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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 20 37
Rank change year-on-year -17 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing JIRA 33 47 40
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.17% 7.47% 4.62%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.48% 40.52% 36.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 20
10th Percentile £385 £286 £259
25th Percentile £450 £396 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +0.53% -0.53%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £538
90th Percentile £680 £593 £605
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £494
% change year-on-year +5.50% -8.81% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
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 93 116 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.76% 18.44% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 61 71
10th Percentile £358 £381 £306
25th Percentile £413 £420 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% - -
75th Percentile £552 £538 £600
90th Percentile £636 £563 £634
Scotland median daily rate £430 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -8.51% -1.05% -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
% change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -32.08%

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 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 19 (57.58%) Confluence
2 2 (6.06%) CMS
3 1 (3.03%) Apache
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Superset
3 1 (3.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.03%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (9.09%) Figma
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.03%) Algolia
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (3.03%) Asana
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (3.03%) Datadog
6 1 (3.03%) dbt
6 1 (3.03%) GitHub
6 1 (3.03%) Serverless
6 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) DNS
2 2 (6.06%) SSL
3 1 (3.03%) HTTP
3 1 (3.03%) IPsec
3 1 (3.03%) Network Security
3 1 (3.03%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Metadata
1 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.03%) GIS
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) Zephyr
2 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.03%) git-flow
2 1 (3.03%) GitLab
2 1 (3.03%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Military
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Lead
3 3 (9.09%) UX Designer
4 2 (6.06%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Finance Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Project Officer
4 2 (6.06%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Support Officer
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Applications Support
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.03%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) HTML
2 3 (9.09%) CSS
3 2 (6.06%) ADO
3 2 (6.06%) React
3 2 (6.06%) SailPoint
4 1 (3.03%) AWS CDK
4 1 (3.03%) Express.js
4 1 (3.03%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.03%) Google Maps API
4 1 (3.03%) Jest
4 1 (3.03%) JSON
4 1 (3.03%) Laravel
4 1 (3.03%) Middleware
4 1 (3.03%) NestJS
4 1 (3.03%) Node.js
4 1 (3.03%) Open Graph
4 1 (3.03%) Redux
4 1 (3.03%) RESTful
4 1 (3.03%) Web Services
4 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Clustering
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) zOS
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Agile
2 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.21%) AI
4 7 (21.21%) Data Protection
4 7 (21.21%) DevOps
4 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (18.18%) Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Business Analysis
6 5 (15.15%) Scrum
7 4 (12.12%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.12%) Generative AI
7 4 (12.12%) Project Management
7 4 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
7 4 (12.12%) User Experience
8 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (9.09%) Journey Map
8 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
3 1 (3.03%) PHP
3 1 (3.03%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) CBAP
3 1 (3.03%) CISM
3 1 (3.03%) CISSP
3 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.03%) PMP
3 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.09%) WCAG
3 2 (6.06%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (6.06%) PMO
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Nagios
2 1 (3.03%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.06%) Atlassian
2 2 (6.06%) Citrix
2 2 (6.06%) Dynatrace
2 2 (6.06%) IBM
3 1 (3.03%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) WooCommerce