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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 39 53
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,060 1,240 1,359
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.10% 5.09% 3.65%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.10% 37.53% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,443 805 904
10th Percentile £317 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £630
90th Percentile £695 £693 £750
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 63
10th Percentile £18.75 £48.40 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £53.75 £34.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +5.00% -16.47%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £62.75 £57.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year +8.66% +27.09% -30.09%

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 5,012 3,304 4,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.42% 13.57% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,344 2,217 2,908
10th Percentile £340 £350 £355
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £691 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 61 182
10th Percentile £38.39 £27.50 £31.84
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.75 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -3.85% +5.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.75 £82.35
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +4 916 £505 +0.91% 185
North of England +1 375 £450 - 78
Midlands 0 320 £450 -9.09% 60
West Midlands -2 252 £456 -8.90% 46
Yorkshire -7 190 £452 -9.70% 36
South East -20 190 £475 -5.00% 108
North West +4 170 £442 +4.06% 33
South West +7 158 £553 -1.78% 39
East Midlands +2 65 £393 -19.90% 14
East of England +1 62 £438 -4.11% 29
North East -14 18 £475 -9.52% 9
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
1 932 (45.24%) Confluence
2 106 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.89%) SAS
4 28 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.92%) nginx
6 18 (0.87%) Apache
7 14 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
10 6 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.24%) JBoss
11 5 (0.24%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.19%) IIS
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 227 (11.02%) Microsoft Project
2 180 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
4 97 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 89 (4.32%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.97%) Trello
7 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.29%) Notion
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.097%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.097%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.097%) CATIA
11 2 (0.097%) InVision
11 2 (0.097%) Revit
11 2 (0.097%) Sketch
12 1 (0.049%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 26 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
1 26 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 10 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.44%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.39%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.29%) Maximo
7 6 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 6 (0.29%) SAP MDG
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
9 4 (0.19%) Findur
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
9 4 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 424 (20.58%) Azure
2 307 (14.90%) AWS
3 239 (11.60%) Azure DevOps
4 158 (7.67%) GitHub
5 152 (7.38%) Power Platform
6 80 (3.88%) GCP
7 79 (3.83%) SaaS
8 74 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
9 69 (3.35%) Entra ID
10 55 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
11 54 (2.62%) Amazon S3
12 50 (2.43%) Serverless
13 42 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
14 36 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
15 35 (1.70%) Figma
16 33 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 31 (1.50%) Miro
18 28 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
19 27 (1.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.16%) Firewall
2 44 (2.14%) DNS
3 40 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 28 (1.36%) LAN
5 25 (1.21%) Network Security
5 25 (1.21%) WAN
6 24 (1.17%) VPN
7 19 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (0.87%) SSL
9 16 (0.78%) DHCP
10 15 (0.73%) HTTP
11 14 (0.68%) SAN
12 13 (0.63%) BIG-IP
13 12 (0.58%) Internet
14 11 (0.53%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.49%) FTP
15 10 (0.49%) NAS
15 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.34%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (6.46%) Power BI
2 82 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (2.72%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.52%) Tableau
6 39 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 36 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
8 30 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (1.17%) DynamoDB
10 23 (1.12%) Pentaho
11 22 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (0.73%) Big Data
13 15 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
13 15 (0.73%) MySQL
13 15 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (0.68%) Metadata
15 12 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 246 (11.94%) Git
2 185 (8.98%) Jenkins
3 103 (5.00%) GitLab
4 102 (4.95%) Selenium
5 77 (3.74%) Postman
6 61 (2.96%) Cucumber
6 61 (2.96%) Zephyr
7 56 (2.72%) Bitbucket
8 52 (2.52%) JUnit
9 39 (1.89%) JMeter
10 37 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
11 33 (1.60%) REST Assured
12 30 (1.46%) TestRail
13 25 (1.21%) SonarQube
14 22 (1.07%) Cypress.io
15 21 (1.02%) WebDriver
16 16 (0.78%) Appium
16 16 (0.78%) Maven
17 13 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 12 (0.58%) TestNG
General
1 846 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 601 (29.17%) Finance
3 422 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (12.57%) Banking
5 221 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 75 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 71 (3.45%) Retail
9 59 (2.86%) Military
10 39 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (1.80%) Legal
11 37 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 33 (1.60%) Investment Banking
14 24 (1.17%) Front Office
14 24 (1.17%) Retail Banking
15 21 (1.02%) Marketing
16 20 (0.97%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.92%) Law
18 17 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 406 (19.71%) Analyst
2 255 (12.38%) Business Analyst
3 180 (8.74%) Developer
4 172 (8.35%) Lead
5 159 (7.72%) Senior
6 143 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 111 (5.39%) Architect
8 93 (4.51%) Tester
9 88 (4.27%) Delivery Manager
10 71 (3.45%) Data Engineer
11 65 (3.16%) Scrum Master
12 63 (3.06%) Consultant
13 52 (2.52%) Test Engineer
14 51 (2.48%) Test Analyst
15 50 (2.43%) IT Support
16 48 (2.33%) Support Engineer
17 44 (2.14%) Technical Manager
18 43 (2.09%) Software Engineer
18 43 (2.09%) Test Leader
19 39 (1.89%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (5.29%) REST
2 62 (3.01%) .NET
2 62 (3.01%) Spring
3 58 (2.82%) React
4 46 (2.23%) HTML
5 45 (2.18%) Kafka
6 41 (1.99%) JSON
7 40 (1.94%) Spring Boot
8 39 (1.89%) RESTful
9 36 (1.75%) CSS
10 32 (1.55%) Playwright
10 32 (1.55%) SOAP
11 30 (1.46%) ADO
11 30 (1.46%) XML
12 29 (1.41%) OpenID
13 27 (1.31%) LDAP
13 27 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
14 26 (1.26%) Middleware
15 25 (1.21%) AngularJS
16 24 (1.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 261 (12.67%) Product Ownership
2 96 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.50%) Cloud Native
4 48 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 41 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 41 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 35 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.12%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.07%) PMI
14 21 (1.02%) Mobile App
15 16 (0.78%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (0.73%) SCADA
17 13 (0.63%) Derivative
17 13 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 161 (7.82%) Windows
2 127 (6.17%) Linux
3 27 (1.31%) Unix
4 21 (1.02%) Android
5 17 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.15%) AIX
10 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.049%) MVS
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,200 (58.25%) Agile
2 523 (25.39%) DevOps
3 519 (25.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 456 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
5 416 (20.19%) Scrum
6 384 (18.64%) CI/CD
7 369 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 322 (15.63%) Test Automation
9 293 (14.22%) Project Management
10 263 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 246 (11.94%) Migration
12 228 (11.07%) User Acceptance Testing
13 215 (10.44%) User Stories
14 201 (9.76%) Change Management
15 195 (9.47%) Project Delivery
16 186 (9.03%) Acceptance Criteria
16 186 (9.03%) ITIL
16 186 (9.03%) Validation
17 178 (8.64%) Analytics
18 170 (8.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 317 (15.39%) SQL
2 218 (10.58%) Python
3 186 (9.03%) Java
4 93 (4.51%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.13%) C#
6 62 (3.01%) PowerShell
6 62 (3.01%) TypeScript
7 37 (1.80%) Bash
8 30 (1.46%) C++
9 24 (1.17%) Shell Script
10 19 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 17 (0.83%) C
12 15 (0.73%) Perl
13 14 (0.68%) Embedded C++
13 14 (0.68%) VBA
14 13 (0.63%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.49%) Go
16 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 566 (27.48%) Security Cleared
2 438 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 242 (11.75%) Degree
4 74 (3.59%) PMI Certification
5 68 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (3.30%) ISTQB
5 68 (3.30%) PMP
6 62 (3.01%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
8 35 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.46%) CISSP
10 29 (1.41%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.07%) CISM
13 21 (1.02%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.97%) IIBA
14 20 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
15 19 (0.92%) AWS Certification
15 19 (0.92%) CBAP
16 14 (0.68%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (12.67%) QA
2 126 (6.12%) PMO
3 108 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.43%) GDPR
6 29 (1.41%) SLA
7 28 (1.36%) NIST
8 20 (0.97%) WCAG
9 18 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 17 (0.83%) GRC
11 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.58%) PSD2
12 11 (0.53%) Basel III
12 11 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 8 (0.39%) NCSC
13 8 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.34%) SEPA
15 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 153 (7.43%) Docker
2 94 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.73%) Firmware
5 9 (0.44%) Squid
5 9 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.15%) HDFS
9 2 (0.097%) Postfix
9 2 (0.097%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.049%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 165 (8.01%) Kubernetes
2 114 (5.53%) Terraform
3 89 (4.32%) Ansible
4 68 (3.30%) Grafana
5 48 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.46%) OPNET
8 26 (1.26%) HP ALM
9 23 (1.12%) Control-M
9 23 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 17 (0.83%) Nessus
11 16 (0.78%) Consul
11 16 (0.78%) IBM Guardium
11 16 (0.78%) Puppet
12 11 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.44%) SCCM
14 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
15 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 251 (12.18%) ServiceNow
2 243 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 168 (8.16%) Oracle
4 136 (6.60%) Atlassian
5 95 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 76 (3.69%) SAP
7 64 (3.11%) Remedy
8 49 (2.38%) Google
9 36 (1.75%) Workday
10 30 (1.46%) IBM
11 29 (1.41%) Denodo
12 28 (1.36%) HP
12 28 (1.36%) Talend
13 27 (1.31%) Red Hat
13 27 (1.31%) Splunk
13 27 (1.31%) VMware
14 26 (1.26%) Databricks
14 26 (1.26%) Informatica
15 20 (0.97%) MuleSoft
15 20 (0.97%) Tenable