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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 42 57
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 896 633 674
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 5.23% 3.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.44% 34.27% 28.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 419 463
10th Percentile £343 £332 £325
25th Percentile £421 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £516 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -4.00% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £736 £750 £800
England median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 20
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.80
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +16.80% -40.55%
75th Percentile £68.13 £43.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 2,331 1,847 2,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.63% 15.26% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 1,233 1,669
10th Percentile £358 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £627 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 28
10th Percentile - £23.97 £24.10
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.77 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year - +2.64% -47.81%
75th Percentile £73.00 £43.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £55.50 £71.44
England median hourly rate £67.50 £61.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% +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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -8 111 £550 +5.26% 60
South London +9 33 £513 +7.89% 5
West London -15 22 £400 - 8
East London -3 5 £450 +12.50% 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
1 370 (41.29%) Confluence
2 49 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.34%) Apache
5 10 (1.12%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.67%) SAS
8 4 (0.45%) JBoss
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.22%) Kentico
10 2 (0.22%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 64 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 57 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (4.46%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.78%) Trello
7 5 (0.56%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.56%) Revit
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Notion
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.00%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.78%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.78%) Findur
4 7 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.45%) Actimize
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.45%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
7 3 (0.33%) Summit
8 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 216 (24.11%) Azure
2 131 (14.62%) Azure DevOps
3 129 (14.40%) AWS
4 60 (6.70%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.47%) GitHub
6 50 (5.58%) Entra ID
7 44 (4.91%) SaaS
8 43 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (4.46%) Amazon S3
10 34 (3.79%) Serverless
11 31 (3.46%) GCP
12 28 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (2.46%) Slack
15 20 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 19 (2.12%) Figma
16 19 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.12%) Google Workspace
17 15 (1.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.79%) Firewall
2 19 (2.12%) DNS
3 15 (1.67%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.56%) VPN
5 8 (0.89%) HTTP
6 7 (0.78%) Network Security
6 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.78%) SSL
7 6 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.67%) WAN
8 5 (0.56%) FTP
8 5 (0.56%) LAN
8 5 (0.56%) Modbus
8 5 (0.56%) RS-232
8 5 (0.56%) RS-485
8 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.45%) DKIM
9 4 (0.45%) DMARC
9 4 (0.45%) PSTN
9 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.25%) Power BI
2 29 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (2.57%) Tableau
5 18 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
8 13 (1.45%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.23%) Metadata
9 11 (1.23%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
12 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.67%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 104 (11.61%) Git
2 55 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.79%) Selenium
4 32 (3.57%) GitLab
5 28 (3.13%) Zephyr
6 24 (2.68%) JUnit
7 16 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 15 (1.67%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.45%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.23%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.00%) Appium
11 9 (1.00%) REST Assured
11 9 (1.00%) TestRail
12 8 (0.89%) JMeter
12 8 (0.89%) Postman
13 7 (0.78%) Maven
14 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.56%) Mockito
16 4 (0.45%) TestNG
General
1 345 (38.50%) Finance
2 335 (37.39%) Social Skills
3 160 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (16.74%) Banking
5 99 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.46%) Retail
7 38 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.35%) Investment Banking
10 29 (3.24%) Legal
11 28 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (2.79%) Front Office
13 16 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.56%) Marketing
16 13 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
18 11 (1.23%) Back Office
19 9 (1.00%) Billing
19 9 (1.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 188 (20.98%) Analyst
2 123 (13.73%) Business Analyst
3 96 (10.71%) Developer
3 96 (10.71%) Lead
4 85 (9.49%) Senior
5 50 (5.58%) Project Manager
6 48 (5.36%) Delivery Manager
7 39 (4.35%) IT Support
8 32 (3.57%) Consultant
9 29 (3.24%) Technical Manager
10 28 (3.13%) Data Engineer
10 28 (3.13%) Scrum Master
11 27 (3.01%) Architect
12 26 (2.90%) Support Engineer
13 25 (2.79%) Banking Analyst
13 25 (2.79%) Tester
14 24 (2.68%) Test Leader
15 23 (2.57%) IT Engineer
15 23 (2.57%) IT Support Engineer
16 22 (2.46%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.35%) REST
2 27 (3.01%) .NET
2 27 (3.01%) React
3 25 (2.79%) Kafka
4 20 (2.23%) Spring
5 19 (2.12%) AngularJS
6 18 (2.01%) HTML
6 18 (2.01%) RESTful
7 17 (1.90%) SOAP
8 16 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.67%) CSS
9 15 (1.67%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.56%) OpenID
11 13 (1.45%) Node.js
11 13 (1.45%) PySpark
12 12 (1.34%) OAuth
12 12 (1.34%) Playwright
13 11 (1.23%) ADO
13 11 (1.23%) JSON
13 11 (1.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.60%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.57%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.23%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.67%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.56%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.45%) Derivative
11 13 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.23%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.12%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.00%) Credit Risk
15 8 (0.89%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.92%) Windows
2 35 (3.91%) Linux
3 10 (1.12%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.00%) Unix
5 6 (0.67%) Android
6 5 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (55.25%) Agile
2 251 (28.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 218 (24.33%) DevOps
4 186 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
5 176 (19.64%) Scrum
6 164 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 137 (15.29%) CI/CD
8 128 (14.29%) Migration
8 128 (14.29%) Test Automation
9 111 (12.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 110 (12.28%) User Stories
11 104 (11.61%) Project Management
12 100 (11.16%) SDLC
13 96 (10.71%) Change Management
14 95 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 92 (10.27%) Data Modelling
15 92 (10.27%) Roadmaps
16 90 (10.04%) Analytics
17 86 (9.60%) Acceptance Criteria
18 85 (9.49%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 154 (17.19%) SQL
2 99 (11.05%) Python
3 80 (8.93%) Java
4 55 (6.14%) C#
5 35 (3.91%) TypeScript
6 34 (3.79%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.34%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.67%) Bash
9 14 (1.56%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.12%) C++
11 8 (0.89%) Groovy
12 7 (0.78%) Perl
13 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.56%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.33%) Bicep
15 3 (0.33%) C
16 2 (0.22%) PHP
16 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 195 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 171 (19.08%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.03%) Degree
4 26 (2.90%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.57%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.34%) PMP
7 18 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.12%) CBAP
11 9 (1.00%) CISSP
11 9 (1.00%) ISEB
11 9 (1.00%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.78%) CISM
12 7 (0.78%) IIBA
13 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.72%) QA
2 65 (7.25%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.02%) PMO
4 26 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.90%) GDPR
5 24 (2.68%) SLA
6 17 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.23%) NIST
7 11 (1.23%) WCAG
8 8 (0.89%) GRC
9 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.78%) MiFID
10 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.45%) COBIT
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%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 42 (4.69%) Docker
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (6.36%) Terraform
2 56 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.46%) Ansible
3 22 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.23%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.01%) Grafana
6 12 (1.34%) Consul
7 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.78%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.56%) Control-M
10 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.22%) Packer
11 2 (0.22%) Podman
11 2 (0.22%) Puppet
11 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 116 (12.95%) ServiceNow
2 114 (12.72%) Microsoft
3 72 (8.04%) Salesforce
4 59 (6.58%) Oracle
5 37 (4.13%) SAP
6 34 (3.79%) Atlassian
7 32 (3.57%) Google
8 18 (2.01%) Databricks
9 15 (1.67%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.56%) Adobe
11 13 (1.45%) Informatica
12 12 (1.34%) Murex
12 12 (1.34%) Okta
13 11 (1.23%) IBM
13 11 (1.23%) Workday
14 10 (1.12%) Bloomberg
14 10 (1.12%) ForgeRock
14 10 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.00%) Dynatrace
15 9 (1.00%) Remedy