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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 27 40
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 28 46 34
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.68% 7.21% 4.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.33% 33.58% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 18
10th Percentile £278 £381 £267
25th Percentile £416 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £534
90th Percentile £645 £600 £614
Scotland median daily rate £431 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -11.54% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £63.75 -
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 84 137 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.04% 21.47% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 65 47
10th Percentile £357 £400 £340
25th Percentile £408 £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 £622
Scotland median daily rate £430 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -9.47% -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 £40.94
% change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -31.77%

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 24 August 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 17 (60.71%) Confluence
2 2 (7.14%) CMS
3 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.57%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (17.86%) AWS
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) Algolia
5 1 (3.57%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
1 2 (7.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (3.57%) GIS
2 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Zephyr
2 2 (7.14%) Git
3 1 (3.57%) Bitbucket
3 1 (3.57%) GitLab
3 1 (3.57%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Military
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Developer
3 2 (7.14%) Finance Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Project Officer
3 2 (7.14%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Support Officer
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Test Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Backend Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Content Designer
4 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 1 (3.57%) JIRA Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Senior
4 1 (3.57%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) ADO
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
1 2 (7.14%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.57%) Laravel
2 1 (3.57%) Middleware
2 1 (3.57%) Open Graph
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.57%) Clustering
4 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) zOS
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Agile
2 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (25.00%) AI
4 7 (25.00%) DevOps
5 6 (21.43%) Migration
5 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) Business Analysis
6 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
6 5 (17.86%) Generative AI
6 5 (17.86%) Scrum
7 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 4 (14.29%) ITIL
7 4 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) Change Management
8 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
8 3 (10.71%) Kanban
8 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) Bash
2 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.57%) PHP
2 1 (3.57%) REXX
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) CBAP
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) PMO
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Nagios
2 1 (3.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 3 (10.71%) Dynatrace
2 3 (10.71%) IBM
3 2 (7.14%) Atlassian
3 2 (7.14%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) WooCommerce