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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 36 58
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 996 770 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.91% 5.67% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.91% 36.72% 28.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 530 450
10th Percentile £360 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £629
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 17
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.75 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -38.55% +41.12% -41.28%
75th Percentile £68.13 £57.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.97 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.70% -6.67% +8.00%

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 2,560 2,097 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.62% 15.45% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,640 1,431 1,599
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £440 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 24
10th Percentile - £26.98 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £72.75 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.20 £84.50 £71.69
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

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 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -16 122 £550 +10.00% 54
South London +4 30 £513 -11.85% 7
West London -8 27 £400 -3.61% 7
North London -1 2 - - 1
East London -3 2 £425 +4.29% 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
1 414 (41.57%) Confluence
2 53 (5.32%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.20%) CMS
5 7 (0.70%) SAS
6 6 (0.60%) Apache
7 5 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.40%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.30%) nginx
9 3 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 67 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (6.22%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (4.32%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.41%) Trello
7 10 (1.00%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.80%) Revit
9 6 (0.60%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.50%) Notion
11 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.10%) Mingle
12 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.20%) Aladdin
3 11 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.80%) Findur
5 7 (0.70%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.60%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.40%) Actimize
8 4 (0.40%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.30%) SAP FI-AR
10 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
10 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.20%) Shopify
10 2 (0.20%) Summit
10 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 282 (28.31%) Azure
2 156 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
3 153 (15.36%) AWS
4 84 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 73 (7.33%) GitHub
6 55 (5.52%) Entra ID
7 48 (4.82%) SaaS
8 43 (4.32%) Amazon S3
8 43 (4.32%) Serverless
9 42 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (4.12%) GCP
11 35 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.11%) Snowflake
16 20 (2.01%) Figma
16 20 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.31%) DNS
2 22 (2.21%) Firewall
3 16 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 16 (1.61%) VPN
4 8 (0.80%) DHCP
5 7 (0.70%) Network Security
6 6 (0.60%) SSL
6 6 (0.60%) WAN
7 5 (0.50%) DKIM
7 5 (0.50%) DMARC
8 4 (0.40%) FTP
8 4 (0.40%) HTTP
8 4 (0.40%) Internet
8 4 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.30%) IPv4
9 3 (0.30%) NGFW
10 2 (0.20%) 5G
10 2 (0.20%) IPv6
10 2 (0.20%) MPLS
10 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.43%) Power BI
2 38 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (2.81%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.81%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.71%) Tableau
7 16 (1.61%) Metadata
8 14 (1.41%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.20%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.80%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.70%) Redis
15 6 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 119 (11.95%) Git
2 76 (7.63%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.12%) GitLab
4 32 (3.21%) Selenium
5 31 (3.11%) Zephyr
6 19 (1.91%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.81%) JUnit
8 17 (1.71%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
10 15 (1.51%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.20%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.10%) Postman
12 11 (1.10%) TestRail
13 9 (0.90%) Appium
14 8 (0.80%) JMeter
15 7 (0.70%) Mockito
16 6 (0.60%) Maven
16 6 (0.60%) ScriptRunner
17 5 (0.50%) Artifactory
17 5 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 396 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 395 (39.66%) Finance
3 192 (19.28%) Banking
4 188 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.54%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (4.22%) Retail
7 37 (3.71%) Investment Banking
8 36 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.11%) Front Office
10 25 (2.51%) Legal
11 20 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.81%) Marketing
14 16 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.61%) Retail Banking
15 15 (1.51%) Corporate Banking
16 14 (1.41%) Back Office
17 12 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (19.48%) Analyst
2 123 (12.35%) Business Analyst
3 111 (11.14%) Lead
4 105 (10.54%) Developer
5 96 (9.64%) Senior
6 60 (6.02%) Project Manager
7 43 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
8 38 (3.82%) Architect
9 36 (3.61%) IT Support
10 35 (3.51%) Consultant
11 32 (3.21%) Product Owner
12 30 (3.01%) Test Leader
13 28 (2.81%) Scrum Master
13 28 (2.81%) Support Engineer
14 27 (2.71%) Test Manager
15 26 (2.61%) Tester
16 25 (2.51%) Data Engineer
17 24 (2.41%) Senior Manager
17 24 (2.41%) Technical Manager
18 23 (2.31%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.72%) REST
2 43 (4.32%) .NET
3 27 (2.71%) React
4 24 (2.41%) JSON
5 22 (2.21%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.01%) Kafka
6 20 (2.01%) SOAP
7 18 (1.81%) PySpark
8 17 (1.71%) Playwright
9 16 (1.61%) HTML
9 16 (1.61%) XML
10 15 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (1.41%) CSS
11 14 (1.41%) Spring
12 13 (1.31%) Middleware
12 13 (1.31%) Node.js
13 12 (1.20%) RESTful
14 11 (1.10%) OAuth
14 11 (1.10%) Web Services
15 10 (1.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 106 (10.64%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.51%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.01%) Virtual Team
7 19 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.91%) Derivative
7 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.61%) Credit Risk
10 16 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (1.20%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.00%) Clustering
14 10 (1.00%) Fixed Income
14 10 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.82%) Windows
2 36 (3.61%) Linux
3 12 (1.20%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.00%) Android
4 10 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.90%) Unix
6 7 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (58.73%) Agile
2 327 (32.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 272 (27.31%) DevOps
4 223 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (18.88%) CI/CD
6 178 (17.87%) Scrum
7 163 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 159 (15.96%) Migration
9 138 (13.86%) User Acceptance Testing
10 133 (13.35%) AI
10 133 (13.35%) Test Automation
11 126 (12.65%) User Stories
12 107 (10.74%) Project Management
12 107 (10.74%) SDLC
13 106 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
14 101 (10.14%) Change Management
15 100 (10.04%) Analytics
15 100 (10.04%) Validation
16 93 (9.34%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 182 (18.27%) SQL
2 110 (11.04%) Python
3 72 (7.23%) Java
4 57 (5.72%) C#
5 40 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 37 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 30 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.71%) Bash
9 14 (1.41%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.10%) Groovy
11 10 (1.00%) Perl
12 9 (0.90%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.50%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.50%) VBA
14 4 (0.40%) Swift
15 3 (0.30%) Bicep
15 3 (0.30%) C++
15 3 (0.30%) Korn
15 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.20%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 219 (21.99%) Security Cleared
2 192 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 76 (7.63%) Degree
4 30 (3.01%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.41%) PMP
6 22 (2.21%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 17 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.00%) CISSP
12 9 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.90%) IIBA
13 8 (0.80%) CISM
14 7 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.45%) QA
2 69 (6.93%) Data Quality
3 46 (4.62%) PMO
4 29 (2.91%) SLA
5 27 (2.71%) Accessibility
6 26 (2.61%) GDPR
7 20 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.20%) WCAG
9 10 (1.00%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.80%) NIST
11 7 (0.70%) GRC
12 6 (0.60%) MiFID
12 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.60%) SEPA
13 5 (0.50%) COBIT
14 4 (0.40%) EMIR
14 4 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.40%) NCSC
14 4 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.71%) Docker
3 8 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (7.33%) Terraform
2 59 (5.92%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.11%) Ansible
4 22 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (2.11%) Grafana
5 21 (2.11%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.90%) Control-M
6 9 (0.90%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.60%) SCOM
8 5 (0.50%) Consul
9 4 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.40%) Istio
9 4 (0.40%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.40%) Podman
10 3 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 140 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 129 (12.95%) ServiceNow
3 69 (6.93%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.72%) Oracle
5 36 (3.61%) SAP
6 33 (3.31%) Google
7 29 (2.91%) Atlassian
8 21 (2.11%) Remedy
9 20 (2.01%) Adobe
10 19 (1.91%) Splunk
11 18 (1.81%) Okta
12 17 (1.71%) Databricks
12 17 (1.71%) IBM
13 15 (1.51%) MuleSoft
14 12 (1.20%) Informatica
14 12 (1.20%) Workday
15 11 (1.10%) BMC
15 11 (1.10%) ForgeRock
16 10 (1.00%) HP
16 10 (1.00%) VMware