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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 30 41
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 +5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,069 1,615 1,415
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.53% 5.81% 4.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.99% 39.93% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 1,126 948
10th Percentile £350 £313 £345
25th Percentile £406 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.78%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £621
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 41 77
10th Percentile £19.15 £47.50 £25.71
25th Percentile £32.88 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67.47 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.25 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -3.51% -15.56% +8.43%

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 5,306 4,045 4,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.61% 14.55% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 2,797 2,845
10th Percentile £355 £320 £356
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 £600 £631
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 243 95 183
10th Percentile £36.25 £40.90 £33.01
25th Percentile £57.25 £51.03 £54.18
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 £73.95
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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -8 971 £525 - 194
North of England -15 373 £475 +1.28% 70
Midlands -4 295 £450 -5.26% 66
West Midlands -6 254 £456 -5.64% 48
South East -34 215 £481 +0.10% 136
Yorkshire -8 211 £474 -0.21% 28
North West -30 143 £475 +10.35% 29
South West -7 129 £500 -10.23% 76
East of England -17 49 £510 +27.50% 29
East Midlands -9 40 £409 -0.91% 17
North East -37 26 £550 +3.53% 14
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
1 914 (44.18%) Confluence
2 104 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.59%) SAS
4 26 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.82%) CMS
6 15 (0.72%) Apache
7 8 (0.39%) nginx
8 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
10 5 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.24%) IIS
11 4 (0.19%) Camunda
11 4 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.19%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (0.14%) Kentico
12 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 141 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 141 (6.81%) Microsoft Project
2 82 (3.96%) MS Visio
3 65 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
5 23 (1.11%) Trello
6 13 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.39%) Revit
9 5 (0.24%) Notion
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.048%) CATIA
11 1 (0.048%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.048%) Mingle
11 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.048%) Sketch
11 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 39 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 26 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 11 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.39%) Findur
6 8 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.29%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.24%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.19%) Actimize
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
9 4 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 519 (25.08%) Azure
2 327 (15.80%) AWS
3 289 (13.97%) Azure DevOps
4 172 (8.31%) GitHub
5 164 (7.93%) Power Platform
6 97 (4.69%) GCP
7 82 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (3.67%) SaaS
9 73 (3.53%) Entra ID
10 68 (3.29%) Serverless
11 63 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (2.75%) Amazon S3
13 54 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
14 51 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 37 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (1.69%) Miro
17 34 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
18 33 (1.59%) Smartsheet
19 30 (1.45%) Snowflake
20 28 (1.35%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 87 (4.20%) Firewall
2 64 (3.09%) DNS
3 44 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.55%) DHCP
4 32 (1.55%) Network Security
5 31 (1.50%) VPN
6 22 (1.06%) WAN
7 19 (0.92%) BIG-IP
7 19 (0.92%) SAN
8 18 (0.87%) SSL
9 15 (0.72%) LAN
9 15 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.58%) Internet
11 10 (0.48%) VLAN
12 9 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 9 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 8 (0.39%) DKIM
13 8 (0.39%) DMARC
13 8 (0.39%) SSH
14 7 (0.34%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (6.96%) Power BI
2 100 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
4 54 (2.61%) SQL Server
5 48 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
6 30 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 24 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
9 23 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (1.11%) Tableau
10 21 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 21 (1.01%) DynamoDB
10 21 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (0.97%) Pentaho
12 18 (0.87%) Metadata
13 15 (0.72%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.68%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 258 (12.47%) Git
2 182 (8.80%) Jenkins
3 104 (5.03%) GitLab
4 86 (4.16%) Selenium
5 85 (4.11%) Zephyr
6 70 (3.38%) Bitbucket
7 68 (3.29%) Postman
8 46 (2.22%) Cucumber
8 46 (2.22%) JUnit
9 34 (1.64%) JMeter
10 30 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
11 25 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 24 (1.16%) WebDriver
13 23 (1.11%) Cypress.io
14 21 (1.01%) TestRail
15 19 (0.92%) REST Assured
16 18 (0.87%) Artifactory
17 11 (0.53%) Maven
17 11 (0.53%) MSI
18 9 (0.43%) IntelliJ
General
1 817 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 605 (29.24%) Finance
3 386 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 268 (12.95%) Banking
5 235 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 83 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
7 74 (3.58%) Retail
8 72 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (2.13%) Investment Banking
10 41 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 37 (1.79%) Legal
13 35 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 33 (1.59%) Front Office
15 30 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.40%) Marketing
17 23 (1.11%) Retail Banking
18 22 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
19 20 (0.97%) Financial Institution
20 19 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 363 (17.54%) Analyst
2 225 (10.87%) Business Analyst
3 208 (10.05%) Lead
4 196 (9.47%) Developer
5 189 (9.13%) Senior
6 112 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 86 (4.16%) Tester
8 85 (4.11%) Consultant
9 84 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
10 76 (3.67%) Scrum Master
11 73 (3.53%) Architect
12 66 (3.19%) Data Engineer
13 53 (2.56%) Product Owner
14 52 (2.51%) Support Engineer
15 49 (2.37%) Test Analyst
15 49 (2.37%) Test Leader
16 45 (2.17%) IT Support
17 43 (2.08%) Senior Manager
18 40 (1.93%) Administrator
19 37 (1.79%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (6.19%) REST
2 76 (3.67%) .NET
3 49 (2.37%) Spring
4 46 (2.22%) HTML
4 46 (2.22%) React
5 45 (2.17%) JSON
6 44 (2.13%) RESTful
7 42 (2.03%) Kafka
8 41 (1.98%) AngularJS
9 36 (1.74%) Playwright
9 36 (1.74%) SOAP
10 33 (1.59%) CSS
11 32 (1.55%) Middleware
11 32 (1.55%) XML
12 31 (1.50%) Node.js
13 28 (1.35%) Spring Boot
14 27 (1.30%) Web Services
15 26 (1.26%) WireMock
16 24 (1.16%) .NET Core
17 23 (1.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 247 (11.94%) Product Ownership
2 133 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.25%) Cloud Native
4 70 (3.38%) Data Centre
5 58 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (2.32%) Virtual Team
9 41 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
9 41 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 33 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.50%) Data Structures
13 20 (0.97%) SCADA
14 19 (0.92%) Mobile App
15 18 (0.87%) Credit Risk
15 18 (0.87%) Derivative
15 18 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 16 (0.77%) Clustering
16 16 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.59%) Windows
2 120 (5.80%) Linux
3 48 (2.32%) Unix
4 23 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 19 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.72%) Android
8 13 (0.63%) Windows Server
9 11 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
11 4 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 3 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
13 2 (0.097%) MVS
13 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.097%) zOS
14 1 (0.048%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.048%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,230 (59.45%) Agile
2 618 (29.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 574 (27.74%) DevOps
4 447 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (21.41%) CI/CD
6 418 (20.20%) Scrum
7 393 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 355 (17.16%) Test Automation
9 303 (14.64%) Migration
10 251 (12.13%) User Acceptance Testing
11 236 (11.41%) User Stories
12 229 (11.07%) Validation
13 228 (11.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 226 (10.92%) Project Management
15 223 (10.78%) Sprint Planning
16 216 (10.44%) AI
17 204 (9.86%) Project Delivery
18 191 (9.23%) SDLC
19 189 (9.13%) Change Management
20 188 (9.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 350 (16.92%) SQL
2 244 (11.79%) Python
3 138 (6.67%) Java
4 91 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 77 (3.72%) C#
6 75 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 63 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 43 (2.08%) Bash
9 32 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 18 (0.87%) Bicep
11 17 (0.82%) Groovy
12 16 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.68%) Perl
15 13 (0.63%) VBA
16 9 (0.43%) ActionScript
16 9 (0.43%) C++
17 6 (0.29%) C
17 6 (0.29%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 558 (26.97%) Security Cleared
2 429 (20.73%) SC Cleared
3 171 (8.26%) Degree
4 91 (4.40%) DV Cleared
5 75 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (3.62%) ISTQB
6 56 (2.71%) PMI Certification
7 46 (2.22%) PMP
8 25 (1.21%) CISSP
9 23 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 20 (0.97%) Master's Degree
12 19 (0.92%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 16 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 16 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (0.77%) SAFe Agilist
14 15 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (0.68%) IIBA
16 13 (0.63%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (12.61%) QA
2 124 (5.99%) PMO
3 119 (5.75%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 41 (1.98%) SLA
6 32 (1.55%) GDPR
7 27 (1.30%) WCAG
8 24 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (1.01%) NCSC
10 20 (0.97%) NIST
11 18 (0.87%) GRC
12 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 11 (0.53%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.34%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.34%) SEPA
15 6 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 133 (6.43%) Docker
2 119 (5.75%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.48%) Firmware
5 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.14%) HDFS
7 3 (0.14%) Squid
8 2 (0.097%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.097%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 149 (7.20%) Kubernetes
2 146 (7.06%) Terraform
3 84 (4.06%) Ansible
4 57 (2.75%) Grafana
5 46 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 36 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (1.01%) HP ALM
8 16 (0.77%) Control-M
8 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.58%) Puppet
10 9 (0.43%) Packer
11 8 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.39%) Nessus
12 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
12 7 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
12 7 (0.34%) Istio
13 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
13 6 (0.29%) SCOM
13 6 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 300 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 261 (12.61%) ServiceNow
3 162 (7.83%) Oracle
4 91 (4.40%) Atlassian
4 91 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 90 (4.35%) SAP
6 60 (2.90%) Google
7 43 (2.08%) VMware
8 40 (1.93%) Denodo
9 39 (1.88%) IBM
9 39 (1.88%) Remedy
10 35 (1.69%) Splunk
10 35 (1.69%) Talend
11 29 (1.40%) Databricks
12 27 (1.30%) Informatica
13 24 (1.16%) F5
13 24 (1.16%) HP
13 24 (1.16%) MuleSoft
14 23 (1.11%) Adobe
14 23 (1.11%) Workday