JIRA Contracts in London

Atlassian JIRA
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 56 51
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 -15
DemandTrendContract jobs citing JIRA 798 666 1,016
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.92% 4.10% 4.42%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.46% 28.66% 29.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 452 701
10th Percentile £325 £325 £400
25th Percentile £413 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £644 £638 £675
90th Percentile £748 £743 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 12
10th Percentile £34.20 £22.98 £36.13
25th Percentile £39.38 £25.99 £50.19
Median hourly rate £44.75 £32.75 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.64% -39.35% +95.76%
75th Percentile £57.81 £69.69 £70.31
90th Percentile £76.38 £71.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +4.17%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,130 2,324 3,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.80% 14.29% 15.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,460 1,586 2,549
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £420 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 31
10th Percentile £26.98 £24.60 £36.00
25th Percentile £36.25 £25.99 £54.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £37.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -46.43% +48.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £81.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £71.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA 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 24 August 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 24 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in London

JIRA
DemandTrendContract 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 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +17 128 £500 -4.76% 97
West London +3 14 £405 -25.48% 7
South London -15 14 £581 +16.20% 4
East London +10 6 £408 -38.95% 4
North London -5 1 £440 -45.00%
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 352 (44.11%) Confluence
2 31 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.88%) nginx
4 22 (2.76%) Apache
5 18 (2.26%) CMS
6 12 (1.50%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.75%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.75%) WordPress
8 4 (0.50%) Drupal
8 4 (0.50%) JBoss
8 4 (0.50%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.38%) Camunda
9 3 (0.38%) CICS
9 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.25%) Appian
10 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 57 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.89%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (5.14%) MS Visio
4 33 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (3.13%) Trello
6 7 (0.88%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) InVision
8 1 (0.13%) Notion
8 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (0.63%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.50%) Magento
6 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.50%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle BPM
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.38%) Shopify
8 2 (0.25%) Eagle PACE
8 2 (0.25%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.25%) MultiFonds
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.25%) Workfront
9 1 (0.13%) OpenText MBPM
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.67%) Azure
2 129 (16.17%) AWS
3 76 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 47 (5.89%) GitHub
6 35 (4.39%) GCP
7 32 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (3.26%) SaaS
9 25 (3.13%) Serverless
10 23 (2.88%) Miro
11 20 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
11 20 (2.51%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.51%) IaaS
12 19 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (2.13%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (2.01%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.88%) Slack
16 13 (1.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.63%) Firewall
2 19 (2.38%) SSH
2 19 (2.38%) SSL
3 17 (2.13%) DNS
4 14 (1.75%) VPN
5 12 (1.50%) OpenLDAP
6 11 (1.38%) HTTP
7 9 (1.13%) SMTP
8 8 (1.00%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.88%) FTP
9 7 (0.88%) IMAP
9 7 (0.88%) Network Security
10 4 (0.50%) WAN
11 3 (0.38%) DHCP
11 3 (0.38%) LAN
11 3 (0.38%) SNMP
11 3 (0.38%) Wireless
12 2 (0.25%) BGP
12 2 (0.25%) SAN
12 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.64%) Power BI
2 33 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (2.63%) Tableau
5 20 (2.51%) Big Data
6 18 (2.26%) Data Lake
7 17 (2.13%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.75%) BigQuery
8 14 (1.75%) Hadoop
9 13 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.25%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.13%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.00%) Apache Hive
12 8 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.88%) Redis
13 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 99 (12.41%) Git
2 63 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.14%) Selenium
4 30 (3.76%) Bitbucket
5 29 (3.63%) GitLab
6 26 (3.26%) Postman
7 20 (2.51%) Zephyr
8 19 (2.38%) REST Assured
9 16 (2.01%) JUnit
10 15 (1.88%) SonarQube
11 14 (1.75%) ScriptRunner
12 13 (1.63%) SoapUI
12 13 (1.63%) TestRail
13 11 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (1.25%) JMeter
14 10 (1.25%) Maven
14 10 (1.25%) Subversion
14 10 (1.25%) TeamCity
14 10 (1.25%) Visual Studio
15 9 (1.13%) Gradle
General
1 361 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 242 (30.33%) Finance
3 136 (17.04%) Banking
4 130 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.89%) Front Office
7 28 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.51%) Retail
8 26 (3.26%) Marketing
8 26 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.51%) Investment Banking
9 20 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.38%) Back Office
11 15 (1.88%) Legal
12 14 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.38%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.13%) Military
16 7 (0.88%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 135 (16.92%) Analyst
2 107 (13.41%) Developer
3 92 (11.53%) Project Manager
4 85 (10.65%) Business Analyst
5 82 (10.28%) Senior
6 57 (7.14%) Lead
7 41 (5.14%) Architect
8 31 (3.88%) Consultant
9 26 (3.26%) Product Owner
10 25 (3.13%) Data Engineer
10 25 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
11 23 (2.88%) Tester
12 22 (2.76%) Administrator
13 19 (2.38%) C# Developer
14 18 (2.26%) Product Manager
14 18 (2.26%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (2.26%) Test Manager
15 17 (2.13%) Scrum Master
16 16 (2.01%) DevOps Engineer
16 16 (2.01%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (10.28%) REST
2 63 (7.89%) AngularJS
3 49 (6.14%) SOAP
4 43 (5.39%) .NET
5 41 (5.14%) HTML
6 37 (4.64%) Kafka
6 37 (4.64%) Web Services
7 33 (4.14%) JSON
8 29 (3.63%) LDAP
9 26 (3.26%) CSS
9 26 (3.26%) React
10 23 (2.88%) RESTful
11 22 (2.76%) HTML5
12 20 (2.51%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (2.01%) Spring
13 16 (2.01%) Spring Boot
14 15 (1.88%) jQuery
14 15 (1.88%) Swagger
14 15 (1.88%) XML
15 13 (1.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.90%) Product Ownership
2 21 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 21 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 18 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (1.63%) CMDB
5 13 (1.63%) Data Structures
5 13 (1.63%) Virtual Team
6 12 (1.50%) Cloud Native
6 12 (1.50%) PMI
6 12 (1.50%) Replication
7 11 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.38%) Equities
7 11 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.25%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.25%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.25%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.25%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.77%) Windows
2 52 (6.52%) Linux
3 24 (3.01%) Unix
4 12 (1.50%) Android
5 10 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.13%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.88%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (0.88%) VMS
8 6 (0.75%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.63%) CentOS
9 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.50%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.25%) zOS
12 1 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.13%) tvOS
12 1 (0.13%) watchOS
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (64.54%) Agile
2 215 (26.94%) Scrum
3 178 (22.31%) DevOps
4 177 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
5 154 (19.30%) Project Management
6 150 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 101 (12.66%) CI/CD
9 93 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (11.65%) Migration
10 84 (10.53%) Test Automation
11 82 (10.28%) Roadmaps
12 80 (10.03%) Analytics
13 77 (9.65%) User Stories
14 71 (8.90%) User Acceptance Testing
15 70 (8.77%) SDLC
16 69 (8.65%) Risk Management
17 68 (8.52%) Microservices
18 60 (7.52%) Kanban
18 60 (7.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 161 (20.18%) SQL
2 105 (13.16%) Java
3 96 (12.03%) Python
4 86 (10.78%) JavaScript
5 46 (5.76%) C#
6 32 (4.01%) Groovy
7 30 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.63%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.01%) Bash
10 12 (1.50%) Scala
11 11 (1.38%) Go
12 10 (1.25%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.13%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.63%) Bicep
14 5 (0.63%) C++
15 4 (0.50%) Ruby
16 3 (0.38%) R
16 3 (0.38%) VB
16 3 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 134 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 128 (16.04%) SC Cleared
3 111 (13.91%) Degree
4 41 (5.14%) PMI Certification
5 35 (4.39%) PMP
6 23 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.13%) CISSP
11 8 (1.00%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.88%) CSPO
13 6 (0.75%) CBAP
14 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.50%) OCA
16 3 (0.38%) OCP
16 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (12.03%) QA
2 31 (3.88%) PMO
3 24 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.88%) GDPR
6 13 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.88%) ISO 20022
7 7 (0.88%) SEPA
8 6 (0.75%) MiFID
8 6 (0.75%) NIST
9 5 (0.63%) EMIR
9 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.63%) SLA
10 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 3 (0.38%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.38%) WCAG
11 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.25%) GAAP
11 2 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 53 (6.64%) Docker
2 16 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.88%) DFS Replication
3 7 (0.88%) Dovecot
3 7 (0.88%) Postfix
3 7 (0.88%) Squid
4 5 (0.63%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 55 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 43 (5.39%) Terraform
3 19 (2.38%) HP ALM
4 18 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.75%) Ansible
5 14 (1.75%) Consul
5 14 (1.75%) Packer
6 13 (1.63%) Grafana
6 13 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.00%) Nessus
8 7 (0.88%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.63%) SCCM
9 5 (0.63%) Tivoli
10 4 (0.50%) Control-M
10 4 (0.50%) Puppet
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.25%) Ambari
12 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.25%) logstash
12 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 96 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 87 (10.90%) ServiceNow
3 68 (8.52%) Oracle
4 38 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 35 (4.39%) Atlassian
5 35 (4.39%) HP
6 25 (3.13%) Google
7 21 (2.63%) SAP
8 17 (2.13%) Remedy
9 15 (1.88%) Databricks
9 15 (1.88%) Splunk
10 13 (1.63%) BMC
11 12 (1.50%) CA Agile Central
11 12 (1.50%) Ivanti
12 11 (1.38%) IBM
13 10 (1.25%) Cisco
13 10 (1.25%) Cloudera
13 10 (1.25%) Dell
13 10 (1.25%) Foundry
13 10 (1.25%) Palantir