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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 832 649 906
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.95% 4.11% 4.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.09% 29.81% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 428 609
10th Percentile £332 £263 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £628 £675
90th Percentile £734 £725 £810
England median daily rate £500 £500 £526
% change year-on-year - -4.99% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile £34.20 £21.31 £28.18
25th Percentile £39.38 £23.27 £35.47
Median hourly rate £43.75 £26.54 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +64.88% -47.19% +142.17%
75th Percentile £57.25 £29.80 £55.25
90th Percentile £76.15 £31.76 £60.88
England median hourly rate £63.40 £69.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.12% +15.00% -

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 2,243 2,177 2,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.05% 13.77% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,533 1,425 2,028
10th Percentile £350 £356 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 27
10th Percentile £39.95 £26.54 £28.30
25th Percentile £42.50 £33.87 £39.06
Median hourly rate £56.50 £49.47 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -10.06% +4.76%
75th Percentile £88.75 £68.80 £71.00
90th Percentile £110.00 £83.13 £76.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 +22 133 £505 -5.61% 27
South London -1 29 £553 +19.57% 6
West London -12 9 £300 -35.48% 6
East London +4 6 £439 -9.54% 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
1 408 (49.04%) Confluence
2 44 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 39 (4.69%) nginx
4 16 (1.92%) Apache
4 16 (1.92%) CMS
5 6 (0.72%) WordPress
6 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.36%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Drupal
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.36%) Traefik
7 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.24%) Appian
8 2 (0.24%) CICS
8 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 65 (7.81%) Microsoft Project
2 62 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (4.93%) MS Visio
4 28 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (2.64%) Trello
6 10 (1.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 4 (0.48%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.36%) InVision
8 3 (0.36%) Sketch
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.24%) InDesign
9 2 (0.24%) Notion
9 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 17 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.96%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.48%) Endur
7 4 (0.48%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.48%) Magento
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle BPM
7 4 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.36%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.24%) Eagle PACE
9 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.24%) PORTIA
9 2 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 188 (22.60%) Azure
2 168 (20.19%) AWS
3 97 (11.66%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (8.89%) GitHub
5 63 (7.57%) Power Platform
6 47 (5.65%) GCP
7 35 (4.21%) Serverless
8 30 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
10 28 (3.37%) Amazon S3
11 26 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (2.76%) Miro
12 23 (2.76%) SaaS
13 22 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (2.52%) Power Automate
14 21 (2.52%) Slack
15 18 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (2.04%) Snowflake
17 16 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.25%) Firewall
2 21 (2.52%) DNS
3 16 (1.92%) SSH
3 16 (1.92%) SSL
4 15 (1.80%) OpenLDAP
5 13 (1.56%) HTTP
6 12 (1.44%) FTP
7 11 (1.32%) SMTP
8 10 (1.20%) IMAP
9 9 (1.08%) VPN
10 6 (0.72%) Network Security
11 5 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.60%) WAN
12 3 (0.36%) Internet
13 2 (0.24%) DHCP
13 2 (0.24%) DKIM
13 2 (0.24%) NAS
13 2 (0.24%) SNMP
13 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (6.61%) Power BI
2 41 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.88%) Tableau
5 19 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.04%) Big Data
6 17 (2.04%) Oracle Database
7 16 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.92%) Hadoop
8 14 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.56%) Metadata
10 11 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (1.32%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.20%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.08%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.84%) DB2
15 6 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (13.82%) Git
2 81 (9.74%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.77%) GitLab
4 37 (4.45%) Bitbucket
5 35 (4.21%) Selenium
6 27 (3.25%) Postman
7 20 (2.40%) Cucumber
8 19 (2.28%) SonarQube
9 18 (2.16%) Zephyr
10 17 (2.04%) TestRail
11 16 (1.92%) JUnit
12 15 (1.80%) SpecFlow
13 14 (1.68%) Maven
14 12 (1.44%) ER Studio
14 12 (1.44%) ERwin
15 11 (1.32%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
15 11 (1.32%) Vagrant
16 9 (1.08%) Cypress.io
16 9 (1.08%) TeamCity
General
1 361 (43.39%) Social Skills
2 241 (28.97%) Finance
3 127 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (14.06%) Banking
5 82 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 30 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (3.61%) Investment Banking
7 29 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (3.25%) Front Office
9 25 (3.00%) Retail
10 18 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (1.68%) Legal
12 13 (1.56%) Marketing
13 12 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.32%) Back Office
14 11 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.32%) Publishing
15 9 (1.08%) Military
16 8 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 150 (18.03%) Analyst
2 107 (12.86%) Business Analyst
3 102 (12.26%) Developer
4 82 (9.86%) Senior
5 79 (9.50%) Project Manager
6 66 (7.93%) Lead
7 44 (5.29%) Architect
8 31 (3.73%) Tester
9 30 (3.61%) Technical Analyst
10 29 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.37%) Consultant
12 27 (3.25%) Product Owner
13 26 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
14 22 (2.64%) Administrator
15 20 (2.40%) Scrum Master
16 19 (2.28%) Delivery Manager
16 19 (2.28%) ServiceNow Developer
17 18 (2.16%) QA Engineer
17 18 (2.16%) Test Engineer
18 17 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (9.25%) REST
2 50 (6.01%) .NET
2 50 (6.01%) SOAP
3 48 (5.77%) AngularJS
4 39 (4.69%) HTML
5 33 (3.97%) React
6 31 (3.73%) JSON
7 30 (3.61%) LDAP
7 30 (3.61%) Web Services
8 29 (3.49%) Kafka
9 26 (3.13%) CSS
10 23 (2.76%) RESTful
11 21 (2.52%) HTML5
11 21 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (2.40%) Playwright
13 18 (2.16%) XML
14 17 (2.04%) Spring
15 15 (1.80%) jQuery
16 14 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
17 13 (1.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.28%) CMDB
4 19 (2.28%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.04%) PMI
6 16 (1.92%) Reinsurance
7 15 (1.80%) Replication
7 15 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.44%) Derivative
9 12 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.44%) Equities
9 12 (1.44%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 70 (8.41%) Linux
2 42 (5.05%) Windows
3 30 (3.61%) Unix
4 13 (1.56%) VMS
5 12 (1.44%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.20%) Amazon Linux
7 8 (0.96%) Android
8 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.36%) CentOS
12 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.12%) Debian
13 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) tvOS
13 1 (0.12%) watchOS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (64.90%) Agile
2 234 (28.13%) DevOps
3 230 (27.64%) Scrum
4 187 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
5 176 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 144 (17.31%) CI/CD
7 136 (16.35%) Project Management
8 121 (14.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 103 (12.38%) User Stories
11 102 (12.26%) Test Automation
12 95 (11.42%) Migration
13 92 (11.06%) User Acceptance Testing
14 80 (9.62%) SDLC
15 77 (9.25%) Microservices
15 77 (9.25%) Roadmaps
16 75 (9.01%) Kanban
17 71 (8.53%) Analytics
18 68 (8.17%) Project Delivery
19 67 (8.05%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 158 (18.99%) SQL
2 123 (14.78%) Python
3 87 (10.46%) Java
4 82 (9.86%) JavaScript
5 41 (4.93%) C#
6 34 (4.09%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.37%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.52%) Bash
9 19 (2.28%) Groovy
10 17 (2.04%) Go
11 9 (1.08%) C++
12 7 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.84%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.72%) Korn
13 6 (0.72%) Ruby
14 5 (0.60%) PHP
15 4 (0.48%) Delphi
15 4 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (22.48%) Security Cleared
2 178 (21.39%) SC Cleared
3 113 (13.58%) Degree
4 44 (5.29%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.97%) PMP
6 30 (3.61%) ISTQB
7 23 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.68%) CISSP
11 13 (1.56%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.08%) CBAP
13 8 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.84%) ISEB
15 6 (0.72%) CEH
15 6 (0.72%) CFA
15 6 (0.72%) CSPO
15 6 (0.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.66%) QA
2 32 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.85%) PMO
3 29 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.40%) GDPR
4 20 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.56%) NIST
6 8 (0.96%) WCAG
7 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.84%) SEPA
8 6 (0.72%) GRC
8 6 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.72%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.60%) SLA
10 3 (0.36%) ITGC
10 3 (0.36%) MiFID
10 3 (0.36%) PSD2
10 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 74 (8.89%) Docker
2 20 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.20%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.20%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.20%) Postfix
3 10 (1.20%) Squid
4 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) etcd
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 66 (7.93%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.85%) Terraform
3 24 (2.88%) Ansible
4 22 (2.64%) Grafana
4 22 (2.64%) Packer
5 21 (2.52%) Consul
6 17 (2.04%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.68%) HP ALM
9 12 (1.44%) Nessus
10 10 (1.20%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.60%) Puppet
11 5 (0.60%) SCCM
12 3 (0.36%) Ambari
12 3 (0.36%) Istio
12 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.24%) Argo
13 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 102 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 97 (11.66%) ServiceNow
3 55 (6.61%) Oracle
4 53 (6.37%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.09%) Atlassian
6 31 (3.73%) SAP
7 26 (3.13%) HP
8 22 (2.64%) Google
9 19 (2.28%) Remedy
10 15 (1.80%) Splunk
11 14 (1.68%) Cloudera
12 13 (1.56%) BMC
12 13 (1.56%) Foundry
12 13 (1.56%) Palantir
13 12 (1.44%) Databricks
13 12 (1.44%) Ivanti
14 11 (1.32%) Adobe
14 11 (1.32%) Citrix
15 10 (1.20%) Jaspersoft
15 10 (1.20%) Sparx