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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 46 53
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 886 581 689
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.22% 4.61% 3.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.21% 32.37% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 378 470
10th Percentile £346 £300 £325
25th Percentile £415 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £714 £738 £850
England median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 15
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.13
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% -38.89%
75th Percentile £73.56 £32.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £93.18 - £68.75
England median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £49.19
% change year-on-year +0.80% +27.06% -21.30%

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 2,381 1,795 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.03% 14.25% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,595 1,216 1,642
10th Percentile £356 £341 £363
25th Percentile £423 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £553
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -5.06% -7.83%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 23
10th Percentile - £22.93 £22.60
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £25.81
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -25.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £73.56 £67.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £93.18 £84.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -5 112 £550 +5.26% 52
South London +6 39 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -26 12 £400 +3.23% 9
East London - 6 £450 - 16
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
1 392 (44.24%) Confluence
2 45 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.05%) nginx
4 16 (1.81%) Apache
5 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.68%) CMS
7 6 (0.68%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.68%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.23%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 81 (9.14%) Microsoft Project
2 73 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (5.53%) MS Visio
4 43 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
6 16 (1.81%) Trello
7 5 (0.56%) Notion
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.34%) InVision
9 3 (0.34%) Sketch
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.23%) InDesign
10 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.47%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.13%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.90%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.45%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.34%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.34%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 210 (23.70%) Azure
2 134 (15.12%) Azure DevOps
3 132 (14.90%) AWS
4 71 (8.01%) GitHub
5 60 (6.77%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.84%) Serverless
8 30 (3.39%) SaaS
9 28 (3.16%) GCP
10 26 (2.93%) Amazon S3
10 26 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (2.71%) Figma
13 19 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (2.03%) Slack
15 17 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.92%) Miro
16 16 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 14 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.14%) Firewall
2 13 (1.47%) DNS
3 12 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.13%) HTTP
5 8 (0.90%) SSL
5 8 (0.90%) VPN
6 7 (0.79%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.79%) FTP
6 7 (0.79%) Modbus
6 7 (0.79%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.79%) RS-232
6 7 (0.79%) RS-485
7 6 (0.68%) WAN
8 5 (0.56%) LAN
8 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.45%) NAS
9 4 (0.45%) PSTN
9 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.34%) Network Security
11 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.08%) Power BI
2 32 (3.61%) Tableau
3 30 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.26%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.35%) Big Data
9 12 (1.35%) Metadata
9 12 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.13%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.79%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.68%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.68%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 116 (13.09%) Git
2 62 (7.00%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.74%) Selenium
4 36 (4.06%) GitLab
5 29 (3.27%) Bitbucket
6 26 (2.93%) Cucumber
6 26 (2.93%) JUnit
7 25 (2.82%) Zephyr
8 16 (1.81%) Postman
8 16 (1.81%) TestRail
9 14 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.47%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.35%) JMeter
12 11 (1.24%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.24%) SpecFlow
13 10 (1.13%) Appium
13 10 (1.13%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.13%) Maven
14 7 (0.79%) ScriptRunner
14 7 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 334 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 331 (37.36%) Finance
3 166 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (15.01%) Banking
5 90 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.72%) Retail
9 32 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.27%) Legal
11 26 (2.93%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.60%) Front Office
13 21 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.81%) Marketing
15 15 (1.69%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.13%) Publishing
17 9 (1.02%) Back Office
17 9 (1.02%) Billing
17 9 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (21.44%) Analyst
2 133 (15.01%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.63%) Developer
4 93 (10.50%) Senior
5 75 (8.47%) Lead
6 62 (7.00%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.29%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.61%) Tester
9 31 (3.50%) Architect
10 30 (3.39%) Test Engineer
11 29 (3.27%) IT Support
12 28 (3.16%) Consultant
13 27 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (2.93%) Technical Manager
15 25 (2.82%) Data Engineer
16 24 (2.71%) Scrum Master
17 22 (2.48%) Support Engineer
18 21 (2.37%) Banking Analyst
18 21 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
19 20 (2.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.30%) REST
2 34 (3.84%) .NET
3 30 (3.39%) React
4 28 (3.16%) Kafka
5 24 (2.71%) Spring
6 23 (2.60%) HTML
7 21 (2.37%) AngularJS
7 21 (2.37%) RESTful
8 20 (2.26%) CSS
8 20 (2.26%) XML
9 19 (2.14%) Node.js
9 19 (2.14%) Playwright
10 18 (2.03%) JSON
11 17 (1.92%) SOAP
12 16 (1.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
13 15 (1.69%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.35%) OpenID
14 12 (1.35%) Web Services
15 11 (1.24%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 13 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.47%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.24%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.13%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.02%) Derivative
10 9 (1.02%) Equities
10 9 (1.02%) Fixed Income
11 8 (0.90%) Market Risk
11 8 (0.90%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.53%) Linux
2 48 (5.42%) Windows
3 14 (1.58%) Unix
4 9 (1.02%) Android
5 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (59.71%) Agile
2 239 (26.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 223 (25.17%) DevOps
4 207 (23.36%) Scrum
5 182 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (16.59%) Test Automation
8 139 (15.69%) CI/CD
9 127 (14.33%) Project Management
10 114 (12.87%) User Stories
11 109 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 106 (11.96%) User Acceptance Testing
13 101 (11.40%) Migration
14 97 (10.95%) SDLC
15 94 (10.61%) Roadmaps
16 92 (10.38%) Project Delivery
17 91 (10.27%) Decision-Making
18 90 (10.16%) Change Management
19 86 (9.71%) Analytics
20 85 (9.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 160 (18.06%) SQL
2 107 (12.08%) Python
3 94 (10.61%) Java
4 60 (6.77%) C#
5 52 (5.87%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.40%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.81%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.69%) Bash
9 14 (1.58%) C++
10 13 (1.47%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.79%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.56%) C
13 5 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.56%) Perl
13 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.56%) Ruby
13 5 (0.56%) XPath
14 4 (0.45%) Delphi
15 3 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 185 (20.88%) Security Cleared
2 170 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.35%) Degree
4 31 (3.50%) ISTQB
5 28 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.48%) PMP
7 17 (1.92%) CBAP
8 13 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.35%) CISSP
9 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.24%) IIBA
10 11 (1.24%) ISEB
11 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.79%) CISM
12 7 (0.79%) CSPO
12 7 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (13.66%) QA
2 51 (5.76%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.18%) PMO
4 32 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 27 (3.05%) GDPR
6 15 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.47%) NIST
8 11 (1.24%) SLA
8 11 (1.24%) WCAG
9 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.79%) GRC
11 5 (0.56%) MiFID
11 5 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.34%) Basel III
13 3 (0.34%) NCSC
13 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 55 (6.21%) Docker
2 33 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.90%) Squid
4 7 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.79%) Firmware
5 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.21%) Terraform
3 20 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.14%) Consul
5 16 (1.81%) Ansible
6 13 (1.47%) Grafana
6 13 (1.47%) HP ALM
6 13 (1.47%) Packer
7 12 (1.35%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.79%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.56%) Control-M
10 5 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.23%) CASB
13 2 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 102 (11.51%) ServiceNow
3 72 (8.13%) Salesforce
4 71 (8.01%) Oracle
5 42 (4.74%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.06%) SAP
7 29 (3.27%) Google
8 20 (2.26%) Databricks
9 17 (1.92%) Adobe
10 14 (1.58%) Citrix
11 13 (1.47%) HP
11 13 (1.47%) IBM
11 13 (1.47%) Murex
12 12 (1.35%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.24%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.24%) Remedy
13 11 (1.24%) Workday
14 10 (1.13%) Informatica
14 10 (1.13%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.02%) Bloomberg