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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 47 47
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 850 597 745
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.47% 4.45% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.65% 31.79% 31.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 386 531
10th Percentile £350 £294 £340
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 £638 £625 £674
90th Percentile £724 £703 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.85
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £26.56
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £82.00 £32.50 £40.47
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% +16.82% -17.69%

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 2,319 1,878 2,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.93% 14.00% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,576 1,239 1,724
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £419 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -6.61% -5.42%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £675
90th Percentile £726 £800 £782
England median daily rate £500 £504 £535
% change year-on-year -0.70% -5.89% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 24
10th Percentile - £34.75 £25.11
25th Percentile £18.75 £45.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £67.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.30% +63.64% -28.26%
75th Percentile £95.00 £83.13 £60.81
90th Percentile £101.00 £90.25 £73.16
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 23 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 23 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 23 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 0 117 £525 +3.70% 27
South London +3 37 £519 +15.23% 5
West London -29 7 £500 +26.58% 8
East London +5 5 £450 -18.18% 15
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
1 391 (46.00%) Confluence
2 47 (5.53%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.41%) nginx
4 13 (1.53%) Apache
5 9 (1.06%) CMS
6 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.71%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.71%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.71%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Traefik
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 72 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (8.24%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (4.94%) MS Visio
5 20 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (2.12%) Trello
7 5 (0.59%) Notion
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.35%) InVision
9 3 (0.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 3 (0.35%) Sketch
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.18%) Fidessa
2 10 (1.18%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.71%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.47%) Endur
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.35%) Findur
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 203 (23.88%) Azure
2 147 (17.29%) AWS
3 119 (14.00%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (10.00%) GitHub
5 64 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.59%) GCP
7 31 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.53%) Serverless
9 26 (3.06%) Amazon S3
9 26 (3.06%) SaaS
10 23 (2.71%) Figma
11 22 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
12 20 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (2.24%) Slack
14 18 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (2.12%) Miro
14 18 (2.12%) PowerApps
15 17 (2.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.71%) Firewall
2 19 (2.24%) DNS
3 12 (1.41%) HTTP
3 12 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.41%) VPN
4 11 (1.29%) WAN
5 8 (0.94%) FTP
6 7 (0.82%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.82%) Modbus
6 7 (0.82%) RS-232
6 7 (0.82%) RS-485
6 7 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.71%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.59%) Network Security
8 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.47%) NAS
9 4 (0.47%) SMTP
9 4 (0.47%) SSH
9 4 (0.47%) SSL
9 4 (0.47%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.53%) Power BI
2 35 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.18%) Tableau
4 24 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (2.12%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.65%) Data Vault
8 14 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.41%) Big Data
11 11 (1.29%) Metadata
12 9 (1.06%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.06%) Hadoop
13 8 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (0.82%) Star Schema
14 7 (0.82%) Tick Data
15 6 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 101 (11.88%) Git
2 76 (8.94%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.65%) GitLab
4 41 (4.82%) Selenium
5 29 (3.41%) Bitbucket
6 28 (3.29%) Cucumber
6 28 (3.29%) JUnit
7 22 (2.59%) Postman
8 19 (2.24%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.24%) Zephyr
9 18 (2.12%) TestRail
10 14 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.65%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.53%) JMeter
11 13 (1.53%) Maven
12 12 (1.41%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.29%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.94%) ERwin
14 8 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
14 8 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 331 (38.94%) Social Skills
2 299 (35.18%) Finance
3 154 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (13.29%) Banking
5 84 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.88%) Retail
9 31 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.41%) Investment Banking
11 25 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.71%) Legal
13 20 (2.35%) Front Office
14 13 (1.53%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.53%) Marketing
15 11 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.06%) Back Office
16 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.06%) Publishing
17 8 (0.94%) Billing
Job Titles
1 189 (22.24%) Analyst
2 134 (15.76%) Business Analyst
3 98 (11.53%) Developer
4 84 (9.88%) Senior
5 68 (8.00%) Lead
6 64 (7.53%) Project Manager
7 34 (4.00%) Tester
8 31 (3.65%) Technical Analyst
9 30 (3.53%) Architect
10 29 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
11 27 (3.18%) Technical Business Analyst
11 27 (3.18%) Test Engineer
12 26 (3.06%) Consultant
12 26 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.71%) Scrum Master
14 21 (2.47%) Test Analyst
15 20 (2.35%) Data Engineer
15 20 (2.35%) Technical Manager
16 19 (2.24%) Product Owner
16 19 (2.24%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.88%) REST
2 38 (4.47%) .NET
3 27 (3.18%) Kafka
4 26 (3.06%) React
5 24 (2.82%) HTML
5 24 (2.82%) Playwright
5 24 (2.82%) XML
6 23 (2.71%) RESTful
6 23 (2.71%) Spring
7 22 (2.59%) SOAP
8 20 (2.35%) AngularJS
8 20 (2.35%) CSS
9 18 (2.12%) JSON
9 18 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.88%) Node.js
11 14 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (1.53%) .NET Framework
12 13 (1.53%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.41%) Web Services
14 10 (1.18%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.47%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.88%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.41%) CMDB
11 12 (1.41%) PMI
11 12 (1.41%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.29%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.29%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.00%) Linux
2 41 (4.82%) Windows
3 16 (1.88%) Unix
4 10 (1.18%) Android
5 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.71%) VMS
7 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (61.65%) Agile
2 224 (26.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 221 (26.00%) Scrum
4 215 (25.29%) DevOps
5 174 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 145 (17.06%) CI/CD
8 134 (15.76%) Test Automation
9 121 (14.24%) Project Management
10 115 (13.53%) User Stories
11 105 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 98 (11.53%) Migration
13 91 (10.71%) Project Delivery
14 88 (10.35%) Roadmaps
15 86 (10.12%) Analytics
15 86 (10.12%) User Acceptance Testing
16 82 (9.65%) SDLC
17 81 (9.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 81 (9.53%) Waterfall
18 78 (9.18%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.76%) SQL
2 113 (13.29%) Python
3 86 (10.12%) Java
4 52 (6.12%) C#
4 52 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 35 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.59%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.24%) Bash
8 13 (1.53%) C++
9 10 (1.18%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.06%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.94%) Go
12 7 (0.82%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.59%) Korn
14 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.59%) Ruby
14 5 (0.59%) XPath
15 4 (0.47%) Delphi
15 4 (0.47%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 185 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 169 (19.88%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.00%) Degree
4 34 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.76%) ISTQB
6 25 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.82%) PMP
8 21 (2.47%) CBAP
9 15 (1.76%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.76%) ISEB
10 13 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.18%) CISSP
12 9 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.94%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.94%) IIBA
14 7 (0.82%) CSPO
14 7 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.82%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (12.12%) QA
2 43 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 34 (4.00%) PMO
4 23 (2.71%) GDPR
5 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.41%) NIST
6 12 (1.41%) WCAG
7 10 (1.18%) SLA
8 9 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.82%) GRC
10 5 (0.59%) NCSC
10 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.47%) MiFID
12 3 (0.35%) Basel III
12 3 (0.35%) SEPA
13 2 (0.24%) EMIR
13 2 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 66 (7.76%) Docker
2 21 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.18%) Squid
4 7 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.82%) Firmware
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.35%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.35%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.35%) Postfix
6 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.88%) Terraform
3 23 (2.71%) Ansible
4 21 (2.47%) Grafana
5 18 (2.12%) Consul
5 18 (2.12%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.53%) Packer
7 12 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.06%) HP ALM
9 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.47%) Control-M
11 4 (0.47%) Nessus
12 3 (0.35%) Istio
12 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.35%) Puppet
12 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 103 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 87 (10.24%) ServiceNow
3 73 (8.59%) Oracle
4 65 (7.65%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.47%) Atlassian
6 35 (4.12%) SAP
7 25 (2.94%) Google
8 21 (2.47%) Databricks
9 17 (2.00%) Adobe
10 12 (1.41%) Murex
11 11 (1.29%) Citrix
11 11 (1.29%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.29%) IBM
12 10 (1.18%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.18%) Remedy
13 9 (1.06%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.06%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.06%) Informatica
13 9 (1.06%) Planview
13 9 (1.06%) Red Hat