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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 48 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 824 604 747
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.52% 4.40% 4.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.35% 31.44% 31.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 383 537
10th Percentile £331 £272 £356
25th Percentile £425 £386 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £724 £725 £843
England median daily rate £500 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +1.21% -5.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £51.40 £20.75 £28.13
25th Percentile £64.00 £21.88 £32.66
Median hourly rate £90.00 £25.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year +260.00% -36.51% +32.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £29.38 £53.28
90th Percentile - £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.27 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +2.87% +6.96% -11.54%

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 2,267 1,921 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.19% 14.00% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,551 1,242 1,746
10th Percentile £351 £341 £380
25th Percentile £421 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £568
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -6.61% -5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £507 £538
% change year-on-year -1.47% -5.58% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £55.60 £22.25 £25.64
25th Percentile £74.50 £25.63 £32.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £98.75 £77.19 £58.44
90th Percentile £105.50 £87.88 £72.50
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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +1 111 £525 +3.61% 55
South London -1 29 £519 +36.46% 5
West London -29 6 £500 +30.72% 10
East London +2 5 £450 -18.18% 5
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
1 368 (44.66%) Confluence
2 44 (5.34%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.76%) nginx
4 12 (1.46%) Apache
5 9 (1.09%) CMS
6 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.97%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.73%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.73%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Traefik
9 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (8.13%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (5.22%) MS Visio
4 42 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
6 20 (2.43%) Trello
7 7 (0.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.61%) Notion
9 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.49%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.36%) InVision
10 3 (0.36%) Sketch
11 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.24%) InDesign
11 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.70%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (1.09%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.97%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.85%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.49%) Endur
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.49%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.36%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 199 (24.15%) Azure
2 144 (17.48%) AWS
3 113 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
4 84 (10.19%) GitHub
5 67 (8.13%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.85%) GCP
7 34 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.64%) SaaS
9 29 (3.52%) Serverless
10 25 (3.03%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
11 22 (2.67%) Figma
12 19 (2.31%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.31%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.31%) Slack
12 19 (2.31%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (2.06%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.16%) Firewall
2 21 (2.55%) DNS
3 16 (1.94%) HTTP
4 11 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.33%) VPN
4 11 (1.33%) WAN
5 10 (1.21%) FTP
5 10 (1.21%) SSH
6 8 (0.97%) SMTP
7 7 (0.85%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.85%) IMAP
7 7 (0.85%) Modbus
7 7 (0.85%) OpenLDAP
7 7 (0.85%) RS-232
7 7 (0.85%) RS-485
7 7 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.73%) SSL
9 5 (0.61%) Network Security
9 5 (0.61%) OpenVPN
9 5 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.31%) Power BI
2 34 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (3.76%) Tableau
5 20 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.31%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.94%) Data Vault
7 16 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (1.70%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.58%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.46%) Big Data
10 12 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 11 (1.33%) Metadata
12 9 (1.09%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.85%) Star Schema
14 7 (0.85%) Tick Data
15 6 (0.73%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 98 (11.89%) Git
2 77 (9.34%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.83%) GitLab
4 40 (4.85%) Selenium
5 29 (3.52%) Bitbucket
6 25 (3.03%) Postman
7 23 (2.79%) Cucumber
8 22 (2.67%) JUnit
8 22 (2.67%) SonarQube
9 19 (2.31%) TestRail
10 17 (2.06%) Zephyr
11 16 (1.94%) SpecFlow
12 15 (1.82%) Maven
13 13 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.09%) Cypress.io
15 9 (1.09%) ER Studio
15 9 (1.09%) ERwin
15 9 (1.09%) JMeter
15 9 (1.09%) PowerDesigner
General
1 334 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 281 (34.10%) Finance
3 150 (18.20%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (13.83%) Banking
5 82 (9.95%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (3.76%) Investment Banking
6 31 (3.76%) Retail
7 30 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.03%) Front Office
10 23 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.67%) Legal
12 14 (1.70%) Marketing
13 11 (1.33%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.21%) Back Office
14 10 (1.21%) Billing
14 10 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 179 (21.72%) Analyst
2 130 (15.78%) Business Analyst
3 105 (12.74%) Developer
4 84 (10.19%) Senior
5 68 (8.25%) Lead
6 66 (8.01%) Project Manager
7 33 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
8 32 (3.88%) Tester
9 29 (3.52%) Technical Business Analyst
10 25 (3.03%) Architect
10 25 (3.03%) Consultant
11 23 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (2.67%) Delivery Manager
12 22 (2.67%) Scrum Master
12 22 (2.67%) Senior Business Analyst
12 22 (2.67%) Test Engineer
13 20 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
14 19 (2.31%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.18%) QA Engineer
15 18 (2.18%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.04%) REST
2 35 (4.25%) .NET
3 31 (3.76%) SOAP
4 27 (3.28%) HTML
4 27 (3.28%) RESTful
5 25 (3.03%) AngularJS
5 25 (3.03%) Kafka
5 25 (3.03%) React
5 25 (3.03%) Spring
6 23 (2.79%) CSS
7 22 (2.67%) XML
8 21 (2.55%) Playwright
9 20 (2.43%) Oracle Fusion
10 18 (2.18%) Node.js
11 16 (1.94%) JSON
12 15 (1.82%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.70%) LDAP
14 13 (1.58%) Web Services
15 12 (1.46%) .NET Framework
15 12 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.19%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.76%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.79%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.43%) CMDB
7 17 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.06%) PMI
8 14 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.58%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.58%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.33%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.09%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.67%) Linux
2 42 (5.10%) Windows
3 17 (2.06%) Unix
4 10 (1.21%) Android
4 10 (1.21%) VMS
5 7 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (63.35%) Agile
2 227 (27.55%) Scrum
3 222 (26.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 214 (25.97%) DevOps
5 178 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (16.99%) CI/CD
7 137 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (15.17%) Project Management
8 125 (15.17%) Test Automation
9 117 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (13.83%) User Stories
11 93 (11.29%) Analytics
11 93 (11.29%) User Acceptance Testing
12 92 (11.17%) Migration
13 89 (10.80%) Project Delivery
14 84 (10.19%) Requirements Gathering
15 81 (9.83%) Roadmaps
16 80 (9.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 77 (9.34%) SDLC
17 77 (9.34%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 161 (19.54%) SQL
2 110 (13.35%) Python
3 81 (9.83%) Java
4 65 (7.89%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.85%) C#
6 34 (4.13%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.18%) Bash
9 13 (1.58%) C++
10 11 (1.33%) Groovy
11 10 (1.21%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.09%) Go
13 8 (0.97%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.85%) Embedded C++
14 7 (0.85%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.73%) Korn
15 6 (0.73%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.61%) Ruby
16 5 (0.61%) XPath
17 4 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 174 (21.12%) Security Cleared
2 159 (19.30%) SC Cleared
3 99 (12.01%) Degree
4 41 (4.98%) PMI Certification
5 34 (4.13%) ISTQB
6 28 (3.40%) PMP
7 22 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (2.67%) CBAP
8 17 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.58%) ISEB
11 11 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.09%) CISSP
13 8 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.85%) CFA
14 7 (0.85%) CSPO
14 7 (0.85%) IIBA
14 7 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (12.14%) QA
2 42 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.25%) PMO
4 32 (3.88%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.18%) GDPR
6 12 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.46%) NIST
7 10 (1.21%) WCAG
8 9 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.09%) SLA
9 7 (0.85%) GRC
10 6 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.61%) NCSC
11 5 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) SEPA
13 3 (0.36%) Basel III
13 3 (0.36%) MiFID
13 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 70 (8.50%) Docker
2 19 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.58%) Squid
4 7 (0.85%) DFS Replication
4 7 (0.85%) Dovecot
4 7 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.85%) Firmware
4 7 (0.85%) Postfix
5 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) etcd
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.83%) Terraform
3 23 (2.79%) Grafana
4 20 (2.43%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.31%) Ansible
6 17 (2.06%) Consul
7 13 (1.58%) Packer
8 11 (1.33%) HP ALM
9 10 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.97%) Nessus
11 7 (0.85%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.61%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.49%) Control-M
15 3 (0.36%) Istio
15 3 (0.36%) Puppet
15 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
15 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
15 3 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 86 (10.44%) ServiceNow
3 70 (8.50%) Oracle
4 63 (7.65%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.61%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.37%) SAP
7 24 (2.91%) Google
8 20 (2.43%) Databricks
9 14 (1.70%) Adobe
10 11 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.33%) HP
10 11 (1.33%) Murex
11 10 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.21%) Sparx
12 9 (1.09%) Citrix
12 9 (1.09%) Cloudera
12 9 (1.09%) Informatica
12 9 (1.09%) Planview
12 9 (1.09%) Splunk
13 8 (0.97%) Red Hat