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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 43 59
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -12
Contract jobs citing JIRA 898 629 666
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.96% 5.14% 3.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.34% 35.04% 28.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 410 457
10th Percentile £345 £313 £325
25th Percentile £415 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £825
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 £54.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -10.02%

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 2,342 1,795 2,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.94% 14.67% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,557 1,218 1,653
10th Percentile £356 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £740 £798 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 26
10th Percentile - £23.97 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.77 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -47.86%
75th Percentile £72.75 £43.75 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £55.50 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.50 £57.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.88% -11.15% +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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -5 116 £547 +4.19% 26
South London +4 33 £513 +7.89%
West London -25 20 £400 +0.63% 5
East London -1 5 £450 +25.00% 4
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
1 379 (42.20%) Confluence
2 45 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.34%) Apache
5 10 (1.11%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.45%) SAS
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
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%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 76 (8.46%) Microsoft Project
2 70 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (5.01%) MS Visio
4 37 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (1.34%) Trello
7 7 (0.78%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.22%) Loan IQ
3 10 (1.11%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.00%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.78%) Fidessa
6 7 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.56%) Findur
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.45%) 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
1 206 (22.94%) Azure
2 129 (14.37%) Azure DevOps
3 121 (13.47%) AWS
4 60 (6.68%) Power Platform
5 59 (6.57%) GitHub
6 48 (5.35%) Entra ID
7 43 (4.79%) SaaS
8 37 (4.12%) Amazon S3
9 32 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.23%) GCP
11 28 (3.12%) Serverless
12 25 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (2.56%) Figma
15 20 (2.23%) Slack
16 19 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 18 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (1.78%) Google Workspace
20 14 (1.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.78%) Firewall
2 17 (1.89%) DNS
3 14 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.22%) VPN
5 9 (1.00%) HTTP
6 8 (0.89%) SSL
7 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.67%) Modbus
8 6 (0.67%) RS-232
8 6 (0.67%) RS-485
8 6 (0.67%) WAN
9 5 (0.56%) FTP
9 5 (0.56%) LAN
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
9 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.45%) DKIM
10 4 (0.45%) DMARC
10 4 (0.45%) PSTN
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.23%) Power BI
2 28 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.12%) Tableau
3 27 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.67%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.45%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.34%) Metadata
7 12 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.11%) Delta Lake
9 10 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.78%) Big Data
11 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.67%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 99 (11.02%) Git
2 58 (6.46%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.01%) Selenium
4 29 (3.23%) GitLab
5 27 (3.01%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.56%) JUnit
7 19 (2.12%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.78%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.34%) TestRail
12 11 (1.22%) Appium
12 11 (1.22%) Postman
13 10 (1.11%) JMeter
13 10 (1.11%) SonarQube
14 9 (1.00%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.67%) Maven
15 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
15 6 (0.67%) Subversion
16 5 (0.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 348 (38.75%) Finance
2 334 (37.19%) Social Skills
3 165 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (16.37%) Banking
5 95 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.45%) Retail
7 36 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.45%) Legal
8 31 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.34%) Investment Banking
10 28 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.90%) Front Office
12 17 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.78%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.67%) Marketing
15 12 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
16 10 (1.11%) Military
17 9 (1.00%) Back Office
17 9 (1.00%) Billing
17 9 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 192 (21.38%) Analyst
2 128 (14.25%) Business Analyst
3 95 (10.58%) Developer
3 95 (10.58%) Lead
4 88 (9.80%) Senior
5 55 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 44 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
7 33 (3.67%) IT Support
8 29 (3.23%) Consultant
9 28 (3.12%) Scrum Master
9 28 (3.12%) Technical Manager
9 28 (3.12%) Tester
10 25 (2.78%) Data Engineer
11 24 (2.67%) Architect
11 24 (2.67%) Banking Analyst
11 24 (2.67%) Support Engineer
11 24 (2.67%) Test Leader
12 23 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.45%) IT Support Engineer
13 22 (2.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.34%) REST
2 29 (3.23%) React
3 27 (3.01%) .NET
4 25 (2.78%) Kafka
5 22 (2.45%) HTML
6 21 (2.34%) Spring
7 20 (2.23%) AngularJS
8 18 (2.00%) CSS
8 18 (2.00%) RESTful
9 17 (1.89%) SOAP
10 16 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (1.78%) Node.js
10 16 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.67%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.45%) JSON
12 13 (1.45%) Playwright
12 13 (1.45%) XML
13 12 (1.34%) OpenID
14 11 (1.22%) Gherkin
14 11 (1.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.69%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.68%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.67%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.45%) Derivative
12 12 (1.34%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.22%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.22%) Reinsurance
14 9 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.89%) Fixed Income
16 7 (0.78%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.57%) Windows
2 35 (3.90%) Linux
3 10 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.00%) Android
4 9 (1.00%) Unix
5 7 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (57.13%) Agile
2 249 (27.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 210 (23.39%) DevOps
4 178 (19.82%) Scrum
5 176 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 131 (14.59%) Test Automation
8 129 (14.37%) CI/CD
9 121 (13.47%) Migration
10 113 (12.58%) User Stories
11 112 (12.47%) Project Management
12 102 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 101 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (11.02%) Change Management
15 97 (10.80%) Roadmaps
15 97 (10.80%) SDLC
16 89 (9.91%) Validation
17 87 (9.69%) Analytics
18 86 (9.58%) Project Delivery
19 85 (9.47%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 151 (16.82%) SQL
2 95 (10.58%) Python
3 84 (9.35%) Java
4 54 (6.01%) C#
5 40 (4.45%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.01%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.56%) Apex Code
9 13 (1.45%) Bash
10 11 (1.22%) C++
11 8 (0.89%) Groovy
12 7 (0.78%) Perl
12 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.67%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.45%) C
14 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.33%) Bicep
15 3 (0.33%) Korn
15 3 (0.33%) XPath
16 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 190 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 166 (18.49%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.46%) Degree
4 26 (2.90%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.56%) ISTQB
6 20 (2.23%) PMP
7 17 (1.89%) CBAP
7 17 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.11%) IIBA
9 10 (1.11%) ISEB
10 9 (1.00%) CISSP
11 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.78%) CISM
11 7 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.69%) QA
2 59 (6.57%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.79%) PMO
4 28 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.90%) GDPR
6 17 (1.89%) SLA
7 12 (1.34%) WCAG
8 11 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.22%) NIST
9 8 (0.89%) MiFID
10 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.67%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.45%) EMIR
12 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.45%) NCSC
12 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.33%) Basel III
13 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (4.79%) Docker
2 42 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (5.90%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.68%) Terraform
3 22 (2.45%) Ansible
4 21 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.00%) Grafana
7 12 (1.34%) Consul
8 10 (1.11%) HP ALM
9 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.56%) Control-M
12 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.22%) CASB
13 2 (0.22%) Packer
13 2 (0.22%) Puppet
13 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 106 (11.80%) ServiceNow
2 104 (11.58%) Microsoft
3 74 (8.24%) Salesforce
4 67 (7.46%) Oracle
5 38 (4.23%) SAP
6 36 (4.01%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.45%) Google
8 18 (2.00%) Databricks
9 14 (1.56%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.45%) Adobe
10 13 (1.45%) Murex
11 12 (1.34%) IBM
11 12 (1.34%) Workday
12 11 (1.22%) Informatica
12 11 (1.22%) Okta
13 10 (1.11%) ForgeRock
13 10 (1.11%) HP
13 10 (1.11%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.00%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.00%) Dynatrace