Atlassian Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Atlassian products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Atlassian over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Atlassian Software Systems.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 234 194
Rank change year-on-year -63 -40 +100
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 102 129 239
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.81% 1.18%
As % of the Vendors category 1.21% 1.79% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 57 157
10th Percentile £428 £448 £456
25th Percentile £555 £500 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £582
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -1.20% +10.86%
75th Percentile £738 £685 £675
90th Percentile - £725 £700
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £575
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 21
10th Percentile £64.29 £57.55 £54.50
25th Percentile £68.37 £62.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £77.04 £67.02 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% +7.23% +13.64%
75th Percentile £87.58 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.78 £72.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £77.04 £67.02 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.94% +11.70% +9.09%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Atlassian falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,447 7,199 9,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 47.30% 45.43% 47.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,470 4,243 6,118
10th Percentile £220 £220 £210
25th Percentile £375 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 660 410 538
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.21 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.06 £17.81
Median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% -39.04% +97.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.50 £61.96
90th Percentile £74.26 £74.48 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%

Atlassian
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Atlassian relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Atlassian job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Atlassian.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Atlassian

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Atlassian in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Atlassian in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Atlassian.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Atlassian

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Atlassian in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Atlassian in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Atlassian within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 December 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
South West +1 67 £725 +11.54% 12
West Midlands -29 13 £563 +27.84% 1
Midlands -35 13 £563 +27.84% 3
North of England -48 12 £575 +11.11% 8
North West -26 9 £588 +13.53% 7
South East -32 8 £438 -5.91% 9
Scotland -3 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
North East - 1 £463 - 1
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 78 (76.47%) Confluence
2 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) CMS
3 1 (0.98%) EPiServer
Applications
1 40 (39.22%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (35.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.80%) GitHub
2 7 (6.86%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (3.92%) Azure
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.96%) AWS
5 2 (1.96%) Datadog
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) X.509
2 1 (0.98%) BGP
2 1 (0.98%) DHCP
2 1 (0.98%) DNS
2 1 (0.98%) Firewall
2 1 (0.98%) OSPF
2 1 (0.98%) Skype
2 1 (0.98%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.98%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.98%) VLAN
2 1 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Apache Cassandra
1 5 (4.90%) Couchbase
1 5 (4.90%) NoSQL
1 5 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.92%) Metadata
3 3 (2.94%) Power BI
4 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.98%) Big Data
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.98%) Redis
5 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 85 (83.33%) JIRA
2 16 (15.69%) Jenkins
3 13 (12.75%) Bitbucket
4 12 (11.76%) Git
5 6 (5.88%) Artifactory
5 6 (5.88%) GitLab
6 3 (2.94%) Subversion
7 2 (1.96%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.96%) Selenium
7 2 (1.96%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.98%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.98%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.98%) Zephyr
General
1 52 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 47 (46.08%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (31.37%) Military
4 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.96%) Finance
5 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.98%) Advertising
6 1 (0.98%) Automotive
6 1 (0.98%) Electronics
6 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.98%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (33.33%) Architect
2 30 (29.41%) Service Architect
3 13 (12.75%) Administrator
4 12 (11.76%) JIRA Administrator
5 8 (7.84%) Developer
6 7 (6.86%) Service Management Specialist
6 7 (6.86%) Technical Manager
7 6 (5.88%) Consultant
8 5 (4.90%) Lead
8 5 (4.90%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.90%) Senior
8 5 (4.90%) Technical Programme Manager
9 4 (3.92%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.92%) JIRA Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.94%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Management Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Service Management Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Software Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.53%) REST
2 5 (4.90%) Kafka
2 5 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (3.92%) .NET
4 3 (2.94%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.96%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.96%) Playwright
6 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.98%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.98%) Express.js
6 1 (0.98%) JFC
6 1 (0.98%) Middleware
6 1 (0.98%) React
6 1 (0.98%) SOAP
6 1 (0.98%) WCF
6 1 (0.98%) Web Services
6 1 (0.98%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.96%) PKI
5 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 7 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.98%) Android
4 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (76.47%) Agile
2 53 (51.96%) Service Management
3 52 (50.98%) ITIL
4 39 (38.24%) Critical Thinking
5 35 (34.31%) Analytical Thinking
6 34 (33.33%) Business Continuity
7 32 (31.37%) Knowledge Transfer
8 30 (29.41%) Acceptance Criteria
8 30 (29.41%) Security Patching
8 30 (29.41%) Service Design
8 30 (29.41%) TOGAF
9 20 (19.61%) ITSM
10 19 (18.63%) Change Management
11 17 (16.67%) DevOps
12 13 (12.75%) CI/CD
13 12 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (11.76%) Test Automation
13 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
14 11 (10.78%) Continuous Integration
15 10 (9.80%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.49%) Python
2 25 (24.51%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.90%) C++
3 5 (4.90%) Go
3 5 (4.90%) Java
4 4 (3.92%) C#
5 3 (2.94%) C
6 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.98%) SQL
7 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (78.43%) Security Cleared
2 77 (75.49%) SC Cleared
3 46 (45.10%) Degree
4 30 (29.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (10.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (5.88%) APMP
8 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.94%) MCSA
8 3 (2.94%) MCSE
8 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.94%) OCA
8 3 (2.94%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.98%) CCNP
10 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) IEC 61508
1 3 (2.94%) IEC 62304
1 3 (2.94%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.98%) PMO
2 1 (0.98%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.86%) Docker
2 5 (4.90%) Firmware
3 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (29.41%) OPNET
2 10 (9.80%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.88%) Ansible
4 5 (4.90%) SCCM
4 5 (4.90%) Terraform
5 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.94%) PowerCLI
5 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.98%) Packer
6 1 (0.98%) Puppet
6 1 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 32 (31.37%) ServiceNow
2 30 (29.41%) Remedy
3 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.88%) VMware
5 4 (3.92%) Oracle
5 4 (3.92%) Veeam
6 3 (2.94%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.96%) Dell
7 2 (1.96%) SAP
8 1 (0.98%) Cisco
8 1 (0.98%) Coverity
8 1 (0.98%) HP
8 1 (0.98%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.98%) Thales
8 1 (0.98%) Zoho