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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 25 38
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing JIRA 41 49 40
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.15% 7.53% 4.58%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.32% 40.16% 36.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 19
10th Percentile £419 £322 £256
25th Percentile £482 £413 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -1.60% +1.62%
75th Percentile £686 £559 £519
90th Percentile - £644 £609
Scotland median daily rate £525 £450 £487
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.60% +2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +169.23% -56.67%
Scotland median hourly rate - £17.45 £40.94
% change year-on-year - -57.39% -36.40%

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 107 122 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.44% 18.74% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 64 74
10th Percentile £360 £330 £323
25th Percentile £413 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £571
90th Percentile £686 £589 £634
Scotland median daily rate £450 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.32% -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £60.75 £26.90
25th Percentile - £61.88 £28.25
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +113.11% -49.17%
75th Percentile - £69.38 £32.75
90th Percentile - £71.25 £34.10
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
% change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -32.39%

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 5 July 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 (65.85%) Confluence
2 2 (4.88%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Superset
3 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.44%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 11 (26.83%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) GitHub
5 3 (7.32%) Figma
5 3 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.44%) Algolia
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (2.44%) Asana
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.44%) Datadog
7 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.44%) IaaS
7 1 (2.44%) PaaS
7 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
7 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) Network Security
3 2 (4.88%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) HTTP
4 1 (2.44%) IPsec
4 1 (2.44%) SSH
4 1 (2.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.32%) Metadata
3 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.44%) GIS
4 1 (2.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 5 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.76%) GitLab
4 3 (7.32%) Snyk
4 3 (7.32%) Zephyr
5 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.44%) git-flow
5 1 (2.44%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (2.44%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (2.44%) Selenium
5 1 (2.44%) Subversion
5 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.44%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Military
4 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Business Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Design Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Designer
5 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Lead
5 3 (7.32%) UX Designer
6 2 (4.88%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Finance Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Project Support Officer
6 2 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Support Officer
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) HTML
1 4 (9.76%) React
2 3 (7.32%) CSS
2 3 (7.32%) FastAPI
2 3 (7.32%) SLSA
3 2 (4.88%) .NET
3 2 (4.88%) ADO
3 2 (4.88%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.44%) Express.js
4 1 (2.44%) Google Maps API
4 1 (2.44%) Jest
4 1 (2.44%) JSON
4 1 (2.44%) Laravel
4 1 (2.44%) Middleware
4 1 (2.44%) Node.js
4 1 (2.44%) Open Graph
4 1 (2.44%) Redux
4 1 (2.44%) RESTful
4 1 (2.44%) Web Services
4 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.44%) Clustering
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Agile
2 13 (31.71%) DevOps
3 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
4 9 (21.95%) AI
4 9 (21.95%) Architectural Patterns
4 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
4 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (21.95%) Data Protection
4 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (19.51%) Software Engineering
6 6 (14.63%) Migration
6 6 (14.63%) SABSA
6 6 (14.63%) Scrum
6 6 (14.63%) SDLC
6 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
6 6 (14.63%) UML
7 5 (12.20%) Business Analysis
7 5 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) Python
2 4 (9.76%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) TypeScript
3 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.88%) C#
4 2 (4.88%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
5 1 (2.44%) C++
5 1 (2.44%) PHP
5 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.44%) REXX
5 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.44%) VBA
5 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) CISM
2 6 (14.63%) CISSP
2 6 (14.63%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (4.88%) CBAP
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) QA
2 3 (7.32%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.32%) NIST
2 3 (7.32%) WCAG
3 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.88%) PMO
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.44%) Ansible
3 1 (2.44%) Nagios
3 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) BiZZdesign
2 3 (7.32%) Atlassian
2 3 (7.32%) Black Duck
2 3 (7.32%) Checkmarx
2 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
2 3 (7.32%) Fortinet
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.32%) Tenable
3 2 (4.88%) Citrix
4 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.44%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) WooCommerce