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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 53
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 945 818 689
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.64% 6.06% 4.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.50% 37.94% 29.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 589 474
10th Percentile £350 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £736
England median daily rate £500 £500 £507
% change year-on-year - -1.43% -5.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £18.75 £35.35 £24.19
25th Percentile £19.00 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £62.50 £44.50 £29.74
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% +49.66% -44.94%
75th Percentile £80.79 £47.50 £43.13
90th Percentile £87.83 £72.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £58.74 £57.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.04% -18.57% +12.00%

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 2,589 2,156 2,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.72% 15.98% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 1,460 1,589
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £642 £656
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
25th Percentile £36.25 £41.69 £27.30
Median hourly rate £57.00 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -2.70% -31.48%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £107.88 £71.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -14 128 £544 +8.80% 72
West London -14 27 £400 +1.27% 8
South London -12 15 £526 -9.42% 9
North London +3 4 £525 +19.32%
East London +1 3 £583 +42.94% 2
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
1 403 (42.65%) Confluence
2 53 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.69%) CMS
5 6 (0.63%) SAS
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.53%) Camunda
6 5 (0.53%) MTS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Traefik
8 3 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) Kentico
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.66%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (4.02%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.48%) Trello
7 9 (0.95%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.74%) Revit
9 5 (0.53%) Notion
10 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.32%) Mingle
12 2 (0.21%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.53%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.42%) Findur
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.32%) Maximo
7 3 (0.32%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.32%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Summit
8 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 262 (27.72%) Azure
2 154 (16.30%) AWS
3 146 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 95 (10.05%) Power Platform
5 75 (7.94%) GitHub
6 52 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (5.29%) SaaS
8 46 (4.87%) GCP
9 40 (4.23%) Amazon S3
9 40 (4.23%) Serverless
10 34 (3.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 32 (3.39%) Entra ID
12 28 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
13 26 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.54%) Miro
16 22 (2.33%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.86%) DNS
2 20 (2.12%) Firewall
3 19 (2.01%) VPN
4 16 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.27%) DHCP
6 7 (0.74%) HTTP
6 7 (0.74%) Network Security
6 7 (0.74%) WAN
7 5 (0.53%) DKIM
7 5 (0.53%) DMARC
7 5 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.42%) IPv4
8 4 (0.42%) SSH
9 3 (0.32%) Internet
9 3 (0.32%) IPv6
9 3 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.32%) SSL
10 2 (0.21%) IMAP
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (8.99%) Power BI
2 46 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (1.69%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.27%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.27%) Metadata
9 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (1.16%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.16%) Redis
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.95%) Tableau
13 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 120 (12.70%) Git
2 78 (8.25%) Jenkins
3 50 (5.29%) GitLab
4 36 (3.81%) Selenium
5 26 (2.75%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.43%) Bitbucket
7 19 (2.01%) Postman
8 18 (1.90%) Cypress.io
9 16 (1.69%) REST Assured
10 14 (1.48%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.48%) JUnit
10 14 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.48%) TestRail
11 12 (1.27%) JMeter
11 12 (1.27%) Maven
12 10 (1.06%) Mockito
13 9 (0.95%) Gradle
14 8 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.63%) Appium
General
1 393 (41.59%) Finance
2 388 (41.06%) Social Skills
3 205 (21.69%) Banking
4 196 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (11.22%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (5.08%) Investment Banking
8 40 (4.23%) Retail
9 39 (4.13%) Front Office
10 33 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.33%) Marketing
13 21 (2.22%) Legal
14 20 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.90%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.69%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.69%) Retail Banking
17 13 (1.38%) Back Office
18 12 (1.27%) Law
19 11 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 190 (20.11%) Analyst
2 119 (12.59%) Business Analyst
3 113 (11.96%) Lead
4 97 (10.26%) Developer
5 95 (10.05%) Senior
6 57 (6.03%) Project Manager
7 37 (3.92%) Architect
8 32 (3.39%) Consultant
9 31 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (3.28%) Product Owner
10 29 (3.07%) Test Leader
11 27 (2.86%) Scrum Master
12 26 (2.75%) Tester
13 23 (2.43%) Applications Support
13 23 (2.43%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.43%) Support Engineer
13 23 (2.43%) Technical Analyst
14 21 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.12%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.12%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.20%) REST
2 65 (6.88%) Terraform
3 40 (4.23%) .NET
4 25 (2.65%) AngularJS
4 25 (2.65%) JSON
5 24 (2.54%) Kafka
5 24 (2.54%) React
6 23 (2.43%) SOAP
7 22 (2.33%) HTML
7 22 (2.33%) Playwright
8 20 (2.12%) RESTful
9 17 (1.80%) CSS
9 17 (1.80%) Middleware
9 17 (1.80%) pytest
10 16 (1.69%) Web Services
11 15 (1.59%) Spring
12 14 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (1.48%) XML
13 13 (1.38%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.06%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.65%) Product Ownership
2 72 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.07%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 24 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.22%) Derivative
8 20 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (2.01%) Virtual Team
10 18 (1.90%) Credit Risk
10 18 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.59%) Replication
12 14 (1.48%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.16%) Market Risk
14 11 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.61%) Windows
2 48 (5.08%) Linux
3 13 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.06%) Android
5 10 (1.06%) Unix
6 9 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.42%) VMS
10 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (60.74%) Agile
2 372 (39.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (28.47%) DevOps
4 227 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (21.16%) Scrum
6 195 (20.63%) CI/CD
7 152 (16.08%) AI
7 152 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (16.08%) Migration
8 146 (15.45%) User Acceptance Testing
9 141 (14.92%) User Stories
10 130 (13.76%) Test Automation
11 125 (13.23%) Validation
12 112 (11.85%) Acceptance Criteria
12 112 (11.85%) Project Management
13 104 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 100 (10.58%) SDLC
15 96 (10.16%) Analytics
16 91 (9.63%) Project Delivery
16 91 (9.63%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 197 (20.85%) SQL
2 115 (12.17%) Python
3 61 (6.46%) Java
4 42 (4.44%) C#
5 40 (4.23%) PowerShell
6 37 (3.92%) JavaScript
7 26 (2.75%) Bash
8 22 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.48%) Groovy
10 13 (1.38%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.06%) Perl
13 6 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.53%) Go
14 5 (0.53%) Tcl
14 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.53%) VBA
15 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.32%) Korn
16 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 208 (22.01%) Security Cleared
2 183 (19.37%) SC Cleared
3 80 (8.47%) Degree
4 42 (4.44%) PMI Certification
5 34 (3.60%) PMP
6 26 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.80%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.38%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.06%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.95%) CBAP
15 8 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.74%) IIBA
17 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.53%) MBA
17 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (15.13%) QA
2 72 (7.62%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.97%) PMO
4 31 (3.28%) SLA
5 23 (2.43%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.27%) ISO 20022
8 10 (1.06%) WCAG
9 9 (0.95%) GDPR
9 9 (0.95%) NIST
10 8 (0.85%) GRC
10 8 (0.85%) SEPA
11 6 (0.63%) COBIT
12 5 (0.53%) MiFID
13 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.42%) EMIR
13 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.42%) P3O
13 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.32%) IFRS
System Software
1 50 (5.29%) Docker
2 44 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.21%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.21%) Firmware
5 2 (0.21%) Postfix
5 2 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 53 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.39%) Grafana
3 27 (2.86%) Prometheus
4 25 (2.65%) Ansible
5 17 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.95%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.85%) Control-M
8 7 (0.74%) Istio
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.63%) SCOM
10 5 (0.53%) Argo
10 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.53%) SCCM
11 4 (0.42%) Podman
12 3 (0.32%) Consul
12 3 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.32%) Kibana
13 2 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 101 (10.69%) ServiceNow
3 56 (5.93%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.97%) Oracle
5 31 (3.28%) Google
6 27 (2.86%) SAP
6 27 (2.86%) Splunk
7 23 (2.43%) Atlassian
8 21 (2.22%) Remedy
9 20 (2.12%) IBM
10 17 (1.80%) Adobe
11 16 (1.69%) Databricks
12 14 (1.48%) Bloomberg
12 14 (1.48%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.27%) BMC
13 12 (1.27%) Informatica
13 12 (1.27%) ION Trading
13 12 (1.27%) Planview
14 11 (1.16%) Dynatrace
14 11 (1.16%) Workday