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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 52
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,022 1,257 1,335
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.87% 5.28% 3.65%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.48% 38.07% 31.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 832 891
10th Percentile £318 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £626
90th Percentile £675 £688 £732
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 23 79
10th Percentile £18.75 £45.60 £24.40
25th Percentile £21.72 £50.00 £38.77
Median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.15 £77.00 -
UK median hourly rate £50.61 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.98% - -13.30%

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 4,995 3,302 4,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.03% 13.87% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,286 2,244 2,903
10th Percentile £350 £342 £350
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 60 199
10th Percentile £35.50 £27.35 £31.71
25th Percentile £55.00 £47.88 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.27% -7.50% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.30 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.80% -11.35% +5.69%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -1 884 £513 +0.49% 220
North of England -1 403 £450 - 84
Midlands +5 323 £450 -8.16% 61
West Midlands +1 259 £459 -5.07% 46
Yorkshire -3 215 £464 -5.60% 30
South East -24 198 £459 -4.87% 120
North West +4 171 £447 +5.18% 45
South West 0 132 £525 -6.67% 36
East Midlands +3 61 £393 -18.55% 15
East of England -14 54 £525 +15.07% 35
North East -15 21 £475 -13.64% 10
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
1 900 (44.51%) Confluence
2 110 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.73%) SAS
4 29 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.79%) Apache
6 12 (0.59%) CMS
6 12 (0.59%) nginx
7 9 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.30%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.30%) Hyperledger
8 6 (0.30%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.25%) IIS
9 5 (0.25%) JBoss
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 192 (9.50%) Microsoft Project
2 167 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 87 (4.30%) MS Visio
4 85 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 77 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (0.84%) Trello
7 8 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.35%) Notion
8 7 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Revit
10 2 (0.099%) CATIA
10 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.049%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.049%) InVision
11 1 (0.049%) Mingle
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 26 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.54%) Loan IQ
5 9 (0.45%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.40%) SAP MDG
6 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.35%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.25%) Findur
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.25%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.25%) SAP Retail
8 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI-AR
10 3 (0.15%) Actimize
10 3 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 434 (21.46%) Azure
2 326 (16.12%) AWS
3 240 (11.87%) Azure DevOps
4 153 (7.57%) Power Platform
5 150 (7.42%) GitHub
6 85 (4.20%) GCP
7 83 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
8 78 (3.86%) SaaS
9 77 (3.81%) Entra ID
10 61 (3.02%) Amazon S3
11 56 (2.77%) Serverless
12 49 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
13 45 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 42 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 42 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 32 (1.58%) Slack
17 31 (1.53%) Figma
18 29 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
19 26 (1.29%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.61%) Firewall
2 52 (2.57%) DNS
3 40 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 31 (1.53%) Network Security
5 29 (1.43%) LAN
6 28 (1.38%) WAN
7 26 (1.29%) VPN
8 21 (1.04%) SSL
9 19 (0.94%) DHCP
9 19 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (0.79%) BIG-IP
11 15 (0.74%) SAN
12 14 (0.69%) HTTP
13 13 (0.64%) Internet
13 13 (0.64%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.45%) Ethernet
16 8 (0.40%) FTP
16 8 (0.40%) NAS
17 7 (0.35%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (6.78%) Power BI
2 82 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 55 (2.72%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.57%) Tableau
6 41 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
7 38 (1.88%) MongoDB
8 28 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (1.34%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.24%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.09%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.89%) Pentaho
13 17 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.74%) MySQL
16 14 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
17 13 (0.64%) Data Lake
17 13 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (0.64%) Metadata
18 12 (0.59%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 228 (11.28%) Git
2 182 (9.00%) Jenkins
3 111 (5.49%) GitLab
4 95 (4.70%) Selenium
5 71 (3.51%) Postman
6 63 (3.12%) Zephyr
7 56 (2.77%) Cucumber
8 52 (2.57%) JUnit
9 51 (2.52%) Bitbucket
10 35 (1.73%) JMeter
11 32 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
12 29 (1.43%) REST Assured
13 23 (1.14%) TestRail
14 21 (1.04%) WebDriver
15 20 (0.99%) SonarQube
16 19 (0.94%) Cypress.io
17 18 (0.89%) Artifactory
18 14 (0.69%) Appium
19 12 (0.59%) Maven
20 11 (0.54%) TestNG
General
1 806 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 595 (29.43%) Finance
3 385 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (12.81%) Banking
5 212 (10.48%) Public Sector
6 74 (3.66%) Retail
7 70 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 70 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 41 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 40 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (1.88%) Military
11 34 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 34 (1.68%) Legal
11 34 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (1.43%) Retail Banking
13 27 (1.34%) Front Office
14 20 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
14 20 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 19 (0.94%) Telecoms
16 18 (0.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 393 (19.44%) Analyst
2 248 (12.27%) Business Analyst
3 176 (8.70%) Lead
4 175 (8.65%) Developer
5 157 (7.76%) Senior
6 129 (6.38%) Project Manager
7 92 (4.55%) Architect
8 89 (4.40%) Delivery Manager
9 84 (4.15%) Tester
10 71 (3.51%) Data Engineer
11 67 (3.31%) Scrum Master
12 66 (3.26%) Consultant
13 55 (2.72%) IT Support
14 49 (2.42%) Support Engineer
15 45 (2.23%) Test Leader
16 44 (2.18%) Test Analyst
16 44 (2.18%) Test Engineer
17 42 (2.08%) Java Developer
17 42 (2.08%) Product Owner
17 42 (2.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (5.19%) REST
2 61 (3.02%) Spring
3 57 (2.82%) .NET
4 56 (2.77%) React
5 48 (2.37%) Kafka
6 45 (2.23%) HTML
7 43 (2.13%) JSON
8 41 (2.03%) Spring Boot
9 40 (1.98%) RESTful
10 34 (1.68%) SOAP
11 31 (1.53%) CSS
12 30 (1.48%) AngularJS
13 29 (1.43%) Node.js
13 29 (1.43%) OpenID
14 28 (1.38%) Middleware
14 28 (1.38%) Playwright
15 27 (1.34%) LDAP
15 27 (1.34%) XML
16 25 (1.24%) ADO
17 24 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 243 (12.02%) Product Ownership
2 98 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 47 (2.32%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 45 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 40 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
8 40 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 33 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.19%) Data Structures
13 20 (0.99%) PMI
14 18 (0.89%) SCADA
15 16 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (0.79%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.74%) Mobile App
17 14 (0.69%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 164 (8.11%) Windows
2 123 (6.08%) Linux
3 39 (1.93%) Unix
4 19 (0.94%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 15 (0.74%) Android
6 15 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.59%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.15%) AIX
10 3 (0.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.049%) MVS
12 1 (0.049%) SUSE
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,158 (57.27%) Agile
2 513 (25.37%) DevOps
3 509 (25.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 443 (21.91%) Problem-Solving
5 403 (19.93%) Scrum
6 393 (19.44%) CI/CD
7 366 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 322 (15.92%) Test Automation
9 267 (13.20%) Project Management
10 254 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 246 (12.17%) Migration
12 218 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
13 214 (10.58%) User Stories
14 202 (9.99%) Change Management
15 190 (9.40%) Validation
16 185 (9.15%) Project Delivery
17 180 (8.90%) Sprint Planning
18 172 (8.51%) Roadmaps
19 170 (8.41%) Analytics
20 169 (8.36%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 314 (15.53%) SQL
2 217 (10.73%) Python
3 182 (9.00%) Java
4 80 (3.96%) JavaScript
5 78 (3.86%) C#
6 57 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 55 (2.72%) PowerShell
8 38 (1.88%) Bash
9 25 (1.24%) PL/SQL
10 23 (1.14%) C++
11 21 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 14 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 14 (0.69%) Perl
13 13 (0.64%) VBA
14 12 (0.59%) C
15 11 (0.54%) Groovy
16 10 (0.49%) Embedded C++
16 10 (0.49%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.40%) Scala
18 7 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 532 (26.31%) Security Cleared
2 411 (20.33%) SC Cleared
3 210 (10.39%) Degree
4 70 (3.46%) PMI Certification
5 69 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (3.12%) PMP
7 61 (3.02%) DV Cleared
8 60 (2.97%) ISTQB
9 32 (1.58%) CISSP
10 31 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.24%) Master's Degree
13 23 (1.14%) CISM
14 21 (1.04%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.04%) SAFe Agilist
15 19 (0.94%) IIBA
16 18 (0.89%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.89%) CBAP
17 14 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
18 13 (0.64%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (11.97%) QA
2 120 (5.93%) PMO
3 109 (5.39%) Data Quality
4 50 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.23%) GDPR
6 38 (1.88%) SLA
7 27 (1.34%) NIST
8 19 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.89%) WCAG
10 17 (0.84%) GRC
11 16 (0.79%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.49%) Basel III
12 10 (0.49%) PSD2
13 9 (0.45%) NCSC
14 8 (0.40%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.40%) MiFID
15 7 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 145 (7.17%) Docker
2 105 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.74%) Firmware
5 10 (0.49%) Squid
6 8 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.15%) HDFS
8 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.099%) Postfix
10 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.049%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 159 (7.86%) Kubernetes
2 122 (6.03%) Terraform
3 85 (4.20%) Ansible
4 65 (3.21%) Grafana
5 51 (2.52%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (1.09%) HP ALM
9 21 (1.04%) Control-M
10 17 (0.84%) Nessus
11 16 (0.79%) IBM Guardium
12 15 (0.74%) Puppet
13 13 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
14 12 (0.59%) Consul
15 11 (0.54%) OPNET
16 10 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
17 9 (0.45%) SCCM
18 8 (0.40%) FortiGate
19 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 7 (0.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 250 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 245 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 170 (8.41%) Oracle
4 99 (4.90%) Atlassian
5 93 (4.60%) Salesforce
6 76 (3.76%) SAP
7 48 (2.37%) Google
8 44 (2.18%) Remedy
9 35 (1.73%) Denodo
9 35 (1.73%) Workday
10 32 (1.58%) Talend
11 29 (1.43%) Splunk
12 28 (1.38%) Red Hat
13 26 (1.29%) Databricks
14 25 (1.24%) Informatica
14 25 (1.24%) VMware
15 24 (1.19%) F5
15 24 (1.19%) HP
15 24 (1.19%) IBM
16 23 (1.14%) MuleSoft