JIRA Agile Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Atlassian JIRA Agile (formerly GreenHopper)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring JIRA Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 338 -
Rank change year-on-year -95 - -
Contract jobs citing JIRA Agile 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.008% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.036% 0.059% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.86% +1.45%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

JIRA Agile 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,802 1,709 2,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.13% 13.45% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 1,134 1,476
10th Percentile £320 £325 £351
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 60 147
10th Percentile £48.50 £43.29 £37.50
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +3.20% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.88 £75.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.04 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £62.00
% change year-on-year +6.72% +2.02% +0.81%

JIRA Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

JIRA Agile job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

JIRA Agile
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

JIRA Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

JIRA Agile
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 JIRA Agile within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West - 1 £525 - 1
JIRA Agile
UK

JIRA Agile
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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared