JIRA Contract Job Trends in England

Atlassian JIRA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 36 48
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 0
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,077 1,347 1,423
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.83% 5.43% 3.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.87% 38.41% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,428 904 944
10th Percentile £318 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -4.76% -1.41%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £622
90th Percentile £675 £689 £713
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 27 94
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.30 £25.08
25th Percentile £21.72 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.08 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £78.00 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -1.64%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,082 3,507 4,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.82% 14.14% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,310 2,378 2,994
10th Percentile £350 £336 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 71 228
10th Percentile £30.75 £27.50 £32.61
25th Percentile £59.00 £50.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £75.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% +4.84%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in England

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
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 JIRA within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 -1 937 £513 -1.44% 155
North of England -3 412 £450 - 89
Midlands +4 319 £450 -5.26% 46
West Midlands +1 259 £459 -3.37% 33
Yorkshire -4 220 £475 -5.00% 37
South East -24 202 £459 -4.38% 119
North West -5 174 £443 +4.85% 47
South West -7 118 £490 -14.04% 42
East of England -4 62 £519 +15.28% 37
East Midlands +7 58 £393 -12.37% 13
North East -31 22 £475 -12.64% 7
JIRA
UK

JIRA
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
1 922 (44.39%) Confluence
2 109 (5.25%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.88%) SAS
4 34 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.72%) Apache
6 12 (0.58%) CMS
6 12 (0.58%) nginx
7 9 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.19%) IIS
11 4 (0.19%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 162 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 155 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
3 85 (4.09%) MS Visio
4 81 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 62 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (0.58%) Trello
7 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.39%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.39%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Notion
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.048%) CANalyzer
11 1 (0.048%) CATIA
11 1 (0.048%) Mingle
11 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 28 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.53%) Loan IQ
5 9 (0.43%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.39%) Findur
6 8 (0.39%) SAP MDG
7 7 (0.34%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
8 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.19%) Actimize
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
9 4 (0.19%) Summit
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 460 (22.15%) Azure
2 346 (16.66%) AWS
3 261 (12.57%) Azure DevOps
4 158 (7.61%) GitHub
5 156 (7.51%) Power Platform
6 89 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 79 (3.80%) Entra ID
7 79 (3.80%) GCP
8 78 (3.76%) SaaS
9 72 (3.47%) Amazon S3
10 71 (3.42%) Serverless
11 55 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 54 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 50 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
15 37 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 33 (1.59%) Slack
17 27 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
17 27 (1.30%) Miro
18 25 (1.20%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.80%) Firewall
2 56 (2.70%) DNS
3 46 (2.21%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.73%) Network Security
5 30 (1.44%) LAN
6 28 (1.35%) WAN
7 27 (1.30%) VPN
8 25 (1.20%) BIG-IP
9 23 (1.11%) DHCP
10 19 (0.91%) SAN
10 19 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (0.87%) SSL
12 14 (0.67%) HTTP
13 12 (0.58%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.53%) Internet
15 10 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 10 (0.48%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 8 (0.39%) Ethernet
17 8 (0.39%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.64%) Power BI
2 94 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (2.55%) SQL Server
5 46 (2.21%) Tableau
6 44 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
7 34 (1.64%) MongoDB
8 31 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (1.30%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.25%) DynamoDB
10 26 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 24 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
12 20 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (0.87%) Pentaho
14 16 (0.77%) Oracle Database
14 16 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
15 15 (0.72%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 248 (11.94%) Git
2 190 (9.15%) Jenkins
3 120 (5.78%) GitLab
4 91 (4.38%) Selenium
5 69 (3.32%) Zephyr
6 67 (3.23%) Postman
7 55 (2.65%) Bitbucket
8 54 (2.60%) JUnit
9 48 (2.31%) Cucumber
10 39 (1.88%) JMeter
11 32 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
12 24 (1.16%) REST Assured
13 21 (1.01%) Cypress.io
13 21 (1.01%) WebDriver
14 20 (0.96%) SonarQube
14 20 (0.96%) TestRail
15 18 (0.87%) Artifactory
16 14 (0.67%) Appium
17 12 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 12 (0.58%) Maven
General
1 804 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 597 (28.74%) Finance
3 381 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.81%) Banking
5 217 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 78 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
7 75 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
8 71 (3.42%) Retail
9 43 (2.07%) Legal
10 38 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 36 (1.73%) Investment Banking
12 34 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.49%) Retail Banking
15 29 (1.40%) Front Office
16 28 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 25 (1.20%) Military
18 21 (1.01%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
20 19 (0.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 399 (19.21%) Analyst
2 249 (11.99%) Business Analyst
3 197 (9.48%) Developer
4 173 (8.33%) Lead
5 169 (8.14%) Senior
6 117 (5.63%) Project Manager
7 98 (4.72%) Architect
8 90 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
9 87 (4.19%) Tester
10 78 (3.76%) Scrum Master
11 77 (3.71%) Data Engineer
12 69 (3.32%) Consultant
13 64 (3.08%) IT Support
14 54 (2.60%) Support Engineer
15 42 (2.02%) IT Engineer
15 42 (2.02%) Test Analyst
15 42 (2.02%) Test Engineer
16 41 (1.97%) IT Support Engineer
16 41 (1.97%) Java Developer
16 41 (1.97%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (4.86%) REST
2 62 (2.99%) Spring
3 56 (2.70%) React
4 55 (2.65%) .NET
5 48 (2.31%) HTML
6 47 (2.26%) JSON
6 47 (2.26%) RESTful
7 43 (2.07%) Kafka
8 40 (1.93%) Spring Boot
9 37 (1.78%) CSS
9 37 (1.78%) SOAP
10 31 (1.49%) AngularJS
11 30 (1.44%) Playwright
12 26 (1.25%) XML
13 24 (1.16%) Middleware
13 24 (1.16%) Node.js
13 24 (1.16%) OpenID
14 23 (1.11%) .NET Framework
14 23 (1.11%) ADO
14 23 (1.11%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 236 (11.36%) Product Ownership
2 118 (5.68%) Onboarding
3 89 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 61 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 52 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 47 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 47 (2.26%) Virtual Team
7 43 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 42 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (1.35%) Data Structures
13 20 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 18 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.87%) SCADA
15 17 (0.82%) PMI
16 16 (0.77%) Mobile App
17 15 (0.72%) Derivative
17 15 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 168 (8.09%) Windows
2 133 (6.40%) Linux
3 43 (2.07%) Unix
4 18 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 18 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.77%) Android
7 15 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.48%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
11 3 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.096%) MVS
12 2 (0.096%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.048%) Solaris
13 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.048%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (57.58%) Agile
2 543 (26.14%) DevOps
3 534 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 456 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 434 (20.90%) CI/CD
6 406 (19.55%) Scrum
7 388 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 346 (16.66%) Test Automation
9 261 (12.57%) Migration
10 242 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
11 238 (11.46%) Project Management
12 237 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 220 (10.59%) User Stories
14 215 (10.35%) Validation
15 202 (9.73%) Change Management
16 188 (9.05%) Sprint Planning
17 187 (9.00%) Project Delivery
18 181 (8.71%) ITIL
18 181 (8.71%) SDLC
19 179 (8.62%) AI
Programming Languages
1 333 (16.03%) SQL
2 244 (11.75%) Python
3 166 (7.99%) Java
4 84 (4.04%) C#
4 84 (4.04%) JavaScript
5 65 (3.13%) TypeScript
6 57 (2.74%) PowerShell
7 40 (1.93%) Bash
8 31 (1.49%) PL/SQL
9 19 (0.91%) C++
10 18 (0.87%) VBA
11 16 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.72%) Perl
12 15 (0.72%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.53%) ActionScript
13 11 (0.53%) Groovy
14 10 (0.48%) Bicep
15 9 (0.43%) C
15 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 540 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 424 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 185 (8.91%) Degree
4 76 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (3.23%) ISTQB
6 65 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 63 (3.03%) DV Cleared
8 58 (2.79%) PMP
9 31 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.44%) CISSP
11 26 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 22 (1.06%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.01%) CISM
15 20 (0.96%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.96%) SAFe Agilist
16 17 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
17 16 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 14 (0.67%) IIBA
19 13 (0.63%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (11.94%) QA
2 120 (5.78%) Data Quality
3 108 (5.20%) PMO
4 54 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.17%) GDPR
6 39 (1.88%) SLA
7 26 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.25%) NIST
8 20 (0.96%) GRC
8 20 (0.96%) WCAG
9 17 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.72%) NCSC
11 8 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 8 (0.39%) PSD2
12 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.34%) Basel III
12 7 (0.34%) MiFID
12 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 144 (6.93%) Docker
2 108 (5.20%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.82%) Firmware
5 10 (0.48%) Squid
6 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.14%) HDFS
11 2 (0.096%) Postfix
11 2 (0.096%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.048%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.048%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 160 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 139 (6.69%) Terraform
3 87 (4.19%) Ansible
4 65 (3.13%) Grafana
5 53 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.01%) Control-M
9 19 (0.91%) HP ALM
10 17 (0.82%) Nessus
11 16 (0.77%) IBM Guardium
12 14 (0.67%) Puppet
13 13 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
14 12 (0.58%) Consul
15 10 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
16 8 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
16 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.39%) SCCM
17 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 276 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 257 (12.37%) ServiceNow
3 164 (7.90%) Oracle
4 102 (4.91%) Salesforce
5 92 (4.43%) Atlassian
6 77 (3.71%) SAP
7 54 (2.60%) Google
8 38 (1.83%) Denodo
9 36 (1.73%) Remedy
9 36 (1.73%) Workday
10 33 (1.59%) F5
10 33 (1.59%) Informatica
10 33 (1.59%) Talend
11 29 (1.40%) IBM
11 29 (1.40%) Red Hat
12 26 (1.25%) Databricks
12 26 (1.25%) VMware
13 23 (1.11%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.11%) Splunk
14 22 (1.06%) Tenable