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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 35 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 967 793 664
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.82% 5.92% 4.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.28% 37.71% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 551 455
10th Percentile £359 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £741
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 16
10th Percentile - £34.20 £21.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £24.44
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.75 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +46.72% -43.52%
75th Percentile £73.44 £57.81 £66.56
90th Percentile £87.83 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £58.74 £62.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -6.02% -7.41% +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 2,526 2,103 2,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.58% 15.69% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,626 1,439 1,583
10th Percentile £375 £350 £363
25th Percentile £447 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £26.98 £22.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +36.07% -52.76%
75th Percentile £73.56 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.29 £84.50 -
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -13 118 £550 +10.00% 59
West London -7 28 £400 -1.23% 6
South London 0 20 £531 -8.56% 6
North London -2 2 - - 2
East London -3 2 £425 +4.29% 4
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
1 396 (40.95%) Confluence
2 53 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.34%) CMS
5 7 (0.72%) SAS
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.41%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.31%) MTS
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 69 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.89%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.14%) MS Visio
4 35 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.45%) Trello
7 10 (1.03%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 6 (0.62%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.52%) Notion
11 4 (0.41%) 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
12 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.24%) Aladdin
3 11 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.52%) Findur
4 5 (0.52%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.31%) Actimize
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
7 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Summit
7 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 274 (28.34%) Azure
2 155 (16.03%) Azure DevOps
3 149 (15.41%) AWS
4 88 (9.10%) Power Platform
5 71 (7.34%) GitHub
6 53 (5.48%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.17%) SaaS
8 45 (4.65%) Serverless
9 43 (4.45%) GCP
10 42 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (4.24%) Amazon S3
12 35 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
13 33 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (2.28%) Microsoft Copilot
17 21 (2.17%) Figma
18 20 (2.07%) Snowflake
19 19 (1.96%) Miro
20 18 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.48%) Firewall
2 22 (2.28%) DNS
3 17 (1.76%) VPN
4 16 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.83%) DHCP
6 7 (0.72%) Network Security
7 6 (0.62%) SSL
7 6 (0.62%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
9 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 4 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.41%) IPv4
9 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
11 2 (0.21%) 5G
11 2 (0.21%) Broadband
11 2 (0.21%) FTP
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (8.17%) Power BI
2 37 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.65%) Metadata
7 16 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.65%) Tableau
8 15 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.45%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.14%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.03%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.93%) Redis
14 8 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 123 (12.72%) Git
2 77 (7.96%) Jenkins
3 39 (4.03%) GitLab
4 36 (3.72%) Selenium
5 28 (2.90%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.17%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.76%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.55%) Postman
8 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (1.14%) JUnit
9 11 (1.14%) REST Assured
10 10 (1.03%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.93%) TestRail
12 7 (0.72%) JMeter
12 7 (0.72%) Maven
12 7 (0.72%) Mockito
13 6 (0.62%) Appium
13 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
14 5 (0.52%) Gradle
General
1 395 (40.85%) Finance
2 392 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 197 (20.37%) Banking
4 190 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.34%) Investment Banking
6 42 (4.34%) Retail
7 37 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.52%) Front Office
9 23 (2.38%) Legal
10 19 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (1.96%) Marketing
11 18 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.65%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.45%) Back Office
13 14 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
13 14 (1.45%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (20.06%) Analyst
2 123 (12.72%) Business Analyst
3 105 (10.86%) Developer
4 104 (10.75%) Lead
5 90 (9.31%) Senior
6 58 (6.00%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.83%) Consultant
8 36 (3.72%) Delivery Manager
9 34 (3.52%) Architect
10 32 (3.31%) Product Owner
11 29 (3.00%) IT Support
11 29 (3.00%) Support Engineer
12 27 (2.79%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.79%) Test Manager
13 26 (2.69%) Tester
14 25 (2.59%) Applications Support
14 25 (2.59%) Test Leader
15 23 (2.38%) Banking Analyst
15 23 (2.38%) Data Engineer
16 22 (2.28%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.45%) Terraform
2 60 (6.20%) REST
3 42 (4.34%) .NET
4 27 (2.79%) React
5 26 (2.69%) AngularJS
6 23 (2.38%) JSON
7 20 (2.07%) HTML
7 20 (2.07%) Playwright
8 19 (1.96%) Kafka
8 19 (1.96%) SOAP
9 16 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.65%) Middleware
10 15 (1.55%) CSS
10 15 (1.55%) PySpark
10 15 (1.55%) RESTful
11 14 (1.45%) XML
12 13 (1.34%) Node.js
12 13 (1.34%) Spring
13 12 (1.24%) OAuth
14 10 (1.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 114 (11.79%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.86%) Derivative
7 18 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (1.76%) Credit Risk
8 17 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 14 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.34%) Replication
12 12 (1.24%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.03%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.89%) Windows
2 43 (4.45%) Linux
3 12 (1.24%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.24%) Unix
4 10 (1.03%) Android
4 10 (1.03%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.72%) Amazon Linux
5 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.10%) VMS
9 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (59.77%) Agile
2 334 (34.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 275 (28.44%) DevOps
4 228 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
5 189 (19.54%) CI/CD
6 175 (18.10%) Scrum
7 160 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (15.82%) Migration
9 144 (14.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 132 (13.65%) AI
11 131 (13.55%) User Stories
12 129 (13.34%) Test Automation
13 111 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 107 (11.07%) Acceptance Criteria
15 103 (10.65%) SDLC
15 103 (10.65%) Validation
16 101 (10.44%) Project Management
17 100 (10.34%) Sprint Planning
18 98 (10.13%) Analytics
19 95 (9.82%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (19.13%) SQL
2 110 (11.38%) Python
3 65 (6.72%) Java
4 47 (4.86%) C#
5 44 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.14%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.07%) Bash
9 16 (1.65%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.34%) Groovy
11 12 (1.24%) Perl
12 10 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.52%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
15 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 216 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 190 (19.65%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.65%) Degree
4 31 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.59%) PMP
6 24 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.07%) ISTQB
8 16 (1.65%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.14%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.03%) IIBA
13 9 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.72%) CBAP
15 7 (0.72%) CISSP
16 6 (0.62%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.52%) CISM
17 5 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.24%) QA
2 68 (7.03%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.86%) PMO
4 29 (3.00%) SLA
5 26 (2.69%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.86%) GDPR
7 17 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.14%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.03%) WCAG
10 9 (0.93%) NIST
11 8 (0.83%) GRC
12 7 (0.72%) SEPA
13 6 (0.62%) MiFID
13 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.52%) COBIT
15 4 (0.41%) EMIR
15 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.41%) NCSC
15 4 (0.41%) P3O
15 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.93%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.27%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.90%) Ansible
3 24 (2.48%) Grafana
4 22 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.14%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.93%) Control-M
7 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.62%) SCOM
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Consul
9 4 (0.41%) Istio
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.41%) Podman
10 3 (0.31%) Argo
10 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 143 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 120 (12.41%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 44 (4.55%) Oracle
5 37 (3.83%) SAP
6 35 (3.62%) Google
7 28 (2.90%) Atlassian
8 22 (2.28%) Splunk
9 19 (1.96%) Adobe
9 19 (1.96%) Remedy
10 18 (1.86%) Okta
11 15 (1.55%) IBM
11 15 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.45%) Databricks
13 13 (1.34%) Informatica
14 12 (1.24%) HP
14 12 (1.24%) Workday
15 11 (1.14%) BMC
15 11 (1.14%) ForgeRock
16 10 (1.03%) ION Trading