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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 37 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,059 1,261 1,348
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.08% 5.20% 3.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.27% 37.95% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 820 899
10th Percentile £316 £317 £341
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £630
90th Percentile £688 £691 £738
UK median daily rate £487 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.65% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 68
10th Percentile £18.75 £46.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.27 £37.35
Median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% - -13.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +8.26% +25.33% -29.42%

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 4,989 3,323 4,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.31% 13.71% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,308 2,226 2,878
10th Percentile £342 £341 £350
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £691 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 64 189
10th Percentile £37.25 £27.63 £32.74
25th Percentile £59.25 £49.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.03% -7.31% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.07 £80.20
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £60.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.03% -7.31% +5.69%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +4 903 £500 - 190
North of England +2 378 £450 - 78
Midlands +3 327 £450 -9.09% 66
West Midlands +2 259 £459 -8.20% 50
South East -24 200 £475 -5.00% 116
Yorkshire -3 193 £450 -10.00% 38
North West -2 168 £447 +5.18% 32
South West +3 155 £553 -1.78% 41
East Midlands +5 65 £393 -19.80% 16
East of England -4 61 £450 - 33
North East -8 21 £475 -9.52% 9
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
1 927 (45.02%) Confluence
2 107 (5.20%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.85%) SAS
4 29 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (0.87%) Apache
6 15 (0.73%) CMS
7 14 (0.68%) nginx
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
10 6 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.24%) JBoss
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 226 (10.98%) Microsoft Project
2 179 (8.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 98 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (4.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 89 (4.32%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.97%) Trello
7 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.29%) Notion
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.15%) Revit
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.097%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.097%) CATIA
10 2 (0.097%) InVision
10 2 (0.097%) Sketch
11 1 (0.049%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 28 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.68%) Loan IQ
5 13 (0.63%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.44%) Aladdin
7 8 (0.39%) SAP MDG
7 8 (0.39%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.29%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.24%) Findur
9 5 (0.24%) Maximo
9 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
9 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 430 (20.88%) Azure
2 306 (14.86%) AWS
3 239 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 151 (7.33%) GitHub
6 81 (3.93%) SaaS
7 79 (3.84%) GCP
8 76 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
9 74 (3.59%) Entra ID
10 55 (2.67%) Amazon S3
11 52 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
12 48 (2.33%) Serverless
13 40 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
14 37 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
15 35 (1.70%) Figma
16 32 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 30 (1.46%) Miro
18 28 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
19 27 (1.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.16%) Firewall
2 44 (2.14%) DNS
3 41 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 28 (1.36%) LAN
5 26 (1.26%) Network Security
6 25 (1.21%) WAN
7 24 (1.17%) VPN
8 19 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.87%) SSL
10 17 (0.83%) DHCP
11 15 (0.73%) HTTP
12 14 (0.68%) SAN
13 13 (0.63%) BIG-IP
14 12 (0.58%) Internet
15 11 (0.53%) Ethernet
15 11 (0.53%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.44%) FTP
17 9 (0.44%) NAS
18 7 (0.34%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.61%) Power BI
2 80 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
4 57 (2.77%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.53%) Tableau
6 38 (1.85%) MongoDB
7 37 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (1.17%) DynamoDB
10 23 (1.12%) Pentaho
11 22 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 16 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.73%) Big Data
13 15 (0.73%) MySQL
14 14 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
15 13 (0.63%) Data Lake
15 13 (0.63%) Metadata
16 12 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 240 (11.66%) Git
2 182 (8.84%) Jenkins
3 108 (5.25%) GitLab
4 98 (4.76%) Selenium
5 76 (3.69%) Postman
6 61 (2.96%) Zephyr
7 59 (2.87%) Cucumber
8 51 (2.48%) JUnit
9 50 (2.43%) Bitbucket
10 38 (1.85%) JMeter
11 34 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
12 29 (1.41%) REST Assured
13 28 (1.36%) TestRail
14 25 (1.21%) SonarQube
15 21 (1.02%) Cypress.io
15 21 (1.02%) WebDriver
16 16 (0.78%) Appium
17 14 (0.68%) Artifactory
18 13 (0.63%) Maven
19 11 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
General
1 848 (41.19%) Social Skills
2 598 (29.04%) Finance
3 418 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (12.34%) Banking
5 218 (10.59%) Public Sector
6 73 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (3.45%) Retail
8 69 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (2.87%) Military
10 40 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 39 (1.89%) Legal
12 38 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (1.46%) Investment Banking
14 26 (1.26%) Retail Banking
15 25 (1.21%) Front Office
16 21 (1.02%) Marketing
17 20 (0.97%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
18 18 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 401 (19.48%) Analyst
2 252 (12.24%) Business Analyst
3 180 (8.74%) Developer
4 177 (8.60%) Lead
5 163 (7.92%) Senior
6 143 (6.95%) Project Manager
7 112 (5.44%) Architect
8 94 (4.57%) Tester
9 89 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
10 73 (3.55%) Data Engineer
11 65 (3.16%) Scrum Master
12 63 (3.06%) Consultant
13 51 (2.48%) IT Support
13 51 (2.48%) Test Engineer
14 49 (2.38%) Support Engineer
15 47 (2.28%) Test Analyst
16 46 (2.23%) Technical Manager
17 42 (2.04%) Software Engineer
17 42 (2.04%) Test Leader
18 38 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (5.10%) REST
2 61 (2.96%) .NET
2 61 (2.96%) Spring
3 58 (2.82%) React
4 46 (2.23%) HTML
5 45 (2.19%) Kafka
6 43 (2.09%) JSON
7 41 (1.99%) Spring Boot
8 39 (1.89%) RESTful
9 36 (1.75%) CSS
10 32 (1.55%) SOAP
11 31 (1.51%) Playwright
12 30 (1.46%) ADO
13 29 (1.41%) OpenID
14 28 (1.36%) XML
15 27 (1.31%) AngularJS
15 27 (1.31%) LDAP
15 27 (1.31%) Middleware
15 27 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
16 24 (1.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 261 (12.68%) Product Ownership
2 94 (4.57%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 47 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.14%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 41 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
9 34 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
12 25 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
13 24 (1.17%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.12%) PMI
15 19 (0.92%) Mobile App
16 16 (0.78%) Public Cloud
16 16 (0.78%) SCADA
17 15 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 14 (0.68%) Operational Technology
19 13 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 162 (7.87%) Windows
2 119 (5.78%) Linux
3 32 (1.55%) Unix
4 19 (0.92%) Android
5 18 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.58%) Windows Server
9 10 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.049%) MVS
13 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,197 (58.14%) Agile
2 516 (25.06%) DevOps
2 516 (25.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 452 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 408 (19.82%) Scrum
5 386 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 368 (17.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 328 (15.93%) Test Automation
8 288 (13.99%) Project Management
9 259 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 249 (12.09%) Migration
11 227 (11.02%) User Acceptance Testing
12 216 (10.49%) User Stories
13 197 (9.57%) Change Management
14 193 (9.37%) Project Delivery
15 192 (9.32%) Validation
16 188 (9.13%) Acceptance Criteria
16 188 (9.13%) ITIL
17 176 (8.55%) Analytics
18 174 (8.45%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 319 (15.49%) SQL
2 206 (10.00%) Python
3 180 (8.74%) Java
4 91 (4.42%) JavaScript
5 83 (4.03%) C#
6 61 (2.96%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.72%) PowerShell
8 36 (1.75%) Bash
9 30 (1.46%) C++
10 25 (1.21%) PL/SQL
11 22 (1.07%) Shell Script
12 17 (0.83%) C
13 14 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.68%) Embedded C++
13 14 (0.68%) VBA
14 13 (0.63%) Perl
15 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.49%) Go
16 8 (0.39%) Groovy
17 7 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 566 (27.49%) Security Cleared
2 437 (21.22%) SC Cleared
3 239 (11.61%) Degree
4 74 (3.59%) PMI Certification
5 68 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 67 (3.25%) PMP
7 66 (3.21%) DV Cleared
8 63 (3.06%) ISTQB
9 35 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
10 34 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (1.41%) CISSP
12 28 (1.36%) Master's Degree
13 25 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.02%) CISM
14 21 (1.02%) SAFe Agilist
15 20 (0.97%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.97%) CBAP
15 20 (0.97%) IIBA
16 15 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 14 (0.68%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (12.43%) QA
2 127 (6.17%) PMO
3 111 (5.39%) Data Quality
4 53 (2.57%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.43%) GDPR
6 32 (1.55%) SLA
7 27 (1.31%) NIST
8 20 (0.97%) WCAG
9 17 (0.83%) GRC
9 17 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.58%) PSD2
11 11 (0.53%) Basel III
11 11 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.34%) MiFID
12 7 (0.34%) NCSC
12 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.34%) SEPA
13 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 146 (7.09%) Docker
2 99 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.73%) Firmware
5 9 (0.44%) Squid
5 9 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.097%) Postfix
10 2 (0.097%) 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
1 156 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 111 (5.39%) Terraform
3 85 (4.13%) Ansible
4 69 (3.35%) Grafana
5 49 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.46%) OPNET
8 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 23 (1.12%) Control-M
9 23 (1.12%) HP ALM
10 17 (0.83%) Nessus
11 16 (0.78%) IBM Guardium
11 16 (0.78%) Puppet
12 12 (0.58%) Consul
13 11 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.44%) SCCM
15 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
16 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 254 (12.34%) ServiceNow
2 246 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 171 (8.31%) Oracle
4 130 (6.31%) Atlassian
5 94 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 78 (3.79%) SAP
7 65 (3.16%) Remedy
8 48 (2.33%) Google
9 35 (1.70%) Denodo
9 35 (1.70%) Talend
10 34 (1.65%) Workday
11 30 (1.46%) IBM
12 28 (1.36%) Splunk
13 27 (1.31%) VMware
14 26 (1.26%) Informatica
14 26 (1.26%) Red Hat
15 25 (1.21%) Databricks
15 25 (1.21%) HP
16 23 (1.12%) MuleSoft
17 21 (1.02%) Tenable