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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 36 58
Rank change year-on-year -6 +22 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 985 767 670
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.94% 5.65% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.59% 36.77% 28.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 520 467
10th Percentile £357 £330 £324
25th Percentile £425 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 17
10th Percentile - £33.10 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £25.99
Median hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +41.91% -41.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.20 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £63.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -15.87% -6.67% +8.00%

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 2,488 2,086 2,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.49% 15.38% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,603 1,419 1,651
10th Percentile £363 £343 £363
25th Percentile £436 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £751 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 24
10th Percentile - £26.04 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £33.50 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +27.53% -49.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £83.95 £88.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +6.80% 38
South London +4 29 £513 -11.85% 3
West London -10 24 £400 -3.61% 8
North London 0 2 - - 1
East London -1 2 £425 +4.29% 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 (41.02%) Confluence
2 55 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.91%) CMS
5 7 (0.71%) SAS
6 6 (0.61%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.41%) JBoss
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.30%) nginx
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Camunda
9 2 (0.20%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 64 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.79%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (4.16%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.12%) Trello
7 10 (1.02%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.81%) Revit
9 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.51%) Notion
10 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.10%) Mingle
11 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.32%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.81%) Findur
4 8 (0.81%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.71%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.30%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.30%) Summit
8 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.20%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
9 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.20%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.20%) Shopify
9 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 283 (28.73%) Azure
2 154 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
3 150 (15.23%) AWS
4 83 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 71 (7.21%) GitHub
6 58 (5.89%) Entra ID
7 53 (5.38%) SaaS
8 44 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (4.37%) Amazon S3
9 43 (4.37%) Serverless
10 38 (3.86%) GCP
11 34 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.35%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.13%) Snowflake
16 20 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.93%) PowerApps
18 18 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.23%) DNS
1 22 (2.23%) Firewall
2 16 (1.62%) VPN
3 15 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.02%) WAN
5 8 (0.81%) DHCP
6 7 (0.71%) Network Security
7 5 (0.51%) DKIM
7 5 (0.51%) DMARC
7 5 (0.51%) HTTP
7 5 (0.51%) LAN
7 5 (0.51%) SSL
7 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) PSTN
8 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.41%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.30%) Internet
9 3 (0.30%) NGFW
10 2 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.90%) Power BI
2 37 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.64%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
4 18 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.62%) Tableau
7 14 (1.42%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.32%) Metadata
9 12 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.12%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.91%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.81%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 110 (11.17%) Git
2 73 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.26%) GitLab
4 33 (3.35%) Selenium
5 29 (2.94%) Zephyr
6 19 (1.93%) JUnit
7 18 (1.83%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.83%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.22%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.12%) TestRail
12 10 (1.02%) Postman
13 9 (0.91%) Appium
13 9 (0.91%) JMeter
14 7 (0.71%) Mockito
15 6 (0.61%) ScriptRunner
15 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.51%) Artifactory
16 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 389 (39.49%) Finance
2 386 (39.19%) Social Skills
3 183 (18.58%) Banking
4 177 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (10.86%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.86%) Retail
8 32 (3.25%) Front Office
9 31 (3.15%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.54%) Legal
11 21 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.83%) Marketing
13 17 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.62%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
16 13 (1.32%) Back Office
17 10 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 197 (20.00%) Analyst
2 127 (12.89%) Business Analyst
3 111 (11.27%) Developer
4 106 (10.76%) Lead
5 94 (9.54%) Senior
6 57 (5.79%) Project Manager
7 48 (4.87%) Delivery Manager
8 42 (4.26%) IT Support
9 37 (3.76%) Architect
10 33 (3.35%) Support Engineer
11 30 (3.05%) Consultant
12 29 (2.94%) Scrum Master
13 28 (2.84%) Test Leader
13 28 (2.84%) Tester
14 27 (2.74%) Product Owner
15 26 (2.64%) IT Engineer
15 26 (2.64%) Test Manager
16 25 (2.54%) Data Engineer
16 25 (2.54%) IT Support Engineer
17 24 (2.44%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.58%) REST
2 42 (4.26%) .NET
3 30 (3.05%) React
4 23 (2.34%) JSON
5 21 (2.13%) SOAP
6 19 (1.93%) AngularJS
6 19 (1.93%) Kafka
7 18 (1.83%) HTML
7 18 (1.83%) PySpark
8 17 (1.73%) CSS
9 16 (1.62%) Playwright
9 16 (1.62%) RESTful
10 15 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (1.52%) Spring
11 14 (1.42%) Node.js
11 14 (1.42%) XML
12 13 (1.32%) Web Services
13 12 (1.22%) Middleware
13 12 (1.22%) OAuth
14 11 (1.12%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 103 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.64%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.23%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.73%) Derivative
9 17 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.52%) Credit Risk
10 15 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.22%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.02%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.99%) Windows
2 33 (3.35%) Linux
3 11 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.02%) Android
4 10 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.02%) Unix
5 7 (0.71%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.20%) zOS
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (57.97%) Agile
2 318 (32.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (27.11%) DevOps
4 217 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (18.48%) CI/CD
6 174 (17.66%) Scrum
7 163 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 159 (16.14%) Migration
9 141 (14.31%) User Acceptance Testing
10 136 (13.81%) Test Automation
11 125 (12.69%) AI
11 125 (12.69%) User Stories
12 108 (10.96%) SDLC
13 104 (10.56%) Change Management
14 102 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 101 (10.25%) Acceptance Criteria
16 98 (9.95%) Validation
17 97 (9.85%) Project Management
18 93 (9.44%) Sprint Planning
19 92 (9.34%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 178 (18.07%) SQL
2 108 (10.96%) Python
3 77 (7.82%) Java
4 62 (6.29%) C#
5 39 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 36 (3.65%) PowerShell
7 33 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.42%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.42%) Bash
9 10 (1.02%) Groovy
10 9 (0.91%) Perl
10 9 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.61%) VBA
12 4 (0.41%) C++
12 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.30%) Bicep
13 3 (0.30%) Korn
13 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.30%) Swift
13 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 215 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 189 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.41%) Degree
4 27 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.13%) PMP
6 20 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.73%) ISTQB
9 14 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.02%) CISSP
12 9 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.91%) IIBA
12 9 (0.91%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.81%) CISM
14 7 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (12.08%) QA
2 68 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.26%) PMO
4 26 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.64%) GDPR
4 26 (2.64%) SLA
5 20 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.22%) WCAG
7 8 (0.81%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.81%) NIST
8 7 (0.71%) GRC
9 6 (0.61%) MiFID
9 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.61%) SEPA
10 5 (0.51%) COBIT
11 4 (0.41%) EMIR
11 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.41%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 53 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.65%) Docker
3 8 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.20%) Firmware
5 2 (0.20%) Squid
6 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 72 (7.31%) Terraform
2 58 (5.89%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.84%) Ansible
4 20 (2.03%) Grafana
4 20 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.93%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.91%) Control-M
9 7 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.51%) Consul
11 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.41%) Istio
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.41%) Podman
11 4 (0.41%) SCOM
12 2 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 138 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.79%) ServiceNow
3 71 (7.21%) Salesforce
4 46 (4.67%) Oracle
5 35 (3.55%) SAP
6 32 (3.25%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.15%) Google
8 19 (1.93%) Remedy
9 18 (1.83%) Adobe
10 17 (1.73%) IBM
10 17 (1.73%) Okta
10 17 (1.73%) Splunk
11 15 (1.52%) Databricks
11 15 (1.52%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.22%) Informatica
13 11 (1.12%) HP
13 11 (1.12%) Workday
14 10 (1.02%) DocuSign
14 10 (1.02%) ForgeRock
15 9 (0.91%) Planview