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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 45 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 831 608 749
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.45% 4.51% 4.05%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.38% 31.85% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 388 535
10th Percentile £350 £288 £350
25th Percentile £425 £398 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.69%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £672
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 5 2 8
10th Percentile - £20.75 £29.38
25th Percentile £18.75 £21.88 £31.60
Median hourly rate £43.00 £25.00 £35.23
Median % change year-on-year +72.00% -29.04% -21.27%
75th Percentile £95.00 £29.38 £44.84
90th Percentile - £31.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year +1.02% +16.82% -17.69%

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 2,284 1,909 2,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.98% 14.17% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,554 1,248 1,719
10th Percentile £356 £341 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -4.89% -6.25%
75th Percentile £633 £675 £675
90th Percentile £726 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £505 £533
% change year-on-year -0.99% -5.21% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.25 £25.75
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.63 £31.71
Median hourly rate £66.50 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.41% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £58.75
90th Percentile £102.50 £87.88 £72.00
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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -3 112 £525 +2.44% 23
South London +2 36 £519 +15.23% 5
West London -29 7 £500 +28.21% 12
East London 0 5 £450 -18.18% 9
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
1 379 (45.61%) Confluence
2 45 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.61%) nginx
4 12 (1.44%) Apache
5 9 (1.08%) CMS
6 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.72%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.72%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.72%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Traefik
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 69 (8.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (7.82%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (5.05%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (2.17%) Trello
6 5 (0.60%) Notion
7 4 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.48%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 3 (0.36%) InVision
8 3 (0.36%) Sketch
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.24%) InDesign
9 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.20%) Fidessa
2 10 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.08%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.84%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) Endur
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.48%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.36%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 193 (23.23%) Azure
2 149 (17.93%) AWS
3 110 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
4 86 (10.35%) GitHub
5 64 (7.70%) Power Platform
6 38 (4.57%) GCP
7 31 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (3.61%) Serverless
9 29 (3.49%) SaaS
10 28 (3.37%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (2.77%) Figma
13 21 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 19 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.29%) Slack
15 18 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.17%) Snowflake
16 17 (2.05%) Miro
16 17 (2.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.89%) Firewall
2 20 (2.41%) DNS
3 13 (1.56%) HTTP
4 12 (1.44%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.44%) VPN
5 11 (1.32%) WAN
6 7 (0.84%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.84%) FTP
6 7 (0.84%) Modbus
6 7 (0.84%) RS-232
6 7 (0.84%) RS-485
6 7 (0.84%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.72%) OpenVPN
7 6 (0.72%) SSH
8 5 (0.60%) Network Security
8 5 (0.60%) SMTP
8 5 (0.60%) SSL
8 5 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.48%) NAS
9 4 (0.48%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.90%) Power BI
2 31 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.49%) Tableau
4 27 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.29%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.93%) Data Vault
9 14 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.56%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.56%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.44%) Big Data
12 10 (1.20%) Metadata
13 9 (1.08%) Delta Lake
13 9 (1.08%) Hadoop
13 9 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (0.84%) Star Schema
14 7 (0.84%) Tick Data
15 5 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 103 (12.39%) Git
2 79 (9.51%) Jenkins
3 51 (6.14%) GitLab
4 40 (4.81%) Selenium
5 29 (3.49%) Bitbucket
6 23 (2.77%) Postman
7 22 (2.65%) Cucumber
7 22 (2.65%) JUnit
8 20 (2.41%) SonarQube
9 19 (2.29%) TestRail
10 18 (2.17%) Zephyr
11 14 (1.68%) Maven
11 14 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 14 (1.68%) SpecFlow
12 12 (1.44%) JMeter
12 12 (1.44%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.32%) Cypress.io
14 9 (1.08%) ER Studio
14 9 (1.08%) ERwin
14 9 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
General
1 326 (39.23%) Social Skills
2 282 (33.94%) Finance
3 151 (18.17%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (13.12%) Banking
5 84 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 32 (3.85%) Retail
7 31 (3.73%) Investment Banking
8 30 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (2.89%) Front Office
9 24 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.77%) Legal
11 13 (1.56%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.56%) Marketing
12 12 (1.44%) Back Office
12 12 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.20%) Billing
14 9 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 178 (21.42%) Analyst
2 132 (15.88%) Business Analyst
3 96 (11.55%) Developer
4 82 (9.87%) Senior
5 68 (8.18%) Lead
6 63 (7.58%) Project Manager
7 33 (3.97%) Tester
8 32 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
9 28 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
9 28 (3.37%) Technical Business Analyst
10 27 (3.25%) Architect
11 26 (3.13%) Consultant
11 26 (3.13%) Test Engineer
12 23 (2.77%) Scrum Master
13 22 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.65%) Senior Business Analyst
14 19 (2.29%) Data Engineer
14 19 (2.29%) DevOps Engineer
14 19 (2.29%) Product Owner
14 19 (2.29%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.14%) REST
2 35 (4.21%) .NET
3 25 (3.01%) HTML
3 25 (3.01%) React
3 25 (3.01%) Spring
4 24 (2.89%) RESTful
5 23 (2.77%) Kafka
6 22 (2.65%) AngularJS
6 22 (2.65%) Playwright
6 22 (2.65%) XML
7 21 (2.53%) CSS
7 21 (2.53%) SOAP
8 18 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.93%) JSON
9 16 (1.93%) Node.js
10 14 (1.68%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.68%) Web Services
11 12 (1.44%) LDAP
11 12 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (1.32%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 24 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.77%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.56%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.44%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.44%) PMI
9 12 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.32%) CMDB
10 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.08%) Equities
11 9 (1.08%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.50%) Linux
2 40 (4.81%) Windows
3 16 (1.93%) Unix
4 10 (1.20%) Android
5 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (0.84%) VMS
6 4 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (62.58%) Agile
2 221 (26.59%) Scrum
3 219 (26.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 210 (25.27%) DevOps
5 175 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 144 (17.33%) CI/CD
8 129 (15.52%) Test Automation
9 121 (14.56%) Project Management
10 116 (13.96%) User Stories
11 105 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 91 (10.95%) Migration
13 90 (10.83%) Project Delivery
13 90 (10.83%) User Acceptance Testing
14 89 (10.71%) Analytics
15 86 (10.35%) Roadmaps
16 83 (9.99%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 83 (9.99%) SDLC
17 76 (9.15%) Requirements Gathering
17 76 (9.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 154 (18.53%) SQL
2 115 (13.84%) Python
3 83 (9.99%) Java
4 55 (6.62%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.90%) C#
6 37 (4.45%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.77%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.29%) Bash
9 14 (1.68%) C++
10 10 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.08%) Go
11 9 (1.08%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.84%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.84%) Groovy
13 6 (0.72%) Korn
13 6 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.60%) Ruby
14 5 (0.60%) XPath
15 4 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 182 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 167 (20.10%) SC Cleared
3 91 (10.95%) Degree
4 33 (3.97%) ISTQB
4 33 (3.97%) PMI Certification
5 26 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.77%) PMP
7 20 (2.41%) CBAP
8 15 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.81%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.56%) ISEB
11 10 (1.20%) CISSP
12 9 (1.08%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.84%) CFA
14 7 (0.84%) CSPO
14 7 (0.84%) IIBA
14 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (12.39%) QA
2 44 (5.29%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.97%) Accessibility
4 31 (3.73%) PMO
5 18 (2.17%) GDPR
6 14 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.44%) NIST
8 11 (1.32%) WCAG
9 9 (1.08%) SLA
10 8 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.84%) GRC
12 5 (0.60%) NCSC
12 5 (0.60%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.48%) MiFID
14 3 (0.36%) Basel III
14 3 (0.36%) SEPA
15 2 (0.24%) IFRS
15 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 68 (8.18%) Docker
2 21 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.32%) Squid
4 7 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.84%) Firmware
5 4 (0.48%) DFS Replication
5 4 (0.48%) Dovecot
5 4 (0.48%) Postfix
6 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) etcd
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 51 (6.14%) Terraform
3 23 (2.77%) Ansible
4 21 (2.53%) Grafana
5 18 (2.17%) Consul
5 18 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.56%) Packer
7 11 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.20%) HP ALM
9 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.72%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.60%) Nessus
12 4 (0.48%) Control-M
12 4 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.36%) Istio
13 3 (0.36%) Puppet
13 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.11%) ServiceNow
3 70 (8.42%) Oracle
4 61 (7.34%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.57%) Atlassian
6 36 (4.33%) SAP
7 24 (2.89%) Google
8 19 (2.29%) Databricks
9 16 (1.93%) Adobe
10 12 (1.44%) Murex
11 11 (1.32%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.32%) IBM
12 10 (1.20%) HP
12 10 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.20%) Sparx
13 9 (1.08%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.08%) Citrix
13 9 (1.08%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.08%) Informatica
13 9 (1.08%) Red Hat