JIRA Contract Job Trends in the North West

Atlassian JIRA
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 29 40
Rank change year-on-year -46 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing JIRA 114 147 96
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.87% 6.68% 3.96%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.58% 41.18% 38.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 128 62
10th Percentile £359 £313 £325
25th Percentile £402 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £501
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.72% +0.25%
75th Percentile £577 £500 £573
90th Percentile £620 £620 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £17.69 £48.76 £31.42
25th Percentile £18.06 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £24.00 £63.40 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -62.15% +57.22% -35.48%
75th Percentile £48.43 £70.00 £49.03
90th Percentile £75.10 £70.10 £51.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +12.00%

All Development Application Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 361 357 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.10% 16.22% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 288 141
10th Percentile £373 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -4.49% -12.75%
75th Percentile £600 £511 £550
90th Percentile £650 £632 £606
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 12
10th Percentile £18.42 £48.76 -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.40 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +37.29% -
75th Percentile £77.00 £70.00 £51.00
90th Percentile - £70.10 £76.35
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

JIRA job vacancy trend in the North West

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the North West

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the North West

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Manchester -29 58 £500 +3.41% 59
Cheshire -26 36 £474 +10.49% 15
Lancashire -21 10 £400 - 5
Cumbria -26 3 £525 - 6
Merseyside -10 2 £550 +91.30% 17
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 63 (55.26%) Confluence
2 20 (17.54%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.39%) Camunda
3 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.51%) SAS
5 1 (0.88%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.30%) Azure
2 13 (11.40%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.53%) AWS
3 12 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.65%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (6.14%) GitHub
6 6 (5.26%) GCP
7 5 (4.39%) OpenShift
7 5 (4.39%) SaaS
8 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (2.63%) Asana
9 3 (2.63%) Azure AI
9 3 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.63%) Google Drive
9 3 (2.63%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (2.63%) Serverless
9 3 (2.63%) Slack
9 3 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) DNS
2 6 (5.26%) SSH
2 6 (5.26%) VPN
3 5 (4.39%) Firewall
3 5 (4.39%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.51%) DHCP
5 3 (2.63%) DKIM
5 3 (2.63%) DMARC
5 3 (2.63%) Network Security
6 2 (1.75%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.88%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.14%) Power BI
2 6 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.39%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.63%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.75%) Base SAS
6 2 (1.75%) PowerCenter
6 2 (1.75%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.88%) Big Data
7 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.14%) GitLab
2 7 (6.14%) Postman
3 6 (5.26%) REST Assured
3 6 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (4.39%) Git
4 5 (4.39%) Zephyr
5 4 (3.51%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (3.51%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.51%) Gradle
5 4 (3.51%) JUnit
5 4 (3.51%) Maven
5 4 (3.51%) Mockito
5 4 (3.51%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.51%) TestRail
6 3 (2.63%) Selenium
7 1 (0.88%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.88%) Ranorex
7 1 (0.88%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (35.09%) Finance
3 23 (20.18%) Banking
4 14 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.65%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (9.65%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.77%) Manufacturing
6 10 (8.77%) Retail
7 5 (4.39%) Military
7 5 (4.39%) Retail Banking
8 3 (2.63%) Marketing
9 2 (1.75%) Automotive
9 2 (1.75%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Law
10 1 (0.88%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (14.91%) Analyst
2 12 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 11 (9.65%) Lead
4 9 (7.89%) Consultant
4 9 (7.89%) Developer
5 8 (7.02%) Administrator
5 8 (7.02%) Coordinator
5 8 (7.02%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.14%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.14%) Senior
7 6 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (5.26%) IT Support
7 6 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (4.39%) Security Consultant
8 5 (4.39%) Technical Administrator
9 4 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (3.51%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.14%) REST
2 6 (5.26%) Playwright
3 4 (3.51%) CSS
3 4 (3.51%) Hibernate
3 4 (3.51%) HTML
3 4 (3.51%) JPA
3 4 (3.51%) Kafka
3 4 (3.51%) OAuth
3 4 (3.51%) React
3 4 (3.51%) Redux
3 4 (3.51%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.63%) Node.js
5 2 (1.75%) .NET
5 2 (1.75%) ADO
5 2 (1.75%) LangChain
5 2 (1.75%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.75%) scikit-learn
5 2 (1.75%) Terraform
6 1 (0.88%) JWT
6 1 (0.88%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 13 (11.40%) Management Information System
3 12 (10.53%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (6.14%) PKI
6 6 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (5.26%) Data Structures
7 5 (4.39%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.39%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (3.51%) Credit Risk
9 3 (2.63%) Client/Server
9 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.63%) Tandem
10 2 (1.75%) AS400
10 2 (1.75%) iSeries
10 2 (1.75%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.04%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Linux
3 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.39%) Unix
5 3 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (50.00%) Agile
2 44 (38.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (23.68%) DevOps
4 24 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 24 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (20.18%) Scrum
6 22 (19.30%) Test Automation
7 21 (18.42%) SDLC
8 20 (17.54%) Project Delivery
9 18 (15.79%) Migration
10 17 (14.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 16 (14.04%) User Stories
12 14 (12.28%) Change Management
12 14 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (12.28%) ITIL
12 14 (12.28%) Project Management
13 13 (11.40%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (10.53%) Kanban
14 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) SQL
2 13 (11.40%) Python
3 11 (9.65%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.39%) Java
5 3 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.75%) ActionScript
6 2 (1.75%) Bash
6 2 (1.75%) PROC SQL
6 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) C#
7 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) Degree
2 11 (9.65%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.89%) CISSP
4 8 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.39%) CISM
7 4 (3.51%) CEH
8 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.63%) OSCP
9 2 (1.75%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.88%) CISA
10 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.88%) ISEB
10 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 12 (10.53%) QA
2 8 (7.02%) PMO
3 4 (3.51%) NIST
4 3 (2.63%) GDPR
4 3 (2.63%) GxP
5 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.75%) GRC
5 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.88%) COBIT
6 1 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) Istio
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.40%) ServiceNow
3 11 (9.65%) IBM
4 10 (8.77%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.26%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.26%) Google
5 6 (5.26%) SAP
5 6 (5.26%) Thales
6 5 (4.39%) Veracode
7 4 (3.51%) Gemalto
8 3 (2.63%) Databricks
8 3 (2.63%) F5
8 3 (2.63%) Oracle
9 2 (1.75%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.75%) Informatica
10 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.88%) Intel
10 1 (0.88%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.88%) Varonis
10 1 (0.88%) Yardi