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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 848 608 742
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.42% 4.49% 4.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.19% 31.78% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 387 530
10th Percentile £350 £288 £339
25th Percentile £422 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.69%
75th Percentile £633 £625 £675
90th Percentile £713 £725 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile - £20.75 £29.38
25th Percentile £18.75 £21.88 £31.60
Median hourly rate £43.00 £25.00 £35.23
Median % change year-on-year +72.00% -29.04% -34.76%
75th Percentile £95.00 £29.38 £44.84
90th Percentile - £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.57 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% +14.68% -16.15%

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 2,343 1,913 2,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.98% 14.12% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,586 1,254 1,709
10th Percentile £350 £341 £375
25th Percentile £419 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -5.73% -5.42%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £503 £533
% change year-on-year -0.50% -5.72% -7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 22
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.25 £25.80
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.63 £31.71
Median hourly rate £66.50 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.41% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £64.94
90th Percentile £102.50 £87.88 £73.49
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -6 114 £525 +2.44% 31
South London +2 38 £519 +15.23% 6
West London -31 7 £500 +28.21% 10
East London 0 5 £450 -18.18% 11
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
1 391 (46.11%) Confluence
2 47 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.54%) nginx
4 13 (1.53%) Apache
5 9 (1.06%) CMS
6 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.71%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.71%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.71%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Traefik
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (8.14%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (4.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.83%) MS Visio
5 20 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (2.12%) Trello
7 5 (0.59%) Notion
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 3 (0.35%) InVision
9 3 (0.35%) Sketch
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.18%) Fidessa
3 9 (1.06%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.71%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.47%) Endur
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.35%) Findur
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 203 (23.94%) Azure
2 149 (17.57%) AWS
3 118 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (10.02%) GitHub
5 64 (7.55%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.60%) GCP
7 32 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.42%) SaaS
8 29 (3.42%) Serverless
9 27 (3.18%) Amazon S3
10 23 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
10 23 (2.71%) Figma
11 21 (2.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 19 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (2.24%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.24%) Slack
13 18 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (2.12%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.83%) Firewall
2 20 (2.36%) DNS
3 13 (1.53%) HTTP
4 12 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.42%) VPN
5 11 (1.30%) WAN
6 9 (1.06%) FTP
7 7 (0.83%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.83%) Modbus
7 7 (0.83%) RS-232
7 7 (0.83%) RS-485
7 7 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.71%) OpenVPN
9 5 (0.59%) Network Security
9 5 (0.59%) SMTP
9 5 (0.59%) SSH
9 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.47%) IMAP
10 4 (0.47%) LAN
10 4 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.54%) Power BI
2 35 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (3.07%) Tableau
5 22 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.24%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.89%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.65%) Data Vault
9 14 (1.65%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.53%) Oracle Database
11 12 (1.42%) Big Data
12 10 (1.18%) Metadata
13 9 (1.06%) Delta Lake
13 9 (1.06%) Hadoop
14 8 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.83%) Star Schema
15 7 (0.83%) Tick Data
16 6 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 106 (12.50%) Git
2 79 (9.32%) Jenkins
3 49 (5.78%) GitLab
4 41 (4.83%) Selenium
5 29 (3.42%) Bitbucket
6 28 (3.30%) Cucumber
6 28 (3.30%) JUnit
7 23 (2.71%) Postman
8 20 (2.36%) SonarQube
9 19 (2.24%) Zephyr
10 17 (2.00%) TestRail
11 14 (1.65%) Maven
11 14 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
11 14 (1.65%) SpecFlow
12 13 (1.53%) JMeter
13 12 (1.42%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.30%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.94%) ERwin
15 8 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
15 8 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 332 (39.15%) Social Skills
2 296 (34.91%) Finance
3 154 (18.16%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (13.21%) Banking
5 86 (10.14%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (3.89%) Retail
8 31 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (3.42%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.59%) Legal
12 20 (2.36%) Front Office
13 13 (1.53%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.53%) Marketing
14 11 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.06%) Back Office
15 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.06%) Publishing
16 8 (0.94%) Billing
Job Titles
1 184 (21.70%) Analyst
2 132 (15.57%) Business Analyst
3 100 (11.79%) Developer
4 82 (9.67%) Senior
5 70 (8.25%) Lead
6 64 (7.55%) Project Manager
7 34 (4.01%) Tester
8 31 (3.66%) Architect
8 31 (3.66%) Technical Analyst
9 29 (3.42%) Delivery Manager
10 27 (3.18%) Technical Business Analyst
10 27 (3.18%) Test Engineer
11 25 (2.95%) Consultant
12 24 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.71%) Scrum Master
14 20 (2.36%) Data Engineer
14 20 (2.36%) Technical Manager
14 20 (2.36%) Test Analyst
15 19 (2.24%) Product Owner
15 19 (2.24%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.13%) REST
2 39 (4.60%) .NET
3 28 (3.30%) Kafka
4 26 (3.07%) HTML
4 26 (3.07%) React
4 26 (3.07%) Spring
5 24 (2.83%) XML
6 23 (2.71%) RESTful
7 22 (2.59%) AngularJS
7 22 (2.59%) CSS
7 22 (2.59%) Playwright
7 22 (2.59%) SOAP
8 18 (2.12%) JSON
9 17 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.89%) Node.js
11 14 (1.65%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.65%) Web Services
12 13 (1.53%) .NET Framework
13 12 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (1.30%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.13%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (2.95%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.48%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (2.00%) Public Cloud
7 16 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.77%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.42%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.42%) PMI
9 12 (1.42%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.30%) CMDB
10 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.06%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.37%) Linux
2 41 (4.83%) Windows
3 16 (1.89%) Unix
4 11 (1.30%) Android
5 8 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
6 7 (0.83%) VMS
7 4 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (61.91%) Agile
2 223 (26.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 219 (25.83%) Scrum
4 215 (25.35%) DevOps
5 172 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 145 (17.10%) CI/CD
8 132 (15.57%) Test Automation
9 117 (13.80%) Project Management
10 114 (13.44%) User Stories
11 105 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 95 (11.20%) Migration
13 90 (10.61%) Project Delivery
14 88 (10.38%) Roadmaps
15 86 (10.14%) Analytics
16 84 (9.91%) SDLC
17 83 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
18 81 (9.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 80 (9.43%) Waterfall
20 75 (8.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 153 (18.04%) SQL
2 115 (13.56%) Python
3 90 (10.61%) Java
4 54 (6.37%) JavaScript
5 53 (6.25%) C#
6 37 (4.36%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.24%) Bash
9 14 (1.65%) C++
10 10 (1.18%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.94%) Go
13 7 (0.83%) Embedded C++
13 7 (0.83%) Groovy
14 6 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.59%) Korn
15 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.59%) Ruby
15 5 (0.59%) XPath
16 4 (0.47%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 186 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 170 (20.05%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.50%) Degree
4 33 (3.89%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.77%) ISTQB
6 25 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.71%) PMP
8 21 (2.48%) CBAP
9 15 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.77%) ISEB
10 14 (1.65%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.18%) CISSP
12 9 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.94%) IIBA
14 7 (0.83%) CSPO
14 7 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (12.15%) QA
2 41 (4.83%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.01%) PMO
4 33 (3.89%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.59%) GDPR
6 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.42%) NIST
8 11 (1.30%) WCAG
9 9 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.06%) SLA
10 7 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.83%) GRC
11 5 (0.59%) NCSC
11 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.47%) MiFID
13 3 (0.35%) Basel III
13 3 (0.35%) SEPA
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 69 (8.14%) Docker
2 21 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.30%) Squid
4 7 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.83%) Firmware
5 4 (0.47%) DFS Replication
5 4 (0.47%) Dovecot
5 4 (0.47%) Postfix
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 51 (6.01%) Terraform
3 23 (2.71%) Ansible
4 22 (2.59%) Grafana
5 19 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.12%) Consul
7 13 (1.53%) Packer
8 12 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.06%) HP ALM
10 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.71%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.59%) Nessus
13 4 (0.47%) Control-M
13 4 (0.47%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.35%) Istio
14 3 (0.35%) Puppet
14 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 86 (10.14%) ServiceNow
3 72 (8.49%) Oracle
4 63 (7.43%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.48%) Atlassian
6 35 (4.13%) SAP
7 24 (2.83%) Google
8 20 (2.36%) Databricks
9 16 (1.89%) Adobe
10 12 (1.42%) Murex
11 11 (1.30%) Citrix
11 11 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.30%) IBM
12 10 (1.18%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.06%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.06%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.06%) HP
13 9 (1.06%) Informatica
13 9 (1.06%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.06%) Remedy