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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 36 57
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 976 765 676
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.92% 5.62% 4.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.61% 36.53% 28.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 519 471
10th Percentile £350 £331 £321
25th Percentile £425 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £627
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
England median daily rate £493 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 17
10th Percentile - £33.10 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
Median hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +41.91% -41.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.20 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £63.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year -15.87% -4.91% +6.00%

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 2,464 2,094 2,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.43% 15.39% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,591 1,420 1,678
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £435 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 24
10th Percentile - £26.04 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £33.50 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £83.95 £88.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -15 117 £550 +4.76% 31
South London +6 28 £513 -11.85% 3
West London -7 24 £400 -3.61% 6
North London -1 2 - - 1
East London -3 1 £300 -26.38% 5
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 (41.29%) Confluence
2 55 (5.64%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.92%) CMS
5 7 (0.72%) SAS
6 6 (0.61%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) JBoss
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) nginx
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Camunda
9 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.20%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 65 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (4.51%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.92%) Trello
8 8 (0.82%) Revit
9 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.41%) Notion
10 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.10%) Mingle
11 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 14 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.33%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.92%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.82%) Findur
6 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.72%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.41%) Actimize
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
9 3 (0.31%) Summit
9 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
10 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.20%) Shopify
10 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 280 (28.69%) Azure
2 155 (15.88%) Azure DevOps
3 148 (15.16%) AWS
4 81 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 68 (6.97%) GitHub
6 57 (5.84%) Entra ID
7 53 (5.43%) SaaS
8 44 (4.51%) Amazon S3
9 43 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (4.41%) Serverless
10 36 (3.69%) GCP
11 33 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
13 29 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (2.05%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.84%) Figma
16 17 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (1.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.25%) Firewall
2 21 (2.15%) DNS
3 15 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.54%) VPN
4 9 (0.92%) WAN
5 7 (0.72%) DHCP
5 7 (0.72%) Network Security
6 6 (0.61%) HTTP
7 5 (0.51%) DKIM
7 5 (0.51%) DMARC
7 5 (0.51%) LAN
7 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) PSTN
8 4 (0.41%) SSL
8 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 3 (0.31%) NGFW
9 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.76%) Power BI
2 34 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (2.46%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.84%) Tableau
6 16 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.43%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.23%) Metadata
9 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.92%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
11 7 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 110 (11.27%) Git
2 71 (7.27%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.30%) GitLab
4 33 (3.38%) Selenium
5 29 (2.97%) Zephyr
6 21 (2.15%) JUnit
7 18 (1.84%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.64%) Bitbucket
9 15 (1.54%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.02%) Postman
12 10 (1.02%) TestRail
13 9 (0.92%) Appium
14 8 (0.82%) JMeter
15 7 (0.72%) Mockito
16 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
16 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
17 5 (0.51%) Maven
17 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 388 (39.75%) Finance
2 381 (39.04%) Social Skills
3 184 (18.85%) Banking
4 175 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (11.17%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.00%) Retail
8 38 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.18%) Front Office
9 31 (3.18%) Investment Banking
10 26 (2.66%) Legal
11 22 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.74%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.64%) Marketing
14 16 (1.64%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
16 13 (1.33%) Back Office
17 10 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 200 (20.49%) Analyst
2 130 (13.32%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.17%) Developer
4 102 (10.45%) Lead
5 91 (9.32%) Senior
6 59 (6.05%) Project Manager
7 48 (4.92%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (4.51%) IT Support
9 37 (3.79%) Architect
10 32 (3.28%) Support Engineer
11 30 (3.07%) Consultant
11 30 (3.07%) Scrum Master
12 29 (2.97%) Tester
13 28 (2.87%) Test Leader
14 26 (2.66%) IT Engineer
15 25 (2.56%) Data Engineer
15 25 (2.56%) IT Support Engineer
15 25 (2.56%) Product Owner
15 25 (2.56%) Senior Manager
15 25 (2.56%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.23%) REST
2 41 (4.20%) .NET
3 31 (3.18%) React
4 22 (2.25%) JSON
5 21 (2.15%) SOAP
6 19 (1.95%) Kafka
7 18 (1.84%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.84%) CSS
7 18 (1.84%) HTML
7 18 (1.84%) PySpark
8 17 (1.74%) RESTful
9 16 (1.64%) Playwright
10 15 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (1.43%) Node.js
11 14 (1.43%) Spring
11 14 (1.43%) XML
12 12 (1.23%) Middleware
12 12 (1.23%) OAuth
12 12 (1.23%) Web Services
13 11 (1.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.35%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.76%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.36%) Cloud Native
3 23 (2.36%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.05%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.84%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.64%) Derivative
9 16 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.43%) Credit Risk
11 13 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.23%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.02%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.92%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 55 (5.64%) Windows
2 34 (3.48%) Linux
3 11 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.02%) Android
4 10 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.02%) Unix
5 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (57.99%) Agile
2 313 (32.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (27.36%) DevOps
4 214 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
5 179 (18.34%) CI/CD
6 174 (17.83%) Scrum
7 169 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 150 (15.37%) Migration
9 141 (14.45%) User Acceptance Testing
10 132 (13.52%) Test Automation
11 126 (12.91%) User Stories
12 125 (12.81%) AI
13 107 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 106 (10.86%) SDLC
15 104 (10.66%) Change Management
16 103 (10.55%) Acceptance Criteria
17 98 (10.04%) Validation
18 97 (9.94%) Project Management
19 92 (9.43%) Analytics
19 92 (9.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 174 (17.83%) SQL
2 108 (11.07%) Python
3 76 (7.79%) Java
4 62 (6.35%) C#
5 37 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 35 (3.59%) TypeScript
7 34 (3.48%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.54%) Bash
9 14 (1.43%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.02%) Groovy
11 9 (0.92%) Perl
12 8 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.61%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) C++
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Swift
15 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 213 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 186 (19.06%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.48%) Degree
4 27 (2.77%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (2.15%) PMP
6 19 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.84%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.02%) CISSP
11 9 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.82%) CISM
13 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.61%) IIBA
14 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.78%) QA
2 66 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.41%) PMO
4 26 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.66%) GDPR
4 26 (2.66%) SLA
5 20 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.23%) WCAG
7 8 (0.82%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.82%) NIST
8 7 (0.72%) GRC
9 6 (0.61%) MiFID
9 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.61%) SEPA
10 5 (0.51%) COBIT
11 4 (0.41%) EMIR
11 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.41%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.59%) Docker
3 8 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 70 (7.17%) Terraform
2 56 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.87%) Ansible
4 21 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.95%) Grafana
5 19 (1.95%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.82%) Control-M
9 7 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.51%) Consul
11 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.41%) Podman
12 3 (0.31%) Istio
13 2 (0.20%) Argo
13 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.20%) Packer
13 2 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 132 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 127 (13.01%) ServiceNow
3 74 (7.58%) Salesforce
4 48 (4.92%) Oracle
5 37 (3.79%) SAP
6 33 (3.38%) Google
7 30 (3.07%) Atlassian
8 17 (1.74%) Adobe
8 17 (1.74%) Okta
9 16 (1.64%) IBM
10 15 (1.54%) Databricks
10 15 (1.54%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.54%) Remedy
10 15 (1.54%) Splunk
11 13 (1.33%) Workday
12 11 (1.13%) HP
12 11 (1.13%) Informatica
13 10 (1.02%) DocuSign
13 10 (1.02%) ForgeRock
14 9 (0.92%) PagerDuty