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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 37 57
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 985 739 704
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.99% 5.47% 4.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.46% 35.84% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 500 488
10th Percentile £350 £332 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £532
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.16% -5.05%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £632
90th Percentile £750 £750 £752
England median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 17
10th Percentile - £33.10 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +41.91% -41.28%
75th Percentile £68.13 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £57.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.03% -11.35% +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 2,496 2,062 2,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.63% 15.26% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,628 1,393 1,767
10th Percentile £362 £350 £363
25th Percentile £430 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £653
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 26 10 25
10th Percentile - £25.52 £23.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £32.13 £25.99
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -48.28%
75th Percentile £72.88 £59.69 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £69.63 £71.63
England median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.80% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -13 119 £550 +4.76% 58
South London +9 33 £519 +9.17%
West London -9 24 £400 -1.23% 3
North London -2 1 - - 3
East London -5 1 £300 -26.38% 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
1 405 (41.12%) Confluence
2 50 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.02%) nginx
5 9 (0.91%) CMS
6 7 (0.71%) Apache
7 6 (0.61%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.61%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.61%) SAS
8 4 (0.41%) JBoss
8 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 66 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.40%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (4.47%) MS Visio
4 35 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.81%) Revit
8 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.51%) Trello
9 4 (0.41%) Notion
9 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.10%) Mingle
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.12%) Aladdin
2 11 (1.12%) Loan IQ
2 11 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (0.91%) Fidessa
4 8 (0.81%) Findur
5 7 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
7 4 (0.41%) Summit
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.30%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 271 (27.51%) Azure
2 157 (15.94%) Azure DevOps
3 152 (15.43%) AWS
4 79 (8.02%) Power Platform
5 66 (6.70%) GitHub
6 54 (5.48%) Entra ID
7 51 (5.18%) Amazon S3
8 49 (4.97%) SaaS
9 47 (4.77%) Serverless
10 40 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
13 31 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.84%) GCP
15 26 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 20 (2.03%) Snowflake
18 19 (1.93%) Figma
19 17 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
19 17 (1.73%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.74%) Firewall
2 21 (2.13%) DNS
3 18 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.52%) VPN
5 10 (1.02%) HTTP
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
6 7 (0.71%) OpenVPN
7 6 (0.61%) WAN
8 5 (0.51%) DHCP
8 5 (0.51%) DKIM
8 5 (0.51%) DMARC
8 5 (0.51%) LAN
8 5 (0.51%) SSL
8 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) PSTN
9 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.30%) Internet
10 3 (0.30%) NGFW
11 2 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.70%) Power BI
2 36 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.54%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
5 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.73%) Tableau
7 16 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.52%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.22%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.12%) Metadata
10 11 (1.12%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.02%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.91%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.71%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 114 (11.57%) Git
2 71 (7.21%) Jenkins
3 40 (4.06%) GitLab
4 38 (3.86%) Selenium
5 26 (2.64%) Zephyr
6 25 (2.54%) JUnit
7 19 (1.93%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.93%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.22%) Postman
12 10 (1.02%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.91%) Appium
14 8 (0.81%) JMeter
14 8 (0.81%) Maven
14 8 (0.81%) TestRail
15 7 (0.71%) Mockito
16 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
17 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 381 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 377 (38.27%) Finance
3 174 (17.66%) Banking
4 169 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (10.96%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (4.06%) Retail
9 35 (3.55%) Investment Banking
10 31 (3.15%) Front Office
11 27 (2.74%) Legal
12 23 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.73%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.42%) Back Office
15 14 (1.42%) Marketing
16 12 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
17 11 (1.12%) Retail Banking
18 10 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 209 (21.22%) Analyst
2 134 (13.60%) Business Analyst
3 114 (11.57%) Developer
4 96 (9.75%) Lead
5 91 (9.24%) Senior
6 56 (5.69%) Project Manager
7 48 (4.87%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (4.47%) IT Support
9 42 (4.26%) Architect
10 32 (3.25%) Consultant
11 31 (3.15%) Data Engineer
11 31 (3.15%) Tester
12 29 (2.94%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.84%) Scrum Master
14 26 (2.64%) Banking Analyst
14 26 (2.64%) IT Engineer
14 26 (2.64%) Product Owner
14 26 (2.64%) Test Leader
15 25 (2.54%) IT Support Engineer
16 24 (2.44%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.18%) REST
2 37 (3.76%) .NET
3 30 (3.05%) React
4 24 (2.44%) Kafka
5 23 (2.34%) JSON
6 22 (2.23%) AngularJS
6 22 (2.23%) SOAP
7 21 (2.13%) Spring
8 19 (1.93%) HTML
8 19 (1.93%) RESTful
9 18 (1.83%) PySpark
10 17 (1.73%) CSS
10 17 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
10 17 (1.73%) Playwright
11 16 (1.62%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.52%) Node.js
13 14 (1.42%) OpenID
13 14 (1.42%) XML
14 12 (1.22%) OAuth
14 12 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (10.36%) Product Ownership
2 63 (6.40%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.23%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.13%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.03%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.73%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.62%) Derivative
7 16 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.22%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.87%) Windows
2 38 (3.86%) Linux
3 10 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.02%) Unix
4 9 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.81%) Android
6 5 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE
9 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (57.66%) Agile
2 296 (30.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (27.01%) DevOps
4 213 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 176 (17.87%) CI/CD
6 175 (17.77%) Scrum
7 163 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 144 (14.62%) Migration
8 144 (14.62%) User Acceptance Testing
9 138 (14.01%) Test Automation
10 128 (12.99%) User Stories
11 117 (11.88%) AI
12 107 (10.86%) SDLC
12 107 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 104 (10.56%) Acceptance Criteria
14 101 (10.25%) Change Management
14 101 (10.25%) Validation
15 96 (9.75%) Roadmaps
16 94 (9.54%) Data Modelling
16 94 (9.54%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (17.87%) SQL
2 117 (11.88%) Python
3 82 (8.32%) Java
4 62 (6.29%) C#
5 39 (3.96%) TypeScript
6 38 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 28 (2.84%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.52%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.52%) Bash
9 9 (0.91%) Groovy
10 8 (0.81%) Perl
10 8 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.61%) VBA
12 5 (0.51%) C++
13 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.30%) Bicep
14 3 (0.30%) Swift
14 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.20%) Cypher
15 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 221 (22.44%) Security Cleared
2 196 (19.90%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.31%) Degree
4 24 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 22 (2.23%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.13%) PMP
7 20 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.02%) CISSP
12 8 (0.81%) CISM
12 8 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.81%) ISEB
12 8 (0.81%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.71%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (12.49%) QA
2 76 (7.72%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.16%) PMO
4 29 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.54%) GDPR
5 25 (2.54%) SLA
6 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.12%) WCAG
8 9 (0.91%) NIST
9 8 (0.81%) GRC
9 8 (0.81%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.71%) MiFID
11 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.61%) SEPA
12 5 (0.51%) COBIT
13 4 (0.41%) EMIR
13 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.41%) NCSC
13 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 44 (4.47%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.06%) Docker
3 7 (0.71%) Squid
3 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.30%) Firmware
4 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (7.31%) Terraform
2 60 (6.09%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.64%) Ansible
3 26 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (2.23%) Grafana
4 22 (2.23%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.22%) Consul
6 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.91%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.71%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.61%) Control-M
10 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.41%) Packer
10 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.30%) Puppet
12 2 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 133 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 128 (12.99%) ServiceNow
3 79 (8.02%) Salesforce
4 56 (5.69%) Oracle
5 36 (3.65%) Atlassian
6 35 (3.55%) SAP
7 30 (3.05%) Google
8 20 (2.03%) Databricks
9 16 (1.62%) Adobe
9 16 (1.62%) Informatica
9 16 (1.62%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.62%) Okta
10 14 (1.42%) Workday
11 13 (1.32%) IBM
12 12 (1.22%) Murex
12 12 (1.22%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.22%) Splunk
13 11 (1.12%) Remedy
14 10 (1.02%) Bloomberg
14 10 (1.02%) HP