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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 51 49
Rank change year-on-year +18 -2 -21
Contract jobs citing JIRA 100 84 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.97% 3.89% 4.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.84% 29.58% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 53 119
10th Percentile £378 £358 £425
25th Percentile £413 £425 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +9.04%
75th Percentile £625 £576 £700
90th Percentile £672 £648 £770
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%

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 239 284 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 14.27% 13.15% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 193 332
10th Percentile £400 £400 £425
25th Percentile £428 £455 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -9.05% +3.20%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £738
90th Percentile £735 £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 3
10th Percentile - - £38.25
25th Percentile - £46.75 £43.13
Median hourly rate - £48.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.62% -27.59%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £56.25
90th Percentile - - £57.75
Central London median hourly rate - £40.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -22.38% -27.59%

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 29 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
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 (43.00%) Confluence
2 6 (6.00%) Apache Spark
2 6 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.00%) Apache
3 4 (4.00%) Jupyter
4 1 (1.00%) Drupal
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.00%) nginx
4 1 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.00%) Trello
5 4 (4.00%) MS Visio
6 2 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.00%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.00%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.00%) Azure
2 25 (25.00%) AWS
3 15 (15.00%) Power Platform
4 11 (11.00%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (9.00%) GitHub
6 5 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (5.00%) GCP
6 5 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.00%) IaaS
8 3 (3.00%) Miro
8 3 (3.00%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.00%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.00%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.00%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.00%) SaaS
9 2 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (2.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) Firewall
1 4 (4.00%) SSH
2 3 (3.00%) DNS
2 3 (3.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.00%) Kerberos
3 2 (2.00%) WAN
4 1 (1.00%) LAN
4 1 (1.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.00%) Power BI
2 7 (7.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.00%) Tableau
4 4 (4.00%) Apache Hive
4 4 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.00%) Data Lake
4 4 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.00%) Delta Lake
5 3 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.00%) BigQuery
6 2 (2.00%) CockroachDB
6 2 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.00%) Hadoop
6 2 (2.00%) Looker
6 2 (2.00%) MySQL
6 2 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.00%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.00%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (19.00%) Git
2 12 (12.00%) Jenkins
3 9 (9.00%) Postman
3 9 (9.00%) Selenium
4 8 (8.00%) REST Assured
5 5 (5.00%) ScriptRunner
6 4 (4.00%) Bitbucket
6 4 (4.00%) RStudio
6 4 (4.00%) TeamCity
7 3 (3.00%) LoadRunner
7 3 (3.00%) Zephyr
8 2 (2.00%) GitLab
8 2 (2.00%) JMeter
8 2 (2.00%) SonarQube
8 2 (2.00%) Subversion
9 1 (1.00%) Crucible
9 1 (1.00%) Gatling
9 1 (1.00%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (1.00%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (1.00%) Serenity BDD
General
1 42 (42.00%) Finance
2 38 (38.00%) Social Skills
3 28 (28.00%) Banking
4 20 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.00%) Front Office
6 6 (6.00%) Investment Banking
7 5 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.00%) Law
9 3 (3.00%) Back Office
9 3 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.00%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.00%) Retail Banking
10 2 (2.00%) Legal
10 2 (2.00%) Military
10 2 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.00%) Automotive
11 1 (1.00%) Publishing
11 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (22.00%) Analyst
2 12 (12.00%) Business Analyst
3 11 (11.00%) Developer
3 11 (11.00%) Project Manager
4 10 (10.00%) Senior
5 6 (6.00%) Python Engineer
5 6 (6.00%) Test Engineer
6 5 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
6 5 (5.00%) Senior Test Engineer
7 4 (4.00%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.00%) Data Manager
7 4 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.00%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.00%) Product Manager
8 3 (3.00%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.00%) REST
2 6 (6.00%) pytest
3 5 (5.00%) .NET
3 5 (5.00%) YAML
4 4 (4.00%) CSS
4 4 (4.00%) HTML
4 4 (4.00%) JSON
4 4 (4.00%) pydantic
4 4 (4.00%) PySpark
5 2 (2.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.00%) LDAP
5 2 (2.00%) React
5 2 (2.00%) RESTful
5 2 (2.00%) Spring
5 2 (2.00%) Swagger
5 2 (2.00%) XML
6 1 (1.00%) ActiveX
6 1 (1.00%) ADO
6 1 (1.00%) SAP Basis
6 1 (1.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.00%) Data Structures
2 6 (6.00%) Reference Data
3 5 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.00%) Fixed Income
4 4 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.00%) Replication
6 2 (2.00%) Clustering
6 2 (2.00%) Equities
6 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.00%) PMI
6 2 (2.00%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.00%) Linux
2 10 (10.00%) Windows
3 4 (4.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.00%) Unix
3 4 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.00%) Android
5 2 (2.00%) Solaris
6 1 (1.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (59.00%) Agile
2 30 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (24.00%) Scrum
4 23 (23.00%) Project Management
5 22 (22.00%) DevOps
6 20 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (17.00%) CI/CD
8 15 (15.00%) Test Automation
9 12 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (12.00%) Test Strategy
10 11 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (10.00%) Data Analysis
11 10 (10.00%) Decision-Making
11 10 (10.00%) Migration
11 10 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 10 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 9 (9.00%) API Testing
12 9 (9.00%) Roadmaps
12 9 (9.00%) Test Scripting
12 9 (9.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (31.00%) Python
2 25 (25.00%) SQL
3 14 (14.00%) Java
4 9 (9.00%) Bash
5 8 (8.00%) C#
6 7 (7.00%) JavaScript
7 6 (6.00%) Groovy
8 5 (5.00%) PowerShell
8 5 (5.00%) Scala
9 3 (3.00%) Perl
9 3 (3.00%) Shell Script
10 2 (2.00%) Apex Code
10 2 (2.00%) Ruby
10 2 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.00%) VBA
11 1 (1.00%) C
11 1 (1.00%) Kotlin
11 1 (1.00%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.00%) Swift
11 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (16.00%) Degree
2 15 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.00%) PMI Certification
5 6 (6.00%) PMP
6 4 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.00%) CBAP
8 1 (1.00%) APMG
8 1 (1.00%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.00%) CFA
8 1 (1.00%) IIBA
8 1 (1.00%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.00%) GDPR
1 7 (7.00%) QA
2 4 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.00%) MiFID
3 3 (3.00%) PMO
4 2 (2.00%) EMIR
4 2 (2.00%) SLA
5 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.00%) SEPA
5 1 (1.00%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.00%) UCITS
5 1 (1.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (7.00%) Docker
2 3 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.00%) Lustre
3 1 (1.00%) NFS
3 1 (1.00%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (1.00%) Veritas File System
3 1 (1.00%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (7.00%) Ansible
2 4 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.00%) Terraform
3 3 (3.00%) Control-M
3 3 (3.00%) Tivoli
4 2 (2.00%) HP ALM
4 2 (2.00%) Podman
4 2 (2.00%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.00%) QRadar
4 2 (2.00%) SCCM
5 1 (1.00%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (1.00%) Grafana
5 1 (1.00%) Istio
5 1 (1.00%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (1.00%) Karpenter
5 1 (1.00%) Opsgenie
5 1 (1.00%) Rancher
5 1 (1.00%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.00%) Atlassian
3 6 (6.00%) Databricks
3 6 (6.00%) Oracle
3 6 (6.00%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.00%) Bloomberg
4 5 (5.00%) Cisco
4 5 (5.00%) Red Hat
5 4 (4.00%) Google
5 4 (4.00%) HP
5 4 (4.00%) IBM
5 4 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.00%) Splunk
5 4 (4.00%) VMware
6 3 (3.00%) Logitech
6 3 (3.00%) SAP
7 2 (2.00%) Arista
7 2 (2.00%) Dell
7 2 (2.00%) Qualys
7 2 (2.00%) Trayport