 (8.41%) C#
2 9 (8.41%) SQL
3 6 (5.61%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.87%) Bash
6 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.93%) Korn
6 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.93%) Scala
6 1 (0.93%) Swift
6 1 (0.93%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 18 (16.82%) 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%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
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%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) IIBA
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB
8 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) QA
2 10 (9.35%) 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%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Docker
2 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.54%) Terraform
3 4 (3.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.93%) Consul
4 1 (0.93%) Control-M
4 1 (0.93%) Istio
4 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.48%) Oracle
4 6 (5.61%) Google
4 6 (5.61%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.67%) Remedy
6 3 (2.80%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.80%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.80%) Databricks
6 3 (2.80%) Murex
6 3 (2.80%) Planview
6 3 (2.80%) SAP
7 2 (1.87%) Citrix
7 2 (1.87%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.87%) IBM
7 2 (1.87%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.87%) Workday
8 1 (0.93%) Adobe
8 1 (0.93%) Informatica
8 1 (0.93%) Red Hat