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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 53
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,044 1,295 1,355
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.89% 5.34% 3.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.63% 37.79% 31.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,420 864 896
10th Percentile £316 £331 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £625
90th Percentile £671 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -3.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 24 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £48.60 £25.03
25th Percentile £24.19 £50.80 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £76.75 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.09% - -8.33%

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 5,031 3,427 4,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.03% 14.14% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,296 2,319 2,910
10th Percentile £349 £350 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £527
Median % change year-on-year - -5.12% -4.18%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £638
90th Percentile £681 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 63 208
10th Percentile £36.13 £27.59 £31.57
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £79.75 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +1 897 £513 -0.49% 295
North of England 0 416 £450 - 103
Midlands +5 325 £450 -5.26% 72
West Midlands -1 260 £459 -3.37% 43
Yorkshire -2 224 £464 -7.25% 38
South East -23 203 £459 -5.60% 137
North West -3 174 £444 +4.47% 55
South West -5 123 £500 -13.04% 51
East Midlands +10 62 £393 -17.26% 29
East of England -14 53 £525 +13.51% 57
North East -19 22 £475 -13.64% 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
1 896 (43.84%) Confluence
2 116 (5.68%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.71%) SAS
4 29 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.78%) Apache
6 12 (0.59%) CMS
6 12 (0.59%) nginx
7 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
8 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.24%) IIS
9 5 (0.24%) JBoss
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.15%) Camunda
11 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 178 (8.71%) Microsoft Project
2 163 (7.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 87 (4.26%) MS Visio
4 83 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 73 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (0.68%) Trello
7 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.24%) Notion
10 4 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.20%) Revit
11 2 (0.098%) CATIA
11 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.049%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.049%) Autodesk Smoke
12 1 (0.049%) InVision
12 1 (0.049%) Sketch
12 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.54%) Loan IQ
5 9 (0.44%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 8 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.34%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.29%) Findur
8 6 (0.29%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
9 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.20%) SAP FI-AR
11 3 (0.15%) Actimize
11 3 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 437 (21.38%) Azure
2 330 (16.14%) AWS
3 240 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (7.53%) GitHub
5 151 (7.39%) Power Platform
6 90 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
7 89 (4.35%) GCP
8 82 (4.01%) SaaS
9 78 (3.82%) Entra ID
10 62 (3.03%) Amazon S3
11 59 (2.89%) Serverless
12 53 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 42 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 31 (1.52%) Slack
18 30 (1.47%) Figma
19 26 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
19 26 (1.27%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.72%) Firewall
2 58 (2.84%) DNS
3 44 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.61%) Network Security
5 30 (1.47%) LAN
6 28 (1.37%) WAN
7 26 (1.27%) VPN
8 22 (1.08%) DHCP
9 21 (1.03%) BIG-IP
10 20 (0.98%) SSL
11 19 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (0.78%) SAN
13 13 (0.64%) HTTP
13 13 (0.64%) Internet
13 13 (0.64%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.44%) Ethernet
16 8 (0.39%) FTP
16 8 (0.39%) NAS
16 8 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (6.56%) Power BI
2 83 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
4 57 (2.79%) SQL Server
5 49 (2.40%) Tableau
6 43 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
7 36 (1.76%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (1.27%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.22%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.13%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.88%) Pentaho
13 17 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.73%) MySQL
16 14 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
16 14 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (0.64%) Big Data
17 13 (0.64%) Data Lake
17 13 (0.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 229 (11.20%) Git
2 188 (9.20%) Jenkins
3 117 (5.72%) GitLab
4 97 (4.75%) Selenium
5 73 (3.57%) Postman
6 66 (3.23%) Zephyr
7 57 (2.79%) Cucumber
8 56 (2.74%) JUnit
9 52 (2.54%) Bitbucket
10 38 (1.86%) JMeter
11 33 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
12 29 (1.42%) REST Assured
13 25 (1.22%) TestRail
14 22 (1.08%) WebDriver
15 21 (1.03%) SonarQube
16 20 (0.98%) Cypress.io
17 18 (0.88%) Artifactory
18 14 (0.68%) Appium
19 13 (0.64%) Maven
20 12 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 806 (39.43%) Social Skills
2 595 (29.11%) Finance
3 378 (18.49%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (12.92%) Banking
5 210 (10.27%) Public Sector
6 74 (3.62%) Retail
7 72 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 71 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 41 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 40 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (1.86%) Legal
12 34 (1.66%) Investment Banking
12 34 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.42%) Military
13 29 (1.42%) Retail Banking
14 25 (1.22%) Front Office
15 21 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
16 19 (0.93%) Marketing
16 19 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 395 (19.32%) Analyst
2 250 (12.23%) Business Analyst
3 181 (8.86%) Lead
4 176 (8.61%) Developer
5 159 (7.78%) Senior
6 124 (6.07%) Project Manager
7 90 (4.40%) Delivery Manager
8 88 (4.31%) Tester
9 86 (4.21%) Architect
10 72 (3.52%) Data Engineer
11 69 (3.38%) Scrum Master
12 67 (3.28%) Consultant
13 58 (2.84%) IT Support
14 51 (2.50%) Support Engineer
15 46 (2.25%) Test Engineer
16 45 (2.20%) Test Leader
17 41 (2.01%) Technical Manager
17 41 (2.01%) Test Analyst
18 40 (1.96%) IT Engineer
18 40 (1.96%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (5.09%) REST
2 61 (2.98%) Spring
3 56 (2.74%) .NET
4 55 (2.69%) React
5 48 (2.35%) Kafka
6 44 (2.15%) JSON
7 43 (2.10%) HTML
8 42 (2.05%) RESTful
9 40 (1.96%) Spring Boot
10 35 (1.71%) SOAP
11 31 (1.52%) CSS
11 31 (1.52%) OpenID
12 29 (1.42%) AngularJS
13 28 (1.37%) Middleware
13 28 (1.37%) Playwright
14 27 (1.32%) LDAP
14 27 (1.32%) XML
15 26 (1.27%) Node.js
16 25 (1.22%) ADO
17 23 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 236 (11.55%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.99%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.82%) Cloud Native
4 52 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 46 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (2.20%) Virtual Team
8 42 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 40 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.27%) Data Structures
14 19 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 19 (0.93%) SCADA
15 18 (0.88%) PMI
16 16 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.73%) Mobile App
18 14 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
19 13 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 169 (8.27%) Windows
2 122 (5.97%) Linux
3 40 (1.96%) Unix
4 20 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 19 (0.93%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.73%) Android
8 13 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.59%) Windows Server
10 6 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.15%) AIX
12 3 (0.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.098%) MVS
13 2 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.049%) SUSE
14 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,162 (56.85%) Agile
2 521 (25.49%) DevOps
3 515 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 452 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
5 405 (19.81%) CI/CD
5 405 (19.81%) Scrum
6 375 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 329 (16.10%) Test Automation
8 265 (12.96%) Project Management
9 256 (12.52%) Migration
9 256 (12.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 228 (11.15%) User Acceptance Testing
11 218 (10.67%) User Stories
12 206 (10.08%) Change Management
13 195 (9.54%) Validation
14 185 (9.05%) Project Delivery
15 183 (8.95%) Sprint Planning
16 178 (8.71%) Roadmaps
17 171 (8.37%) Analytics
17 171 (8.37%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 319 (15.61%) SQL
2 229 (11.20%) Python
3 181 (8.86%) Java
4 82 (4.01%) JavaScript
5 78 (3.82%) C#
6 60 (2.94%) PowerShell
7 59 (2.89%) TypeScript
8 42 (2.05%) Bash
9 27 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 22 (1.08%) C++
11 20 (0.98%) Shell Script
12 15 (0.73%) VBA
13 14 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.68%) Perl
14 11 (0.54%) C
14 11 (0.54%) Groovy
15 9 (0.44%) Embedded C++
15 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.39%) ActionScript
16 8 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 523 (25.59%) Security Cleared
2 404 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 204 (9.98%) Degree
4 70 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 69 (3.38%) PMI Certification
6 63 (3.08%) PMP
7 62 (3.03%) ISTQB
8 61 (2.98%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (1.52%) CISSP
11 26 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 22 (1.08%) CISM
14 20 (0.98%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.98%) SAFe Agilist
15 18 (0.88%) IIBA
16 16 (0.78%) AWS Certification
16 16 (0.78%) CBAP
17 15 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
18 13 (0.64%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (12.18%) QA
2 116 (5.68%) PMO
3 114 (5.58%) Data Quality
4 49 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.20%) GDPR
6 41 (2.01%) SLA
7 25 (1.22%) NIST
8 20 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.88%) WCAG
10 17 (0.83%) GRC
11 16 (0.78%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.44%) Basel III
12 9 (0.44%) NCSC
12 9 (0.44%) PSD2
13 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.34%) MiFID
13 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 143 (7.00%) Docker
2 107 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.78%) Firmware
5 10 (0.49%) Squid
6 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.15%) HDFS
8 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.098%) Postfix
9 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.049%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 158 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 126 (6.16%) Terraform
3 87 (4.26%) Ansible
4 66 (3.23%) Grafana
5 52 (2.54%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.03%) Control-M
8 21 (1.03%) HP ALM
9 17 (0.83%) Nessus
10 16 (0.78%) IBM Guardium
11 15 (0.73%) Puppet
12 13 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
13 12 (0.59%) Consul
14 10 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
15 9 (0.44%) SCCM
16 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
17 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 7 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
17 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 264 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 244 (11.94%) ServiceNow
3 172 (8.41%) Oracle
4 94 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 91 (4.45%) Atlassian
6 78 (3.82%) SAP
7 51 (2.50%) Google
8 37 (1.81%) Remedy
9 36 (1.76%) Denodo
10 35 (1.71%) Workday
11 32 (1.57%) Talend
12 29 (1.42%) F5
13 28 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 28 (1.37%) Splunk
14 26 (1.27%) Databricks
14 26 (1.27%) IBM
14 26 (1.27%) VMware
15 25 (1.22%) Informatica
16 24 (1.17%) MuleSoft
17 23 (1.13%) HP