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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 43 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -11
Contract jobs citing JIRA 895 637 671
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.88% 5.28% 3.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.38% 34.69% 28.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 427 462
10th Percentile £342 £331 £325
25th Percentile £421 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -4.19% -6.52%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £800
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 19
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +18.26% -41.28%
75th Percentile £68.13 £43.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 2,332 1,836 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.72% 15.21% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 1,240 1,670
10th Percentile £358 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £526
% change year-on-year - -4.85% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 27
10th Percentile - £23.97 £23.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.77 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -42.86%
75th Percentile £73.00 £43.75 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £55.50 £71.50
England median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -9 111 £550 +4.76% 59
South London +10 33 £513 +7.89% 5
West London -18 22 £400 - 10
East London -3 5 £450 +12.50% 4
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
1 369 (41.23%) Confluence
2 49 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.34%) Apache
5 10 (1.12%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) SAS
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (7.26%) Microsoft Project
2 60 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.69%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.89%) Trello
7 5 (0.56%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.56%) Revit
8 4 (0.45%) Notion
9 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.11%) InVision
11 1 (0.11%) Mingle
11 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.01%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.78%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.78%) Findur
5 7 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.45%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.34%) Actimize
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.34%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.34%) Summit
9 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 213 (23.80%) Azure
2 131 (14.64%) Azure DevOps
3 129 (14.41%) AWS
4 61 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.48%) GitHub
6 49 (5.47%) Entra ID
7 45 (5.03%) SaaS
8 42 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (4.47%) Amazon S3
10 34 (3.80%) Serverless
11 31 (3.46%) GCP
12 28 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (2.46%) Slack
15 20 (2.23%) Figma
15 20 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 19 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.12%) Google Workspace
17 15 (1.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.79%) Firewall
2 19 (2.12%) DNS
3 15 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.56%) VPN
5 8 (0.89%) HTTP
6 7 (0.78%) Network Security
6 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.78%) SSL
7 6 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.67%) WAN
8 5 (0.56%) FTP
8 5 (0.56%) LAN
8 5 (0.56%) Modbus
8 5 (0.56%) RS-232
8 5 (0.56%) RS-485
8 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.45%) DKIM
9 4 (0.45%) DMARC
9 4 (0.45%) PSTN
9 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.36%) Power BI
2 29 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.68%) Tableau
5 17 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
8 13 (1.45%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.34%) Metadata
10 11 (1.23%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
11 10 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
13 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.67%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 102 (11.40%) Git
2 56 (6.26%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.80%) Selenium
4 32 (3.58%) GitLab
5 28 (3.13%) Zephyr
6 24 (2.68%) JUnit
7 16 (1.79%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.79%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.45%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.23%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.12%) TestRail
12 9 (1.01%) Appium
12 9 (1.01%) Postman
12 9 (1.01%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.89%) JMeter
14 7 (0.78%) Maven
15 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.56%) Mockito
17 4 (0.45%) TestNG
General
1 349 (38.99%) Finance
2 334 (37.32%) Social Skills
3 158 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (16.65%) Banking
5 100 (11.17%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.36%) Retail
7 38 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.35%) Investment Banking
10 28 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (3.02%) Legal
12 25 (2.79%) Front Office
13 17 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.56%) Marketing
16 13 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
18 11 (1.23%) Back Office
19 9 (1.01%) Billing
19 9 (1.01%) Military
Job Titles
1 189 (21.12%) Analyst
2 124 (13.85%) Business Analyst
3 96 (10.73%) Lead
4 94 (10.50%) Developer
5 87 (9.72%) Senior
6 51 (5.70%) Project Manager
7 48 (5.36%) Delivery Manager
8 38 (4.25%) IT Support
9 30 (3.35%) Consultant
10 29 (3.24%) Technical Manager
11 28 (3.13%) Data Engineer
12 27 (3.02%) Architect
12 27 (3.02%) Scrum Master
13 26 (2.91%) Support Engineer
13 26 (2.91%) Tester
14 25 (2.79%) Banking Analyst
15 24 (2.68%) Test Leader
16 23 (2.57%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.57%) IT Support Engineer
17 22 (2.46%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.25%) REST
2 27 (3.02%) .NET
2 27 (3.02%) React
3 25 (2.79%) Kafka
4 20 (2.23%) Spring
5 19 (2.12%) AngularJS
5 19 (2.12%) HTML
6 18 (2.01%) RESTful
7 17 (1.90%) SOAP
8 16 (1.79%) CSS
8 16 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.68%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.56%) OpenID
11 13 (1.45%) Node.js
11 13 (1.45%) PySpark
12 12 (1.34%) ADO
12 12 (1.34%) JSON
12 12 (1.34%) OAuth
12 12 (1.34%) Playwright
13 11 (1.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.61%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 24 (2.68%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.23%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.68%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.56%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.45%) Derivative
12 12 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.23%) Reinsurance
14 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.12%) Market Risk
15 9 (1.01%) Credit Risk
15 9 (1.01%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.92%) Windows
2 35 (3.91%) Linux
3 10 (1.12%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.01%) Unix
5 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (55.31%) Agile
2 252 (28.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 218 (24.36%) DevOps
4 185 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (19.33%) Scrum
6 165 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 137 (15.31%) CI/CD
8 129 (14.41%) Test Automation
9 128 (14.30%) Migration
10 111 (12.40%) User Stories
11 109 (12.18%) Project Management
12 107 (11.96%) User Acceptance Testing
13 98 (10.95%) Change Management
13 98 (10.95%) SDLC
13 98 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 93 (10.39%) Roadmaps
15 91 (10.17%) Analytics
15 91 (10.17%) Data Modelling
16 88 (9.83%) Validation
17 84 (9.39%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 155 (17.32%) SQL
2 99 (11.06%) Python
3 81 (9.05%) Java
4 55 (6.15%) C#
5 35 (3.91%) TypeScript
6 34 (3.80%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.23%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.68%) Bash
9 14 (1.56%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.12%) C++
11 8 (0.89%) Groovy
12 7 (0.78%) Perl
13 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.56%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.34%) Bicep
15 3 (0.34%) C
16 2 (0.22%) PHP
16 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (21.56%) Security Cleared
2 170 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.26%) Degree
4 26 (2.91%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.57%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.35%) PMP
7 18 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.34%) CBAP
8 12 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.01%) CISSP
11 9 (1.01%) ISEB
11 9 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.89%) IIBA
13 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.78%) CISM
14 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.51%) QA
2 65 (7.26%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.13%) PMO
4 26 (2.91%) GDPR
5 25 (2.79%) Accessibility
6 23 (2.57%) SLA
7 15 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.34%) WCAG
9 10 (1.12%) NIST
10 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.78%) MiFID
11 6 (0.67%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.45%) EMIR
13 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.45%) NCSC
14 3 (0.34%) Basel III
14 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 42 (4.69%) Docker
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (6.37%) Terraform
2 56 (6.26%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.46%) Ansible
4 21 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.01%) Grafana
7 12 (1.34%) Consul
8 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.78%) HP ALM
9 7 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.56%) Control-M
11 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Podman
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.11%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 116 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 113 (12.63%) ServiceNow
3 72 (8.04%) Salesforce
4 61 (6.82%) Oracle
5 38 (4.25%) SAP
6 34 (3.80%) Atlassian
7 32 (3.58%) Google
8 18 (2.01%) Databricks
9 16 (1.79%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.68%) Adobe
11 13 (1.45%) Informatica
12 12 (1.34%) Murex
12 12 (1.34%) Okta
12 12 (1.34%) Workday
13 11 (1.23%) IBM
14 10 (1.12%) Bloomberg
14 10 (1.12%) ForgeRock
14 10 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.01%) Dynatrace
15 9 (1.01%) Remedy