Hybrid/Remote JIRA Consultant Contract Job Trends

JIRA Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median JIRA Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 316 324
Rank change year-on-year -48 +8 +88
Contract jobs requiring a JIRA Consultant 7 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.010% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.011% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £476 - £403
25th Percentile £515 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.38%
75th Percentile £689 - £469
90th Percentile £718 - £473
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,533 9,249 11,833
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 93.87% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,842 6,100 7,593
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 684 293 295
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.36 £19.42
25th Percentile £26.78 £20.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.70 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -14.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.01%

JIRA Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'JIRA Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

JIRA Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

JIRA Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid JIRA Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid JIRA Consultant job vacancies

JIRA Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JIRA Consultant over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

JIRA Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

JIRA Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, JIRA Consultant 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring JIRA Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) Atlassian
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) CRM
4 3 (42.86%) Webhook
5 2 (28.57%) ADO
5 2 (28.57%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Confluence
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
6 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 1 (14.29%) ITSM
6 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (14.29%) Scrum
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (14.29%) User Experience
6 1 (14.29%) Workflow
6 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation

JIRA Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) CRM
2 3 (42.86%) Webhook
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Atlassian