JIRA Contract Job Trends in London

Atlassian JIRA
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 35 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 953 802 695
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.71% 5.96% 4.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.00% 37.67% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 566 480
10th Percentile £358 £328 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £745 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £22.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £44.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +36.92% -39.81%
75th Percentile £73.75 £47.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Development Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,576 2,129 2,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.73% 15.82% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,670 1,438 1,604
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £749 £750 £773
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 18
10th Percentile £18.75 £37.00 £24.28
25th Percentile £30.75 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -2.70% -32.28%
75th Percentile £73.75 £67.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £105.75 £71.44
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

JIRA job vacancy trend in London

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in London

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in London

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Central London -17 122 £547 +9.40% 92
West London -10 29 £400 +1.27% 21
South London -11 18 £550 -5.34% 6
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32% 1
East London -1 3 £583 +42.94% 3
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 404 (42.39%) Confluence
2 55 (5.77%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.68%) CMS
3 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.73%) SAS
5 5 (0.52%) Camunda
5 5 (0.52%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.10%) Appian
9 1 (0.10%) Drupal
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Traefik
Applications
1 68 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.72%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (3.46%) MS Visio
5 29 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.47%) Trello
7 10 (1.05%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.84%) Revit
9 5 (0.52%) Notion
9 5 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.21%) Mingle
11 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 8 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) Maximo
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.21%) Actimize
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.21%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 258 (27.07%) Azure
2 153 (16.05%) AWS
3 140 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
4 91 (9.55%) Power Platform
5 72 (7.56%) GitHub
6 52 (5.46%) SaaS
7 50 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (4.83%) GCP
9 40 (4.20%) Serverless
10 39 (4.09%) Entra ID
11 38 (3.99%) Amazon S3
12 33 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (2.31%) Miro
17 20 (2.10%) Snowflake
18 19 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.99%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.62%) DNS
2 20 (2.10%) Firewall
3 18 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.78%) VPN
5 12 (1.26%) DHCP
6 8 (0.84%) HTTP
7 7 (0.73%) Network Security
7 7 (0.73%) SSL
7 7 (0.73%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
8 5 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.42%) IPv4
9 4 (0.42%) SSH
10 3 (0.31%) Internet
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
11 2 (0.21%) DSL
11 2 (0.21%) FTP
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (8.50%) Power BI
2 42 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (3.99%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
8 15 (1.57%) Metadata
9 12 (1.26%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.26%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.05%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.05%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.05%) Tableau
11 9 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (0.94%) Redis
12 8 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 121 (12.70%) Git
2 78 (8.18%) Jenkins
3 46 (4.83%) GitLab
4 33 (3.46%) Selenium
5 25 (2.62%) Zephyr
6 20 (2.10%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.89%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.68%) Postman
9 15 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.36%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.15%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.15%) JMeter
11 11 (1.15%) JUnit
11 11 (1.15%) Maven
12 10 (1.05%) Mockito
13 9 (0.94%) TestRail
14 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.84%) Gradle
15 7 (0.73%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 391 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 387 (40.61%) Finance
3 199 (20.88%) Banking
4 196 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (11.02%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.62%) Investment Banking
8 42 (4.41%) Retail
9 36 (3.78%) Front Office
10 30 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.31%) Marketing
13 21 (2.20%) Legal
14 19 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.78%) Retail Banking
16 16 (1.68%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.36%) Back Office
17 13 (1.36%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.26%) Law
19 11 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 185 (19.41%) Analyst
2 113 (11.86%) Business Analyst
3 110 (11.54%) Lead
4 98 (10.28%) Developer
5 95 (9.97%) Senior
6 55 (5.77%) Project Manager
7 38 (3.99%) Architect
8 33 (3.46%) Consultant
9 32 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
10 31 (3.25%) Product Owner
11 28 (2.94%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.83%) Tester
13 26 (2.73%) Applications Support
14 24 (2.52%) Test Leader
15 23 (2.41%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.41%) Test Manager
16 22 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (2.10%) Senior Manager
18 19 (1.99%) Banking Analyst
18 19 (1.99%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.14%) Terraform
2 65 (6.82%) REST
3 41 (4.30%) .NET
4 29 (3.04%) AngularJS
5 27 (2.83%) React
6 25 (2.62%) JSON
7 23 (2.41%) HTML
8 22 (2.31%) SOAP
9 21 (2.20%) Kafka
9 21 (2.20%) Playwright
10 18 (1.89%) Middleware
11 17 (1.78%) RESTful
12 16 (1.68%) CSS
13 14 (1.47%) OAuth
13 14 (1.47%) Spring
13 14 (1.47%) Web Services
13 14 (1.47%) XML
14 13 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
14 13 (1.36%) Node.js
15 12 (1.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 127 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 72 (7.56%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.04%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.62%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.10%) Virtual Team
7 19 (1.99%) Credit Risk
7 19 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.89%) Derivative
9 17 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.57%) Replication
11 14 (1.47%) Fixed Income
12 13 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.26%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 10 (1.05%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.67%) Windows
2 46 (4.83%) Linux
3 13 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.15%) Android
5 10 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Unix
7 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) VMS
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (59.92%) Agile
2 361 (37.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (28.02%) DevOps
4 231 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 193 (20.25%) Scrum
6 155 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (16.16%) Migration
8 142 (14.90%) AI
9 138 (14.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 131 (13.75%) Test Automation
10 131 (13.75%) User Stories
11 119 (12.49%) Validation
12 111 (11.65%) Project Management
13 103 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
13 103 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 100 (10.49%) SDLC
15 94 (9.86%) Sprint Planning
16 93 (9.76%) Change Management
17 91 (9.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 184 (19.31%) SQL
2 115 (12.07%) Python
3 66 (6.93%) Java
4 40 (4.20%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.99%) C#
5 38 (3.99%) PowerShell
6 27 (2.83%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.20%) Bash
8 17 (1.78%) Groovy
9 14 (1.47%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.05%) Perl
10 10 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.52%) Tcl
11 5 (0.52%) VBA
12 4 (0.42%) C
12 4 (0.42%) Go
12 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 214 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 189 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.18%) Degree
4 37 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.04%) PMP
6 27 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.10%) AWS Certification
8 19 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.89%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.05%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 8 (0.84%) IIBA
15 7 (0.73%) CBAP
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
17 5 (0.52%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.52%) MBA
17 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (14.48%) QA
2 71 (7.45%) Data Quality
3 50 (5.25%) PMO
4 31 (3.25%) SLA
5 24 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.47%) GDPR
8 12 (1.26%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.05%) WCAG
10 9 (0.94%) NIST
11 8 (0.84%) SEPA
12 7 (0.73%) GRC
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) MiFID
13 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.42%) EMIR
14 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.42%) P3O
15 3 (0.31%) NCSC
15 3 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 43 (4.51%) Docker
3 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.21%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Postfix
6 2 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.15%) Grafana
3 27 (2.83%) Prometheus
4 24 (2.52%) Ansible
5 22 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.15%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.94%) Control-M
8 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.63%) SCOM
10 5 (0.52%) Istio
11 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.42%) Argo
11 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.42%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.42%) Podman
11 4 (0.42%) SCCM
12 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.31%) Kibana
Vendors
1 153 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.75%) ServiceNow
3 61 (6.40%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.51%) Oracle
5 33 (3.46%) Google
6 28 (2.94%) SAP
7 27 (2.83%) Splunk
8 26 (2.73%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.20%) Remedy
10 19 (1.99%) IBM
11 18 (1.89%) Adobe
12 15 (1.57%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.47%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.47%) Databricks
14 12 (1.26%) BMC
14 12 (1.26%) HP
14 12 (1.26%) Informatica
14 12 (1.26%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.26%) Okta
15 11 (1.15%) Dynatrace