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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 40 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 919 649 688
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.89% 5.30% 3.89%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.66% 34.54% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 430 480
10th Percentile £335 £332 £321
25th Percentile £418 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -3.38% -7.30%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
England median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 20
10th Percentile - £30.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £35.00 £25.80
Median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% +40.17% -40.55%
75th Percentile £65.94 £68.13 £59.38
90th Percentile £85.88 £80.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £56.25 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -2.17% -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 2,377 1,879 2,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.65% 15.35% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,558 1,259 1,707
10th Percentile £358 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £673
90th Percentile £738 £788 £780
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £24.49 £23.80
25th Percentile £18.88 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -42.86%
75th Percentile £72.88 £52.50 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £67.50 £61.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% +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 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -9 115 £550 +10.00% 58
South London +10 33 £513 +7.89% 6
West London -16 24 £400 - 6
East London -3 5 £450 +18.42% 5
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
1 381 (41.46%) Confluence
2 50 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.20%) Apache
5 10 (1.09%) nginx
6 7 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.65%) CMS
7 6 (0.65%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.65%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.65%) SAS
8 4 (0.44%) JBoss
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 64 (6.96%) Microsoft Project
2 58 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (4.35%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.76%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.76%) Revit
6 7 (0.76%) Trello
7 4 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Notion
9 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.20%) Loan IQ
3 9 (0.98%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.87%) Findur
5 7 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.76%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.44%) Actimize
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.44%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.44%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.33%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 226 (24.59%) Azure
2 138 (15.02%) Azure DevOps
3 134 (14.58%) AWS
4 61 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 57 (6.20%) GitHub
6 50 (5.44%) Entra ID
7 47 (5.11%) SaaS
8 43 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (4.35%) Amazon S3
10 34 (3.70%) Serverless
11 30 (3.26%) GCP
12 28 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (2.39%) Slack
15 20 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 19 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.07%) Google Workspace
17 17 (1.85%) Figma
18 16 (1.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.72%) Firewall
2 19 (2.07%) DNS
3 15 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.52%) VPN
5 9 (0.98%) HTTP
6 7 (0.76%) Network Security
6 7 (0.76%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.76%) SSL
7 6 (0.65%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.65%) WAN
8 5 (0.54%) FTP
8 5 (0.54%) LAN
8 5 (0.54%) Modbus
8 5 (0.54%) RS-232
8 5 (0.54%) RS-485
8 5 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.44%) DKIM
9 4 (0.44%) DMARC
9 4 (0.44%) PSTN
9 4 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.22%) Power BI
2 29 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.61%) Tableau
5 19 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.52%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.52%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.31%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.09%) Delta Lake
11 10 (1.09%) Metadata
11 10 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
12 9 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.87%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.76%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.65%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 105 (11.43%) Git
2 57 (6.20%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.59%) GitLab
3 33 (3.59%) Selenium
4 28 (3.05%) Zephyr
5 24 (2.61%) JUnit
6 17 (1.85%) Bitbucket
7 15 (1.63%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (1.41%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.20%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.09%) REST Assured
11 9 (0.98%) Appium
11 9 (0.98%) TestRail
12 8 (0.87%) JMeter
12 8 (0.87%) Postman
13 7 (0.76%) Maven
14 6 (0.65%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.54%) Mockito
16 4 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 352 (38.30%) Finance
2 340 (37.00%) Social Skills
3 161 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (16.87%) Banking
5 97 (10.55%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.35%) Retail
7 39 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.48%) Investment Banking
10 29 (3.16%) Legal
11 28 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.94%) Front Office
13 18 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.63%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.63%) Marketing
15 12 (1.31%) Back Office
15 12 (1.31%) Corporate Banking
16 10 (1.09%) Retail Banking
17 9 (0.98%) Billing
Job Titles
1 197 (21.44%) Analyst
2 127 (13.82%) Business Analyst
3 101 (10.99%) Developer
4 96 (10.45%) Lead
5 86 (9.36%) Senior
6 50 (5.44%) Project Manager
7 49 (5.33%) Delivery Manager
8 39 (4.24%) IT Support
9 32 (3.48%) Architect
10 31 (3.37%) Consultant
10 31 (3.37%) Scrum Master
11 27 (2.94%) Banking Analyst
11 27 (2.94%) Technical Manager
11 27 (2.94%) Tester
12 26 (2.83%) Data Engineer
12 26 (2.83%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.61%) Salesforce Analyst
13 24 (2.61%) Test Leader
14 23 (2.50%) IT Engineer
14 23 (2.50%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.46%) REST
2 28 (3.05%) React
3 27 (2.94%) .NET
4 24 (2.61%) Kafka
5 21 (2.29%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.18%) SOAP
6 20 (2.18%) Spring
7 19 (2.07%) HTML
7 19 (2.07%) RESTful
8 17 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.74%) CSS
10 15 (1.63%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.52%) JSON
11 14 (1.52%) OpenID
12 13 (1.41%) Node.js
13 12 (1.31%) OAuth
13 12 (1.31%) Playwright
13 12 (1.31%) PySpark
14 11 (1.20%) ADO
14 11 (1.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.01%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 24 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.18%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.52%) Derivative
11 13 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.20%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.09%) Credit Risk
13 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.09%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.77%) Windows
2 37 (4.03%) Linux
3 10 (1.09%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.98%) Unix
5 6 (0.65%) Android
6 5 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (55.50%) Agile
2 261 (28.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 226 (24.59%) DevOps
4 188 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
5 179 (19.48%) Scrum
6 166 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (15.45%) CI/CD
8 129 (14.04%) Migration
9 127 (13.82%) Test Automation
10 117 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 115 (12.51%) User Stories
12 105 (11.43%) SDLC
13 102 (11.10%) Project Management
14 99 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (10.45%) Change Management
15 96 (10.45%) Data Modelling
16 94 (10.23%) Roadmaps
17 91 (9.90%) AI
17 91 (9.90%) Sprint Planning
17 91 (9.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 160 (17.41%) SQL
2 101 (10.99%) Python
3 81 (8.81%) Java
4 57 (6.20%) C#
5 37 (4.03%) TypeScript
6 36 (3.92%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.63%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.63%) Bash
9 10 (1.09%) C++
10 8 (0.87%) Groovy
11 7 (0.76%) Perl
11 7 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.54%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.33%) Bicep
14 3 (0.33%) C
15 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 198 (21.55%) Security Cleared
2 174 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.07%) Degree
4 26 (2.83%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.50%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.29%) PMP
7 17 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.20%) CBAP
9 11 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.98%) CISSP
11 9 (0.98%) ISEB
12 7 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.76%) CISM
12 7 (0.76%) IIBA
13 6 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.40%) QA
2 66 (7.18%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.24%) PMO
4 26 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.83%) GDPR
5 23 (2.50%) SLA
6 17 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.20%) NIST
7 11 (1.20%) WCAG
8 8 (0.87%) GRC
9 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.65%) MiFID
10 6 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.44%) COBIT
12 4 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.44%) NCSC
12 4 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.33%) Basel III
System Software
1 43 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.46%) Docker
3 8 (0.87%) Squid
4 7 (0.76%) Firmware
4 7 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (6.20%) Terraform
2 56 (6.09%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.39%) Ansible
3 22 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.18%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.07%) Grafana
6 12 (1.31%) Consul
7 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.76%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.54%) Control-M
10 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.22%) Packer
11 2 (0.22%) Podman
11 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 120 (13.06%) ServiceNow
2 115 (12.51%) Microsoft
3 80 (8.71%) Salesforce
4 61 (6.64%) Oracle
5 37 (4.03%) SAP
6 34 (3.70%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.37%) Google
8 18 (1.96%) Databricks
9 15 (1.63%) Adobe
9 15 (1.63%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.41%) Informatica
11 12 (1.31%) Okta
11 12 (1.31%) Workday
12 11 (1.20%) IBM
13 10 (1.09%) ForgeRock
13 10 (1.09%) Murex
13 10 (1.09%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.98%) Bloomberg
14 9 (0.98%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.98%) Remedy