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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 42 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -8
Contract jobs citing JIRA 889 635 671
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.94% 5.11% 3.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.11% 34.93% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 414 459
10th Percentile £343 £313 £325
25th Percentile £415 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £828
England median daily rate £481 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.78% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 19
10th Percentile - £29.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £31.25 £25.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +18.26% -41.28%
75th Percentile £68.13 £43.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.70 £46.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -10.03%

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 2,333 1,818 2,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.97% 14.64% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,232 1,654
10th Percentile £356 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £671 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £527
% change year-on-year - -5.12% -4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.16% -47.86%
75th Percentile £72.75 £52.50 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% +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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -6 112 £547 +4.19% 44
South London +8 33 £513 +7.89% 1
West London -24 19 £400 +0.63% 6
East London -2 5 £450 +25.00% 3
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
1 372 (41.84%) Confluence
2 43 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.57%) Apache
4 13 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.12%) nginx
6 7 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.45%) SAS
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
11 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 79 (8.89%) Microsoft Project
2 70 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (4.84%) MS Visio
4 39 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.24%) Trello
7 6 (0.67%) Notion
8 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (1.57%) Loan IQ
2 12 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.90%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.67%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.56%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.34%) Actimize
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.34%) SAP FI-AR
9 3 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 207 (23.28%) Azure
2 129 (14.51%) Azure DevOps
3 120 (13.50%) AWS
4 59 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 57 (6.41%) GitHub
6 48 (5.40%) Entra ID
7 44 (4.95%) SaaS
8 36 (4.05%) Amazon S3
9 31 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.26%) GCP
11 28 (3.15%) Serverless
12 24 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (2.70%) Figma
13 23 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.25%) Slack
15 19 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (1.69%) Google Workspace
18 14 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.70%) Firewall
2 17 (1.91%) DNS
3 14 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.24%) VPN
5 9 (1.01%) HTTP
6 8 (0.90%) SSL
7 7 (0.79%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.79%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.67%) Modbus
8 6 (0.67%) RS-232
8 6 (0.67%) RS-485
8 6 (0.67%) WAN
9 5 (0.56%) FTP
9 5 (0.56%) LAN
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
9 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.45%) DKIM
10 4 (0.45%) DMARC
10 4 (0.45%) PSTN
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.29%) Power BI
2 28 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.15%) Tableau
3 27 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (1.35%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.35%) Metadata
7 12 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.12%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.01%) Big Data
11 8 (0.90%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 98 (11.02%) Git
2 57 (6.41%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.05%) Selenium
4 26 (2.92%) GitLab
4 26 (2.92%) Zephyr
5 22 (2.47%) JUnit
6 18 (2.02%) Cucumber
7 17 (1.91%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (1.46%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.35%) TestRail
11 11 (1.24%) Appium
12 10 (1.12%) JMeter
12 10 (1.12%) Postman
12 10 (1.12%) SonarQube
13 9 (1.01%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.79%) Maven
15 6 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
15 6 (0.67%) Subversion
16 5 (0.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 341 (38.36%) Finance
2 329 (37.01%) Social Skills
3 163 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (15.64%) Banking
5 97 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.39%) Retail
7 36 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 31 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (3.37%) Legal
10 29 (3.26%) Investment Banking
11 24 (2.70%) Front Office
12 17 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.69%) Marketing
15 12 (1.35%) Corporate Banking
16 9 (1.01%) Back Office
16 9 (1.01%) Billing
16 9 (1.01%) Military
16 9 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 192 (21.60%) Analyst
2 127 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 96 (10.80%) Developer
3 96 (10.80%) Lead
4 90 (10.12%) Senior
5 54 (6.07%) Project Manager
6 43 (4.84%) Delivery Manager
7 32 (3.60%) IT Support
8 28 (3.15%) Consultant
8 28 (3.15%) Technical Manager
9 26 (2.92%) Data Engineer
9 26 (2.92%) Tester
10 25 (2.81%) Scrum Master
10 25 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (2.81%) Test Engineer
11 24 (2.70%) Architect
11 24 (2.70%) Support Engineer
11 24 (2.70%) Test Leader
12 23 (2.59%) Banking Analyst
13 22 (2.47%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.39%) REST
2 29 (3.26%) React
3 28 (3.15%) .NET
4 25 (2.81%) Kafka
5 22 (2.47%) HTML
6 20 (2.25%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.25%) Spring
7 18 (2.02%) CSS
7 18 (2.02%) RESTful
8 17 (1.91%) Lightning Web Components
8 17 (1.91%) Node.js
9 16 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.80%) SOAP
10 14 (1.57%) JSON
10 14 (1.57%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.57%) XML
11 13 (1.46%) Playwright
12 12 (1.35%) OpenID
13 11 (1.24%) ADO
13 11 (1.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.35%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.35%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.24%) Derivative
12 11 (1.24%) Market Risk
12 11 (1.24%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.24%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.90%) PMI
16 7 (0.79%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.62%) Windows
2 34 (3.82%) Linux
3 10 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.01%) Android
5 8 (0.90%) Unix
6 6 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (57.14%) Agile
2 247 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 207 (23.28%) DevOps
4 178 (20.02%) Scrum
5 177 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 134 (15.07%) Test Automation
8 126 (14.17%) CI/CD
9 122 (13.72%) Migration
10 115 (12.94%) Project Management
11 113 (12.71%) User Stories
12 103 (11.59%) User Acceptance Testing
13 99 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 98 (11.02%) Change Management
15 96 (10.80%) Roadmaps
16 91 (10.24%) SDLC
17 89 (10.01%) Analytics
18 88 (9.90%) Data Modelling
18 88 (9.90%) Project Delivery
18 88 (9.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 151 (16.99%) SQL
2 94 (10.57%) Python
3 84 (9.45%) Java
4 54 (6.07%) C#
5 40 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.91%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.57%) Apex Code
9 12 (1.35%) Bash
9 12 (1.35%) C++
10 8 (0.90%) Groovy
11 7 (0.79%) Perl
11 7 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.67%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.45%) C
13 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.34%) Bicep
14 3 (0.34%) Korn
14 3 (0.34%) VBA
14 3 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 191 (21.48%) Security Cleared
2 165 (18.56%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.54%) Degree
4 27 (3.04%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.59%) ISTQB
7 20 (2.25%) PMP
8 19 (2.14%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.02%) CBAP
10 11 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.24%) IIBA
11 10 (1.12%) ISEB
12 9 (1.01%) CISSP
13 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.79%) CISM
13 7 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (13.05%) QA
2 60 (6.75%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.61%) PMO
4 28 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.92%) GDPR
6 16 (1.80%) SLA
7 13 (1.46%) WCAG
8 11 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.24%) NIST
9 7 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.79%) GRC
9 7 (0.79%) MiFID
10 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.34%) Basel III
12 3 (0.34%) EMIR
12 3 (0.34%) NCSC
13 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.61%) Docker
3 8 (0.90%) Squid
4 7 (0.79%) Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (5.74%) Terraform
2 50 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.36%) Ansible
3 21 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.14%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.02%) Grafana
6 11 (1.24%) Consul
6 11 (1.24%) HP ALM
7 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.79%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.56%) Control-M
11 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.22%) CASB
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 104 (11.70%) Microsoft
1 104 (11.70%) ServiceNow
2 74 (8.32%) Salesforce
3 65 (7.31%) Oracle
4 39 (4.39%) SAP
5 36 (4.05%) Atlassian
6 30 (3.37%) Google
7 18 (2.02%) Databricks
8 14 (1.57%) Citrix
8 14 (1.57%) MuleSoft
9 13 (1.46%) Adobe
9 13 (1.46%) Murex
10 12 (1.35%) IBM
10 12 (1.35%) Workday
11 11 (1.24%) HP
11 11 (1.24%) Informatica
11 11 (1.24%) Okta
12 10 (1.12%) ForgeRock
13 9 (1.01%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.01%) Splunk