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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 37 58
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 982 784 647
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 5.80% 4.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.42% 37.35% 28.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 545 452
10th Percentile £358 £319 £322
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £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 £31.50 £44.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.61% +37.69% -39.81%
75th Percentile £73.13 £57.81 £68.13
90th Percentile £87.83 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% +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 2,556 2,099 2,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.66% 15.53% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,635 1,435 1,592
10th Percentile £364 £340 £363
25th Percentile £447 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £26.98 £22.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -46.43%
75th Percentile £73.38 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.20 £84.50 £71.88
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -14 118 £550 +10.00% 34
West London -6 27 £400 -3.61% 7
South London +1 21 £513 -11.79% 7
North London -1 2 - - 1
East London -4 2 £425 +4.29% 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
1 402 (40.94%) Confluence
2 52 (5.30%) 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%) 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%) Apache Solr
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 69 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (6.31%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (3.97%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.43%) 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 20 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.22%) Aladdin
3 11 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.81%) Findur
5 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.51%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
9 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.20%) Shopify
9 2 (0.20%) Summit
9 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 274 (27.90%) Azure
2 154 (15.68%) Azure DevOps
3 147 (14.97%) AWS
4 87 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 68 (6.92%) GitHub
6 53 (5.40%) Entra ID
7 49 (4.99%) SaaS
8 43 (4.38%) GCP
8 43 (4.38%) Serverless
9 42 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (3.97%) Amazon S3
11 33 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.14%) Snowflake
16 20 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.34%) DNS
1 23 (2.34%) Firewall
2 17 (1.73%) VPN
3 16 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.81%) DHCP
5 7 (0.71%) Network Security
6 6 (0.61%) SSL
6 6 (0.61%) WAN
7 5 (0.51%) DKIM
7 5 (0.51%) DMARC
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) HTTP
8 4 (0.41%) Internet
8 4 (0.41%) IPv4
8 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.31%) IPv6
9 3 (0.31%) NGFW
10 2 (0.20%) 5G
10 2 (0.20%) Broadband
10 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (7.84%) Power BI
2 35 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.93%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (1.73%) Tableau
8 16 (1.63%) Metadata
9 15 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.43%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.81%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.71%) Redis
17 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 116 (11.81%) Git
2 73 (7.43%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.87%) GitLab
4 31 (3.16%) Selenium
5 29 (2.95%) Zephyr
6 18 (1.83%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.83%) JUnit
7 16 (1.63%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.43%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.22%) Postman
11 11 (1.12%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.02%) TestRail
13 7 (0.71%) Appium
13 7 (0.71%) JMeter
13 7 (0.71%) Maven
13 7 (0.71%) Mockito
14 6 (0.61%) Artifactory
14 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.51%) Gradle
General
1 395 (40.22%) Finance
2 392 (39.92%) Social Skills
3 194 (19.76%) Banking
4 188 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.28%) Retail
7 40 (4.07%) Investment Banking
7 40 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (3.36%) Front Office
10 24 (2.44%) Legal
11 19 (1.93%) Marketing
12 18 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.63%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.43%) Back Office
15 14 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
15 14 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (20.06%) Analyst
2 124 (12.63%) Business Analyst
3 108 (11.00%) Lead
4 106 (10.79%) Developer
5 94 (9.57%) Senior
6 59 (6.01%) Project Manager
7 38 (3.87%) Architect
8 37 (3.77%) Consultant
8 37 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
9 32 (3.26%) IT Support
9 32 (3.26%) Product Owner
10 29 (2.95%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.75%) Scrum Master
11 27 (2.75%) Test Leader
11 27 (2.75%) Test Manager
12 26 (2.65%) Tester
13 24 (2.44%) Banking Analyst
14 23 (2.34%) Applications Support
14 23 (2.34%) Senior Manager
15 22 (2.24%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.91%) REST
2 43 (4.38%) .NET
3 25 (2.55%) React
4 24 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 23 (2.34%) JSON
6 21 (2.14%) Kafka
7 20 (2.04%) SOAP
8 17 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.63%) HTML
9 16 (1.63%) Playwright
10 15 (1.53%) PySpark
10 15 (1.53%) Spring
10 15 (1.53%) XML
11 14 (1.43%) CSS
11 14 (1.43%) Middleware
12 13 (1.32%) Node.js
13 12 (1.22%) OAuth
13 12 (1.22%) RESTful
14 10 (1.02%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 108 (11.00%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.75%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 20 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.83%) Derivative
9 17 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.63%) Credit Risk
10 16 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.22%) Replication
14 11 (1.12%) Fixed Income
15 10 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.80%) Windows
2 39 (3.97%) 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 4 (0.41%) 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
1 577 (58.76%) Agile
2 330 (33.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (27.39%) DevOps
4 221 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (18.53%) CI/CD
6 175 (17.82%) Scrum
7 160 (16.29%) Migration
8 158 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (14.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 130 (13.24%) User Stories
11 128 (13.03%) AI
12 126 (12.83%) Test Automation
13 110 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 107 (10.90%) Project Management
15 106 (10.79%) Acceptance Criteria
16 104 (10.59%) Validation
17 102 (10.39%) SDLC
18 100 (10.18%) Sprint Planning
19 95 (9.67%) Change Management
20 94 (9.57%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 178 (18.13%) SQL
2 104 (10.59%) Python
3 71 (7.23%) Java
4 49 (4.99%) C#
5 39 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.87%) JavaScript
7 27 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.73%) Bash
9 16 (1.63%) 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
1 211 (21.49%) Security Cleared
2 185 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.33%) Degree
4 31 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.55%) PMP
6 24 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.24%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 14 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.12%) IIBA
10 11 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.81%) CISSP
12 8 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.61%) CBAP
14 6 (0.61%) CISM
14 6 (0.61%) ISEB
15 5 (0.51%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (12.53%) QA
2 65 (6.62%) Data Quality
3 49 (4.99%) PMO
4 29 (2.95%) SLA
5 26 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 24 (2.44%) GDPR
7 18 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.12%) WCAG
9 10 (1.02%) ISO 20022
10 9 (0.92%) NIST
11 7 (0.71%) GRC
11 7 (0.71%) SEPA
12 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.51%) COBIT
13 5 (0.51%) MiFID
13 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.41%) P3O
14 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.67%) 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 70 (7.13%) Terraform
2 58 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 30 (3.05%) Ansible
4 23 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (2.24%) Grafana
6 21 (2.14%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.12%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.92%) Control-M
8 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.61%) SCOM
10 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.41%) Consul
10 4 (0.41%) Istio
10 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.41%) Podman
11 3 (0.31%) Argo
11 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 141 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 124 (12.63%) ServiceNow
3 72 (7.33%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.79%) Oracle
5 37 (3.77%) SAP
6 35 (3.56%) Google
7 28 (2.85%) Atlassian
8 20 (2.04%) Remedy
8 20 (2.04%) Splunk
9 19 (1.93%) Adobe
10 18 (1.83%) Okta
11 17 (1.73%) Databricks
12 15 (1.53%) IBM
12 15 (1.53%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.22%) HP
13 12 (1.22%) Informatica
13 12 (1.22%) Workday
14 11 (1.12%) BMC
14 11 (1.12%) ForgeRock
15 10 (1.02%) Planview