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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 36 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,032 1,270 1,350
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.92% 5.30% 3.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.81% 38.24% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 828 902
10th Percentile £318 £325 £340
25th Percentile £400 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £630
90th Percentile £680 £688 £732
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £522
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.21% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 25 75
10th Percentile £18.75 £46.20 £23.20
25th Percentile £20.49 £50.00 £38.77
Median hourly rate £54.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -10.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.45 £76.50 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £56.38 £55.00
% change year-on-year -6.43% +2.50% -14.98%

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 4,979 3,321 4,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.06% 13.85% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,283 2,239 2,902
10th Percentile £346 £342 £353
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 61 194
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.50 £32.10
25th Percentile £55.63 £48.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £57.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -11.15% +5.69%
75th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £78.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.80% -11.35% +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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +3 898 £513 +2.50% 190
North of England -1 401 £450 - 84
Midlands -1 315 £450 -8.16% 53
West Midlands -3 251 £458 -6.96% 38
Yorkshire -4 214 £464 -5.60% 34
South East -26 194 £469 -3.79% 112
North West +1 170 £447 +5.18% 41
South West +2 135 £549 -2.40% 50
East Midlands +5 61 £393 -18.55% 15
East of England -6 56 £525 +15.07% 41
North East -21 21 £475 -13.64% 10
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
1 911 (44.83%) Confluence
2 109 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.62%) SAS
4 29 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.79%) Apache
6 12 (0.59%) CMS
6 12 (0.59%) nginx
7 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.30%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.30%) Hyperledger
8 6 (0.30%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.25%) IIS
9 5 (0.25%) JBoss
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 196 (9.65%) Microsoft Project
2 169 (8.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (4.38%) MS Visio
4 86 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 81 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
6 19 (0.94%) Trello
7 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.34%) Notion
8 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Revit
10 2 (0.098%) CATIA
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.049%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.049%) InVision
11 1 (0.049%) Mingle
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 27 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.54%) Loan IQ
4 10 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.44%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 8 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.34%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.25%) Findur
9 5 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.25%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.25%) SAP Retail
9 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.20%) SAP FI-AR
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 433 (21.31%) Azure
2 320 (15.75%) AWS
3 239 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 149 (7.33%) Power Platform
5 148 (7.28%) GitHub
6 85 (4.18%) GCP
7 79 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
7 79 (3.89%) SaaS
8 77 (3.79%) Entra ID
9 61 (3.00%) Amazon S3
10 56 (2.76%) Serverless
11 49 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
13 42 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 42 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 32 (1.57%) Figma
15 32 (1.57%) Slack
16 30 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
17 25 (1.23%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 72 (3.54%) Firewall
2 50 (2.46%) DNS
3 40 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 31 (1.53%) Network Security
5 29 (1.43%) LAN
6 28 (1.38%) WAN
7 26 (1.28%) VPN
8 21 (1.03%) SSL
9 19 (0.94%) DHCP
9 19 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.74%) BIG-IP
10 15 (0.74%) SAN
11 14 (0.69%) HTTP
12 13 (0.64%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.59%) Internet
14 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
14 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 8 (0.39%) FTP
15 8 (0.39%) NAS
16 7 (0.34%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (6.55%) Power BI
2 80 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 55 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.56%) Tableau
6 39 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 38 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (1.38%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.23%) DynamoDB
10 22 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 18 (0.89%) Pentaho
12 17 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.74%) MySQL
15 14 (0.69%) Big Data
15 14 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
16 13 (0.64%) Data Lake
16 13 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 230 (11.32%) Git
2 181 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 106 (5.22%) GitLab
4 96 (4.72%) Selenium
5 71 (3.49%) Postman
6 60 (2.95%) Zephyr
7 56 (2.76%) Cucumber
8 52 (2.56%) Bitbucket
8 52 (2.56%) JUnit
9 37 (1.82%) JMeter
10 33 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
11 29 (1.43%) REST Assured
12 25 (1.23%) TestRail
13 22 (1.08%) SonarQube
14 21 (1.03%) WebDriver
15 20 (0.98%) Cypress.io
16 16 (0.79%) Appium
17 15 (0.74%) Artifactory
18 12 (0.59%) Maven
19 11 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 811 (39.91%) Social Skills
2 597 (29.38%) Finance
3 397 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (12.80%) Banking
5 214 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 75 (3.69%) Retail
7 69 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 69 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (2.21%) Military
9 41 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (2.02%) Manufacturing
10 38 (1.87%) Legal
11 35 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.67%) Investment Banking
13 29 (1.43%) Retail Banking
14 27 (1.33%) Front Office
15 20 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
15 20 (0.98%) Financial Institution
16 19 (0.94%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 396 (19.49%) Analyst
2 250 (12.30%) Business Analyst
3 178 (8.76%) Developer
4 177 (8.71%) Lead
5 163 (8.02%) Senior
6 127 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 99 (4.87%) Architect
8 89 (4.38%) Delivery Manager
9 83 (4.08%) Tester
10 69 (3.40%) Scrum Master
11 68 (3.35%) Data Engineer
12 65 (3.20%) Consultant
13 53 (2.61%) IT Support
14 49 (2.41%) Support Engineer
15 46 (2.26%) Test Analyst
16 45 (2.21%) Test Engineer
16 45 (2.21%) Test Leader
17 42 (2.07%) Product Owner
17 42 (2.07%) Technical Manager
18 41 (2.02%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (5.22%) REST
2 62 (3.05%) Spring
3 56 (2.76%) .NET
3 56 (2.76%) React
4 49 (2.41%) Kafka
5 47 (2.31%) HTML
6 43 (2.12%) JSON
7 42 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 40 (1.97%) RESTful
9 34 (1.67%) SOAP
10 33 (1.62%) CSS
11 30 (1.48%) Node.js
12 29 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 29 (1.43%) OpenID
12 29 (1.43%) XML
13 28 (1.38%) Middleware
13 28 (1.38%) Playwright
14 27 (1.33%) ADO
14 27 (1.33%) LDAP
15 25 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 253 (12.45%) Product Ownership
2 98 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 79 (3.89%) Cloud Native
4 49 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 41 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 40 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 35 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 25 (1.23%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.98%) PMI
15 18 (0.89%) SCADA
16 17 (0.84%) Mobile App
17 16 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.79%) Public Cloud
18 14 (0.69%) Operational Technology
19 13 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 163 (8.02%) Windows
2 122 (6.00%) Linux
3 36 (1.77%) Unix
4 19 (0.94%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.84%) Android
5 17 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.15%) AIX
9 3 (0.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.049%) MVS
11 1 (0.049%) SUSE
11 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,164 (57.28%) Agile
2 514 (25.30%) DevOps
3 508 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 444 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
5 408 (20.08%) Scrum
6 394 (19.39%) CI/CD
7 365 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 320 (15.75%) Test Automation
9 269 (13.24%) Project Management
10 256 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 248 (12.20%) Migration
12 222 (10.93%) User Acceptance Testing
13 215 (10.58%) User Stories
14 204 (10.04%) Change Management
15 191 (9.40%) Validation
16 185 (9.10%) Project Delivery
17 180 (8.86%) Sprint Planning
18 176 (8.66%) Acceptance Criteria
19 173 (8.51%) Roadmaps
20 169 (8.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 309 (15.21%) SQL
2 212 (10.43%) Python
3 185 (9.10%) Java
4 85 (4.18%) JavaScript
5 78 (3.84%) C#
6 59 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 55 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 38 (1.87%) Bash
9 24 (1.18%) C++
9 24 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 21 (1.03%) Shell Script
11 14 (0.69%) Apex Code
11 14 (0.69%) Perl
12 13 (0.64%) C
12 13 (0.64%) VBA
13 11 (0.54%) Embedded C++
13 11 (0.54%) Groovy
14 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.39%) Scala
16 7 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 531 (26.13%) Security Cleared
2 410 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 218 (10.73%) Degree
4 71 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (3.44%) PMI Certification
6 63 (3.10%) PMP
7 61 (3.00%) DV Cleared
8 59 (2.90%) ISTQB
9 33 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.48%) CISSP
11 26 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 22 (1.08%) CISM
14 21 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.03%) SAFe Agilist
15 20 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
16 19 (0.94%) CBAP
16 19 (0.94%) IIBA
17 18 (0.89%) AWS Certification
18 13 (0.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (12.01%) QA
2 119 (5.86%) PMO
3 108 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 52 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.26%) GDPR
6 35 (1.72%) SLA
7 26 (1.28%) NIST
8 18 (0.89%) WCAG
9 17 (0.84%) GRC
10 16 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.49%) Basel III
12 10 (0.49%) PSD2
13 9 (0.44%) NCSC
14 8 (0.39%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.39%) MiFID
15 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 148 (7.28%) Docker
2 105 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.79%) Firmware
5 10 (0.49%) Squid
6 8 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.15%) HDFS
9 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.098%) Postfix
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
1 160 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 121 (5.95%) Terraform
3 86 (4.23%) Ansible
4 65 (3.20%) Grafana
5 51 (2.51%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.18%) HP ALM
7 24 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.13%) Control-M
9 17 (0.84%) Nessus
9 17 (0.84%) OPNET
9 17 (0.84%) Puppet
10 16 (0.79%) IBM Guardium
11 13 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
12 12 (0.59%) Consul
13 10 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
14 9 (0.44%) SCCM
15 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
16 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 251 (12.35%) ServiceNow
2 245 (12.06%) Microsoft
3 166 (8.17%) Oracle
4 107 (5.27%) Atlassian
5 95 (4.68%) Salesforce
6 77 (3.79%) SAP
7 50 (2.46%) Google
7 50 (2.46%) Remedy
8 35 (1.72%) Workday
9 31 (1.53%) Denodo
10 30 (1.48%) Talend
11 29 (1.43%) Splunk
12 28 (1.38%) Red Hat
13 26 (1.28%) Databricks
13 26 (1.28%) HP
13 26 (1.28%) IBM
14 25 (1.23%) Informatica
14 25 (1.23%) VMware
15 23 (1.13%) F5
15 23 (1.13%) MuleSoft