JIRA Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Atlassian JIRA
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 46 47
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing JIRA 71 45 51
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.02% 3.46% 3.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.97% 32.37% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 23
10th Percentile £263 - £358
25th Percentile £350 £225 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.75% -27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £628 £429 £584
90th Percentile £699 £580 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile - £63.70 £52.82
25th Percentile £22.68 £65.25 £57.35
Median hourly rate £38.60 £67.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.40% +11.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £63.02 - £62.05
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.20 £65.66
England median hourly rate £61.66 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.35% -10.71% +12.00%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 209 139 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.90% 10.68% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 55 43
10th Percentile £345 £235 £230
25th Percentile £413 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £556
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 40 39
10th Percentile £23.58 £61.03 £49.25
25th Percentile £53.00 £65.00 £55.95
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +0.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 -
90th Percentile £76.20 £75.25 £65.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

JIRA job vacancy trend in the East of England

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the East of England

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the East of England

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Hertfordshire +3 41 £450 +12.50% 39
Suffolk - 14 £625 - 20
Cambridgeshire -3 7 £588 +135.00% 41
Bedfordshire +4 4 £510 +0.05% 6
Norfolk - 3 £425 - 6
Essex -17 2 - - 20
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 28 (39.44%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Apache
2 1 (1.41%) Mendix
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.08%) Azure
2 8 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (9.86%) Miro
4 4 (5.63%) AWS
5 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.82%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.82%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (2.82%) Datadog
6 2 (2.82%) Figma
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.82%) Serverless
6 2 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) BlazeMeter
7 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) Firewall
2 7 (9.86%) IPv6
2 7 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (8.45%) Broadband
3 6 (8.45%) IPv4
4 5 (7.04%) DNS
5 4 (5.63%) 4G
5 4 (5.63%) 5G
5 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.63%) xDSL
6 3 (4.23%) PPP
6 3 (4.23%) SSL
6 3 (4.23%) UPnP
6 3 (4.23%) VLAN
6 3 (4.23%) VoIP
6 3 (4.23%) Wireless
7 2 (2.82%) Network Security
7 2 (2.82%) RTP
7 2 (2.82%) WAN
7 2 (2.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.41%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.41%) Power Query
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.41%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Git
2 12 (16.90%) GitLab
3 3 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.82%) Artifactory
4 2 (2.82%) Robot Framework
5 1 (1.41%) Gerrit
5 1 (1.41%) JMeter
5 1 (1.41%) Locust
5 1 (1.41%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (1.41%) TestCafe
5 1 (1.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Finance
3 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.04%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.04%) Retail
5 4 (5.63%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Aviation
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (11.27%) Administrator
2 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (9.86%) Technical Administrator
3 5 (7.04%) Software Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Software Testing Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Test Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Testing Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) Coordinator
4 4 (5.63%) Project Coordinator
4 4 (5.63%) Project Manager
4 4 (5.63%) Scrum Master
5 3 (4.23%) Analyst
5 3 (4.23%) Programme Manager
5 3 (4.23%) Project Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Senior
5 3 (4.23%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Network Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Project Analyst
6 2 (2.82%) Support Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) React
2 2 (2.82%) REST
2 2 (2.82%) Terraform
3 1 (1.41%) ADO
3 1 (1.41%) Flutter
3 1 (1.41%) Jolokia
3 1 (1.41%) LAMP
3 1 (1.41%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (1.41%) LDAP
3 1 (1.41%) Node.js
3 1 (1.41%) SAML
3 1 (1.41%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.31%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.63%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.23%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (4.23%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.23%) Wiki
4 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) IoT
4 2 (2.82%) Replication
5 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) CMDB
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Media Streaming
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Robotics
5 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (29.58%) Linux
2 6 (8.45%) Windows
3 4 (5.63%) VMS
4 3 (4.23%) Android
4 3 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.82%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (2.82%) Unix
6 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.41%) CentOS
6 1 (1.41%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.41%) Rocky
6 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (60.56%) Agile
2 25 (35.21%) Scrum
3 18 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (18.31%) CI/CD
5 13 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (16.90%) DevOps
6 12 (16.90%) Software Delivery
7 11 (15.49%) Sprint Planning
7 11 (15.49%) Test Automation
8 9 (12.68%) Data Analysis
8 9 (12.68%) ERP
8 9 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (12.68%) Project Management
9 8 (11.27%) Kanban
9 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.27%) Software Testing
9 8 (11.27%) Test Assurance
9 8 (11.27%) Validation
9 8 (11.27%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) Python
2 6 (8.45%) TypeScript
3 5 (7.04%) SQL
4 4 (5.63%) Bash
4 4 (5.63%) Groovy
5 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.41%) C
6 1 (1.41%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Java
6 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (36.62%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.08%) Degree
4 3 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.23%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.82%) MOS
5 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.82%) PMP
6 1 (1.41%) CCNA
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.41%) CISM
6 1 (1.41%) CISSP
6 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.41%) MCSE
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) PMO
1 6 (8.45%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.41%) NCSC
4 1 (1.41%) P3O
4 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Docker
1 5 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.23%) vSphere
4 2 (2.82%) Squid
5 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) Puppet
3 1 (1.41%) Grafana
3 1 (1.41%) HAProxy
3 1 (1.41%) Packer
3 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (16.90%) SAP
2 9 (12.68%) IBM
3 7 (9.86%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.04%) VMware
6 3 (4.23%) HP
6 3 (4.23%) NetApp
6 3 (4.23%) Remedy
6 3 (4.23%) Veeam
7 2 (2.82%) Adobe
7 2 (2.82%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.82%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.82%) Google
7 2 (2.82%) PagerDuty
7 2 (2.82%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.82%) Trend Micro
8 1 (1.41%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.41%) IFS
8 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto