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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 854 658 861
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.97% 4.22% 4.41%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.60% 30.69% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 437 581
10th Percentile £331 £277 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £630 £675
90th Percentile £725 £725 £825
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £34.20 - £25.10
25th Percentile £39.38 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £43.75 £20.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +118.75% -48.39% +61.46%
75th Percentile £57.25 - £48.75
90th Percentile £76.15 - £54.00
England median hourly rate £63.40 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.44% - -

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 2,271 2,144 2,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.89% 13.74% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,568 1,416 1,938
10th Percentile £350 £356 £400
25th Percentile £419 £430 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 25
10th Percentile £39.95 £24.88 £25.95
25th Percentile £42.50 £32.19 £36.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £88.75 £77.19 £72.00
90th Percentile £110.00 £87.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.69%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 +15 133 £525 -1.87% 24
South London -1 29 £553 +33.25%
West London -14 9 £300 -34.07% 6
East London 0 4 £439 -9.54% 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
1 407 (47.66%) Confluence
2 44 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.22%) nginx
4 16 (1.87%) CMS
5 12 (1.41%) Apache
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.35%) Drupal
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.35%) Traefik
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.23%) Appian
9 2 (0.23%) Camunda
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 75 (8.78%) Microsoft Project
2 69 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (5.62%) MS Visio
4 45 (5.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
6 26 (3.04%) Trello
7 10 (1.17%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 6 (0.70%) Notion
9 5 (0.59%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.47%) InVision
10 4 (0.47%) Sketch
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.23%) InDesign
11 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
12 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 17 (1.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.29%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 8 (0.94%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.47%) Endur
7 4 (0.47%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle BPM
7 4 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.35%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.23%) Eagle PACE
9 2 (0.23%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.23%) PORTIA
9 2 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (21.78%) Azure
2 159 (18.62%) AWS
3 97 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (9.37%) GitHub
5 61 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 44 (5.15%) GCP
7 35 (4.10%) Serverless
8 30 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (3.16%) Amazon S3
11 26 (3.04%) SaaS
12 23 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (2.58%) Miro
14 21 (2.46%) Power Automate
15 20 (2.34%) Figma
16 19 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.22%) Slack
17 18 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (1.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.04%) Firewall
2 21 (2.46%) DNS
3 17 (1.99%) SSL
4 16 (1.87%) SSH
5 15 (1.76%) OpenLDAP
6 14 (1.64%) HTTP
7 12 (1.41%) FTP
8 11 (1.29%) SMTP
9 10 (1.17%) IMAP
10 9 (1.05%) VPN
11 6 (0.70%) Network Security
12 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.59%) WAN
13 2 (0.23%) DHCP
13 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.23%) Internet
13 2 (0.23%) NAS
13 2 (0.23%) SNMP
13 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.21%) Power BI
2 41 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (3.28%) Tableau
4 27 (3.16%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.22%) Big Data
6 17 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.87%) Hadoop
8 15 (1.76%) Oracle Database
9 14 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.41%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.17%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.17%) Metadata
13 9 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (0.94%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.82%) DB2
16 6 (0.70%) Redis
17 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 109 (12.76%) Git
2 86 (10.07%) Jenkins
3 50 (5.85%) GitLab
4 38 (4.45%) Selenium
5 34 (3.98%) Bitbucket
6 30 (3.51%) Postman
7 24 (2.81%) Cucumber
8 21 (2.46%) TestRail
9 19 (2.22%) SonarQube
9 19 (2.22%) Zephyr
10 17 (1.99%) SpecFlow
11 16 (1.87%) JUnit
12 13 (1.52%) Maven
13 12 (1.41%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.29%) Vagrant
15 10 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
16 9 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 9 (1.05%) Cypress.io
16 9 (1.05%) ER Studio
16 9 (1.05%) PowerDesigner
General
1 364 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 259 (30.33%) Finance
3 137 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (13.11%) Banking
5 83 (9.72%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (3.04%) Front Office
9 23 (2.69%) Retail
10 20 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.11%) Legal
12 14 (1.64%) Marketing
13 13 (1.52%) Publishing
14 12 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.41%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.17%) Back Office
15 10 (1.17%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 150 (17.56%) Analyst
2 112 (13.11%) Business Analyst
3 99 (11.59%) Developer
4 91 (10.66%) Senior
5 87 (10.19%) Project Manager
6 67 (7.85%) Lead
7 38 (4.45%) Architect
8 35 (4.10%) Tester
9 31 (3.63%) Product Owner
10 28 (3.28%) Consultant
10 28 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
10 28 (3.28%) Technical Analyst
11 26 (3.04%) Technical Business Analyst
12 23 (2.69%) Scrum Master
13 22 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (2.34%) QA Engineer
14 20 (2.34%) Test Engineer
15 19 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (2.22%) ServiceNow Developer
15 19 (2.22%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (8.67%) REST
2 50 (5.85%) SOAP
3 43 (5.04%) .NET
4 42 (4.92%) AngularJS
4 42 (4.92%) HTML
5 33 (3.86%) JSON
6 30 (3.51%) LDAP
7 29 (3.40%) React
7 29 (3.40%) Web Services
8 28 (3.28%) CSS
8 28 (3.28%) Kafka
9 24 (2.81%) RESTful
10 22 (2.58%) Playwright
10 22 (2.58%) XML
11 21 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
12 19 (2.22%) HTML5
13 17 (1.99%) Spring
14 16 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
15 15 (1.76%) jQuery
16 14 (1.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 96 (11.24%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.63%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.69%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.22%) CMDB
5 18 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (2.11%) PMI
6 17 (1.99%) Cloud Native
6 17 (1.99%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.76%) Reinsurance
8 15 (1.76%) Replication
9 14 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.41%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.29%) Derivative
11 11 (1.29%) Equities
12 10 (1.17%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.73%) Linux
2 40 (4.68%) Windows
3 30 (3.51%) Unix
4 13 (1.52%) VMS
5 12 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.29%) Android
7 10 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (1.05%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.47%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.35%) CentOS
12 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.12%) Debian
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) tvOS
13 1 (0.12%) watchOS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (64.99%) Agile
2 233 (27.28%) Scrum
3 231 (27.05%) DevOps
4 195 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 190 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (17.21%) CI/CD
7 139 (16.28%) Project Management
8 126 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 126 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 114 (13.35%) User Stories
10 110 (12.88%) Test Automation
11 99 (11.59%) Migration
12 96 (11.24%) User Acceptance Testing
13 80 (9.37%) Roadmaps
14 79 (9.25%) SDLC
15 76 (8.90%) Kanban
15 76 (8.90%) Microservices
15 76 (8.90%) Requirements Gathering
16 75 (8.78%) Project Delivery
17 73 (8.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 161 (18.85%) SQL
2 121 (14.17%) Python
3 86 (10.07%) JavaScript
4 85 (9.95%) Java
5 39 (4.57%) C#
6 30 (3.51%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.22%) Bash
9 17 (1.99%) Go
9 17 (1.99%) Groovy
10 9 (1.05%) C++
11 8 (0.94%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.94%) Ruby
11 8 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.82%) Korn
12 7 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.59%) XPath
15 4 (0.47%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 184 (21.55%) Security Cleared
2 174 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 120 (14.05%) Degree
4 45 (5.27%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.86%) PMP
6 32 (3.75%) ISTQB
7 23 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 20 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.11%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.87%) CBAP
11 14 (1.64%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.52%) CISSP
13 10 (1.17%) CSPO
14 8 (0.94%) ISEB
14 8 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.70%) CEH
15 6 (0.70%) CFA
15 6 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (12.53%) QA
2 38 (4.45%) PMO
3 32 (3.75%) Accessibility
4 30 (3.51%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.58%) GDPR
6 20 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.52%) NIST
8 9 (1.05%) WCAG
9 7 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.70%) GRC
10 6 (0.70%) NCSC
11 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.59%) SEPA
11 5 (0.59%) SLA
12 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.35%) ITGC
13 3 (0.35%) MiFID
13 3 (0.35%) PSD2
14 2 (0.23%) FIPS 140-2
System Software
1 73 (8.55%) Docker
2 21 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.17%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.17%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.17%) Postfix
3 10 (1.17%) Squid
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) etcd
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 62 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 54 (6.32%) Terraform
3 24 (2.81%) Ansible
4 22 (2.58%) Grafana
5 19 (2.22%) Packer
6 18 (2.11%) Consul
7 17 (1.99%) HP ALM
7 17 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 16 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.41%) Nessus
10 10 (1.17%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.59%) SCCM
12 4 (0.47%) Puppet
13 3 (0.35%) Ambari
13 3 (0.35%) Istio
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.35%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.23%) Argo
14 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 103 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 93 (10.89%) ServiceNow
3 61 (7.14%) Oracle
4 54 (6.32%) Salesforce
5 36 (4.22%) Atlassian
6 32 (3.75%) SAP
7 29 (3.40%) HP
8 26 (3.04%) Google
9 19 (2.22%) Remedy
10 15 (1.76%) Splunk
11 14 (1.64%) Cloudera
12 13 (1.52%) BMC
12 13 (1.52%) Foundry
12 13 (1.52%) Palantir
13 12 (1.41%) Adobe
13 12 (1.41%) Databricks
13 12 (1.41%) Ivanti
14 11 (1.29%) Citrix
15 10 (1.17%) Jaspersoft
15 10 (1.17%) Sparx