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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 34 53
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 948 810 685
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.66% 6.01% 4.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.66% 37.62% 29.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 579 471
10th Percentile £352 £325 £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 £650 £623
90th Percentile £750 £739 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £506
% change year-on-year - -1.16% -5.27%
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 2,586 2,153 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.71% 15.99% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 1,459 1,572
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
25th Percentile £36.25 £41.69 £27.30
Median hourly rate £56.25 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.70% -31.23%
75th Percentile £77.27 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £89.63 £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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -15 126 £542 +8.40% 70
West London -8 29 £400 +1.27% 14
South London -9 16 £526 -9.42% 6
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 (42.51%) Confluence
2 54 (5.70%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.69%) CMS
3 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.63%) SAS
5 5 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.53%) Camunda
5 5 (0.53%) MTS
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.32%) Traefik
7 3 (0.32%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
8 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.75%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (3.90%) MS Visio
4 35 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.48%) Trello
7 10 (1.05%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.84%) 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 Illustrator
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
13 1 (0.11%) Sketch
13 1 (0.11%) Windchill
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
1 267 (28.16%) Azure
2 154 (16.24%) AWS
3 150 (15.82%) Azure DevOps
4 96 (10.13%) Power Platform
5 74 (7.81%) GitHub
6 52 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (5.38%) SaaS
8 46 (4.85%) GCP
9 39 (4.11%) Amazon S3
10 38 (4.01%) Serverless
11 34 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.48%) Entra ID
13 27 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
14 26 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
16 24 (2.53%) Miro
17 21 (2.22%) Snowflake
18 19 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
19 17 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.85%) DNS
2 20 (2.11%) Firewall
3 19 (2.00%) 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%) DSL
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (9.07%) Power BI
2 46 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (4.32%) SQL Server
4 30 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.00%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (1.58%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.27%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.27%) Metadata
10 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.16%) Redis
12 10 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.05%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.95%) Tableau
14 8 (0.84%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 118 (12.45%) Git
2 79 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 50 (5.27%) GitLab
4 35 (3.69%) Selenium
5 25 (2.64%) Zephyr
6 23 (2.43%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.90%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.79%) Postman
9 14 (1.48%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.48%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.27%) JMeter
10 12 (1.27%) JUnit
10 12 (1.27%) TestRail
11 11 (1.16%) Maven
12 10 (1.05%) Mockito
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.84%) Gradle
14 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 389 (41.03%) Finance
2 387 (40.82%) Social Skills
3 202 (21.31%) Banking
4 193 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (11.29%) Public Sector
6 48 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (4.96%) Investment Banking
8 40 (4.22%) Retail
9 39 (4.11%) Front Office
10 32 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.43%) Marketing
13 20 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.11%) Legal
14 18 (1.90%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.69%) Retail Banking
16 15 (1.58%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.27%) Back Office
17 12 (1.27%) Law
18 11 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 192 (20.25%) Analyst
2 118 (12.45%) Business Analyst
3 112 (11.81%) Lead
4 97 (10.23%) Developer
5 93 (9.81%) Senior
6 59 (6.22%) Project Manager
7 36 (3.80%) Architect
8 32 (3.38%) Consultant
9 31 (3.27%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
11 27 (2.85%) Scrum Master
11 27 (2.85%) Test Leader
12 26 (2.74%) Tester
13 25 (2.64%) Applications Support
14 23 (2.43%) Senior Manager
14 23 (2.43%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.43%) Technical Analyst
15 22 (2.32%) Test Manager
16 21 (2.22%) IT Manager
16 21 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (6.86%) REST
2 63 (6.65%) Terraform
3 40 (4.22%) .NET
4 25 (2.64%) JSON
5 24 (2.53%) AngularJS
5 24 (2.53%) Kafka
5 24 (2.53%) React
6 23 (2.43%) SOAP
7 22 (2.32%) HTML
7 22 (2.32%) Playwright
8 19 (2.00%) RESTful
9 18 (1.90%) Middleware
10 17 (1.79%) CSS
11 15 (1.58%) pytest
11 15 (1.58%) Web Services
12 14 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (1.48%) Spring
12 14 (1.48%) XML
13 12 (1.27%) Spring Boot
14 10 (1.05%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 128 (13.50%) Product Ownership
2 72 (7.59%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.06%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.53%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.32%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.00%) Derivative
8 19 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 18 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.90%) Credit Risk
10 15 (1.58%) Replication
11 14 (1.48%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.16%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.16%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.49%) Windows
2 47 (4.96%) Linux
3 13 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.05%) Android
5 10 (1.05%) Unix
6 9 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
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
1 573 (60.44%) Agile
2 374 (39.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 273 (28.80%) DevOps
4 227 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (20.89%) Scrum
6 193 (20.36%) CI/CD
7 153 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (16.14%) Migration
8 150 (15.82%) AI
9 145 (15.30%) User Acceptance Testing
10 139 (14.66%) User Stories
11 129 (13.61%) Test Automation
12 122 (12.87%) Validation
13 111 (11.71%) Project Management
14 110 (11.60%) Acceptance Criteria
15 105 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 99 (10.44%) SDLC
17 95 (10.02%) Analytics
18 92 (9.70%) Sprint Planning
19 91 (9.60%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 193 (20.36%) SQL
2 111 (11.71%) Python
3 60 (6.33%) Java
4 41 (4.32%) C#
5 40 (4.22%) PowerShell
6 34 (3.59%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.64%) Bash
8 22 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.48%) Groovy
10 13 (1.37%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.05%) 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
1 210 (22.15%) Security Cleared
2 185 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.54%) Degree
4 41 (4.32%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.48%) PMP
6 26 (2.74%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.22%) AWS Certification
7 21 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.90%) ISTQB
9 14 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
10 13 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.95%) CBAP
14 8 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.74%) IIBA
16 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.53%) MBA
16 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 4 (0.42%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (15.08%) QA
2 74 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 48 (5.06%) PMO
4 32 (3.38%) SLA
5 24 (2.53%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.27%) ISO 20022
8 10 (1.05%) WCAG
9 9 (0.95%) GDPR
9 9 (0.95%) NIST
10 8 (0.84%) GRC
10 8 (0.84%) 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%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (5.06%) Docker
2 43 (4.54%) 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 54 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.38%) Grafana
3 27 (2.85%) Prometheus
4 26 (2.74%) Ansible
5 17 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.05%) HP ALM
7 8 (0.84%) 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
1 160 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 102 (10.76%) ServiceNow
3 60 (6.33%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.96%) Oracle
5 31 (3.27%) Google
6 28 (2.95%) SAP
7 27 (2.85%) Splunk
8 24 (2.53%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.22%) Remedy
10 20 (2.11%) IBM
11 18 (1.90%) Adobe
12 15 (1.58%) Databricks
12 15 (1.58%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.48%) Bloomberg
14 12 (1.27%) BMC
14 12 (1.27%) Informatica
14 12 (1.27%) ION Trading
14 12 (1.27%) Okta
14 12 (1.27%) Planview
15 11 (1.16%) Workday