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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 48 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 858 587 743
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.48% 4.42% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.67% 31.63% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 382 533
10th Percentile £350 £290 £342
25th Percentile £421 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £673
90th Percentile £721 £700 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £26.56
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £82.00 £32.50 £40.47
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% +16.82% -17.69%

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 2,340 1,856 2,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.93% 13.99% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,590 1,228 1,720
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £419 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -6.61% -5.42%
75th Percentile £635 £675 £675
90th Percentile £727 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £504 £535
% change year-on-year -0.70% -5.89% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 24
10th Percentile - £34.75 £25.11
25th Percentile £18.75 £45.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £67.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.30% +63.64% -28.26%
75th Percentile £95.00 £83.13 £60.81
90th Percentile £101.00 £90.25 £73.16
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +2 118 £525 +3.70% 24
South London +2 37 £519 +15.23% 4
West London -31 8 £415 +4.94% 9
East London +5 5 £450 -18.18% 14
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 (45.80%) Confluence
2 47 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.38%) nginx
4 13 (1.52%) Apache
5 9 (1.05%) CMS
6 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.93%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.70%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.70%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Traefik
10 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 72 (8.39%) Microsoft Project
2 43 (5.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (4.90%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.98%) Trello
6 5 (0.58%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.35%) InVision
8 3 (0.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 3 (0.35%) Sketch
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.23%) InDesign
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.63%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.17%) Fidessa
2 10 (1.17%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.70%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.47%) Endur
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.35%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.35%) Findur
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 206 (24.01%) Azure
2 147 (17.13%) AWS
3 121 (14.10%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (9.91%) GitHub
5 64 (7.46%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.66%) GCP
7 32 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.50%) Serverless
9 26 (3.03%) Amazon S3
9 26 (3.03%) SaaS
10 23 (2.68%) Figma
11 22 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
12 20 (2.33%) Slack
12 20 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (2.10%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.98%) Miro
15 17 (1.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.68%) Firewall
2 19 (2.21%) DNS
3 12 (1.40%) HTTP
3 12 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.40%) VPN
4 11 (1.28%) WAN
5 8 (0.93%) FTP
6 7 (0.82%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.82%) Modbus
6 7 (0.82%) RS-232
6 7 (0.82%) RS-485
6 7 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.70%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.58%) Network Security
8 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.47%) LAN
9 4 (0.47%) NAS
9 4 (0.47%) SMTP
9 4 (0.47%) SSH
9 4 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.48%) Power BI
2 36 (4.20%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.15%) Tableau
4 25 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.10%) NoSQL
7 17 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.63%) Data Vault
8 14 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (1.52%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.52%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.40%) Big Data
11 11 (1.28%) Metadata
12 10 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 9 (1.05%) Hadoop
14 8 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.82%) Star Schema
15 7 (0.82%) Tick Data
16 6 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 101 (11.77%) Git
2 76 (8.86%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.59%) GitLab
4 41 (4.78%) Selenium
5 29 (3.38%) Bitbucket
6 28 (3.26%) Cucumber
6 28 (3.26%) JUnit
7 22 (2.56%) Postman
8 19 (2.21%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.21%) Zephyr
9 18 (2.10%) TestRail
10 14 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.63%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.52%) JMeter
11 13 (1.52%) Maven
12 12 (1.40%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.28%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.93%) ERwin
14 8 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
14 8 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 335 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 301 (35.08%) Finance
3 157 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (13.29%) Banking
5 83 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
6 35 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (3.85%) Retail
8 32 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (3.38%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.80%) Legal
12 20 (2.33%) Front Office
13 14 (1.63%) Marketing
14 13 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.17%) Publishing
17 9 (1.05%) Back Office
17 9 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (0.93%) Billing
Job Titles
1 192 (22.38%) Analyst
2 137 (15.97%) Business Analyst
3 98 (11.42%) Developer
4 84 (9.79%) Senior
5 68 (7.93%) Lead
6 66 (7.69%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.08%) Tester
8 31 (3.61%) Technical Analyst
9 30 (3.50%) Architect
10 28 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
11 27 (3.15%) Consultant
11 27 (3.15%) Technical Business Analyst
11 27 (3.15%) Test Engineer
12 26 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.68%) Scrum Master
14 21 (2.45%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.45%) Test Analyst
15 20 (2.33%) Technical Manager
16 19 (2.21%) Product Owner
16 19 (2.21%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.83%) REST
2 38 (4.43%) .NET
3 27 (3.15%) Kafka
4 26 (3.03%) React
5 25 (2.91%) Playwright
6 24 (2.80%) HTML
6 24 (2.80%) XML
7 23 (2.68%) RESTful
7 23 (2.68%) Spring
8 22 (2.56%) SOAP
9 20 (2.33%) AngularJS
9 20 (2.33%) CSS
10 18 (2.10%) JSON
10 18 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.86%) Node.js
12 15 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (1.52%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.52%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.40%) Web Services
15 10 (1.17%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 84 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 36 (4.20%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.45%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.40%) CMDB
10 12 (1.40%) PMI
10 12 (1.40%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.28%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.94%) Linux
2 42 (4.90%) Windows
3 16 (1.86%) Unix
4 10 (1.17%) Android
5 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.70%) VMS
7 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (61.66%) Agile
2 228 (26.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 222 (25.87%) Scrum
4 217 (25.29%) DevOps
5 175 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
6 153 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 146 (17.02%) CI/CD
8 135 (15.73%) Test Automation
9 121 (14.10%) Project Management
10 118 (13.75%) User Stories
11 105 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (11.66%) Migration
13 93 (10.84%) Project Delivery
14 89 (10.37%) Roadmaps
14 89 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
15 88 (10.26%) Analytics
16 82 (9.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 82 (9.56%) SDLC
16 82 (9.56%) Waterfall
17 79 (9.21%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 152 (17.72%) SQL
2 114 (13.29%) Python
3 86 (10.02%) Java
4 52 (6.06%) C#
4 52 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 35 (4.08%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.21%) Bash
8 13 (1.52%) C++
9 10 (1.17%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.05%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.93%) Go
12 7 (0.82%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.58%) Korn
14 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.58%) Ruby
14 5 (0.58%) XPath
15 4 (0.47%) Delphi
15 4 (0.47%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 185 (21.56%) Security Cleared
2 169 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.91%) Degree
4 34 (3.96%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.73%) ISTQB
6 26 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.80%) PMP
8 21 (2.45%) CBAP
9 15 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.75%) ISEB
10 13 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.17%) CISSP
12 9 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.93%) IIBA
14 7 (0.82%) CSPO
14 7 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.82%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (12.24%) QA
2 45 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.08%) Accessibility
4 34 (3.96%) PMO
5 23 (2.68%) GDPR
6 14 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.52%) WCAG
8 12 (1.40%) NIST
9 10 (1.17%) SLA
10 9 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.82%) GRC
12 5 (0.58%) NCSC
12 5 (0.58%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.47%) MiFID
14 3 (0.35%) Basel III
14 3 (0.35%) SEPA
15 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS
System Software
1 66 (7.69%) Docker
2 21 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.17%) Squid
4 7 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.82%) Firmware
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.35%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.35%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.35%) Postfix
6 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.83%) Terraform
3 23 (2.68%) Ansible
4 21 (2.45%) Grafana
5 18 (2.10%) Consul
5 18 (2.10%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.52%) Packer
7 12 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.05%) HP ALM
8 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.70%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.47%) Control-M
10 4 (0.47%) Nessus
11 3 (0.35%) Istio
11 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.35%) Puppet
11 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 88 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 75 (8.74%) Oracle
4 68 (7.93%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.43%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.20%) SAP
7 25 (2.91%) Google
8 22 (2.56%) Databricks
9 17 (1.98%) Adobe
10 12 (1.40%) Murex
11 11 (1.28%) Citrix
11 11 (1.28%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.28%) IBM
12 10 (1.17%) Informatica
12 10 (1.17%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.17%) Planview
12 10 (1.17%) Remedy
13 9 (1.05%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.05%) Red Hat