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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 37 55
Rank change year-on-year -9 +18 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 966 788 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.81% 5.86% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.32% 37.47% 28.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 549 449
10th Percentile £362 £324 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 15
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.62
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +37.69% -39.81%
75th Percentile £73.44 £57.81 £68.13
90th Percentile £87.83 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 2,521 2,103 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.56% 15.64% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,624 1,442 1,588
10th Percentile £375 £340 £363
25th Percentile £448 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -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 26 13 20
10th Percentile £18.75 £26.98 £22.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £73.56 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.29 £84.50 £71.31
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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -16 118 £550 +10.00% 18
West London -12 27 £400 -3.61% 8
South London 0 19 £531 -8.56% 4
North London -1 2 - -
East London -5 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
1 393 (40.68%) Confluence
2 50 (5.18%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.24%) CMS
5 7 (0.72%) SAS
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.31%) MTS
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 67 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (4.04%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.45%) Trello
7 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 6 (0.62%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.52%) 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 19 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.24%) Aladdin
3 11 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.62%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Findur
6 4 (0.41%) Actimize
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 271 (28.05%) Azure
2 152 (15.73%) Azure DevOps
3 148 (15.32%) AWS
4 85 (8.80%) Power Platform
5 69 (7.14%) GitHub
6 53 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.18%) SaaS
8 44 (4.55%) GCP
8 44 (4.55%) Serverless
9 41 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (4.04%) Amazon S3
11 34 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
16 20 (2.07%) Snowflake
17 19 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.86%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.38%) Firewall
2 22 (2.28%) DNS
3 17 (1.76%) VPN
4 16 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.83%) DHCP
6 7 (0.72%) Network Security
7 6 (0.62%) SSL
7 6 (0.62%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
9 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 4 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.41%) IPv4
9 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.31%) FTP
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
11 2 (0.21%) 5G
11 2 (0.21%) Broadband
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.87%) Power BI
2 35 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
6 16 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (1.66%) Metadata
6 16 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.66%) Tableau
7 14 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (1.45%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.14%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.93%) Redis
12 7 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.62%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 118 (12.22%) Git
2 73 (7.56%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.83%) GitLab
4 32 (3.31%) Selenium
5 28 (2.90%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.17%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.66%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.45%) JUnit
9 14 (1.45%) Postman
10 13 (1.35%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.14%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.04%) TestRail
13 7 (0.72%) Maven
13 7 (0.72%) Mockito
14 6 (0.62%) Appium
14 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.62%) JMeter
14 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
General
1 392 (40.58%) Finance
2 386 (39.96%) Social Skills
3 196 (20.29%) Banking
4 190 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (10.25%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.24%) Investment Banking
6 41 (4.24%) Retail
7 38 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
9 34 (3.52%) Front Office
10 24 (2.48%) Legal
11 19 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (1.97%) Marketing
12 18 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.66%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.45%) Back Office
15 14 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
15 14 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (20.08%) Analyst
2 122 (12.63%) Business Analyst
3 105 (10.87%) Developer
4 104 (10.77%) Lead
5 90 (9.32%) Senior
6 58 (6.00%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.83%) Consultant
7 37 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
8 34 (3.52%) Architect
9 32 (3.31%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.11%) IT Support
10 30 (3.11%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.80%) Scrum Master
11 27 (2.80%) Test Manager
12 25 (2.59%) Applications Support
12 25 (2.59%) Test Leader
12 25 (2.59%) Tester
13 23 (2.38%) Banking Analyst
14 22 (2.28%) Data Engineer
14 22 (2.28%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.11%) REST
2 39 (4.04%) .NET
3 27 (2.80%) React
4 26 (2.69%) AngularJS
5 21 (2.17%) JSON
5 21 (2.17%) Kafka
6 19 (1.97%) HTML
6 19 (1.97%) SOAP
7 18 (1.86%) Playwright
8 17 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.55%) CSS
10 14 (1.45%) Middleware
10 14 (1.45%) PySpark
10 14 (1.45%) RESTful
10 14 (1.45%) XML
11 13 (1.35%) Node.js
11 13 (1.35%) Spring
12 12 (1.24%) OAuth
13 10 (1.04%) SailPoint
13 10 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 111 (11.49%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.83%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.69%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.86%) Derivative
8 17 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.66%) Credit Risk
10 15 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 12 (1.24%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.24%) Replication
13 11 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.80%) Windows
2 42 (4.35%) Linux
3 11 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.14%) Unix
4 10 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.93%) Android
6 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (59.11%) Agile
2 331 (34.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 270 (27.95%) DevOps
4 227 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
5 186 (19.25%) CI/CD
6 177 (18.32%) Scrum
7 157 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 157 (16.25%) Migration
8 143 (14.80%) User Acceptance Testing
9 130 (13.46%) User Stories
10 129 (13.35%) AI
11 126 (13.04%) Test Automation
12 109 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 106 (10.97%) Acceptance Criteria
14 105 (10.87%) Project Management
15 101 (10.46%) SDLC
15 101 (10.46%) Validation
16 99 (10.25%) Sprint Planning
17 97 (10.04%) Analytics
18 96 (9.94%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 181 (18.74%) SQL
2 107 (11.08%) Python
3 66 (6.83%) Java
4 45 (4.66%) C#
5 42 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.04%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.80%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.07%) Bash
9 16 (1.66%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.24%) Groovy
11 11 (1.14%) Perl
12 9 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.52%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
15 3 (0.31%) Tcl
16 2 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 211 (21.84%) Security Cleared
2 185 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.35%) Degree
4 32 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 26 (2.69%) PMP
6 24 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.28%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.04%) IIBA
10 10 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.72%) CBAP
12 7 (0.72%) CISSP
13 5 (0.52%) CISM
13 5 (0.52%) ISEB
13 5 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.25%) QA
2 67 (6.94%) Data Quality
3 46 (4.76%) PMO
4 29 (3.00%) SLA
5 26 (2.69%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.97%) GDPR
7 17 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.14%) WCAG
9 10 (1.04%) ISO 20022
10 9 (0.93%) NIST
11 7 (0.72%) GRC
11 7 (0.72%) SEPA
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) MiFID
14 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.41%) P3O
14 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.83%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.10%) Squid
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 70 (7.25%) Terraform
2 55 (5.69%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.90%) Ansible
4 23 (2.38%) Grafana
5 22 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.14%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.93%) Control-M
8 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.62%) 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
1 143 (14.80%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.73%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 39 (4.04%) Oracle
5 37 (3.83%) SAP
6 35 (3.62%) Google
7 28 (2.90%) Atlassian
8 22 (2.28%) Splunk
9 19 (1.97%) Adobe
9 19 (1.97%) Remedy
10 18 (1.86%) Okta
11 15 (1.55%) Databricks
11 15 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.45%) IBM
13 12 (1.24%) HP
13 12 (1.24%) Informatica
13 12 (1.24%) Workday
14 11 (1.14%) BMC
14 11 (1.14%) ForgeRock
15 10 (1.04%) ION Trading