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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 33 52
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 -3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 943 798 687
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.66% 6.01% 4.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.71% 37.68% 29.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 569 472
10th Percentile £357 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £24.19
25th Percentile £19.00 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £29.74
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% +49.66% -44.94%
75th Percentile £80.79 £47.50 £43.13
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £58.74 £57.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.04% -18.57% +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 2,569 2,118 2,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.70% 15.95% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 1,436 1,578
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £436 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
25th Percentile £36.25 £41.69 £27.30
Median hourly rate £56.25 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.70% -30.97%
75th Percentile £77.27 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £89.63 £107.88 £71.69
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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -11 127 £544 +8.80% 89
West London -7 29 £400 +1.27% 13
South London -11 15 £550 -5.34% 5
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32%
East London 0 3 £583 +42.94% 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
1 403 (42.74%) Confluence
2 54 (5.73%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.70%) CMS
3 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.64%) 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 65 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.45%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.82%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.48%) Trello
7 10 (1.06%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.85%) Revit
9 5 (0.53%) Notion
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.32%) Mingle
12 2 (0.21%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
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
Business Applications
1 18 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.64%) 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%) 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%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 261 (27.68%) Azure
2 153 (16.22%) AWS
3 144 (15.27%) Azure DevOps
4 96 (10.18%) Power Platform
5 73 (7.74%) GitHub
6 52 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (5.41%) SaaS
8 46 (4.88%) GCP
9 38 (4.03%) Amazon S3
10 37 (3.92%) Serverless
11 34 (3.61%) Entra ID
12 33 (3.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 26 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.55%) Miro
16 21 (2.23%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.86%) DNS
2 20 (2.12%) Firewall
3 19 (2.01%) VPN
4 16 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.27%) DHCP
6 8 (0.85%) HTTP
7 7 (0.74%) Network Security
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
9 4 (0.42%) SSL
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 (9.12%) Power BI
2 45 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.45%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (1.48%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (1.38%) Metadata
10 12 (1.27%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.06%) Redis
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.95%) Tableau
13 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 116 (12.30%) Git
2 78 (8.27%) Jenkins
3 49 (5.20%) GitLab
4 35 (3.71%) Selenium
5 25 (2.65%) Zephyr
6 22 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.91%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.80%) Postman
9 14 (1.48%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.38%) Cucumber
11 12 (1.27%) JMeter
11 12 (1.27%) JUnit
12 11 (1.17%) Maven
12 11 (1.17%) TestRail
13 10 (1.06%) Mockito
14 8 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.85%) Gradle
15 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 386 (40.93%) Finance
2 384 (40.72%) Social Skills
3 202 (21.42%) Banking
4 191 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.88%) Investment Banking
6 46 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (4.24%) Retail
8 38 (4.03%) Front Office
9 31 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.44%) Marketing
12 20 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.12%) Legal
13 18 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.70%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.48%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.38%) Back Office
17 12 (1.27%) Law
18 10 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 191 (20.25%) Analyst
2 119 (12.62%) Business Analyst
3 112 (11.88%) Lead
4 95 (10.07%) Developer
5 87 (9.23%) Senior
6 55 (5.83%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.92%) Architect
8 31 (3.29%) Consultant
8 31 (3.29%) Product Owner
9 30 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
10 29 (3.08%) Scrum Master
11 27 (2.86%) Test Leader
11 27 (2.86%) Tester
12 25 (2.65%) Applications Support
13 23 (2.44%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.33%) Test Manager
15 21 (2.23%) Technical Analyst
16 20 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
17 19 (2.01%) Banking Analyst
17 19 (2.01%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.79%) REST
2 63 (6.68%) Terraform
3 41 (4.35%) .NET
4 26 (2.76%) JSON
5 25 (2.65%) AngularJS
6 24 (2.55%) React
6 24 (2.55%) SOAP
7 23 (2.44%) Kafka
8 22 (2.33%) HTML
8 22 (2.33%) Playwright
9 18 (1.91%) Middleware
9 18 (1.91%) RESTful
10 17 (1.80%) CSS
11 15 (1.59%) Web Services
12 14 (1.48%) pytest
12 14 (1.48%) Spring
12 14 (1.48%) XML
13 13 (1.38%) Lightning Web Components
14 12 (1.27%) Spring Boot
15 11 (1.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.68%) Product Ownership
2 71 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.55%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.12%) Derivative
7 20 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.91%) Credit Risk
9 18 (1.91%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.59%) Replication
11 14 (1.48%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (1.06%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.51%) Windows
2 46 (4.88%) Linux
3 13 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.06%) Android
6 9 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (0.95%) Unix
7 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.42%) 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 (60.34%) Agile
2 367 (38.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (28.21%) DevOps
4 224 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (21.10%) Scrum
6 193 (20.47%) CI/CD
7 153 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (16.22%) Migration
8 149 (15.80%) AI
9 143 (15.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 136 (14.42%) User Stories
11 129 (13.68%) Test Automation
12 121 (12.83%) Validation
13 109 (11.56%) Acceptance Criteria
14 108 (11.45%) Project Management
15 101 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 98 (10.39%) SDLC
17 95 (10.07%) Analytics
18 92 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
19 88 (9.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 192 (20.36%) SQL
2 110 (11.66%) Python
3 61 (6.47%) Java
4 41 (4.35%) C#
5 40 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.71%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.55%) Bash
8 23 (2.44%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.48%) Groovy
10 12 (1.27%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.06%) Perl
13 5 (0.53%) Shell Script
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
15 3 (0.32%) Korn
15 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 209 (22.16%) Security Cleared
2 184 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 79 (8.38%) Degree
4 38 (4.03%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.18%) PMP
6 26 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.91%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.85%) CBAP
14 7 (0.74%) IIBA
15 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.53%) MBA
15 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (15.16%) QA
2 73 (7.74%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.98%) PMO
4 32 (3.39%) SLA
5 24 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.27%) ISO 20022
8 10 (1.06%) GDPR
8 10 (1.06%) WCAG
9 9 (0.95%) NIST
10 8 (0.85%) GRC
10 8 (0.85%) SEPA
11 6 (0.64%) COBIT
12 5 (0.53%) MiFID
13 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.42%) EMIR
13 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.42%) P3O
13 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 47 (4.98%) Docker
2 43 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.74%) 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 52 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.29%) Grafana
3 27 (2.86%) Prometheus
4 26 (2.76%) Ansible
5 18 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.06%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.85%) Control-M
8 7 (0.74%) Istio
9 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.64%) SCOM
10 5 (0.53%) Argo
10 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.53%) SCCM
11 4 (0.42%) Podman
12 3 (0.32%) Consul
12 3 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.32%) Kibana
13 2 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 157 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 105 (11.13%) ServiceNow
3 59 (6.26%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.98%) Oracle
5 31 (3.29%) Google
6 28 (2.97%) SAP
7 26 (2.76%) Splunk
8 22 (2.33%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.23%) Remedy
10 20 (2.12%) IBM
11 18 (1.91%) Adobe
12 15 (1.59%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.48%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.48%) Databricks
14 12 (1.27%) BMC
14 12 (1.27%) Informatica
14 12 (1.27%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.27%) Okta
14 12 (1.27%) Planview
15 11 (1.17%) Workday