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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 37 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,069 1,258 1,352
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.09% 5.16% 3.67%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.39% 37.71% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 816 908
10th Percentile £316 £316 £341
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £630
90th Percentile £689 £693 £743
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £524
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.53% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 25 66
10th Percentile £18.75 £46.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £51.06 £36.95
Median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +4.55% -17.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.50 £70.63
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 4,999 3,336 4,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.30% 13.67% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,323 2,232 2,905
10th Percentile £343 £343 £352
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £690 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 66 189
10th Percentile £36.95 £27.72 £32.74
25th Percentile £59.44 £50.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.97%
75th Percentile £74.69 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.36 £81.30
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +5 910 £505 +0.91% 242
North of England +3 381 £450 - 101
Midlands +2 327 £450 -9.09% 75
West Midlands -2 259 £459 -8.20% 56
South East -20 196 £475 -5.00% 127
Yorkshire -7 194 £452 -9.70% 41
North West 0 170 £447 +5.18% 47
South West +5 156 £564 +0.22% 46
East Midlands 0 65 £393 -19.80% 19
East of England -6 62 £450 +1.41% 40
North East -12 20 £475 -9.52% 14
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
1 937 (45.29%) Confluence
2 108 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.88%) SAS
4 28 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (0.87%) Apache
6 17 (0.82%) nginx
7 14 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.43%) 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 (0.14%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 228 (11.02%) Microsoft Project
2 181 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
4 96 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 89 (4.30%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.97%) Trello
7 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.29%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.14%) 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 (0.048%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 28 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.68%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.43%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 8 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.29%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.29%) Maximo
7 6 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
8 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 432 (20.88%) Azure
2 311 (15.03%) AWS
3 243 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 155 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 154 (7.44%) GitHub
6 81 (3.91%) SaaS
7 79 (3.82%) GCP
8 77 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
9 74 (3.58%) Entra ID
10 55 (2.66%) Amazon S3
10 55 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
11 49 (2.37%) Serverless
12 41 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 35 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
14 35 (1.69%) Figma
15 33 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 31 (1.50%) Miro
17 28 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
18 27 (1.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.14%) Firewall
2 44 (2.13%) DNS
3 40 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 28 (1.35%) LAN
5 26 (1.26%) Network Security
6 25 (1.21%) WAN
7 24 (1.16%) VPN
8 19 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.87%) SSL
10 16 (0.77%) DHCP
11 15 (0.72%) HTTP
12 14 (0.68%) SAN
13 13 (0.63%) BIG-IP
14 12 (0.58%) Internet
15 11 (0.53%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.48%) Ethernet
16 10 (0.48%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.43%) FTP
17 9 (0.43%) NAS
18 7 (0.34%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.57%) Power BI
2 81 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 57 (2.75%) SQL Server
5 52 (2.51%) Tableau
6 38 (1.84%) MongoDB
7 37 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.16%) DynamoDB
10 23 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (1.11%) Pentaho
11 22 (1.06%) Relational Database
12 16 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.72%) Big Data
13 15 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
13 15 (0.72%) MySQL
14 13 (0.63%) Metadata
15 12 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.58%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 243 (11.74%) Git
2 182 (8.80%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.17%) GitLab
4 100 (4.83%) Selenium
5 77 (3.72%) Postman
6 62 (3.00%) Zephyr
7 59 (2.85%) Cucumber
8 53 (2.56%) Bitbucket
9 51 (2.46%) JUnit
10 39 (1.88%) JMeter
11 34 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
12 30 (1.45%) REST Assured
13 29 (1.40%) TestRail
14 25 (1.21%) SonarQube
15 22 (1.06%) Cypress.io
16 21 (1.01%) WebDriver
17 16 (0.77%) Appium
18 14 (0.68%) Artifactory
19 13 (0.63%) Maven
20 11 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 851 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 599 (28.95%) Finance
3 422 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (12.28%) Banking
5 220 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 74 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (3.48%) Retail
8 71 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (2.85%) Military
10 40 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (1.88%) Legal
11 39 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 38 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (1.45%) Investment Banking
14 25 (1.21%) Front Office
14 25 (1.21%) Retail Banking
15 21 (1.01%) Marketing
16 20 (0.97%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.92%) Law
18 18 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 402 (19.43%) Analyst
2 253 (12.23%) Business Analyst
3 180 (8.70%) Developer
4 179 (8.65%) Lead
5 161 (7.78%) Senior
6 144 (6.96%) Project Manager
7 115 (5.56%) Architect
8 94 (4.54%) Tester
9 90 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
10 73 (3.53%) Data Engineer
11 65 (3.14%) Scrum Master
12 61 (2.95%) Consultant
13 51 (2.46%) IT Support
13 51 (2.46%) Test Engineer
14 49 (2.37%) Support Engineer
15 47 (2.27%) Test Analyst
16 44 (2.13%) Technical Manager
17 42 (2.03%) Software Engineer
17 42 (2.03%) Test Leader
18 38 (1.84%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (5.22%) REST
2 62 (3.00%) .NET
3 61 (2.95%) Spring
4 58 (2.80%) React
5 46 (2.22%) HTML
6 45 (2.17%) Kafka
7 43 (2.08%) JSON
8 41 (1.98%) Spring Boot
9 39 (1.88%) RESTful
10 36 (1.74%) CSS
11 32 (1.55%) Playwright
11 32 (1.55%) SOAP
12 29 (1.40%) ADO
12 29 (1.40%) OpenID
12 29 (1.40%) XML
13 28 (1.35%) Middleware
14 27 (1.30%) LDAP
14 27 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
15 26 (1.26%) AngularJS
16 23 (1.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 259 (12.52%) Product Ownership
2 93 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 48 (2.32%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 40 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 35 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 35 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.11%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.11%) PMI
13 21 (1.01%) Mobile App
14 16 (0.77%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.72%) SCADA
16 14 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (0.68%) Operational Technology
17 13 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 162 (7.83%) Windows
2 123 (5.94%) Linux
3 33 (1.59%) Unix
4 21 (1.01%) Android
5 16 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 15 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 10 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.14%) AIX
10 3 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.048%) MVS
12 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.048%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (58.19%) Agile
2 521 (25.18%) DevOps
3 518 (25.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 453 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
5 412 (19.91%) Scrum
6 387 (18.70%) CI/CD
7 367 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 328 (15.85%) Test Automation
9 290 (14.02%) Project Management
10 264 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 247 (11.94%) Migration
12 226 (10.92%) User Acceptance Testing
13 216 (10.44%) User Stories
14 202 (9.76%) Change Management
15 194 (9.38%) Project Delivery
16 190 (9.18%) ITIL
17 189 (9.13%) Validation
18 188 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
19 177 (8.55%) Analytics
20 171 (8.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 319 (15.42%) SQL
2 210 (10.15%) Python
3 181 (8.75%) Java
4 93 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 83 (4.01%) C#
6 62 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 59 (2.85%) PowerShell
8 35 (1.69%) Bash
9 30 (1.45%) C++
10 25 (1.21%) PL/SQL
11 22 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 17 (0.82%) 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 (0.48%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.48%) Go
16 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 572 (27.65%) Security Cleared
2 443 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 240 (11.60%) Degree
4 76 (3.67%) PMI Certification
5 69 (3.33%) PMP
6 68 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 66 (3.19%) DV Cleared
7 66 (3.19%) ISTQB
8 36 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 34 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.45%) CISSP
11 29 (1.40%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.06%) CISM
13 22 (1.06%) SAFe Agilist
14 20 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.97%) CBAP
14 20 (0.97%) IIBA
15 16 (0.77%) AWS Certification
16 14 (0.68%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (12.52%) QA
2 127 (6.14%) PMO
3 108 (5.22%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.42%) GDPR
6 31 (1.50%) SLA
7 27 (1.30%) NIST
8 20 (0.97%) WCAG
9 17 (0.82%) GRC
9 17 (0.82%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 150 (7.25%) Docker
2 99 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.72%) Firmware
5 9 (0.43%) Squid
5 9 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.097%) Postfix
9 2 (0.097%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.048%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 159 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 115 (5.56%) Terraform
3 89 (4.30%) Ansible
4 68 (3.29%) Grafana
5 48 (2.32%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.45%) OPNET
8 24 (1.16%) HP ALM
9 23 (1.11%) Control-M
9 23 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 17 (0.82%) Nessus
11 16 (0.77%) IBM Guardium
11 16 (0.77%) Puppet
12 15 (0.72%) Consul
13 11 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.43%) 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
1 255 (12.32%) ServiceNow
2 248 (11.99%) Microsoft
3 173 (8.36%) Oracle
4 131 (6.33%) Atlassian
5 95 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 78 (3.77%) SAP
7 66 (3.19%) Remedy
8 49 (2.37%) Google
9 35 (1.69%) Denodo
9 35 (1.69%) Talend
10 34 (1.64%) Workday
11 30 (1.45%) IBM
12 28 (1.35%) Splunk
12 28 (1.35%) VMware
13 26 (1.26%) HP
13 26 (1.26%) Informatica
13 26 (1.26%) Red Hat
14 25 (1.21%) Databricks
15 23 (1.11%) MuleSoft
16 21 (1.01%) Tenable