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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 36 57
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 965 774 666
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 5.69% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.34% 36.87% 28.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 637 531 462
10th Percentile £359 £325 £322
25th Percentile £425 £413 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £742
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 17
10th Percentile - £33.10 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
Median hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +41.91% -41.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.20 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £63.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -16.54% -5.93% +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 2,453 2,099 2,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.36% 15.44% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,432 1,635
10th Percentile £363 £340 £363
25th Percentile £438 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 24
10th Percentile - £26.04 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £33.50 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £83.95 £88.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -17 117 £550 +10.00% 36
South London +2 29 £513 -11.85% 4
West London -9 24 £400 -3.61% 7
North London 0 2 - - 3
East London -1 2 £425 +4.29% 3
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 (40.83%) Confluence
2 50 (5.18%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.93%) CMS
5 7 (0.73%) SAS
6 6 (0.62%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.41%) JBoss
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) nginx
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%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.15%) MS Visio
4 32 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.14%) Trello
7 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 5 (0.52%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.52%) Notion
10 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.10%) Mingle
11 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (2.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.24%) Aladdin
2 12 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.83%) Findur
4 7 (0.73%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.62%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.21%) SAP Retail
9 2 (0.21%) Shopify
9 2 (0.21%) Summit
9 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 280 (29.02%) Azure
2 152 (15.75%) Azure DevOps
3 151 (15.65%) AWS
4 80 (8.29%) Power Platform
5 71 (7.36%) GitHub
6 54 (5.60%) Entra ID
7 48 (4.97%) SaaS
8 43 (4.46%) Amazon S3
8 43 (4.46%) Serverless
9 40 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (4.04%) GCP
11 34 (3.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (2.07%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (1.76%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.28%) DNS
1 22 (2.28%) Firewall
2 16 (1.66%) VPN
3 15 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.83%) DHCP
5 7 (0.73%) Network Security
6 6 (0.62%) WAN
7 5 (0.52%) DKIM
7 5 (0.52%) DMARC
7 5 (0.52%) SSL
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) HTTP
8 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 3 (0.31%) NGFW
10 2 (0.21%) 5G
10 2 (0.21%) DSL
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.15%) Power BI
2 37 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
4 18 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.76%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.66%) Tableau
7 14 (1.45%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.35%) Metadata
9 12 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.14%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.83%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 8 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.73%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.62%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 110 (11.40%) Git
2 74 (7.67%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.25%) GitLab
4 31 (3.21%) Selenium
5 30 (3.11%) Zephyr
6 19 (1.97%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.87%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.87%) JUnit
8 15 (1.55%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.24%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.14%) TestRail
11 10 (1.04%) Postman
12 9 (0.93%) Appium
12 9 (0.93%) JMeter
13 7 (0.73%) Mockito
14 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
15 5 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 379 (39.27%) Finance
2 376 (38.96%) Social Skills
3 178 (18.45%) Banking
4 175 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (10.78%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (3.94%) Retail
8 36 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (3.32%) Front Office
10 31 (3.21%) Investment Banking
11 24 (2.49%) Legal
12 19 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.76%) Marketing
14 16 (1.66%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.66%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
16 12 (1.24%) Back Office
17 9 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 192 (19.90%) Analyst
2 125 (12.95%) Business Analyst
3 107 (11.09%) Developer
4 105 (10.88%) Lead
5 91 (9.43%) Senior
6 54 (5.60%) Project Manager
7 47 (4.87%) Delivery Manager
8 40 (4.15%) IT Support
9 37 (3.83%) Architect
10 31 (3.21%) Support Engineer
11 30 (3.11%) Consultant
12 29 (3.01%) Scrum Master
13 28 (2.90%) Test Leader
14 27 (2.80%) Product Owner
15 26 (2.69%) Test Manager
15 26 (2.69%) Tester
16 25 (2.59%) Data Engineer
17 24 (2.49%) IT Engineer
18 23 (2.38%) IT Support Engineer
18 23 (2.38%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.70%) REST
2 41 (4.25%) .NET
3 29 (3.01%) React
4 24 (2.49%) JSON
5 21 (2.18%) SOAP
6 18 (1.87%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.87%) Kafka
6 18 (1.87%) PySpark
7 17 (1.76%) HTML
8 16 (1.66%) CSS
8 16 (1.66%) Playwright
9 15 (1.55%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.55%) XML
10 14 (1.45%) Node.js
10 14 (1.45%) Spring
11 13 (1.35%) RESTful
11 13 (1.35%) Web Services
12 12 (1.24%) Middleware
12 12 (1.24%) OAuth
13 10 (1.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.47%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.94%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.49%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 19 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 17 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.76%) Derivative
8 17 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.55%) Credit Risk
9 15 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.24%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 10 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.01%) Windows
2 33 (3.42%) Linux
3 11 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.04%) Android
4 10 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.93%) Unix
6 7 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.21%) zOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (58.03%) Agile
2 308 (31.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 265 (27.46%) DevOps
4 214 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
5 180 (18.65%) CI/CD
6 172 (17.82%) Scrum
7 163 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 157 (16.27%) Migration
9 139 (14.40%) User Acceptance Testing
10 130 (13.47%) Test Automation
11 124 (12.85%) AI
12 123 (12.75%) User Stories
13 107 (11.09%) SDLC
14 103 (10.67%) Change Management
15 102 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 99 (10.26%) Acceptance Criteria
17 95 (9.84%) Validation
18 94 (9.74%) Project Management
18 94 (9.74%) Sprint Planning
19 92 (9.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 176 (18.24%) SQL
2 104 (10.78%) Python
3 73 (7.56%) Java
4 61 (6.32%) C#
5 39 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 34 (3.52%) PowerShell
7 31 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.55%) Bash
9 14 (1.45%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.14%) Groovy
11 10 (1.04%) Perl
12 9 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.62%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) C++
14 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
15 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Swift
15 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (22.07%) Security Cleared
2 190 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.36%) Degree
4 27 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.18%) PMP
6 19 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.76%) ISTQB
9 14 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.04%) CISSP
12 9 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.93%) IIBA
12 9 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.83%) CISM
14 7 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.54%) QA
2 66 (6.84%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.35%) PMO
4 26 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.69%) GDPR
4 26 (2.69%) SLA
5 20 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.24%) WCAG
7 8 (0.83%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.83%) NIST
8 7 (0.73%) GRC
9 6 (0.62%) MiFID
9 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.62%) SEPA
10 5 (0.52%) COBIT
11 4 (0.41%) EMIR
11 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.41%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.83%) Docker
3 8 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 72 (7.46%) Terraform
2 59 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 29 (3.01%) Ansible
4 21 (2.18%) Grafana
5 20 (2.07%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.04%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.93%) Control-M
7 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.52%) Consul
8 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.52%) SCOM
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Istio
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.41%) Podman
10 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 132 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 126 (13.06%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.15%) Salesforce
4 45 (4.66%) Oracle
5 35 (3.63%) SAP
6 32 (3.32%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.21%) Google
8 20 (2.07%) Remedy
9 18 (1.87%) Adobe
9 18 (1.87%) Splunk
10 17 (1.76%) IBM
10 17 (1.76%) Okta
11 15 (1.55%) Databricks
11 15 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.24%) Informatica
13 11 (1.14%) HP
13 11 (1.14%) Workday
14 10 (1.04%) BMC
14 10 (1.04%) DocuSign
14 10 (1.04%) ForgeRock