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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 46
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,133 1,529 1,437
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.76% 5.61% 4.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.68% 39.52% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,040 955
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £402 £402 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £582 £600 £622
90th Percentile £673 £695 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 40 94
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.95 £25.51
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £63.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.91% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65.69 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.08 £85.60 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.26% -4.17% -3.23%

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 5,244 3,869 4,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.69% 14.20% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,351 2,647 2,938
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £630
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 89 216
10th Percentile £29.42 £39.25 £32.36
25th Percentile £56.94 £50.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.15 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £66.75 £64.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.89% -1.15% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -5 984 £525 - 226
North of England -11 409 £450 -3.64% 91
Midlands -1 305 £450 -5.26% 60
West Midlands -1 261 £459 -3.37% 38
Yorkshire -9 225 £450 -8.16% 36
South East -31 218 £475 -4.23% 143
North West -16 166 £450 +5.88% 45
South West -6 130 £490 -12.89% 47
East of England -17 55 £413 +3.13% 40
East Midlands -1 42 £402 -10.07% 22
North East -36 23 £515 -6.36% 11
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 (43.60%) Confluence
2 117 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.41%) SAS
5 13 (0.61%) Apache
5 13 (0.61%) CMS
5 13 (0.61%) nginx
6 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.28%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.28%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.28%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.28%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.19%) Camunda
9 4 (0.19%) IIS
9 4 (0.19%) JBoss
9 4 (0.19%) WordPress
10 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 151 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
3 86 (4.03%) MS Visio
4 72 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 59 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
6 19 (0.89%) Trello
7 14 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.38%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Notion
11 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.094%) CATIA
12 1 (0.047%) Mingle
12 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.047%) Sketch
12 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 32 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Aladdin
3 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.47%) Loan IQ
4 10 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 8 (0.38%) Findur
6 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
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
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.14%) Primavera
10 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 523 (24.52%) Azure
2 340 (15.94%) AWS
3 288 (13.50%) Azure DevOps
4 176 (8.25%) GitHub
5 163 (7.64%) Power Platform
6 97 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 83 (3.89%) Entra ID
8 82 (3.84%) GCP
9 81 (3.80%) SaaS
10 74 (3.47%) Amazon S3
11 72 (3.38%) Serverless
12 66 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
13 58 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
14 57 (2.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 53 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 34 (1.59%) Miro
17 34 (1.59%) Smartsheet
18 28 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
18 28 (1.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 89 (4.17%) Firewall
2 72 (3.38%) DNS
3 51 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.69%) Network Security
5 35 (1.64%) DHCP
5 35 (1.64%) VPN
6 29 (1.36%) LAN
6 29 (1.36%) WAN
7 24 (1.13%) BIG-IP
8 22 (1.03%) SAN
9 19 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (0.80%) SSL
11 14 (0.66%) HTTP
11 14 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.56%) Internet
13 10 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 9 (0.42%) VLAN
15 8 (0.38%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (6.61%) Power BI
2 95 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 43 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
6 32 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
6 32 (1.50%) MongoDB
7 26 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.22%) Tableau
8 24 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
8 24 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 24 (1.13%) DynamoDB
9 21 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 19 (0.89%) Data Lake
11 18 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (0.80%) Oracle Database
12 17 (0.80%) Pentaho
13 14 (0.66%) Metadata
14 13 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 251 (11.77%) Git
2 194 (9.10%) Jenkins
3 115 (5.39%) GitLab
4 90 (4.22%) Selenium
5 74 (3.47%) Zephyr
6 65 (3.05%) Postman
7 60 (2.81%) Bitbucket
8 56 (2.63%) JUnit
9 50 (2.34%) Cucumber
10 36 (1.69%) JMeter
11 32 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
12 23 (1.08%) Cypress.io
12 23 (1.08%) REST Assured
12 23 (1.08%) WebDriver
13 21 (0.98%) TestRail
14 20 (0.94%) SonarQube
15 18 (0.84%) Artifactory
16 16 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 15 (0.70%) Appium
18 11 (0.52%) TestNG
General
1 836 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 602 (28.22%) Finance
3 391 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (12.52%) Banking
5 229 (10.74%) Public Sector
6 80 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 79 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 68 (3.19%) Retail
9 44 (2.06%) Manufacturing
10 42 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (1.92%) Legal
12 37 (1.73%) Investment Banking
13 32 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 31 (1.45%) Front Office
15 28 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.17%) Retail Banking
16 25 (1.17%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.08%) Marketing
18 21 (0.98%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 392 (18.38%) Analyst
2 241 (11.30%) Business Analyst
3 214 (10.03%) Developer
4 190 (8.91%) Lead
5 187 (8.77%) Senior
6 121 (5.67%) Project Manager
7 93 (4.36%) Delivery Manager
8 89 (4.17%) Tester
9 85 (3.98%) Architect
10 82 (3.84%) Scrum Master
11 75 (3.52%) Consultant
12 69 (3.23%) Data Engineer
13 65 (3.05%) IT Support
14 62 (2.91%) Support Engineer
15 51 (2.39%) Test Analyst
16 47 (2.20%) IT Engineer
16 47 (2.20%) Test Leader
17 46 (2.16%) Product Owner
18 45 (2.11%) Senior Manager
19 44 (2.06%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.58%) REST
2 72 (3.38%) .NET
3 60 (2.81%) Spring
4 55 (2.58%) RESTful
5 51 (2.39%) JSON
5 51 (2.39%) React
6 47 (2.20%) HTML
7 43 (2.02%) Kafka
8 40 (1.88%) Spring Boot
9 38 (1.78%) AngularJS
10 37 (1.73%) CSS
10 37 (1.73%) SOAP
11 35 (1.64%) Playwright
12 33 (1.55%) XML
13 30 (1.41%) Web Services
14 28 (1.31%) Middleware
14 28 (1.31%) Node.js
15 26 (1.22%) WireMock
16 23 (1.08%) .NET Core
16 23 (1.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 236 (11.06%) Product Ownership
2 130 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.13%) Cloud Native
4 68 (3.19%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 54 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 50 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
8 45 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 20 (0.94%) Mobile App
12 18 (0.84%) SCADA
12 18 (0.84%) Security Posture
13 17 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
13 17 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (0.75%) Derivative
15 15 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 171 (8.02%) Windows
2 126 (5.91%) Linux
3 50 (2.34%) Unix
4 27 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.84%) Android
6 18 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.38%) 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 (0.094%) MVS
11 2 (0.094%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.047%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.047%) Solaris
12 1 (0.047%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,247 (58.46%) Agile
2 589 (27.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 566 (26.54%) DevOps
4 477 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 463 (21.71%) CI/CD
6 423 (19.83%) Scrum
7 401 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 351 (16.46%) Test Automation
9 280 (13.13%) Migration
10 249 (11.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 234 (10.97%) Project Management
12 232 (10.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 230 (10.78%) User Stories
14 220 (10.31%) Validation
15 217 (10.17%) AI
16 214 (10.03%) Change Management
17 210 (9.85%) Sprint Planning
18 192 (9.00%) Project Delivery
18 192 (9.00%) Roadmaps
19 191 (8.95%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 342 (16.03%) SQL
2 264 (12.38%) Python
3 160 (7.50%) Java
4 90 (4.22%) C#
5 88 (4.13%) JavaScript
6 73 (3.42%) PowerShell
7 68 (3.19%) TypeScript
8 43 (2.02%) Bash
9 32 (1.50%) PL/SQL
10 18 (0.84%) VBA
11 16 (0.75%) Perl
12 14 (0.66%) Apex Code
12 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 13 (0.61%) Bicep
13 13 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.56%) Groovy
15 11 (0.52%) C++
16 10 (0.47%) ActionScript
17 7 (0.33%) C
17 7 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 549 (25.74%) Security Cleared
2 422 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 191 (8.95%) Degree
4 81 (3.80%) DV Cleared
5 76 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (3.05%) ISTQB
7 61 (2.86%) PMI Certification
8 49 (2.30%) PMP
9 31 (1.45%) CISSP
10 28 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 23 (1.08%) Azure Certification
13 19 (0.89%) CISM
14 18 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
14 18 (0.84%) SAFe Agilist
15 17 (0.80%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 14 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 12 (0.56%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (11.81%) QA
2 123 (5.77%) PMO
3 121 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 62 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 40 (1.88%) SLA
6 37 (1.73%) GDPR
7 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.17%) WCAG
9 21 (0.98%) NIST
10 17 (0.80%) NCSC
11 16 (0.75%) GRC
12 15 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.33%) SEPA
15 6 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.28%) MiFID
15 6 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 139 (6.52%) Docker
2 126 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.47%) Firmware
5 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.42%) Squid
7 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.094%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.094%) Postfix
9 2 (0.094%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.047%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.047%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 163 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 151 (7.08%) Terraform
3 95 (4.45%) Ansible
4 71 (3.33%) Grafana
5 56 (2.63%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (1.17%) Control-M
9 23 (1.08%) HP ALM
10 18 (0.84%) Nessus
11 17 (0.80%) IBM Guardium
12 14 (0.66%) Puppet
13 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
14 10 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.47%) Consul
15 8 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
15 8 (0.38%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
15 8 (0.38%) SCCM
16 7 (0.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 307 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 265 (12.42%) ServiceNow
3 155 (7.27%) Oracle
4 104 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 92 (4.31%) Atlassian
6 89 (4.17%) SAP
7 55 (2.58%) Google
8 41 (1.92%) IBM
9 38 (1.78%) Remedy
10 37 (1.73%) Denodo
11 34 (1.59%) VMware
12 32 (1.50%) Splunk
12 32 (1.50%) Talend
13 30 (1.41%) F5
13 30 (1.41%) Workday
14 29 (1.36%) Red Hat
15 27 (1.27%) Databricks
16 26 (1.22%) HP
16 26 (1.22%) Informatica
17 23 (1.08%) MuleSoft