Atlassian Contract Job Trends in England

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UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Atlassian products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Atlassian over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Atlassian Software Systems.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 330 347
Rank change year-on-year -144 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 131 161 197
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.65% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 0.75% 1.37% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 103 132
10th Percentile £350 £425 £351
25th Percentile £423 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £649 £700
90th Percentile £735 £748 £725
UK median daily rate £508 £556 £525
% change year-on-year -8.76% +5.95% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 15
10th Percentile £41.72 £50.49 £37.55
25th Percentile £58.43 £51.53 £63.13
Median hourly rate £63.14 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £67.84 £61.31 -
90th Percentile £72.29 £65.50 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £63.32 £56.38 £67.50
% change year-on-year +12.31% -16.48% +17.39%

All Vendors
England

Atlassian falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,383 11,725 15,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.57% 47.48% 41.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,145 7,436 9,942
10th Percentile £313 £278 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -0.87% -1.52%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 525 1,057
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.09 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.99 £27.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.89% +12.50% -39.32%
75th Percentile £62.00 £53.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.21 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year +33.25% +7.14% -44.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Atlassian relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Atlassian job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Atlassian.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Atlassian

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Atlassian in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Atlassian in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Atlassian.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Atlassian

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Atlassian in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Atlassian in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Atlassian within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -72 55 £538 -17.31% 21
Midlands -54 36 £425 -7.61% 12
West Midlands -56 35 £425 -7.61% 4
South East -66 12 £494 +1.28% 28
South West -54 11 £490 -16.60% 17
North of England -76 11 £600 - 25
North West -41 9 £600 +9.09% 10
East of England -26 6 £300 -35.14% 17
North East -37 2 - - 3
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 74 (56.49%) Confluence
2 7 (5.34%) nginx
3 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.76%) Mattermost
4 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.76%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.76%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.76%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.95%) AWS
2 21 (16.03%) Amazon EC2
2 21 (16.03%) Amazon S3
2 21 (16.03%) Route 53
3 14 (10.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 14 (10.69%) Amazon SQS
3 14 (10.69%) AWS KMS
3 14 (10.69%) GitHub
4 11 (8.40%) Azure
4 11 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.63%) SaaS
6 9 (6.87%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (6.87%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.87%) Serverless
7 7 (5.34%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (5.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (3.82%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.82%) Slack
9 4 (3.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.34%) DNS
1 7 (5.34%) Firewall
1 7 (5.34%) OpenVPN
1 7 (5.34%) TCP/IP
1 7 (5.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.74%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (12.21%) DynamoDB
3 15 (11.45%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (10.69%) Amazon Aurora
5 9 (6.87%) Power BI
6 7 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (5.34%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (4.58%) Power Query
8 3 (2.29%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.53%) DocumentDB
9 2 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.53%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.76%) Db2
10 1 (0.76%) Metadata
10 1 (0.76%) MySQL
10 1 (0.76%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 91 (69.47%) JIRA
2 21 (16.03%) Jenkins
2 21 (16.03%) SonarQube
3 20 (15.27%) Bitbucket
4 18 (13.74%) Git
4 18 (13.74%) Maven
5 14 (10.69%) DbUnit
5 14 (10.69%) JUnit
5 14 (10.69%) Mockito
6 13 (9.92%) jMock
7 11 (8.40%) Bitbucket Server
7 11 (8.40%) ScriptRunner
8 6 (4.58%) Subversion
9 4 (3.05%) Android Studio
9 4 (3.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (3.05%) Eclipse
9 4 (3.05%) IntelliJ
10 3 (2.29%) Selenium
10 3 (2.29%) Zephyr
11 2 (1.53%) Cypress.io
General
1 59 (45.04%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.72%) Public Sector
3 28 (21.37%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (19.08%) Finance
5 10 (7.63%) Banking
6 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Billing
9 3 (2.29%) Military
10 2 (1.53%) German Language
10 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.53%) Retail
11 1 (0.76%) Advertising
11 1 (0.76%) Automotive
11 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Legal
11 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (23.66%) Developer
2 17 (12.98%) Senior
3 16 (12.21%) JIRA Engineer
4 15 (11.45%) Java Developer
5 12 (9.16%) Architect
6 9 (6.87%) Analyst
6 9 (6.87%) Data Centre Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Administrator
7 7 (5.34%) Data Manager
7 7 (5.34%) Lead
8 6 (4.58%) JIRA Administrator
8 6 (4.58%) Power BI Developer
8 6 (4.58%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.58%) Technical Architect
9 5 (3.82%) Applications Developer
9 5 (3.82%) AWS Architect
9 5 (3.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (3.82%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.05%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.50%) REST
2 14 (10.69%) ActiveMQ
2 14 (10.69%) Hibernate
2 14 (10.69%) JPA
2 14 (10.69%) SOAP
2 14 (10.69%) Spring
2 14 (10.69%) Spring Batch
2 14 (10.69%) Spring Boot
2 14 (10.69%) Spring Integration
2 14 (10.69%) Web Services
3 13 (9.92%) AngularJS
3 13 (9.92%) PowerMock
3 13 (9.92%) RESTful
4 12 (9.16%) Spring Cloud
5 11 (8.40%) Bootstrap
6 9 (6.87%) Node.js
7 7 (5.34%) LDAP
7 7 (5.34%) OpenID
8 4 (3.05%) XML
9 3 (2.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.79%) Data Centre
2 16 (12.21%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.11%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.34%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.53%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.32%) Linux
2 5 (3.82%) Windows
3 4 (3.05%) Android
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (42.75%) Agile
2 50 (38.17%) DevOps
3 36 (27.48%) Scrum
4 35 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (23.66%) CI/CD
6 27 (20.61%) Service Management
7 26 (19.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (19.08%) Migration
9 22 (16.79%) Kanban
10 21 (16.03%) Decision-Making
10 21 (16.03%) Workflow
11 19 (14.50%) Containerisation
12 18 (13.74%) Microservices
13 17 (12.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 16 (12.21%) TDD
15 15 (11.45%) BDD
16 14 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (10.69%) Roadmaps
17 12 (9.16%) ITIL
17 12 (9.16%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.08%) SQL
2 23 (17.56%) Java
3 17 (12.98%) Python
4 6 (4.58%) Bash
4 6 (4.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.82%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.05%) Groovy
7 3 (2.29%) VBA
8 2 (1.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 62 (47.33%) Security Cleared
2 58 (44.27%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.34%) AWS Certification
4 6 (4.58%) Degree
5 5 (3.82%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.29%) CCNA
6 3 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.29%) MCSE
6 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.29%) RHCA
6 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (2.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.34%) QA
3 6 (4.58%) GRC
4 4 (3.05%) PMO
4 4 (3.05%) SLA
5 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (16.03%) Docker
2 11 (8.40%) Postfix
3 7 (5.34%) Squid
4 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (19.08%) Grafana
2 15 (11.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (10.69%) Terraform
4 12 (9.16%) Prometheus
5 7 (5.34%) Consul
5 7 (5.34%) FortiGate
5 7 (5.34%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.29%) Ansible
6 3 (2.29%) Podman
7 2 (1.53%) Kibana
7 2 (1.53%) Rundeck
7 2 (1.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.76%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 15 (11.45%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.92%) Jaspersoft
3 9 (6.87%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.34%) Dynatrace
4 7 (5.34%) Red Hat
5 6 (4.58%) Google
5 6 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.29%) Cisco
6 3 (2.29%) VMware
7 2 (1.53%) Coverity
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle
7 2 (1.53%) SAP
7 2 (1.53%) Thales
8 1 (0.76%) Databricks
8 1 (0.76%) Denodo
8 1 (0.76%) Informatica
8 1 (0.76%) Remedy
8 1 (0.76%) Sparx
8 1 (0.76%) Splunk
8 1 (0.76%) Talend