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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 45 56
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 902 636 671
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.04% 5.06% 3.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.16% 34.95% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 414 461
10th Percentile £349 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £721 £749 £850
England median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.10% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 18
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.43
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 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.26% -4.17% -10.03%

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 2,364 1,820 2,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.21% 14.48% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 1,232 1,654
10th Percentile £353 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £532
% change year-on-year - -6.06% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 25
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.20
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £31.50 £38.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% -3.13% -40.30%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% +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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -4 110 £550 +4.76% 49
South London +8 38 £513 +7.89% 2
West London -24 19 £400 - 6
East London -3 5 £450 +25.00% 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
1 386 (42.79%) Confluence
2 45 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.55%) Apache
4 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.33%) nginx
5 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.67%) CMS
6 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.44%) JBoss
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 82 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 75 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (5.10%) MS Visio
4 43 (4.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (1.44%) Trello
7 6 (0.67%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) InVision
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 14 (1.55%) Loan IQ
2 12 (1.33%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.00%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.67%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.55%) Findur
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.44%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.33%) Actimize
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 208 (23.06%) Azure
2 131 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
3 121 (13.41%) AWS
4 60 (6.65%) Power Platform
5 59 (6.54%) GitHub
6 45 (4.99%) Entra ID
7 41 (4.55%) SaaS
8 35 (3.88%) Amazon S3
9 29 (3.22%) GCP
10 28 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (2.99%) Figma
11 27 (2.99%) Serverless
12 23 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
13 21 (2.33%) Slack
14 19 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (1.77%) Miro
17 15 (1.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.55%) Firewall
2 14 (1.55%) DNS
3 12 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.00%) HTTP
5 8 (0.89%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.89%) SSL
5 8 (0.89%) VPN
6 7 (0.78%) Modbus
6 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.78%) RS-232
6 7 (0.78%) RS-485
7 6 (0.67%) FTP
7 6 (0.67%) WAN
8 5 (0.55%) LAN
8 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.44%) Network Security
9 4 (0.44%) PSTN
9 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.33%) NAS
10 3 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.32%) Power BI
2 31 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.22%) Tableau
4 26 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.77%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.55%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.33%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.33%) Metadata
9 12 (1.33%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.00%) Big Data
13 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
13 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 102 (11.31%) Git
2 56 (6.21%) Jenkins
3 36 (3.99%) Selenium
4 29 (3.22%) GitLab
5 27 (2.99%) Zephyr
6 24 (2.66%) JUnit
7 20 (2.22%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.00%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.44%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.44%) Postman
10 13 (1.44%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.33%) Appium
11 12 (1.33%) TestRail
12 11 (1.22%) JMeter
13 9 (1.00%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.78%) Maven
15 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
15 6 (0.67%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 347 (38.47%) Finance
2 333 (36.92%) Social Skills
3 167 (18.51%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (15.41%) Banking
5 100 (11.09%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.21%) Retail
7 37 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.55%) Legal
8 32 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (3.10%) Investment Banking
11 25 (2.77%) Front Office
12 17 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (1.88%) Marketing
13 16 (1.77%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
15 10 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.00%) Back Office
16 9 (1.00%) Publishing
16 9 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 196 (21.73%) Analyst
2 132 (14.63%) Business Analyst
3 98 (10.86%) Developer
4 94 (10.42%) Lead
5 89 (9.87%) Senior
6 58 (6.43%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.55%) IT Support
9 31 (3.44%) Tester
10 29 (3.22%) Consultant
11 28 (3.10%) Technical Manager
12 27 (2.99%) Test Engineer
13 26 (2.88%) Data Engineer
13 26 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
14 25 (2.77%) Scrum Master
15 24 (2.66%) Support Engineer
16 23 (2.55%) Architect
16 23 (2.55%) Banking Analyst
17 22 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
17 22 (2.44%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.43%) REST
2 32 (3.55%) .NET
3 31 (3.44%) React
4 25 (2.77%) Kafka
5 23 (2.55%) HTML
6 20 (2.22%) CSS
6 20 (2.22%) Spring
7 19 (2.11%) AngularJS
7 19 (2.11%) RESTful
8 17 (1.88%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.77%) Node.js
9 16 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.77%) SOAP
10 14 (1.55%) JSON
10 14 (1.55%) Playwright
10 14 (1.55%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.55%) XML
11 12 (1.33%) ADO
11 12 (1.33%) OpenID
12 11 (1.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.55%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.33%) Derivative
12 12 (1.33%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.22%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.22%) Reinsurance
13 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.00%) Fixed Income
14 9 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.65%) Windows
2 35 (3.88%) Linux
3 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.11%) Android
5 7 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (0.78%) Unix
6 5 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (57.54%) Agile
2 248 (27.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 211 (23.39%) DevOps
4 182 (20.18%) Scrum
5 177 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (15.30%) Test Automation
8 127 (14.08%) CI/CD
9 125 (13.86%) Migration
10 121 (13.41%) Project Management
11 118 (13.08%) User Stories
12 109 (12.08%) User Acceptance Testing
13 104 (11.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 97 (10.75%) Change Management
15 96 (10.64%) SDLC
16 94 (10.42%) Roadmaps
17 91 (10.09%) Analytics
17 91 (10.09%) Validation
18 88 (9.76%) Project Delivery
19 87 (9.65%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 158 (17.52%) SQL
2 95 (10.53%) Python
3 87 (9.65%) Java
4 59 (6.54%) C#
5 43 (4.77%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.88%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.55%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.55%) C++
9 12 (1.33%) Bash
10 7 (0.78%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.78%) Groovy
10 7 (0.78%) Perl
10 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.55%) C
11 5 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.33%) Korn
12 3 (0.33%) VBA
12 3 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 193 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 167 (18.51%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.87%) Degree
4 27 (2.99%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (2.66%) ISTQB
6 20 (2.22%) PMP
7 19 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.00%) CBAP
9 13 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.22%) IIBA
11 10 (1.11%) ISEB
12 9 (1.00%) CISSP
13 8 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.78%) CISM
15 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (13.41%) QA
2 60 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.66%) PMO
4 31 (3.44%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.10%) GDPR
6 16 (1.77%) SLA
7 14 (1.55%) WCAG
8 12 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.33%) NIST
9 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.78%) GRC
9 7 (0.78%) MiFID
10 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.33%) Basel III
12 3 (0.33%) EMIR
12 3 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.33%) NCSC
12 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 43 (4.77%) Docker
2 38 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.21%) Terraform
3 20 (2.22%) Ansible
3 20 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.11%) Grafana
4 19 (2.11%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.33%) Consul
6 11 (1.22%) HP ALM
7 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.55%) Control-M
9 5 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.33%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) CASB
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 106 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 104 (11.53%) ServiceNow
3 73 (8.09%) Salesforce
4 68 (7.54%) Oracle
5 41 (4.55%) SAP
6 37 (4.10%) Atlassian
7 29 (3.22%) Google
8 19 (2.11%) Databricks
9 15 (1.66%) Adobe
10 14 (1.55%) Citrix
10 14 (1.55%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.44%) IBM
11 13 (1.44%) Murex
12 12 (1.33%) Workday
13 11 (1.22%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.22%) HP
13 11 (1.22%) Informatica
13 11 (1.22%) Okta
14 10 (1.11%) ForgeRock
14 10 (1.11%) Remedy