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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 36 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 -5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 974 776 664
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.85% 5.70% 4.05%
As % of the Development Applications category 39.04% 36.85% 28.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 534 460
10th Percentile £358 £325 £321
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 17
10th Percentile - £34.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £39.38 £25.99
Median hourly rate £23.50 £44.75 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -47.49% +41.12% -41.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.07 £76.38 £71.25
England median hourly rate £54.00 £63.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -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 2,495 2,106 2,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.43% 15.48% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 1,442 1,625
10th Percentile £363 £340 £363
25th Percentile £439 £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 £756 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 24
10th Percentile - £26.51 £22.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £34.88 £25.99
Median hourly rate £40.00 £44.75 £35.29
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% +26.82% -49.59%
75th Percentile £70.31 £64.69 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.29 £86.63 £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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -19 117 £550 +10.00% 34
South London +4 29 £513 -11.85% 4
West London -9 24 £400 -3.61% 7
North London -1 2 - - 1
East London -2 2 £425 +4.29% 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
1 399 (40.97%) Confluence
2 50 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.13%) CMS
3 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.72%) SAS
5 6 (0.62%) Apache
6 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.41%) JBoss
6 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.31%) nginx
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Camunda
8 2 (0.21%) Kentico
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.10%) Appian
9 1 (0.10%) Drupal
9 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 62 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.85%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (4.21%) MS Visio
4 32 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.13%) Trello
7 10 (1.03%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.82%) 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 20 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.23%) Aladdin
2 12 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.82%) Findur
4 7 (0.72%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.62%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Actimize
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
8 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.21%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.21%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
9 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.21%) Shopify
9 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 279 (28.64%) Azure
2 151 (15.50%) AWS
2 151 (15.50%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (8.32%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.29%) GitHub
5 54 (5.54%) Entra ID
6 48 (4.93%) SaaS
7 43 (4.41%) Amazon S3
7 43 (4.41%) Serverless
8 40 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (4.00%) GCP
10 34 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (2.16%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.95%) Figma
16 18 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
16 18 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.26%) DNS
1 22 (2.26%) Firewall
2 16 (1.64%) VPN
3 15 (1.54%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.82%) DHCP
5 7 (0.72%) Network Security
6 6 (0.62%) WAN
7 5 (0.51%) DKIM
7 5 (0.51%) DMARC
7 5 (0.51%) SSL
8 4 (0.41%) FTP
8 4 (0.41%) HTTP
8 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.31%) Internet
9 3 (0.31%) NGFW
10 2 (0.21%) 5G
10 2 (0.21%) DSL
10 2 (0.21%) MPLS
10 2 (0.21%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.19%) Power BI
2 38 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (2.87%) SQL Server
4 26 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.64%) Tableau
7 14 (1.44%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (1.33%) Metadata
9 12 (1.23%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.72%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 113 (11.60%) Git
2 74 (7.60%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.21%) GitLab
4 31 (3.18%) Selenium
5 30 (3.08%) Zephyr
6 19 (1.95%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.85%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.85%) JUnit
8 15 (1.54%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.23%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.13%) TestRail
11 10 (1.03%) Postman
12 9 (0.92%) Appium
12 9 (0.92%) JMeter
13 7 (0.72%) Mockito
14 6 (0.62%) ScriptRunner
15 5 (0.51%) Artifactory
15 5 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 387 (39.73%) Finance
2 379 (38.91%) Social Skills
3 183 (18.79%) Banking
4 179 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (10.68%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.00%) Retail
8 36 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 34 (3.49%) Investment Banking
10 33 (3.39%) Front Office
11 24 (2.46%) Legal
12 19 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.75%) Marketing
14 16 (1.64%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.64%) Retail Banking
15 14 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
16 13 (1.33%) Back Office
17 9 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 194 (19.92%) Analyst
2 127 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 108 (11.09%) Developer
4 107 (10.99%) Lead
5 93 (9.55%) Senior
6 54 (5.54%) Project Manager
7 47 (4.83%) Delivery Manager
8 39 (4.00%) IT Support
9 37 (3.80%) Architect
10 30 (3.08%) Consultant
10 30 (3.08%) Product Owner
10 30 (3.08%) Support Engineer
11 29 (2.98%) Scrum Master
12 28 (2.87%) Test Leader
13 26 (2.67%) Test Manager
13 26 (2.67%) Tester
14 25 (2.57%) Data Engineer
15 23 (2.36%) Banking Analyst
15 23 (2.36%) IT Engineer
15 23 (2.36%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.65%) REST
2 43 (4.41%) .NET
3 29 (2.98%) React
4 24 (2.46%) JSON
5 21 (2.16%) SOAP
6 20 (2.05%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.85%) Kafka
7 18 (1.85%) PySpark
8 17 (1.75%) HTML
9 16 (1.64%) CSS
9 16 (1.64%) Playwright
10 15 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (1.54%) XML
11 14 (1.44%) Node.js
11 14 (1.44%) Spring
12 13 (1.33%) RESTful
12 13 (1.33%) Web Services
13 12 (1.23%) Middleware
13 12 (1.23%) OAuth
14 10 (1.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.68%) Product Ownership
2 67 (6.88%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.77%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.46%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.16%) Data Structures
6 19 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 17 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.75%) Derivative
8 17 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.54%) Credit Risk
9 15 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.23%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 10 (1.03%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.95%) Windows
2 34 (3.49%) Linux
3 11 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.03%) Android
4 10 (1.03%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.92%) Unix
6 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.21%) zOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (58.42%) Agile
2 311 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 265 (27.21%) DevOps
4 217 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (18.69%) CI/CD
6 174 (17.86%) Scrum
7 165 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 158 (16.22%) Migration
9 139 (14.27%) User Acceptance Testing
10 130 (13.35%) Test Automation
11 127 (13.04%) AI
12 126 (12.94%) User Stories
13 107 (10.99%) SDLC
14 102 (10.47%) Change Management
14 102 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 100 (10.27%) Acceptance Criteria
16 97 (9.96%) Project Management
17 95 (9.75%) Analytics
17 95 (9.75%) Validation
18 94 (9.65%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 177 (18.17%) SQL
2 105 (10.78%) Python
3 73 (7.49%) Java
4 61 (6.26%) C#
5 39 (4.00%) JavaScript
6 34 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 31 (3.18%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.64%) Bash
9 14 (1.44%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.13%) Groovy
11 10 (1.03%) Perl
12 9 (0.92%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.62%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) C++
14 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.31%) Korn
15 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Swift
15 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 214 (21.97%) Security Cleared
2 191 (19.61%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.29%) Degree
4 27 (2.77%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.16%) PMP
6 19 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.75%) ISTQB
9 14 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.03%) CISSP
12 9 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.92%) IIBA
12 9 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.82%) CISM
14 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.42%) QA
2 67 (6.88%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.41%) PMO
4 26 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.67%) GDPR
4 26 (2.67%) SLA
5 20 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.23%) WCAG
7 8 (0.82%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.82%) NIST
8 7 (0.72%) GRC
9 6 (0.62%) MiFID
9 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.62%) 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 54 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.80%) Docker
3 8 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 72 (7.39%) Terraform
2 59 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 29 (2.98%) Ansible
4 21 (2.16%) Grafana
5 20 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.03%) HP ALM
7 9 (0.92%) Control-M
7 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.51%) Consul
8 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.51%) SCOM
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Istio
9 4 (0.41%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.41%) Podman
10 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 134 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 125 (12.83%) ServiceNow
3 69 (7.08%) Salesforce
4 45 (4.62%) Oracle
5 36 (3.70%) SAP
6 32 (3.29%) Atlassian
7 31 (3.18%) Google
8 20 (2.05%) Remedy
9 18 (1.85%) Adobe
9 18 (1.85%) Splunk
10 17 (1.75%) IBM
10 17 (1.75%) Okta
11 16 (1.64%) Databricks
12 15 (1.54%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.23%) Informatica
14 11 (1.13%) HP
14 11 (1.13%) Workday
15 10 (1.03%) BMC
15 10 (1.03%) DocuSign
15 10 (1.03%) ForgeRock