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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 46 49
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 847 591 711
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.28% 4.53% 3.88%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.18% 32.30% 31.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 388 505
10th Percentile £350 £300 £339
25th Percentile £421 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £673
90th Percentile £716 £725 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £26.56
Median hourly rate £44.75 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +49.17% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £81.31 £32.50 £40.47
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.57 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.11% +13.64% -15.38%

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 2,341 1,830 2,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.59% 14.02% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,591 1,239 1,678
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £535 £566
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -5.52% -5.63%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 20
10th Percentile - £22.93 £24.70
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £30.00
Median hourly rate £44.75 £30.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +49.17% -27.27% -28.26%
75th Percentile £81.31 £71.25 £60.81
90th Percentile £95.00 £85.50 £73.66
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 9 March 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 March 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 March 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 -4 112 £550 +8.64% 39
South London +5 35 £513 +7.89% 4
West London -27 7 £500 +26.58% 5
East London +1 5 £450 -18.18% 18
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
1 380 (44.86%) Confluence
2 46 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.19%) nginx
4 13 (1.53%) Apache
5 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.83%) CMS
7 6 (0.71%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.71%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.71%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) SAS
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%) WebLogic
Applications
1 79 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (5.55%) MS Visio
4 46 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (2.13%) Trello
6 5 (0.59%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.35%) InVision
8 3 (0.35%) Sketch
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.24%) InDesign
9 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.53%) Loan IQ
3 11 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.18%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.94%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 6 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.35%) Algo Collateral
10 3 (0.35%) Findur
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
10 3 (0.35%) Summit
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 205 (24.20%) Azure
2 138 (16.29%) AWS
3 128 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (9.21%) GitHub
5 59 (6.97%) Power Platform
6 38 (4.49%) GCP
7 27 (3.19%) SaaS
7 27 (3.19%) Serverless
8 26 (3.07%) Entra ID
8 26 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.48%) Figma
10 19 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (2.24%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (2.01%) Miro
12 17 (2.01%) Slack
13 16 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.77%) Asana
14 15 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.60%) Firewall
2 16 (1.89%) DNS
3 13 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.42%) VPN
5 11 (1.30%) WAN
6 9 (1.06%) HTTP
7 7 (0.83%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.83%) Modbus
7 7 (0.83%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.83%) RS-232
7 7 (0.83%) RS-485
7 7 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.71%) FTP
9 5 (0.59%) Network Security
9 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.47%) LAN
10 4 (0.47%) NAS
10 4 (0.47%) PSTN
10 4 (0.47%) SSL
10 4 (0.47%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.96%) Power BI
2 32 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.42%) Tableau
4 25 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.13%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.77%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.42%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.42%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.30%) Data Vault
11 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.18%) Big Data
11 10 (1.18%) Delta Lake
12 8 (0.94%) Tick Data
13 7 (0.83%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.83%) Metadata
14 6 (0.71%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 102 (12.04%) Git
2 79 (9.33%) Jenkins
3 46 (5.43%) GitLab
4 43 (5.08%) Selenium
5 31 (3.66%) JUnit
6 30 (3.54%) Bitbucket
7 29 (3.42%) Cucumber
8 20 (2.36%) Zephyr
9 18 (2.13%) Postman
10 17 (2.01%) SonarQube
10 17 (2.01%) Sonatype Nexus
11 16 (1.89%) TestRail
12 12 (1.42%) JMeter
12 12 (1.42%) Maven
12 12 (1.42%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.30%) SpecFlow
14 10 (1.18%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.94%) Appium
15 8 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
16 6 (0.71%) TeamCity
General
1 327 (38.61%) Social Skills
2 307 (36.25%) Finance
3 158 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (14.29%) Banking
5 83 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.66%) Retail
10 28 (3.31%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.19%) Legal
12 24 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.48%) Front Office
14 15 (1.77%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.65%) Marketing
16 10 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.18%) Publishing
16 10 (1.18%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.06%) Billing
18 6 (0.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 194 (22.90%) Analyst
2 141 (16.65%) Business Analyst
3 98 (11.57%) Developer
4 80 (9.45%) Senior
5 64 (7.56%) Lead
5 64 (7.56%) Project Manager
6 33 (3.90%) Tester
7 32 (3.78%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
8 31 (3.66%) Test Engineer
9 30 (3.54%) Technical Business Analyst
10 28 (3.31%) Architect
11 27 (3.19%) Consultant
12 25 (2.95%) IT Support
12 25 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.72%) Technical Manager
14 22 (2.60%) Scrum Master
15 21 (2.48%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.36%) Java Developer
17 18 (2.13%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.55%) REST
2 31 (3.66%) .NET
3 26 (3.07%) Kafka
3 26 (3.07%) Spring
4 25 (2.95%) React
5 24 (2.83%) SOAP
5 24 (2.83%) XML
6 23 (2.72%) HTML
7 22 (2.60%) Playwright
7 22 (2.60%) RESTful
8 20 (2.36%) CSS
9 18 (2.13%) JSON
10 17 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.89%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.77%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.77%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.65%) Node.js
14 13 (1.53%) Web Services
15 11 (1.30%) ADO
16 10 (1.18%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.60%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.01%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.77%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.42%) CMDB
10 12 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.18%) Equities
11 10 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.18%) PMI
11 10 (1.18%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.06%) Derivative
12 9 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.79%) Linux
2 43 (5.08%) Windows
3 16 (1.89%) Unix
4 10 (1.18%) Android
5 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (61.04%) Agile
2 229 (27.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 222 (26.21%) DevOps
4 212 (25.03%) Scrum
5 172 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
6 159 (18.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (17.36%) CI/CD
8 137 (16.17%) Test Automation
9 118 (13.93%) Project Management
10 115 (13.58%) User Stories
11 108 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (11.81%) Migration
13 98 (11.57%) Project Delivery
14 91 (10.74%) User Acceptance Testing
15 88 (10.39%) Waterfall
16 87 (10.27%) Analytics
16 87 (10.27%) Roadmaps
17 84 (9.92%) SDLC
18 80 (9.45%) Decision-Making
19 78 (9.21%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.83%) SQL
2 107 (12.63%) Python
3 91 (10.74%) Java
4 57 (6.73%) C#
5 50 (5.90%) JavaScript
6 34 (4.01%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.48%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.01%) Bash
9 13 (1.53%) C++
10 9 (1.06%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.06%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.83%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.71%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.59%) Go
13 5 (0.59%) Korn
13 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.59%) Ruby
13 5 (0.59%) XPath
14 4 (0.47%) Delphi
14 4 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 181 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 166 (19.60%) SC Cleared
3 77 (9.09%) Degree
4 33 (3.90%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.42%) ISTQB
6 26 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.95%) PMP
8 20 (2.36%) CBAP
9 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.53%) ISEB
10 11 (1.30%) CISSP
11 10 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.06%) IIBA
13 8 (0.94%) CSPO
13 8 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.83%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (12.75%) QA
2 45 (5.31%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.90%) PMO
4 20 (2.36%) GDPR
5 13 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.42%) NIST
6 12 (1.42%) WCAG
7 10 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.18%) SLA
8 7 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.83%) GRC
9 5 (0.59%) MiFID
9 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.35%) Basel III
11 3 (0.35%) NCSC
11 3 (0.35%) SEPA
12 2 (0.24%) P3O
12 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (7.08%) Docker
2 25 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.94%) Squid
4 7 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.83%) Firmware
5 6 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (7.20%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.67%) Terraform
3 26 (3.07%) Ansible
4 19 (2.24%) Consul
5 16 (1.89%) Grafana
6 15 (1.77%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.53%) Packer
7 13 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.18%) HP ALM
9 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.83%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.47%) Control-M
13 3 (0.35%) Puppet
13 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.35%) SCCM
14 2 (0.24%) CASB
15 1 (0.12%) IBM Guardium
15 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 99 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 95 (11.22%) ServiceNow
3 74 (8.74%) Oracle
4 64 (7.56%) Salesforce
5 40 (4.72%) Atlassian
6 35 (4.13%) SAP
7 26 (3.07%) Google
8 22 (2.60%) Databricks
9 15 (1.77%) Adobe
10 14 (1.65%) Citrix
11 12 (1.42%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.42%) Murex
12 10 (1.18%) HP
12 10 (1.18%) IBM
12 10 (1.18%) Informatica
12 10 (1.18%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.18%) Planview
12 10 (1.18%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.18%) Remedy
13 9 (1.06%) Bloomberg