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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 36 57
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 983 748 690
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.97% 5.52% 4.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.62% 36.10% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 508 482
10th Percentile £350 £331 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £627
90th Percentile £750 £762 £750
England median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% -
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 £63.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.87% -3.08% +4.00%

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 2,481 2,072 2,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.53% 15.28% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 1,400 1,730
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £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 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - +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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -11 119 £550 +10.00% 22
South London +9 32 £519 -10.29% 1
West London -5 24 £400 -3.61% 3
North London 0 2 - - 1
East London -3 1 £300 -26.38% 4
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
1 404 (41.10%) Confluence
2 51 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.02%) nginx
5 9 (0.92%) CMS
6 7 (0.71%) SAS
7 6 (0.61%) Apache
7 6 (0.61%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.61%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.41%) JBoss
8 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.31%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 67 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.41%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (4.37%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.81%) Revit
7 8 (0.81%) Trello
8 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.41%) Notion
9 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.10%) Mingle
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
1 14 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.32%) Aladdin
3 10 (1.02%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.81%) Findur
5 7 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.71%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.31%) Summit
8 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.20%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.20%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 275 (27.98%) Azure
2 154 (15.67%) Azure DevOps
3 153 (15.56%) AWS
4 81 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 68 (6.92%) GitHub
6 56 (5.70%) Entra ID
7 51 (5.19%) SaaS
8 50 (5.09%) Amazon S3
9 48 (4.88%) Serverless
10 41 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
12 35 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
13 34 (3.46%) GCP
14 33 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 20 (2.03%) Figma
18 19 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.93%) Snowflake
19 17 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.75%) Firewall
2 24 (2.44%) DNS
3 18 (1.83%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.83%) VPN
4 10 (1.02%) HTTP
5 7 (0.71%) Network Security
5 7 (0.71%) OpenVPN
5 7 (0.71%) WAN
6 6 (0.61%) DHCP
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
10 2 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.92%) Power BI
2 35 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (2.34%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
5 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.73%) Tableau
7 16 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.53%) DynamoDB
9 12 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.22%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.12%) Metadata
10 11 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.92%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 116 (11.80%) Git
2 70 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.37%) GitLab
4 35 (3.56%) Selenium
5 26 (2.64%) JUnit
5 26 (2.64%) Zephyr
6 19 (1.93%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.93%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.53%) Cypress.io
8 13 (1.32%) REST Assured
8 13 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.22%) Postman
10 11 (1.12%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.92%) Appium
12 8 (0.81%) JMeter
12 8 (0.81%) Mockito
12 8 (0.81%) TestRail
13 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
14 5 (0.51%) Maven
14 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 381 (38.76%) Finance
2 380 (38.66%) Social Skills
3 180 (18.31%) Banking
4 171 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (11.19%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.97%) Retail
9 32 (3.26%) Investment Banking
10 31 (3.15%) Front Office
11 27 (2.75%) Legal
12 23 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (1.73%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.53%) Marketing
16 14 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
17 13 (1.32%) Back Office
17 13 (1.32%) Retail Banking
18 10 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 202 (20.55%) Analyst
2 130 (13.22%) Business Analyst
3 114 (11.60%) Developer
4 102 (10.38%) Lead
5 92 (9.36%) Senior
6 57 (5.80%) Project Manager
7 48 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
8 43 (4.37%) IT Support
9 42 (4.27%) Architect
10 30 (3.05%) Consultant
10 30 (3.05%) Tester
11 29 (2.95%) Scrum Master
11 29 (2.95%) Support Engineer
12 28 (2.85%) Test Leader
13 25 (2.54%) Data Engineer
13 25 (2.54%) IT Engineer
13 25 (2.54%) Product Owner
14 24 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
14 24 (2.44%) Senior Manager
14 24 (2.44%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.49%) REST
2 40 (4.07%) .NET
3 32 (3.26%) React
4 24 (2.44%) Kafka
5 22 (2.24%) AngularJS
5 22 (2.24%) JSON
5 22 (2.24%) SOAP
6 21 (2.14%) RESTful
7 19 (1.93%) HTML
7 19 (1.93%) Spring
8 18 (1.83%) CSS
8 18 (1.83%) PySpark
9 17 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (1.63%) Playwright
10 16 (1.63%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.42%) Node.js
11 14 (1.42%) OpenID
11 14 (1.42%) XML
12 12 (1.22%) OAuth
12 12 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.27%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.24%) Cloud Native
3 22 (2.24%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.93%) Data Structures
6 19 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.63%) Derivative
10 15 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.22%) Credit Risk
12 12 (1.22%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 11 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.81%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.29%) Windows
2 37 (3.76%) Linux
3 10 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.02%) Unix
4 9 (0.92%) 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 (57.78%) Agile
2 301 (30.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 268 (27.26%) DevOps
4 214 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (18.51%) CI/CD
6 174 (17.70%) Scrum
7 165 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 146 (14.85%) Migration
9 141 (14.34%) User Acceptance Testing
10 135 (13.73%) Test Automation
11 126 (12.82%) User Stories
12 123 (12.51%) AI
13 107 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 105 (10.68%) SDLC
15 102 (10.38%) Change Management
16 99 (10.07%) Acceptance Criteria
17 97 (9.87%) Validation
18 96 (9.77%) Project Management
19 94 (9.56%) Roadmaps
20 92 (9.36%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 174 (17.70%) SQL
2 104 (10.58%) Python
3 77 (7.83%) Java
4 63 (6.41%) C#
5 39 (3.97%) TypeScript
6 37 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.53%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.42%) Bash
10 9 (0.92%) Groovy
11 8 (0.81%) Perl
11 8 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.61%) VBA
13 5 (0.51%) C++
14 3 (0.31%) Bicep
14 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.31%) Swift
14 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 223 (22.69%) Security Cleared
2 196 (19.94%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.32%) Degree
4 28 (2.85%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.34%) PMP
6 19 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.83%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.02%) CISSP
11 9 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.81%) CISM
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
14 6 (0.61%) IIBA
14 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.70%) QA
2 69 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.37%) PMO
4 29 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.64%) GDPR
5 26 (2.64%) SLA
6 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.32%) WCAG
8 8 (0.81%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.81%) NIST
9 7 (0.71%) GRC
10 6 (0.61%) MiFID
10 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.61%) SEPA
11 5 (0.51%) COBIT
12 4 (0.41%) EMIR
12 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.41%) NCSC
12 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.07%) Docker
3 8 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.71%) Squid
5 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.31%) Firmware
6 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 74 (7.53%) Terraform
2 63 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.64%) Ansible
3 26 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (2.34%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.24%) Grafana
6 12 (1.22%) Consul
6 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.71%) Control-M
8 7 (0.71%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Packer
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.31%) Istio
10 3 (0.31%) Podman
11 2 (0.20%) Argo
11 2 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 134 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 78 (7.93%) Salesforce
4 49 (4.98%) Oracle
5 36 (3.66%) Atlassian
5 36 (3.66%) SAP
6 32 (3.26%) Google
7 16 (1.63%) Adobe
7 16 (1.63%) MuleSoft
7 16 (1.63%) Okta
8 15 (1.53%) Databricks
9 14 (1.42%) IBM
9 14 (1.42%) Remedy
10 13 (1.32%) Splunk
10 13 (1.32%) Workday
11 11 (1.12%) HP
11 11 (1.12%) Informatica
11 11 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.02%) ForgeRock
13 9 (0.92%) Murex