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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 28 40
Rank change year-on-year -16 +12 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 25 45 30
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.39% 7.23% 3.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.25% 33.33% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 16
10th Percentile £273 £388 £266
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £528
90th Percentile £609 £600 £569
Scotland median daily rate £425 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -12.82% -2.50% -
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 80 135 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.85% 21.70% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 61 45
10th Percentile £357 £400 £329
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £563 £604
Scotland median daily rate £438 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -7.89% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
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 3 September 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 15 (60.00%) Confluence
2 2 (8.00%) CMS
3 1 (4.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (20.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.00%) Algolia
5 1 (4.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
1 2 (8.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Metadata
2 1 (4.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Zephyr
2 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Military
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Project Officer
3 2 (8.00%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Support Officer
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Content Designer
4 1 (4.00%) Designer
4 1 (4.00%) Finance Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) JIRA Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Lead
4 1 (4.00%) PMO Lead
4 1 (4.00%) Senior
4 1 (4.00%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (4.00%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) ADO
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
1 2 (8.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) Laravel
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
2 1 (4.00%) Open Graph
2 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (4.00%) Clustering
4 1 (4.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) zOS
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Agile
2 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (28.00%) DevOps
5 6 (24.00%) AI
5 6 (24.00%) Migration
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Generative AI
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.00%) ITIL
7 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (12.00%) Change Management
8 3 (12.00%) Kanban
8 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (12.00%) Scrum
8 3 (12.00%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) PHP
2 1 (4.00%) REXX
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) CBAP
3 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 3 (12.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) Nagios
2 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) Dynatrace
2 3 (12.00%) IBM
3 2 (8.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.00%) WooCommerce