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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 49 44
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 850 658 877
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.98% 4.13% 4.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.13% 29.98% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 435 592
10th Percentile £331 £270 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £646 £630 £675
90th Percentile £725 £725 £823
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.15% -1.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £34.20 £21.31 £26.13
25th Percentile £39.38 £23.27 £32.66
Median hourly rate £43.75 £26.54 £43.13
Median % change year-on-year +64.88% -38.47% +107.83%
75th Percentile £57.25 £29.80 £52.69
90th Percentile £76.15 £31.76 £55.75
England median hourly rate £63.40 £67.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.42% +12.92% -

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 2,289 2,195 2,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.10% 13.79% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,567 1,440 1,985
10th Percentile £350 £357 £400
25th Percentile £419 £450 £475
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 £734 £775 £799
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 25
10th Percentile £39.95 £26.54 £27.45
25th Percentile £42.50 £33.87 £36.88
Median hourly rate £56.50 £49.47 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -10.06% +4.76%
75th Percentile £88.75 £68.80 £72.00
90th Percentile £110.00 £83.13 £76.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 +15 138 £510 -3.77% 29
South London -1 29 £553 +19.57% 4
West London -14 9 £300 -35.48% 6
East London +2 5 £415 -14.43% 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
1 417 (49.06%) Confluence
2 45 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 37 (4.35%) nginx
4 16 (1.88%) Apache
4 16 (1.88%) CMS
5 6 (0.71%) WordPress
6 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) Camunda
7 3 (0.35%) Drupal
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.35%) Traefik
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.24%) Appian
8 2 (0.24%) CICS
8 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 67 (7.88%) Microsoft Project
2 64 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (5.06%) MS Visio
4 42 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (2.82%) Trello
7 10 (1.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.35%) InVision
9 3 (0.35%) Sketch
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 2 (0.24%) Notion
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 17 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.94%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.82%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.47%) Endur
7 4 (0.47%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle BPM
7 4 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Algo Collateral
8 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.35%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.24%) Eagle PACE
9 2 (0.24%) Magento
9 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.24%) PORTIA
9 2 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 190 (22.35%) Azure
2 166 (19.53%) AWS
3 98 (11.53%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (9.18%) GitHub
5 64 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 47 (5.53%) GCP
7 35 (4.12%) Serverless
8 30 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (3.18%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (2.71%) Miro
12 23 (2.71%) SaaS
13 22 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (2.47%) Power Automate
14 21 (2.47%) Slack
15 18 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.00%) Figma
16 17 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (2.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.06%) Firewall
2 21 (2.47%) DNS
3 17 (2.00%) SSL
4 16 (1.88%) SSH
5 15 (1.76%) OpenLDAP
6 13 (1.53%) HTTP
7 12 (1.41%) FTP
8 11 (1.29%) SMTP
9 10 (1.18%) IMAP
10 9 (1.06%) VPN
11 6 (0.71%) Network Security
12 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.59%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) Calico
13 2 (0.24%) DHCP
13 2 (0.24%) DKIM
13 2 (0.24%) RS-232
13 2 (0.24%) RS-485
13 2 (0.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.59%) Power BI
2 41 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.94%) Tableau
5 20 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.24%) Big Data
7 16 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.88%) Hadoop
7 16 (1.88%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.53%) Metadata
10 12 (1.41%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.18%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.06%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.82%) DB2
16 6 (0.71%) Redis
Development Applications
1 110 (12.94%) Git
2 82 (9.65%) Jenkins
3 50 (5.88%) GitLab
4 36 (4.24%) Selenium
5 35 (4.12%) Bitbucket
6 27 (3.18%) Postman
7 20 (2.35%) Cucumber
8 19 (2.24%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.24%) TestRail
9 18 (2.12%) Zephyr
10 16 (1.88%) JUnit
11 15 (1.76%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.65%) Maven
13 12 (1.41%) ER Studio
13 12 (1.41%) ERwin
14 11 (1.29%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.29%) Vagrant
15 10 (1.18%) Cypress.io
16 9 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 368 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 253 (29.76%) Finance
3 136 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (13.88%) Banking
5 82 (9.65%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (3.53%) Investment Banking
8 29 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (3.06%) Retail
11 25 (2.94%) Front Office
12 18 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.12%) Legal
13 15 (1.76%) Publishing
14 13 (1.53%) Marketing
14 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.29%) Back Office
15 11 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.94%) Billing
16 8 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 155 (18.24%) Analyst
2 109 (12.82%) Business Analyst
3 104 (12.24%) Developer
4 86 (10.12%) Senior
5 82 (9.65%) Project Manager
6 64 (7.53%) Lead
7 43 (5.06%) Architect
8 33 (3.88%) Tester
9 30 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
10 29 (3.41%) Consultant
10 29 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (3.18%) Product Owner
11 27 (3.18%) Technical Business Analyst
12 22 (2.59%) Administrator
12 22 (2.59%) Scrum Master
13 20 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
14 19 (2.24%) ServiceNow Developer
14 19 (2.24%) Test Analyst
14 19 (2.24%) Test Engineer
15 18 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (9.18%) REST
2 50 (5.88%) .NET
2 50 (5.88%) SOAP
3 47 (5.53%) AngularJS
4 42 (4.94%) HTML
5 33 (3.88%) React
6 31 (3.65%) JSON
7 30 (3.53%) Kafka
7 30 (3.53%) LDAP
8 29 (3.41%) Web Services
9 28 (3.29%) CSS
10 24 (2.82%) RESTful
11 21 (2.47%) HTML5
11 21 (2.47%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (2.35%) Playwright
12 20 (2.35%) XML
13 18 (2.12%) Spring
14 15 (1.76%) jQuery
15 14 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
16 13 (1.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (10.35%) Product Ownership
2 29 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.71%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.35%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.24%) CMDB
6 18 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.00%) PMI
8 16 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.88%) Reinsurance
9 15 (1.76%) Replication
9 15 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.65%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.41%) Fixed Income
11 12 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.29%) Derivative
12 11 (1.29%) Equities
12 11 (1.29%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.00%) Linux
2 42 (4.94%) Windows
3 30 (3.53%) Unix
4 13 (1.53%) VMS
5 12 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.29%) Android
7 10 (1.18%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (1.06%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.47%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.35%) CentOS
12 2 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.12%) Debian
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) tvOS
13 1 (0.12%) watchOS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (65.18%) Agile
2 237 (27.88%) DevOps
3 236 (27.76%) Scrum
4 193 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
5 183 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 147 (17.29%) CI/CD
7 138 (16.24%) Project Management
8 126 (14.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 122 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 107 (12.59%) Test Automation
11 106 (12.47%) User Stories
12 100 (11.76%) Migration
13 97 (11.41%) User Acceptance Testing
14 82 (9.65%) Roadmaps
15 81 (9.53%) SDLC
16 78 (9.18%) Microservices
17 76 (8.94%) Kanban
18 74 (8.71%) Project Delivery
19 72 (8.47%) Analytics
20 70 (8.24%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (18.94%) SQL
2 125 (14.71%) Python
3 88 (10.35%) Java
4 87 (10.24%) JavaScript
5 41 (4.82%) C#
6 36 (4.24%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.29%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.47%) Bash
9 19 (2.24%) Groovy
10 17 (2.00%) Go
11 10 (1.18%) C++
12 8 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.71%) Korn
14 6 (0.71%) Ruby
15 4 (0.47%) Delphi
15 4 (0.47%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 176 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 116 (13.65%) Degree
4 44 (5.18%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.88%) PMP
6 32 (3.76%) ISTQB
7 25 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.12%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.53%) CISSP
11 10 (1.18%) CBAP
12 8 (0.94%) ISEB
12 8 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.82%) CSPO
14 6 (0.71%) CEH
14 6 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (0.71%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.88%) QA
2 33 (3.88%) PMO
3 32 (3.76%) Accessibility
3 32 (3.76%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.47%) GDPR
5 20 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.41%) NIST
7 8 (0.94%) WCAG
8 7 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.71%) GRC
9 6 (0.71%) NCSC
9 6 (0.71%) SEPA
10 5 (0.59%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.59%) SLA
11 3 (0.35%) ITGC
11 3 (0.35%) PSD2
11 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 73 (8.59%) Docker
2 20 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.18%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.18%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.18%) Postfix
3 10 (1.18%) Squid
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) etcd
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 65 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.47%) Terraform
3 24 (2.82%) Ansible
4 22 (2.59%) Grafana
5 20 (2.35%) Packer
6 19 (2.24%) Consul
7 17 (2.00%) Prometheus
8 16 (1.88%) HP ALM
8 16 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.41%) Nessus
10 10 (1.18%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.59%) Puppet
11 5 (0.59%) SCCM
12 3 (0.35%) Ambari
12 3 (0.35%) Istio
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.35%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.24%) Argo
13 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 103 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.29%) ServiceNow
3 55 (6.47%) Oracle
3 55 (6.47%) Salesforce
4 37 (4.35%) Atlassian
5 31 (3.65%) SAP
6 28 (3.29%) HP
7 24 (2.82%) Google
8 19 (2.24%) Remedy
9 14 (1.65%) Cloudera
9 14 (1.65%) Splunk
10 13 (1.53%) BMC
10 13 (1.53%) Foundry
10 13 (1.53%) Palantir
11 12 (1.41%) Citrix
11 12 (1.41%) Databricks
11 12 (1.41%) Ivanti
12 11 (1.29%) Adobe
13 10 (1.18%) Jaspersoft
13 10 (1.18%) Sparx