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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 49 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 797 599 740
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.65% 4.27% 4.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.56% 30.92% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 394 522
10th Percentile £325 £273 £363
25th Percentile £421 £389 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £630 £675
90th Percentile £713 £725 £825
England median daily rate £500 £490 £530
% change year-on-year +2.04% -7.55% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £42.33 £20.75 £28.13
25th Percentile £42.44 £21.88 £32.66
Median hourly rate £43.75 £25.00 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.51% +64.06%
75th Percentile £45.81 £29.38 £53.28
90th Percentile £46.38 £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.40 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.44% +4.17% -7.69%

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 2,180 1,937 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.45% 13.79% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,482 1,266 1,694
10th Percentile £356 £345 £386
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 20
10th Percentile £42.55 £22.25 £25.71
25th Percentile £43.00 £25.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £48.75 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.90% - -15.22%
75th Percentile £110.00 £77.19 £70.00
90th Percentile - £87.88 £73.66
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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 11 January 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
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 11 January 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 +7 117 £525 +0.48% 17
South London -1 27 £525 +38.16% 11
West London -20 9 £400 - 9
East London -1 5 £450 -18.18% 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
1 370 (46.42%) Confluence
2 41 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.39%) nginx
4 14 (1.76%) Apache
5 9 (1.13%) CMS
6 6 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.38%) Traefik
8 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.25%) CICS
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.13%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 67 (8.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (8.28%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (5.02%) MS Visio
5 25 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (3.01%) Trello
7 9 (1.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 5 (0.63%) Notion
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.38%) InVision
10 3 (0.38%) Sketch
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.25%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.25%) InDesign
11 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.76%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 10 (1.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.75%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.50%) Endur
7 4 (0.50%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.38%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.38%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.25%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 179 (22.46%) Azure
2 146 (18.32%) AWS
3 95 (11.92%) Azure DevOps
4 84 (10.54%) GitHub
5 61 (7.65%) Power Platform
6 41 (5.14%) GCP
7 34 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (4.27%) Serverless
8 26 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
9 25 (3.14%) Amazon S3
9 25 (3.14%) SaaS
10 21 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 20 (2.51%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.51%) Slack
12 19 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.38%) Figma
12 19 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.13%) Snowflake
14 16 (2.01%) Miro
14 16 (2.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.14%) Firewall
2 18 (2.26%) DNS
3 15 (1.88%) SSH
4 14 (1.76%) OpenLDAP
5 13 (1.63%) SSL
6 12 (1.51%) FTP
6 12 (1.51%) HTTP
7 10 (1.25%) SMTP
8 9 (1.13%) IMAP
9 7 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.88%) WAN
10 6 (0.75%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.75%) Modbus
10 6 (0.75%) RS-232
10 6 (0.75%) RS-485
10 6 (0.75%) VPN
11 5 (0.63%) Network Security
11 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.25%) Calico
12 2 (0.25%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.52%) Power BI
2 36 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.76%) Tableau
4 26 (3.26%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.01%) Big Data
7 15 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.76%) Hadoop
9 13 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.63%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.38%) Data Vault
10 11 (1.38%) Metadata
10 11 (1.38%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.88%) DB2
13 7 (0.88%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.75%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 98 (12.30%) Git
2 78 (9.79%) Jenkins
3 51 (6.40%) GitLab
4 37 (4.64%) Selenium
5 27 (3.39%) Bitbucket
6 26 (3.26%) Postman
7 22 (2.76%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.26%) SonarQube
8 18 (2.26%) TestRail
9 15 (1.88%) JUnit
9 15 (1.88%) SpecFlow
9 15 (1.88%) Zephyr
10 11 (1.38%) Maven
11 10 (1.25%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (1.13%) ER Studio
12 9 (1.13%) ERwin
12 9 (1.13%) JMeter
12 9 (1.13%) PowerDesigner
12 9 (1.13%) Vagrant
General
1 325 (40.78%) Social Skills
2 254 (31.87%) Finance
3 140 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.92%) Banking
5 79 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.64%) Retail
7 28 (3.51%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.63%) Front Office
11 20 (2.51%) Legal
12 13 (1.63%) Marketing
13 12 (1.51%) Publishing
13 12 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.13%) Back Office
16 8 (1.00%) Billing
16 8 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 151 (18.95%) Analyst
2 109 (13.68%) Business Analyst
3 93 (11.67%) Developer
4 80 (10.04%) Senior
5 75 (9.41%) Project Manager
6 67 (8.41%) Lead
7 33 (4.14%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (3.89%) Tester
9 28 (3.51%) Technical Business Analyst
10 26 (3.26%) Consultant
11 25 (3.14%) Architect
12 24 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.89%) Scrum Master
14 22 (2.76%) Product Owner
14 22 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.76%) Test Engineer
15 21 (2.63%) Senior Business Analyst
16 20 (2.51%) QA Engineer
17 18 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
18 17 (2.13%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.03%) REST
2 39 (4.89%) SOAP
3 32 (4.02%) .NET
3 32 (4.02%) HTML
4 27 (3.39%) AngularJS
5 26 (3.26%) Kafka
6 25 (3.14%) JSON
7 24 (3.01%) LDAP
8 22 (2.76%) CSS
8 22 (2.76%) React
8 22 (2.76%) XML
9 20 (2.51%) Playwright
9 20 (2.51%) Web Services
10 19 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
10 19 (2.38%) RESTful
11 16 (2.01%) Node.js
11 16 (2.01%) Spring
12 15 (1.88%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (1.63%) Apache NiFi
14 12 (1.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.51%) PMI
6 18 (2.26%) CMDB
6 18 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.01%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.76%) Replication
10 13 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.38%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.25%) Equities
13 9 (1.13%) Derivative
13 9 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.00%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.52%) Linux
2 42 (5.27%) Windows
3 23 (2.89%) Unix
4 12 (1.51%) VMS
5 10 (1.25%) Android
6 9 (1.13%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (1.13%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (63.36%) Agile
2 221 (27.73%) Scrum
3 212 (26.60%) DevOps
4 204 (25.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 170 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (17.82%) CI/CD
7 134 (16.81%) Project Management
8 127 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (14.30%) Test Automation
11 100 (12.55%) User Stories
12 87 (10.92%) Analytics
13 86 (10.79%) Migration
14 84 (10.54%) Project Delivery
15 82 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
16 77 (9.66%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 72 (9.03%) Requirements Gathering
18 71 (8.91%) Kanban
18 71 (8.91%) SDLC
19 70 (8.78%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 156 (19.57%) SQL
2 107 (13.43%) Python
3 74 (9.28%) JavaScript
4 73 (9.16%) Java
5 32 (4.02%) C#
6 26 (3.26%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.01%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.13%) Bash
9 15 (1.88%) Go
10 14 (1.76%) Groovy
11 11 (1.38%) C++
12 10 (1.25%) Apex Code
13 8 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.75%) Embedded C++
15 6 (0.75%) Korn
15 6 (0.75%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.63%) Ruby
16 5 (0.63%) XPath
17 4 (0.50%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 169 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 160 (20.08%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.80%) Degree
4 45 (5.65%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.76%) PMP
6 29 (3.64%) ISTQB
7 21 (2.63%) CBAP
8 20 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (2.38%) AWS Certification
9 19 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.13%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.51%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.25%) CISSP
13 9 (1.13%) CSPO
13 9 (1.13%) ISEB
14 8 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.88%) CFA
15 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.75%) CEH
16 6 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (11.92%) QA
2 42 (5.27%) PMO
3 29 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.51%) GDPR
6 15 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.38%) NIST
8 10 (1.25%) WCAG
9 9 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.88%) GRC
11 6 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.75%) SLA
12 5 (0.63%) NCSC
12 5 (0.63%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.50%) SEPA
14 3 (0.38%) Basel III
14 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.38%) PSD2
15 2 (0.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (8.28%) Docker
2 23 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.25%) Squid
4 9 (1.13%) DFS Replication
4 9 (1.13%) Dovecot
4 9 (1.13%) Postfix
5 6 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.75%) Firmware
6 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) etcd
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.52%) Terraform
3 20 (2.51%) Grafana
4 19 (2.38%) Ansible
5 15 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.38%) HP ALM
6 11 (1.38%) Packer
6 11 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.25%) Consul
7 10 (1.25%) Nessus
8 9 (1.13%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.63%) Control-M
10 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.38%) Istio
11 3 (0.38%) Puppet
11 3 (0.38%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.38%) SCCM
12 2 (0.25%) Ambari
12 2 (0.25%) Argo
12 2 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 86 (10.79%) ServiceNow
3 59 (7.40%) Oracle
4 55 (6.90%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.77%) SAP
6 34 (4.27%) Atlassian
7 24 (3.01%) Google
8 18 (2.26%) HP
9 15 (1.88%) Remedy
10 14 (1.76%) Databricks
11 13 (1.63%) Adobe
11 13 (1.63%) Cloudera
12 12 (1.51%) Foundry
12 12 (1.51%) Palantir
13 10 (1.25%) Citrix
13 10 (1.25%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.25%) Sparx
14 9 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
14 9 (1.13%) Splunk
15 8 (1.00%) Planview