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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 43 57
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 894 635 660
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.92% 5.20% 3.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.24% 35.10% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 422 456
10th Percentile £342 £319 £325
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £511 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -4.88% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £736 £750 £825
England median daily rate £482 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.63% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 19
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +18.26% -50.84%
75th Percentile £68.13 £43.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -7.69%

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 2,338 1,809 2,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.88% 14.82% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,234 1,658
10th Percentile £357 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £670 £675
90th Percentile £750 £798 £779
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 26
10th Percentile - £23.97 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.77 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -47.86%
75th Percentile £72.75 £43.75 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £55.50 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.50 £57.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.14% -11.35% +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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -5 117 £544 +3.62% 62
South London +5 33 £513 +7.89% 1
West London -25 20 £400 +0.63% 6
East London -2 5 £450 +25.00% 5
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
1 376 (42.06%) Confluence
2 46 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.34%) Apache
5 10 (1.12%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.45%) SAS
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (8.39%) Microsoft Project
2 70 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (4.92%) MS Visio
4 37 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (1.34%) Trello
7 7 (0.78%) Notion
8 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.01%) Aladdin
3 9 (1.01%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.78%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.56%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) Actimize
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.34%) SAP FI-AR
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 210 (23.49%) Azure
2 132 (14.77%) Azure DevOps
3 121 (13.53%) AWS
4 62 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 59 (6.60%) GitHub
6 48 (5.37%) Entra ID
7 43 (4.81%) SaaS
8 37 (4.14%) Amazon S3
9 35 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.24%) GCP
11 28 (3.13%) Serverless
12 25 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (2.57%) Figma
15 20 (2.24%) Slack
16 19 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 18 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (1.79%) Google Workspace
20 14 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.80%) Firewall
2 18 (2.01%) DNS
3 14 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.23%) VPN
5 9 (1.01%) HTTP
6 8 (0.89%) SSL
7 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.67%) Modbus
8 6 (0.67%) RS-232
8 6 (0.67%) RS-485
8 6 (0.67%) WAN
9 5 (0.56%) FTP
9 5 (0.56%) LAN
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
9 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.45%) DKIM
10 4 (0.45%) DMARC
10 4 (0.45%) PSTN
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.48%) Power BI
2 28 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.13%) Tableau
3 27 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.45%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.34%) Metadata
7 12 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
9 10 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.67%) Big Data
12 6 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 99 (11.07%) Git
2 58 (6.49%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.03%) Selenium
4 30 (3.36%) GitLab
5 27 (3.02%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.57%) JUnit
7 19 (2.13%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.79%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.23%) Appium
11 11 (1.23%) Postman
11 11 (1.23%) TestRail
12 10 (1.12%) JMeter
12 10 (1.12%) SonarQube
13 9 (1.01%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.67%) Maven
14 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
14 6 (0.67%) Subversion
15 5 (0.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 347 (38.81%) Finance
2 334 (37.36%) Social Skills
3 164 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (16.55%) Banking
5 95 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.47%) Retail
7 37 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.36%) Investment Banking
10 28 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (3.02%) Legal
12 26 (2.91%) Front Office
13 17 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.79%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.68%) Marketing
16 12 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
17 10 (1.12%) Back Office
17 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.12%) Military
18 9 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (21.36%) Analyst
2 128 (14.32%) Business Analyst
3 95 (10.63%) Lead
4 93 (10.40%) Developer
5 87 (9.73%) Senior
6 56 (6.26%) Project Manager
7 44 (4.92%) Delivery Manager
8 34 (3.80%) IT Support
9 29 (3.24%) Consultant
10 28 (3.13%) Scrum Master
10 28 (3.13%) Technical Manager
10 28 (3.13%) Tester
11 25 (2.80%) Banking Analyst
11 25 (2.80%) Data Engineer
12 24 (2.68%) Architect
12 24 (2.68%) Support Engineer
12 24 (2.68%) Test Leader
13 22 (2.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 22 (2.46%) Product Owner
13 22 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.36%) REST
2 29 (3.24%) React
3 26 (2.91%) .NET
4 25 (2.80%) Kafka
5 21 (2.35%) Spring
6 20 (2.24%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.24%) HTML
7 18 (2.01%) RESTful
8 17 (1.90%) SOAP
9 16 (1.79%) CSS
9 16 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.79%) Node.js
9 16 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.68%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.45%) JSON
11 13 (1.45%) Playwright
12 12 (1.34%) OpenID
12 12 (1.34%) XML
13 11 (1.23%) ADO
13 11 (1.23%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.74%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.80%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.45%) Derivative
10 12 (1.34%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.23%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.23%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.89%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.48%) Windows
2 35 (3.91%) Linux
3 10 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.01%) Android
4 9 (1.01%) Unix
5 7 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (57.05%) Agile
2 251 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (23.71%) DevOps
4 178 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (19.91%) Scrum
5 163 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (14.65%) Test Automation
7 129 (14.43%) CI/CD
8 117 (13.09%) Migration
9 114 (12.75%) User Stories
10 112 (12.53%) Project Management
11 101 (11.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 100 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 98 (10.96%) SDLC
14 97 (10.85%) Change Management
15 94 (10.51%) Roadmaps
16 90 (10.07%) Analytics
16 90 (10.07%) Validation
17 86 (9.62%) Data Modelling
18 85 (9.51%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 151 (16.89%) SQL
2 95 (10.63%) Python
3 84 (9.40%) Java
4 53 (5.93%) C#
5 38 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.03%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.90%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.57%) Apex Code
9 13 (1.45%) Bash
10 11 (1.23%) C++
11 8 (0.89%) Groovy
12 7 (0.78%) Perl
12 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.67%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.45%) C
14 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.34%) Bicep
15 3 (0.34%) Korn
15 3 (0.34%) XPath
16 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 191 (21.36%) Security Cleared
2 166 (18.57%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.27%) Degree
4 26 (2.91%) PMI Certification
5 22 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (2.46%) ISTQB
6 20 (2.24%) PMP
7 18 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.90%) CBAP
9 11 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.12%) IIBA
10 10 (1.12%) ISEB
11 9 (1.01%) CISSP
12 8 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.78%) CISM
13 7 (0.78%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.75%) QA
2 59 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.81%) PMO
4 27 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.80%) GDPR
6 18 (2.01%) SLA
7 12 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.34%) WCAG
8 11 (1.23%) NIST
9 8 (0.89%) MiFID
10 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.67%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.45%) EMIR
12 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.45%) NCSC
12 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) Basel III
13 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (4.81%) Docker
2 42 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.70%) Terraform
3 22 (2.46%) Ansible
4 21 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.01%) Grafana
7 12 (1.34%) Consul
8 9 (1.01%) HP ALM
8 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.56%) Control-M
11 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.22%) CASB
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 107 (11.97%) ServiceNow
2 106 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 73 (8.17%) Salesforce
4 67 (7.49%) Oracle
5 38 (4.25%) SAP
6 36 (4.03%) Atlassian
7 29 (3.24%) Google
8 18 (2.01%) Databricks
9 14 (1.57%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.45%) Adobe
10 13 (1.45%) Murex
11 12 (1.34%) Workday
12 11 (1.23%) IBM
12 11 (1.23%) Informatica
12 11 (1.23%) Okta
13 10 (1.12%) ForgeRock
13 10 (1.12%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.01%) HP
14 9 (1.01%) Splunk