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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 49 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 905 581 694
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.36% 4.57% 3.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.51% 32.22% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 383 476
10th Percentile £350 £308 £325
25th Percentile £420 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £624 £630 £662
90th Percentile £716 £738 £850
England median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 15
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -9.09% -50.75%
75th Percentile £74.63 £32.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £68.75
England median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £52.21
% change year-on-year +1.02% +19.72% -19.68%

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 2,413 1,803 2,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.29% 14.18% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 1,232 1,646
10th Percentile £355 £346 £363
25th Percentile £421 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -6.25% -6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -5.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 23
10th Percentile - £22.93 £22.60
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £25.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.63 £67.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £84.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +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 29 March 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 29 March 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 29 March 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 0 119 £550 +4.76% 52
South London +5 38 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -26 9 £500 +28.21% 9
East London +3 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
1 405 (44.75%) Confluence
2 48 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.98%) nginx
4 16 (1.77%) Apache
5 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.77%) CMS
6 7 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.66%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.66%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.44%) JBoss
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.33%) 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 85 (9.39%) Microsoft Project
2 73 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.64%) MS Visio
4 44 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (1.88%) Trello
7 5 (0.55%) Notion
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.33%) InVision
9 3 (0.33%) 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%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.11%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 14 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.44%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.10%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.99%) Fidessa
6 8 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.44%) Findur
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.33%) Algo Collateral
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.33%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
10 3 (0.33%) Summit
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 215 (23.76%) Azure
2 142 (15.69%) Azure DevOps
3 139 (15.36%) AWS
4 81 (8.95%) GitHub
5 61 (6.74%) Power Platform
6 36 (3.98%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.76%) Serverless
8 33 (3.65%) GCP
9 27 (2.98%) Amazon S3
10 26 (2.87%) SaaS
11 25 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.65%) Figma
13 20 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (1.99%) Slack
15 18 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (1.88%) Miro
17 15 (1.66%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.76%) Firewall
2 16 (1.77%) DNS
3 14 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.44%) VPN
5 11 (1.22%) WAN
6 8 (0.88%) HTTP
7 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.77%) FTP
7 7 (0.77%) Modbus
7 7 (0.77%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.77%) RS-232
7 7 (0.77%) RS-485
7 7 (0.77%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.77%) SSL
8 6 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.55%) LAN
10 4 (0.44%) NAS
10 4 (0.44%) Network Security
10 4 (0.44%) PSTN
10 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.08%) Power BI
2 32 (3.54%) Tableau
3 29 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.21%) NoSQL
6 17 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.33%) Big Data
9 12 (1.33%) Metadata
9 12 (1.33%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.10%) Delta Lake
11 9 (0.99%) DynamoDB
11 9 (0.99%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.77%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.77%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.77%) Tick Data
13 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 119 (13.15%) Git
2 72 (7.96%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.64%) GitLab
3 42 (4.64%) Selenium
4 30 (3.31%) Bitbucket
5 27 (2.98%) Cucumber
5 27 (2.98%) JUnit
6 24 (2.65%) Zephyr
7 16 (1.77%) Postman
7 16 (1.77%) TestRail
8 15 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.44%) SonarQube
10 12 (1.33%) JMeter
10 12 (1.33%) SpecFlow
11 11 (1.22%) Maven
11 11 (1.22%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.10%) Appium
12 10 (1.10%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (0.77%) ScriptRunner
General
1 343 (37.90%) Social Skills
2 335 (37.02%) Finance
3 168 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (14.81%) Banking
5 88 (9.72%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.65%) Retail
9 32 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (3.31%) Legal
11 27 (2.98%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.54%) Front Office
12 23 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.66%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.66%) Marketing
14 10 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.10%) Publishing
15 9 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.88%) Back Office
16 8 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 198 (21.88%) Analyst
2 141 (15.58%) Business Analyst
3 105 (11.60%) Developer
4 92 (10.17%) Senior
5 74 (8.18%) Lead
6 64 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.20%) Delivery Manager
8 31 (3.43%) Architect
8 31 (3.43%) Tester
9 30 (3.31%) Consultant
9 30 (3.31%) Test Engineer
10 29 (3.20%) IT Support
11 28 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
12 27 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (2.87%) Technical Business Analyst
13 26 (2.87%) Technical Manager
14 24 (2.65%) Data Engineer
15 23 (2.54%) Scrum Master
16 22 (2.43%) Support Engineer
17 20 (2.21%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.41%) REST
2 35 (3.87%) .NET
3 29 (3.20%) React
4 28 (3.09%) Kafka
5 25 (2.76%) Spring
6 22 (2.43%) HTML
6 22 (2.43%) XML
7 21 (2.32%) RESTful
8 20 (2.21%) AngularJS
8 20 (2.21%) Playwright
9 19 (2.10%) CSS
9 19 (2.10%) Node.js
9 19 (2.10%) SOAP
10 18 (1.99%) JSON
11 16 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.66%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.66%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.33%) Web Services
14 11 (1.22%) .NET Framework
14 11 (1.22%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.50%) Product Ownership
2 44 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.10%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 17 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.10%) CMDB
11 9 (0.99%) Equities
11 9 (0.99%) Fixed Income
11 9 (0.99%) PMI
11 9 (0.99%) Reinsurance
11 9 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.52%) Linux
2 49 (5.41%) Windows
3 15 (1.66%) Unix
4 10 (1.10%) Android
5 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (60.00%) Agile
2 244 (26.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 231 (25.52%) DevOps
4 209 (23.09%) Scrum
5 180 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (16.57%) Test Automation
8 148 (16.35%) CI/CD
9 129 (14.25%) Project Management
10 121 (13.37%) User Stories
11 117 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 108 (11.93%) User Acceptance Testing
13 107 (11.82%) Migration
14 99 (10.94%) SDLC
15 97 (10.72%) Project Delivery
16 94 (10.39%) Roadmaps
17 93 (10.28%) Decision-Making
18 92 (10.17%) Change Management
19 90 (9.94%) Analytics
20 88 (9.72%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 163 (18.01%) SQL
2 116 (12.82%) Python
3 96 (10.61%) Java
4 62 (6.85%) C#
5 52 (5.75%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.10%) PowerShell
8 16 (1.77%) Bash
9 14 (1.55%) C++
10 13 (1.44%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.77%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.66%) Korn
13 6 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.55%) C
14 5 (0.55%) Perl
14 5 (0.55%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.55%) Ruby
14 5 (0.55%) XPath
15 4 (0.44%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 196 (21.66%) Security Cleared
2 180 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.95%) Degree
4 33 (3.65%) PMI Certification
5 31 (3.43%) ISTQB
6 27 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (2.87%) PMP
8 19 (2.10%) CBAP
9 15 (1.66%) CISSP
9 15 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.44%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.44%) ISEB
11 11 (1.22%) IIBA
12 9 (0.99%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.77%) CISM
14 7 (0.77%) CSPO
14 7 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (13.37%) QA
2 49 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.20%) PMO
4 32 (3.54%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.09%) GDPR
6 15 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.44%) NIST
8 11 (1.22%) WCAG
9 10 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.10%) SLA
10 8 (0.88%) GRC
11 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.55%) MiFID
12 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.33%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) NCSC
14 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 57 (6.30%) Docker
2 32 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.88%) Squid
4 7 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.77%) Firmware
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (6.96%) Terraform
2 59 (6.52%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.43%) Ansible
4 20 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (2.10%) Consul
6 15 (1.66%) Grafana
7 14 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.44%) Packer
9 12 (1.33%) HP ALM
10 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.77%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.55%) Control-M
12 5 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.44%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.33%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.33%) PingFederate
14 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.22%) CASB
15 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 102 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 100 (11.05%) ServiceNow
3 72 (7.96%) Oracle
4 68 (7.51%) Salesforce
5 45 (4.97%) Atlassian
6 35 (3.87%) SAP
7 30 (3.31%) Google
8 21 (2.32%) Databricks
9 16 (1.77%) Adobe
10 14 (1.55%) Citrix
11 13 (1.44%) IBM
11 13 (1.44%) Murex
12 12 (1.33%) HP
13 11 (1.22%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.22%) Remedy
13 11 (1.22%) Workday
14 10 (1.10%) Informatica
14 10 (1.10%) Planview
14 10 (1.10%) Red Hat