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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 874 594 724
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.37% 4.44% 3.97%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.48% 31.78% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 388 517
10th Percentile £350 £297 £337
25th Percentile £422 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -9.09% -5.58%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £712 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £26.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £76.75 £32.50 £40.47
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% +19.05% -17.65%

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 2,396 1,869 2,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.72% 13.98% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,624 1,246 1,680
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -4.89% -6.25%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 21
10th Percentile - £26.48 £25.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £31.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £76.75 £77.19 £58.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.88 £73.65
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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -1 116 £550 +6.28% 42
South London +1 36 £513 +13.89% 5
West London -27 9 £415 +4.94% 6
East London +1 5 £450 -18.18% 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
1 398 (45.54%) Confluence
2 45 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.20%) nginx
4 13 (1.49%) Apache
5 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.92%) CMS
7 6 (0.69%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.69%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) Traefik
11 2 (0.23%) JBoss
11 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.23%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (9.15%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (5.38%) MS Visio
4 45 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (2.06%) Trello
6 5 (0.57%) Notion
7 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.34%) InVision
8 3 (0.34%) Sketch
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.23%) InDesign
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.49%) Loan IQ
3 11 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.14%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.80%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.46%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.34%) Endur
9 3 (0.34%) Findur
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
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
1 216 (24.71%) Azure
2 145 (16.59%) AWS
3 135 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 84 (9.61%) GitHub
5 60 (6.86%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.58%) GCP
7 28 (3.20%) Serverless
8 27 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.09%) SaaS
9 26 (2.97%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.63%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.52%) Figma
12 21 (2.40%) Slack
13 20 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 18 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.95%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.83%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.75%) Firewall
2 18 (2.06%) DNS
3 13 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.49%) VPN
4 11 (1.26%) WAN
5 10 (1.14%) HTTP
6 7 (0.80%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.80%) FTP
6 7 (0.80%) Modbus
6 7 (0.80%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.80%) RS-232
6 7 (0.80%) RS-485
6 7 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.57%) Network Security
7 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.46%) LAN
8 4 (0.46%) NAS
8 4 (0.46%) PSTN
8 4 (0.46%) SSL
8 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.92%) Power BI
2 34 (3.89%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.09%) Tableau
4 25 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.06%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.49%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.37%) Data Vault
10 12 (1.37%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.14%) Big Data
12 10 (1.14%) Delta Lake
13 8 (0.92%) Metadata
14 7 (0.80%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.80%) Star Schema
14 7 (0.80%) Tick Data
15 6 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (12.36%) Git
2 80 (9.15%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.49%) GitLab
4 43 (4.92%) Selenium
5 31 (3.55%) JUnit
6 30 (3.43%) Bitbucket
7 29 (3.32%) Cucumber
8 20 (2.29%) Postman
8 20 (2.29%) SonarQube
8 20 (2.29%) Zephyr
9 16 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
9 16 (1.83%) TestRail
10 14 (1.60%) SpecFlow
11 12 (1.37%) JMeter
11 12 (1.37%) Maven
11 12 (1.37%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.26%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.92%) Appium
13 8 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 334 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 312 (35.70%) Finance
3 159 (18.19%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (13.96%) Banking
5 85 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.55%) Retail
10 30 (3.43%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.09%) Legal
12 23 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.40%) Front Office
14 15 (1.72%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.60%) Marketing
16 12 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.14%) Publishing
18 9 (1.03%) Back Office
18 9 (1.03%) Billing
18 9 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 196 (22.43%) Analyst
2 143 (16.36%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.78%) Developer
4 84 (9.61%) Senior
5 70 (8.01%) Lead
6 66 (7.55%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.00%) Tester
8 31 (3.55%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (3.55%) Test Engineer
9 29 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
9 29 (3.32%) Technical Business Analyst
10 28 (3.20%) Architect
10 28 (3.20%) Consultant
11 26 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.86%) IT Support
13 23 (2.63%) Technical Manager
14 22 (2.52%) Scrum Master
15 20 (2.29%) Data Engineer
15 20 (2.29%) Java Developer
15 20 (2.29%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.61%) REST
2 37 (4.23%) .NET
3 26 (2.97%) Kafka
3 26 (2.97%) React
3 26 (2.97%) Spring
4 25 (2.86%) Playwright
5 24 (2.75%) HTML
5 24 (2.75%) SOAP
5 24 (2.75%) XML
6 22 (2.52%) RESTful
7 21 (2.40%) CSS
8 19 (2.17%) AngularJS
8 19 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 18 (2.06%) JSON
10 16 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (1.83%) Node.js
11 15 (1.72%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.49%) Web Services
13 12 (1.37%) .NET Framework
14 10 (1.14%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.95%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.06%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.37%) CMDB
9 12 (1.37%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.26%) PMI
10 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.14%) Equities
11 10 (1.14%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.14%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.03%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.84%) Linux
2 44 (5.03%) Windows
3 16 (1.83%) Unix
4 10 (1.14%) Android
5 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.80%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.46%) VMS
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (61.56%) Agile
2 232 (26.54%) DevOps
3 230 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 216 (24.71%) Scrum
5 178 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (17.62%) CI/CD
8 139 (15.90%) Test Automation
9 124 (14.19%) User Stories
10 121 (13.84%) Project Management
11 110 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 103 (11.78%) Migration
13 98 (11.21%) Project Delivery
14 97 (11.10%) User Acceptance Testing
15 90 (10.30%) Roadmaps
16 88 (10.07%) Waterfall
17 85 (9.73%) Analytics
17 85 (9.73%) SDLC
18 79 (9.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 78 (8.92%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 158 (18.08%) SQL
2 112 (12.81%) Python
3 93 (10.64%) Java
4 60 (6.86%) C#
5 53 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.52%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.17%) Bash
9 13 (1.49%) C++
10 11 (1.26%) 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
17 3 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 190 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 174 (19.91%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.27%) Degree
4 35 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 31 (3.55%) ISTQB
6 26 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (2.97%) PMP
7 20 (2.29%) CBAP
8 15 (1.72%) ISEB
9 13 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.26%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.26%) CISSP
12 9 (1.03%) IIBA
13 8 (0.92%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.92%) CSPO
13 8 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.59%) QA
2 46 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 33 (3.78%) PMO
5 20 (2.29%) GDPR
6 13 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.49%) WCAG
7 12 (1.37%) NIST
8 10 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.14%) SLA
9 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.80%) GRC
10 5 (0.57%) MiFID
10 5 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.34%) Basel III
12 3 (0.34%) NCSC
12 3 (0.34%) SEPA
13 2 (0.23%) P3O
13 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (7.44%) Docker
2 25 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.03%) Squid
4 7 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.80%) Firmware
5 6 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.11%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.11%) etcd
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.11%) Postfix
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.72%) Terraform
3 27 (3.09%) Ansible
4 20 (2.29%) Grafana
5 19 (2.17%) Consul
6 17 (1.95%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.49%) Packer
7 13 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.14%) HP ALM
9 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.46%) Control-M
13 3 (0.34%) Istio
13 3 (0.34%) Puppet
13 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.34%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.34%) SCCM
14 2 (0.23%) Argo
14 2 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 102 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 96 (10.98%) ServiceNow
3 77 (8.81%) Oracle
4 66 (7.55%) Salesforce
5 40 (4.58%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.12%) SAP
7 26 (2.97%) Google
8 23 (2.63%) Databricks
9 15 (1.72%) Adobe
10 14 (1.60%) Citrix
11 12 (1.37%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.37%) Murex
12 11 (1.26%) Planview
13 10 (1.14%) HP
13 10 (1.14%) IBM
13 10 (1.14%) Informatica
13 10 (1.14%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.14%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.14%) Remedy
14 9 (1.03%) Bloomberg