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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 47 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 897 575 696
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.31% 4.55% 3.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.45% 32.05% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 376 477
10th Percentile £350 £302 £325
25th Percentile £419 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -9.09% -5.66%
75th Percentile £623 £630 £672
90th Percentile £712 £738 £850
England median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 15
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.50 £25.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -9.09% -38.89%
75th Percentile £74.63 £32.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £68.75
England median hourly rate £63.14 £62.50 £52.21
% change year-on-year +1.02% +19.72% -16.47%

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 2,395 1,794 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.18% 14.21% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,611 1,221 1,655
10th Percentile £356 £343 £363
25th Percentile £424 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £783
England median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 23
10th Percentile - £22.93 £22.60
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.04 £25.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.63 £67.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £84.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.72% +1.20% +1.63%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +1 115 £550 +4.76% 52
South London +5 39 £519 +9.17% 3
West London -25 12 £400 +2.56% 9
East London - 6 £450 - 16
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
1 401 (44.70%) Confluence
2 44 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.01%) nginx
4 16 (1.78%) Apache
5 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
7 6 (0.67%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.67%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.33%) SAS
11 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 82 (9.14%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (5.46%) MS Visio
4 43 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (1.90%) Trello
7 5 (0.56%) Notion
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.33%) InVision
9 3 (0.33%) Sketch
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.22%) InDesign
10 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.45%) Loan IQ
3 12 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.11%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.89%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.45%) Findur
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.33%) Algo Collateral
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.33%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.33%) Summit
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 214 (23.86%) Azure
2 142 (15.83%) AWS
3 141 (15.72%) Azure DevOps
4 77 (8.58%) GitHub
5 58 (6.47%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.12%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.79%) Serverless
8 33 (3.68%) GCP
9 28 (3.12%) SaaS
10 26 (2.90%) Amazon S3
11 25 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.68%) Figma
13 19 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (2.01%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (2.01%) Slack
15 17 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.90%) Miro
15 17 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.68%) Firewall
2 15 (1.67%) DNS
3 14 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.45%) VPN
5 11 (1.23%) WAN
6 9 (1.00%) HTTP
7 8 (0.89%) SSL
8 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.78%) FTP
8 7 (0.78%) Modbus
8 7 (0.78%) OpenVPN
8 7 (0.78%) RS-232
8 7 (0.78%) RS-485
8 7 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.56%) LAN
9 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.45%) NAS
10 4 (0.45%) Network Security
10 4 (0.45%) PSTN
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.79%) Power BI
2 32 (3.57%) Tableau
3 29 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.23%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.78%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.34%) Big Data
9 12 (1.34%) Metadata
9 12 (1.34%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.00%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.00%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.67%) Data Vault
14 6 (0.67%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 118 (13.15%) Git
2 68 (7.58%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.79%) Selenium
4 41 (4.57%) GitLab
5 29 (3.23%) Bitbucket
6 27 (3.01%) Cucumber
6 27 (3.01%) JUnit
7 25 (2.79%) Zephyr
8 16 (1.78%) Postman
8 16 (1.78%) TestRail
9 14 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (1.45%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.34%) JMeter
12 11 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.23%) SpecFlow
13 10 (1.11%) Appium
13 10 (1.11%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.11%) Maven
14 8 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (0.78%) ScriptRunner
General
1 341 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 330 (36.79%) Finance
3 167 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (15.05%) Banking
5 88 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.68%) Retail
9 32 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.23%) Legal
11 27 (3.01%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.56%) Front Office
13 22 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.78%) Marketing
15 15 (1.67%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.11%) Publishing
17 9 (1.00%) Back Office
17 9 (1.00%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 196 (21.85%) Analyst
2 138 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 101 (11.26%) Developer
4 90 (10.03%) Senior
5 72 (8.03%) Lead
6 63 (7.02%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.24%) Delivery Manager
8 32 (3.57%) Architect
8 32 (3.57%) Tester
9 30 (3.34%) Consultant
9 30 (3.34%) Test Engineer
10 29 (3.23%) IT Support
11 27 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
12 26 (2.90%) Technical Manager
13 25 (2.79%) Scrum Master
13 25 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.68%) Data Engineer
14 24 (2.68%) Technical Business Analyst
15 22 (2.45%) Support Engineer
16 21 (2.34%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.46%) REST
2 35 (3.90%) .NET
3 30 (3.34%) React
4 28 (3.12%) Kafka
5 24 (2.68%) Spring
6 23 (2.56%) HTML
7 22 (2.45%) XML
8 21 (2.34%) AngularJS
8 21 (2.34%) RESTful
9 20 (2.23%) CSS
10 19 (2.12%) JSON
10 19 (2.12%) Node.js
10 19 (2.12%) Playwright
10 19 (2.12%) SOAP
11 16 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.67%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.67%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.34%) OpenID
13 12 (1.34%) Web Services
14 11 (1.23%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.70%) Product Ownership
2 41 (4.57%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.34%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.12%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.12%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.45%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.23%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.00%) CMDB
11 9 (1.00%) Derivative
11 9 (1.00%) Equities
11 9 (1.00%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.00%) Market Risk
11 9 (1.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.57%) Linux
2 49 (5.46%) Windows
3 15 (1.67%) Unix
4 9 (1.00%) Android
5 7 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (59.98%) Agile
2 243 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 229 (25.53%) DevOps
4 210 (23.41%) Scrum
5 181 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (16.83%) Test Automation
8 147 (16.39%) CI/CD
9 128 (14.27%) Project Management
10 117 (13.04%) User Stories
11 115 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 106 (11.82%) User Acceptance Testing
13 105 (11.71%) Migration
14 98 (10.93%) SDLC
15 96 (10.70%) Project Delivery
16 94 (10.48%) Roadmaps
17 93 (10.37%) Change Management
18 90 (10.03%) Decision-Making
19 86 (9.59%) Analytics
19 86 (9.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 163 (18.17%) SQL
2 114 (12.71%) Python
3 94 (10.48%) Java
4 60 (6.69%) C#
5 53 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.35%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.67%) Bash
9 14 (1.56%) C++
10 13 (1.45%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.89%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.78%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.56%) C
13 5 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.56%) Perl
13 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.56%) Ruby
13 5 (0.56%) XPath
14 4 (0.45%) Delphi
15 3 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 195 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 179 (19.96%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.70%) Degree
4 32 (3.57%) ISTQB
5 30 (3.34%) PMI Certification
6 28 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.68%) PMP
8 18 (2.01%) CBAP
9 15 (1.67%) CISSP
10 14 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.34%) ISEB
13 11 (1.23%) IIBA
14 9 (1.00%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.89%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.78%) CISM
16 7 (0.78%) CSPO
16 7 (0.78%) Master's Degree
17 6 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 6 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.71%) QA
2 49 (5.46%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.12%) PMO
4 31 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 27 (3.01%) GDPR
6 15 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.45%) NIST
8 11 (1.23%) SLA
8 11 (1.23%) WCAG
9 9 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.89%) GRC
11 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.56%) MiFID
12 5 (0.56%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.33%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) NCSC
14 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.22%) EMIR
System Software
1 56 (6.24%) Docker
2 33 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.89%) Squid
4 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Firmware
5 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (6.91%) Terraform
2 59 (6.58%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.34%) Ansible
4 20 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (2.12%) Consul
6 15 (1.67%) Grafana
7 14 (1.56%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.45%) HP ALM
8 13 (1.45%) Packer
9 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.78%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.56%) Control-M
11 5 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.45%) PingFederate
12 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.22%) CASB
14 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 104 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 103 (11.48%) ServiceNow
3 73 (8.14%) Oracle
4 70 (7.80%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.68%) Atlassian
6 35 (3.90%) SAP
7 29 (3.23%) Google
8 20 (2.23%) Databricks
9 17 (1.90%) Adobe
10 14 (1.56%) Citrix
11 13 (1.45%) HP
11 13 (1.45%) IBM
11 13 (1.45%) Murex
12 12 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.23%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.23%) Remedy
13 11 (1.23%) Workday
14 10 (1.11%) Informatica
14 10 (1.11%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.00%) Bloomberg