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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 35 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 960 806 688
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.71% 5.98% 4.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.11% 37.75% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 569 475
10th Percentile £358 £329 £300
25th Percentile £429 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £623
90th Percentile £750 £745 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.30% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £22.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.25 £25.62
Median hourly rate £53.00 £44.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +56.14% -47.22%
75th Percentile £73.75 £47.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £60.00 £57.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -18.57% +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 2,587 2,135 2,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.70% 15.84% 14.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,683 1,445 1,591
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £769
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £23.95
25th Percentile £30.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +20.00% -44.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £107.88 £71.50
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 24 September 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 September 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 September 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 -14 127 £544 +8.80% 81
West London -9 28 £400 +1.27% 18
South London -12 18 £550 -5.34% 7
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32% 1
East London -2 3 £583 +42.94% 2
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
1 413 (43.02%) Confluence
2 54 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.67%) CMS
3 16 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.63%) SAS
5 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.52%) Camunda
5 5 (0.52%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.31%) Traefik
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Appian
9 1 (0.10%) Drupal
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.58%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.75%) MS Visio
4 35 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.46%) Trello
7 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 5 (0.52%) Notion
9 5 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.21%) Gliffy
11 2 (0.21%) Mingle
11 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.31%) Maximo
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 262 (27.29%) Azure
2 158 (16.46%) AWS
3 143 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
4 94 (9.79%) Power Platform
5 72 (7.50%) GitHub
6 51 (5.31%) SaaS
7 50 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (5.00%) GCP
9 39 (4.06%) Amazon S3
10 38 (3.96%) Serverless
11 37 (3.85%) Entra ID
12 34 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.29%) Miro
16 22 (2.29%) Snowflake
17 19 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.98%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.71%) DNS
2 20 (2.08%) Firewall
3 18 (1.88%) VPN
4 17 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.25%) DHCP
6 8 (0.83%) HTTP
7 7 (0.73%) Network Security
7 7 (0.73%) SSL
7 7 (0.73%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
8 5 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.42%) IPv4
9 4 (0.42%) SSH
10 3 (0.31%) Internet
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
11 2 (0.21%) DSL
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) SMTP
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.75%) Power BI
2 44 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 31 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.98%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (1.67%) Metadata
8 13 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.25%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.25%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (1.04%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.04%) Tableau
11 9 (0.94%) Redis
12 8 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 118 (12.29%) Git
2 77 (8.02%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.00%) GitLab
4 35 (3.65%) Selenium
5 25 (2.60%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.19%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.77%) Postman
8 16 (1.67%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.46%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.25%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.25%) JMeter
10 12 (1.25%) JUnit
11 11 (1.15%) Maven
11 11 (1.15%) TestRail
12 10 (1.04%) Mockito
13 8 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.83%) Gradle
14 7 (0.73%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 388 (40.42%) Finance
2 387 (40.31%) Social Skills
3 201 (20.94%) Banking
4 197 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (11.25%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.58%) Investment Banking
8 42 (4.38%) Retail
9 36 (3.75%) Front Office
10 29 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.40%) Marketing
12 20 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.08%) Legal
13 17 (1.77%) Retail Banking
13 17 (1.77%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.35%) Back Office
16 12 (1.25%) Law
17 11 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 191 (19.90%) Analyst
2 118 (12.29%) Business Analyst
3 113 (11.77%) Lead
4 96 (10.00%) Developer
5 92 (9.58%) Senior
6 55 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 39 (4.06%) Architect
8 33 (3.44%) Consultant
9 32 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
10 31 (3.23%) Product Owner
11 29 (3.02%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.81%) Test Leader
13 26 (2.71%) Applications Support
13 26 (2.71%) Tester
14 22 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.29%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.29%) Test Manager
15 20 (2.08%) Technical Analyst
16 19 (1.98%) Banking Analyst
16 19 (1.98%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.19%) REST
2 65 (6.77%) Terraform
3 42 (4.38%) .NET
4 26 (2.71%) AngularJS
4 26 (2.71%) JSON
5 25 (2.60%) React
5 25 (2.60%) SOAP
6 22 (2.29%) HTML
6 22 (2.29%) Kafka
6 22 (2.29%) Playwright
7 18 (1.88%) Middleware
8 16 (1.67%) CSS
8 16 (1.67%) RESTful
9 15 (1.56%) Web Services
10 14 (1.46%) OAuth
10 14 (1.46%) pytest
10 14 (1.46%) Spring
10 14 (1.46%) XML
11 13 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (1.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 131 (13.65%) Product Ownership
2 70 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.92%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 24 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (1.98%) Credit Risk
8 19 (1.98%) Derivative
8 19 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.98%) Virtual Team
9 18 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.56%) Replication
11 14 (1.46%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (1.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.52%) Windows
2 46 (4.79%) Linux
3 12 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.04%) Android
4 10 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.83%) Unix
6 8 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (59.79%) Agile
2 366 (38.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 272 (28.33%) DevOps
4 229 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (20.73%) Scrum
6 194 (20.21%) CI/CD
7 158 (16.46%) Migration
8 155 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (15.21%) AI
10 143 (14.90%) User Acceptance Testing
11 136 (14.17%) User Stories
12 129 (13.44%) Test Automation
13 122 (12.71%) Validation
14 111 (11.56%) Project Management
15 108 (11.25%) Acceptance Criteria
16 105 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 99 (10.31%) SDLC
18 96 (10.00%) Analytics
19 95 (9.90%) Sprint Planning
20 89 (9.27%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 191 (19.90%) SQL
2 116 (12.08%) Python
3 67 (6.98%) Java
4 39 (4.06%) C#
4 39 (4.06%) PowerShell
5 38 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 25 (2.60%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.40%) Bash
8 17 (1.77%) Groovy
9 13 (1.35%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.15%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.04%) Perl
12 5 (0.52%) Tcl
12 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.52%) VBA
13 4 (0.42%) Go
13 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.31%) C
14 3 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 215 (22.40%) Security Cleared
2 190 (19.79%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.13%) Degree
4 38 (3.96%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.13%) PMP
6 27 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.19%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.88%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.83%) IIBA
14 7 (0.73%) CBAP
15 5 (0.52%) CISSP
15 5 (0.52%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.52%) MBA
15 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (14.69%) QA
2 73 (7.60%) Data Quality
3 50 (5.21%) PMO
4 31 (3.23%) SLA
5 24 (2.50%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.56%) GDPR
8 12 (1.25%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.04%) WCAG
10 9 (0.94%) NIST
11 8 (0.83%) SEPA
12 7 (0.73%) GRC
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) MiFID
13 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.42%) EMIR
14 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.42%) P3O
15 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 47 (4.90%) Active Directory
1 47 (4.90%) Docker
2 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.21%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.21%) Firmware
5 2 (0.21%) Postfix
5 2 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 52 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.13%) Grafana
3 27 (2.81%) Prometheus
4 26 (2.71%) Ansible
5 20 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.04%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.83%) Control-M
7 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.73%) Istio
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.63%) SCOM
10 5 (0.52%) Argo
11 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.42%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.42%) Podman
11 4 (0.42%) SCCM
12 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.31%) Kibana
Vendors
1 156 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.67%) ServiceNow
3 61 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.90%) Oracle
5 32 (3.33%) Google
6 28 (2.92%) SAP
7 27 (2.81%) Atlassian
8 25 (2.60%) Splunk
9 21 (2.19%) Remedy
10 20 (2.08%) IBM
11 18 (1.88%) Adobe
12 15 (1.56%) Databricks
12 15 (1.56%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.46%) Bloomberg
14 12 (1.25%) BMC
14 12 (1.25%) Informatica
14 12 (1.25%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.25%) Okta
14 12 (1.25%) Planview
15 11 (1.15%) Workday