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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 31 44
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,128 1,573 1,419
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.73% 5.70% 4.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.43% 39.84% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,077 945
10th Percentile £328 £319 £350
25th Percentile £404 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £619
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 40 91
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.95 £25.30
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £63.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% -6.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £85.60 -
UK median hourly rate £52.67 £57.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.61% -12.31% +4.84%

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 5,263 3,948 4,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.69% 14.30% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,357 2,719 2,886
10th Percentile £350 £321 £350
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £631
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 235 93 205
10th Percentile £28.08 £40.50 £31.71
25th Percentile £55.63 £51.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.60 £73.90
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -7 977 £525 - 202
North of England -12 399 £455 -1.89% 66
Midlands -2 309 £450 -5.26% 54
West Midlands -3 266 £459 -3.37% 36
South East -29 223 £475 -3.46% 120
Yorkshire -9 221 £450 -6.01% 25
North West -25 160 £450 +5.39% 32
South West -10 132 £493 -12.44% 43
East of England -10 57 £413 +3.13% 34
East Midlands +1 41 £402 -5.41% 18
North East -32 25 £550 - 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
1 934 (43.89%) Confluence
2 117 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.41%) SAS
5 14 (0.66%) Apache
6 13 (0.61%) CMS
7 9 (0.42%) nginx
8 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 6 (0.28%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.19%) Camunda
11 4 (0.19%) IIS
11 4 (0.19%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.19%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 150 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (6.86%) Microsoft Project
3 84 (3.95%) MS Visio
4 72 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 60 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
6 20 (0.94%) Trello
7 14 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.38%) Revit
10 7 (0.33%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.23%) Notion
12 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.094%) CATIA
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.047%) Mingle
13 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.047%) Sketch
13 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 38 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 31 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Aladdin
3 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 8 (0.38%) Findur
5 8 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.23%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.19%) Actimize
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.14%) Primavera
10 3 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 530 (24.91%) Azure
2 338 (15.88%) AWS
3 289 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
4 178 (8.36%) GitHub
5 167 (7.85%) Power Platform
6 94 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 85 (3.99%) GCP
8 83 (3.90%) Entra ID
9 81 (3.81%) SaaS
10 68 (3.20%) Amazon S3
10 68 (3.20%) Serverless
11 66 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 54 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
14 48 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (1.55%) Miro
15 33 (1.55%) Smartsheet
15 33 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 31 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 29 (1.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.95%) Firewall
2 67 (3.15%) DNS
3 46 (2.16%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.64%) DHCP
4 35 (1.64%) Network Security
5 31 (1.46%) VPN
6 28 (1.32%) LAN
6 28 (1.32%) WAN
7 24 (1.13%) BIG-IP
8 21 (0.99%) SAN
9 19 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (0.80%) SSL
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%) HTTP
14 9 (0.42%) VLAN
15 8 (0.38%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (6.67%) Power BI
2 95 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
6 32 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 27 (1.27%) MongoDB
8 26 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.22%) Tableau
9 24 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
9 24 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (1.13%) DynamoDB
10 20 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 19 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (0.85%) Oracle Database
13 17 (0.80%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.80%) Pentaho
14 15 (0.70%) Metadata
15 13 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
16 12 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 250 (11.75%) Git
2 196 (9.21%) Jenkins
3 111 (5.22%) GitLab
4 91 (4.28%) Selenium
5 77 (3.62%) Zephyr
6 66 (3.10%) Bitbucket
7 63 (2.96%) Postman
8 51 (2.40%) Cucumber
8 51 (2.40%) JUnit
9 37 (1.74%) JMeter
10 32 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
11 25 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 23 (1.08%) Cypress.io
12 23 (1.08%) REST Assured
12 23 (1.08%) WebDriver
13 22 (1.03%) TestRail
14 19 (0.89%) Artifactory
15 14 (0.66%) Appium
16 11 (0.52%) SonarQube
17 10 (0.47%) Mockito
General
1 838 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 605 (28.43%) Finance
3 391 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (12.41%) Banking
5 239 (11.23%) Public Sector
6 82 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (3.29%) Retail
9 46 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 39 (1.83%) Legal
11 38 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (1.74%) Investment Banking
13 34 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 32 (1.50%) Front Office
15 31 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.27%) Retail Banking
17 25 (1.17%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.13%) Marketing
19 21 (0.99%) Financial Institution
20 20 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 383 (18.00%) Analyst
2 235 (11.04%) Business Analyst
3 209 (9.82%) Developer
4 199 (9.35%) Lead
5 188 (8.83%) Senior
6 121 (5.69%) Project Manager
7 95 (4.46%) Delivery Manager
8 89 (4.18%) Tester
9 80 (3.76%) Consultant
10 78 (3.67%) Scrum Master
11 77 (3.62%) Architect
12 69 (3.24%) Data Engineer
13 63 (2.96%) Support Engineer
14 61 (2.87%) IT Support
15 52 (2.44%) Test Analyst
16 48 (2.26%) Test Leader
17 47 (2.21%) Product Owner
18 45 (2.11%) IT Engineer
19 43 (2.02%) Senior Manager
20 42 (1.97%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (5.78%) REST
2 73 (3.43%) .NET
3 58 (2.73%) Spring
4 51 (2.40%) React
5 50 (2.35%) JSON
6 47 (2.21%) HTML
6 47 (2.21%) RESTful
7 39 (1.83%) SOAP
8 38 (1.79%) Kafka
9 37 (1.74%) CSS
9 37 (1.74%) Spring Boot
10 35 (1.64%) AngularJS
11 34 (1.60%) Playwright
11 34 (1.60%) Web Services
12 33 (1.55%) XML
13 30 (1.41%) Node.js
14 29 (1.36%) Middleware
15 26 (1.22%) WireMock
16 25 (1.17%) .NET Core
17 24 (1.13%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 233 (10.95%) Product Ownership
2 127 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 86 (4.04%) Cloud Native
4 70 (3.29%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (2.49%) Virtual Team
8 51 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
9 43 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 41 (1.93%) Management Information System
11 35 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 35 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (0.89%) Mobile App
13 19 (0.89%) SCADA
14 18 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 17 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (0.75%) Credit Risk
16 16 (0.75%) Derivative
16 16 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 173 (8.13%) Windows
2 123 (5.78%) Linux
3 50 (2.35%) Unix
4 28 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.89%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.85%) Android
8 17 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
10 5 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
11 3 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.094%) MVS
12 2 (0.094%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.047%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.047%) SUSE
13 1 (0.047%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,246 (58.55%) Agile
2 601 (28.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 572 (26.88%) DevOps
4 476 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
5 459 (21.57%) CI/CD
6 426 (20.02%) Scrum
7 400 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 360 (16.92%) Test Automation
9 292 (13.72%) Migration
10 249 (11.70%) User Acceptance Testing
11 231 (10.86%) Project Management
12 228 (10.71%) User Stories
13 227 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 225 (10.57%) Validation
15 216 (10.15%) AI
16 212 (9.96%) Change Management
17 207 (9.73%) Sprint Planning
18 195 (9.16%) ITIL
18 195 (9.16%) Project Delivery
18 195 (9.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 347 (16.31%) SQL
2 267 (12.55%) Python
3 158 (7.42%) Java
4 90 (4.23%) C#
4 90 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 75 (3.52%) PowerShell
6 65 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 43 (2.02%) Bash
8 33 (1.55%) PL/SQL
9 18 (0.85%) VBA
10 16 (0.75%) Perl
11 15 (0.70%) Bicep
12 14 (0.66%) Apex Code
12 14 (0.66%) Groovy
12 14 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 13 (0.61%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.52%) C++
15 10 (0.47%) ActionScript
16 7 (0.33%) C
16 7 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 562 (26.41%) Security Cleared
2 430 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 187 (8.79%) Degree
4 84 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 79 (3.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (3.05%) ISTQB
7 58 (2.73%) PMI Certification
8 47 (2.21%) PMP
9 29 (1.36%) CISSP
10 26 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 22 (1.03%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (0.80%) CISM
13 17 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
13 17 (0.80%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.80%) SAFe Agilist
14 16 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 16 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 13 (0.61%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (11.80%) QA
2 122 (5.73%) PMO
3 121 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 63 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 39 (1.83%) SLA
6 37 (1.74%) GDPR
7 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.22%) WCAG
8 20 (0.94%) NIST
9 18 (0.85%) NCSC
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.33%) SEPA
14 6 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.28%) MiFID
14 6 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 137 (6.44%) Docker
2 127 (5.97%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (0.47%) Firmware
5 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.19%) Squid
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
1 156 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 146 (6.86%) Terraform
3 93 (4.37%) Ansible
4 64 (3.01%) Grafana
5 49 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 34 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.08%) HP ALM
9 22 (1.03%) Control-M
10 14 (0.66%) Nessus
10 14 (0.66%) Puppet
11 13 (0.61%) IBM Guardium
11 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.42%) SCCM
13 8 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
13 8 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
13 8 (0.38%) Packer
14 7 (0.33%) NetBackup
15 5 (0.23%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 308 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 270 (12.69%) ServiceNow
3 157 (7.38%) Oracle
4 97 (4.56%) Atlassian
5 94 (4.42%) Salesforce
6 93 (4.37%) SAP
7 54 (2.54%) Google
8 41 (1.93%) IBM
8 41 (1.93%) Remedy
9 37 (1.74%) Denodo
10 36 (1.69%) VMware
11 33 (1.55%) Splunk
12 32 (1.50%) Talend
13 29 (1.36%) F5
14 28 (1.32%) Databricks
15 27 (1.27%) Informatica
15 27 (1.27%) Workday
16 26 (1.22%) HP
17 24 (1.13%) MuleSoft
18 23 (1.08%) Adobe