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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 43 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,050 1,199 1,350
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.24% 4.92% 3.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.56% 36.11% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 783 928
10th Percentile £313 £319 £344
25th Percentile £400 £406 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £630
90th Percentile £700 £688 £756
UK median daily rate £492 £500 £522
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.21% -2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 24 53
10th Percentile £18.75 £48.92 £20.80
25th Percentile £30.75 £54.56 £36.75
Median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% +36.22% -28.03%
75th Percentile £72.50 £72.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £64.25 £62.50 £42.97
% change year-on-year +2.80% +45.45% -32.60%

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 5,054 3,320 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.92% 13.63% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,378 2,226 2,909
10th Percentile £338 £344 £358
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £638
90th Percentile £692 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 64 160
10th Percentile £39.53 £26.63 £31.71
25th Percentile £60.00 £51.95 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +3.20% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.51 £83.13
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% -2.44%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +7 903 £510 +2.00% 202
North of England -1 378 £450 - 115
Midlands +5 307 £430 -9.58% 70
West Midlands +4 242 £458 -3.68% 42
South East -19 195 £475 -5.00% 145
Yorkshire -11 187 £458 -3.68% 37
North West +5 176 £447 -0.67% 60
South West +16 160 £568 +0.89% 42
East of England -1 67 £425 -6.85% 47
East Midlands +3 62 £358 -24.63% 28
North East -7 18 £475 -3.80% 18
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 (45.76%) Confluence
2 105 (5.12%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.15%) SAS
4 32 (1.56%) nginx
5 23 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.93%) Apache
7 17 (0.83%) CMS
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.39%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.24%) JBoss
11 5 (0.24%) Mattermost
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 225 (10.98%) Microsoft Project
2 192 (9.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (5.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 104 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
5 92 (4.49%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.07%) Trello
7 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.24%) Notion
9 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.24%) Sketch
10 4 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.15%) InVision
12 2 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.098%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.098%) CATIA
12 2 (0.098%) InDesign
13 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.63%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.49%) Aladdin
6 10 (0.49%) Workday HCM
7 8 (0.39%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.34%) Maximo
9 6 (0.29%) SAP MDG
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
11 4 (0.20%) Findur
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.20%) SAP EWM
11 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.20%) SAP Retail
11 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 419 (20.44%) Azure
2 307 (14.98%) AWS
3 233 (11.37%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (8.15%) GitHub
5 144 (7.02%) Power Platform
6 75 (3.66%) GCP
7 73 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
8 69 (3.37%) SaaS
9 68 (3.32%) Entra ID
10 58 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
11 47 (2.29%) Serverless
12 40 (1.95%) Amazon S3
13 36 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
13 36 (1.76%) Figma
14 33 (1.61%) Miro
15 32 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
16 31 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 25 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
18 25 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.88%) Firewall
2 40 (1.95%) TCP/IP
3 38 (1.85%) DNS
4 28 (1.37%) LAN
5 27 (1.32%) VPN
6 26 (1.27%) Network Security
7 25 (1.22%) WAN
8 19 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.88%) SSL
10 17 (0.83%) HTTP
11 15 (0.73%) DHCP
12 12 (0.59%) Internet
12 12 (0.59%) SAN
13 11 (0.54%) BIG-IP
13 11 (0.54%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
14 10 (0.49%) NAS
14 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.44%) FTP
16 7 (0.34%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (6.05%) Power BI
2 70 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (3.07%) Tableau
5 52 (2.54%) SQL Server
6 39 (1.90%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 28 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.37%) Pentaho
9 22 (1.07%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (0.98%) Metadata
11 19 (0.93%) MySQL
12 17 (0.83%) DynamoDB
13 16 (0.78%) Big Data
14 15 (0.73%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
18 10 (0.49%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 261 (12.73%) Git
2 206 (10.05%) Jenkins
3 108 (5.27%) GitLab
4 99 (4.83%) Selenium
5 73 (3.56%) Postman
6 64 (3.12%) Cucumber
7 57 (2.78%) Bitbucket
8 52 (2.54%) JUnit
8 52 (2.54%) Zephyr
9 38 (1.85%) JMeter
9 38 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
10 33 (1.61%) REST Assured
11 32 (1.56%) TestRail
12 25 (1.22%) SonarQube
13 20 (0.98%) WebDriver
14 17 (0.83%) Cypress.io
14 17 (0.83%) Maven
15 15 (0.73%) SpecFlow
16 14 (0.68%) Appium
17 13 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 834 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 589 (28.73%) Finance
3 400 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (12.88%) Banking
5 215 (10.49%) Public Sector
6 75 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
8 71 (3.46%) Retail
9 52 (2.54%) Military
10 46 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.66%) Legal
13 30 (1.46%) Investment Banking
13 30 (1.46%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.22%) Front Office
15 22 (1.07%) Marketing
15 22 (1.07%) Retail Banking
16 20 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.93%) Financial Institution
17 19 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 398 (19.41%) Analyst
2 258 (12.59%) Business Analyst
3 183 (8.93%) Developer
4 161 (7.85%) Lead
5 156 (7.61%) Senior
6 149 (7.27%) Project Manager
7 123 (6.00%) Architect
8 102 (4.98%) Tester
9 82 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
10 63 (3.07%) Consultant
11 61 (2.98%) Data Engineer
12 57 (2.78%) Scrum Master
13 56 (2.73%) Test Engineer
14 47 (2.29%) IT Support
14 47 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (2.29%) Support Engineer
15 46 (2.24%) Test Analyst
16 44 (2.15%) Technical Manager
17 42 (2.05%) Software Engineer
17 42 (2.05%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (6.44%) REST
2 65 (3.17%) Spring
3 59 (2.88%) .NET
4 53 (2.59%) React
5 47 (2.29%) Kafka
6 46 (2.24%) RESTful
7 44 (2.15%) JSON
8 43 (2.10%) HTML
8 43 (2.10%) Spring Boot
9 40 (1.95%) XML
10 38 (1.85%) CSS
11 37 (1.80%) Playwright
12 32 (1.56%) SOAP
13 30 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
14 29 (1.41%) ADO
14 29 (1.41%) Middleware
14 29 (1.41%) OpenID
15 28 (1.37%) Node.js
16 27 (1.32%) AngularJS
16 27 (1.32%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 251 (12.24%) Product Ownership
2 90 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 44 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.15%) Virtual Team
6 40 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 29 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.07%) PMI
13 16 (0.78%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 13 (0.63%) Distributed Architecture
15 13 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (0.59%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.66%) Windows
2 138 (6.73%) Linux
3 31 (1.51%) Unix
4 19 (0.93%) Android
4 19 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.098%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,203 (58.68%) Agile
2 559 (27.27%) DevOps
3 509 (24.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 471 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
5 437 (21.32%) Scrum
6 401 (19.56%) CI/CD
7 374 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 322 (15.71%) Test Automation
9 300 (14.63%) Project Management
10 254 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 215 (10.49%) Migration
12 213 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
13 206 (10.05%) Change Management
13 206 (10.05%) User Stories
14 195 (9.51%) Project Delivery
15 186 (9.07%) ITIL
16 179 (8.73%) Validation
17 178 (8.68%) Acceptance Criteria
17 178 (8.68%) Analytics
18 175 (8.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 322 (15.71%) SQL
2 239 (11.66%) Python
3 191 (9.32%) Java
4 102 (4.98%) JavaScript
5 88 (4.29%) C#
6 75 (3.66%) PowerShell
7 58 (2.83%) TypeScript
8 41 (2.00%) Bash
9 31 (1.51%) C++
10 23 (1.12%) Shell Script
11 19 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.83%) C
13 15 (0.73%) Embedded C++
14 13 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.63%) Perl
15 12 (0.59%) Go
15 12 (0.59%) VBA
16 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
17 9 (0.44%) PHP
18 8 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 557 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 439 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 251 (12.24%) Degree
4 78 (3.80%) PMI Certification
5 77 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 73 (3.56%) PMP
7 70 (3.41%) ISTQB
8 55 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 38 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 37 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 36 (1.76%) CISSP
12 29 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 26 (1.27%) CISM
14 24 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.98%) IIBA
16 19 (0.93%) Azure Certification
17 18 (0.88%) AWS Certification
17 18 (0.88%) CBAP
17 18 (0.88%) ISEB
18 17 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (12.98%) QA
2 122 (5.95%) PMO
3 104 (5.07%) Data Quality
4 51 (2.49%) GDPR
5 48 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.56%) NIST
7 27 (1.32%) SLA
8 22 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.88%) GRC
9 18 (0.88%) WCAG
10 13 (0.63%) ISO 20022
10 13 (0.63%) PSD2
11 12 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.54%) Basel III
13 10 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.39%) SEPA
15 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.34%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 171 (8.34%) Docker
2 91 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.63%) Firmware
5 10 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.44%) Squid
7 7 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.098%) Postfix
10 2 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.098%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.049%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 186 (9.07%) Kubernetes
2 110 (5.37%) Terraform
3 87 (4.24%) Ansible
4 58 (2.83%) Grafana
5 42 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.46%) OPNET
8 25 (1.22%) HP ALM
9 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (1.07%) Consul
11 21 (1.02%) Control-M
12 17 (0.83%) Puppet
13 15 (0.73%) Nessus
13 15 (0.73%) Packer
14 14 (0.68%) IBM Guardium
15 11 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
16 10 (0.49%) SCCM
17 9 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 9 (0.44%) NetBackup
18 8 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 250 (12.20%) ServiceNow
2 244 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 170 (8.29%) Oracle
4 152 (7.41%) Atlassian
5 105 (5.12%) Salesforce
6 69 (3.37%) SAP
7 59 (2.88%) Remedy
8 47 (2.29%) Google
9 34 (1.66%) Talend
9 34 (1.66%) Workday
10 33 (1.61%) Splunk
11 31 (1.51%) Red Hat
12 30 (1.46%) Denodo
13 28 (1.37%) IBM
14 27 (1.32%) HP
15 26 (1.27%) Databricks
16 22 (1.07%) VMware
17 20 (0.98%) Adobe
17 20 (0.98%) Tenable
18 19 (0.93%) Informatica