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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 -7
Contract jobs citing JIRA 841 636 896
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.97% 4.08% 4.50%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.25% 29.40% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 427 602
10th Percentile £350 £263 £375
25th Percentile £415 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £624 £675
90th Percentile £733 £721 £810
England median daily rate £500 £500 £529
% change year-on-year - -5.44% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £34.20 £21.31 £29.20
25th Percentile £39.38 £23.27 £36.88
Median hourly rate £43.75 £26.54 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.88% -49.93% +155.42%
75th Percentile £57.25 £29.80 £57.50
90th Percentile £76.15 £31.76 £70.00
England median hourly rate £63.14 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.81% +16.67% -

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 2,258 2,163 2,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.03% 13.87% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,551 1,425 2,018
10th Percentile £350 £356 £400
25th Percentile £425 £444 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £685
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 29
10th Percentile £39.95 £25.23 £29.15
25th Percentile £42.50 £33.07 £41.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% -31.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £88.75 £61.43 £73.65
90th Percentile £110.00 £67.32 £79.31
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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +14 134 £510 -2.86% 170
South London 0 30 £575 +38.55% 14
West London -11 9 £300 -35.48% 32
East London +4 6 £439 -9.54% 8
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
1 420 (49.94%) Confluence
2 44 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 42 (4.99%) nginx
4 17 (2.02%) CMS
5 15 (1.78%) Apache
6 7 (0.83%) WordPress
7 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.48%) Drupal
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.36%) Camunda
8 3 (0.36%) Traefik
8 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Appian
9 2 (0.24%) CICS
9 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (7.49%) Microsoft Project
2 61 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 39 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
6 22 (2.62%) Trello
7 10 (1.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.36%) InVision
9 3 (0.36%) 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 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.95%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.48%) Endur
7 4 (0.48%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.48%) Magento
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle BPM
7 4 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
9 2 (0.24%) Eagle PACE
9 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 190 (22.59%) Azure
2 170 (20.21%) AWS
3 98 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (9.27%) GitHub
5 65 (7.73%) Power Platform
6 48 (5.71%) GCP
7 35 (4.16%) Serverless
8 30 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 29 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (3.33%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.85%) Miro
12 22 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 22 (2.62%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.62%) SaaS
13 21 (2.50%) Slack
14 18 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (2.02%) Figma
15 17 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (2.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.45%) Firewall
2 21 (2.50%) DNS
3 16 (1.90%) SSH
3 16 (1.90%) SSL
4 15 (1.78%) OpenLDAP
5 13 (1.55%) HTTP
6 12 (1.43%) FTP
7 11 (1.31%) SMTP
8 10 (1.19%) IMAP
8 10 (1.19%) VPN
9 7 (0.83%) WAN
10 6 (0.71%) Network Security
10 6 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.36%) Internet
13 2 (0.24%) Calico
13 2 (0.24%) DHCP
13 2 (0.24%) DKIM
13 2 (0.24%) SNMP
13 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.66%) Power BI
2 42 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.97%) Tableau
5 19 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.02%) Oracle Database
7 16 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.90%) Big Data
7 16 (1.90%) Hadoop
8 15 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.55%) Metadata
11 11 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.31%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.19%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.19%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.83%) DB2
16 6 (0.71%) Redis
Development Applications
1 120 (14.27%) Git
2 85 (10.11%) Jenkins
3 49 (5.83%) GitLab
4 38 (4.52%) Selenium
5 36 (4.28%) Bitbucket
6 27 (3.21%) Postman
7 20 (2.38%) Cucumber
7 20 (2.38%) Zephyr
8 19 (2.26%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.26%) TestRail
9 18 (2.14%) JUnit
10 16 (1.90%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.55%) Maven
12 12 (1.43%) ER Studio
12 12 (1.43%) ERwin
12 12 (1.43%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
13 11 (1.31%) Vagrant
14 10 (1.19%) Cypress.io
15 9 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 364 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 241 (28.66%) Finance
3 134 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (14.39%) Banking
5 79 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (3.45%) Front Office
7 29 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 28 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.21%) Retail
10 26 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.78%) Legal
13 14 (1.66%) Marketing
14 12 (1.43%) Back Office
14 12 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.19%) Publishing
17 9 (1.07%) Military
18 8 (0.95%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 145 (17.24%) Analyst
2 106 (12.60%) Developer
3 103 (12.25%) Business Analyst
4 82 (9.75%) Senior
5 81 (9.63%) Project Manager
6 65 (7.73%) Lead
7 44 (5.23%) Architect
8 34 (4.04%) Tester
9 30 (3.57%) Product Owner
10 29 (3.45%) Consultant
10 29 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 29 (3.45%) Technical Analyst
11 24 (2.85%) Technical Business Analyst
12 22 (2.62%) Administrator
13 21 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (2.38%) Scrum Master
15 19 (2.26%) ServiceNow Developer
16 17 (2.02%) AWS Engineer
16 17 (2.02%) Platform Engineer
16 17 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (9.39%) REST
2 52 (6.18%) SOAP
3 51 (6.06%) .NET
4 50 (5.95%) AngularJS
5 40 (4.76%) HTML
6 33 (3.92%) React
7 32 (3.80%) Web Services
8 30 (3.57%) JSON
8 30 (3.57%) LDAP
9 29 (3.45%) Kafka
10 27 (3.21%) CSS
11 25 (2.97%) RESTful
12 22 (2.62%) Playwright
13 21 (2.50%) HTML5
13 21 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (2.14%) XML
15 17 (2.02%) Spring
16 16 (1.90%) jQuery
17 13 (1.55%) .NET Framework
17 13 (1.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 28 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 19 (2.26%) CMDB
3 19 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.02%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (1.90%) PMI
6 16 (1.90%) Reinsurance
7 15 (1.78%) Replication
7 15 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.55%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.43%) Derivative
10 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.43%) Equities
10 12 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (8.80%) Linux
2 43 (5.11%) Windows
3 31 (3.69%) Unix
4 13 (1.55%) VMS
5 12 (1.43%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.19%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (1.19%) Android
7 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.36%) CentOS
11 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.12%) Debian
12 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.12%) tvOS
12 1 (0.12%) watchOS
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (65.40%) Agile
2 233 (27.71%) DevOps
3 230 (27.35%) Scrum
4 187 (22.24%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 146 (17.36%) CI/CD
7 135 (16.05%) Project Management
8 124 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (14.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 102 (12.13%) Test Automation
10 102 (12.13%) User Stories
11 92 (10.94%) Migration
12 90 (10.70%) User Acceptance Testing
13 82 (9.75%) SDLC
14 79 (9.39%) Microservices
14 79 (9.39%) Roadmaps
15 75 (8.92%) Kanban
16 71 (8.44%) Analytics
17 68 (8.09%) Change Management
18 66 (7.85%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (19.02%) SQL
2 125 (14.86%) Python
3 93 (11.06%) Java
4 87 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.11%) C#
6 35 (4.16%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.45%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.62%) Bash
9 19 (2.26%) Groovy
10 17 (2.02%) Go
11 9 (1.07%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.95%) C++
12 8 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.71%) Korn
14 6 (0.71%) Ruby
15 5 (0.59%) PHP
16 4 (0.48%) Delphi
16 4 (0.48%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 184 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 176 (20.93%) SC Cleared
3 115 (13.67%) Degree
4 44 (5.23%) PMI Certification
5 34 (4.04%) PMP
6 31 (3.69%) ISTQB
7 22 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.14%) AWS Certification
10 17 (2.02%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.66%) CISSP
12 13 (1.55%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.95%) CBAP
13 8 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.83%) ISEB
15 6 (0.71%) CEH
15 6 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (0.71%) CFA
15 6 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.53%) QA
2 33 (3.92%) PMO
3 30 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 29 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.38%) GDPR
5 20 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.55%) NIST
7 8 (0.95%) WCAG
8 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.83%) SEPA
9 6 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.71%) NCSC
10 5 (0.59%) GRC
10 5 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.59%) SLA
11 3 (0.36%) ITGC
11 3 (0.36%) MiFID
11 3 (0.36%) PSD2
11 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 79 (9.39%) Docker
2 20 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.19%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.19%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.19%) Postfix
3 10 (1.19%) Squid
4 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) etcd
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 70 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 60 (7.13%) Terraform
3 25 (2.97%) Packer
4 24 (2.85%) Ansible
4 24 (2.85%) Consul
5 22 (2.62%) Grafana
6 17 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.55%) HP ALM
9 12 (1.43%) Nessus
10 10 (1.19%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.59%) Puppet
11 5 (0.59%) SCCM
12 3 (0.36%) Ambari
12 3 (0.36%) Control-M
12 3 (0.36%) Istio
12 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.24%) Argo
Vendors
1 100 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 99 (11.77%) ServiceNow
3 56 (6.66%) Oracle
4 52 (6.18%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.04%) Atlassian
6 30 (3.57%) SAP
7 25 (2.97%) HP
8 22 (2.62%) Google
9 19 (2.26%) Remedy
10 15 (1.78%) Splunk
11 14 (1.66%) Cloudera
12 13 (1.55%) BMC
12 13 (1.55%) Foundry
12 13 (1.55%) Palantir
13 12 (1.43%) Databricks
13 12 (1.43%) Ivanti
14 11 (1.31%) Adobe
15 10 (1.19%) Duck Creek
15 10 (1.19%) Jaspersoft
15 10 (1.19%) Sparx