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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 42 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 938 653 688
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.96% 5.30% 3.91%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.25% 34.81% 28.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 435 481
10th Percentile £350 £343 £321
25th Percentile £420 £423 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -2.44% -7.10%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £737 £750 £788
England median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 20
10th Percentile - £30.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £35.00 £25.80
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +40.17% -40.55%
75th Percentile £68.13 £68.13 £59.38
90th Percentile £90.00 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -12.00% -

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 2,390 1,876 2,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.64% 15.21% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 1,261 1,697
10th Percentile £360 £354 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £653 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 27
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -46.67%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £67.50 £59.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.45% -8.46% +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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -12 116 £550 +6.80% 39
South London +12 33 £513 +7.89% 8
West London -16 23 £400 +1.27% 7
East London -2 5 £450 +18.42% 6
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 (41.68%) Confluence
2 49 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.17%) Apache
5 10 (1.07%) nginx
6 7 (0.75%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.64%) CMS
7 6 (0.64%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.64%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.64%) SAS
8 4 (0.43%) JBoss
8 4 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 64 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
2 59 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (4.37%) MS Visio
4 32 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.75%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.75%) Revit
7 6 (0.64%) Trello
8 5 (0.53%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.43%) Notion
10 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.11%) Mingle
11 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.17%) Loan IQ
3 9 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 9 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.85%) Findur
5 7 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.75%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.43%) Actimize
7 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.43%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.43%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 239 (25.48%) Azure
2 147 (15.67%) Azure DevOps
3 141 (15.03%) AWS
4 67 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.18%) GitHub
6 50 (5.33%) Entra ID
7 47 (5.01%) SaaS
8 45 (4.80%) Amazon S3
9 43 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (4.26%) Serverless
11 32 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (3.20%) GCP
13 27 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (2.45%) Slack
15 21 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 20 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (2.03%) Google Workspace
18 17 (1.81%) Figma
19 16 (1.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.67%) Firewall
2 18 (1.92%) DNS
3 15 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.49%) VPN
5 10 (1.07%) HTTP
6 7 (0.75%) Network Security
6 7 (0.75%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.75%) SSL
6 7 (0.75%) WAN
7 6 (0.64%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.53%) FTP
8 5 (0.53%) LAN
8 5 (0.53%) Modbus
8 5 (0.53%) RS-232
8 5 (0.53%) RS-485
8 5 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.43%) DKIM
9 4 (0.43%) DMARC
9 4 (0.43%) PSTN
9 4 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.65%) Power BI
2 32 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.56%) Tableau
5 21 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.71%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.49%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.49%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.07%) Delta Lake
9 10 (1.07%) Metadata
9 10 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.96%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.85%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.75%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 110 (11.73%) Git
2 62 (6.61%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.94%) GitLab
4 32 (3.41%) Selenium
5 27 (2.88%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.45%) JUnit
7 17 (1.81%) Bitbucket
8 15 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.49%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.39%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.07%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.07%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.96%) Appium
12 9 (0.96%) TestRail
13 8 (0.85%) JMeter
14 7 (0.75%) Maven
14 7 (0.75%) Postman
15 6 (0.64%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.53%) Mockito
17 4 (0.43%) Liquibase
General
1 362 (38.59%) Finance
2 345 (36.78%) Social Skills
3 163 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (16.63%) Banking
5 101 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 40 (4.26%) Retail
7 38 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 31 (3.30%) Investment Banking
8 31 (3.30%) Legal
9 28 (2.99%) Front Office
10 27 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.60%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.60%) Marketing
14 13 (1.39%) Back Office
15 12 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
16 10 (1.07%) Retail Banking
17 9 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 201 (21.43%) Analyst
2 129 (13.75%) Business Analyst
3 104 (11.09%) Developer
4 97 (10.34%) Lead
5 87 (9.28%) Senior
6 50 (5.33%) Delivery Manager
7 49 (5.22%) Project Manager
8 42 (4.48%) IT Support
9 36 (3.84%) Architect
10 31 (3.30%) Consultant
10 31 (3.30%) Scrum Master
11 30 (3.20%) Data Engineer
12 28 (2.99%) Technical Manager
13 27 (2.88%) Banking Analyst
13 27 (2.88%) Tester
14 26 (2.77%) Support Engineer
15 24 (2.56%) Salesforce Analyst
15 24 (2.56%) Test Leader
15 24 (2.56%) Test Manager
16 23 (2.45%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.48%) REST
2 28 (2.99%) React
3 27 (2.88%) .NET
4 24 (2.56%) Kafka
5 21 (2.24%) AngularJS
5 21 (2.24%) SOAP
6 20 (2.13%) HTML
6 20 (2.13%) Spring
7 18 (1.92%) RESTful
8 17 (1.81%) CSS
8 17 (1.81%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.71%) JSON
9 16 (1.71%) PySpark
10 15 (1.60%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.49%) OpenID
12 13 (1.39%) Node.js
13 12 (1.28%) OAuth
13 12 (1.28%) Playwright
14 11 (1.17%) ADO
14 11 (1.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.02%) Product Ownership
2 58 (6.18%) Onboarding
3 24 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 24 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.24%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (1.60%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.60%) Derivative
10 13 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.28%) Credit Risk
12 11 (1.17%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.07%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.44%) Windows
2 38 (4.05%) Linux
3 10 (1.07%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.96%) Unix
5 6 (0.64%) Android
6 5 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.43%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (55.65%) Agile
2 265 (28.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 241 (25.69%) DevOps
4 195 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 184 (19.62%) Scrum
6 170 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (16.20%) CI/CD
8 132 (14.07%) Test Automation
9 130 (13.86%) Migration
10 123 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
11 116 (12.37%) User Stories
12 109 (11.62%) SDLC
13 101 (10.77%) Project Management
14 100 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 99 (10.55%) AI
16 98 (10.45%) Roadmaps
17 97 (10.34%) Change Management
18 95 (10.13%) Data Modelling
19 94 (10.02%) Acceptance Criteria
20 92 (9.81%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 165 (17.59%) SQL
2 105 (11.19%) Python
3 79 (8.42%) Java
4 58 (6.18%) C#
5 37 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 36 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.60%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.60%) Bash
9 9 (0.96%) C++
10 8 (0.85%) Groovy
10 8 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.75%) Perl
12 5 (0.53%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.32%) Bicep
14 3 (0.32%) C
14 3 (0.32%) VBA
15 2 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 180 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.14%) Degree
4 29 (3.09%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.45%) PMP
7 22 (2.35%) ISTQB
8 17 (1.81%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.17%) CBAP
11 10 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.96%) CISSP
12 9 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.96%) ISEB
13 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.75%) CISM
13 7 (0.75%) IIBA
14 6 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (12.26%) QA
2 70 (7.46%) Data Quality
3 37 (3.94%) PMO
4 27 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.77%) GDPR
6 24 (2.56%) SLA
7 19 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.17%) NIST
8 11 (1.17%) WCAG
9 9 (0.96%) GRC
10 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.64%) MiFID
11 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.53%) COBIT
12 5 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.43%) NCSC
13 4 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.32%) Basel III
System Software
1 42 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.26%) Docker
3 8 (0.85%) Squid
4 7 (0.75%) Firmware
4 7 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (6.72%) Terraform
2 59 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.45%) Ansible
4 22 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (2.13%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.03%) Grafana
7 12 (1.28%) Consul
8 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.75%) HP ALM
9 7 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.53%) Control-M
11 4 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.43%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.32%) Packer
13 2 (0.21%) Podman
13 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 124 (13.22%) ServiceNow
2 118 (12.58%) Microsoft
3 80 (8.53%) Salesforce
4 62 (6.61%) Oracle
5 37 (3.94%) SAP
6 36 (3.84%) Atlassian
7 32 (3.41%) Google
8 18 (1.92%) Databricks
9 17 (1.81%) Informatica
10 15 (1.60%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.49%) Adobe
12 12 (1.28%) Okta
12 12 (1.28%) Workday
13 11 (1.17%) CA Agile Central
13 11 (1.17%) IBM
13 11 (1.17%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.17%) Remedy
14 10 (1.07%) ForgeRock
14 10 (1.07%) Murex
15 9 (0.96%) Bloomberg