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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 927 816 689
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.59% 6.07% 4.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.68% 37.71% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 590 476
10th Percentile £350 £331 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +0.24% -4.77%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £619
90th Percentile £750 £732 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £23.59
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% +65.00% -50.06%
75th Percentile £87.83 £47.50 £33.41
90th Percentile £88.01 £72.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +12.00%

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 2,598 2,164 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.86% 16.11% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,471 1,571
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 13
10th Percentile £19.15 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £38.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% +20.00% -39.76%
75th Percentile £80.79 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.50 £107.88 £71.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -16 124 £550 +10.00% 86
West London -8 24 £400 +1.27% 8
South London -15 15 £526 -9.42% 11
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32%
East London +2 4 £550 +34.97% 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
1 394 (42.50%) Confluence
2 54 (5.83%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.73%) CMS
5 6 (0.65%) SAS
6 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.54%) Camunda
6 5 (0.54%) MTS
7 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Traefik
8 3 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.22%) IIS
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (4.21%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.51%) Trello
7 9 (0.97%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.76%) Revit
9 5 (0.54%) Notion
10 4 (0.43%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.32%) Mingle
12 2 (0.22%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.54%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.43%) Findur
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.32%) Maximo
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
6 3 (0.32%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.22%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 262 (28.26%) Azure
2 151 (16.29%) AWS
3 144 (15.53%) Azure DevOps
4 91 (9.82%) Power Platform
5 73 (7.87%) GitHub
6 52 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (5.07%) SaaS
8 46 (4.96%) GCP
9 40 (4.31%) Amazon S3
9 40 (4.31%) Serverless
10 34 (3.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 32 (3.45%) Entra ID
12 28 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
13 26 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.59%) Miro
16 22 (2.37%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.02%) DNS
2 20 (2.16%) VPN
3 19 (2.05%) Firewall
4 17 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.29%) DHCP
6 7 (0.76%) WAN
7 6 (0.65%) HTTP
7 6 (0.65%) Network Security
8 5 (0.54%) DKIM
8 5 (0.54%) DMARC
8 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.43%) IPv4
9 4 (0.43%) SSH
10 3 (0.32%) Internet
10 3 (0.32%) IPv6
10 3 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (0.32%) SSL
10 3 (0.32%) VLAN
11 2 (0.22%) IMAP
11 2 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (8.74%) Power BI
2 46 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
2 46 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 30 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (1.73%) MongoDB
7 13 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (1.29%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.29%) Metadata
8 12 (1.29%) Redis
8 12 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (1.19%) Oracle Database
9 11 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.19%) Tableau
10 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 118 (12.73%) Git
2 80 (8.63%) Jenkins
3 50 (5.39%) GitLab
4 34 (3.67%) Selenium
5 25 (2.70%) Zephyr
6 24 (2.59%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.94%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.94%) Postman
8 16 (1.73%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.51%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.51%) JUnit
9 14 (1.51%) TestRail
10 13 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (1.29%) JMeter
11 12 (1.29%) Maven
12 10 (1.08%) Mockito
13 9 (0.97%) Gradle
14 8 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.76%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.65%) Appium
General
1 391 (42.18%) Finance
2 385 (41.53%) Social Skills
3 205 (22.11%) Banking
4 194 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (11.43%) Public Sector
6 48 (5.18%) Investment Banking
6 48 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.21%) Front Office
8 38 (4.10%) Retail
9 34 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.27%) Legal
11 21 (2.27%) Marketing
12 20 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.73%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.51%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.40%) Back Office
17 12 (1.29%) Law
18 11 (1.19%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (20.39%) Analyst
2 117 (12.62%) Business Analyst
3 112 (12.08%) Lead
4 98 (10.57%) Developer
5 94 (10.14%) Senior
6 56 (6.04%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.99%) Architect
8 33 (3.56%) Consultant
9 31 (3.34%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.24%) Delivery Manager
10 30 (3.24%) Test Leader
11 26 (2.80%) Scrum Master
12 25 (2.70%) Tester
13 24 (2.59%) Applications Support
14 23 (2.48%) Senior Manager
14 23 (2.48%) Support Engineer
15 22 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
16 21 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (2.16%) IT Manager
18 19 (2.05%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.44%) REST
2 64 (6.90%) Terraform
3 42 (4.53%) .NET
4 25 (2.70%) Kafka
5 24 (2.59%) JSON
5 24 (2.59%) React
6 23 (2.48%) AngularJS
6 23 (2.48%) Playwright
7 22 (2.37%) SOAP
8 20 (2.16%) HTML
8 20 (2.16%) RESTful
9 18 (1.94%) Web Services
10 17 (1.83%) pytest
11 15 (1.62%) CSS
11 15 (1.62%) Middleware
11 15 (1.62%) Spring
12 14 (1.51%) XML
13 13 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (1.40%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 131 (14.13%) Product Ownership
2 67 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 24 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (2.16%) Virtual Team
9 18 (1.94%) Credit Risk
9 18 (1.94%) Derivative
10 17 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.62%) Replication
12 14 (1.51%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (1.08%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.83%) Windows
2 48 (5.18%) Linux
3 13 (1.40%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.08%) Android
5 10 (1.08%) Unix
6 9 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.86%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.43%) VMS
9 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (60.73%) Agile
2 371 (40.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (28.80%) DevOps
4 227 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (21.47%) Scrum
6 193 (20.82%) CI/CD
7 154 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (16.50%) Migration
9 151 (16.29%) AI
10 146 (15.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 145 (15.64%) User Stories
12 131 (14.13%) Test Automation
13 125 (13.48%) Validation
14 111 (11.97%) Acceptance Criteria
15 107 (11.54%) Project Management
16 102 (11.00%) SDLC
16 102 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (10.25%) Analytics
18 93 (10.03%) Sprint Planning
19 92 (9.92%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 199 (21.47%) SQL
2 115 (12.41%) Python
3 63 (6.80%) Java
4 42 (4.53%) C#
5 41 (4.42%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.78%) JavaScript
7 26 (2.80%) Bash
8 24 (2.59%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.51%) Groovy
10 13 (1.40%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.08%) Perl
12 9 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.54%) Go
14 5 (0.54%) Tcl
14 5 (0.54%) VBA
15 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.32%) Korn
16 3 (0.32%) Swift
16 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 203 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 178 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.31%) Degree
4 41 (4.42%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.56%) PMP
6 25 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.37%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.83%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.40%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.08%) CBAP
13 8 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.76%) IIBA
15 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.54%) MBA
15 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (15.10%) QA
2 73 (7.87%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.53%) PMO
4 29 (3.13%) SLA
5 23 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.19%) ISO 20022
8 10 (1.08%) WCAG
9 8 (0.86%) SEPA
10 7 (0.76%) GDPR
10 7 (0.76%) GRC
10 7 (0.76%) NIST
11 6 (0.65%) COBIT
12 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.43%) MiFID
12 4 (0.43%) P3O
12 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.32%) IFRS
13 3 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 49 (5.29%) Docker
2 43 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.22%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.22%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.22%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) Postfix
5 2 (0.22%) Squid
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.56%) Grafana
3 26 (2.80%) Prometheus
4 24 (2.59%) Ansible
5 17 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.86%) Control-M
6 8 (0.86%) HP ALM
7 7 (0.76%) Istio
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.65%) SCOM
9 5 (0.54%) Argo
9 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.54%) SCCM
10 4 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.43%) Podman
11 3 (0.32%) Kibana
12 2 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.22%) Nessus
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 100 (10.79%) ServiceNow
3 53 (5.72%) Salesforce
4 48 (5.18%) Oracle
5 30 (3.24%) Google
6 27 (2.91%) Splunk
7 26 (2.80%) SAP
8 24 (2.59%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.27%) Remedy
10 20 (2.16%) IBM
11 17 (1.83%) Adobe
12 16 (1.73%) Databricks
12 16 (1.73%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.51%) Bloomberg
14 13 (1.40%) ION Trading
15 12 (1.29%) BMC
15 12 (1.29%) Dynatrace
15 12 (1.29%) Informatica
15 12 (1.29%) Planview
15 12 (1.29%) UiPath