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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 48 47
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 812 605 759
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.55% 4.34% 4.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.90% 31.27% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 392 545
10th Percentile £339 £271 £363
25th Percentile £420 £387 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £715 £725 £825
England median daily rate £500 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £42.48 £20.75 £28.13
25th Percentile £42.81 £21.88 £32.66
Median hourly rate £67.25 £25.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year +169.00% -36.51% +32.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £29.38 £53.28
90th Percentile - £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.40 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.44% +4.17% -7.69%

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 2,262 1,935 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.47% 13.87% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,551 1,261 1,731
10th Percentile £356 £341 £400
25th Percentile £420 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £569
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -5.98% -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £731 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £511 £538
% change year-on-year -2.15% -5.02% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 20
10th Percentile £42.63 £22.25 £25.71
25th Percentile £45.19 £25.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £73.25 £48.75 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.26% +7.14% -20.87%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.50 £87.88 £73.66
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +4 117 £520 +0.48% 21
South London +3 31 £519 +24.95% 13
West London -25 7 £500 +28.21% 9
East London 0 5 £450 -18.18% 3
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
1 369 (45.44%) Confluence
2 39 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 34 (4.19%) nginx
4 12 (1.48%) Apache
5 10 (1.23%) CMS
6 6 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.49%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.49%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.37%) Traefik
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (5.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (5.17%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
6 21 (2.59%) Trello
7 9 (1.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.62%) Notion
9 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.49%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.37%) InVision
10 3 (0.37%) Sketch
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.25%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.25%) InDesign
11 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.99%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.86%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.74%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.49%) Endur
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.37%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.37%) Shopify
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 185 (22.78%) Azure
2 149 (18.35%) AWS
3 104 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (10.47%) GitHub
5 62 (7.64%) Power Platform
6 41 (5.05%) GCP
7 34 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.69%) Serverless
9 26 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
9 26 (3.20%) Amazon S3
10 24 (2.96%) SaaS
11 21 (2.59%) Figma
11 21 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 19 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.22%) Slack
13 18 (2.22%) Snowflake
14 17 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (2.09%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.45%) Firewall
2 23 (2.83%) DNS
3 16 (1.97%) HTTP
4 15 (1.85%) SSH
5 12 (1.48%) FTP
6 11 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.35%) VPN
7 10 (1.23%) SMTP
8 9 (1.11%) IMAP
8 9 (1.11%) OpenLDAP
8 9 (1.11%) SSL
9 7 (0.86%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.86%) Modbus
9 7 (0.86%) RS-232
9 7 (0.86%) RS-485
9 7 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.86%) WAN
10 5 (0.62%) Network Security
10 5 (0.62%) OpenVPN
11 3 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.65%) Power BI
2 34 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.57%) Tableau
5 21 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.09%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.97%) Data Vault
8 15 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.48%) Big Data
9 12 (1.48%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.35%) Metadata
11 10 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.11%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.11%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.86%) Star Schema
13 7 (0.86%) Tick Data
14 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 97 (11.95%) Git
2 79 (9.73%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.91%) GitLab
4 40 (4.93%) Selenium
5 30 (3.69%) Bitbucket
6 25 (3.08%) Postman
7 23 (2.83%) Cucumber
8 22 (2.71%) SonarQube
9 19 (2.34%) JUnit
10 18 (2.22%) TestRail
11 17 (2.09%) Zephyr
12 16 (1.97%) SpecFlow
13 14 (1.72%) Maven
14 13 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
15 11 (1.35%) REST Assured
16 9 (1.11%) ER Studio
16 9 (1.11%) ERwin
16 9 (1.11%) JMeter
16 9 (1.11%) PowerDesigner
16 9 (1.11%) Vagrant
General
1 337 (41.50%) Social Skills
2 263 (32.39%) Finance
3 148 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (13.67%) Banking
5 82 (10.10%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.06%) Investment Banking
7 31 (3.82%) Retail
8 30 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.71%) Front Office
12 20 (2.46%) Legal
13 14 (1.72%) Marketing
14 11 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.35%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.23%) Billing
15 10 (1.23%) Publishing
16 9 (1.11%) Back Office
16 9 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 171 (21.06%) Analyst
2 122 (15.02%) Business Analyst
3 99 (12.19%) Developer
4 83 (10.22%) Senior
5 68 (8.37%) Lead
6 64 (7.88%) Project Manager
7 34 (4.19%) Technical Analyst
8 32 (3.94%) Tester
9 29 (3.57%) Technical Business Analyst
10 26 (3.20%) Consultant
11 25 (3.08%) Product Owner
12 23 (2.83%) Architect
12 23 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.83%) Scrum Master
12 23 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.71%) Senior Business Analyst
13 22 (2.71%) Test Engineer
14 19 (2.34%) QA Engineer
15 18 (2.22%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.27%) REST
2 33 (4.06%) SOAP
3 32 (3.94%) .NET
4 27 (3.33%) HTML
5 25 (3.08%) AngularJS
5 25 (3.08%) Kafka
6 23 (2.83%) RESTful
6 23 (2.83%) XML
7 22 (2.71%) React
7 22 (2.71%) Spring
8 21 (2.59%) Playwright
9 20 (2.46%) CSS
10 19 (2.34%) JSON
10 19 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (2.22%) LDAP
11 18 (2.22%) Node.js
12 13 (1.60%) Web Services
13 12 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
13 12 (1.48%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.23%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.96%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.71%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.46%) CMDB
6 18 (2.22%) PMI
7 16 (1.97%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.72%) Reinsurance
8 14 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.48%) Replication
11 11 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.23%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.23%) Market Risk
12 10 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.11%) Derivative
13 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.90%) Linux
2 43 (5.30%) Windows
3 19 (2.34%) Unix
4 12 (1.48%) VMS
5 10 (1.23%) Android
6 9 (1.11%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (63.67%) Agile
2 225 (27.71%) Scrum
3 214 (26.35%) DevOps
4 211 (25.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 175 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (17.49%) CI/CD
7 128 (15.76%) Project Management
8 126 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 123 (15.15%) Test Automation
10 115 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 114 (14.04%) User Stories
12 91 (11.21%) Analytics
13 89 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
14 88 (10.84%) Migration
15 87 (10.71%) Project Delivery
16 81 (9.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 79 (9.73%) Requirements Gathering
18 77 (9.48%) Roadmaps
19 76 (9.36%) SDLC
20 73 (8.99%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 161 (19.83%) SQL
2 108 (13.30%) Python
3 78 (9.61%) Java
4 66 (8.13%) JavaScript
5 33 (4.06%) C#
6 29 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.96%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.22%) Bash
9 13 (1.60%) Groovy
10 12 (1.48%) C++
11 10 (1.23%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.11%) Go
13 8 (0.99%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.86%) Embedded C++
14 7 (0.86%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.74%) Korn
15 6 (0.74%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.62%) Ruby
17 4 (0.49%) Delphi
17 4 (0.49%) XPath
Qualifications
1 172 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 161 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 101 (12.44%) Degree
4 41 (5.05%) PMI Certification
5 33 (4.06%) ISTQB
6 27 (3.33%) PMP
7 22 (2.71%) CBAP
8 20 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (2.34%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.85%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.60%) ISEB
12 10 (1.23%) CISSP
13 9 (1.11%) CSPO
14 8 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.86%) CFA
15 7 (0.86%) IIBA
15 7 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.74%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (12.07%) QA
2 41 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.31%) PMO
4 32 (3.94%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.34%) GDPR
6 13 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.48%) NIST
8 10 (1.23%) WCAG
9 9 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.99%) GRC
10 8 (0.99%) SLA
11 5 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.62%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.62%) NCSC
11 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) SEPA
13 3 (0.37%) Basel III
13 3 (0.37%) MiFID
13 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 73 (8.99%) Docker
2 19 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.85%) Squid
4 9 (1.11%) DFS Replication
4 9 (1.11%) Dovecot
4 9 (1.11%) Postfix
5 7 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.86%) Firmware
6 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 52 (6.40%) Terraform
3 25 (3.08%) Grafana
4 21 (2.59%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.46%) Ansible
6 17 (2.09%) Consul
7 13 (1.60%) Packer
8 11 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.23%) HP ALM
9 10 (1.23%) Nessus
10 9 (1.11%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.62%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.49%) Control-M
13 3 (0.37%) Istio
13 3 (0.37%) Puppet
13 3 (0.37%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.37%) SCCM
14 2 (0.25%) Argo
14 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 96 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 83 (10.22%) ServiceNow
3 66 (8.13%) Oracle
4 58 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 36 (4.43%) Atlassian
5 36 (4.43%) SAP
6 22 (2.71%) Google
7 19 (2.34%) Databricks
8 14 (1.72%) Adobe
9 12 (1.48%) HP
10 11 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.23%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.23%) Sparx
12 9 (1.11%) Citrix
12 9 (1.11%) Cloudera
12 9 (1.11%) Informatica
12 9 (1.11%) Jaspersoft
12 9 (1.11%) Remedy
12 9 (1.11%) Splunk
13 8 (0.99%) Red Hat