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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 34 53
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 946 801 695
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.70% 5.99% 4.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.00% 37.87% 29.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 565 481
10th Percentile £356 £327 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £745 £738
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 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +2.15% -17.86% +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 2,557 2,115 2,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.70% 15.82% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 1,428 1,607
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £771
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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -15 123 £544 +8.80% 86
West London -10 29 £400 +1.27% 23
South London -10 18 £550 -5.34% 6
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32% 1
East London +1 3 £583 +42.94% 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
1 401 (42.39%) Confluence
2 54 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.69%) CMS
3 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.63%) SAS
5 5 (0.53%) Camunda
5 5 (0.53%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.32%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Traefik
Applications
1 69 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (3.49%) MS Visio
5 29 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.48%) Trello
7 10 (1.06%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.85%) Revit
9 5 (0.53%) Notion
9 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.21%) Mingle
11 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 1 (0.11%) Sketch
12 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 8 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.32%) Maximo
7 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.32%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.21%) Actimize
8 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.21%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 257 (27.17%) Azure
2 151 (15.96%) AWS
3 139 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
4 92 (9.73%) Power Platform
5 70 (7.40%) GitHub
6 51 (5.39%) SaaS
7 49 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (4.86%) GCP
9 38 (4.02%) Serverless
10 37 (3.91%) Entra ID
11 36 (3.81%) Amazon S3
12 33 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (2.22%) Snowflake
17 20 (2.11%) Miro
18 19 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (2.01%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.64%) DNS
2 20 (2.11%) Firewall
3 18 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.80%) VPN
5 12 (1.27%) DHCP
6 8 (0.85%) HTTP
7 7 (0.74%) Network Security
7 7 (0.74%) SSL
7 7 (0.74%) WAN
8 5 (0.53%) DKIM
8 5 (0.53%) DMARC
8 5 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.42%) IPv4
9 4 (0.42%) SSH
10 3 (0.32%) Internet
10 3 (0.32%) IPv6
11 2 (0.21%) DSL
11 2 (0.21%) FTP
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.67%) Power BI
2 42 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (1.59%) Metadata
9 13 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.27%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.27%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.06%) Tableau
12 9 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.95%) Redis
13 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 119 (12.58%) Git
2 78 (8.25%) Jenkins
3 46 (4.86%) GitLab
4 33 (3.49%) Selenium
5 24 (2.54%) Zephyr
6 20 (2.11%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.69%) Cypress.io
7 16 (1.69%) Postman
8 14 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.37%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.16%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.16%) JMeter
10 11 (1.16%) JUnit
10 11 (1.16%) Maven
11 10 (1.06%) Mockito
12 9 (0.95%) TestRail
13 8 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.85%) Gradle
14 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 387 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 383 (40.49%) Finance
3 197 (20.82%) Banking
4 194 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (11.10%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.65%) Investment Banking
8 42 (4.44%) Retail
9 36 (3.81%) Front Office
10 29 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.33%) Marketing
13 20 (2.11%) Legal
14 19 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.80%) Retail Banking
16 16 (1.69%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.37%) Back Office
17 13 (1.37%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.27%) Law
19 11 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 185 (19.56%) Analyst
2 113 (11.95%) Business Analyst
3 110 (11.63%) Lead
4 95 (10.04%) Developer
5 93 (9.83%) Senior
6 55 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.91%) Architect
8 32 (3.38%) Consultant
8 32 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (3.28%) Product Owner
10 28 (2.96%) Scrum Master
11 26 (2.75%) Applications Support
11 26 (2.75%) Tester
12 24 (2.54%) Test Leader
13 23 (2.43%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.33%) Test Manager
15 20 (2.11%) Senior Manager
16 19 (2.01%) Banking Analyst
16 19 (2.01%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.98%) REST
1 66 (6.98%) Terraform
2 41 (4.33%) .NET
3 29 (3.07%) AngularJS
4 25 (2.64%) JSON
4 25 (2.64%) React
5 23 (2.43%) HTML
6 22 (2.33%) SOAP
7 21 (2.22%) Kafka
7 21 (2.22%) Playwright
8 18 (1.90%) Middleware
9 17 (1.80%) RESTful
10 16 (1.69%) CSS
11 14 (1.48%) OAuth
11 14 (1.48%) Spring
11 14 (1.48%) Web Services
11 14 (1.48%) XML
12 13 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (1.37%) Node.js
13 12 (1.27%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 127 (13.42%) Product Ownership
2 70 (7.40%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.07%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.64%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.43%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 19 (2.01%) Credit Risk
7 19 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.90%) Derivative
9 17 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.59%) Replication
11 14 (1.48%) Fixed Income
12 13 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.16%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (1.06%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.71%) Windows
2 45 (4.76%) Linux
3 12 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.06%) Android
4 10 (1.06%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.85%) Unix
6 8 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.21%) VMS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (59.83%) Agile
2 360 (38.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 265 (28.01%) DevOps
4 229 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (20.40%) CI/CD
5 193 (20.40%) Scrum
6 153 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (16.17%) Migration
7 143 (15.12%) AI
8 136 (14.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 131 (13.85%) User Stories
10 128 (13.53%) Test Automation
11 117 (12.37%) Validation
12 111 (11.73%) Project Management
13 103 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 102 (10.78%) Acceptance Criteria
15 99 (10.47%) SDLC
16 94 (9.94%) Sprint Planning
17 92 (9.73%) Analytics
17 92 (9.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 184 (19.45%) SQL
2 114 (12.05%) Python
3 65 (6.87%) Java
4 38 (4.02%) C#
4 38 (4.02%) JavaScript
4 38 (4.02%) PowerShell
5 25 (2.64%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.22%) Bash
7 17 (1.80%) Groovy
8 14 (1.48%) Apex Code
9 10 (1.06%) Perl
9 10 (1.06%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.53%) Tcl
10 5 (0.53%) VBA
11 4 (0.42%) C
11 4 (0.42%) Go
11 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 214 (22.62%) Security Cleared
2 189 (19.98%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.14%) Degree
4 37 (3.91%) PMI Certification
5 29 (3.07%) PMP
6 27 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.11%) AWS Certification
8 19 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.80%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.85%) IIBA
14 7 (0.74%) CBAP
15 5 (0.53%) CISSP
15 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.53%) MBA
15 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (14.48%) QA
2 71 (7.51%) Data Quality
3 49 (5.18%) PMO
4 31 (3.28%) SLA
5 24 (2.54%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.48%) GDPR
8 12 (1.27%) ISO 20022
9 10 (1.06%) WCAG
10 8 (0.85%) NIST
10 8 (0.85%) SEPA
11 7 (0.74%) GRC
12 5 (0.53%) COBIT
12 5 (0.53%) MiFID
12 5 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.42%) EMIR
13 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.42%) P3O
14 3 (0.32%) NCSC
14 3 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 43 (4.55%) Docker
3 7 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.42%) 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 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.17%) Grafana
3 27 (2.85%) Prometheus
4 24 (2.54%) Ansible
5 20 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.06%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.85%) Control-M
7 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.63%) SCOM
9 5 (0.53%) Istio
10 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.42%) Argo
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 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 153 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.84%) ServiceNow
3 61 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.55%) Oracle
5 33 (3.49%) Google
6 28 (2.96%) SAP
7 26 (2.75%) Atlassian
8 25 (2.64%) Splunk
9 21 (2.22%) Remedy
10 19 (2.01%) IBM
11 17 (1.80%) Adobe
12 15 (1.59%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.48%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.48%) Databricks
14 12 (1.27%) BMC
14 12 (1.27%) Informatica
14 12 (1.27%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.27%) Okta
15 11 (1.16%) Dynatrace
15 11 (1.16%) HP