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 3 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 30 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -23
Contract jobs citing JIRA 54 55 32
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.25% 5.36% 2.70%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.76% 35.26% 34.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 27 25
10th Percentile £387 £249 £461
25th Percentile £448 £348 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £654 £583 £700
90th Percentile £695 £699 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £619
% change year-on-year +10.00% -19.19% +12.50%

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 143 156 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 16.55% 15.20% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 82 72
10th Percentile £386 £325 £435
25th Percentile £445 £443 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -14.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £659 £623 £700
90th Percentile £788 £749 £821
Central London median daily rate £550 £535 £625
% change year-on-year +2.80% -14.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.09%
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +26.09%

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 3 months to 20 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
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 63 (50.81%) Confluence
2 9 (7.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.65%) CMS
4 4 (3.23%) Drupal
4 4 (3.23%) WordPress
5 2 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.81%) Camunda
6 1 (0.81%) nginx
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.81%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (10.48%) MS Visio
3 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.61%) Trello
7 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.81%) InVision
7 1 (0.81%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.61%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (1.61%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.90%) Azure
2 13 (10.48%) AWS
3 11 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.84%) GitHub
5 4 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.23%) Miro
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.42%) Figma
6 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.42%) SaaS
6 3 (2.42%) Serverless
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.61%) Firebase
7 2 (1.61%) PaaS
7 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.23%) Firewall
2 2 (1.61%) DNS
2 2 (1.61%) SSL
3 1 (0.81%) DKIM
3 1 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (0.81%) SSH
3 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) Power BI
2 3 (2.42%) Tableau
3 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.61%) Metadata
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.61%) SQLite
3 2 (1.61%) Tick Data
4 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.81%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.81%) GIS
4 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Redis
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Git
2 9 (7.26%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.65%) Selenium
4 4 (3.23%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.42%) GitLab
5 3 (2.42%) Postman
5 3 (2.42%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.61%) CocoaPods
6 2 (1.61%) Crashlytics
6 2 (1.61%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.61%) fastlane
6 2 (1.61%) Maven
6 2 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (1.61%) TestRail
6 2 (1.61%) Xcode
7 1 (0.81%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.81%) JUnit
7 1 (0.81%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.81%) TestNG
General
1 50 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 45 (36.29%) Finance
3 26 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (19.35%) Banking
5 10 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.23%) Front Office
9 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
9 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.61%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Back Office
11 1 (0.81%) Billing
11 1 (0.81%) French Language
11 1 (0.81%) Law
11 1 (0.81%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (24.19%) Analyst
2 24 (19.35%) Business Analyst
3 18 (14.52%) Senior
4 14 (11.29%) Developer
5 11 (8.87%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.45%) Lead
7 7 (5.65%) Consultant
7 7 (5.65%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (5.65%) Tester
8 6 (4.84%) Product Owner
9 5 (4.03%) Architect
9 5 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Technical Business Analyst
10 4 (3.23%) Administrator
10 4 (3.23%) Payments Analyst
10 4 (3.23%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (3.23%) Senior Manager
10 4 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.42%) IT Manager
11 3 (2.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) HTML
2 7 (5.65%) REST
3 6 (4.84%) CSS
4 5 (4.03%) .NET
5 4 (3.23%) ADO
5 4 (3.23%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.23%) HTML5
5 4 (3.23%) SOAP
5 4 (3.23%) Spring
6 3 (2.42%) jQuery
6 3 (2.42%) JSON
6 3 (2.42%) LDAP
6 3 (2.42%) React
6 3 (2.42%) Web Services
7 2 (1.61%) Apache Camel
7 2 (1.61%) AVFoundation
7 2 (1.61%) JDBC
7 2 (1.61%) ODBC
7 2 (1.61%) SAML
7 2 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.03%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (3.23%) Derivative
4 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.42%) Equities
4 3 (2.42%) Fixed Income
4 3 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.61%) Animation
5 2 (1.61%) CMDB
5 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.61%) NHS
5 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.81%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.03%) Unix
1 5 (4.03%) Windows
2 4 (3.23%) Linux
3 2 (1.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.81%) Android
4 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (62.10%) Agile
2 31 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (23.39%) Scrum
3 29 (23.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 26 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (20.16%) DevOps
6 24 (19.35%) User Stories
7 23 (18.55%) User Acceptance Testing
8 21 (16.94%) Project Management
9 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (13.71%) Roadmaps
11 16 (12.90%) Project Delivery
12 15 (12.10%) CI/CD
12 15 (12.10%) Migration
13 14 (11.29%) Test Automation
13 14 (11.29%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (9.68%) Risk Management
15 11 (8.87%) Mentoring
15 11 (8.87%) SDLC
15 11 (8.87%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.71%) SQL
2 16 (12.90%) Java
3 13 (10.48%) Python
4 11 (8.87%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.42%) Apex Code
5 3 (2.42%) Bash
6 2 (1.61%) C#
6 2 (1.61%) Objective-C
6 2 (1.61%) Swift
6 2 (1.61%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.81%) C
7 1 (0.81%) Go
7 1 (0.81%) Groovy
7 1 (0.81%) Korn
7 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.81%) PHP
7 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.81%) SOQL
7 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (20.16%) SC Cleared
1 25 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.52%) Degree
3 6 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.42%) CBAP
5 3 (2.42%) CISSP
5 3 (2.42%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.42%) PMP
6 2 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.61%) ISEB
6 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.81%) APMG
7 1 (0.81%) CFA
7 1 (0.81%) CISA
7 1 (0.81%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.81%) IIBA
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.10%) QA
2 8 (6.45%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.45%) PMO
3 4 (3.23%) ISO 20022
4 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.42%) SEPA
5 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.61%) GDPR
5 2 (1.61%) GRC
5 2 (1.61%) NCSC
5 2 (1.61%) NIST
5 2 (1.61%) WCAG
6 1 (0.81%) COBIT
6 1 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.81%) PSD2
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
2 2 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.42%) Terraform
3 2 (1.61%) Ansible
3 2 (1.61%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.61%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.81%) Ambari
4 1 (0.81%) Consul
4 1 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.81%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.81%) Packer
4 1 (0.81%) Puppet
4 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.81%) SCCM
4 1 (0.81%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.26%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.03%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.03%) Google
5 4 (3.23%) HP
6 3 (2.42%) Adobe
6 3 (2.42%) IBM
6 3 (2.42%) Remedy
6 3 (2.42%) SAP
7 2 (1.61%) Apple
7 2 (1.61%) BMC
7 2 (1.61%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.61%) Ivanti
7 2 (1.61%) Oracle
7 2 (1.61%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.61%) SmartStream
7 2 (1.61%) Solace
7 2 (1.61%) Tenable
8 1 (0.81%) Ahrefs