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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 47 52
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 907 610 684
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.24% 4.82% 3.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.01% 33.41% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 390 465
10th Percentile £334 £300 £325
25th Percentile £415 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £656
90th Percentile £715 £738 £850
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 17
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -9.09% -38.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 £32.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.35 - £71.25
England median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +1.02% +36.22% -26.59%

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 2,386 1,826 2,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.78% 14.42% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,588 1,229 1,635
10th Percentile £350 £341 £363
25th Percentile £415 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -6.25% -6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 24
10th Percentile - £22.93 £22.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £25.83
Median hourly rate £29.50 £30.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -23.81% -31.52%
75th Percentile £72.88 £67.50 £70.31
90th Percentile £89.53 £84.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.88% +2.00% +1.63%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -1 116 £538 +2.38% 55
South London +7 39 £519 +9.17% 4
West London -22 17 £400 +3.23% 10
East London - 6 £450 - 8
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
1 393 (43.33%) Confluence
2 49 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.98%) nginx
4 15 (1.65%) Apache
5 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.77%) CMS
6 7 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.66%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.66%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.44%) JBoss
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.33%) SAS
11 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 84 (9.26%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (5.18%) MS Visio
4 46 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
6 15 (1.65%) Trello
7 4 (0.44%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.33%) InVision
8 3 (0.33%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.43%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.21%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.88%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.44%) Findur
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.33%) Actimize
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.33%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 212 (23.37%) Azure
2 138 (15.21%) AWS
2 138 (15.21%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (8.27%) GitHub
4 60 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.63%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.86%) SaaS
7 34 (3.75%) Serverless
8 30 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.20%) Amazon S3
9 29 (3.20%) GCP
10 27 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.76%) Figma
12 21 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (2.09%) Slack
14 18 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.87%) Miro
16 16 (1.76%) Google Workspace
16 16 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.09%) Firewall
2 15 (1.65%) DNS
3 12 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.10%) HTTP
5 8 (0.88%) SSL
5 8 (0.88%) VPN
6 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.77%) FTP
6 7 (0.77%) Modbus
6 7 (0.77%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.77%) RS-232
6 7 (0.77%) RS-485
7 6 (0.66%) WAN
8 5 (0.55%) LAN
8 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.44%) NAS
9 4 (0.44%) PSTN
9 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.33%) DKIM
10 3 (0.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.96%) Power BI
2 29 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.20%) Tableau
3 27 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (2.32%) NoSQL
5 19 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.32%) Metadata
8 12 (1.32%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.21%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.10%) Big Data
10 10 (1.10%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.10%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.66%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
12 6 (0.66%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 120 (13.23%) Git
2 64 (7.06%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.74%) Selenium
4 37 (4.08%) GitLab
5 28 (3.09%) Bitbucket
6 26 (2.87%) Cucumber
6 26 (2.87%) JUnit
6 26 (2.87%) Zephyr
7 17 (1.87%) Postman
8 16 (1.76%) TestRail
9 15 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.43%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.32%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.32%) JMeter
12 11 (1.21%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.10%) Appium
13 10 (1.10%) Maven
13 10 (1.10%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.77%) ScriptRunner
14 7 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 334 (36.82%) Finance
2 331 (36.49%) Social Skills
3 166 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (14.99%) Banking
5 96 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.64%) Retail
9 30 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.20%) Legal
11 27 (2.98%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.65%) Front Office
13 20 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.76%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.76%) Marketing
15 11 (1.21%) Publishing
16 10 (1.10%) Back Office
16 10 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.99%) Billing
17 9 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (21.39%) Analyst
2 135 (14.88%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.36%) Developer
4 91 (10.03%) Senior
5 78 (8.60%) Lead
6 63 (6.95%) Project Manager
7 39 (4.30%) Delivery Manager
8 34 (3.75%) Tester
9 32 (3.53%) IT Support
10 31 (3.42%) Architect
11 30 (3.31%) Test Engineer
12 28 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
13 27 (2.98%) Technical Manager
14 26 (2.87%) Scrum Master
15 25 (2.76%) Consultant
15 25 (2.76%) Support Engineer
16 24 (2.65%) Data Engineer
17 23 (2.54%) IT Engineer
17 23 (2.54%) Technical Analyst
18 22 (2.43%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.07%) REST
2 34 (3.75%) .NET
3 31 (3.42%) React
4 26 (2.87%) Kafka
5 24 (2.65%) Spring
6 23 (2.54%) HTML
7 20 (2.21%) AngularJS
7 20 (2.21%) CSS
8 19 (2.09%) Node.js
8 19 (2.09%) RESTful
8 19 (2.09%) XML
9 18 (1.98%) Playwright
10 17 (1.87%) JSON
10 17 (1.87%) SOAP
11 16 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.65%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.32%) ADO
13 12 (1.32%) OAuth
13 12 (1.32%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.37%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.09%) Virtual Team
6 13 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.32%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.32%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.21%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.10%) Derivative
10 9 (0.99%) Equities
10 9 (0.99%) Fixed Income
10 9 (0.99%) Market Risk
11 8 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.51%) Linux
1 50 (5.51%) Windows
2 14 (1.54%) Unix
3 8 (0.88%) Android
4 7 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (58.21%) Agile
2 240 (26.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 227 (25.03%) DevOps
4 196 (21.61%) Scrum
5 182 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (16.54%) Test Automation
8 145 (15.99%) CI/CD
9 129 (14.22%) Project Management
10 115 (12.68%) User Stories
11 112 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 112 (12.35%) User Acceptance Testing
12 110 (12.13%) Migration
13 101 (11.14%) SDLC
14 97 (10.69%) Change Management
15 91 (10.03%) Project Delivery
16 89 (9.81%) Decision-Making
16 89 (9.81%) Roadmaps
17 86 (9.48%) Analytics
17 86 (9.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 165 (18.19%) SQL
2 109 (12.02%) Python
3 94 (10.36%) Java
4 64 (7.06%) C#
5 51 (5.62%) JavaScript
6 41 (4.52%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.76%) Bash
7 16 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.54%) C++
9 12 (1.32%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.88%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.77%) Embedded C++
11 7 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.55%) C
12 5 (0.55%) Perl
12 5 (0.55%) Ruby
12 5 (0.55%) XPath
13 4 (0.44%) Delphi
13 4 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 194 (21.39%) Security Cleared
2 174 (19.18%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.94%) Degree
4 31 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (3.42%) ISTQB
5 27 (2.98%) PMI Certification
6 21 (2.32%) PMP
7 16 (1.76%) CBAP
8 13 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.21%) IIBA
10 11 (1.21%) ISEB
11 10 (1.10%) CISSP
12 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.77%) CISM
13 7 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.66%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (14.00%) QA
2 53 (5.84%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.30%) PMO
4 31 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.09%) GDPR
6 15 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.65%) NIST
7 14 (1.54%) SLA
8 12 (1.32%) WCAG
9 8 (0.88%) GRC
9 8 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.66%) MiFID
12 5 (0.55%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.44%) NCSC
14 3 (0.33%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) GxP
14 3 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (6.06%) Docker
2 39 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.88%) Squid
4 7 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.77%) Firmware
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 58 (6.39%) Terraform
3 22 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.21%) Consul
5 18 (1.98%) Ansible
6 14 (1.54%) HP ALM
7 13 (1.43%) Grafana
7 13 (1.43%) Packer
7 13 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.55%) Control-M
10 5 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.33%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.22%) CASB
13 2 (0.22%) Puppet
13 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 108 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 107 (11.80%) ServiceNow
3 76 (8.38%) Oracle
4 71 (7.83%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.52%) Atlassian
6 39 (4.30%) SAP
7 33 (3.64%) Google
8 20 (2.21%) Databricks
9 17 (1.87%) Adobe
10 14 (1.54%) Citrix
10 14 (1.54%) HP
11 13 (1.43%) IBM
12 12 (1.32%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.32%) Murex
12 12 (1.32%) Workday
13 11 (1.21%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.21%) Remedy
14 10 (1.10%) Informatica
14 10 (1.10%) Okta
14 10 (1.10%) Splunk