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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 968 706 690
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.02% 5.44% 3.92%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.41% 35.46% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 478 484
10th Percentile £350 £348 £321
25th Percentile £425 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -1.22% -5.05%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £757 £775
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 17
10th Percentile - £46.88 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £53.44 £25.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £66.25 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -58.49% +108.92% -41.28%
75th Percentile £68.13 £78.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £84.63 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.78% -13.46% +6.12%

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 2,456 1,991 2,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.73% 15.33% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 1,343 1,748
10th Percentile £363 £350 £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 £630 £650 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 25
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £33.70 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -50.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.88 £71.63
England median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.80% -3.85% +4.84%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -13 121 £550 +4.76% 79
South London +12 31 £519 +9.17% 1
West London -12 25 £400 -1.23% 7
East London -5 2 £375 -6.25% 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
1 396 (40.91%) Confluence
2 51 (5.27%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.03%) nginx
5 8 (0.83%) Apache
5 8 (0.83%) CMS
6 6 (0.62%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.62%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.62%) SAS
7 4 (0.41%) JBoss
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
2 64 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.34%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.03%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.83%) Revit
8 6 (0.62%) Trello
9 5 (0.52%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.41%) Notion
11 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.10%) Mingle
12 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.14%) Loan IQ
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
3 9 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.83%) Findur
5 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
7 4 (0.41%) Summit
8 3 (0.31%) IntelliMatch
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.31%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 258 (26.65%) Azure
2 154 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
3 149 (15.39%) AWS
4 73 (7.54%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.51%) GitHub
6 52 (5.37%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.17%) Amazon S3
8 49 (5.06%) SaaS
9 47 (4.86%) Serverless
10 41 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.89%) GCP
15 25 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 19 (1.96%) Snowflake
18 18 (1.86%) Google Workspace
18 18 (1.86%) Slack
19 17 (1.76%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.89%) Firewall
2 19 (1.96%) DNS
3 16 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.55%) VPN
5 10 (1.03%) HTTP
6 8 (0.83%) WAN
7 7 (0.72%) Network Security
7 7 (0.72%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
8 5 (0.52%) LAN
8 5 (0.52%) SSL
8 5 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) PSTN
9 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.31%) DHCP
10 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.31%) Internet
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.20%) Power BI
2 36 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
5 19 (1.96%) Tableau
6 18 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.55%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.14%) Metadata
10 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.03%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.03%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.93%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.72%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 114 (11.78%) Git
2 70 (7.23%) Jenkins
3 40 (4.13%) GitLab
4 37 (3.82%) Selenium
5 26 (2.69%) Zephyr
6 25 (2.58%) JUnit
7 19 (1.96%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.96%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.55%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.24%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.14%) Postman
11 10 (1.03%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.93%) Appium
13 8 (0.83%) JMeter
13 8 (0.83%) Maven
13 8 (0.83%) TestRail
14 7 (0.72%) Mockito
15 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 372 (38.43%) Finance
2 371 (38.33%) Social Skills
3 173 (17.87%) Banking
4 163 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.85%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.44%) Retail
7 41 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (3.62%) Investment Banking
9 32 (3.31%) Front Office
10 29 (3.00%) Legal
11 23 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.76%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.55%) Marketing
15 14 (1.45%) Back Office
15 14 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
17 11 (1.14%) Retail Banking
18 9 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 206 (21.28%) Analyst
2 128 (13.22%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.26%) Developer
4 95 (9.81%) Lead
5 87 (8.99%) Senior
6 53 (5.48%) Project Manager
7 50 (5.17%) Delivery Manager
8 42 (4.34%) IT Support
9 40 (4.13%) Architect
10 33 (3.41%) Consultant
11 31 (3.20%) Data Engineer
11 31 (3.20%) Tester
12 28 (2.89%) Scrum Master
13 27 (2.79%) Support Engineer
14 25 (2.58%) Banking Analyst
14 25 (2.58%) Product Owner
14 25 (2.58%) Technical Manager
14 25 (2.58%) Test Leader
15 24 (2.48%) IT Engineer
15 24 (2.48%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.06%) REST
2 33 (3.41%) .NET
3 29 (3.00%) React
4 24 (2.48%) Kafka
5 23 (2.38%) SOAP
6 22 (2.27%) AngularJS
7 21 (2.17%) Spring
8 19 (1.96%) HTML
8 19 (1.96%) JSON
8 19 (1.96%) RESTful
9 18 (1.86%) PySpark
10 17 (1.76%) CSS
10 17 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (1.65%) Playwright
11 16 (1.65%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.55%) Node.js
13 14 (1.45%) OpenID
14 12 (1.24%) OAuth
14 12 (1.24%) Web Services
15 11 (1.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.61%) Product Ownership
2 65 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 22 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 19 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 18 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.65%) Derivative
7 16 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.34%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.24%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.14%) Fixed Income
10 11 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.14%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.06%) Windows
2 37 (3.82%) Linux
3 10 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.03%) Unix
4 9 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.62%) Android
6 4 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
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
1 553 (57.13%) Agile
2 285 (29.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 256 (26.45%) DevOps
4 204 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (18.29%) Scrum
6 169 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 168 (17.36%) CI/CD
8 138 (14.26%) Test Automation
9 136 (14.05%) Migration
10 134 (13.84%) User Acceptance Testing
11 118 (12.19%) User Stories
12 117 (12.09%) AI
13 106 (10.95%) SDLC
14 104 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 103 (10.64%) Change Management
16 99 (10.23%) Acceptance Criteria
16 99 (10.23%) Validation
17 97 (10.02%) Roadmaps
18 96 (9.92%) Project Management
19 95 (9.81%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 176 (18.18%) SQL
2 116 (11.98%) Python
3 81 (8.37%) Java
4 62 (6.40%) C#
5 38 (3.93%) TypeScript
6 37 (3.82%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.58%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.55%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.55%) Bash
9 8 (0.83%) Groovy
9 8 (0.83%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.72%) Perl
11 6 (0.62%) C++
11 6 (0.62%) VBA
12 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.31%) Bicep
13 3 (0.31%) Swift
13 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.21%) Cypher
14 2 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 211 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 186 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.02%) Degree
4 24 (2.48%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.38%) ISTQB
6 20 (2.07%) PMP
7 19 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.03%) CISSP
11 8 (0.83%) CISM
11 8 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.72%) CBAP
12 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.72%) ISEB
12 7 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (12.60%) QA
2 74 (7.64%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.24%) PMO
4 28 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.58%) GDPR
6 24 (2.48%) SLA
7 20 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.14%) WCAG
9 10 (1.03%) NIST
10 8 (0.83%) GRC
11 7 (0.72%) MiFID
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.41%) EMIR
14 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.03%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) Squid
3 7 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (7.02%) Terraform
2 60 (6.20%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.69%) Ansible
3 26 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.07%) Grafana
4 20 (2.07%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.24%) Consul
6 9 (0.93%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.41%) Control-M
8 4 (0.41%) Packer
8 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.31%) Puppet
10 2 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 126 (13.02%) ServiceNow
2 123 (12.71%) Microsoft
3 80 (8.26%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.99%) Oracle
5 36 (3.72%) SAP
6 35 (3.62%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.20%) Google
8 19 (1.96%) Databricks
9 16 (1.65%) Adobe
9 16 (1.65%) Informatica
9 16 (1.65%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.55%) Okta
11 12 (1.24%) Murex
11 12 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.24%) Workday
12 11 (1.14%) Bloomberg
13 10 (1.03%) ForgeRock
13 10 (1.03%) HP
13 10 (1.03%) Splunk
14 9 (0.93%) IBM