JIRA Contract Job Trends in England

Atlassian JIRA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 42 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,023 1,190 1,355
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.28% 4.91% 3.61%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.03% 35.96% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 773 930
10th Percentile £313 £315 £331
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £630
90th Percentile £695 £688 £757
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 52
10th Percentile £18.75 £48.61 £22.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £55.31 £36.84
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £49.19
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +27.06% -21.30%
75th Percentile £72.50 £73.13 £64.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £63.32 £62.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.31% +38.89% -28.00%

All Development Application Skills
England

JIRA 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,054 3,309 4,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.18% 13.65% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,203 2,915
10th Percentile £340 £340 £358
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 65 162
10th Percentile £39.00 £26.12 £33.38
25th Percentile £59.25 £51.25 £46.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £76.31 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.43 £88.13
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% +0.81% +0.81%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in England

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +6 886 £510 +2.00% 202
North of England +2 375 £450 - 115
Midlands +5 306 £426 -10.32% 70
West Midlands +1 242 £453 -4.74% 42
South East -19 192 £475 -5.00% 145
Yorkshire -8 188 £463 -7.50% 37
North West +3 174 £447 -0.67% 60
South West +13 161 £568 +0.89% 42
East of England -4 65 £425 -6.85% 47
East Midlands +2 62 £358 -24.63% 28
North East -10 14 £475 +2.70% 18
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 933 (46.12%) Confluence
2 108 (5.34%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.17%) SAS
4 31 (1.53%) nginx
5 23 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.94%) Apache
7 16 (0.79%) CMS
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.30%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.30%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.30%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.25%) JBoss
11 5 (0.25%) Mattermost
11 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 220 (10.87%) Microsoft Project
2 190 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 109 (5.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 104 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
5 93 (4.60%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.09%) Trello
7 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.25%) Notion
9 5 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.25%) Sketch
10 4 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.15%) InVision
12 2 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.099%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.099%) CATIA
12 2 (0.099%) InDesign
13 1 (0.049%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.64%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.54%) Workday HCM
6 10 (0.49%) Aladdin
7 8 (0.40%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.35%) Maximo
9 6 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.30%) SAP MDG
10 5 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
11 4 (0.20%) Findur
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.20%) SAP EWM
11 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.20%) SAP Retail
11 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 411 (20.32%) Azure
2 294 (14.53%) AWS
3 231 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (8.26%) GitHub
5 145 (7.17%) Power Platform
6 74 (3.66%) GCP
7 73 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
8 68 (3.36%) Entra ID
9 67 (3.31%) SaaS
10 58 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
11 50 (2.47%) Serverless
12 39 (1.93%) Amazon S3
13 37 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
14 35 (1.73%) Figma
15 31 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 30 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (1.38%) Miro
17 28 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 25 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
19 24 (1.19%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.87%) Firewall
2 40 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 39 (1.93%) DNS
4 29 (1.43%) LAN
5 27 (1.33%) VPN
6 25 (1.24%) Network Security
6 25 (1.24%) WAN
7 18 (0.89%) SSL
7 18 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (0.84%) HTTP
9 15 (0.74%) DHCP
10 11 (0.54%) BIG-IP
10 11 (0.54%) Internet
10 11 (0.54%) SAN
10 11 (0.54%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.49%) NAS
11 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
12 9 (0.44%) Ethernet
12 9 (0.44%) FTP
13 7 (0.35%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (6.08%) Power BI
2 70 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
3 64 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.16%) Tableau
4 51 (2.52%) SQL Server
5 39 (1.93%) MongoDB
6 34 (1.68%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.38%) Pentaho
8 27 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
9 21 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (0.99%) Metadata
11 19 (0.94%) MySQL
12 18 (0.89%) DynamoDB
13 17 (0.84%) Big Data
14 16 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (0.64%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.59%) Hadoop
16 12 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 253 (12.51%) Git
2 205 (10.13%) Jenkins
3 106 (5.24%) GitLab
4 95 (4.70%) Selenium
5 72 (3.56%) Postman
6 64 (3.16%) Cucumber
7 57 (2.82%) Bitbucket
8 51 (2.52%) JUnit
8 51 (2.52%) Zephyr
9 38 (1.88%) JMeter
10 36 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
11 33 (1.63%) REST Assured
12 32 (1.58%) TestRail
13 25 (1.24%) SonarQube
14 20 (0.99%) WebDriver
15 17 (0.84%) Cypress.io
15 17 (0.84%) Maven
16 15 (0.74%) SpecFlow
17 14 (0.69%) Appium
18 13 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 826 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 587 (29.02%) Finance
3 392 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (12.80%) Banking
5 213 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 75 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
7 74 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
8 68 (3.36%) Retail
9 50 (2.47%) Military
10 47 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (1.63%) Legal
13 29 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.38%) Investment Banking
15 25 (1.24%) Front Office
16 22 (1.09%) Retail Banking
17 21 (1.04%) Marketing
17 21 (1.04%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.89%) Law
19 17 (0.84%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 393 (19.43%) Analyst
2 251 (12.41%) Business Analyst
3 180 (8.90%) Developer
4 158 (7.81%) Lead
5 151 (7.46%) Senior
6 148 (7.32%) Project Manager
7 127 (6.28%) Architect
8 100 (4.94%) Tester
9 71 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
10 63 (3.11%) Data Engineer
11 62 (3.06%) Consultant
12 56 (2.77%) Scrum Master
13 55 (2.72%) Test Engineer
14 51 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 47 (2.32%) Test Analyst
16 46 (2.27%) IT Support
16 46 (2.27%) Support Engineer
16 46 (2.27%) Technical Manager
17 41 (2.03%) Software Engineer
18 39 (1.93%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (6.48%) REST
2 65 (3.21%) Spring
3 58 (2.87%) .NET
4 53 (2.62%) React
5 49 (2.42%) Kafka
6 46 (2.27%) RESTful
7 45 (2.22%) JSON
8 44 (2.17%) Spring Boot
9 42 (2.08%) HTML
10 40 (1.98%) XML
11 37 (1.83%) Playwright
12 36 (1.78%) CSS
13 33 (1.63%) SOAP
14 29 (1.43%) Node.js
14 29 (1.43%) OpenID
14 29 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
15 28 (1.38%) ADO
16 27 (1.33%) AngularJS
16 27 (1.33%) LDAP
16 27 (1.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 249 (12.31%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 43 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 40 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 23 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
14 22 (1.09%) Data Structures
14 22 (1.09%) PMI
15 16 (0.79%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
17 13 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
17 13 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 12 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 160 (7.91%) Windows
2 136 (6.72%) Linux
3 33 (1.63%) Unix
4 19 (0.94%) Android
4 19 (0.94%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.099%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,183 (58.48%) Agile
2 551 (27.24%) DevOps
3 509 (25.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 470 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
5 433 (21.40%) Scrum
6 391 (19.33%) CI/CD
7 373 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 319 (15.77%) Test Automation
9 296 (14.63%) Project Management
10 251 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 208 (10.28%) Migration
12 207 (10.23%) Change Management
12 207 (10.23%) User Acceptance Testing
13 204 (10.08%) User Stories
14 196 (9.69%) Project Delivery
15 189 (9.34%) ITIL
16 179 (8.85%) Decision-Making
17 174 (8.60%) Acceptance Criteria
18 173 (8.55%) Analytics
18 173 (8.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 316 (15.62%) SQL
2 240 (11.86%) Python
3 190 (9.39%) Java
4 101 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.20%) C#
6 77 (3.81%) PowerShell
7 58 (2.87%) TypeScript
8 42 (2.08%) Bash
9 31 (1.53%) C++
10 23 (1.14%) Shell Script
11 17 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.79%) C
12 16 (0.79%) Embedded C++
13 13 (0.64%) Apex Code
13 13 (0.64%) Go
13 13 (0.64%) Perl
14 12 (0.59%) VBA
15 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.44%) PHP
17 7 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 553 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 435 (21.50%) SC Cleared
3 252 (12.46%) Degree
4 76 (3.76%) PMI Certification
5 73 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 71 (3.51%) PMP
7 70 (3.46%) ISTQB
8 57 (2.82%) DV Cleared
9 43 (2.13%) CISSP
10 40 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
11 38 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 32 (1.58%) CISM
13 31 (1.53%) Master's Degree
14 24 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.99%) IIBA
16 19 (0.94%) CBAP
17 18 (0.89%) AWS Certification
17 18 (0.89%) ISEB
18 17 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (12.70%) QA
2 121 (5.98%) PMO
3 102 (5.04%) Data Quality
4 49 (2.42%) GDPR
5 45 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.53%) NIST
7 25 (1.24%) SLA
8 24 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.89%) WCAG
10 17 (0.84%) GRC
11 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.64%) PSD2
12 12 (0.59%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.54%) Basel III
14 9 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.40%) SEPA
16 7 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.35%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
17 6 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 171 (8.45%) Docker
2 90 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.59%) Firmware
5 11 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.44%) Squid
7 7 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.099%) Postfix
10 2 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.099%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.049%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 182 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 103 (5.09%) Terraform
3 88 (4.35%) Ansible
4 58 (2.87%) Grafana
5 41 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.48%) OPNET
8 25 (1.24%) HP ALM
8 25 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 21 (1.04%) Consul
9 21 (1.04%) Control-M
10 19 (0.94%) Puppet
11 15 (0.74%) Nessus
11 15 (0.74%) Packer
12 14 (0.69%) IBM Guardium
13 11 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.54%) NetBackup
14 10 (0.49%) SCCM
15 9 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 245 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 241 (11.91%) ServiceNow
3 166 (8.21%) Oracle
4 151 (7.46%) Atlassian
5 107 (5.29%) Salesforce
6 69 (3.41%) SAP
7 59 (2.92%) Remedy
8 46 (2.27%) Google
9 34 (1.68%) Talend
9 34 (1.68%) Workday
10 33 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 32 (1.58%) Splunk
12 30 (1.48%) Denodo
12 30 (1.48%) IBM
13 27 (1.33%) HP
14 25 (1.24%) Databricks
15 22 (1.09%) VMware
16 20 (0.99%) Adobe
16 20 (0.99%) CyberArk
16 20 (0.99%) MuleSoft