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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 43 53
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,037 1,205 1,329
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.21% 4.94% 3.59%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.60% 36.32% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 784 915
10th Percentile £313 £318 £335
25th Percentile £400 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -3.05%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £630
90th Percentile £695 £688 £756
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 25 53
10th Percentile £18.75 £49.23 £20.80
25th Percentile £29.64 £55.25 £33.00
Median hourly rate £63.32 £62.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +36.22% -26.59%
75th Percentile £72.81 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £40.94
% change year-on-year +4.00% +52.66% -35.46%

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 5,017 3,318 4,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.84% 13.61% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,348 2,223 2,875
10th Percentile £336 £340 £356
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
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 211 65 160
10th Percentile £39.53 £26.75 £31.34
25th Percentile £60.50 £52.18 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.88 £75.00 £70.31
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.43 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £62.00
% change year-on-year +6.72% +2.02% +0.81%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 +8 900 £500 - 183
North of England -3 370 £450 - 104
Midlands +5 304 £427 -10.11% 64
West Midlands 0 242 £456 -4.11% 41
South East -19 194 £475 -5.00% 120
Yorkshire -8 181 £452 -7.38% 45
North West 0 173 £447 -0.33% 47
South West +12 162 £575 +2.45% 49
East of England +5 67 £425 -6.85% 46
East Midlands -1 59 £358 -24.63% 23
North East -8 19 £475 -3.80% 12
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
1 923 (45.31%) Confluence
2 102 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.16%) SAS
4 32 (1.57%) nginx
5 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.93%) Apache
7 16 (0.79%) CMS
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.39%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 6 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 6 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.25%) JBoss
11 5 (0.25%) Mattermost
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 222 (10.90%) Microsoft Project
2 189 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 109 (5.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 103 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
5 93 (4.57%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.03%) Trello
7 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.25%) Notion
9 5 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.25%) Sketch
10 4 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.15%) InVision
12 2 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.098%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.098%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.098%) CATIA
12 2 (0.098%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 25 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 14 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.64%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.54%) Workday HCM
7 10 (0.49%) Aladdin
8 8 (0.39%) Fidessa
9 7 (0.34%) Maximo
10 6 (0.29%) SAP MDG
11 5 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
12 4 (0.20%) Findur
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 4 (0.20%) SAP EWM
12 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 416 (20.42%) Azure
2 305 (14.97%) AWS
3 233 (11.44%) Azure DevOps
4 164 (8.05%) GitHub
5 143 (7.02%) Power Platform
6 74 (3.63%) GCP
7 73 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
8 71 (3.49%) SaaS
9 68 (3.34%) Entra ID
10 57 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (2.26%) Serverless
12 40 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 37 (1.82%) Figma
14 35 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (1.67%) Miro
16 31 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
18 27 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 25 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
19 25 (1.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.85%) Firewall
2 40 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 38 (1.87%) DNS
4 28 (1.37%) LAN
5 26 (1.28%) Network Security
5 26 (1.28%) VPN
6 25 (1.23%) WAN
7 19 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (0.88%) SSL
9 17 (0.83%) HTTP
10 15 (0.74%) DHCP
11 12 (0.59%) Internet
11 12 (0.59%) SAN
12 11 (0.54%) BIG-IP
12 11 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.49%) FTP
13 10 (0.49%) NAS
13 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.34%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (6.04%) Power BI
2 71 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (2.95%) Tableau
5 51 (2.50%) SQL Server
6 39 (1.91%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.72%) NoSQL
8 29 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
9 28 (1.37%) Pentaho
10 22 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 20 (0.98%) Metadata
12 19 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (0.93%) MySQL
13 17 (0.83%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.79%) Big Data
15 15 (0.74%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 11 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
19 10 (0.49%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 262 (12.86%) Git
2 203 (9.97%) Jenkins
3 106 (5.20%) GitLab
4 100 (4.91%) Selenium
5 74 (3.63%) Postman
6 64 (3.14%) Cucumber
7 55 (2.70%) Bitbucket
8 53 (2.60%) Zephyr
9 52 (2.55%) JUnit
10 38 (1.87%) JMeter
10 38 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
11 33 (1.62%) REST Assured
12 32 (1.57%) TestRail
13 25 (1.23%) SonarQube
14 20 (0.98%) WebDriver
15 17 (0.83%) Cypress.io
15 17 (0.83%) Maven
16 14 (0.69%) Appium
16 14 (0.69%) SpecFlow
17 13 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 827 (40.60%) Social Skills
2 584 (28.67%) Finance
3 403 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (12.57%) Banking
5 217 (10.65%) Public Sector
6 74 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (3.44%) Retail
9 53 (2.60%) Military
10 44 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.67%) Legal
13 31 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 25 (1.23%) Front Office
16 22 (1.08%) Marketing
16 22 (1.08%) Retail Banking
17 20 (0.98%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.88%) Law
19 17 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 400 (19.64%) Analyst
2 257 (12.62%) Business Analyst
3 179 (8.79%) Developer
4 159 (7.81%) Lead
5 154 (7.56%) Senior
6 146 (7.17%) Project Manager
7 119 (5.84%) Architect
8 101 (4.96%) Tester
9 83 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
10 61 (2.99%) Consultant
11 60 (2.95%) Data Engineer
12 56 (2.75%) Scrum Master
13 55 (2.70%) Test Engineer
14 48 (2.36%) IT Support
14 48 (2.36%) Support Engineer
15 47 (2.31%) Test Analyst
16 44 (2.16%) Technical Manager
17 43 (2.11%) Software Engineer
17 43 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
18 42 (2.06%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (6.33%) REST
2 64 (3.14%) Spring
3 59 (2.90%) .NET
4 54 (2.65%) React
5 47 (2.31%) Kafka
6 45 (2.21%) RESTful
7 44 (2.16%) JSON
8 43 (2.11%) HTML
9 41 (2.01%) Spring Boot
9 41 (2.01%) XML
10 38 (1.87%) CSS
11 36 (1.77%) Playwright
12 32 (1.57%) SOAP
13 29 (1.42%) ADO
13 29 (1.42%) OpenID
13 29 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
14 28 (1.37%) Middleware
14 28 (1.37%) Node.js
15 27 (1.33%) LDAP
16 26 (1.28%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 246 (12.08%) Product Ownership
2 87 (4.27%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 44 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
4 44 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.11%) Virtual Team
6 40 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 29 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 22 (1.08%) PMI
14 16 (0.79%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 13 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
16 13 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (0.59%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 159 (7.81%) Windows
2 138 (6.77%) Linux
3 31 (1.52%) Unix
4 19 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 18 (0.88%) Android
6 11 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.098%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,193 (58.57%) Agile
2 552 (27.10%) DevOps
3 499 (24.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 471 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
5 428 (21.01%) Scrum
6 397 (19.49%) CI/CD
7 372 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 321 (15.76%) Test Automation
9 294 (14.43%) Project Management
10 254 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 217 (10.65%) Migration
12 214 (10.51%) User Acceptance Testing
13 206 (10.11%) Change Management
14 203 (9.97%) User Stories
15 192 (9.43%) Project Delivery
16 190 (9.33%) ITIL
17 181 (8.89%) Validation
18 179 (8.79%) Acceptance Criteria
19 175 (8.59%) Analytics
20 170 (8.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 322 (15.81%) SQL
2 237 (11.63%) Python
3 189 (9.28%) Java
4 102 (5.01%) JavaScript
5 88 (4.32%) C#
6 75 (3.68%) PowerShell
7 59 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 40 (1.96%) Bash
9 31 (1.52%) C++
10 23 (1.13%) Shell Script
11 19 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.83%) C
13 15 (0.74%) Embedded C++
14 13 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.64%) Perl
15 12 (0.59%) Go
15 12 (0.59%) VBA
16 10 (0.49%) Embedded C
17 9 (0.44%) PHP
18 8 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 559 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 440 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 248 (12.17%) Degree
4 78 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (3.73%) PMI Certification
6 71 (3.49%) PMP
7 70 (3.44%) ISTQB
8 56 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 37 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
10 35 (1.72%) CISSP
11 28 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.23%) CISM
13 24 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (0.98%) IIBA
15 19 (0.93%) Azure Certification
16 18 (0.88%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.88%) CBAP
16 18 (0.88%) ISEB
17 17 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (13.01%) QA
2 121 (5.94%) PMO
3 105 (5.15%) Data Quality
4 50 (2.45%) GDPR
5 47 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.52%) NIST
7 28 (1.37%) SLA
8 21 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.88%) WCAG
10 17 (0.83%) GRC
11 12 (0.59%) ISO 20022
11 12 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.59%) PSD2
12 11 (0.54%) Basel III
13 10 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.34%) SEPA
15 6 (0.29%) HL7
15 6 (0.29%) NCSC
15 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 171 (8.39%) Docker
2 92 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.64%) Firmware
5 10 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.44%) Squid
7 7 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.098%) Postfix
10 2 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.098%) 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
1 185 (9.08%) Kubernetes
2 110 (5.40%) Terraform
3 84 (4.12%) Ansible
4 58 (2.85%) Grafana
5 42 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.47%) OPNET
8 25 (1.23%) HP ALM
9 24 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (1.08%) Consul
11 21 (1.03%) Control-M
12 16 (0.79%) Puppet
13 15 (0.74%) Nessus
13 15 (0.74%) Packer
14 14 (0.69%) IBM Guardium
15 11 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
16 10 (0.49%) SCCM
17 9 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 8 (0.39%) FortiGate
18 8 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 255 (12.52%) ServiceNow
2 241 (11.83%) Microsoft
3 171 (8.39%) Oracle
4 153 (7.51%) Atlassian
5 104 (5.11%) Salesforce
6 71 (3.49%) SAP
7 61 (2.99%) Remedy
8 48 (2.36%) Google
9 35 (1.72%) Talend
9 35 (1.72%) Workday
10 33 (1.62%) Splunk
11 30 (1.47%) Denodo
12 28 (1.37%) IBM
12 28 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 27 (1.33%) HP
14 26 (1.28%) Databricks
15 22 (1.08%) VMware
16 21 (1.03%) Adobe
17 20 (0.98%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.93%) Informatica