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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 872 595 739
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.49% 4.43% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.87% 31.70% 31.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 637 386 529
10th Percentile £350 £300 £338
25th Percentile £421 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £673
90th Percentile £716 £703 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £26.56
Median hourly rate £56.50 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +88.33% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £81.31 £32.50 £40.47
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.57 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% +19.05% -19.23%

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 2,365 1,877 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.89% 13.97% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 1,241 1,716
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -6.61% -5.42%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £508 £535
% change year-on-year -1.48% -5.14% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 23
10th Percentile - £26.48 £25.08
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £28.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £62.88
90th Percentile £98.00 £87.88 £73.32
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +2 121 £525 +1.45% 23
South London +1 38 £513 +13.89% 6
West London -27 8 £415 +4.94% 6
East London +2 5 £450 -18.18% 13
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
1 400 (45.87%) Confluence
2 49 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.44%) nginx
4 13 (1.49%) Apache
5 9 (1.03%) CMS
6 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.92%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.69%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.69%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.34%) Traefik
10 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 75 (8.60%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (4.93%) MS Visio
5 20 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (2.06%) Trello
7 5 (0.57%) Notion
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.34%) InVision
9 3 (0.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 3 (0.34%) Sketch
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.23%) InDesign
10 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.15%) Fidessa
2 10 (1.15%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 7 (0.80%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.46%) Endur
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.46%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.34%) Findur
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.34%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 209 (23.97%) Azure
2 148 (16.97%) AWS
3 124 (14.22%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (9.75%) GitHub
5 64 (7.34%) Power Platform
6 41 (4.70%) GCP
7 33 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (3.56%) Serverless
9 27 (3.10%) Amazon S3
9 27 (3.10%) SaaS
10 23 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
10 23 (2.64%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.64%) Figma
11 21 (2.41%) Slack
11 21 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 20 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (1.95%) Miro
15 17 (1.95%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.75%) Firewall
2 19 (2.18%) DNS
3 13 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.49%) VPN
4 12 (1.38%) HTTP
5 11 (1.26%) WAN
6 8 (0.92%) FTP
7 7 (0.80%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.80%) Modbus
7 7 (0.80%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.80%) RS-232
7 7 (0.80%) RS-485
7 7 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.46%) LAN
9 4 (0.46%) PSTN
9 4 (0.46%) SMTP
9 4 (0.46%) SSH
9 4 (0.46%) SSL
9 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.39%) Power BI
2 35 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.10%) Tableau
4 25 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (2.06%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.49%) Data Vault
8 13 (1.49%) Oracle Database
9 12 (1.38%) Big Data
9 12 (1.38%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.26%) Metadata
11 10 (1.15%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.03%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.80%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.80%) Tick Data
14 6 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 106 (12.16%) Git
2 81 (9.29%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.50%) GitLab
4 41 (4.70%) Selenium
5 30 (3.44%) Bitbucket
6 29 (3.33%) Cucumber
6 29 (3.33%) JUnit
7 21 (2.41%) Postman
8 20 (2.29%) SonarQube
9 18 (2.06%) Zephyr
10 17 (1.95%) TestRail
11 15 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
12 14 (1.61%) SpecFlow
13 13 (1.49%) JMeter
14 12 (1.38%) Maven
15 11 (1.26%) Cypress.io
15 11 (1.26%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
17 7 (0.80%) Appium
17 7 (0.80%) ERwin
General
1 338 (38.76%) Social Skills
2 306 (35.09%) Finance
3 156 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (13.19%) Banking
5 86 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.67%) Retail
9 28 (3.21%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.87%) Legal
11 23 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.29%) Front Office
13 14 (1.61%) Marketing
14 13 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.38%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.15%) Publishing
17 9 (1.03%) Back Office
18 8 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 193 (22.13%) Analyst
2 139 (15.94%) Business Analyst
3 102 (11.70%) Developer
4 83 (9.52%) Senior
5 69 (7.91%) Lead
6 65 (7.45%) Project Manager
7 36 (4.13%) Tester
8 31 (3.56%) Technical Analyst
9 29 (3.33%) Architect
9 29 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
9 29 (3.33%) Test Engineer
10 28 (3.21%) Consultant
10 28 (3.21%) Technical Business Analyst
11 26 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.75%) Scrum Master
13 22 (2.52%) Technical Manager
14 21 (2.41%) Data Engineer
15 20 (2.29%) IT Support
15 20 (2.29%) Test Analyst
16 19 (2.18%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.73%) REST
2 37 (4.24%) .NET
3 28 (3.21%) Kafka
4 27 (3.10%) React
5 25 (2.87%) Playwright
5 25 (2.87%) Spring
6 24 (2.75%) HTML
6 24 (2.75%) XML
7 23 (2.64%) SOAP
8 22 (2.52%) RESTful
9 21 (2.41%) CSS
10 19 (2.18%) AngularJS
11 18 (2.06%) JSON
11 18 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
12 16 (1.83%) Node.js
13 15 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
13 15 (1.72%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.38%) .NET Framework
14 12 (1.38%) Web Services
15 11 (1.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.75%) Product Ownership
2 36 (4.13%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.29%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.49%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.38%) CMDB
11 12 (1.38%) Fixed Income
11 12 (1.38%) PMI
12 11 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.26%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.96%) Linux
2 45 (5.16%) Windows
3 16 (1.83%) Unix
4 10 (1.15%) Android
5 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.80%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.69%) VMS
7 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (61.70%) Agile
2 231 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 225 (25.80%) DevOps
4 219 (25.11%) Scrum
5 175 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
6 158 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (17.43%) CI/CD
8 137 (15.71%) Test Automation
9 121 (13.88%) Project Management
10 119 (13.65%) User Stories
11 109 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (11.47%) Migration
13 95 (10.89%) Project Delivery
14 92 (10.55%) Roadmaps
15 89 (10.21%) User Acceptance Testing
16 87 (9.98%) Analytics
17 83 (9.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 82 (9.40%) SDLC
18 82 (9.40%) Waterfall
19 78 (8.94%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 154 (17.66%) SQL
2 115 (13.19%) Python
3 92 (10.55%) Java
4 56 (6.42%) C#
5 54 (6.19%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.24%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.18%) Bash
9 13 (1.49%) C++
10 10 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.92%) Go
13 7 (0.80%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.57%) Korn
15 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.57%) Ruby
15 5 (0.57%) XPath
16 4 (0.46%) Delphi
16 4 (0.46%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 193 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 177 (20.30%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.75%) Degree
4 35 (4.01%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.67%) ISTQB
6 26 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.87%) PMP
8 21 (2.41%) CBAP
9 15 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.72%) ISEB
10 13 (1.49%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.26%) CISSP
12 9 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.03%) IIBA
12 9 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.80%) CSPO
13 7 (0.80%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (12.39%) QA
2 44 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.13%) PMO
4 35 (4.01%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.52%) GDPR
6 13 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.49%) WCAG
7 11 (1.26%) NIST
7 11 (1.26%) SLA
8 9 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.80%) GRC
10 5 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) MiFID
11 4 (0.46%) NCSC
12 3 (0.34%) Basel III
12 3 (0.34%) SEPA
13 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 67 (7.68%) Docker
2 23 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.26%) Squid
4 7 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.80%) Firmware
5 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.34%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.34%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.34%) Postfix
6 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) etcd
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.85%) Terraform
3 26 (2.98%) Ansible
4 22 (2.52%) Grafana
5 19 (2.18%) Consul
5 19 (2.18%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.49%) Packer
6 13 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.03%) HP ALM
7 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.80%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.46%) Control-M
10 4 (0.46%) Nessus
11 3 (0.34%) Istio
11 3 (0.34%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.34%) Puppet
11 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.34%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 93 (10.67%) ServiceNow
3 75 (8.60%) Oracle
4 69 (7.91%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.47%) Atlassian
6 37 (4.24%) SAP
7 26 (2.98%) Google
8 23 (2.64%) Databricks
9 16 (1.83%) Adobe
10 13 (1.49%) Citrix
11 12 (1.38%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.38%) Murex
12 11 (1.26%) IBM
12 11 (1.26%) Planview
13 10 (1.15%) Informatica
13 10 (1.15%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.15%) Remedy
14 9 (1.03%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.03%) Cloudera
14 9 (1.03%) HP