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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,058 1,619 1,432
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.51% 5.88% 4.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.14% 40.05% 33.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 1,131 950
10th Percentile £350 £315 £341
25th Percentile £406 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £619
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 41 79
10th Percentile £19.25 £47.50 £25.29
25th Percentile £35.00 £50.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £58.74 £62.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.70 £85.25 -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £57.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +0.88% -15.56% +8.00%

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 5,258 4,042 4,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.51% 14.67% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,345 2,800 2,830
10th Percentile £356 £325 £355
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £630
90th Percentile £694 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 96 184
10th Percentile £36.25 £41.13 £31.78
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.05 £53.63
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.98 £73.93
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -10 967 £525 - 185
North of England -16 371 £475 +1.28% 71
Midlands -4 280 £450 -5.26% 59
West Midlands -6 239 £456 -4.00% 45
South East -34 218 £475 - 116
Yorkshire -5 211 £475 - 27
North West -35 141 £474 +7.12% 29
South West -8 134 £525 -4.55% 65
East of England -14 50 £491 +22.75% 33
East Midlands -7 40 £409 +2.19% 14
North East -30 26 £550 +3.53% 16
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
1 909 (44.17%) Confluence
2 105 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.36%) SAS
4 26 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.92%) CMS
6 14 (0.68%) Apache
7 8 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.39%) nginx
8 5 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.24%) IIS
8 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.19%) Camunda
9 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.19%) WordPress
10 3 (0.15%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) Kentico
10 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 140 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (6.56%) Microsoft Project
3 84 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 68 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 65 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
6 23 (1.12%) Trello
7 12 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.49%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.39%) Revit
10 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.24%) Notion
12 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.097%) Windchill
13 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.049%) CATIA
13 1 (0.049%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.049%) Mingle
13 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.049%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 34 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 5 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.24%) Findur
7 5 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
8 4 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.15%) Magento
9 3 (0.15%) Primavera
9 3 (0.15%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 518 (25.17%) Azure
2 323 (15.69%) AWS
3 291 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
4 171 (8.31%) GitHub
5 166 (8.07%) Power Platform
6 91 (4.42%) GCP
7 83 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 74 (3.60%) SaaS
9 73 (3.55%) Entra ID
10 71 (3.45%) Serverless
11 61 (2.96%) Amazon S3
12 60 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
13 57 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
14 53 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (1.94%) Miro
16 38 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
17 34 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
18 32 (1.55%) Smartsheet
19 30 (1.46%) Figma
20 28 (1.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 88 (4.28%) Firewall
2 64 (3.11%) DNS
3 44 (2.14%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.55%) DHCP
4 32 (1.55%) Network Security
4 32 (1.55%) VPN
5 23 (1.12%) WAN
6 19 (0.92%) BIG-IP
6 19 (0.92%) SAN
7 18 (0.87%) SSL
8 15 (0.73%) LAN
8 15 (0.73%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.58%) Internet
10 10 (0.49%) VLAN
11 9 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 9 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 8 (0.39%) DKIM
12 8 (0.39%) DMARC
12 8 (0.39%) SSH
13 7 (0.34%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (7.19%) Power BI
2 99 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (2.58%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.14%) Oracle Reports
6 29 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 26 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
7 26 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 25 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (1.17%) Tableau
10 22 (1.07%) MongoDB
11 21 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 21 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (0.92%) Data Lake
13 18 (0.87%) Metadata
14 17 (0.83%) Oracle Database
15 16 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (0.78%) NoSQL
16 15 (0.73%) Pentaho
16 15 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 254 (12.34%) Git
2 177 (8.60%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.20%) GitLab
4 84 (4.08%) Selenium
4 84 (4.08%) Zephyr
5 76 (3.69%) Bitbucket
6 68 (3.30%) Postman
7 32 (1.55%) Cucumber
7 32 (1.55%) JUnit
8 30 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 28 (1.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 27 (1.31%) JMeter
11 26 (1.26%) Cypress.io
12 20 (0.97%) TestRail
13 19 (0.92%) REST Assured
14 18 (0.87%) Artifactory
15 16 (0.78%) WebDriver
16 11 (0.53%) Maven
16 11 (0.53%) MSI
17 9 (0.44%) IntelliJ
General
1 823 (39.99%) Social Skills
2 609 (29.59%) Finance
3 389 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (13.36%) Banking
5 242 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 77 (3.74%) Retail
7 74 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
8 72 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.28%) Investment Banking
10 43 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (1.75%) Legal
11 36 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (1.65%) Front Office
14 31 (1.51%) Marketing
15 29 (1.41%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.26%) Retail Banking
17 22 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (0.97%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 356 (17.30%) Analyst
2 224 (10.88%) Business Analyst
3 207 (10.06%) Lead
4 200 (9.72%) Developer
5 180 (8.75%) Senior
6 113 (5.49%) Project Manager
7 86 (4.18%) Consultant
8 83 (4.03%) Delivery Manager
9 79 (3.84%) Tester
10 75 (3.64%) Scrum Master
11 69 (3.35%) Architect
12 61 (2.96%) Data Engineer
13 54 (2.62%) Product Owner
14 53 (2.58%) Support Engineer
15 49 (2.38%) Test Analyst
16 45 (2.19%) Test Leader
17 43 (2.09%) IT Support
18 41 (1.99%) Administrator
18 41 (1.99%) Senior Manager
19 36 (1.75%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (7.24%) Terraform
2 131 (6.37%) REST
3 75 (3.64%) .NET
4 56 (2.72%) HTML
5 52 (2.53%) React
6 46 (2.24%) RESTful
7 45 (2.19%) JSON
8 44 (2.14%) AngularJS
9 42 (2.04%) Kafka
10 40 (1.94%) Playwright
11 39 (1.90%) CSS
11 39 (1.90%) Spring
12 35 (1.70%) SOAP
13 34 (1.65%) Middleware
14 33 (1.60%) XML
15 31 (1.51%) Node.js
16 28 (1.36%) Web Services
17 27 (1.31%) Spring Boot
18 23 (1.12%) .NET Core
19 22 (1.07%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 257 (12.49%) Product Ownership
2 135 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 85 (4.13%) Cloud Native
4 68 (3.30%) Data Centre
5 60 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 53 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 46 (2.24%) Virtual Team
9 41 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 36 (1.75%) Management Information System
11 32 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.55%) Data Structures
12 25 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.07%) Credit Risk
14 21 (1.02%) Mobile App
14 21 (1.02%) SCADA
15 18 (0.87%) Derivative
16 16 (0.78%) Clustering
16 16 (0.78%) Replication
16 16 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 159 (7.73%) Windows
2 127 (6.17%) Linux
3 52 (2.53%) Unix
4 24 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.78%) Android
6 16 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.63%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.34%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
11 3 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
12 2 (0.097%) MVS
12 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.097%) zOS
13 1 (0.049%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,237 (60.11%) Agile
2 626 (30.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 575 (27.94%) DevOps
4 454 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
5 444 (21.57%) CI/CD
6 424 (20.60%) Scrum
7 384 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 348 (16.91%) Test Automation
9 301 (14.63%) Migration
10 254 (12.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 238 (11.56%) User Stories
12 230 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 227 (11.03%) Project Management
14 222 (10.79%) Validation
15 221 (10.74%) Sprint Planning
16 220 (10.69%) AI
17 208 (10.11%) Project Delivery
18 203 (9.86%) SDLC
19 187 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
20 185 (8.99%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 353 (17.15%) SQL
2 252 (12.24%) Python
3 134 (6.51%) Java
4 104 (5.05%) JavaScript
5 75 (3.64%) C#
5 75 (3.64%) PowerShell
6 69 (3.35%) TypeScript
7 44 (2.14%) Bash
8 33 (1.60%) PL/SQL
9 18 (0.87%) Groovy
10 17 (0.83%) Bicep
11 16 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 16 (0.78%) C++
11 16 (0.78%) Kotlin
12 15 (0.73%) Perl
13 13 (0.63%) VBA
14 9 (0.44%) ActionScript
15 8 (0.39%) C
15 8 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 556 (27.02%) Security Cleared
2 430 (20.89%) SC Cleared
3 177 (8.60%) Degree
4 86 (4.18%) DV Cleared
5 78 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 70 (3.40%) ISTQB
7 55 (2.67%) PMI Certification
8 45 (2.19%) PMP
9 28 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.17%) CISSP
11 22 (1.07%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 18 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 17 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (0.78%) SAFe Agilist
16 15 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.63%) CISM
17 13 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (12.93%) QA
2 123 (5.98%) PMO
3 116 (5.64%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.16%) Accessibility
5 41 (1.99%) SLA
6 26 (1.26%) GDPR
7 25 (1.21%) WCAG
8 24 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (1.02%) NCSC
10 19 (0.92%) GRC
10 19 (0.92%) NIST
11 12 (0.58%) ISO 20022
11 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.34%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.34%) SEPA
13 6 (0.29%) MiFID
13 6 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.24%) COBIT
14 5 (0.24%) GxP
14 5 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 123 (5.98%) Docker
2 116 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.49%) Firmware
6 8 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.15%) HDFS
8 3 (0.15%) Squid
9 2 (0.097%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.097%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.049%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 130 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.18%) Ansible
3 52 (2.53%) Grafana
4 39 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 35 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (1.02%) HP ALM
7 16 (0.78%) Control-M
7 16 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (0.53%) Puppet
9 9 (0.44%) Packer
10 8 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (0.39%) Nessus
11 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
11 7 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
11 7 (0.34%) Istio
12 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.29%) SCOM
12 6 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 302 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 258 (12.54%) ServiceNow
3 154 (7.48%) Oracle
4 93 (4.52%) Atlassian
4 93 (4.52%) Salesforce
5 89 (4.32%) SAP
6 61 (2.96%) Google
7 42 (2.04%) VMware
8 41 (1.99%) IBM
9 37 (1.80%) Splunk
10 35 (1.70%) Denodo
11 34 (1.65%) Remedy
12 30 (1.46%) Talend
13 29 (1.41%) Informatica
14 25 (1.21%) Databricks
15 24 (1.17%) F5
15 24 (1.17%) HP
15 24 (1.17%) MuleSoft
16 23 (1.12%) Adobe
16 23 (1.12%) Workday