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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 37 57
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 986 766 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.89% 5.64% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.80% 36.60% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 528 454
10th Percentile £358 £325 £322
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 15
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.55% +37.69% -39.81%
75th Percentile £68.13 £57.81 £68.13
90th Percentile £78.97 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.70% -6.67% +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 2,541 2,093 2,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.60% 15.42% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,430 1,600
10th Percentile £363 £342 £363
25th Percentile £440 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £747 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 22
10th Percentile - £26.98 £22.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.70% -33.93%
75th Percentile £72.75 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.20 £84.50 £71.81
England median hourly rate £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.23% - -

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -13 120 £550 +10.00% 61
South London +8 30 £513 -11.85% 7
West London -7 26 £400 -3.61% 3
East London 0 2 £425 +4.29% 5
North London -1 2 - - 1
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
1 410 (41.58%) Confluence
2 54 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.22%) CMS
5 7 (0.71%) SAS
6 6 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.41%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
10 2 (0.20%) MTS
10 2 (0.20%) nginx
11 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 64 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (6.29%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.06%) MS Visio
4 30 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.42%) Trello
7 10 (1.01%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.81%) Revit
9 6 (0.61%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.51%) 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 21 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.12%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.81%) Findur
4 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Actimize
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FI-AR
8 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.20%) Shopify
8 2 (0.20%) Summit
8 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 276 (27.99%) Azure
2 152 (15.42%) AWS
2 152 (15.42%) Azure DevOps
3 84 (8.52%) Power Platform
4 70 (7.10%) GitHub
5 54 (5.48%) Entra ID
6 48 (4.87%) SaaS
7 43 (4.36%) Amazon S3
7 43 (4.36%) Serverless
8 42 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (4.16%) GCP
10 36 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (3.35%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (2.13%) Snowflake
14 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
15 19 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
16 18 (1.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.33%) Firewall
2 22 (2.23%) DNS
3 16 (1.62%) VPN
4 15 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.81%) DHCP
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
7 6 (0.61%) SSL
7 6 (0.61%) WAN
8 5 (0.51%) DKIM
8 5 (0.51%) DMARC
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 4 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.30%) IPv4
10 3 (0.30%) NGFW
11 2 (0.20%) 5G
11 2 (0.20%) IPv6
11 2 (0.20%) MPLS
11 2 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.51%) Power BI
2 38 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.62%) Metadata
8 16 (1.62%) Tableau
9 14 (1.42%) DynamoDB
10 13 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.81%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.71%) Redis
16 6 (0.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 120 (12.17%) Git
2 74 (7.51%) Jenkins
3 40 (4.06%) GitLab
4 32 (3.25%) Selenium
5 30 (3.04%) Zephyr
6 18 (1.83%) JUnit
7 17 (1.72%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.72%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
9 15 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.22%) Postman
10 12 (1.22%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.01%) TestRail
12 9 (0.91%) Appium
13 8 (0.81%) JMeter
14 7 (0.71%) Mockito
15 6 (0.61%) Maven
15 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
16 5 (0.51%) Artifactory
16 5 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 394 (39.96%) Social Skills
2 390 (39.55%) Finance
3 192 (19.47%) Banking
4 186 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (4.26%) Retail
7 38 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 35 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (3.25%) Front Office
10 25 (2.54%) Legal
11 19 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (1.83%) Marketing
13 16 (1.62%) Retail Banking
14 14 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
14 14 (1.42%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.32%) Back Office
16 11 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (19.27%) Analyst
2 119 (12.07%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.05%) Lead
4 103 (10.45%) Developer
5 94 (9.53%) Senior
6 60 (6.09%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
8 37 (3.75%) Architect
9 36 (3.65%) IT Support
10 34 (3.45%) Consultant
11 32 (3.25%) Product Owner
12 30 (3.04%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.84%) Scrum Master
13 28 (2.84%) Test Leader
14 27 (2.74%) Tester
15 26 (2.64%) Test Manager
16 25 (2.54%) Data Engineer
17 24 (2.43%) Banking Analyst
17 24 (2.43%) Technical Manager
18 23 (2.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.68%) REST
2 43 (4.36%) .NET
3 26 (2.64%) React
4 24 (2.43%) JSON
5 22 (2.23%) AngularJS
6 21 (2.13%) Kafka
7 20 (2.03%) SOAP
8 18 (1.83%) PySpark
9 16 (1.62%) HTML
9 16 (1.62%) Playwright
9 16 (1.62%) XML
10 15 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (1.42%) CSS
11 14 (1.42%) Spring
12 13 (1.32%) Middleware
12 13 (1.32%) Node.js
13 12 (1.22%) OAuth
14 11 (1.12%) RESTful
15 10 (1.01%) SailPoint
15 10 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.85%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 28 (2.84%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.83%) Derivative
9 17 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.62%) Credit Risk
10 16 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 12 (1.22%) Replication
13 11 (1.12%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.01%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.78%) Windows
2 38 (3.85%) Linux
3 12 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.01%) Android
4 10 (1.01%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.91%) Unix
6 7 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (58.72%) Agile
2 323 (32.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 268 (27.18%) DevOps
4 218 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (18.97%) CI/CD
6 175 (17.75%) Scrum
7 163 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 160 (16.23%) Migration
9 136 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 130 (13.18%) AI
10 130 (13.18%) Test Automation
11 124 (12.58%) User Stories
12 107 (10.85%) Project Management
13 105 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 103 (10.45%) Change Management
14 103 (10.45%) SDLC
15 101 (10.24%) Validation
16 100 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
17 96 (9.74%) Analytics
18 93 (9.43%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 180 (18.26%) SQL
2 108 (10.95%) Python
3 72 (7.30%) Java
4 54 (5.48%) C#
5 39 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.85%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.72%) Bash
9 14 (1.42%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.22%) Groovy
11 11 (1.12%) Perl
12 9 (0.91%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.51%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.30%) Bicep
15 3 (0.30%) Korn
16 2 (0.20%) Cypher
16 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 219 (22.21%) Security Cleared
2 192 (19.47%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.40%) Degree
4 30 (3.04%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.43%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.43%) PMP
6 22 (2.23%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.01%) CISSP
11 9 (0.91%) IIBA
12 8 (0.81%) CISM
12 8 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (12.37%) QA
2 68 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 46 (4.67%) PMO
4 29 (2.94%) SLA
5 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.64%) GDPR
6 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.12%) WCAG
8 10 (1.01%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.81%) NIST
10 7 (0.71%) GRC
10 7 (0.71%) SEPA
11 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.51%) COBIT
12 5 (0.51%) MiFID
13 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.41%) NCSC
13 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 56 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.75%) Docker
3 8 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (7.51%) Terraform
2 57 (5.78%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.14%) Ansible
4 22 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (2.13%) Grafana
5 21 (2.13%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.91%) Control-M
6 9 (0.91%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.61%) SCOM
8 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.41%) Consul
8 4 (0.41%) Istio
8 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.41%) Podman
9 3 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 139 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 130 (13.18%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.00%) Salesforce
4 46 (4.67%) Oracle
5 36 (3.65%) SAP
6 33 (3.35%) Google
7 29 (2.94%) Atlassian
8 21 (2.13%) Remedy
9 19 (1.93%) Adobe
9 19 (1.93%) Splunk
10 18 (1.83%) Okta
11 17 (1.72%) Databricks
11 17 (1.72%) IBM
12 15 (1.52%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.22%) Informatica
13 12 (1.22%) Workday
14 11 (1.12%) BMC
14 11 (1.12%) ForgeRock
15 10 (1.01%) HP
15 10 (1.01%) VMware