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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 +8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,024 1,615 1,420
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.43% 5.86% 4.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.92% 39.73% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,337 1,127 938
10th Percentile £350 £313 £340
25th Percentile £406 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 41 75
10th Percentile £19.25 £47.50 £25.99
25th Percentile £43.20 £50.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £85.25 -
UK median hourly rate £59.37 £57.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +4.15% -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 5,200 4,065 4,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.38% 14.76% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,308 2,815 2,824
10th Percentile £358 £325 £353
25th Percentile £415 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £625
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 240 97 181
10th Percentile £36.25 £41.35 £33.07
25th Percentile £57.75 £51.06 £54.00
Median hourly rate £68.11 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.98 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -12 961 £527 +0.62% 184
North of England -15 363 £475 +1.28% 71
Midlands -5 266 £456 -4.00% 55
West Midlands -6 225 £459 -3.37% 40
South East -29 216 £475 - 111
Yorkshire -8 203 £475 - 24
North West -40 141 £474 +7.61% 31
South West -7 128 £525 -4.55% 83
East of England -17 52 £510 +27.50% 31
East Midlands -6 40 £409 +13.54% 15
North East -35 26 £550 +4.76% 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
1 891 (44.02%) Confluence
2 106 (5.24%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (1.24%) SAS
5 19 (0.94%) CMS
6 14 (0.69%) Apache
7 9 (0.44%) nginx
8 8 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.35%) Camunda
10 5 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.20%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.20%) IIS
11 4 (0.20%) MTS
11 4 (0.20%) WordPress
12 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (0.15%) JBoss
12 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 137 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 132 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
3 84 (4.15%) MS Visio
4 67 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 64 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
6 22 (1.09%) Trello
7 12 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.49%) 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 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.049%) CATIA
13 1 (0.049%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.049%) Mingle
13 1 (0.049%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.049%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.54%) Aladdin
3 11 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.44%) 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
1 514 (25.40%) Azure
2 313 (15.46%) AWS
3 288 (14.23%) Azure DevOps
4 165 (8.15%) GitHub
5 164 (8.10%) Power Platform
6 90 (4.45%) GCP
7 86 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 73 (3.61%) SaaS
9 69 (3.41%) Serverless
10 62 (3.06%) Amazon S3
11 59 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
13 55 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 39 (1.93%) Miro
15 38 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
16 37 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
17 32 (1.58%) Smartsheet
18 29 (1.43%) Figma
19 28 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (4.35%) Firewall
2 66 (3.26%) DNS
3 44 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.63%) DHCP
5 32 (1.58%) Network Security
5 32 (1.58%) VPN
6 23 (1.14%) WAN
7 19 (0.94%) SAN
8 18 (0.89%) BIG-IP
8 18 (0.89%) SSL
9 15 (0.74%) LAN
9 15 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.59%) Internet
11 10 (0.49%) SSH
11 10 (0.49%) VLAN
12 9 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 9 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 9 (0.44%) HTTP
13 8 (0.40%) DKIM
13 8 (0.40%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (7.21%) Power BI
2 88 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (2.62%) SQL Server
5 36 (1.78%) Oracle Reports
6 26 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 26 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 25 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
8 23 (1.14%) Tableau
9 21 (1.04%) DynamoDB
9 21 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 20 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (0.94%) Data Lake
12 18 (0.89%) Metadata
13 17 (0.84%) Oracle Database
14 16 (0.79%) NoSQL
15 15 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (0.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 248 (12.25%) Git
2 173 (8.55%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.29%) GitLab
4 84 (4.15%) Selenium
5 75 (3.71%) Zephyr
6 71 (3.51%) Bitbucket
7 59 (2.92%) Postman
8 34 (1.68%) JUnit
9 32 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 31 (1.53%) Cucumber
11 27 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 27 (1.33%) JMeter
12 26 (1.28%) Cypress.io
13 22 (1.09%) REST Assured
14 19 (0.94%) TestRail
15 18 (0.89%) Artifactory
16 16 (0.79%) WebDriver
17 14 (0.69%) Maven
18 11 (0.54%) Mockito
18 11 (0.54%) MSI
General
1 811 (40.07%) Social Skills
2 605 (29.89%) Finance
3 384 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (13.69%) Banking
5 239 (11.81%) Public Sector
6 78 (3.85%) Retail
7 76 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 69 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 49 (2.42%) Investment Banking
10 40 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (1.78%) Front Office
11 36 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (1.73%) Legal
12 35 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.53%) Marketing
14 29 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.28%) Retail Banking
16 22 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.04%) Financial Institution
18 19 (0.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 348 (17.19%) Analyst
2 220 (10.87%) Business Analyst
3 208 (10.28%) Lead
4 201 (9.93%) Developer
5 178 (8.79%) Senior
6 110 (5.43%) Project Manager
7 83 (4.10%) Consultant
8 82 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
9 78 (3.85%) Scrum Master
10 71 (3.51%) Tester
11 70 (3.46%) Architect
12 56 (2.77%) Data Engineer
13 54 (2.67%) Product Owner
13 54 (2.67%) Support Engineer
14 45 (2.22%) Test Analyst
14 45 (2.22%) Test Leader
15 41 (2.03%) IT Support
15 41 (2.03%) Senior Manager
16 39 (1.93%) Administrator
17 36 (1.78%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (7.31%) Terraform
2 130 (6.42%) REST
3 75 (3.71%) .NET
4 59 (2.92%) HTML
5 54 (2.67%) React
6 46 (2.27%) RESTful
7 45 (2.22%) JSON
8 44 (2.17%) AngularJS
9 41 (2.03%) CSS
9 41 (2.03%) Kafka
10 38 (1.88%) Spring
11 37 (1.83%) Playwright
12 34 (1.68%) SOAP
13 33 (1.63%) XML
14 32 (1.58%) Node.js
15 31 (1.53%) Middleware
16 29 (1.43%) Spring Boot
17 28 (1.38%) Web Services
18 23 (1.14%) .NET Core
19 22 (1.09%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 260 (12.85%) Product Ownership
2 138 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 82 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 68 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 59 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (2.08%) Virtual Team
9 40 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 36 (1.78%) Management Information System
11 35 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 32 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.09%) Credit Risk
15 21 (1.04%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.04%) SCADA
16 18 (0.89%) Derivative
16 18 (0.89%) Replication
17 16 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
17 16 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 155 (7.66%) Windows
2 126 (6.23%) Linux
3 49 (2.42%) Unix
4 25 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.89%) Android
7 15 (0.74%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.59%) Windows Server
9 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.44%) 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 1,212 (59.88%) Agile
2 626 (30.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 571 (28.21%) DevOps
4 443 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
5 435 (21.49%) CI/CD
6 421 (20.80%) Scrum
7 388 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 338 (16.70%) Test Automation
9 292 (14.43%) Migration
10 257 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
11 236 (11.66%) User Stories
12 230 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 226 (11.17%) Project Management
14 225 (11.12%) Validation
15 224 (11.07%) Sprint Planning
16 215 (10.62%) AI
17 207 (10.23%) Project Delivery
18 201 (9.93%) SDLC
19 185 (9.14%) Acceptance Criteria
20 182 (8.99%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 344 (17.00%) SQL
2 240 (11.86%) Python
3 133 (6.57%) Java
4 105 (5.19%) JavaScript
5 73 (3.61%) PowerShell
6 70 (3.46%) C#
7 68 (3.36%) TypeScript
8 40 (1.98%) Bash
9 30 (1.48%) PL/SQL
10 20 (0.99%) Groovy
11 18 (0.89%) C++
12 17 (0.84%) Bicep
13 16 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 16 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.74%) Perl
15 13 (0.64%) VBA
16 10 (0.49%) C
17 9 (0.44%) ActionScript
18 7 (0.35%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 543 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 419 (20.70%) SC Cleared
3 175 (8.65%) Degree
4 87 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 78 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (3.21%) ISTQB
7 54 (2.67%) PMI Certification
8 44 (2.17%) PMP
9 28 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.09%) CISSP
12 20 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 17 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 17 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (0.79%) SAFe Agilist
16 12 (0.59%) CISM
16 12 (0.59%) IIBA
17 11 (0.54%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (12.85%) QA
2 123 (6.08%) PMO
3 118 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 41 (2.03%) SLA
6 24 (1.19%) GDPR
6 24 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.19%) WCAG
7 21 (1.04%) NCSC
8 19 (0.94%) GRC
9 18 (0.89%) NIST
10 12 (0.59%) ISO 20022
10 12 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.35%) JSP 440
11 7 (0.35%) SEPA
12 6 (0.30%) MiFID
12 6 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.25%) COBIT
13 5 (0.25%) GxP
13 5 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 119 (5.88%) Docker
2 114 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.49%) Firmware
6 8 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.20%) Squid
9 2 (0.099%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.099%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.099%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.099%) Postfix
10 1 (0.049%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.049%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 121 (5.98%) Kubernetes
2 80 (3.95%) Ansible
3 49 (2.42%) Grafana
4 39 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 34 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (1.04%) HP ALM
7 15 (0.74%) Control-M
7 15 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.44%) Nessus
8 9 (0.44%) Packer
9 8 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
9 8 (0.40%) Puppet
10 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.35%) Istio
11 6 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
11 6 (0.30%) IBM Guardium
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.30%) SCOM
12 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 303 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 257 (12.70%) ServiceNow
3 138 (6.82%) Oracle
4 90 (4.45%) Atlassian
5 88 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 88 (4.35%) SAP
6 60 (2.96%) Google
7 44 (2.17%) IBM
8 40 (1.98%) VMware
9 37 (1.83%) Splunk
10 33 (1.63%) Remedy
11 32 (1.58%) Denodo
12 25 (1.24%) Informatica
13 24 (1.19%) HP
13 24 (1.19%) MuleSoft
13 24 (1.19%) Talend
14 23 (1.14%) Databricks
14 23 (1.14%) F5
15 22 (1.09%) Adobe
15 22 (1.09%) Workday