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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 35 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 966 795 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.82% 5.92% 4.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.14% 37.73% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 553 450
10th Percentile £362 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £638
90th Percentile £750 £749 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 15
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.62
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +37.69% -39.81%
75th Percentile £73.44 £57.81 £68.13
90th Percentile £87.83 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% -7.41% +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 2,533 2,107 2,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.63% 15.69% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,637 1,445 1,582
10th Percentile £375 £343 £363
25th Percentile £447 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 20
10th Percentile £18.75 £26.98 £22.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £36.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £73.56 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.29 £84.50 £71.31
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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -13 118 £550 +10.00% 55
West London -8 28 £400 -3.61% 11
South London +1 19 £531 -8.56% 6
East London -1 2 £425 +4.29% 5
North London -2 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
1 393 (40.68%) Confluence
2 53 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.24%) CMS
5 7 (0.72%) SAS
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.31%) MTS
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.90%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.14%) MS Visio
4 35 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.45%) Trello
7 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.83%) Revit
9 6 (0.62%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.52%) 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 19 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.24%) Aladdin
3 11 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.62%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Findur
6 4 (0.41%) Actimize
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
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
1 273 (28.26%) Azure
2 154 (15.94%) Azure DevOps
3 148 (15.32%) AWS
4 87 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 69 (7.14%) GitHub
6 53 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.18%) SaaS
8 44 (4.55%) Serverless
9 43 (4.45%) GCP
10 42 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (4.04%) Amazon S3
12 34 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (2.28%) Microsoft Copilot
17 20 (2.07%) Snowflake
18 18 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.86%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.38%) Firewall
2 22 (2.28%) DNS
3 17 (1.76%) VPN
4 16 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.83%) DHCP
6 7 (0.72%) Network Security
7 6 (0.62%) SSL
7 6 (0.62%) WAN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
9 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 4 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.41%) IPv4
9 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.31%) IPv6
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
11 2 (0.21%) 5G
11 2 (0.21%) Broadband
11 2 (0.21%) FTP
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.07%) Power BI
2 37 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (1.76%) Metadata
7 16 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.66%) Tableau
8 14 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (1.45%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.14%) 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 (0.93%) Redis
13 8 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (12.22%) Git
2 73 (7.56%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.83%) GitLab
4 34 (3.52%) Selenium
5 28 (2.90%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.17%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.66%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (1.45%) Postman
10 11 (1.14%) JUnit
10 11 (1.14%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.04%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.04%) TestRail
12 7 (0.72%) Maven
12 7 (0.72%) Mockito
13 6 (0.62%) Appium
13 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.62%) JMeter
13 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
14 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
General
1 391 (40.48%) Finance
1 391 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 195 (20.19%) Banking
3 191 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (10.35%) Public Sector
5 42 (4.35%) Investment Banking
5 42 (4.35%) Retail
6 38 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.52%) Front Office
9 24 (2.48%) Legal
10 19 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (1.97%) Marketing
11 18 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.66%) Retail Banking
13 15 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.45%) Back Office
14 14 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
14 14 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 196 (20.29%) Analyst
2 124 (12.84%) Business Analyst
3 105 (10.87%) Developer
4 102 (10.56%) Lead
5 90 (9.32%) Senior
6 60 (6.21%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.83%) Consultant
8 36 (3.73%) Delivery Manager
9 33 (3.42%) Architect
10 32 (3.31%) Product Owner
11 29 (3.00%) IT Support
11 29 (3.00%) Support Engineer
12 27 (2.80%) Scrum Master
12 27 (2.80%) Test Manager
12 27 (2.80%) Tester
13 25 (2.59%) Applications Support
14 23 (2.38%) Banking Analyst
14 23 (2.38%) Test Leader
15 22 (2.28%) Data Engineer
15 22 (2.28%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (7.25%) Terraform
2 59 (6.11%) REST
3 42 (4.35%) .NET
4 27 (2.80%) React
5 26 (2.69%) AngularJS
6 21 (2.17%) JSON
7 20 (2.07%) Playwright
8 19 (1.97%) HTML
8 19 (1.97%) SOAP
9 18 (1.86%) Kafka
10 17 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (1.66%) Middleware
12 15 (1.55%) CSS
13 14 (1.45%) PySpark
13 14 (1.45%) RESTful
14 13 (1.35%) Node.js
14 13 (1.35%) Spring
14 13 (1.35%) XML
15 12 (1.24%) OAuth
16 10 (1.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 112 (11.59%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.83%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.69%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.17%) Data Structures
6 21 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.07%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.86%) Derivative
8 18 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.66%) Credit Risk
11 15 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (1.24%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.24%) Replication
14 11 (1.14%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.00%) Windows
2 42 (4.35%) Linux
3 11 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.14%) Unix
4 10 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.93%) Android
6 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (59.63%) Agile
2 335 (34.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 272 (28.16%) DevOps
4 228 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
5 185 (19.15%) CI/CD
6 175 (18.12%) Scrum
7 159 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 154 (15.94%) Migration
9 145 (15.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 132 (13.66%) AI
11 131 (13.56%) User Stories
12 127 (13.15%) Test Automation
13 109 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 106 (10.97%) Acceptance Criteria
15 105 (10.87%) Project Management
16 102 (10.56%) SDLC
17 101 (10.46%) Validation
18 100 (10.35%) Sprint Planning
19 98 (10.14%) Analytics
20 95 (9.83%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (18.94%) SQL
2 107 (11.08%) Python
3 63 (6.52%) Java
4 47 (4.87%) C#
5 42 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.04%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.80%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.07%) Bash
9 16 (1.66%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.24%) Groovy
11 11 (1.14%) Perl
12 10 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.52%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
15 3 (0.31%) Tcl
16 2 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 212 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 186 (19.25%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.56%) Degree
4 32 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 26 (2.69%) PMP
6 24 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.17%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.04%) IIBA
12 9 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.72%) CBAP
13 7 (0.72%) CISSP
14 6 (0.62%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.52%) CISM
15 5 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.25%) QA
2 69 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.87%) PMO
4 30 (3.11%) SLA
5 26 (2.69%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.97%) GDPR
7 17 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.14%) WCAG
9 10 (1.04%) ISO 20022
10 9 (0.93%) NIST
11 7 (0.72%) GRC
11 7 (0.72%) SEPA
12 6 (0.62%) MiFID
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
14 4 (0.41%) EMIR
14 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.41%) P3O
14 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.83%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.28%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.90%) Ansible
3 23 (2.38%) Grafana
4 22 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.14%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.93%) Control-M
7 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.62%) SCOM
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Consul
9 4 (0.41%) Istio
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.41%) Podman
10 3 (0.31%) Argo
10 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 145 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 122 (12.63%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 42 (4.35%) Oracle
5 37 (3.83%) SAP
6 35 (3.62%) Google
7 28 (2.90%) Atlassian
8 22 (2.28%) Splunk
9 19 (1.97%) Adobe
9 19 (1.97%) Remedy
10 18 (1.86%) Okta
11 15 (1.55%) Databricks
11 15 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.45%) IBM
13 12 (1.24%) HP
13 12 (1.24%) Informatica
13 12 (1.24%) Workday
14 11 (1.14%) BMC
14 11 (1.14%) ForgeRock
15 10 (1.04%) ION Trading