JIRA Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

JIRA Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median JIRA Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £427, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 332 390
Rank change year-on-year -99 +58 -
Contract jobs requiring a JIRA Specialist 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.016% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.017% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £426 £463 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £475 £275
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +72.73% -
75th Percentile - £488 £344
90th Percentile - - £378
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £275
% change year-on-year +21.05% +72.73% -48.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 22,064 11,738 19,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 92.21% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,933 7,547 11,777
10th Percentile £280 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% -3.55% -1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £598
90th Percentile £680 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,456 822 2,236
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.04 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.11 £15.75
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -25.32% -9.41%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.07 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.36% -19.25% -20.00%

JIRA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'JIRA Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

JIRA Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

JIRA Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JIRA Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JIRA Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

JIRA Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands -67 3 £427 -
East Midlands - 3 £427 -
East of England - 1 - - 1
JIRA Specialist
UK

JIRA Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, JIRA Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring JIRA Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Groovy
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) ScriptRunner

JIRA Specialist Skill Set
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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) ScriptRunner
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Groovy
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian