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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 31 46
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 0
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,136 1,561 1,419
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.74% 5.69% 4.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.46% 39.80% 32.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 1,071 944
10th Percentile £332 £319 £350
25th Percentile £404 £400 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £619
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £519
% change year-on-year - -3.61% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 40 91
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.95 £25.30
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £63.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% -6.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £85.60 -
UK median hourly rate £52.67 £57.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.61% -12.31% +4.84%

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 5,279 3,922 4,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.71% 14.29% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,366 2,705 2,884
10th Percentile £350 £321 £350
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £631
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 93 205
10th Percentile £28.97 £40.50 £31.71
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.60 £73.90
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -6 985 £525 - 211
North of England -14 396 £460 -1.08% 68
Midlands -1 312 £450 -5.26% 52
West Midlands -4 269 £459 -3.37% 35
South East -33 223 £494 +0.30% 134
Yorkshire -8 219 £453 -6.22% 25
North West -23 159 £450 +5.39% 33
South West -7 133 £490 -12.89% 43
East of England -12 57 £413 +3.13% 32
East Midlands -1 41 £402 -5.41% 17
North East -33 25 £550 - 11
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
1 938 (43.91%) Confluence
2 117 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.40%) SAS
5 14 (0.66%) Apache
5 14 (0.66%) CMS
6 9 (0.42%) nginx
7 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.33%) WebLogic
8 6 (0.28%) Mattermost
8 6 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.19%) Camunda
10 4 (0.19%) IIS
10 4 (0.19%) JBoss
10 4 (0.19%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.19%) WordPress
11 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 149 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
3 83 (3.89%) MS Visio
4 70 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 62 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
6 21 (0.98%) Trello
7 15 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.37%) Revit
10 7 (0.33%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.23%) Notion
12 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.094%) CATIA
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.047%) Mingle
13 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.047%) Sketch
13 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Aladdin
3 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.37%) Findur
6 8 (0.37%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.28%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.23%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.19%) Actimize
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.14%) Primavera
11 3 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 530 (24.81%) Azure
2 341 (15.96%) AWS
3 289 (13.53%) Azure DevOps
4 176 (8.24%) GitHub
5 166 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 93 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 86 (4.03%) GCP
8 82 (3.84%) Entra ID
9 81 (3.79%) SaaS
10 68 (3.18%) Amazon S3
10 68 (3.18%) Serverless
11 66 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
12 59 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 54 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
14 48 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (1.54%) Miro
15 33 (1.54%) Smartsheet
15 33 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 31 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
17 29 (1.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.93%) Firewall
2 67 (3.14%) DNS
3 46 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.64%) DHCP
4 35 (1.64%) Network Security
5 31 (1.45%) VPN
6 29 (1.36%) WAN
7 28 (1.31%) LAN
8 24 (1.12%) BIG-IP
9 21 (0.98%) SAN
10 19 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (0.84%) SSL
12 15 (0.70%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.56%) Internet
14 10 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 9 (0.42%) HTTP
15 9 (0.42%) VLAN
16 8 (0.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (6.60%) Power BI
2 97 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.06%) Oracle Reports
6 32 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 28 (1.31%) MongoDB
8 27 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.17%) Tableau
10 24 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (1.12%) DynamoDB
11 20 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 20 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (0.80%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.80%) Oracle Database
12 17 (0.80%) Pentaho
13 15 (0.70%) Metadata
14 13 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 252 (11.80%) Git
2 196 (9.18%) Jenkins
3 111 (5.20%) GitLab
4 91 (4.26%) Selenium
5 77 (3.60%) Zephyr
6 68 (3.18%) Bitbucket
7 63 (2.95%) Postman
8 52 (2.43%) JUnit
9 51 (2.39%) Cucumber
10 38 (1.78%) JMeter
11 30 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
12 27 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 23 (1.08%) Cypress.io
13 23 (1.08%) REST Assured
13 23 (1.08%) WebDriver
14 22 (1.03%) TestRail
15 19 (0.89%) Artifactory
16 14 (0.66%) Appium
17 12 (0.56%) SonarQube
18 11 (0.51%) Mockito
General
1 842 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 603 (28.23%) Finance
3 392 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (12.22%) Banking
5 241 (11.28%) Public Sector
6 84 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 68 (3.18%) Retail
9 46 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 38 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (1.78%) Legal
11 37 (1.73%) Investment Banking
12 34 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (1.50%) Front Office
14 31 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.26%) Retail Banking
16 26 (1.22%) Marketing
17 25 (1.17%) Telecoms
18 21 (0.98%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 380 (17.79%) Analyst
2 233 (10.91%) Business Analyst
3 210 (9.83%) Developer
4 204 (9.55%) Lead
5 191 (8.94%) Senior
6 122 (5.71%) Project Manager
7 96 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
8 88 (4.12%) Tester
9 78 (3.65%) Consultant
10 76 (3.56%) Architect
10 76 (3.56%) Scrum Master
11 69 (3.23%) Data Engineer
12 63 (2.95%) Support Engineer
13 60 (2.81%) IT Support
14 52 (2.43%) Test Analyst
15 48 (2.25%) Product Owner
15 48 (2.25%) Test Leader
16 45 (2.11%) IT Engineer
17 43 (2.01%) Senior Manager
18 42 (1.97%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (5.76%) REST
2 73 (3.42%) .NET
3 59 (2.76%) Spring
4 50 (2.34%) JSON
4 50 (2.34%) React
5 47 (2.20%) HTML
5 47 (2.20%) RESTful
6 40 (1.87%) SOAP
7 39 (1.83%) Kafka
8 38 (1.78%) Spring Boot
9 37 (1.73%) AngularJS
10 36 (1.69%) CSS
11 34 (1.59%) Playwright
11 34 (1.59%) Web Services
12 32 (1.50%) XML
13 30 (1.40%) Node.js
14 29 (1.36%) Middleware
15 26 (1.22%) WireMock
16 25 (1.17%) .NET Core
17 24 (1.12%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 235 (11.00%) Product Ownership
2 128 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.12%) Cloud Native
4 71 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 56 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (2.57%) Virtual Team
7 54 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
9 44 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
10 42 (1.97%) Management Information System
11 36 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
12 35 (1.64%) Data Structures
13 31 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (0.89%) Mobile App
14 19 (0.89%) SCADA
15 18 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 17 (0.80%) Derivative
16 17 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.75%) Credit Risk
17 16 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 173 (8.10%) Windows
2 122 (5.71%) Linux
3 50 (2.34%) Unix
4 28 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.89%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.84%) Android
8 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.37%) Windows Server
10 5 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
11 3 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.094%) MVS
12 2 (0.094%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.094%) zOS
13 1 (0.047%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.047%) SUSE
13 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,255 (58.75%) Agile
2 605 (28.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 572 (26.78%) DevOps
4 473 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
5 461 (21.58%) CI/CD
6 429 (20.08%) Scrum
7 403 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 363 (16.99%) Test Automation
9 294 (13.76%) Migration
10 251 (11.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 236 (11.05%) Project Management
12 228 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 228 (10.67%) User Stories
13 225 (10.53%) Validation
14 215 (10.07%) AI
15 212 (9.93%) Change Management
15 212 (9.93%) Sprint Planning
16 200 (9.36%) Project Delivery
17 196 (9.18%) ITIL
17 196 (9.18%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 349 (16.34%) SQL
2 266 (12.45%) Python
3 159 (7.44%) Java
4 91 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 90 (4.21%) C#
6 75 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 65 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.97%) Bash
9 33 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 18 (0.84%) VBA
11 16 (0.75%) Perl
12 15 (0.70%) Bicep
13 14 (0.66%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.66%) Groovy
13 14 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.61%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.51%) C++
16 10 (0.47%) ActionScript
17 7 (0.33%) C
17 7 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 567 (26.54%) Security Cleared
2 433 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 187 (8.75%) Degree
4 89 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 80 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (3.04%) ISTQB
7 59 (2.76%) PMI Certification
8 49 (2.29%) PMP
9 29 (1.36%) CISSP
10 26 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.12%) Azure Certification
12 22 (1.03%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (0.80%) CISM
13 17 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
13 17 (0.80%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.80%) SAFe Agilist
14 16 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 16 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 13 (0.61%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (11.84%) QA
2 124 (5.81%) PMO
3 121 (5.66%) Data Quality
4 63 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.78%) SLA
6 37 (1.73%) GDPR
7 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.22%) WCAG
8 20 (0.94%) NIST
9 18 (0.84%) NCSC
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.33%) SEPA
14 6 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.28%) MiFID
14 6 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 137 (6.41%) Docker
2 126 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.47%) Firmware
5 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.19%) Squid
8 3 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.094%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.094%) Postfix
9 2 (0.094%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.047%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.047%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 156 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 147 (6.88%) Terraform
3 90 (4.21%) Ansible
4 65 (3.04%) Grafana
5 49 (2.29%) Prometheus
6 34 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.08%) HP ALM
9 21 (0.98%) Control-M
10 14 (0.66%) Puppet
11 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.61%) Nessus
12 12 (0.56%) IBM Guardium
13 8 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
13 8 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
13 8 (0.37%) Packer
13 8 (0.37%) SCCM
14 7 (0.33%) NetBackup
15 6 (0.28%) Istio
Vendors
1 310 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 269 (12.59%) ServiceNow
3 157 (7.35%) Oracle
4 98 (4.59%) Atlassian
5 94 (4.40%) Salesforce
6 93 (4.35%) SAP
7 54 (2.53%) Google
8 42 (1.97%) IBM
8 42 (1.97%) Remedy
9 37 (1.73%) Denodo
9 37 (1.73%) VMware
10 32 (1.50%) Splunk
10 32 (1.50%) Talend
11 29 (1.36%) F5
12 27 (1.26%) Databricks
12 27 (1.26%) Informatica
13 26 (1.22%) HP
13 26 (1.22%) Workday
14 24 (1.12%) MuleSoft
15 23 (1.08%) Adobe