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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 49 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 884 583 696
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.33% 4.54% 3.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.83% 32.14% 30.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 382 486
10th Percentile £342 £300 £328
25th Percentile £415 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £672
90th Percentile £712 £725 £850
England median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 12
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £30.03
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £35.88
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -16.38% -33.56%
75th Percentile £76.75 £32.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £64.25
England median hourly rate £63.27 £62.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +1.23% +16.28% -15.69%

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 2,400 1,814 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.48% 14.12% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,622 1,235 1,644
10th Percentile £350 £344 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -5.31% -5.83%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 21
10th Percentile - £23.45 £25.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.41 £31.71
Median hourly rate £19.50 £47.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.95% +11.76% -26.09%
75th Percentile £76.75 £70.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £83.13 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.72% +1.20% +1.63%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -1 121 £550 +4.76% 45
South London +5 35 £519 +9.17% 1
West London -26 8 £500 +28.21% 9
East London +2 6 £450 - 16
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
1 396 (44.80%) Confluence
2 47 (5.32%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.05%) nginx
4 15 (1.70%) Apache
5 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.79%) CMS
6 7 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.68%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.68%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.23%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 82 (9.28%) Microsoft Project
2 73 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.77%) MS Visio
4 45 (5.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (1.92%) Trello
7 5 (0.57%) Notion
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.34%) InVision
9 3 (0.34%) Sketch
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.23%) InDesign
10 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.11%) Mingle
11 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.47%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.13%) Aladdin
4 10 (1.13%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.45%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.34%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.34%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 207 (23.42%) Azure
2 141 (15.95%) Azure DevOps
3 133 (15.05%) AWS
4 84 (9.50%) GitHub
5 61 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 33 (3.73%) Serverless
7 32 (3.62%) Entra ID
8 30 (3.39%) GCP
9 26 (2.94%) Amazon S3
9 26 (2.94%) SaaS
10 25 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.38%) Figma
13 20 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (1.92%) Miro
16 17 (1.92%) Slack
17 15 (1.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.83%) Firewall
2 16 (1.81%) DNS
3 13 (1.47%) VPN
4 12 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.24%) WAN
6 8 (0.90%) HTTP
7 7 (0.79%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.79%) FTP
7 7 (0.79%) Modbus
7 7 (0.79%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.79%) RS-232
7 7 (0.79%) RS-485
7 7 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.57%) LAN
9 5 (0.57%) Network Security
10 4 (0.45%) NAS
10 4 (0.45%) PSTN
10 4 (0.45%) SSL
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.09%) Power BI
2 31 (3.51%) Tableau
3 29 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.15%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (1.36%) Big Data
8 12 (1.36%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.13%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.02%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.90%) Metadata
11 8 (0.90%) Tick Data
12 7 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.79%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.68%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 112 (12.67%) Git
2 73 (8.26%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.86%) Selenium
4 42 (4.75%) GitLab
5 30 (3.39%) Bitbucket
6 28 (3.17%) Cucumber
6 28 (3.17%) JUnit
7 24 (2.71%) Zephyr
8 19 (2.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 16 (1.81%) Postman
9 16 (1.81%) TestRail
10 13 (1.47%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.36%) JMeter
11 12 (1.36%) Maven
11 12 (1.36%) SpecFlow
12 11 (1.24%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.13%) Appium
13 10 (1.13%) Cypress.io
14 9 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 338 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 328 (37.10%) Finance
3 162 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (15.16%) Banking
5 86 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.62%) Retail
9 30 (3.39%) Legal
10 26 (2.94%) Investment Banking
11 24 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.60%) Front Office
13 15 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.70%) Marketing
14 11 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.13%) Publishing
16 9 (1.02%) Billing
16 9 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 201 (22.74%) Analyst
2 147 (16.63%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.65%) Developer
4 85 (9.62%) Senior
5 74 (8.37%) Lead
6 65 (7.35%) Project Manager
7 36 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
8 33 (3.73%) Technical Analyst
9 31 (3.51%) Technical Business Analyst
9 31 (3.51%) Tester
10 30 (3.39%) Test Engineer
11 29 (3.28%) Architect
11 29 (3.28%) IT Support
12 28 (3.17%) Consultant
13 25 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (2.83%) Technical Manager
14 23 (2.60%) Data Engineer
14 23 (2.60%) Scrum Master
15 21 (2.38%) Support Engineer
16 20 (2.26%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.09%) REST
2 33 (3.73%) .NET
3 27 (3.05%) Kafka
3 27 (3.05%) React
4 26 (2.94%) Spring
5 23 (2.60%) XML
6 20 (2.26%) HTML
6 20 (2.26%) Playwright
6 20 (2.26%) RESTful
6 20 (2.26%) SOAP
7 19 (2.15%) CSS
8 18 (2.04%) JSON
9 16 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.70%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (1.70%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.58%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.58%) Node.js
12 12 (1.36%) ADO
12 12 (1.36%) Web Services
13 11 (1.24%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.39%) Product Ownership
2 43 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.58%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.58%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.13%) Equities
10 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.02%) CMDB
11 9 (1.02%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.02%) PMI
11 9 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (0.90%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.66%) Linux
2 47 (5.32%) Windows
3 16 (1.81%) Unix
4 10 (1.13%) Android
5 8 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (60.29%) Agile
2 240 (27.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 228 (25.79%) DevOps
4 212 (23.98%) Scrum
5 175 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (16.63%) CI/CD
8 145 (16.40%) Test Automation
9 124 (14.03%) Project Management
10 120 (13.57%) User Stories
11 113 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 105 (11.88%) User Acceptance Testing
13 104 (11.76%) Migration
14 98 (11.09%) Project Delivery
15 94 (10.63%) SDLC
16 92 (10.41%) Roadmaps
17 88 (9.95%) Decision-Making
18 87 (9.84%) Waterfall
19 86 (9.73%) Analytics
20 81 (9.16%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (18.21%) SQL
2 110 (12.44%) Python
3 92 (10.41%) Java
4 62 (7.01%) C#
5 48 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 35 (3.96%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.26%) PowerShell
8 17 (1.92%) Bash
9 12 (1.36%) C++
10 11 (1.24%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.79%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.68%) Korn
13 6 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.57%) Perl
14 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.57%) Ruby
14 5 (0.57%) XPath
15 4 (0.45%) Delphi
16 3 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 189 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 173 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 80 (9.05%) Degree
4 33 (3.73%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.62%) ISTQB
6 27 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (2.94%) PMP
8 20 (2.26%) CBAP
9 14 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.47%) ISEB
11 12 (1.36%) CISSP
11 12 (1.36%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.13%) IIBA
13 9 (1.02%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.90%) CSPO
15 7 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.79%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (13.46%) QA
2 46 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 35 (3.96%) PMO
4 32 (3.62%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.71%) GDPR
6 14 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.47%) NIST
8 11 (1.24%) SLA
8 11 (1.24%) WCAG
9 10 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.90%) GRC
11 7 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.57%) MiFID
12 5 (0.57%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.34%) Basel III
14 3 (0.34%) NCSC
14 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 56 (6.33%) Docker
2 28 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.90%) Squid
4 7 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.79%) Firmware
5 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 58 (6.56%) Kubernetes
1 58 (6.56%) Terraform
2 26 (2.94%) Ansible
3 19 (2.15%) Consul
4 17 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.70%) Grafana
6 14 (1.58%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.47%) Packer
8 12 (1.36%) HP ALM
9 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.79%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.57%) Control-M
13 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.23%) CASB
15 2 (0.23%) Puppet
15 2 (0.23%) SCCM
16 1 (0.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
16 1 (0.11%) vRealize
Vendors
1 103 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 94 (10.63%) ServiceNow
3 72 (8.14%) Oracle
4 65 (7.35%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.75%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.07%) SAP
7 27 (3.05%) Google
8 20 (2.26%) Databricks
9 16 (1.81%) Adobe
10 14 (1.58%) Citrix
11 13 (1.47%) IBM
11 13 (1.47%) Murex
12 12 (1.36%) HP
13 11 (1.24%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.24%) Remedy
13 11 (1.24%) Workday
14 10 (1.13%) Informatica
14 10 (1.13%) Planview
14 10 (1.13%) Red Hat