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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 36 52
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,060 1,275 1,358
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.06% 5.21% 3.69%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.23% 37.98% 32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 830 910
10th Percentile £316 £319 £339
25th Percentile £400 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £630
90th Percentile £688 £691 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 71
10th Percentile £18.75 £46.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.27 £38.77
Median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -4.17% -10.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 -
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £50.44
% change year-on-year +8.26% +14.00% -23.39%

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 4,996 3,357 4,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.28% 13.71% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,300 2,254 2,886
10th Percentile £342 £341 £351
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -5.84% -3.45%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £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 225 65 191
10th Percentile £37.25 £27.68 £33.00
25th Percentile £59.25 £50.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.78 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £66.75 £60.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.79% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +4 899 £500 - 183
North of England +2 381 £450 - 78
Midlands +1 328 £450 -9.09% 62
West Midlands 0 260 £459 -8.20% 47
South East -21 202 £475 -5.00% 122
Yorkshire -7 195 £453 -9.40% 32
North West -2 169 £447 +5.18% 37
South West +6 155 £553 -1.78% 37
East Midlands +2 65 £393 -19.80% 15
East of England -5 61 £450 - 36
North East -9 21 £475 -9.52% 10
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
1 930 (45.15%) Confluence
2 109 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.84%) SAS
4 29 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (0.87%) Apache
6 15 (0.73%) CMS
7 13 (0.63%) nginx
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 6 (0.29%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.24%) IIS
10 5 (0.24%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 225 (10.92%) Microsoft Project
2 179 (8.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 98 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (4.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 88 (4.27%) 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%) CATIA
10 2 (0.097%) InVision
10 2 (0.097%) Sketch
11 1 (0.049%) Autodesk Smoke
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 (20.87%) Azure
2 310 (15.05%) AWS
3 239 (11.60%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 149 (7.23%) GitHub
6 81 (3.93%) SaaS
7 79 (3.83%) GCP
8 77 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
9 75 (3.64%) Entra ID
10 57 (2.77%) Amazon S3
11 52 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
12 49 (2.38%) Serverless
13 41 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
14 39 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 37 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (1.70%) Figma
17 34 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 29 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (1.41%) Miro
19 27 (1.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.20%) 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 14 (0.68%) HTTP
11 14 (0.68%) SAN
12 13 (0.63%) BIG-IP
13 12 (0.58%) Internet
14 11 (0.53%) Ethernet
14 11 (0.53%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.44%) FTP
16 9 (0.44%) NAS
17 7 (0.34%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.60%) Power BI
2 80 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 57 (2.77%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.52%) Tableau
6 38 (1.84%) MongoDB
7 37 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.17%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.12%) Pentaho
11 23 (1.12%) 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
1 236 (11.46%) Git
2 181 (8.79%) Jenkins
3 110 (5.34%) GitLab
4 96 (4.66%) Selenium
5 74 (3.59%) Postman
6 60 (2.91%) Zephyr
7 57 (2.77%) Cucumber
8 51 (2.48%) JUnit
9 50 (2.43%) Bitbucket
10 38 (1.84%) JMeter
11 34 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
12 29 (1.41%) REST Assured
13 25 (1.21%) SonarQube
13 25 (1.21%) TestRail
14 21 (1.02%) WebDriver
15 20 (0.97%) Cypress.io
16 17 (0.83%) Appium
17 14 (0.68%) Artifactory
18 13 (0.63%) Maven
19 11 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
General
1 846 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 601 (29.17%) Finance
3 415 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (12.43%) Banking
5 218 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 72 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
6 72 (3.50%) Retail
7 69 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (2.86%) Military
9 40 (1.94%) Legal
9 40 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 38 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (1.55%) Investment Banking
12 28 (1.36%) Retail Banking
13 26 (1.26%) Front Office
14 20 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
14 20 (0.97%) Marketing
14 20 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 18 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 400 (19.42%) Analyst
2 253 (12.28%) Business Analyst
3 179 (8.69%) Developer
4 176 (8.54%) Lead
5 163 (7.91%) Senior
6 143 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 112 (5.44%) Architect
8 90 (4.37%) Tester
9 89 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
10 73 (3.54%) Data Engineer
11 66 (3.20%) Scrum Master
12 63 (3.06%) Consultant
13 52 (2.52%) IT Support
14 51 (2.48%) Test Engineer
15 50 (2.43%) Support Engineer
16 47 (2.28%) Test Analyst
17 45 (2.18%) Technical Manager
18 42 (2.04%) Software Engineer
19 41 (1.99%) Test Leader
20 38 (1.84%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (5.00%) REST
2 61 (2.96%) .NET
2 61 (2.96%) Spring
3 58 (2.82%) React
4 46 (2.23%) HTML
4 46 (2.23%) Kafka
5 41 (1.99%) JSON
5 41 (1.99%) RESTful
5 41 (1.99%) Spring Boot
6 36 (1.75%) CSS
7 32 (1.55%) SOAP
8 30 (1.46%) ADO
8 30 (1.46%) Playwright
9 29 (1.41%) OpenID
10 27 (1.31%) AngularJS
10 27 (1.31%) LDAP
10 27 (1.31%) Middleware
10 27 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
11 26 (1.26%) XML
12 24 (1.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 263 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 94 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.50%) Cloud Native
4 49 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.14%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 42 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 33 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 33 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.17%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.07%) PMI
13 20 (0.97%) Mobile App
14 16 (0.78%) Public Cloud
14 16 (0.78%) SCADA
15 15 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (0.68%) Operational Technology
17 13 (0.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 164 (7.96%) Windows
2 120 (5.83%) Linux
3 34 (1.65%) Unix
4 20 (0.97%) Android
5 18 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.53%) Windows Server
8 10 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
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 1,194 (57.96%) Agile
2 518 (25.15%) DevOps
3 517 (25.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 456 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
5 409 (19.85%) Scrum
6 386 (18.74%) CI/CD
7 368 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 327 (15.87%) Test Automation
9 289 (14.03%) Project Management
10 257 (12.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 250 (12.14%) Migration
12 228 (11.07%) User Acceptance Testing
13 216 (10.49%) User Stories
14 198 (9.61%) Change Management
15 194 (9.42%) Project Delivery
16 191 (9.27%) ITIL
16 191 (9.27%) Validation
17 189 (9.17%) Acceptance Criteria
18 176 (8.54%) Analytics
19 173 (8.40%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 320 (15.53%) SQL
2 206 (10.00%) Python
3 180 (8.74%) Java
4 92 (4.47%) JavaScript
5 81 (3.93%) C#
6 62 (3.01%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.72%) PowerShell
8 36 (1.75%) Bash
9 30 (1.46%) C++
10 26 (1.26%) 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%) Perl
13 14 (0.68%) VBA
14 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.49%) Go
15 9 (0.44%) Groovy
16 8 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 565 (27.43%) Security Cleared
2 436 (21.17%) SC Cleared
3 240 (11.65%) Degree
4 73 (3.54%) PMI Certification
5 68 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 67 (3.25%) PMP
7 66 (3.20%) DV Cleared
8 62 (3.01%) ISTQB
9 36 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
11 29 (1.41%) CISSP
12 28 (1.36%) Master's Degree
13 25 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (1.07%) SAFe Agilist
15 21 (1.02%) Azure Certification
15 21 (1.02%) CISM
16 20 (0.97%) CBAP
16 20 (0.97%) IIBA
17 16 (0.78%) AWS Certification
18 14 (0.68%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (12.48%) 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 26 (1.26%) NIST
8 20 (0.97%) WCAG
9 17 (0.83%) GRC
10 16 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 12 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.58%) PSD2
12 11 (0.53%) Basel III
12 11 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.34%) MiFID
13 7 (0.34%) NCSC
13 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.34%) SEPA
14 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 148 (7.18%) Docker
2 101 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.12%) 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 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 112 (5.44%) Terraform
3 84 (4.08%) Ansible
4 70 (3.40%) Grafana
5 50 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.46%) OPNET
8 24 (1.17%) HP ALM
8 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 23 (1.12%) Control-M
10 17 (0.83%) Nessus
11 16 (0.78%) IBM Guardium
11 16 (0.78%) Puppet
12 11 (0.53%) Consul
12 11 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
13 9 (0.44%) SCCM
14 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
15 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 254 (12.33%) ServiceNow
2 245 (11.89%) Microsoft
3 171 (8.30%) Oracle
4 128 (6.21%) Atlassian
5 93 (4.51%) Salesforce
6 78 (3.79%) SAP
7 65 (3.16%) Remedy
8 46 (2.23%) Google
9 35 (1.70%) Denodo
9 35 (1.70%) Talend
10 34 (1.65%) Workday
11 32 (1.55%) IBM
12 29 (1.41%) Splunk
13 26 (1.26%) Databricks
13 26 (1.26%) HP
13 26 (1.26%) Informatica
13 26 (1.26%) Red Hat
13 26 (1.26%) VMware
14 23 (1.12%) MuleSoft
15 21 (1.02%) Tenable