JIRA Contracts in England

Atlassian JIRA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 53 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 1,231 1,363 2,406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.06% 3.66% 4.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.22% 32.01% 31.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 908 1,690
10th Percentile £319 £350 £330
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +4.85%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £752 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 63 46
10th Percentile £48.40 £22.00 £40.70
25th Percentile £53.75 £34.88 £52.56
Median hourly rate £57.75 £55.00 £65.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.47% +47.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.00 £84.58
UK median hourly rate £57.75 £45.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +27.09% -30.09% +46.07%

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 3,307 4,258 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.59% 11.44% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,219 2,905 5,319
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 180 222
10th Percentile £27.35 £31.71 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.77 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.90 £82.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in England.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in England.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 +8 622 £500 -9.09% 496
North of England +33 192 £450 -10.89% 165
South East +12 157 £500 - 168
Midlands +55 121 £495 +10.00% 114
West Midlands +52 96 £500 -0.70% 89
North West +15 95 £425 -16.67% 109
Yorkshire +36 91 £500 +11.11% 43
South West -13 80 £555 +0.91% 82
East of England +11 31 £456 +11.28% 90
East Midlands +17 24 £490 +38.03% 25
North East +6 12 £525 -1.41% 13
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 546 (44.35%) Confluence
2 60 (4.87%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.54%) Apache
4 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.14%) CMS
6 13 (1.06%) JBoss
7 9 (0.73%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.57%) Drupal
8 7 (0.57%) nginx
9 6 (0.49%) SAS
10 5 (0.41%) WordPress
11 4 (0.32%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.32%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.24%) Camunda
12 3 (0.24%) IIS
12 3 (0.24%) Mendix
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle Coherence
12 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 96 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
4 46 (3.74%) MS Visio
5 44 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 35 (2.84%) Trello
7 9 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.16%) InVision
9 2 (0.16%) Open Workbench
9 2 (0.16%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.081%) CATIA
10 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Shopify
4 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.16%) Kondor
5 2 (0.16%) MultiFonds
5 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.081%) Endur
6 1 (0.081%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.081%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.081%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 218 (17.71%) AWS
2 194 (15.76%) Azure
3 80 (6.50%) Power Platform
4 79 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (5.77%) GitHub
6 57 (4.63%) GCP
7 36 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (2.76%) SaaS
9 33 (2.68%) Slack
10 30 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
11 27 (2.19%) IaaS
12 25 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (1.87%) Serverless
14 21 (1.71%) Miro
15 19 (1.54%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.54%) Asana
15 19 (1.54%) PaaS
15 19 (1.54%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.36%) Firewall
2 25 (2.03%) HTTP
3 23 (1.87%) DNS
4 18 (1.46%) VPN
5 13 (1.06%) Network Security
6 12 (0.97%) DHCP
6 12 (0.97%) Software-Defined Radio
6 12 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.89%) SAN
8 10 (0.81%) SNMP
8 10 (0.81%) SSH
9 8 (0.65%) Kerberos
9 8 (0.65%) NAS
10 6 (0.49%) Internet
10 6 (0.49%) iSCSI
10 6 (0.49%) SMTP
11 5 (0.41%) POP3
11 5 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.41%) Skype
11 5 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.36%) Power BI
2 57 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (3.66%) MySQL
4 43 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 39 (3.17%) MongoDB
6 37 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 31 (2.52%) NoSQL
8 29 (2.36%) Tableau
9 23 (1.87%) Apache Cassandra
10 22 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (1.46%) Big Data
13 15 (1.22%) Data Lake
14 14 (1.14%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.81%) Apache Hive
15 10 (0.81%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.73%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.73%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 199 (16.17%) Git
2 155 (12.59%) Jenkins
3 76 (6.17%) Selenium
4 70 (5.69%) Bitbucket
5 64 (5.20%) GitLab
6 58 (4.71%) Cucumber
7 53 (4.31%) Postman
8 41 (3.33%) REST Assured
9 40 (3.25%) JUnit
10 34 (2.76%) Visual Studio
11 31 (2.52%) SonarQube
12 26 (2.11%) Cypress.io
13 23 (1.87%) JMeter
13 23 (1.87%) Maven
13 23 (1.87%) ScriptRunner
14 22 (1.79%) GoogleTest
14 22 (1.79%) TeamCity
15 21 (1.71%) TestRail
16 19 (1.54%) Jasmine
17 17 (1.38%) SoapUI
General
1 466 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 293 (23.80%) Finance
3 215 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (9.99%) Banking
5 96 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 39 (3.17%) Marketing
7 29 (2.36%) Front Office
8 27 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 27 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (1.87%) Automotive
11 21 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.71%) Legal
11 21 (1.71%) Retail
11 21 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.62%) Investment Banking
13 19 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.54%) Law
14 16 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 213 (17.30%) Analyst
2 158 (12.84%) Developer
3 139 (11.29%) Senior
4 121 (9.83%) Business Analyst
5 109 (8.85%) Project Manager
6 93 (7.55%) Lead
7 58 (4.71%) Tester
8 54 (4.39%) Software Engineer
9 42 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
10 41 (3.33%) Consultant
11 39 (3.17%) Test Engineer
12 34 (2.76%) Java Developer
13 33 (2.68%) Architect
14 28 (2.27%) Data Engineer
14 28 (2.27%) Scrum Master
14 28 (2.27%) Technical Manager
15 27 (2.19%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.19%) Test Analyst
16 26 (2.11%) DevOps Engineer
17 25 (2.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (8.37%) REST
2 49 (3.98%) Spring Boot
3 48 (3.90%) HTML
4 46 (3.74%) SOAP
5 45 (3.66%) AngularJS
6 44 (3.57%) CSS
6 44 (3.57%) RESTful
7 41 (3.33%) .NET
8 40 (3.25%) Spring
9 35 (2.84%) Kafka
10 33 (2.68%) Swagger
11 30 (2.44%) Web Services
12 27 (2.19%) OpenAPI
13 26 (2.11%) React
14 25 (2.03%) JSON
15 23 (1.87%) XML
16 20 (1.62%) Node.js
17 18 (1.46%) Spring Security
18 17 (1.38%) pytest
18 17 (1.38%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.09%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.11%) Virtual Team
4 24 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.54%) SCADA
9 18 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 16 (1.30%) Clustering
11 15 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.06%) Reference Data
14 12 (0.97%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.97%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 131 (10.64%) Linux
2 119 (9.67%) Windows
3 44 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 37 (3.01%) Unix
5 28 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.30%) Android
7 14 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.73%) Windows 10
10 8 (0.65%) CentOS
11 7 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.41%) VMS
14 4 (0.32%) Solaris
15 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
15 3 (0.24%) zOS
16 2 (0.16%) Debian
16 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.081%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 702 (57.03%) Agile
2 297 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (20.15%) DevOps
4 239 (19.42%) Scrum
5 233 (18.93%) Project Management
6 207 (16.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 194 (15.76%) Test Automation
8 184 (14.95%) CI/CD
9 121 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 121 (9.83%) Migration
10 115 (9.34%) Waterfall
11 98 (7.96%) Software Engineering
12 95 (7.72%) User Stories
13 93 (7.55%) Continuous Integration
14 91 (7.39%) Decision-Making
15 90 (7.31%) Project Delivery
16 89 (7.23%) Analytics
17 88 (7.15%) Microservices
17 88 (7.15%) Risk Management
18 87 (7.07%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 238 (19.33%) SQL
2 176 (14.30%) Python
3 171 (13.89%) Java
4 93 (7.55%) JavaScript
5 77 (6.26%) C#
6 62 (5.04%) Bash
7 44 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 38 (3.09%) TypeScript
9 35 (2.84%) PL/SQL
10 29 (2.36%) C++
11 28 (2.27%) Groovy
12 20 (1.62%) Perl
13 19 (1.54%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.30%) Delphi
15 14 (1.14%) Go
15 14 (1.14%) Scala
16 12 (0.97%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.57%) Bicep
17 7 (0.57%) PHP
17 7 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 247 (20.06%) Security Cleared
2 219 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 160 (13.00%) Degree
4 49 (3.98%) PMI Certification
5 45 (3.66%) PMP
6 35 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.95%) ISTQB
9 22 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.14%) CBAP
13 13 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.06%) CCNA
13 13 (1.06%) ISEB
14 12 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.97%) CISSP
15 11 (0.89%) CCNP
15 11 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (9.67%) QA
2 40 (3.25%) PMO
3 31 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 30 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.44%) GDPR
5 11 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.89%) SLA
6 9 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.49%) NCSC
8 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.41%) MiFID
8 5 (0.41%) NIST
8 5 (0.41%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.41%) WCAG
9 4 (0.32%) EMIR
10 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.24%) GxP
10 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 95 (7.72%) Docker
2 55 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 40 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (1.22%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.73%) Firmware
7 5 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.32%) NFS
8 4 (0.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.32%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.24%) Lustre
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.16%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.16%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 1 (0.081%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 102 (8.29%) Kubernetes
2 63 (5.12%) Ansible
3 60 (4.87%) Terraform
4 28 (2.27%) Progress Chef
5 22 (1.79%) Puppet
6 20 (1.62%) vCenter Server
7 17 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.30%) HP ALM
9 14 (1.14%) Podman
10 12 (0.97%) Kibana
11 10 (0.81%) Grafana
12 9 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
12 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (0.73%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.57%) SCCM
15 6 (0.49%) Opsgenie
15 6 (0.49%) Packer
15 6 (0.49%) QRadar
16 5 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 177 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 129 (10.48%) Oracle
3 125 (10.15%) Atlassian
4 79 (6.42%) ServiceNow
5 56 (4.55%) Google
6 46 (3.74%) VMware
7 43 (3.49%) Cisco
7 43 (3.49%) SAP
8 35 (2.84%) Salesforce
9 33 (2.68%) Splunk
10 32 (2.60%) Red Hat
11 23 (1.87%) Databricks
12 21 (1.71%) IBM
13 20 (1.62%) HP
14 13 (1.06%) Adobe
14 13 (1.06%) AppDynamics
14 13 (1.06%) Dell
15 12 (0.97%) CA Agile Central
15 12 (0.97%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.89%) Planview