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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 36 57
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 979 759 677
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.94% 5.60% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.72% 36.46% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 516 470
10th Percentile £350 £331 £320
25th Percentile £425 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £627
90th Percentile £750 £758 £744
England median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 17
10th Percentile - £33.10 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
Median hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +41.91% -41.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.20 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £63.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year -15.87% -4.91% +6.00%

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 2,465 2,082 2,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.44% 15.35% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,596 1,412 1,685
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £434 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £632 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 25
10th Percentile - £25.52 £23.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £32.13 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -46.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.69 £71.25
90th Percentile £83.95 £69.63 £71.63
England median hourly rate £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.23% - +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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -17 117 £550 +5.77% 47
South London +7 32 £519 -10.81% 4
West London -4 24 £400 -3.61% 4
North London -1 2 - - 2
East London -4 1 £300 -26.38% 6
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
1 405 (41.37%) Confluence
2 55 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.92%) CMS
5 8 (0.82%) nginx
6 7 (0.72%) SAS
7 6 (0.61%) Apache
8 4 (0.41%) JBoss
8 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.31%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 63 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (4.60%) MS Visio
4 32 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.92%) Trello
8 8 (0.82%) Revit
9 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.41%) Notion
10 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.10%) Mingle
11 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 14 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.33%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.92%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.82%) Findur
6 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.72%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.41%) Actimize
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
9 3 (0.31%) Summit
9 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
10 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.20%) Shopify
10 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 280 (28.60%) Azure
2 155 (15.83%) Azure DevOps
3 152 (15.53%) AWS
4 80 (8.17%) Power Platform
5 68 (6.95%) GitHub
6 57 (5.82%) Entra ID
7 51 (5.21%) SaaS
8 49 (5.01%) Amazon S3
9 47 (4.80%) Serverless
10 43 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
12 36 (3.68%) GCP
13 34 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 20 (2.04%) Snowflake
18 19 (1.94%) Figma
19 18 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
20 17 (1.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.76%) Firewall
2 26 (2.66%) DNS
3 20 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 20 (2.04%) VPN
4 9 (0.92%) WAN
5 7 (0.72%) DHCP
5 7 (0.72%) Network Security
5 7 (0.72%) OpenVPN
6 6 (0.61%) HTTP
7 5 (0.51%) DKIM
7 5 (0.51%) DMARC
7 5 (0.51%) LAN
7 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) PSTN
8 4 (0.41%) SSL
8 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 3 (0.31%) NGFW
9 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.64%) Power BI
2 34 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (2.45%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.74%) Tableau
7 16 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.43%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.23%) Metadata
10 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.92%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.72%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 110 (11.24%) Git
2 71 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.29%) GitLab
4 33 (3.37%) Selenium
5 29 (2.96%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.15%) JUnit
7 18 (1.84%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.53%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.23%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.12%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.02%) Postman
12 10 (1.02%) TestRail
13 9 (0.92%) Appium
14 8 (0.82%) JMeter
15 7 (0.72%) Mockito
16 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
17 5 (0.51%) Maven
17 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 385 (39.33%) Finance
2 381 (38.92%) Social Skills
3 181 (18.49%) Banking
4 175 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (11.13%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (4.09%) Retail
9 31 (3.17%) Front Office
9 31 (3.17%) Investment Banking
10 26 (2.66%) Legal
11 21 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.74%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.63%) Marketing
14 16 (1.63%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
16 13 (1.33%) Back Office
17 10 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 202 (20.63%) Analyst
2 132 (13.48%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.13%) Developer
4 101 (10.32%) Lead
5 91 (9.30%) Senior
6 57 (5.82%) Project Manager
7 48 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (4.49%) IT Support
9 42 (4.29%) Architect
10 32 (3.27%) Support Engineer
11 30 (3.06%) Consultant
11 30 (3.06%) Scrum Master
12 29 (2.96%) Tester
13 28 (2.86%) Test Leader
14 26 (2.66%) IT Engineer
15 25 (2.55%) Data Engineer
15 25 (2.55%) IT Support Engineer
15 25 (2.55%) Product Owner
15 25 (2.55%) Senior Manager
15 25 (2.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.11%) REST
2 41 (4.19%) .NET
3 31 (3.17%) React
4 22 (2.25%) JSON
5 21 (2.15%) SOAP
6 19 (1.94%) Kafka
7 18 (1.84%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.84%) CSS
7 18 (1.84%) HTML
7 18 (1.84%) PySpark
8 17 (1.74%) RESTful
9 16 (1.63%) Playwright
10 15 (1.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (1.43%) Node.js
11 14 (1.43%) OpenID
11 14 (1.43%) Spring
11 14 (1.43%) XML
12 12 (1.23%) Middleware
12 12 (1.23%) OAuth
12 12 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (10.11%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.25%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 19 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.63%) Derivative
11 15 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.23%) Credit Risk
13 12 (1.23%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 11 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.82%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 55 (5.62%) Windows
2 34 (3.47%) Linux
3 11 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.02%) Android
4 10 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.02%) Unix
5 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (57.71%) Agile
2 309 (31.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 271 (27.68%) DevOps
4 220 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 178 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 173 (17.67%) Scrum
7 167 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 147 (15.02%) Migration
9 141 (14.40%) User Acceptance Testing
10 131 (13.38%) Test Automation
11 127 (12.97%) User Stories
12 124 (12.67%) AI
13 107 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 104 (10.62%) Change Management
14 104 (10.62%) SDLC
15 103 (10.52%) Acceptance Criteria
16 98 (10.01%) Validation
17 95 (9.70%) Project Management
17 95 (9.70%) Roadmaps
18 92 (9.40%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 174 (17.77%) SQL
2 106 (10.83%) Python
3 74 (7.56%) Java
4 62 (6.33%) C#
5 37 (3.78%) JavaScript
6 35 (3.58%) TypeScript
7 34 (3.47%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.53%) Bash
9 14 (1.43%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.02%) Groovy
11 9 (0.92%) Perl
12 8 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.61%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) C++
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Swift
15 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 218 (22.27%) Security Cleared
2 191 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.35%) Degree
4 27 (2.76%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (2.15%) PMP
6 18 (1.84%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.84%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.02%) CISSP
10 9 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.82%) CISM
11 8 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.61%) IIBA
13 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.75%) QA
2 66 (6.74%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.29%) PMO
4 27 (2.76%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.66%) GDPR
5 26 (2.66%) SLA
6 20 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.23%) WCAG
8 8 (0.82%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.82%) NIST
9 7 (0.72%) GRC
10 6 (0.61%) MiFID
10 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.61%) SEPA
11 5 (0.51%) COBIT
12 4 (0.41%) EMIR
12 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.41%) NCSC
12 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.58%) Docker
3 8 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.72%) Squid
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 75 (7.66%) Terraform
2 61 (6.23%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.86%) Ansible
4 26 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (2.45%) Grafana
5 24 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.02%) Consul
7 10 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.82%) Control-M
9 7 (0.72%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.41%) Podman
11 3 (0.31%) Istio
12 2 (0.20%) Argo
12 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 133 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 127 (12.97%) ServiceNow
3 75 (7.66%) Salesforce
4 48 (4.90%) Oracle
5 36 (3.68%) SAP
6 33 (3.37%) Atlassian
6 33 (3.37%) Google
7 17 (1.74%) Okta
8 16 (1.63%) Adobe
8 16 (1.63%) IBM
9 15 (1.53%) Databricks
9 15 (1.53%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.53%) Remedy
9 15 (1.53%) Splunk
10 13 (1.33%) Workday
11 11 (1.12%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.12%) HP
11 11 (1.12%) Informatica
11 11 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.02%) ForgeRock