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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 47 48
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 829 603 755
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.60% 4.34% 4.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.12% 31.23% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 387 543
10th Percentile £339 £277 £363
25th Percentile £421 £387 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £725 £714 £838
England median daily rate £500 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £42.48 £20.75 £28.13
25th Percentile £42.81 £21.88 £32.66
Median hourly rate £67.25 £25.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year +169.00% -36.51% +32.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £29.38 £53.28
90th Percentile - £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.40 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +1.44% +8.70% -11.54%

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 2,295 1,931 2,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.50% 13.90% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,571 1,255 1,740
10th Percentile £356 £345 £381
25th Percentile £419 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £571
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -6.17% -4.79%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £510 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 19
10th Percentile £42.63 £22.25 £25.68
25th Percentile £45.19 £25.63 £33.75
Median hourly rate £73.25 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.26% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £64.38
90th Percentile £102.50 £87.88 £73.67
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +1 113 £525 +2.44% 27
South London -1 30 £519 +24.95% 7
West London -28 7 £500 +28.21% 7
East London +2 5 £450 -18.18% 2
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
1 375 (45.24%) Confluence
2 44 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 33 (3.98%) nginx
4 12 (1.45%) Apache
5 10 (1.21%) CMS
6 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.97%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.72%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.72%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Traefik
9 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (8.20%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (5.19%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
6 20 (2.41%) Trello
7 8 (0.97%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.60%) Notion
9 4 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.48%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.36%) InVision
10 3 (0.36%) Sketch
11 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.24%) InDesign
11 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.09%) Fidessa
4 8 (0.97%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.97%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.48%) Endur
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.36%) Shopify
8 3 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 194 (23.40%) Azure
2 148 (17.85%) AWS
3 110 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (10.25%) GitHub
5 66 (7.96%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.83%) GCP
7 35 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.62%) SaaS
8 30 (3.62%) Serverless
9 26 (3.14%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
11 22 (2.65%) Figma
12 20 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 19 (2.29%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.29%) Slack
13 19 (2.29%) Snowflake
14 18 (2.17%) Miro
15 17 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.26%) Firewall
2 22 (2.65%) DNS
3 17 (2.05%) HTTP
4 13 (1.57%) SSH
5 12 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.33%) FTP
6 11 (1.33%) VPN
6 11 (1.33%) WAN
7 9 (1.09%) SMTP
8 8 (0.97%) IMAP
8 8 (0.97%) OpenLDAP
9 7 (0.84%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.84%) Modbus
9 7 (0.84%) RS-232
9 7 (0.84%) RS-485
9 7 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.84%) SSL
10 5 (0.60%) Network Security
10 5 (0.60%) OpenVPN
10 5 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.39%) Power BI
2 32 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.74%) Tableau
4 21 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.93%) Data Vault
6 16 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.69%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.45%) Big Data
10 11 (1.33%) Metadata
10 11 (1.33%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.09%) Hadoop
11 9 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (0.84%) Star Schema
12 7 (0.84%) Tick Data
13 6 (0.72%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 100 (12.06%) Git
2 77 (9.29%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.03%) GitLab
4 38 (4.58%) Selenium
5 29 (3.50%) Bitbucket
6 25 (3.02%) Postman
7 24 (2.90%) SonarQube
8 22 (2.65%) Cucumber
8 22 (2.65%) JUnit
9 18 (2.17%) TestRail
10 17 (2.05%) Zephyr
11 16 (1.93%) SpecFlow
12 15 (1.81%) Maven
13 13 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.09%) ER Studio
15 9 (1.09%) ERwin
15 9 (1.09%) JMeter
15 9 (1.09%) PowerDesigner
16 8 (0.97%) Vagrant
General
1 343 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 280 (33.78%) Finance
3 152 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (13.99%) Banking
5 83 (10.01%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.86%) Investment Banking
7 31 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (3.74%) Retail
8 26 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (2.65%) Front Office
11 21 (2.53%) Legal
12 15 (1.81%) Marketing
13 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.21%) Back Office
14 10 (1.21%) Billing
14 10 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 180 (21.71%) Analyst
2 129 (15.56%) Business Analyst
3 102 (12.30%) Developer
4 83 (10.01%) Senior
5 69 (8.32%) Lead
6 66 (7.96%) Project Manager
7 33 (3.98%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (3.74%) Tester
9 29 (3.50%) Technical Business Analyst
10 27 (3.26%) Consultant
11 24 (2.90%) Architect
12 23 (2.77%) Scrum Master
12 23 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (2.77%) Test Engineer
13 22 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 22 (2.65%) Senior Business Analyst
14 20 (2.41%) Product Owner
15 19 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
16 18 (2.17%) Data Engineer
16 18 (2.17%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.12%) REST
2 34 (4.10%) .NET
3 31 (3.74%) SOAP
4 27 (3.26%) Kafka
5 26 (3.14%) HTML
5 26 (3.14%) RESTful
6 25 (3.02%) AngularJS
7 24 (2.90%) Spring
8 23 (2.77%) React
8 23 (2.77%) XML
9 21 (2.53%) CSS
9 21 (2.53%) Playwright
10 20 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
11 17 (2.05%) JSON
11 17 (2.05%) Node.js
12 15 (1.81%) LDAP
13 14 (1.69%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
15 11 (1.33%) .NET Framework
15 11 (1.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.37%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.77%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.41%) CMDB
7 18 (2.17%) PMI
8 17 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.69%) Reinsurance
10 14 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.57%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.33%) Replication
14 10 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.09%) Fixed Income
15 9 (1.09%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.88%) Linux
2 43 (5.19%) Windows
3 19 (2.29%) Unix
4 11 (1.33%) VMS
5 10 (1.21%) Android
6 8 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (63.81%) Agile
2 225 (27.14%) Scrum
3 224 (27.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 217 (26.18%) DevOps
5 178 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (17.37%) CI/CD
7 135 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (15.68%) Project Management
9 124 (14.96%) Test Automation
10 120 (14.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 114 (13.75%) User Stories
12 93 (11.22%) Analytics
13 92 (11.10%) Migration
14 91 (10.98%) Project Delivery
15 90 (10.86%) User Acceptance Testing
16 82 (9.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 81 (9.77%) Requirements Gathering
17 81 (9.77%) Roadmaps
18 77 (9.29%) Waterfall
19 75 (9.05%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 161 (19.42%) SQL
2 113 (13.63%) Python
3 81 (9.77%) Java
4 63 (7.60%) JavaScript
5 35 (4.22%) C#
6 33 (3.98%) TypeScript
7 27 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.29%) Bash
9 12 (1.45%) C++
9 12 (1.45%) Groovy
10 10 (1.21%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.09%) Go
12 8 (0.97%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.84%) Embedded C++
13 7 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.72%) Korn
14 6 (0.72%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.60%) Ruby
16 4 (0.48%) Delphi
16 4 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 174 (20.99%) Security Cleared
2 159 (19.18%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.30%) Degree
4 42 (5.07%) PMI Certification
5 34 (4.10%) ISTQB
6 28 (3.38%) PMP
7 22 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (2.65%) CBAP
8 18 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 18 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.81%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.57%) ISEB
11 12 (1.45%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.21%) CISSP
13 8 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.84%) CFA
14 7 (0.84%) CSPO
14 7 (0.84%) IIBA
14 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.72%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.94%) QA
2 43 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.34%) PMO
4 32 (3.86%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.17%) GDPR
6 13 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.45%) NIST
8 10 (1.21%) WCAG
9 9 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.09%) SLA
10 8 (0.97%) GRC
11 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.60%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.60%) NCSC
12 5 (0.60%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.48%) SEPA
14 3 (0.36%) Basel III
14 3 (0.36%) MiFID
14 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 71 (8.56%) Docker
2 19 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.69%) Squid
4 8 (0.97%) DFS Replication
4 8 (0.97%) Dovecot
4 8 (0.97%) Postfix
5 7 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.84%) Firmware
6 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (6.39%) Kubernetes
2 51 (6.15%) Terraform
3 24 (2.90%) Grafana
4 21 (2.53%) Ansible
4 21 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.05%) Consul
6 13 (1.57%) Packer
7 10 (1.21%) HP ALM
7 10 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.09%) Nessus
9 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.97%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.48%) Control-M
13 3 (0.36%) Istio
13 3 (0.36%) Puppet
13 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.13%) ServiceNow
3 69 (8.32%) Oracle
4 63 (7.60%) Salesforce
5 35 (4.22%) Atlassian
5 35 (4.22%) SAP
6 25 (3.02%) Google
7 20 (2.41%) Databricks
8 14 (1.69%) Adobe
9 11 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.21%) HP
10 10 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.21%) Sparx
11 9 (1.09%) Citrix
11 9 (1.09%) Cloudera
11 9 (1.09%) Informatica
11 9 (1.09%) Murex
11 9 (1.09%) Planview
11 9 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.09%) Splunk