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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 965 700 680
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.01% 5.43% 3.89%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.32% 35.25% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 473 478
10th Percentile £350 £344 £319
25th Percentile £425 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -1.50% -3.70%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £759 £775
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 18
10th Percentile - £46.88 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £53.44 £25.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £66.25 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -58.49% +106.35% -40.55%
75th Percentile £68.13 £78.44 £63.13
90th Percentile £90.00 £84.63 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.78% -13.46% +6.12%

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 2,454 1,986 2,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.73% 15.40% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,611 1,338 1,722
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £670
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.63
25th Percentile £18.75 £33.70 £27.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -1.16% -42.67%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.88 £71.56
England median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.80% -3.85% +4.84%

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 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 1 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 1 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 -7 121 £550 +4.76% 77
South London +13 31 £519 +9.17% 1
West London -9 25 £400 -1.23% 7
East London -3 2 £375 -6.25% 6
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
1 394 (40.83%) Confluence
2 51 (5.28%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.04%) nginx
5 8 (0.83%) Apache
5 8 (0.83%) CMS
6 6 (0.62%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.62%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.62%) SAS
7 4 (0.41%) JBoss
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.21%) 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
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (6.74%) Microsoft Project
2 64 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.35%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.04%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.83%) Revit
8 6 (0.62%) Trello
9 5 (0.52%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.41%) Notion
11 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.10%) Mingle
12 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.14%) Loan IQ
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
3 9 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.83%) Findur
5 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Actimize
6 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.41%) Summit
7 3 (0.31%) IntelliMatch
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
7 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.31%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 258 (26.74%) Azure
2 154 (15.96%) Azure DevOps
3 149 (15.44%) AWS
4 73 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 61 (6.32%) GitHub
6 52 (5.39%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.18%) Amazon S3
8 49 (5.08%) SaaS
9 47 (4.87%) Serverless
10 41 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.90%) GCP
15 24 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 19 (1.97%) Snowflake
18 18 (1.87%) Slack
19 17 (1.76%) Figma
19 17 (1.76%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.90%) Firewall
2 19 (1.97%) DNS
3 16 (1.66%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.55%) VPN
5 10 (1.04%) HTTP
6 8 (0.83%) WAN
7 7 (0.73%) Network Security
7 7 (0.73%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.52%) DKIM
8 5 (0.52%) DMARC
8 5 (0.52%) LAN
8 5 (0.52%) SSL
8 5 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) PSTN
9 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.31%) DHCP
10 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.31%) Internet
10 3 (0.31%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.22%) Power BI
2 36 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
5 19 (1.97%) Tableau
6 18 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.55%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.35%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.24%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.14%) Metadata
12 10 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.04%) Delta Lake
13 9 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.93%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.73%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 114 (11.81%) Git
2 69 (7.15%) Jenkins
3 40 (4.15%) GitLab
4 36 (3.73%) Selenium
5 26 (2.69%) Zephyr
6 25 (2.59%) JUnit
7 19 (1.97%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.87%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.55%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.24%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.14%) Postman
12 10 (1.04%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.93%) Appium
14 8 (0.83%) JMeter
14 8 (0.83%) Maven
14 8 (0.83%) TestRail
15 7 (0.73%) Mockito
16 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
17 5 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 371 (38.45%) Finance
2 369 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 171 (17.72%) Banking
4 162 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.88%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.46%) Retail
7 41 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.52%) Investment Banking
10 32 (3.32%) Front Office
11 29 (3.01%) Legal
12 23 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.76%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.45%) Back Office
14 14 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.45%) Marketing
15 12 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
16 10 (1.04%) Retail Banking
17 9 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 205 (21.24%) Analyst
2 128 (13.26%) Business Analyst
3 109 (11.30%) Developer
4 95 (9.84%) Lead
5 87 (9.02%) Senior
6 52 (5.39%) Project Manager
7 50 (5.18%) Delivery Manager
8 42 (4.35%) IT Support
9 39 (4.04%) Architect
10 33 (3.42%) Consultant
11 32 (3.32%) Data Engineer
12 31 (3.21%) Tester
13 28 (2.90%) Scrum Master
14 27 (2.80%) Support Engineer
15 26 (2.69%) Technical Manager
16 25 (2.59%) Banking Analyst
16 25 (2.59%) Product Owner
16 25 (2.59%) Test Leader
17 24 (2.49%) IT Engineer
17 24 (2.49%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.97%) REST
2 33 (3.42%) .NET
3 29 (3.01%) React
4 24 (2.49%) Kafka
5 22 (2.28%) AngularJS
5 22 (2.28%) SOAP
6 21 (2.18%) Spring
7 19 (1.97%) HTML
7 19 (1.97%) JSON
8 18 (1.87%) PySpark
8 18 (1.87%) RESTful
9 17 (1.76%) CSS
9 17 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (1.66%) Spring Boot
11 15 (1.55%) Playwright
12 14 (1.45%) Node.js
12 14 (1.45%) OpenID
13 12 (1.24%) OAuth
14 11 (1.14%) LDAP
14 11 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.64%) Product Ownership
2 65 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.28%) Cloud Native
3 22 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.18%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 18 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.66%) Derivative
8 16 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.24%) Credit Risk
11 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.14%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.08%) Windows
2 37 (3.83%) Linux
3 10 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.04%) Unix
4 9 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.62%) Android
6 4 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (56.89%) Agile
2 282 (29.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 256 (26.53%) DevOps
4 201 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (18.34%) Scrum
6 167 (17.31%) CI/CD
6 167 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 137 (14.20%) Test Automation
8 136 (14.09%) Migration
9 134 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 118 (12.23%) User Stories
11 115 (11.92%) AI
12 106 (10.98%) SDLC
13 104 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (10.47%) Change Management
15 98 (10.16%) Acceptance Criteria
15 98 (10.16%) Validation
16 97 (10.05%) Roadmaps
17 96 (9.95%) Project Management
18 94 (9.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 177 (18.34%) SQL
2 115 (11.92%) Python
3 81 (8.39%) Java
4 61 (6.32%) C#
5 38 (3.94%) TypeScript
6 37 (3.83%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.55%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.55%) Bash
9 8 (0.83%) Groovy
9 8 (0.83%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.73%) Perl
11 6 (0.62%) C++
11 6 (0.62%) VBA
12 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.31%) Bicep
13 3 (0.31%) Swift
13 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.21%) Cypher
14 2 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 211 (21.87%) Security Cleared
2 186 (19.27%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.05%) Degree
4 24 (2.49%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.38%) ISTQB
6 20 (2.07%) PMP
7 19 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.04%) CISSP
11 8 (0.83%) CISM
11 8 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.73%) CBAP
12 7 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.73%) ISEB
12 7 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.54%) QA
2 74 (7.67%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.15%) PMO
4 28 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.59%) GDPR
6 24 (2.49%) SLA
7 20 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.14%) WCAG
9 10 (1.04%) NIST
10 8 (0.83%) GRC
11 7 (0.73%) MiFID
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) COBIT
13 5 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.41%) EMIR
14 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 42 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.04%) Docker
3 7 (0.73%) Squid
3 7 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (7.05%) Terraform
2 60 (6.22%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (2.59%) Ansible
5 20 (2.07%) Grafana
5 20 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.24%) Consul
7 9 (0.93%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Control-M
9 4 (0.41%) Packer
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.31%) Puppet
11 2 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 126 (13.06%) ServiceNow
2 124 (12.85%) Microsoft
3 79 (8.19%) Salesforce
4 58 (6.01%) Oracle
5 35 (3.63%) Atlassian
5 35 (3.63%) SAP
6 30 (3.11%) Google
7 19 (1.97%) Databricks
8 16 (1.66%) Adobe
8 16 (1.66%) Informatica
8 16 (1.66%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.55%) Okta
10 12 (1.24%) Murex
10 12 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.14%) Bloomberg
11 11 (1.14%) Workday
12 10 (1.04%) ForgeRock
12 10 (1.04%) HP
12 10 (1.04%) Splunk
13 9 (0.93%) IBM