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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 33 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 960 803 671
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.78% 6.00% 4.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.08% 37.63% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 561 456
10th Percentile £356 £325 £315
25th Percentile £425 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £750 £745 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £34.20 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.88 £39.38 £25.99
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.75 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +36.64% -39.35%
75th Percentile £71.25 £57.81 £69.69
90th Percentile £87.83 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% -11.76% +8.80%

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 2,134 2,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.56% 15.94% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,631 1,464 1,610
10th Percentile £363 £350 £365
25th Percentile £438 £417 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £31.85 £24.60
25th Percentile £27.38 £40.00 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +20.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.56 £67.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.66 £105.75 £71.38
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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -19 116 £550 +16.96% 70
West London -4 27 £400 -1.23% 18
South London -12 20 £550 -5.40% 5
North London +2 3 - - 1
East London -2 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
1 403 (41.98%) Confluence
2 56 (5.83%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.35%) CMS
5 7 (0.73%) SAS
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) MTS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.42%) Camunda
7 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) JBoss
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.17%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (1.35%) Trello
7 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 6 (0.63%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.52%) Notion
11 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.21%) Mingle
13 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.10%) Sketch
13 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.15%) Aladdin
3 9 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 2 (0.21%) Actimize
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
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
1 267 (27.81%) Azure
2 152 (15.83%) Azure DevOps
3 150 (15.63%) AWS
4 89 (9.27%) Power Platform
5 71 (7.40%) GitHub
6 51 (5.31%) SaaS
7 46 (4.79%) Entra ID
8 44 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (4.48%) Amazon S3
9 43 (4.48%) Serverless
10 41 (4.27%) GCP
11 35 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
15 24 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
16 20 (2.08%) Figma
16 20 (2.08%) Snowflake
17 19 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.50%) DNS
2 23 (2.40%) Firewall
3 17 (1.77%) VPN
4 16 (1.67%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.94%) DHCP
6 7 (0.73%) HTTP
7 6 (0.63%) Network Security
7 6 (0.63%) SSL
7 6 (0.63%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
9 4 (0.42%) Internet
9 4 (0.42%) IPv4
9 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.42%) SSH
10 3 (0.31%) FTP
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
11 2 (0.21%) Broadband
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.33%) Power BI
2 36 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 28 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.67%) Metadata
7 15 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (1.56%) Tableau
8 14 (1.46%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.04%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.94%) Redis
13 8 (0.83%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 123 (12.81%) Git
2 76 (7.92%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.38%) GitLab
4 37 (3.85%) Selenium
5 26 (2.71%) Zephyr
6 20 (2.08%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.88%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.46%) Postman
10 12 (1.25%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.04%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.04%) JUnit
11 10 (1.04%) TestRail
12 9 (0.94%) Maven
13 8 (0.83%) JMeter
13 8 (0.83%) Mockito
14 7 (0.73%) Gradle
15 6 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.63%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
General
1 395 (41.15%) Finance
2 388 (40.42%) Social Skills
3 203 (21.15%) Banking
4 186 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.58%) Investment Banking
6 44 (4.58%) Retail
7 37 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.75%) Front Office
9 33 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.19%) Legal
12 19 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (1.98%) Marketing
13 16 (1.67%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.56%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.46%) Back Office
15 14 (1.46%) Corporate Banking
16 11 (1.15%) Law
16 11 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 194 (20.21%) Analyst
2 125 (13.02%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.35%) Lead
4 103 (10.73%) Developer
5 91 (9.48%) Senior
6 55 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
8 36 (3.75%) Architect
9 35 (3.65%) Consultant
10 31 (3.23%) Product Owner
11 29 (3.02%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.81%) Applications Support
12 27 (2.81%) Test Manager
13 26 (2.71%) Support Engineer
13 26 (2.71%) Test Leader
14 24 (2.50%) Banking Analyst
14 24 (2.50%) Tester
15 23 (2.40%) Data Engineer
16 22 (2.29%) IT Support
17 21 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (7.71%) Terraform
2 60 (6.25%) REST
3 43 (4.48%) .NET
4 28 (2.92%) React
5 26 (2.71%) AngularJS
6 25 (2.60%) JSON
7 22 (2.29%) HTML
8 21 (2.19%) Kafka
9 20 (2.08%) Playwright
10 18 (1.88%) SOAP
11 16 (1.67%) CSS
11 16 (1.67%) Middleware
11 16 (1.67%) RESTful
12 15 (1.56%) PySpark
12 15 (1.56%) XML
13 14 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (1.46%) Node.js
14 12 (1.25%) OAuth
14 12 (1.25%) Spring
15 10 (1.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 118 (12.29%) Product Ownership
2 69 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.60%) Cloud Native
3 25 (2.60%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.29%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 19 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.88%) Credit Risk
9 17 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.77%) Derivative
10 15 (1.56%) Replication
10 15 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 14 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.35%) Fixed Income
12 13 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.35%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.63%) Windows
2 45 (4.69%) Linux
3 13 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.15%) Android
4 11 (1.15%) Unix
5 9 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.52%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.21%) VMS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (59.90%) Agile
2 345 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 274 (28.54%) DevOps
4 225 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (19.58%) CI/CD
6 184 (19.17%) Scrum
7 151 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (15.73%) Migration
8 146 (15.21%) User Acceptance Testing
9 137 (14.27%) AI
10 133 (13.85%) User Stories
11 129 (13.44%) Test Automation
12 113 (11.77%) Validation
13 109 (11.35%) Acceptance Criteria
14 108 (11.25%) Project Management
15 107 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 103 (10.73%) SDLC
17 98 (10.21%) Sprint Planning
18 97 (10.10%) Analytics
19 90 (9.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 186 (19.38%) SQL
2 112 (11.67%) Python
3 61 (6.35%) Java
4 44 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 41 (4.27%) C#
5 41 (4.27%) PowerShell
6 27 (2.81%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.08%) Bash
8 16 (1.67%) Apex Code
9 15 (1.56%) Groovy
10 11 (1.15%) Perl
11 10 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.52%) Tcl
12 5 (0.52%) VBA
13 4 (0.42%) Korn
13 4 (0.42%) Swift
13 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.31%) Bicep
14 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 216 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 190 (19.79%) SC Cleared
3 76 (7.92%) Degree
4 32 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.50%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.50%) PMP
6 20 (2.08%) ISTQB
7 19 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.94%) IIBA
13 8 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.73%) CBAP
15 6 (0.63%) CISSP
15 6 (0.63%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.52%) MBA
17 4 (0.42%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (13.65%) QA
2 69 (7.19%) Data Quality
3 49 (5.10%) PMO
4 28 (2.92%) SLA
5 23 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.77%) GDPR
7 16 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.15%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.94%) NIST
9 9 (0.94%) WCAG
10 8 (0.83%) GRC
11 7 (0.73%) SEPA
12 5 (0.52%) COBIT
12 5 (0.52%) MiFID
12 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.42%) EMIR
13 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.42%) P3O
13 4 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 53 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.17%) Docker
3 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.21%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Postfix
6 2 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.60%) Ansible
2 25 (2.60%) Grafana
3 23 (2.40%) Prometheus
4 21 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.15%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.94%) Control-M
7 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.63%) SCOM
9 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.42%) Argo
9 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.42%) Istio
9 4 (0.42%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.42%) Podman
10 3 (0.31%) Consul
10 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 147 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 111 (11.56%) ServiceNow
3 64 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.48%) Oracle
5 33 (3.44%) Google
5 33 (3.44%) SAP
6 28 (2.92%) Atlassian
7 23 (2.40%) Splunk
8 18 (1.88%) Adobe
8 18 (1.88%) IBM
9 17 (1.77%) Remedy
10 15 (1.56%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.35%) Okta
12 12 (1.25%) Bloomberg
12 12 (1.25%) Databricks
12 12 (1.25%) HP
12 12 (1.25%) Informatica
12 12 (1.25%) ION Trading
12 12 (1.25%) Workday
13 11 (1.15%) BMC