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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 24 45
Rank change year-on-year -24 +21 -16
Contract jobs citing JIRA 24 46 30
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.55% 7.49% 3.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.57% 36.22% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 17
10th Percentile £326 £382 £266
25th Percentile £419 £403 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £482 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +1.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £525
90th Percentile £643 £596 £540
Scotland median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.91% +2.74% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £63.75 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £17.45 -

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 84 127 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.43% 20.68% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 59 58
10th Percentile £385 £399 £344
25th Percentile £419 £450 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +8.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £546 £538 £524
90th Percentile £600 £570 £539
Scotland median daily rate £430 £491 £463
% change year-on-year -12.33% +6.05% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 £63.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 -
% change year-on-year +249.15% - -

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 9 October 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 16 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Figma
4 1 (4.17%) GitHub
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) DNS
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) SSL
3 1 (4.17%) BIG-IP
3 1 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
1 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.17%) Claude Code
2 1 (4.17%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (4.17%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Project Officer
3 2 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Support Officer
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Agile Coach
4 1 (4.17%) Content Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.17%) IT Operations Manager
4 1 (4.17%) JIRA Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Scrum Master
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.17%) ADO
2 1 (4.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (8.33%) Mainframe
4 1 (4.17%) Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) zOS
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (29.17%) AI
4 7 (29.17%) DevOps
4 7 (29.17%) Migration
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 5 (20.83%) Generative AI
7 4 (16.67%) ITIL
7 4 (16.67%) Kanban
7 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (16.67%) Scrum
8 3 (12.50%) Change Management
8 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
8 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Python
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) ActionScript
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.17%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) CBAP
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Nagios
2 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 3 (12.50%) IBM
3 2 (8.33%) Citrix
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.17%) F5
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle