Atlassian Contract Job Trends

Atlassian
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 17 March 2026, 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
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 357 312
Rank change year-on-year -65 -45 +65
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 211 171 292
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.58% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 1.12% 1.23% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 107 194
10th Percentile £398 £408 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.04% -4.69%
75th Percentile £738 £650 £624
90th Percentile £751 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £550 £541
% change year-on-year +6.82% +1.62% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 24
10th Percentile £43.29 £51.49 £52.38
25th Percentile £61.62 £58.47 £55.00
Median hourly rate £69.00 £62.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +3.31% +14.15%
75th Percentile £84.44 £64.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.63 £70.63 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% - +17.92%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,904 13,856 19,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.79% 47.19% 43.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,088 8,653 11,940
10th Percentile £309 £290 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -2.47%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 460 1,030
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.01 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -31.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £54.89
90th Percentile £76.04 £83.16 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £27.43 £23.11
% change year-on-year -14.18% +18.68% -31.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Atlassian job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Atlassian over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Atlassian in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Atlassian over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Atlassian in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 March 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
England -57 195 £575 +2.22% 68
UK excluding London -69 136 £588 +6.82% 54
South West +7 72 £725 +26.09% 16
London -30 63 £519 -12.85% 15
Work from Home -52 46 £481 -8.38% 33
Midlands -55 26 £421 -4.32% 11
West Midlands -64 26 £421 -4.32% 11
South East -52 16 £500 -20.13% 13
North of England -63 11 £463 -15.14% 9
Scotland +13 6 £675 +12.50%
North West -32 6 £374 - 6
East of England -25 5 £300 -35.14% 4
North East - 3 £463 - 1
Yorkshire -53 2 £575 +5.50% 2

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 145 (68.72%) Confluence
2 14 (6.64%) nginx
3 7 (3.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Mattermost
Applications
1 45 (21.33%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (17.06%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.84%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.95%) InDesign
6 2 (0.95%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.84%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.69%) AWS
2 26 (12.32%) GitHub
3 19 (9.00%) Azure
4 16 (7.58%) Amazon S3
5 15 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (6.64%) Route 53
7 10 (4.74%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (4.27%) SaaS
8 9 (4.27%) Serverless
9 8 (3.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (3.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (3.32%) AWS KMS
10 7 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.84%) Azure API Management
12 5 (2.37%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.74%) DNS
2 9 (4.27%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.32%) Firewall
3 7 (3.32%) OpenVPN
3 7 (3.32%) VPN
4 2 (0.95%) DHCP
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.27%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.79%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.32%) Apache Cassandra
5 7 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.84%) Couchbase
6 6 (2.84%) Metadata
7 4 (1.90%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.42%) Power BI
8 3 (1.42%) Redis
9 2 (0.95%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.95%) Tableau
10 1 (0.47%) Big Data
10 1 (0.47%) CouchDB
10 1 (0.47%) DB2
10 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 164 (77.73%) JIRA
2 36 (17.06%) Bitbucket
3 33 (15.64%) Jenkins
4 24 (11.37%) Git
5 15 (7.11%) GitLab
6 14 (6.64%) SonarQube
7 11 (5.21%) Maven
8 10 (4.74%) ScriptRunner
9 7 (3.32%) DbUnit
9 7 (3.32%) jMock
9 7 (3.32%) JUnit
9 7 (3.32%) Mockito
9 7 (3.32%) Subversion
10 5 (2.37%) Android Studio
10 5 (2.37%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.90%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.90%) Selenium
12 3 (1.42%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.95%) LabVIEW
General
1 102 (48.34%) Social Skills
2 61 (28.91%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (16.11%) Military
4 31 (14.69%) Public Sector
5 30 (14.22%) Finance
6 13 (6.16%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.32%) Banking
7 7 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.90%) Advertising
8 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Billing
9 3 (1.42%) Legal
9 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Publishing
10 2 (0.95%) German Language
10 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.95%) Marketing
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (23.22%) Architect
2 30 (14.22%) Service Architect
3 28 (13.27%) Developer
4 16 (7.58%) Analyst
4 16 (7.58%) JIRA Engineer
5 15 (7.11%) Senior
6 11 (5.21%) Consultant
7 9 (4.27%) JIRA Consultant
7 9 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.79%) Data Manager
8 8 (3.79%) Java Developer
8 8 (3.79%) JIRA Specialist
8 8 (3.79%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.79%) Software Engineer
9 7 (3.32%) Administrator
9 7 (3.32%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.32%) Data Centre Engineer
9 7 (3.32%) Lead
9 7 (3.32%) Service Management Specialist
9 7 (3.32%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (16.11%) REST
2 9 (4.27%) AngularJS
2 9 (4.27%) SOAP
2 9 (4.27%) Web Services
3 8 (3.79%) Kafka
4 7 (3.32%) ActiveMQ
4 7 (3.32%) Bootstrap
4 7 (3.32%) Hibernate
4 7 (3.32%) JPA
4 7 (3.32%) LDAP
4 7 (3.32%) Node.js
4 7 (3.32%) OpenID
4 7 (3.32%) PowerMock
4 7 (3.32%) Spring
4 7 (3.32%) Spring Batch
4 7 (3.32%) Spring Boot
4 7 (3.32%) Spring Cloud
4 7 (3.32%) Spring Integration
5 6 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (2.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.06%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.58%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.42%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.95%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.95%) Social Media
8 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.47%) CMDB
9 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.47%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.80%) Linux
2 8 (3.79%) Windows
3 6 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.37%) Android
4 5 (2.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (66.35%) Agile
2 72 (34.12%) Service Management
3 68 (32.23%) DevOps
4 55 (26.07%) ITIL
5 48 (22.75%) Scrum
6 38 (18.01%) Critical Thinking
7 37 (17.54%) Analytical Thinking
7 37 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (16.59%) TOGAF
9 34 (16.11%) Acceptance Criteria
9 34 (16.11%) CI/CD
10 33 (15.64%) Knowledge Transfer
11 30 (14.22%) Business Continuity
11 30 (14.22%) Security Patching
11 30 (14.22%) Service Design
12 29 (13.74%) ITSM
13 26 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (12.32%) Workflow
14 25 (11.85%) Project Management
15 24 (11.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.91%) Python
2 24 (11.37%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.53%) SQL
4 16 (7.58%) Java
5 11 (5.21%) Bash
6 6 (2.84%) Go
7 3 (1.42%) C#
7 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.42%) VBA
8 2 (0.95%) C++
8 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 130 (61.61%) Security Cleared
2 121 (57.35%) SC Cleared
3 55 (26.07%) Degree
4 32 (15.17%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (6.64%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.84%) APMP
9 5 (2.37%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.42%) MCSA
10 3 (1.42%) MCSE
10 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.42%) OCA
10 3 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.37%) GDPR
2 5 (2.37%) PMO
2 5 (2.37%) SLA
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) QA
3 2 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.47%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (12.32%) Docker
2 7 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.32%) Squid
3 6 (2.84%) Postfix
4 2 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (14.22%) OPNET
2 26 (12.32%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.48%) Terraform
4 18 (8.53%) Grafana
5 9 (4.27%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.32%) Consul
6 7 (3.32%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.37%) Ansible
8 3 (1.42%) PowerCLI
8 3 (1.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.95%) Kibana
9 2 (0.95%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
Vendors
1 34 (16.11%) ServiceNow
2 31 (14.69%) Remedy
3 21 (9.95%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.32%) Dynatrace
4 7 (3.32%) Jaspersoft
4 7 (3.32%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.37%) Google
6 5 (2.37%) VMware
7 4 (1.90%) Oracle
8 3 (1.42%) Coverity
8 3 (1.42%) SAP
8 3 (1.42%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.42%) Thales
8 3 (1.42%) Veeam
9 2 (0.95%) Adobe
9 2 (0.95%) Databricks
10 1 (0.47%) Conga
10 1 (0.47%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.47%) Dell