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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 35 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 951 801 693
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.68% 5.94% 4.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.82% 37.39% 28.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 567 476
10th Percentile £354 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £22.00
25th Percentile £19.13 £42.25 £25.62
Median hourly rate £57.75 £44.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.78% +56.14% -47.22%
75th Percentile £77.27 £47.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £60.41 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +5.05% -17.86% +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 2,583 2,142 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.70% 15.89% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,684 1,449 1,609
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £437 £420 £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 £742 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £23.95
25th Percentile £34.88 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £56.25 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +20.00% -44.03%
75th Percentile £77.27 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £89.63 £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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -14 128 £547 +9.40% 91
West London -10 29 £400 +1.27% 14
South London -10 16 £550 -5.34% 8
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32%
East London -1 3 £583 +42.94% 5
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
1 407 (42.80%) Confluence
2 54 (5.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.68%) CMS
3 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.63%) SAS
5 5 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.53%) Camunda
5 5 (0.53%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.32%) Traefik
7 3 (0.32%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (7.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.42%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (3.68%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.47%) Trello
6 10 (1.05%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.84%) Revit
8 5 (0.53%) Notion
9 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.21%) Gliffy
10 2 (0.21%) Mingle
10 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.53%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.32%) Maximo
7 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.32%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.32%) 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
1 259 (27.23%) Azure
2 155 (16.30%) AWS
3 141 (14.83%) Azure DevOps
4 96 (10.09%) Power Platform
5 74 (7.78%) GitHub
6 51 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (5.36%) SaaS
7 48 (5.05%) GCP
8 39 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 38 (4.00%) Serverless
10 36 (3.79%) Entra ID
11 34 (3.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
13 25 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 23 (2.42%) Miro
15 22 (2.31%) Snowflake
16 19 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (2.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.73%) DNS
2 20 (2.10%) Firewall
3 18 (1.89%) VPN
4 16 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.26%) DHCP
6 8 (0.84%) HTTP
7 7 (0.74%) Network Security
7 7 (0.74%) SSL
7 7 (0.74%) WAN
8 5 (0.53%) DKIM
8 5 (0.53%) DMARC
8 5 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.42%) IPv4
9 4 (0.42%) SSH
10 3 (0.32%) Internet
10 3 (0.32%) 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 86 (9.04%) Power BI
2 43 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 31 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.00%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (1.58%) Metadata
9 13 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (1.37%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.26%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.05%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.95%) Redis
12 9 (0.95%) Tableau
13 8 (0.84%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 115 (12.09%) Git
2 77 (8.10%) Jenkins
3 49 (5.15%) GitLab
4 35 (3.68%) Selenium
5 25 (2.63%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.21%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.89%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.79%) Postman
9 14 (1.47%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.26%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.26%) JMeter
10 12 (1.26%) JUnit
11 11 (1.16%) Maven
11 11 (1.16%) TestRail
12 10 (1.05%) Mockito
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.84%) Gradle
14 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 390 (41.01%) Finance
2 387 (40.69%) Social Skills
3 202 (21.24%) Banking
4 193 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (11.15%) Public Sector
6 47 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (4.73%) Investment Banking
8 42 (4.42%) Retail
9 38 (4.00%) Front Office
10 30 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.42%) Marketing
12 20 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.10%) Legal
13 17 (1.79%) Retail Banking
13 17 (1.79%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.37%) Back Office
16 12 (1.26%) Law
17 11 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 190 (19.98%) Analyst
2 119 (12.51%) Business Analyst
3 114 (11.99%) Lead
4 95 (9.99%) Developer
5 88 (9.25%) Senior
6 55 (5.78%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.89%) Architect
8 33 (3.47%) Consultant
9 31 (3.26%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.05%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.84%) Test Leader
12 27 (2.84%) Tester
13 25 (2.63%) Applications Support
14 22 (2.31%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.31%) Test Manager
15 20 (2.10%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.10%) Technical Analyst
16 19 (2.00%) Banking Analyst
16 19 (2.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.73%) REST
1 64 (6.73%) Terraform
2 41 (4.31%) .NET
3 26 (2.73%) JSON
4 24 (2.52%) AngularJS
4 24 (2.52%) SOAP
5 23 (2.42%) React
6 22 (2.31%) Playwright
7 21 (2.21%) HTML
7 21 (2.21%) Kafka
8 18 (1.89%) Middleware
9 17 (1.79%) RESTful
10 16 (1.68%) CSS
11 15 (1.58%) Web Services
12 14 (1.47%) OAuth
12 14 (1.47%) pytest
12 14 (1.47%) Spring
12 14 (1.47%) XML
13 13 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
14 12 (1.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 131 (13.77%) Product Ownership
2 72 (7.57%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.10%) Derivative
7 19 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.89%) Credit Risk
8 18 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.58%) Replication
10 14 (1.47%) Fixed Income
11 12 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.05%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.57%) Windows
2 46 (4.84%) Linux
3 13 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.05%) Android
6 9 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Unix
7 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.32%) 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
1 569 (59.83%) Agile
2 367 (38.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (28.08%) DevOps
4 224 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (20.72%) Scrum
6 193 (20.29%) CI/CD
7 156 (16.40%) Migration
8 153 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (15.77%) AI
10 142 (14.93%) User Acceptance Testing
11 135 (14.20%) User Stories
12 128 (13.46%) Test Automation
13 121 (12.72%) Validation
14 109 (11.46%) Acceptance Criteria
15 108 (11.36%) Project Management
16 102 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (10.30%) SDLC
18 96 (10.09%) Analytics
19 92 (9.67%) Sprint Planning
20 88 (9.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 191 (20.08%) SQL
2 111 (11.67%) Python
3 65 (6.83%) Java
4 40 (4.21%) C#
5 39 (4.10%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.68%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.52%) TypeScript
8 23 (2.42%) Bash
9 15 (1.58%) Groovy
10 12 (1.26%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.05%) Perl
13 5 (0.53%) Tcl
13 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.53%) VBA
14 4 (0.42%) Go
14 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.32%) Korn
15 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 210 (22.08%) Security Cleared
2 185 (19.45%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.20%) Degree
4 38 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.15%) PMP
6 26 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.21%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.89%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.74%) CBAP
15 7 (0.74%) IIBA
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
17 5 (0.53%) CISM
17 5 (0.53%) MBA
17 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (14.83%) QA
2 73 (7.68%) Data Quality
3 48 (5.05%) PMO
4 32 (3.36%) SLA
5 24 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.47%) GDPR
8 12 (1.26%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.05%) NIST
9 10 (1.05%) WCAG
10 8 (0.84%) GRC
10 8 (0.84%) SEPA
11 6 (0.63%) COBIT
12 5 (0.53%) MiFID
12 5 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.42%) EMIR
13 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.42%) P3O
14 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 46 (4.84%) Active Directory
1 46 (4.84%) Docker
2 7 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.53%) 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 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.15%) Grafana
3 27 (2.84%) Prometheus
4 26 (2.73%) Ansible
5 21 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.05%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.84%) Control-M
7 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.74%) Istio
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.63%) SCOM
10 5 (0.53%) Argo
10 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.53%) SCCM
11 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.42%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.42%) Podman
12 3 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 159 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.46%) ServiceNow
3 59 (6.20%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.94%) Oracle
5 32 (3.36%) Google
6 28 (2.94%) SAP
7 25 (2.63%) Splunk
8 24 (2.52%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.21%) Remedy
10 20 (2.10%) IBM
11 18 (1.89%) Adobe
12 15 (1.58%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.47%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.47%) Databricks
14 12 (1.26%) BMC
14 12 (1.26%) Informatica
14 12 (1.26%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.26%) Okta
14 12 (1.26%) Planview
15 11 (1.16%) Workday