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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 45 54
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 910 630 679
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.11% 5.01% 3.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.48% 34.60% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 410 465
10th Percentile £350 £303 £328
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £721 £745 £850
England median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 18
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.43
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 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.26% +4.55% -17.52%

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 2,365 1,821 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.28% 14.49% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 1,231 1,659
10th Percentile £352 £350 £363
25th Percentile £422 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £29.50 £38.75 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% -12.43% -23.04%
75th Percentile £72.63 £52.50 £70.94
90th Percentile £85.88 £75.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.97%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -12 109 £545 +3.81% 69
South London +6 38 £513 +7.89% 3
West London -21 19 £400 +0.63% 9
East London -1 5 £450 +25.00% 8
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
1 392 (43.08%) Confluence
2 47 (5.16%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.54%) Apache
3 14 (1.54%) nginx
4 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.77%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.66%) CMS
6 6 (0.66%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.66%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.44%) JBoss
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Kentico
8 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.11%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 84 (9.23%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (8.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (5.05%) MS Visio
4 44 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (1.43%) Trello
7 6 (0.66%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.22%) InVision
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 14 (1.54%) Loan IQ
2 13 (1.43%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.99%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.66%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.44%) Findur
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.44%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.33%) Actimize
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
9 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 212 (23.30%) Azure
2 135 (14.84%) Azure DevOps
3 124 (13.63%) AWS
4 62 (6.81%) GitHub
5 61 (6.70%) Power Platform
6 46 (5.05%) Entra ID
7 40 (4.40%) SaaS
8 34 (3.74%) Amazon S3
9 29 (3.19%) GCP
9 29 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.08%) Serverless
11 27 (2.97%) Figma
12 24 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.31%) Slack
14 20 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.76%) Miro
18 15 (1.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.42%) Firewall
2 14 (1.54%) DNS
3 11 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.10%) HTTP
5 8 (0.88%) SSL
5 8 (0.88%) VPN
6 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.77%) Modbus
6 7 (0.77%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.77%) RS-232
6 7 (0.77%) RS-485
7 6 (0.66%) FTP
7 6 (0.66%) WAN
8 5 (0.55%) LAN
8 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.44%) Network Security
9 4 (0.44%) PSTN
9 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.33%) DKIM
10 3 (0.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.27%) Power BI
2 31 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.19%) Tableau
4 27 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.76%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.32%) Metadata
7 12 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.10%) Delta Lake
10 9 (0.99%) Big Data
11 8 (0.88%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.88%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.77%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 107 (11.76%) Git
2 56 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 39 (4.29%) Selenium
4 30 (3.30%) Zephyr
5 28 (3.08%) GitLab
6 24 (2.64%) JUnit
7 22 (2.42%) Cucumber
8 20 (2.20%) Bitbucket
9 15 (1.65%) Postman
9 15 (1.65%) TestRail
10 14 (1.54%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
11 13 (1.43%) SonarQube
12 12 (1.32%) Appium
12 12 (1.32%) JMeter
13 9 (0.99%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.88%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.77%) Maven
16 6 (0.66%) ScriptRunner
16 6 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 347 (38.13%) Finance
2 336 (36.92%) Social Skills
3 174 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (15.16%) Banking
5 99 (10.88%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.07%) Retail
8 33 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.52%) Legal
10 31 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.86%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.64%) Front Office
13 19 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (1.87%) Marketing
15 16 (1.76%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.10%) Publishing
17 9 (0.99%) Billing
17 9 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
17 9 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (21.76%) Analyst
2 134 (14.73%) Business Analyst
3 101 (11.10%) Developer
4 93 (10.22%) Lead
5 90 (9.89%) Senior
6 59 (6.48%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
8 33 (3.63%) Tester
9 32 (3.52%) IT Support
10 28 (3.08%) Consultant
11 27 (2.97%) Technical Manager
11 27 (2.97%) Test Engineer
12 26 (2.86%) Data Engineer
12 26 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (2.75%) Architect
13 25 (2.75%) Scrum Master
14 24 (2.64%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.53%) Banking Analyst
16 22 (2.42%) IT Support Engineer
16 22 (2.42%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.62%) REST
2 34 (3.74%) .NET
3 31 (3.41%) React
4 25 (2.75%) Kafka
5 23 (2.53%) HTML
6 20 (2.20%) CSS
6 20 (2.20%) Spring
7 19 (2.09%) AngularJS
8 18 (1.98%) RESTful
9 17 (1.87%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (1.76%) JSON
10 16 (1.76%) Node.js
10 16 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.76%) SOAP
10 16 (1.76%) XML
11 15 (1.65%) Playwright
12 14 (1.54%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.32%) ADO
13 12 (1.32%) OpenID
14 11 (1.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.11%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.65%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.32%) Derivative
11 12 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.21%) Market Risk
12 11 (1.21%) Reinsurance
13 9 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.99%) PMI
14 8 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.60%) Windows
2 36 (3.96%) Linux
3 12 (1.32%) Android
4 10 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.88%) Unix
6 7 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.55%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (57.58%) Agile
2 249 (27.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 214 (23.52%) DevOps
4 186 (20.44%) Scrum
5 177 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 130 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 123 (13.52%) Migration
10 122 (13.41%) Project Management
11 118 (12.97%) User Stories
12 109 (11.98%) User Acceptance Testing
13 107 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 100 (10.99%) Change Management
15 99 (10.88%) SDLC
16 94 (10.33%) Roadmaps
17 92 (10.11%) Analytics
18 90 (9.89%) Decision-Making
18 90 (9.89%) Project Delivery
18 90 (9.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 157 (17.25%) SQL
2 97 (10.66%) Python
3 89 (9.78%) Java
4 61 (6.70%) C#
5 44 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 41 (4.51%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.54%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.54%) C++
9 11 (1.21%) Bash
10 7 (0.77%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.77%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.66%) Groovy
11 6 (0.66%) Perl
11 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.55%) C
12 5 (0.55%) XPath
13 4 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.33%) Korn
14 3 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 194 (21.32%) Security Cleared
2 168 (18.46%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.69%) Degree
4 29 (3.19%) PMI Certification
5 27 (2.97%) ISTQB
6 25 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (2.31%) PMP
8 19 (2.09%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.98%) CBAP
10 12 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.21%) IIBA
12 10 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.10%) ISEB
13 9 (0.99%) CISSP
14 8 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.88%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.77%) CISM
16 6 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.66%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.52%) QA
2 57 (6.26%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.62%) PMO
4 33 (3.63%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.08%) GDPR
6 16 (1.76%) SLA
7 14 (1.54%) WCAG
8 12 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.32%) NIST
9 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.77%) GRC
9 7 (0.77%) MiFID
10 6 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.33%) Basel III
12 3 (0.33%) EMIR
12 3 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.33%) NCSC
12 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 45 (4.95%) Docker
2 38 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.88%) Squid
4 7 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.77%) Firmware
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.38%) Terraform
3 21 (2.31%) Ansible
4 20 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.87%) Grafana
5 17 (1.87%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.54%) Consul
7 12 (1.32%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.55%) Control-M
10 5 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.55%) Packer
11 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.22%) CASB
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 106 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 104 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 75 (8.24%) Salesforce
4 70 (7.69%) Oracle
5 41 (4.51%) SAP
6 37 (4.07%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.41%) Google
8 19 (2.09%) Databricks
9 17 (1.87%) Adobe
10 14 (1.54%) Citrix
10 14 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.43%) IBM
12 12 (1.32%) HP
12 12 (1.32%) Murex
12 12 (1.32%) Workday
13 11 (1.21%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.21%) Informatica
13 11 (1.21%) Okta
13 11 (1.21%) Remedy
14 10 (1.10%) ForgeRock