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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 34 49
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 -1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 932 816 684
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.61% 6.09% 4.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.85% 37.81% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 588 472
10th Percentile £350 £331 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.50% -6.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £23.59
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% +65.00% -50.06%
75th Percentile £87.83 £47.50 £33.41
90th Percentile £88.01 £72.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £58.74 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.79% -21.43% +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 2,600 2,158 2,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.86% 16.11% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 1,463 1,563
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 13
10th Percentile £19.15 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £38.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% +20.00% -39.76%
75th Percentile £80.79 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.50 £107.88 £71.75
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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -14 124 £550 +8.37% 91
West London -9 24 £400 +1.27% 9
South London -12 15 £526 -9.42% 12
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32%
East London +2 4 £550 +34.97% 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
1 397 (42.60%) Confluence
2 54 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.72%) CMS
5 6 (0.64%) SAS
6 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.54%) Camunda
6 5 (0.54%) MTS
7 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Traefik
8 3 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (6.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.51%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (4.18%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.50%) Trello
7 9 (0.97%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.75%) Revit
9 5 (0.54%) Notion
10 4 (0.43%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.32%) Mingle
12 2 (0.21%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.11%) Sketch
13 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.54%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.43%) Findur
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.32%) Maximo
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
6 3 (0.32%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 263 (28.22%) Azure
2 153 (16.42%) AWS
3 147 (15.77%) Azure DevOps
4 92 (9.87%) Power Platform
5 75 (8.05%) GitHub
6 51 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (5.04%) GCP
7 47 (5.04%) SaaS
8 40 (4.29%) Amazon S3
8 40 (4.29%) Serverless
9 34 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 31 (3.33%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (2.58%) Miro
15 22 (2.36%) Snowflake
16 19 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (1.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.90%) DNS
2 19 (2.04%) Firewall
2 19 (2.04%) VPN
3 16 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.29%) DHCP
5 7 (0.75%) Network Security
5 7 (0.75%) WAN
6 6 (0.64%) HTTP
7 5 (0.54%) DKIM
7 5 (0.54%) DMARC
7 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.43%) IPv4
8 4 (0.43%) SSH
9 3 (0.32%) Internet
9 3 (0.32%) IPv6
9 3 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.32%) SSL
10 2 (0.21%) FTP
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.80%) Power BI
2 46 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (1.72%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.29%) Metadata
9 12 (1.29%) Redis
9 12 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (1.18%) Tableau
11 10 (1.07%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 117 (12.55%) Git
2 79 (8.48%) Jenkins
3 51 (5.47%) GitLab
4 34 (3.65%) Selenium
5 25 (2.68%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.47%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.93%) Postman
8 16 (1.72%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.50%) JUnit
9 14 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.50%) TestRail
10 12 (1.29%) JMeter
10 12 (1.29%) Maven
11 10 (1.07%) Mockito
12 9 (0.97%) Gradle
13 8 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.75%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.64%) Appium
General
1 389 (41.74%) Finance
2 385 (41.31%) Social Skills
3 203 (21.78%) Banking
4 194 (20.82%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (11.48%) Public Sector
6 48 (5.15%) Investment Banking
6 48 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.18%) Front Office
8 38 (4.08%) Retail
9 34 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.36%) Marketing
12 21 (2.25%) Legal
13 20 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.72%) Retail Banking
16 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.39%) Back Office
18 12 (1.29%) Law
19 11 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (20.28%) Analyst
2 117 (12.55%) Business Analyst
3 112 (12.02%) Lead
4 96 (10.30%) Developer
5 94 (10.09%) Senior
6 57 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.97%) Architect
8 33 (3.54%) Consultant
9 31 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (3.33%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.22%) Test Leader
11 27 (2.90%) Scrum Master
12 25 (2.68%) Tester
13 23 (2.47%) Applications Support
13 23 (2.47%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
14 22 (2.36%) Support Engineer
15 21 (2.25%) IT Manager
15 21 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
16 19 (2.04%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.08%) REST
2 65 (6.97%) Terraform
3 39 (4.18%) .NET
4 25 (2.68%) Kafka
5 24 (2.58%) JSON
5 24 (2.58%) React
6 23 (2.47%) AngularJS
6 23 (2.47%) Playwright
7 21 (2.25%) SOAP
8 20 (2.15%) HTML
8 20 (2.15%) RESTful
9 17 (1.82%) pytest
10 16 (1.72%) Web Services
11 15 (1.61%) CSS
11 15 (1.61%) Middleware
11 15 (1.61%) Spring
12 14 (1.50%) XML
13 13 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (1.39%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.07%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.84%) Product Ownership
2 69 (7.40%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.11%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.79%) Data Structures
5 24 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.15%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.04%) Derivative
9 17 (1.82%) Credit Risk
9 17 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.61%) Replication
11 14 (1.50%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.07%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.58%) Windows
2 48 (5.15%) Linux
3 13 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.07%) Android
5 10 (1.07%) Unix
6 9 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.43%) VMS
10 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (60.62%) Agile
2 371 (39.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 268 (28.76%) DevOps
4 225 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (21.14%) Scrum
6 192 (20.60%) CI/CD
7 153 (16.42%) Migration
8 152 (16.31%) AI
9 151 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 145 (15.56%) User Acceptance Testing
10 145 (15.56%) User Stories
11 129 (13.84%) Test Automation
12 125 (13.41%) Validation
13 111 (11.91%) Acceptance Criteria
14 108 (11.59%) Project Management
15 105 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 100 (10.73%) SDLC
17 95 (10.19%) Analytics
18 92 (9.87%) Project Delivery
19 91 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 199 (21.35%) SQL
2 114 (12.23%) Python
3 61 (6.55%) Java
4 41 (4.40%) C#
5 40 (4.29%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.68%) Bash
8 24 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.50%) Groovy
10 13 (1.39%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.18%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.07%) Perl
13 6 (0.64%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.54%) Go
14 5 (0.54%) Tcl
14 5 (0.54%) VBA
15 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.32%) Korn
16 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 207 (22.21%) Security Cleared
2 180 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.37%) Degree
4 42 (4.51%) PMI Certification
5 34 (3.65%) PMP
6 26 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.36%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.82%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.07%) CBAP
13 8 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.75%) IIBA
15 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.54%) MBA
15 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (15.02%) QA
2 73 (7.83%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.61%) PMO
4 30 (3.22%) SLA
5 23 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.18%) ISO 20022
8 10 (1.07%) WCAG
9 8 (0.86%) GRC
9 8 (0.86%) NIST
9 8 (0.86%) SEPA
10 7 (0.75%) GDPR
11 6 (0.64%) COBIT
12 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.43%) MiFID
12 4 (0.43%) P3O
12 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.32%) NCSC
13 3 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (5.26%) Docker
2 42 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
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 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.43%) Grafana
3 26 (2.79%) Prometheus
4 24 (2.58%) Ansible
5 17 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.86%) Control-M
6 8 (0.86%) HP ALM
7 7 (0.75%) Istio
8 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.64%) SCOM
9 5 (0.54%) Argo
9 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.54%) SCCM
10 4 (0.43%) Podman
11 3 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.32%) Kibana
12 2 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.21%) Nessus
12 2 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 158 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 98 (10.52%) ServiceNow
3 53 (5.69%) Salesforce
4 45 (4.83%) Oracle
5 30 (3.22%) Google
6 26 (2.79%) SAP
6 26 (2.79%) Splunk
7 23 (2.47%) Atlassian
8 21 (2.25%) Remedy
9 20 (2.15%) IBM
10 17 (1.82%) Adobe
11 16 (1.72%) Databricks
11 16 (1.72%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.50%) Bloomberg
13 12 (1.29%) BMC
13 12 (1.29%) Informatica
13 12 (1.29%) ION Trading
13 12 (1.29%) Planview
14 11 (1.18%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.07%) Workday