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 4 January 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 351 322
Rank change year-on-year -39 -29 +48
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 157 147 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Vendors category 1.06% 1.16% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 77 180
10th Percentile £413 £390 £319
25th Percentile £525 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £554
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +8.35% +0.68%
75th Percentile £738 £685 £651
90th Percentile £775 £771 £689
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £560
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 28
10th Percentile £64.29 £54.63 £54.85
25th Percentile £68.37 £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £77.04 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.26% +4.17% +10.09%
75th Percentile £87.58 £66.01 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.78 £71.25 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £77.04 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +23.26% +4.17% +10.09%

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 14,763 12,621 15,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.93% 45.93% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,649 7,638 10,365
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 687 359 614
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £14.07
25th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £19.15
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -32.96% +62.73%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.45
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.89% -38.54% +66.48%

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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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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
South West +10 70 £725 +11.54% 8
London -4 49 £673 +5.57% 9
West Midlands -51 13 £550 +24.99% 1
Midlands -51 13 £550 +24.99% 2
North of England -48 12 £563 +6.58% 14
South East -29 11 £425 -8.60% 13
North West -25 7 £550 +4.22% 8
North East - 3 £463 - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £575 - 1
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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
1 114 (72.61%) Confluence
2 7 (4.46%) nginx
3 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (27.39%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (22.93%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.27%) InDesign
5 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.29%) GitHub
2 19 (12.10%) AWS
3 12 (7.64%) Azure
3 12 (7.64%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 6 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
4 6 (3.82%) Amazon S3
4 6 (3.82%) Azure API Management
5 5 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (3.18%) Serverless
6 3 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.91%) Slack
7 2 (1.27%) Datadog
7 2 (1.27%) Figma
7 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.27%) npm
7 2 (1.27%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.18%) OpenLDAP
2 4 (2.55%) DNS
3 3 (1.91%) DHCP
3 3 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.64%) BGP
4 1 (0.64%) Firewall
4 1 (0.64%) OSPF
4 1 (0.64%) Skype
4 1 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.64%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.64%) VLAN
4 1 (0.64%) VoIP
4 1 (0.64%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.37%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.18%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (3.18%) Couchbase
5 4 (2.55%) Metadata
6 3 (1.91%) DB2
7 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.27%) Power BI
7 2 (1.27%) Redis
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.64%) Big Data
8 1 (0.64%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.64%) MySQL
8 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 124 (78.98%) JIRA
2 33 (21.02%) Bitbucket
3 29 (18.47%) Jenkins
4 24 (15.29%) Git
5 17 (10.83%) GitLab
6 8 (5.10%) ScriptRunner
7 7 (4.46%) Artifactory
8 5 (3.18%) Selenium
9 3 (1.91%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.91%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.91%) Subversion
9 3 (1.91%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.27%) LabVIEW
10 2 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (1.27%) webpack
11 1 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.64%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.64%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.64%) TestRail
11 1 (0.64%) Zephyr
General
1 78 (49.68%) Social Skills
2 56 (35.67%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (21.02%) Military
4 20 (12.74%) Finance
5 15 (9.55%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.10%) Banking
7 7 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.55%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Advertising
9 3 (1.91%) Legal
9 3 (1.91%) Marketing
9 3 (1.91%) Publishing
10 2 (1.27%) Front Office
10 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.64%) Electronics
11 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (24.20%) Architect
2 30 (19.11%) Service Architect
3 17 (10.83%) Developer
4 12 (7.64%) Administrator
5 11 (7.01%) JIRA Administrator
6 10 (6.37%) Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Consultant
8 7 (4.46%) JIRA Consultant
8 7 (4.46%) Senior
8 7 (4.46%) Service Management Specialist
9 6 (3.82%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.82%) DevOps Specialist
9 6 (3.82%) JIRA Specialist
9 6 (3.82%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.18%) Lead
10 5 (3.18%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.18%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (3.18%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (3.18%) Technical Manager
10 5 (3.18%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (19.75%) REST
2 8 (5.10%) React
3 5 (3.18%) .NET
3 5 (3.18%) boto
3 5 (3.18%) CSS
3 5 (3.18%) Flake8
3 5 (3.18%) Kafka
3 5 (3.18%) LDAP
3 5 (3.18%) mypy
3 5 (3.18%) pytest
3 5 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (2.55%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.55%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.91%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.91%) Bootstrap
5 3 (1.91%) Express.js
5 3 (1.91%) HTML
5 3 (1.91%) SOAP
5 3 (1.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (22.93%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.91%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.91%) Educational Technology
4 3 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.91%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.27%) Derivative
5 2 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.27%) Social Media
5 2 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.64%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.64%) PKI
6 1 (0.64%) PMI
6 1 (0.64%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.28%) Windows
2 12 (7.64%) Linux
3 9 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.18%) Unix
5 3 (1.91%) Android
6 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (71.97%) Agile
2 58 (36.94%) Service Management
3 51 (32.48%) ITIL
4 39 (24.84%) Critical Thinking
4 39 (24.84%) DevOps
5 37 (23.57%) Analytical Thinking
6 35 (22.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 35 (22.29%) Business Continuity
7 34 (21.66%) Knowledge Transfer
8 31 (19.75%) TOGAF
9 30 (19.11%) Security Patching
9 30 (19.11%) Service Design
10 29 (18.47%) Scrum
11 28 (17.83%) CI/CD
12 21 (13.38%) Change Management
12 21 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (13.38%) Project Management
13 20 (12.74%) ITSM
14 18 (11.46%) Workflow
15 17 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (27.39%) Python
2 28 (17.83%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.01%) SQL
4 10 (6.37%) Go
5 9 (5.73%) Bash
6 8 (5.10%) Java
7 6 (3.82%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.18%) C#
9 3 (1.91%) C
9 3 (1.91%) C++
9 3 (1.91%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 108 (68.79%) Security Cleared
2 106 (67.52%) SC Cleared
3 50 (31.85%) Degree
4 30 (19.11%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (8.92%) DV Cleared
6 9 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.82%) APMP
9 3 (1.91%) MCSA
9 3 (1.91%) MCSE
9 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.91%) OCA
9 3 (1.91%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.64%) CBAP
11 1 (0.64%) CCNP
11 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.82%) QA
2 4 (2.55%) GDPR
3 3 (1.91%) IEC 61508
3 3 (1.91%) IEC 62304
3 3 (1.91%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) PMO
5 1 (0.64%) ITGC
5 1 (0.64%) P3O
5 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (10.83%) Docker
2 10 (6.37%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.18%) Firmware
4 3 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (19.11%) OPNET
2 22 (14.01%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.01%) Terraform
4 7 (4.46%) Ansible
5 5 (3.18%) SCCM
6 3 (1.91%) PowerCLI
6 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.64%) Packer
7 1 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 33 (21.02%) ServiceNow
2 30 (19.11%) Remedy
3 17 (10.83%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.10%) VMware
5 4 (2.55%) Oracle
5 4 (2.55%) Veeam
6 3 (1.91%) Coverity
6 3 (1.91%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.91%) Thales
7 2 (1.27%) Adobe
7 2 (1.27%) Databricks
7 2 (1.27%) Dell
7 2 (1.27%) Google
7 2 (1.27%) Okta
8 1 (0.64%) Cisco
8 1 (0.64%) HP
8 1 (0.64%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.64%) Planview
8 1 (0.64%) SAP
8 1 (0.64%) Zoho