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 1 December 2025, 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
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 343 340
Rank change year-on-year -45 -3 +45
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 151 175 247
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.57% 0.64%
As % of the Vendors category 1.04% 1.26% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 94 174
10th Percentile £413 £435 £400
25th Percentile £525 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £633 £573
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +10.48% +4.09%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £659
90th Percentile £775 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 18 26
10th Percentile - £51.74 £54.75
25th Percentile £88.75 £62.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £92.50 £67.26 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.53% +12.10% +9.09%
75th Percentile £96.25 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - £72.38 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £92.50 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +37.04% +12.50% +9.09%

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 14,483 13,887 17,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.55% 45.39% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,385 8,378 11,346
10th Percentile £287 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 701 430 615
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.26 £15.28
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -26.97% +71.15%
75th Percentile £46.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% -32.58% +73.08%

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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 1 December 2025.

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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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 1 December 2025. 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 +6 63 £725 +9.43% 14
London +14 52 £671 -0.59% 13
West Midlands -24 14 £550 +24.99% 1
Midlands -34 14 £550 +24.99% 4
North of England -54 10 £575 +8.49% 17
South East -25 8 £438 -5.91% 10
North West -35 7 £588 +10.85% 12
Yorkshire - 2 £575 - 4
North East - 1 £463 - 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
1 107 (70.86%) Confluence
2 7 (4.64%) nginx
2 7 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) CMS
3 1 (0.66%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (23.84%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (21.19%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.64%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.32%) InDesign
5 2 (1.32%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.32%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 26 (17.22%) GitHub
2 21 (13.91%) AWS
3 14 (9.27%) Azure
4 13 (8.61%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (4.64%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.97%) Azure API Management
7 5 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.31%) Serverless
8 4 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.65%) SaaS
8 4 (2.65%) Slack
9 3 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.99%) Datadog
9 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.99%) npm
9 3 (1.99%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.31%) OpenLDAP
2 4 (2.65%) DNS
3 3 (1.99%) DHCP
3 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.32%) X.509
5 1 (0.66%) BGP
5 1 (0.66%) Firewall
5 1 (0.66%) OSPF
5 1 (0.66%) Skype
5 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.66%) VLAN
5 1 (0.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.26%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.62%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.31%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (3.31%) Couchbase
5 4 (2.65%) Metadata
5 4 (2.65%) Power BI
6 3 (1.99%) DB2
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.32%) Redis
8 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.66%) Big Data
8 1 (0.66%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.66%) MySQL
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 117 (77.48%) JIRA
2 30 (19.87%) Bitbucket
3 28 (18.54%) Jenkins
4 26 (17.22%) Git
5 17 (11.26%) GitLab
6 7 (4.64%) Artifactory
6 7 (4.64%) ScriptRunner
7 5 (3.31%) Selenium
8 3 (1.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.99%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.99%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.99%) webpack
9 2 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (1.32%) SpecFlow
9 2 (1.32%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.66%) DbUnit
10 1 (0.66%) jMock
10 1 (0.66%) Maven
10 1 (0.66%) Mockito
10 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 69 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 52 (34.44%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.54%) Military
4 20 (13.25%) Finance
5 15 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.28%) Banking
7 7 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.31%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.65%) Front Office
10 3 (1.99%) Advertising
10 3 (1.99%) Marketing
10 3 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Publishing
11 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.32%) Legal
11 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.66%) Automotive
12 1 (0.66%) Electronics
12 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Architect
2 26 (17.22%) Service Architect
3 18 (11.92%) Developer
4 13 (8.61%) Administrator
5 12 (7.95%) JIRA Administrator
6 11 (7.28%) Analyst
7 8 (5.30%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.30%) Senior
8 7 (4.64%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.64%) Service Management Specialist
9 6 (3.97%) Consultant
9 6 (3.97%) DevOps Specialist
9 6 (3.97%) JIRA Specialist
10 5 (3.31%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Technical Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Technical Programme Manager
11 4 (2.65%) Applications Engineer
11 4 (2.65%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (21.85%) REST
2 9 (5.96%) React
3 6 (3.97%) .NET
3 6 (3.97%) AngularJS
3 6 (3.97%) CSS
4 5 (3.31%) boto
4 5 (3.31%) Flake8
4 5 (3.31%) Gherkin
4 5 (3.31%) Kafka
4 5 (3.31%) LDAP
4 5 (3.31%) mypy
4 5 (3.31%) pytest
4 5 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.65%) Bootstrap
5 4 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (2.65%) RESTful
5 4 (2.65%) SOAP
5 4 (2.65%) Web Services
6 3 (1.99%) HTML
6 3 (1.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.87%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (5.96%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.99%) Derivative
4 3 (1.99%) Educational Technology
4 3 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.32%) PKI
5 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.32%) Social Media
5 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.66%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.61%) Linux
1 13 (8.61%) Windows
2 9 (5.96%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.66%) Android
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (70.20%) Agile
2 53 (35.10%) Service Management
3 48 (31.79%) ITIL
4 36 (23.84%) DevOps
5 35 (23.18%) Critical Thinking
6 32 (21.19%) Analytical Thinking
7 31 (20.53%) Acceptance Criteria
7 31 (20.53%) Business Continuity
8 30 (19.87%) Knowledge Transfer
9 27 (17.88%) CI/CD
9 27 (17.88%) Scrum
10 26 (17.22%) Security Patching
10 26 (17.22%) Service Design
10 26 (17.22%) TOGAF
11 23 (15.23%) Change Management
12 21 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (13.25%) ITSM
13 20 (13.25%) Workflow
14 18 (11.92%) Project Management
15 16 (10.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 43 (28.48%) Python
2 28 (18.54%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.95%) SQL
4 11 (7.28%) Java
5 10 (6.62%) Go
6 9 (5.96%) Bash
7 8 (5.30%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.97%) C#
9 3 (1.99%) C
9 3 (1.99%) C++
9 3 (1.99%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.99%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.66%) Groovy
10 1 (0.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 97 (64.24%) Security Cleared
2 95 (62.91%) SC Cleared
3 47 (31.13%) Degree
4 26 (17.22%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (9.27%) DV Cleared
6 9 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.97%) APMP
9 3 (1.99%) MCSA
9 3 (1.99%) MCSE
9 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.99%) OCA
9 3 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.66%) CBAP
11 1 (0.66%) CCNP
11 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) QA
2 3 (1.99%) GDPR
2 3 (1.99%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.99%) IEC 62304
2 3 (1.99%) ISO 26262
2 3 (1.99%) ITGC
3 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.32%) NIST
4 1 (0.66%) P3O
4 1 (0.66%) PMO
4 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (12.58%) Docker
2 10 (6.62%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.31%) Firmware
4 3 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.66%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 26 (17.22%) OPNET
2 25 (16.56%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.28%) Terraform
4 7 (4.64%) Ansible
5 5 (3.31%) SCCM
6 4 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.99%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.66%) Grafana
8 1 (0.66%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.66%) Packer
8 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.66%) Puppet
8 1 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 29 (19.21%) ServiceNow
2 26 (17.22%) Remedy
3 14 (9.27%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.30%) VMware
5 4 (2.65%) Oracle
5 4 (2.65%) Veeam
6 3 (1.99%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.32%) Adobe
7 2 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.32%) Dell
7 2 (1.32%) Okta
7 2 (1.32%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) Splunk
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco
8 1 (0.66%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.66%) Databricks
8 1 (0.66%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.66%) Nintex
8 1 (0.66%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.66%) Thales