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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 43 54
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -12
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,042 1,199 1,337
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.22% 4.93% 3.57%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.57% 36.32% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 784 923
10th Percentile £313 £319 £333
25th Percentile £400 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -3.93%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £630
90th Percentile £695 £688 £756
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £521
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.03% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 53
10th Percentile £18.75 £49.23 £20.80
25th Percentile £30.75 £55.25 £33.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% +36.22% -26.59%
75th Percentile £72.50 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £64.25 £62.50 £40.94
% change year-on-year +2.80% +52.66% -34.50%

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 5,033 3,301 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 13.56% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,359 2,215 2,904
10th Percentile £337 £341 £358
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 65 158
10th Percentile £39.53 £26.75 £30.60
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.18 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.44 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.43 £84.38
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £61.00
% change year-on-year +6.72% +3.69% -0.81%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +7 901 £502 +0.45% 202
North of England -3 374 £450 - 115
Midlands +5 304 £435 -8.34% 70
West Midlands +1 242 £458 -3.68% 42
South East -18 193 £475 -5.00% 145
Yorkshire -5 185 £455 -6.67% 37
North West +4 174 £447 -0.67% 60
South West +14 161 £575 +2.22% 42
East of England +7 69 £425 -6.85% 47
East Midlands -6 59 £368 -22.47% 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
1 926 (45.35%) Confluence
2 103 (5.04%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.15%) SAS
4 32 (1.57%) nginx
5 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.93%) Apache
7 16 (0.78%) 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
1 224 (10.97%) Microsoft Project
2 188 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 109 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 103 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
5 92 (4.51%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.03%) 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%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.098%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.098%) CATIA
12 2 (0.098%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 25 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 14 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.64%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.54%) Workday HCM
7 10 (0.49%) Aladdin
8 8 (0.39%) Fidessa
9 7 (0.34%) Maximo
10 6 (0.29%) SAP MDG
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
12 4 (0.20%) Findur
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 4 (0.20%) SAP EWM
12 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 419 (20.52%) Azure
2 307 (15.03%) AWS
3 233 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
4 165 (8.08%) GitHub
5 142 (6.95%) Power Platform
6 74 (3.62%) GCP
7 73 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
8 71 (3.48%) SaaS
9 69 (3.38%) Entra ID
10 57 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (2.25%) Serverless
12 40 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 36 (1.76%) Figma
14 35 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (1.67%) Miro
16 31 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
18 27 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 25 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
19 25 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.84%) Firewall
2 40 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 38 (1.86%) DNS
4 28 (1.37%) LAN
5 26 (1.27%) Network Security
5 26 (1.27%) VPN
6 25 (1.22%) WAN
7 19 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (0.88%) SSL
9 17 (0.83%) HTTP
10 15 (0.73%) DHCP
11 12 (0.59%) Internet
11 12 (0.59%) SAN
12 11 (0.54%) BIG-IP
12 11 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.49%) FTP
13 10 (0.49%) NAS
13 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.34%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (5.97%) Power BI
2 71 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (2.94%) Tableau
5 51 (2.50%) SQL Server
6 39 (1.91%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 28 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.37%) Pentaho
9 22 (1.08%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.98%) Metadata
11 19 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (0.93%) MySQL
12 17 (0.83%) DynamoDB
13 16 (0.78%) Big Data
14 15 (0.73%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
18 10 (0.49%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 262 (12.83%) Git
2 205 (10.04%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.24%) GitLab
4 99 (4.85%) Selenium
5 73 (3.57%) Postman
6 64 (3.13%) Cucumber
7 56 (2.74%) Bitbucket
8 52 (2.55%) JUnit
8 52 (2.55%) Zephyr
9 38 (1.86%) JMeter
9 38 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
10 33 (1.62%) REST Assured
11 32 (1.57%) TestRail
12 25 (1.22%) SonarQube
13 20 (0.98%) WebDriver
14 17 (0.83%) Cypress.io
14 17 (0.83%) Maven
15 14 (0.69%) Appium
15 14 (0.69%) SpecFlow
16 13 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 831 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 584 (28.60%) Finance
3 400 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (12.68%) Banking
5 217 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 74 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 69 (3.38%) Retail
9 53 (2.60%) Military
10 44 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.67%) Legal
13 30 (1.47%) Investment Banking
13 30 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.22%) Front Office
15 22 (1.08%) Marketing
15 22 (1.08%) Retail Banking
16 20 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.88%) Law
18 17 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 397 (19.44%) Analyst
2 255 (12.49%) Business Analyst
3 180 (8.81%) Developer
4 159 (7.79%) Lead
5 155 (7.59%) Senior
6 148 (7.25%) Project Manager
7 120 (5.88%) Architect
8 102 (5.00%) Tester
9 83 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
10 62 (3.04%) Consultant
11 61 (2.99%) Data Engineer
12 58 (2.84%) Scrum Master
13 56 (2.74%) Test Engineer
14 48 (2.35%) IT Support
14 48 (2.35%) Support Engineer
15 46 (2.25%) Test Analyst
16 44 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
16 44 (2.15%) Technical Manager
17 43 (2.11%) Software Engineer
18 42 (2.06%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (6.37%) REST
2 64 (3.13%) Spring
3 59 (2.89%) .NET
4 54 (2.64%) React
5 47 (2.30%) Kafka
6 45 (2.20%) RESTful
7 44 (2.15%) JSON
8 43 (2.11%) HTML
9 42 (2.06%) Spring Boot
10 41 (2.01%) XML
11 38 (1.86%) CSS
12 36 (1.76%) Playwright
13 32 (1.57%) SOAP
14 30 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
15 29 (1.42%) ADO
15 29 (1.42%) OpenID
16 28 (1.37%) Middleware
16 28 (1.37%) Node.js
17 27 (1.32%) LDAP
18 26 (1.27%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 247 (12.10%) Product Ownership
2 87 (4.26%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 44 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.15%) Virtual Team
6 40 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 29 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 22 (1.08%) PMI
14 16 (0.78%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 13 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
16 13 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (0.59%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 159 (7.79%) Windows
2 138 (6.76%) Linux
3 31 (1.52%) Unix
4 19 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 18 (0.88%) Android
6 11 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.098%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,194 (58.47%) Agile
2 557 (27.28%) DevOps
3 501 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 470 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
5 432 (21.16%) Scrum
6 400 (19.59%) CI/CD
7 373 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 323 (15.82%) Test Automation
9 297 (14.54%) Project Management
10 254 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 215 (10.53%) Migration
12 213 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
13 207 (10.14%) Change Management
14 202 (9.89%) User Stories
15 195 (9.55%) Project Delivery
16 191 (9.35%) ITIL
17 180 (8.81%) Validation
18 178 (8.72%) Acceptance Criteria
19 175 (8.57%) Analytics
20 170 (8.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 322 (15.77%) SQL
2 238 (11.66%) Python
3 189 (9.26%) Java
4 102 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 88 (4.31%) C#
6 75 (3.67%) PowerShell
7 59 (2.89%) TypeScript
8 40 (1.96%) Bash
9 31 (1.52%) C++
10 23 (1.13%) Shell Script
11 19 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.83%) C
13 15 (0.73%) Embedded C++
14 13 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.64%) 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
1 559 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 441 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 250 (12.24%) Degree
4 77 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 77 (3.77%) PMI Certification
5 72 (3.53%) PMP
6 70 (3.43%) ISTQB
7 55 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
9 35 (1.71%) CISSP
10 28 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.22%) CISM
12 24 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.98%) IIBA
14 19 (0.93%) Azure Certification
15 18 (0.88%) AWS Certification
15 18 (0.88%) CBAP
15 18 (0.88%) ISEB
16 17 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (12.93%) QA
2 122 (5.97%) PMO
3 105 (5.14%) Data Quality
4 50 (2.45%) GDPR
5 47 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.57%) NIST
7 28 (1.37%) SLA
8 22 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.88%) WCAG
10 17 (0.83%) GRC
11 12 (0.59%) ISO 20022
11 12 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.59%) PSD2
12 11 (0.54%) Basel III
13 10 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 7 (0.34%) SEPA
15 6 (0.29%) HL7
15 6 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 171 (8.37%) Docker
2 92 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.64%) 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 (9.11%) Kubernetes
2 110 (5.39%) Terraform
3 86 (4.21%) Ansible
4 58 (2.84%) Grafana
5 42 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.47%) OPNET
8 25 (1.22%) HP ALM
9 24 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (1.08%) Consul
11 21 (1.03%) Control-M
12 16 (0.78%) Puppet
13 15 (0.73%) Nessus
13 15 (0.73%) Packer
14 14 (0.69%) IBM Guardium
15 11 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
16 10 (0.49%) SCCM
17 9 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 8 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
18 8 (0.39%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 254 (12.44%) ServiceNow
2 243 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 170 (8.33%) Oracle
4 153 (7.49%) Atlassian
5 105 (5.14%) Salesforce
6 70 (3.43%) SAP
7 60 (2.94%) Remedy
8 47 (2.30%) Google
9 35 (1.71%) Workday
10 34 (1.67%) Talend
11 33 (1.62%) Splunk
12 30 (1.47%) Denodo
13 29 (1.42%) Red Hat
14 28 (1.37%) IBM
15 27 (1.32%) HP
16 26 (1.27%) Databricks
17 22 (1.08%) VMware
18 21 (1.03%) Adobe
19 20 (0.98%) MuleSoft
20 19 (0.93%) Informatica