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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,012 1,623 1,413
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.40% 5.88% 4.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.78% 39.85% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,325 1,131 935
10th Percentile £350 £313 £335
25th Percentile £406 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £609
90th Percentile £675 £688 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 41 74
10th Percentile £19.25 £47.50 £25.99
25th Percentile £42.65 £50.00 £53.03
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.70 £85.25 -
UK median hourly rate £58.12 £57.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +1.96% -15.56% +8.00%

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 5,188 4,073 4,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.35% 14.76% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,302 2,823 2,817
10th Percentile £356 £325 £353
25th Percentile £414 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 96 176
10th Percentile £36.25 £42.38 £36.50
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.58 £54.56
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 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -12 958 £533 +1.52% 654
North of England -16 364 £475 +2.15% 174
Midlands -6 258 £456 -4.00% 84
West Midlands -8 219 £459 -3.37% 51
South East -30 214 £475 - 186
Yorkshire -9 206 £475 - 50
North West -39 139 £474 +7.92% 92
South West -7 130 £525 -4.55% 136
East of England -19 52 £543 +35.63% 63
East Midlands -4 38 £405 +12.81% 33
North East -36 26 £550 +4.76% 35
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
1 888 (44.14%) Confluence
2 108 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (1.24%) SAS
5 19 (0.94%) CMS
6 14 (0.70%) Apache
7 9 (0.45%) nginx
8 8 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.40%) Camunda
9 5 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.20%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.20%) IIS
10 4 (0.20%) MTS
10 4 (0.20%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (0.15%) JBoss
11 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 140 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
3 85 (4.22%) MS Visio
4 68 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 67 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
6 21 (1.04%) Trello
7 12 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.50%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.40%) Revit
10 7 (0.35%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.25%) Notion
12 2 (0.099%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.099%) Windchill
13 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.050%) CATIA
13 1 (0.050%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.050%) Mingle
13 1 (0.050%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.050%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.55%) Aladdin
3 11 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.30%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.25%) Findur
6 5 (0.25%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.25%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.20%) SAP FI-AR
7 4 (0.20%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.15%) Primavera
8 3 (0.15%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 509 (25.30%) Azure
2 309 (15.36%) AWS
3 292 (14.51%) Azure DevOps
4 164 (8.15%) Power Platform
5 162 (8.05%) GitHub
6 86 (4.27%) GCP
7 85 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
8 72 (3.58%) SaaS
9 68 (3.38%) Entra ID
9 68 (3.38%) Serverless
10 63 (3.13%) Amazon S3
11 56 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
13 54 (2.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 39 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
15 38 (1.89%) Miro
16 37 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
17 33 (1.64%) Smartsheet
18 29 (1.44%) Figma
19 28 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (4.37%) Firewall
2 66 (3.28%) DNS
3 44 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.64%) DHCP
4 33 (1.64%) VPN
5 32 (1.59%) Network Security
6 23 (1.14%) WAN
7 19 (0.94%) SAN
8 18 (0.89%) BIG-IP
8 18 (0.89%) SSL
9 15 (0.75%) LAN
9 15 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 13 (0.65%) Internet
11 10 (0.50%) SSH
11 10 (0.50%) VLAN
12 9 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 9 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 8 (0.40%) DKIM
13 8 (0.40%) DMARC
13 8 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (7.26%) Power BI
2 87 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 35 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
5 27 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
8 22 (1.09%) Tableau
9 20 (0.99%) DynamoDB
10 19 (0.94%) Data Lake
10 19 (0.94%) MongoDB
10 19 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.89%) Metadata
12 17 (0.84%) Oracle Database
13 16 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.80%) NoSQL
14 15 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 242 (12.03%) Git
2 169 (8.40%) Jenkins
3 108 (5.37%) GitLab
4 81 (4.03%) Selenium
5 75 (3.73%) Zephyr
6 69 (3.43%) Bitbucket
7 58 (2.88%) Postman
8 32 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 30 (1.49%) JUnit
10 28 (1.39%) Cucumber
11 26 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 26 (1.29%) Cypress.io
12 23 (1.14%) JMeter
13 22 (1.09%) REST Assured
14 20 (0.99%) TestRail
15 18 (0.89%) Artifactory
16 14 (0.70%) Maven
17 13 (0.65%) WebDriver
18 12 (0.60%) Mockito
19 11 (0.55%) MSI
General
1 801 (39.81%) Social Skills
2 606 (30.12%) Finance
3 383 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (13.77%) Banking
5 235 (11.68%) Public Sector
6 77 (3.83%) Retail
7 76 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
8 68 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
9 49 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 42 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (1.79%) Front Office
12 35 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 34 (1.69%) Legal
14 31 (1.54%) Marketing
15 28 (1.39%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.29%) Retail Banking
17 21 (1.04%) Financial Institution
18 20 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
19 19 (0.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 350 (17.40%) Analyst
2 221 (10.98%) Business Analyst
3 207 (10.29%) Lead
4 195 (9.69%) Developer
5 174 (8.65%) Senior
6 110 (5.47%) Project Manager
7 83 (4.13%) Consultant
8 80 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
9 78 (3.88%) Scrum Master
10 72 (3.58%) Architect
11 68 (3.38%) Tester
12 54 (2.68%) Data Engineer
12 54 (2.68%) Product Owner
13 53 (2.63%) Support Engineer
14 45 (2.24%) Test Analyst
14 45 (2.24%) Test Leader
15 40 (1.99%) IT Support
15 40 (1.99%) Senior Manager
16 39 (1.94%) Administrator
17 36 (1.79%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (7.46%) Terraform
2 130 (6.46%) REST
3 75 (3.73%) .NET
4 60 (2.98%) HTML
5 55 (2.73%) React
6 46 (2.29%) RESTful
7 44 (2.19%) AngularJS
8 43 (2.14%) JSON
9 42 (2.09%) CSS
9 42 (2.09%) Kafka
10 37 (1.84%) Playwright
11 35 (1.74%) SOAP
11 35 (1.74%) Spring
12 33 (1.64%) XML
13 32 (1.59%) Node.js
14 31 (1.54%) Middleware
15 29 (1.44%) Spring Boot
16 28 (1.39%) Web Services
17 23 (1.14%) .NET Core
18 22 (1.09%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 262 (13.02%) Product Ownership
2 139 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 79 (3.93%) Cloud Native
4 67 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 59 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (2.09%) Virtual Team
9 40 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 36 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 36 (1.79%) Management Information System
11 32 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.09%) Credit Risk
14 21 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 21 (1.04%) SCADA
15 18 (0.89%) Derivative
15 18 (0.89%) Replication
16 16 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
16 16 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 151 (7.50%) Windows
2 121 (6.01%) Linux
3 48 (2.39%) Unix
4 25 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.89%) Android
7 15 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.60%) Windows Server
9 11 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
11 4 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.15%) AIX
12 3 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
13 2 (0.099%) MVS
13 2 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.099%) VMS
13 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.099%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (59.84%) Agile
2 630 (31.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 570 (28.33%) DevOps
4 440 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
5 422 (20.97%) CI/CD
6 420 (20.87%) Scrum
7 380 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 333 (16.55%) Test Automation
9 291 (14.46%) Migration
10 260 (12.92%) User Acceptance Testing
11 240 (11.93%) User Stories
12 229 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 228 (11.33%) Project Management
14 221 (10.98%) Validation
15 218 (10.83%) Sprint Planning
16 215 (10.69%) AI
17 207 (10.29%) Project Delivery
18 200 (9.94%) SDLC
19 188 (9.34%) Acceptance Criteria
20 178 (8.85%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 342 (17.00%) SQL
2 239 (11.88%) Python
3 127 (6.31%) Java
4 106 (5.27%) JavaScript
5 72 (3.58%) PowerShell
6 69 (3.43%) C#
7 68 (3.38%) TypeScript
8 41 (2.04%) Bash
9 30 (1.49%) PL/SQL
10 20 (0.99%) Groovy
11 17 (0.84%) Bicep
12 16 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 16 (0.80%) C++
12 16 (0.80%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.75%) Perl
14 13 (0.65%) VBA
15 9 (0.45%) ActionScript
15 9 (0.45%) C
16 6 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 537 (26.69%) Security Cleared
2 412 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 176 (8.75%) Degree
4 88 (4.37%) DV Cleared
5 77 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 66 (3.28%) ISTQB
7 56 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 44 (2.19%) PMP
9 28 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.09%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.04%) CISSP
13 20 (0.99%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 17 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 17 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
16 16 (0.80%) SAFe Agilist
17 12 (0.60%) IIBA
18 11 (0.55%) CISM
18 11 (0.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (12.92%) QA
2 126 (6.26%) PMO
3 117 (5.82%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 40 (1.99%) SLA
6 24 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.19%) WCAG
7 23 (1.14%) GDPR
8 20 (0.99%) GRC
8 20 (0.99%) NCSC
9 19 (0.94%) NIST
10 12 (0.60%) ISO 20022
11 11 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.35%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.35%) SEPA
13 6 (0.30%) MiFID
13 6 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.25%) COBIT
14 5 (0.25%) GxP
14 5 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 117 (5.82%) Docker
2 113 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.50%) Firmware
6 7 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.20%) Squid
8 2 (0.099%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.099%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.099%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.099%) Postfix
9 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.050%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 115 (5.72%) Kubernetes
2 79 (3.93%) Ansible
3 46 (2.29%) Grafana
4 37 (1.84%) Prometheus
5 34 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (1.09%) HP ALM
7 16 (0.80%) Control-M
8 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.45%) Nessus
9 9 (0.45%) Packer
10 8 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (0.40%) Puppet
11 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.35%) Istio
12 6 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (0.30%) IBM Guardium
12 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.30%) SCOM
13 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 304 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 254 (12.62%) ServiceNow
3 138 (6.86%) Oracle
4 88 (4.37%) Atlassian
4 88 (4.37%) Salesforce
5 87 (4.32%) SAP
6 59 (2.93%) Google
7 46 (2.29%) IBM
8 41 (2.04%) VMware
9 35 (1.74%) Splunk
10 33 (1.64%) Remedy
11 32 (1.59%) Denodo
12 25 (1.24%) HP
13 24 (1.19%) Informatica
13 24 (1.19%) MuleSoft
13 24 (1.19%) Talend
14 23 (1.14%) F5
15 22 (1.09%) Adobe
15 22 (1.09%) Databricks
15 22 (1.09%) Workday