JIRA Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Atlassian JIRA
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 33 29
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 47 33 54
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.63% 5.21% 6.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.23% 33.67% 36.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 22 34
10th Percentile £340 £274 £286
25th Percentile £457 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £471 £467
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +0.96% +7.05%
75th Percentile £584 £533 £488
90th Percentile £686 £659 £548
Scotland median daily rate £470 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +13.94% -17.50% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
Scotland median hourly rate - - £40.94
% change year-on-year - - -22.02%

All Development Application Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 114 98 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 18.51% 15.46% 17.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 67 115
10th Percentile £358 £322 £400
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% -4.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £592 £522 £563
90th Percentile £686 £556 £600
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.06% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £27.80
25th Percentile - - £30.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.84 - £40.94
% change year-on-year - - -22.02%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Edinburgh

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 27 (57.45%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Superset
2 1 (2.13%) CICS
2 1 (2.13%) FileNet
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.13%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 26 (55.32%) Azure
2 18 (38.30%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (17.02%) AWS
4 5 (10.64%) GitHub
5 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
6 3 (6.38%) Figma
6 3 (6.38%) GCP
6 3 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (6.38%) OCI
6 3 (6.38%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.26%) SaaS
8 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (2.13%) Asana
8 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.13%) Datadog
8 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.13%) IaaS
8 1 (2.13%) PaaS
8 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) Firewall
2 4 (8.51%) Network Security
3 1 (2.13%) HTTP
3 1 (2.13%) IPsec
3 1 (2.13%) SSH
3 1 (2.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.38%) Power BI
3 2 (4.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.13%) Metadata
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Git
1 5 (10.64%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.38%) GitLab
2 3 (6.38%) Snyk
3 2 (4.26%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.26%) Selenium
3 2 (4.26%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.13%) git-flow
4 1 (2.13%) Postman
4 1 (2.13%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (2.13%) Subversion
4 1 (2.13%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (46.81%) Finance
2 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.89%) Banking
5 5 (10.64%) Retail Banking
6 4 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (8.51%) Legal
7 3 (6.38%) Billing
7 3 (6.38%) Retail
8 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (12.77%) Delivery Manager
1 6 (12.77%) Project Officer
1 6 (12.77%) Project Support Officer
1 6 (12.77%) Support Officer
2 5 (10.64%) Design Engineer
2 5 (10.64%) Project Manager
2 5 (10.64%) Security Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Designer
4 3 (6.38%) Developer
4 3 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (6.38%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Implementation Project Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Implementation Specialist
4 3 (6.38%) Project Implementation Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Report Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Scrum Master
4 3 (6.38%) Security Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) React
2 3 (6.38%) FastAPI
2 3 (6.38%) SLSA
3 2 (4.26%) .NET
3 2 (4.26%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) HTML
4 1 (2.13%) AWS CDK
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (2.13%) Express.js
4 1 (2.13%) Google Maps API
4 1 (2.13%) Jest
4 1 (2.13%) JSON
4 1 (2.13%) NestJS
4 1 (2.13%) Node.js
4 1 (2.13%) Redux
4 1 (2.13%) RESTful
4 1 (2.13%) Swagger
4 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.64%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Agile
2 21 (44.68%) DevOps
3 13 (27.66%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (25.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (19.15%) CI/CD
6 8 (17.02%) Software Engineering
7 7 (14.89%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
7 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (14.89%) Project Management
7 7 (14.89%) Scrum
8 6 (12.77%) Issue Tracking
8 6 (12.77%) SABSA
8 6 (12.77%) TOGAF
8 6 (12.77%) UML
8 6 (12.77%) Workflow
8 6 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (10.64%) AI
9 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 5 (10.64%) SQL
3 4 (8.51%) TypeScript
4 2 (4.26%) C#
4 2 (4.26%) Java
4 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.13%) C++
5 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.13%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.13%) VBA
5 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) CISM
2 6 (12.77%) CISSP
2 6 (12.77%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.13%) ISEB
3 1 (2.13%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.38%) COBIT
2 3 (6.38%) NIST
2 3 (6.38%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) WCAG
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Ansible
1 4 (8.51%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) BiZZdesign
1 6 (12.77%) CheckPoint
2 3 (6.38%) Black Duck
2 3 (6.38%) CA Agile Central
2 3 (6.38%) Checkmarx
2 3 (6.38%) Dell
2 3 (6.38%) Dynatrace
2 3 (6.38%) F5
2 3 (6.38%) Fortinet
2 3 (6.38%) HP
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle
2 3 (6.38%) Spotify
2 3 (6.38%) Tenable
3 2 (4.26%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Google
4 1 (2.13%) IBM
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow