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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 34 53
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 953 798 691
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.71% 6.01% 4.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.00% 37.96% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 563 477
10th Percentile £357 £326 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £745 £740
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 12
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £22.33
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.25 £25.80
Median hourly rate £53.00 £44.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +45.90% -43.52%
75th Percentile £73.75 £47.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 -
England median hourly rate £58.74 £57.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.04% -18.57% +12.00%

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 2,576 2,102 2,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.74% 15.83% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 1,419 1,593
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £23.95
25th Percentile £30.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +20.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £107.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -16 123 £544 +8.80% 99
West London -9 29 £400 +1.27% 20
South London -10 18 £550 -5.34% 6
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32% 1
East London +1 3 £583 +42.94% 3
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
1 406 (42.60%) Confluence
2 54 (5.67%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.68%) CMS
3 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.63%) SAS
5 5 (0.52%) Camunda
5 5 (0.52%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Appian
9 1 (0.10%) Drupal
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Traefik
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.72%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (3.57%) MS Visio
5 29 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.47%) Trello
7 10 (1.05%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.84%) Revit
9 5 (0.52%) Notion
9 5 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.21%) Mingle
11 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 1 (0.10%) Sketch
12 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 8 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.52%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) Maximo
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.21%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 261 (27.39%) Azure
2 154 (16.16%) AWS
3 142 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
4 93 (9.76%) Power Platform
5 70 (7.35%) GitHub
6 51 (5.35%) SaaS
7 50 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (4.93%) GCP
9 38 (3.99%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.99%) Serverless
10 36 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 33 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
13 25 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.20%) Miro
15 21 (2.20%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.99%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.73%) DNS
2 20 (2.10%) Firewall
3 18 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.89%) VPN
4 12 (1.26%) DHCP
5 8 (0.84%) HTTP
6 7 (0.73%) Network Security
6 7 (0.73%) SSL
6 7 (0.73%) WAN
7 5 (0.52%) DKIM
7 5 (0.52%) DMARC
7 5 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.42%) IPv4
8 4 (0.42%) SSH
9 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 3 (0.31%) IPv6
10 2 (0.21%) DSL
10 2 (0.21%) IMAP
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.71%) Power BI
2 43 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (4.09%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (1.68%) Metadata
8 13 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.26%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.26%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.05%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.05%) Tableau
11 9 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (0.94%) Redis
12 8 (0.84%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 121 (12.70%) Git
2 80 (8.39%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.04%) GitLab
4 35 (3.67%) Selenium
5 25 (2.62%) Zephyr
6 20 (2.10%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.78%) Postman
8 16 (1.68%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.47%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.26%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.26%) JMeter
10 12 (1.26%) JUnit
11 11 (1.15%) Maven
11 11 (1.15%) TestRail
12 10 (1.05%) Mockito
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.84%) Gradle
14 7 (0.73%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.52%) ScriptRunner
General
1 388 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 384 (40.29%) Finance
3 197 (20.67%) Banking
4 194 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (11.33%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.62%) Investment Banking
8 42 (4.41%) Retail
9 36 (3.78%) Front Office
10 29 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.31%) Marketing
13 20 (2.10%) Legal
14 19 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.78%) Retail Banking
15 17 (1.78%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.36%) Back Office
16 13 (1.36%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.26%) Law
18 11 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (19.52%) Analyst
2 114 (11.96%) Business Analyst
3 112 (11.75%) Lead
4 95 (9.97%) Developer
5 93 (9.76%) Senior
6 55 (5.77%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.88%) Architect
8 32 (3.36%) Consultant
8 32 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (3.25%) Product Owner
10 28 (2.94%) Scrum Master
11 26 (2.73%) Applications Support
11 26 (2.73%) Test Leader
11 26 (2.73%) Tester
12 24 (2.52%) Support Engineer
13 22 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.31%) Test Manager
14 20 (2.10%) Senior Manager
15 19 (1.99%) Banking Analyst
15 19 (1.99%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.14%) Terraform
2 67 (7.03%) REST
3 41 (4.30%) .NET
4 29 (3.04%) AngularJS
5 25 (2.62%) JSON
5 25 (2.62%) React
6 23 (2.41%) HTML
7 22 (2.31%) Playwright
7 22 (2.31%) SOAP
8 21 (2.20%) Kafka
9 19 (1.99%) Middleware
10 17 (1.78%) RESTful
11 16 (1.68%) CSS
12 14 (1.47%) OAuth
12 14 (1.47%) Spring
12 14 (1.47%) Web Services
12 14 (1.47%) XML
13 13 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (1.36%) Node.js
13 13 (1.36%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 127 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 70 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.04%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.62%) Data Structures
5 24 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.41%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 19 (1.99%) Credit Risk
8 19 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.89%) Derivative
9 18 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.57%) Replication
11 14 (1.47%) Fixed Income
12 13 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (1.05%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.67%) Windows
2 45 (4.72%) Linux
3 12 (1.26%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.05%) Android
4 10 (1.05%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.84%) Unix
6 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (59.71%) Agile
2 362 (37.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (28.23%) DevOps
4 230 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
5 195 (20.46%) CI/CD
5 195 (20.46%) Scrum
6 155 (16.26%) Migration
7 154 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 143 (15.01%) AI
9 139 (14.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 132 (13.85%) User Stories
11 131 (13.75%) Test Automation
12 118 (12.38%) Validation
13 111 (11.65%) Project Management
14 103 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
14 103 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 99 (10.39%) SDLC
16 94 (9.86%) Sprint Planning
17 93 (9.76%) Analytics
18 92 (9.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (19.41%) SQL
2 116 (12.17%) Python
3 67 (7.03%) Java
4 39 (4.09%) JavaScript
4 39 (4.09%) PowerShell
5 38 (3.99%) C#
6 25 (2.62%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.31%) Bash
8 17 (1.78%) Groovy
9 14 (1.47%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.05%) Perl
10 10 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.52%) Tcl
11 5 (0.52%) VBA
12 4 (0.42%) C
12 4 (0.42%) Go
12 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 214 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 189 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.08%) Degree
4 37 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.04%) PMP
6 27 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.10%) AWS Certification
9 17 (1.78%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.84%) IIBA
14 7 (0.73%) CBAP
15 5 (0.52%) CISSP
15 5 (0.52%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.52%) MBA
15 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (14.69%) QA
2 72 (7.56%) Data Quality
3 49 (5.14%) PMO
4 31 (3.25%) SLA
5 24 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.47%) GDPR
8 12 (1.26%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.05%) WCAG
10 9 (0.94%) NIST
11 8 (0.84%) SEPA
12 7 (0.73%) GRC
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) MiFID
13 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.42%) EMIR
14 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.42%) P3O
15 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.72%) Docker
3 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.21%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Postfix
6 2 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.15%) Grafana
3 27 (2.83%) Prometheus
4 26 (2.73%) Ansible
5 20 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.05%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.84%) Control-M
7 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.63%) SCOM
9 5 (0.52%) Argo
9 5 (0.52%) Istio
10 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.42%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.42%) Podman
10 4 (0.42%) SCCM
11 3 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.31%) Kibana
Vendors
1 155 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.75%) ServiceNow
3 61 (6.40%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.51%) Oracle
5 34 (3.57%) Google
6 28 (2.94%) SAP
7 26 (2.73%) Atlassian
8 25 (2.62%) Splunk
9 21 (2.20%) Remedy
10 20 (2.10%) IBM
11 17 (1.78%) Adobe
12 15 (1.57%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.47%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.47%) Databricks
14 12 (1.26%) BMC
14 12 (1.26%) Informatica
14 12 (1.26%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.26%) Okta
15 11 (1.15%) Dynatrace
15 11 (1.15%) Planview