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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 48 47
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 806 608 751
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.62% 4.34% 4.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.19% 31.18% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 394 534
10th Percentile £331 £273 £363
25th Percentile £421 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £639 £630 £675
90th Percentile £713 £719 £825
England median daily rate £500 £488 £538
% change year-on-year +2.56% -9.30% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £42.33 £20.75 £28.13
25th Percentile £42.44 £21.88 £32.66
Median hourly rate £43.75 £25.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.51% +64.06%
75th Percentile £45.81 £29.38 £53.28
90th Percentile £46.38 £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.27 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.23% +4.17% -7.69%

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 2,227 1,950 2,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.53% 13.92% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,268 1,715
10th Percentile £356 £344 £400
25th Percentile £425 £417 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -6.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 20
10th Percentile £42.55 £22.25 £25.71
25th Percentile £43.00 £25.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £48.75 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.90% - -15.22%
75th Percentile £110.00 £77.19 £70.00
90th Percentile - £87.88 £73.66
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 18 January 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
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 18 January 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 +6 117 £525 +0.48% 22
South London 0 28 £519 +12.16% 10
West London -24 7 £500 +28.21% 8
East London -1 5 £450 -18.18% 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
1 368 (45.66%) Confluence
2 40 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.35%) nginx
4 13 (1.61%) Apache
5 9 (1.12%) CMS
6 6 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.37%) Traefik
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (7.82%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (5.33%) MS Visio
5 26 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
6 23 (2.85%) Trello
7 9 (1.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.62%) Notion
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.37%) InVision
10 3 (0.37%) Sketch
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.25%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.25%) InDesign
11 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.74%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.99%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.87%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.50%) Endur
8 4 (0.50%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.37%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.37%) Shopify
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 184 (22.83%) Azure
2 149 (18.49%) AWS
3 100 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
4 88 (10.92%) GitHub
5 60 (7.44%) Power Platform
6 42 (5.21%) GCP
7 35 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.97%) Serverless
9 26 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
9 26 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.10%) SaaS
11 21 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (2.48%) Slack
13 19 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.36%) Figma
13 19 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (2.36%) Power Automate
14 18 (2.23%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.98%) Firewall
2 18 (2.23%) DNS
3 15 (1.86%) SSH
4 14 (1.74%) OpenLDAP
5 12 (1.49%) FTP
5 12 (1.49%) HTTP
6 10 (1.24%) SMTP
7 9 (1.12%) IMAP
7 9 (1.12%) SSL
8 7 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.87%) WAN
9 6 (0.74%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.74%) Modbus
9 6 (0.74%) RS-232
9 6 (0.74%) RS-485
9 6 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.74%) VPN
10 5 (0.62%) Network Security
11 3 (0.37%) NAS
12 2 (0.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.45%) Power BI
2 34 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.60%) Tableau
5 20 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.99%) Data Vault
7 15 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.74%) Big Data
8 14 (1.74%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.36%) Hadoop
10 11 (1.36%) Metadata
11 10 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.12%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.87%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.87%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.87%) Tick Data
14 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 95 (11.79%) Git
2 77 (9.55%) Jenkins
3 51 (6.33%) GitLab
4 38 (4.71%) Selenium
5 25 (3.10%) Bitbucket
6 24 (2.98%) Postman
7 22 (2.73%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.23%) TestRail
9 17 (2.11%) SonarQube
10 16 (1.99%) SpecFlow
10 16 (1.99%) Zephyr
11 14 (1.74%) JUnit
11 14 (1.74%) Maven
12 13 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
13 10 (1.24%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.12%) ER Studio
14 9 (1.12%) ERwin
14 9 (1.12%) JMeter
14 9 (1.12%) PowerDesigner
14 9 (1.12%) Vagrant
General
1 331 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 258 (32.01%) Finance
3 146 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (13.15%) Banking
5 82 (10.17%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.97%) Investment Banking
7 30 (3.72%) Retail
8 28 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.85%) Front Office
12 22 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (2.36%) Legal
14 14 (1.74%) Marketing
15 11 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.36%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.24%) Back Office
16 10 (1.24%) Publishing
17 9 (1.12%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.99%) Billing
Job Titles
1 164 (20.35%) Analyst
2 120 (14.89%) Business Analyst
3 94 (11.66%) Developer
4 80 (9.93%) Senior
5 69 (8.56%) Project Manager
6 68 (8.44%) Lead
7 34 (4.22%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (3.85%) Tester
9 29 (3.60%) Technical Business Analyst
10 27 (3.35%) Consultant
11 24 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (2.98%) Product Owner
12 23 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.73%) Scrum Master
13 22 (2.73%) Senior Business Analyst
13 22 (2.73%) Test Engineer
14 20 (2.48%) Architect
14 20 (2.48%) QA Engineer
15 19 (2.36%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.44%) REST
2 32 (3.97%) .NET
2 32 (3.97%) SOAP
3 27 (3.35%) HTML
4 23 (2.85%) Kafka
4 23 (2.85%) XML
5 22 (2.73%) React
6 21 (2.61%) AngularJS
6 21 (2.61%) CSS
6 21 (2.61%) Playwright
7 20 (2.48%) JSON
8 19 (2.36%) LDAP
8 19 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 19 (2.36%) RESTful
9 18 (2.23%) Node.js
9 18 (2.23%) Spring
10 13 (1.61%) Web Services
11 12 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
12 11 (1.36%) pytest
13 10 (1.24%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.30%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.48%) CMDB
6 20 (2.48%) PMI
7 16 (1.99%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.61%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.61%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.61%) Replication
9 13 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.61%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.24%) Equities
11 10 (1.24%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.24%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.12%) Derivative
12 9 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.45%) Linux
2 43 (5.33%) Windows
3 20 (2.48%) Unix
4 12 (1.49%) VMS
5 10 (1.24%) Android
6 9 (1.12%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (1.12%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (62.90%) Agile
2 220 (27.30%) Scrum
3 210 (26.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 209 (25.93%) DevOps
5 170 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (17.49%) CI/CD
7 131 (16.25%) Project Management
8 125 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (14.64%) Test Automation
10 116 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 110 (13.65%) User Stories
12 91 (11.29%) Analytics
13 89 (11.04%) User Acceptance Testing
14 87 (10.79%) Migration
14 87 (10.79%) Project Delivery
15 81 (10.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 78 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
17 74 (9.18%) Roadmaps
17 74 (9.18%) SDLC
18 73 (9.06%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 164 (20.35%) SQL
2 117 (14.52%) Python
3 75 (9.31%) Java
4 68 (8.44%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.97%) C#
6 26 (3.23%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.98%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.11%) Bash
9 15 (1.86%) Go
10 13 (1.61%) Groovy
11 11 (1.36%) C++
12 10 (1.24%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.99%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.74%) Embedded C++
15 6 (0.74%) Korn
15 6 (0.74%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.62%) Ruby
17 4 (0.50%) Delphi
17 4 (0.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 171 (21.22%) Security Cleared
2 160 (19.85%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.66%) Degree
4 43 (5.33%) PMI Certification
5 33 (4.09%) ISTQB
6 28 (3.47%) PMP
7 22 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (2.73%) CBAP
8 20 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (2.36%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.61%) ISEB
12 10 (1.24%) CISSP
13 9 (1.12%) CSPO
14 8 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.87%) CFA
15 7 (0.87%) IIBA
15 7 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.74%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (12.53%) QA
2 39 (4.84%) PMO
3 37 (4.59%) Data Quality
4 30 (3.72%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.36%) GDPR
6 15 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.49%) NIST
8 9 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.12%) WCAG
9 8 (0.99%) GRC
10 7 (0.87%) SLA
11 6 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.62%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.62%) NCSC
12 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.50%) SEPA
14 3 (0.37%) Basel III
14 3 (0.37%) MiFID
14 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 67 (8.31%) Docker
2 25 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.24%) Squid
4 9 (1.12%) DFS Replication
4 9 (1.12%) Dovecot
4 9 (1.12%) Postfix
5 6 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.74%) Firmware
6 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 45 (5.58%) Terraform
3 20 (2.48%) Ansible
4 19 (2.36%) Grafana
5 15 (1.86%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.36%) HP ALM
6 11 (1.36%) Packer
7 10 (1.24%) Consul
7 10 (1.24%) Nessus
8 9 (1.12%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.50%) Control-M
12 3 (0.37%) Istio
12 3 (0.37%) Puppet
12 3 (0.37%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.37%) SCCM
13 2 (0.25%) Argo
13 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 92 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.42%) ServiceNow
3 64 (7.94%) Oracle
4 57 (7.07%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.59%) SAP
6 33 (4.09%) Atlassian
7 23 (2.85%) Google
8 19 (2.36%) Databricks
9 14 (1.74%) Adobe
10 13 (1.61%) HP
11 11 (1.36%) Cloudera
12 10 (1.24%) Citrix
12 10 (1.24%) Foundry
12 10 (1.24%) Informatica
12 10 (1.24%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.24%) Palantir
12 10 (1.24%) Remedy
12 10 (1.24%) Sparx
13 9 (1.12%) Jaspersoft
14 8 (0.99%) Splunk