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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 48 52
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 892 591 694
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.22% 4.66% 3.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.24% 32.72% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 387 472
10th Percentile £347 £302 £325
25th Percentile £416 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £624 £630 £660
90th Percentile £714 £738 £850
England median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 16
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.19
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £35.88
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -16.38% -33.56%
75th Percentile £73.56 £32.50 £59.38
90th Percentile £93.18 - £71.25
England median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £49.19
% change year-on-year +1.60% +27.06% -21.30%

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 2,395 1,806 2,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.00% 14.24% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,600 1,228 1,651
10th Percentile £355 £343 £363
25th Percentile £423 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -5.41% -7.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 24
10th Percentile - £22.93 £22.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £26.03
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -32.20% -23.04%
75th Percentile £73.56 £67.50 £67.75
90th Percentile £93.18 £84.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -3 112 £550 +5.26% 52
South London +5 39 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -23 12 £400 +3.23% 9
East London - 6 £450 - 16
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 (44.06%) Confluence
2 45 (5.04%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.03%) nginx
4 16 (1.79%) Apache
5 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) SAS
11 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 83 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (8.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (5.49%) MS Visio
4 43 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
6 16 (1.79%) Trello
7 5 (0.56%) Notion
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.34%) InVision
9 3 (0.34%) Sketch
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.22%) InDesign
10 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.11%) Mingle
11 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.46%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.12%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.90%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.45%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.34%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.34%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 211 (23.65%) Azure
2 135 (15.13%) Azure DevOps
3 132 (14.80%) AWS
4 71 (7.96%) GitHub
5 61 (6.84%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.37%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.81%) Serverless
8 30 (3.36%) SaaS
9 28 (3.14%) GCP
10 27 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (2.91%) Amazon S3
12 25 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.69%) Figma
14 19 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.02%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (2.02%) Miro
15 18 (2.02%) Slack
16 17 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 14 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.13%) Firewall
2 13 (1.46%) DNS
3 12 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.12%) HTTP
5 8 (0.90%) SSL
5 8 (0.90%) VPN
6 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.78%) FTP
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%) WAN
8 5 (0.56%) LAN
8 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.45%) NAS
9 4 (0.45%) PSTN
9 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.34%) Network Security
11 2 (0.22%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.16%) Power BI
2 32 (3.59%) Tableau
3 30 (3.36%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.24%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.35%) Big Data
9 12 (1.35%) Metadata
9 12 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.01%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
15 6 (0.67%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 116 (13.00%) Git
2 62 (6.95%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.82%) Selenium
4 36 (4.04%) GitLab
5 29 (3.25%) Bitbucket
6 26 (2.91%) Cucumber
6 26 (2.91%) JUnit
6 26 (2.91%) Zephyr
7 16 (1.79%) Postman
7 16 (1.79%) TestRail
8 14 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.46%) SonarQube
10 12 (1.35%) JMeter
11 11 (1.23%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.23%) SpecFlow
12 10 (1.12%) Appium
12 10 (1.12%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.12%) Maven
13 7 (0.78%) ScriptRunner
13 7 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 336 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 332 (37.22%) Finance
3 167 (18.72%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (15.02%) Banking
5 90 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.81%) Retail
9 32 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.25%) Legal
11 27 (3.03%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.58%) Front Office
13 21 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.79%) Marketing
15 15 (1.68%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.12%) Publishing
17 9 (1.01%) Back Office
17 9 (1.01%) Billing
17 9 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 192 (21.52%) Analyst
2 135 (15.13%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.55%) Developer
4 94 (10.54%) Senior
5 76 (8.52%) Lead
6 63 (7.06%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.59%) Tester
9 31 (3.48%) Architect
9 31 (3.48%) Test Engineer
10 29 (3.25%) IT Support
11 28 (3.14%) Consultant
12 27 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (2.91%) Technical Manager
14 25 (2.80%) Data Engineer
15 24 (2.69%) Scrum Master
16 22 (2.47%) Banking Analyst
16 22 (2.47%) Support Engineer
17 21 (2.35%) Technical Analyst
18 20 (2.24%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.27%) REST
2 34 (3.81%) .NET
3 30 (3.36%) React
4 28 (3.14%) Kafka
5 24 (2.69%) Spring
6 23 (2.58%) HTML
7 21 (2.35%) AngularJS
7 21 (2.35%) RESTful
8 20 (2.24%) CSS
8 20 (2.24%) XML
9 19 (2.13%) Node.js
9 19 (2.13%) Playwright
10 18 (2.02%) JSON
11 17 (1.91%) SOAP
12 16 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
13 15 (1.68%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.35%) OpenID
14 12 (1.35%) Web Services
15 11 (1.23%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 13 (1.46%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.46%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.12%) Derivative
9 10 (1.12%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.01%) Equities
10 9 (1.01%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.01%) Market Risk
11 8 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.49%) Linux
2 48 (5.38%) Windows
3 14 (1.57%) Unix
4 9 (1.01%) Android
5 7 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (59.75%) Agile
2 241 (27.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 224 (25.11%) DevOps
4 208 (23.32%) Scrum
5 182 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (16.48%) Test Automation
8 139 (15.58%) CI/CD
9 128 (14.35%) Project Management
10 114 (12.78%) User Stories
11 110 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 107 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 102 (11.43%) Migration
14 98 (10.99%) SDLC
15 94 (10.54%) Roadmaps
16 93 (10.43%) Project Delivery
17 91 (10.20%) Decision-Making
18 90 (10.09%) Change Management
19 86 (9.64%) Analytics
19 86 (9.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 160 (17.94%) SQL
2 107 (12.00%) Python
3 94 (10.54%) Java
4 60 (6.73%) C#
5 52 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.37%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.68%) Bash
9 14 (1.57%) C++
10 13 (1.46%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.78%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.56%) C
13 5 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.56%) Perl
13 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.56%) Ruby
13 5 (0.56%) XPath
14 4 (0.45%) Delphi
15 3 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (20.96%) Security Cleared
2 172 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 75 (8.41%) Degree
4 31 (3.48%) ISTQB
5 29 (3.25%) PMI Certification
6 28 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.58%) PMP
8 17 (1.91%) CBAP
9 13 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.35%) CISSP
10 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.23%) IIBA
11 11 (1.23%) ISEB
12 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.78%) CISM
13 7 (0.78%) CSPO
13 7 (0.78%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (13.90%) QA
2 51 (5.72%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.26%) PMO
4 32 (3.59%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.14%) GDPR
6 15 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.57%) NIST
8 11 (1.23%) SLA
8 11 (1.23%) WCAG
9 9 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.78%) GRC
11 5 (0.56%) MiFID
11 5 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.34%) Basel III
13 3 (0.34%) GxP
13 3 (0.34%) NCSC
13 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (6.17%) Docker
2 33 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.90%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
5 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.17%) Terraform
3 20 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.13%) Consul
5 16 (1.79%) Ansible
6 13 (1.46%) Grafana
6 13 (1.46%) HP ALM
6 13 (1.46%) Packer
7 12 (1.35%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.56%) Control-M
10 5 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.22%) CASB
13 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 104 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 102 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 73 (8.18%) Salesforce
4 72 (8.07%) Oracle
5 42 (4.71%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.04%) SAP
7 29 (3.25%) Google
8 20 (2.24%) Databricks
9 17 (1.91%) Adobe
10 14 (1.57%) Citrix
11 13 (1.46%) HP
11 13 (1.46%) IBM
11 13 (1.46%) Murex
12 12 (1.35%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.23%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.23%) Remedy
13 11 (1.23%) Workday
14 10 (1.12%) Informatica
14 10 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg