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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 42 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 901 634 667
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.04% 5.12% 3.81%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.41% 35.05% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 415 456
10th Percentile £335 £311 £325
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 £723 £748 £844
England median daily rate £484 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.20% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 19
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.62
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 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £62.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% -10.03%

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 2,346 1,809 2,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.12% 14.60% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,551 1,231 1,639
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £672 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £778
England median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £31.50 £38.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +6.16% -46.72%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.75 £60.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.45% -7.31% +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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -6 114 £550 +4.76% 59
South London +10 33 £513 +7.89%
West London -22 19 £400 +0.63% 7
East London -1 5 £450 +25.00% 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
1 384 (42.62%) Confluence
2 44 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.55%) Apache
4 13 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.11%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.55%) CMS
9 4 (0.44%) JBoss
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.44%) SAS
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
11 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 81 (8.99%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (5.11%) MS Visio
4 42 (4.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.22%) Trello
7 6 (0.67%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 14 (1.55%) Loan IQ
2 12 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.22%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.00%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.67%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.55%) Findur
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.44%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.33%) Actimize
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
10 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
10 3 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 209 (23.20%) Azure
2 131 (14.54%) Azure DevOps
3 120 (13.32%) AWS
4 59 (6.55%) GitHub
4 59 (6.55%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.33%) Entra ID
6 43 (4.77%) SaaS
7 36 (4.00%) Amazon S3
8 31 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.33%) GCP
10 29 (3.22%) Serverless
11 26 (2.89%) Figma
12 24 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (2.33%) Slack
15 19 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (1.66%) Google Workspace
17 15 (1.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.55%) Firewall
2 17 (1.89%) DNS
3 14 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.11%) VPN
5 9 (1.00%) HTTP
6 8 (0.89%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.89%) SSL
7 7 (0.78%) Modbus
7 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.78%) RS-232
7 7 (0.78%) RS-485
8 6 (0.67%) FTP
8 6 (0.67%) WAN
9 5 (0.55%) LAN
9 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.44%) DKIM
10 4 (0.44%) DMARC
10 4 (0.44%) Network Security
10 4 (0.44%) PSTN
10 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.22%) Power BI
2 29 (3.22%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.11%) Tableau
4 27 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.66%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.44%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.33%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.33%) Metadata
9 12 (1.33%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.00%) Big Data
13 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
13 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 101 (11.21%) Git
2 58 (6.44%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.00%) Selenium
4 28 (3.11%) GitLab
5 27 (3.00%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.55%) JUnit
7 19 (2.11%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.00%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.44%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.33%) Appium
11 12 (1.33%) Postman
11 12 (1.33%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.33%) TestRail
12 11 (1.22%) JMeter
13 9 (1.00%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.78%) Maven
15 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
15 6 (0.67%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 346 (38.40%) Finance
2 332 (36.85%) Social Skills
3 166 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (15.32%) Banking
5 98 (10.88%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.22%) Retail
7 37 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.55%) Legal
10 31 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (3.22%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.66%) Front Office
13 17 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.89%) Marketing
14 16 (1.78%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
16 10 (1.11%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.00%) Back Office
17 9 (1.00%) Billing
17 9 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 196 (21.75%) Analyst
2 130 (14.43%) Business Analyst
3 97 (10.77%) Developer
4 95 (10.54%) Lead
5 91 (10.10%) Senior
6 56 (6.22%) Project Manager
7 43 (4.77%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.55%) IT Support
9 28 (3.11%) Consultant
9 28 (3.11%) Technical Manager
10 27 (3.00%) Test Engineer
10 27 (3.00%) Tester
11 26 (2.89%) Data Engineer
11 26 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.77%) Scrum Master
13 24 (2.66%) Architect
13 24 (2.66%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.55%) Banking Analyst
14 23 (2.55%) Test Leader
15 22 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.33%) REST
2 29 (3.22%) React
3 28 (3.11%) .NET
4 26 (2.89%) Kafka
5 22 (2.44%) HTML
6 20 (2.22%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.22%) Spring
7 18 (2.00%) CSS
7 18 (2.00%) Node.js
7 18 (2.00%) RESTful
8 17 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.78%) SOAP
10 14 (1.55%) JSON
10 14 (1.55%) Playwright
10 14 (1.55%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.55%) XML
11 12 (1.33%) ADO
11 12 (1.33%) OpenID
12 11 (1.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.21%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.55%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 17 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.33%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.33%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.22%) Derivative
11 11 (1.22%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.22%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.89%) Fixed Income
13 8 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.77%) Windows
2 35 (3.88%) Linux
3 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.11%) Android
5 8 (0.89%) Unix
6 7 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.55%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (57.27%) Agile
2 247 (27.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 211 (23.42%) DevOps
4 182 (20.20%) Scrum
5 181 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (15.54%) Test Automation
8 129 (14.32%) CI/CD
9 125 (13.87%) Migration
10 122 (13.54%) Project Management
11 116 (12.87%) User Stories
12 105 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
13 100 (11.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (10.99%) Change Management
15 97 (10.77%) Roadmaps
16 94 (10.43%) SDLC
17 90 (9.99%) Analytics
18 89 (9.88%) Project Delivery
18 89 (9.88%) Validation
19 88 (9.77%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 154 (17.09%) SQL
2 96 (10.65%) Python
3 87 (9.66%) Java
4 56 (6.22%) C#
5 42 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.33%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.55%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.55%) C++
9 12 (1.33%) Bash
10 8 (0.89%) Groovy
11 7 (0.78%) Embedded C++
11 7 (0.78%) Perl
11 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.55%) C
12 5 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.33%) Korn
13 3 (0.33%) VBA
13 3 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 191 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 165 (18.31%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.77%) Degree
4 28 (3.11%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.55%) ISTQB
7 21 (2.33%) PMP
8 19 (2.11%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.00%) CBAP
10 13 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.22%) IIBA
12 10 (1.11%) ISEB
13 9 (1.00%) CISSP
14 8 (0.89%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.78%) CISM
15 7 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (13.21%) QA
2 60 (6.66%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.66%) PMO
4 30 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.11%) GDPR
6 16 (1.78%) SLA
7 13 (1.44%) WCAG
8 12 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.22%) NIST
10 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.78%) MiFID
11 6 (0.67%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.33%) Basel III
13 3 (0.33%) EMIR
13 3 (0.33%) NCSC
14 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (4.66%) Active Directory
1 42 (4.66%) Docker
2 8 (0.89%) Firmware
2 8 (0.89%) Squid
3 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (5.66%) Terraform
2 50 (5.55%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.33%) Ansible
3 21 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.11%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.00%) Grafana
6 11 (1.22%) Consul
6 11 (1.22%) HP ALM
7 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.55%) Control-M
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%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 107 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 104 (11.54%) ServiceNow
3 74 (8.21%) Salesforce
4 67 (7.44%) Oracle
5 40 (4.44%) SAP
6 38 (4.22%) Atlassian
7 30 (3.33%) Google
8 19 (2.11%) Databricks
9 14 (1.55%) Adobe
9 14 (1.55%) Citrix
9 14 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.44%) Murex
11 12 (1.33%) IBM
11 12 (1.33%) Workday
12 11 (1.22%) HP
12 11 (1.22%) Informatica
12 11 (1.22%) Okta
13 10 (1.11%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.11%) ForgeRock
14 9 (1.00%) Splunk