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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 861 588 704
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.30% 4.55% 3.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.50% 32.24% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 387 502
10th Percentile £350 £288 £333
25th Percentile £419 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.49%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £674
90th Percentile £716 £725 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile - - £21.70
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -5.39% -41.28%
75th Percentile £76.75 £32.50 £40.63
90th Percentile £95.00 - £57.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year -0.80% +16.28% -17.31%

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 2,359 1,824 2,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.53% 14.12% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,596 1,244 1,667
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.78% -6.25%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £503 £525
% change year-on-year -0.50% -4.29% -8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 18
10th Percentile - £22.93 £24.10
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £27.61
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -27.27% -28.26%
75th Percentile £76.75 £71.25 £58.44
90th Percentile £95.00 £85.50 £71.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +1.63%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -4 115 £550 +10.00% 57
South London +5 35 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -27 8 £500 +28.21% 6
East London +1 5 £450 -18.18% 19
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
1 391 (45.41%) Confluence
2 44 (5.11%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.14%) nginx
4 13 (1.51%) Apache
5 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.81%) CMS
7 6 (0.70%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.70%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.46%) JBoss
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 82 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (5.57%) MS Visio
4 45 (5.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (2.09%) Trello
7 5 (0.58%) Notion
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.35%) InVision
9 3 (0.35%) Sketch
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.23%) InDesign
10 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Mingle
11 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.63%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.51%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.16%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.93%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.46%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.35%) Algo Collateral
10 3 (0.35%) Findur
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
10 3 (0.35%) Summit
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 202 (23.46%) Azure
2 136 (15.80%) AWS
3 130 (15.10%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (9.06%) GitHub
5 58 (6.74%) Power Platform
6 34 (3.95%) GCP
7 30 (3.48%) Serverless
8 28 (3.25%) Entra ID
9 27 (3.14%) SaaS
10 25 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (2.56%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.44%) Figma
13 20 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.97%) Slack
17 16 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (1.74%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.67%) Firewall
2 17 (1.97%) DNS
3 13 (1.51%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.51%) VPN
4 11 (1.28%) WAN
5 9 (1.05%) HTTP
6 7 (0.81%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.81%) Modbus
6 7 (0.81%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.81%) RS-232
6 7 (0.81%) RS-485
6 7 (0.81%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.70%) FTP
7 6 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.58%) LAN
8 5 (0.58%) Network Security
9 4 (0.46%) NAS
9 4 (0.46%) PSTN
9 4 (0.46%) SSL
9 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.88%) Power BI
2 31 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 30 (3.48%) Tableau
4 25 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.97%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.39%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.28%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.16%) Big Data
11 10 (1.16%) Data Vault
11 10 (1.16%) Delta Lake
12 8 (0.93%) Metadata
12 8 (0.93%) Tick Data
13 7 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.81%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.70%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 104 (12.08%) Git
2 78 (9.06%) Jenkins
3 44 (5.11%) GitLab
3 44 (5.11%) Selenium
4 31 (3.60%) JUnit
5 30 (3.48%) Bitbucket
5 30 (3.48%) Cucumber
6 21 (2.44%) Zephyr
7 18 (2.09%) Postman
7 18 (2.09%) Sonatype Nexus
8 17 (1.97%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.74%) TestRail
10 12 (1.39%) JMeter
10 12 (1.39%) Maven
10 12 (1.39%) REST Assured
10 12 (1.39%) SpecFlow
11 11 (1.28%) Cypress.io
12 9 (1.05%) Appium
12 9 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.70%) TeamCity
General
1 333 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 315 (36.59%) Finance
3 160 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (14.75%) Banking
5 86 (9.99%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (3.83%) Retail
9 29 (3.37%) Legal
10 27 (3.14%) Investment Banking
11 24 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.44%) Front Office
13 16 (1.86%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.51%) Marketing
15 10 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.16%) Publishing
16 9 (1.05%) Billing
16 9 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.70%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 196 (22.76%) Analyst
2 144 (16.72%) Business Analyst
3 104 (12.08%) Developer
4 82 (9.52%) Senior
5 67 (7.78%) Lead
6 65 (7.55%) Project Manager
7 33 (3.83%) Technical Analyst
8 32 (3.72%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.72%) Tester
9 31 (3.60%) Technical Business Analyst
10 30 (3.48%) Test Engineer
11 28 (3.25%) Architect
12 26 (3.02%) IT Support
13 25 (2.90%) Consultant
14 24 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.79%) Technical Manager
15 22 (2.56%) Data Engineer
15 22 (2.56%) Scrum Master
16 21 (2.44%) Banking Analyst
17 20 (2.32%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.46%) REST
2 32 (3.72%) .NET
3 27 (3.14%) React
4 26 (3.02%) Kafka
4 26 (3.02%) Spring
5 24 (2.79%) XML
6 23 (2.67%) SOAP
7 22 (2.56%) HTML
7 22 (2.56%) RESTful
8 21 (2.44%) Playwright
9 19 (2.21%) CSS
10 17 (1.97%) JSON
10 17 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.86%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.74%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.63%) Node.js
13 14 (1.63%) Web Services
14 12 (1.39%) ADO
15 10 (1.16%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.41%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.97%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.86%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.39%) CMDB
12 11 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.16%) Equities
13 10 (1.16%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.16%) PMI
14 9 (1.05%) Reinsurance
14 9 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.57%) Linux
2 44 (5.11%) Windows
3 18 (2.09%) Unix
4 10 (1.16%) Android
5 8 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (61.21%) Agile
2 235 (27.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 222 (25.78%) DevOps
4 216 (25.09%) Scrum
5 174 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (17.07%) CI/CD
8 139 (16.14%) Test Automation
9 119 (13.82%) Project Management
9 119 (13.82%) User Stories
10 110 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 101 (11.73%) Migration
12 97 (11.27%) Project Delivery
12 97 (11.27%) User Acceptance Testing
13 90 (10.45%) Waterfall
14 88 (10.22%) Roadmaps
15 85 (9.87%) Analytics
15 85 (9.87%) SDLC
16 83 (9.64%) Decision-Making
17 78 (9.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 155 (18.00%) SQL
2 107 (12.43%) Python
3 92 (10.69%) Java
4 59 (6.85%) C#
5 51 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 35 (4.07%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.32%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.74%) Bash
9 13 (1.51%) C++
10 10 (1.16%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.05%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.81%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.58%) Korn
13 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.58%) Ruby
13 5 (0.58%) XPath
14 4 (0.46%) Delphi
14 4 (0.46%) Perl
14 4 (0.46%) Swift
Qualifications
1 186 (21.60%) Security Cleared
2 171 (19.86%) SC Cleared
3 78 (9.06%) Degree
4 33 (3.83%) PMI Certification
5 31 (3.60%) ISTQB
6 27 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.90%) PMP
8 20 (2.32%) CBAP
9 13 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.51%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.51%) ISEB
10 11 (1.28%) CISSP
11 10 (1.16%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.05%) IIBA
13 8 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.93%) CSPO
13 8 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (12.89%) QA
2 46 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.83%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.83%) PMO
4 20 (2.32%) GDPR
5 13 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.39%) NIST
7 11 (1.28%) SLA
7 11 (1.28%) WCAG
8 10 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.93%) GRC
10 7 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.58%) MiFID
11 5 (0.58%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.35%) Basel III
13 3 (0.35%) NCSC
13 3 (0.35%) SEPA
14 2 (0.23%) P3O
14 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (6.74%) Docker
2 25 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.93%) Squid
4 7 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.81%) Firmware
5 6 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.92%) Terraform
3 24 (2.79%) Ansible
4 19 (2.21%) Consul
5 16 (1.86%) Grafana
6 15 (1.74%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.51%) Packer
9 11 (1.28%) HP ALM
10 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.81%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.58%) Control-M
14 3 (0.35%) Puppet
14 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.35%) SCCM
15 2 (0.23%) CASB
16 1 (0.12%) IBM Guardium
16 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 100 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 93 (10.80%) ServiceNow
3 74 (8.59%) Oracle
4 64 (7.43%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.76%) Atlassian
6 38 (4.41%) SAP
7 25 (2.90%) Google
8 22 (2.56%) Databricks
9 15 (1.74%) Adobe
10 14 (1.63%) Citrix
11 13 (1.51%) Murex
12 12 (1.39%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.39%) IBM
13 11 (1.28%) HP
13 11 (1.28%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.28%) Remedy
14 10 (1.16%) Informatica
14 10 (1.16%) Planview
14 10 (1.16%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.16%) Workday