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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 37 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 983 781 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.88% 5.75% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.70% 37.19% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 542 454
10th Percentile £358 £318 £322
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £642 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 15
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.55% +37.69% -39.81%
75th Percentile £68.13 £57.81 £68.13
90th Percentile £78.97 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.70% -6.67% +8.00%

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 2,540 2,100 2,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.61% 15.45% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,635 1,437 1,600
10th Percentile £363 £338 £363
25th Percentile £440 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 22
10th Percentile - £26.98 £22.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.70% -33.93%
75th Percentile £72.75 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.20 £84.50 £71.81
England median hourly rate £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.23% - -

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -17 120 £550 +10.00% 38
South London +8 30 £513 -11.85% 7
West London -7 26 £400 -3.61% 5
East London 0 2 £425 +4.29% 5
North London -1 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
1 408 (41.51%) Confluence
2 53 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.22%) CMS
5 7 (0.71%) SAS
6 6 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.41%) JBoss
9 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.31%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
10 2 (0.20%) MTS
10 2 (0.20%) nginx
11 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (6.31%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.07%) MS Visio
4 30 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.42%) Trello
7 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.81%) Revit
9 6 (0.61%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.51%) Notion
11 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.10%) Mingle
12 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.12%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.81%) Findur
4 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Actimize
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.20%) Shopify
8 2 (0.20%) Summit
8 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 274 (27.87%) Azure
2 152 (15.46%) AWS
3 151 (15.36%) Azure DevOps
4 83 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 70 (7.12%) GitHub
6 54 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 48 (4.88%) SaaS
8 43 (4.37%) Amazon S3
8 43 (4.37%) Serverless
9 42 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (4.17%) GCP
11 36 (3.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
13 29 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
13 29 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (2.14%) Snowflake
15 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
16 19 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (1.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.34%) Firewall
2 22 (2.24%) DNS
3 16 (1.63%) VPN
4 15 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.81%) DHCP
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
7 6 (0.61%) SSL
7 6 (0.61%) WAN
8 5 (0.51%) DKIM
8 5 (0.51%) DMARC
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 4 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.31%) IPv4
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
11 2 (0.20%) 5G
11 2 (0.20%) IPv6
11 2 (0.20%) MPLS
11 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.43%) Power BI
2 37 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.64%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.63%) Metadata
7 16 (1.63%) Tableau
8 14 (1.42%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.81%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.71%) Redis
15 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 119 (12.11%) Git
2 74 (7.53%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.97%) GitLab
4 32 (3.26%) Selenium
5 30 (3.05%) Zephyr
6 18 (1.83%) JUnit
7 17 (1.73%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.73%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 15 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.22%) Postman
10 12 (1.22%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.02%) TestRail
12 9 (0.92%) Appium
13 8 (0.81%) JMeter
14 7 (0.71%) Mockito
15 6 (0.61%) Maven
15 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.51%) Artifactory
16 5 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 393 (39.98%) Social Skills
2 390 (39.67%) Finance
3 192 (19.53%) Banking
4 186 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.68%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.27%) Retail
7 41 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.87%) Investment Banking
9 35 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (3.15%) Front Office
11 25 (2.54%) Legal
12 19 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.83%) Marketing
14 16 (1.63%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
15 14 (1.42%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.32%) Back Office
17 11 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (19.43%) Analyst
2 119 (12.11%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.09%) Lead
4 102 (10.38%) Developer
5 94 (9.56%) Senior
6 60 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 41 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
8 37 (3.76%) Architect
9 34 (3.46%) Consultant
9 34 (3.46%) IT Support
10 32 (3.26%) Product Owner
11 29 (2.95%) Support Engineer
12 28 (2.85%) Test Leader
13 27 (2.75%) Scrum Master
14 26 (2.64%) Test Manager
14 26 (2.64%) Tester
15 24 (2.44%) Banking Analyst
15 24 (2.44%) Data Engineer
15 24 (2.44%) Technical Manager
16 23 (2.34%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.80%) REST
2 42 (4.27%) .NET
3 25 (2.54%) React
4 24 (2.44%) JSON
5 22 (2.24%) AngularJS
6 21 (2.14%) Kafka
6 21 (2.14%) SOAP
7 17 (1.73%) PySpark
8 16 (1.63%) Lightning Web Components
8 16 (1.63%) Playwright
8 16 (1.63%) XML
9 15 (1.53%) HTML
10 14 (1.42%) Middleware
10 14 (1.42%) Spring
11 13 (1.32%) CSS
11 13 (1.32%) Node.js
11 13 (1.32%) OAuth
12 11 (1.12%) RESTful
13 10 (1.02%) SailPoint
13 10 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 105 (10.68%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.85%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 19 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.83%) Derivative
9 17 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.63%) Credit Risk
11 15 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (1.22%) Replication
14 11 (1.12%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.80%) Windows
2 38 (3.87%) Linux
3 12 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.02%) Android
4 10 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.92%) Unix
6 7 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (58.80%) Agile
2 325 (33.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (27.06%) DevOps
4 218 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (19.02%) CI/CD
6 174 (17.70%) Scrum
7 162 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 161 (16.38%) Migration
9 136 (13.84%) User Acceptance Testing
10 128 (13.02%) AI
10 128 (13.02%) Test Automation
11 123 (12.51%) User Stories
12 108 (10.99%) Project Management
13 105 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 102 (10.38%) Change Management
14 102 (10.38%) SDLC
15 100 (10.17%) Acceptance Criteria
15 100 (10.17%) Validation
16 94 (9.56%) Analytics
17 92 (9.36%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 178 (18.11%) SQL
2 106 (10.78%) Python
3 72 (7.32%) Java
4 52 (5.29%) C#
5 39 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.87%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.73%) Bash
9 15 (1.53%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.22%) Groovy
11 11 (1.12%) Perl
12 9 (0.92%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.51%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
16 2 (0.20%) Cypher
16 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 218 (22.18%) Security Cleared
2 191 (19.43%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.43%) Degree
4 31 (3.15%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.54%) PMP
6 24 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.24%) ISTQB
8 17 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 14 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.02%) CISSP
12 9 (0.92%) IIBA
13 8 (0.81%) CISM
13 8 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (12.41%) QA
2 67 (6.82%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.78%) PMO
4 29 (2.95%) SLA
5 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.64%) GDPR
6 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.12%) WCAG
8 10 (1.02%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.81%) NIST
10 7 (0.71%) GRC
10 7 (0.71%) SEPA
11 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.51%) COBIT
12 5 (0.51%) MiFID
13 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.41%) NCSC
13 4 (0.41%) P3O
13 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.76%) Docker
3 8 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (7.43%) Terraform
2 57 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.15%) Ansible
4 23 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (2.14%) Grafana
5 21 (2.14%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.92%) Control-M
6 9 (0.92%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.61%) SCOM
8 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.41%) Consul
8 4 (0.41%) Istio
8 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.41%) Podman
9 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 140 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 129 (13.12%) ServiceNow
3 70 (7.12%) Salesforce
4 45 (4.58%) Oracle
5 36 (3.66%) SAP
6 33 (3.36%) Google
7 29 (2.95%) Atlassian
8 21 (2.14%) Remedy
9 19 (1.93%) Splunk
10 18 (1.83%) Adobe
10 18 (1.83%) Okta
11 17 (1.73%) Databricks
11 17 (1.73%) IBM
12 15 (1.53%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.22%) Informatica
13 12 (1.22%) Workday
14 11 (1.12%) BMC
14 11 (1.12%) ForgeRock
15 10 (1.02%) HP
15 10 (1.02%) Planview