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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,143 1,495 1,472
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.79% 5.54% 3.95%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.70% 39.06% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 1,018 977
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -4.76% -1.32%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £623
90th Percentile £684 £688 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 36 97
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.75 £25.28
25th Percentile £24.60 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £57.63 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% -11.35% +6.12%
75th Percentile £66.13 £70.04 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.40 £78.13 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% -

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 5,266 3,827 4,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.78% 14.18% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,609 3,077
10th Percentile £350 £331 £350
25th Percentile £413 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £635
90th Percentile £688 £701 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 87 234
10th Percentile £29.42 £29.81 £33.02
25th Percentile £56.94 £50.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.75 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £79.25 £74.83
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -6 977 £525 +0.96% 246
North of England -9 428 £450 -3.23% 106
Midlands +1 307 £450 -5.26% 56
West Midlands 0 257 £459 -3.37% 35
Yorkshire -4 238 £455 -8.31% 35
South East -28 211 £475 -3.26% 144
North West -8 173 £447 +5.18% 56
South West -11 127 £493 -13.60% 66
East of England -9 61 £450 +9.09% 47
East Midlands +4 48 £401 -10.59% 21
North East -27 22 £480 -11.72% 16
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
1 934 (43.58%) Confluence
2 111 (5.18%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.40%) SAS
5 14 (0.65%) nginx
6 13 (0.61%) Apache
7 12 (0.56%) CMS
8 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.28%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.28%) Hyperledger
9 6 (0.28%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.19%) IIS
11 4 (0.19%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.19%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) Camunda
12 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 153 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (6.81%) Microsoft Project
3 87 (4.06%) MS Visio
4 76 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 65 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.56%) Trello
7 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.37%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Notion
10 2 (0.093%) CATIA
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.047%) CANalyzer
11 1 (0.047%) Mingle
11 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
1 31 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.51%) Aladdin
3 11 (0.51%) Loan IQ
3 11 (0.51%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.42%) Fidessa
6 8 (0.37%) Findur
7 6 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.23%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.19%) Actimize
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
9 4 (0.19%) Summit
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.14%) Primavera
10 3 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 511 (23.85%) Azure
2 351 (16.38%) AWS
3 286 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
4 176 (8.21%) GitHub
5 156 (7.28%) Power Platform
6 88 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (3.92%) Entra ID
8 79 (3.69%) GCP
9 78 (3.64%) SaaS
10 76 (3.55%) Amazon S3
11 74 (3.45%) Serverless
12 63 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
13 58 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
14 56 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 53 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 31 (1.45%) Miro
18 30 (1.40%) Slack
19 28 (1.31%) Figma
19 28 (1.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 89 (4.15%) Firewall
2 65 (3.03%) DNS
3 49 (2.29%) TCP/IP
4 39 (1.82%) Network Security
5 31 (1.45%) DHCP
5 31 (1.45%) LAN
5 31 (1.45%) VPN
6 27 (1.26%) WAN
7 25 (1.17%) BIG-IP
8 23 (1.07%) SAN
9 19 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.84%) SSL
11 14 (0.65%) HTTP
12 12 (0.56%) Internet
13 11 (0.51%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 8 (0.37%) DKIM
16 8 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.44%) Power BI
2 96 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 43 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
6 33 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 33 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 32 (1.49%) Tableau
8 27 (1.26%) DynamoDB
8 27 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 19 (0.89%) Data Lake
12 17 (0.79%) Oracle Database
12 17 (0.79%) Pentaho
13 16 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.70%) Neo4j
15 13 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
15 13 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 255 (11.90%) Git
2 208 (9.71%) Jenkins
3 124 (5.79%) GitLab
4 101 (4.71%) Selenium
5 77 (3.59%) Postman
6 73 (3.41%) Zephyr
7 59 (2.75%) Bitbucket
8 56 (2.61%) Cucumber
8 56 (2.61%) JUnit
9 41 (1.91%) JMeter
10 38 (1.77%) Sonatype Nexus
11 28 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 24 (1.12%) Cypress.io
13 23 (1.07%) WebDriver
14 21 (0.98%) TestRail
15 20 (0.93%) SonarQube
16 17 (0.79%) Artifactory
17 15 (0.70%) Appium
17 15 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 14 (0.65%) Gatling
General
1 838 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 603 (28.14%) Finance
3 393 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.37%) Banking
5 223 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 80 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 75 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 70 (3.27%) Retail
9 46 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 41 (1.91%) Investment Banking
10 41 (1.91%) Legal
11 40 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (1.45%) Front Office
13 29 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.12%) Retail Banking
16 23 (1.07%) Telecoms
17 21 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 21 (0.98%) Marketing
17 21 (0.98%) Military
Job Titles
1 394 (18.39%) Analyst
2 247 (11.53%) Business Analyst
3 212 (9.89%) Developer
4 185 (8.63%) Lead
5 179 (8.35%) Senior
6 120 (5.60%) Project Manager
7 94 (4.39%) Architect
8 91 (4.25%) Tester
9 89 (4.15%) Delivery Manager
10 78 (3.64%) Scrum Master
11 76 (3.55%) Consultant
12 75 (3.50%) Data Engineer
13 68 (3.17%) IT Support
14 62 (2.89%) Support Engineer
15 49 (2.29%) IT Engineer
16 47 (2.19%) Product Owner
16 47 (2.19%) Test Engineer
17 46 (2.15%) IT Support Engineer
17 46 (2.15%) Test Analyst
18 44 (2.05%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (5.83%) REST
2 71 (3.31%) .NET
3 63 (2.94%) Spring
4 52 (2.43%) JSON
4 52 (2.43%) React
5 51 (2.38%) RESTful
6 48 (2.24%) HTML
7 45 (2.10%) Kafka
8 41 (1.91%) Playwright
8 41 (1.91%) Spring Boot
9 40 (1.87%) SOAP
10 38 (1.77%) AngularJS
11 35 (1.63%) CSS
12 28 (1.31%) Node.js
12 28 (1.31%) OpenID
12 28 (1.31%) Web Services
12 28 (1.31%) XML
13 26 (1.21%) Middleware
14 25 (1.17%) SailPoint
14 25 (1.17%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 232 (10.83%) Product Ownership
2 128 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 94 (4.39%) Cloud Native
4 65 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 52 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
6 50 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 49 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 48 (2.24%) Management Information System
9 43 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 33 (1.54%) Data Structures
11 32 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (0.89%) Mobile App
14 18 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
14 18 (0.84%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.84%) SCADA
14 18 (0.84%) Security Posture
15 16 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 170 (7.93%) Windows
2 134 (6.25%) Linux
3 49 (2.29%) Unix
4 25 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 19 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.75%) Android
7 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.33%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.14%) AIX
10 3 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
10 3 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.093%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.093%) MVS
11 2 (0.093%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.047%) Solaris
12 1 (0.047%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,247 (58.19%) Agile
2 567 (26.46%) DevOps
3 562 (26.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 475 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
5 470 (21.93%) CI/CD
6 413 (19.27%) Scrum
7 387 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 372 (17.36%) Test Automation
9 269 (12.55%) Migration
10 263 (12.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 238 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 231 (10.78%) Validation
13 230 (10.73%) Project Management
14 225 (10.50%) User Stories
15 210 (9.80%) Change Management
16 205 (9.57%) AI
17 197 (9.19%) Sprint Planning
18 196 (9.15%) ITIL
19 189 (8.82%) Project Delivery
19 189 (8.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 349 (16.29%) SQL
2 276 (12.88%) Python
3 172 (8.03%) Java
4 93 (4.34%) C#
5 89 (4.15%) JavaScript
6 71 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 65 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 41 (1.91%) Bash
9 32 (1.49%) PL/SQL
10 19 (0.89%) VBA
11 16 (0.75%) Perl
12 15 (0.70%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.70%) C++
12 15 (0.70%) Shell Script
13 12 (0.56%) Bicep
13 12 (0.56%) Groovy
14 11 (0.51%) ActionScript
14 11 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.37%) Cypher
15 8 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 550 (25.66%) Security Cleared
2 424 (19.79%) SC Cleared
3 191 (8.91%) Degree
4 80 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 75 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 68 (3.17%) ISTQB
7 56 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 50 (2.33%) PMP
9 34 (1.59%) CISSP
10 31 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.03%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.03%) CISM
14 19 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 16 (0.75%) SAFe Agilist
16 15 (0.70%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.56%) ISEB
17 12 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (12.46%) QA
2 127 (5.93%) Data Quality
3 111 (5.18%) PMO
4 63 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.77%) GDPR
6 37 (1.73%) SLA
7 26 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.07%) NIST
8 23 (1.07%) WCAG
9 18 (0.84%) GRC
10 17 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.75%) NCSC
12 11 (0.51%) ISO 20022
13 8 (0.37%) PSD2
13 8 (0.37%) SEPA
14 7 (0.33%) MiFID
15 6 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 148 (6.91%) Docker
2 121 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.61%) Firmware
5 10 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.42%) Squid
6 9 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.093%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.093%) Postfix
9 2 (0.093%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.047%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 165 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 150 (7.00%) Terraform
3 97 (4.53%) Ansible
4 70 (3.27%) Grafana
5 55 (2.57%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.07%) Control-M
8 23 (1.07%) HP ALM
9 18 (0.84%) Nessus
10 17 (0.79%) IBM Guardium
11 15 (0.70%) Puppet
12 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
13 12 (0.56%) Consul
13 12 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
14 10 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 8 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
15 8 (0.37%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.37%) Packer
15 8 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 300 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 270 (12.60%) ServiceNow
3 160 (7.47%) Oracle
4 107 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 91 (4.25%) Atlassian
6 81 (3.78%) SAP
7 56 (2.61%) Google
8 37 (1.73%) Denodo
9 34 (1.59%) IBM
9 34 (1.59%) Remedy
10 33 (1.54%) F5
10 33 (1.54%) Workday
11 32 (1.49%) Talend
12 31 (1.45%) Databricks
12 31 (1.45%) Informatica
12 31 (1.45%) VMware
13 30 (1.40%) Red Hat
14 27 (1.26%) Splunk
15 26 (1.21%) HP
16 23 (1.07%) MuleSoft