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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,145 1,524 1,461
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.77% 5.60% 4.05%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.64% 39.49% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,038 977
10th Percentile £325 £325 £337
25th Percentile £402 £402 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £622
90th Percentile £675 £695 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 40 95
10th Percentile £18.75 £47.95 £25.27
25th Percentile £25.00 £50.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £63.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -3.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £65.19 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £85.60 -
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.26% -4.17% -1.64%

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 5,278 3,859 4,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.73% 14.17% 12.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,382 2,646 2,994
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 90 220
10th Percentile £26.29 £35.70 £31.71
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.08 £73.78
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% +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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -4 989 £525 +0.96% 135
North of England -9 415 £450 -3.23% 54
Midlands -4 302 £450 -5.26% 48
West Midlands -1 257 £459 -3.37% 32
Yorkshire -9 230 £453 -7.65% 20
South East -28 214 £475 -3.46% 114
North West -18 168 £450 +5.88% 30
South West -8 130 £490 -13.85% 39
East of England -12 59 £425 +6.25% 30
East Midlands 0 43 £402 -10.07% 16
North East -29 22 £515 -6.36% 5
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 (43.68%) Confluence
2 116 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.40%) SAS
5 15 (0.70%) nginx
6 13 (0.61%) Apache
6 13 (0.61%) CMS
7 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.28%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.28%) Hyperledger
8 6 (0.28%) Mattermost
8 6 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.19%) Camunda
10 4 (0.19%) IIS
10 4 (0.19%) JBoss
10 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.19%) WordPress
11 3 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 155 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
3 85 (3.96%) MS Visio
4 73 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 62 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (0.84%) Trello
7 13 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.37%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Notion
11 2 (0.093%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.093%) 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 34 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 32 (1.49%) 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
5 9 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.37%) Findur
7 7 (0.33%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.28%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.23%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.19%) Actimize
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.14%) Primavera
11 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 527 (24.57%) Azure
2 344 (16.04%) AWS
3 293 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
4 178 (8.30%) GitHub
5 163 (7.60%) Power Platform
6 94 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 82 (3.82%) Entra ID
7 82 (3.82%) GCP
8 81 (3.78%) SaaS
9 75 (3.50%) Amazon S3
10 73 (3.40%) Serverless
11 66 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
12 59 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
13 58 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 54 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
15 38 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 34 (1.59%) Miro
17 32 (1.49%) Smartsheet
18 29 (1.35%) Figma
19 28 (1.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 89 (4.15%) Firewall
2 71 (3.31%) DNS
3 50 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 37 (1.72%) Network Security
5 35 (1.63%) VPN
6 34 (1.59%) DHCP
7 29 (1.35%) LAN
7 29 (1.35%) WAN
8 24 (1.12%) BIG-IP
9 22 (1.03%) SAN
10 19 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (0.79%) SSL
12 14 (0.65%) HTTP
12 14 (0.65%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.56%) Internet
14 10 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 10 (0.47%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 9 (0.42%) VLAN
16 8 (0.37%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (6.62%) Power BI
2 95 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 43 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
6 33 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 33 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 26 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.21%) Tableau
8 25 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
8 25 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 24 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 19 (0.89%) Data Lake
12 18 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (0.79%) Oracle Database
13 17 (0.79%) Pentaho
14 14 (0.65%) Metadata
15 13 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
15 13 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 257 (11.98%) Git
2 198 (9.23%) Jenkins
3 119 (5.55%) GitLab
4 92 (4.29%) Selenium
5 74 (3.45%) Zephyr
6 69 (3.22%) Postman
7 60 (2.80%) Bitbucket
8 57 (2.66%) JUnit
9 50 (2.33%) Cucumber
10 36 (1.68%) JMeter
11 33 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
12 24 (1.12%) REST Assured
13 23 (1.07%) Cypress.io
13 23 (1.07%) WebDriver
14 22 (1.03%) TestRail
15 21 (0.98%) SonarQube
16 18 (0.84%) Artifactory
17 16 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 15 (0.70%) Appium
19 11 (0.51%) TestNG
General
1 839 (39.11%) Social Skills
2 605 (28.21%) Finance
3 393 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (12.45%) Banking
5 232 (10.82%) Public Sector
6 80 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 79 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
8 68 (3.17%) Retail
9 44 (2.05%) Manufacturing
10 41 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (1.91%) Legal
11 38 (1.77%) Investment Banking
12 31 (1.45%) Front Office
12 31 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 29 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 25 (1.17%) Retail Banking
16 22 (1.03%) Marketing
17 21 (0.98%) Financial Institution
18 20 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 393 (18.32%) Analyst
2 243 (11.33%) Business Analyst
3 216 (10.07%) Developer
4 190 (8.86%) Lead
5 186 (8.67%) Senior
6 123 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 93 (4.34%) Delivery Manager
8 90 (4.20%) Tester
9 85 (3.96%) Architect
10 80 (3.73%) Scrum Master
11 74 (3.45%) Consultant
12 69 (3.22%) Data Engineer
13 64 (2.98%) IT Support
14 61 (2.84%) Support Engineer
15 49 (2.28%) Test Analyst
16 46 (2.14%) IT Engineer
16 46 (2.14%) Product Owner
16 46 (2.14%) Test Leader
17 45 (2.10%) Senior Manager
18 43 (2.00%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (5.59%) REST
2 73 (3.40%) .NET
3 61 (2.84%) Spring
4 56 (2.61%) RESTful
5 52 (2.42%) React
6 51 (2.38%) JSON
7 48 (2.24%) HTML
8 44 (2.05%) Kafka
9 41 (1.91%) Spring Boot
10 38 (1.77%) AngularJS
10 38 (1.77%) SOAP
11 37 (1.72%) CSS
12 35 (1.63%) Playwright
13 30 (1.40%) Web Services
13 30 (1.40%) XML
14 28 (1.31%) Middleware
15 27 (1.26%) Node.js
16 26 (1.21%) WireMock
17 24 (1.12%) .NET Framework
18 23 (1.07%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 238 (11.10%) Product Ownership
2 130 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.10%) Cloud Native
4 68 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 54 (2.52%) Virtual Team
6 51 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
9 45 (2.10%) Management Information System
10 34 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 32 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 20 (0.93%) Mobile App
13 18 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 18 (0.84%) SCADA
13 18 (0.84%) Security Posture
14 17 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
15 16 (0.75%) Derivative
15 16 (0.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 171 (7.97%) Windows
2 131 (6.11%) Linux
3 50 (2.33%) Unix
4 26 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.79%) Android
8 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.37%) 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 (0.093%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.093%) MVS
12 2 (0.093%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.047%) Solaris
13 1 (0.047%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,252 (58.37%) Agile
2 585 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 574 (26.76%) DevOps
4 478 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
5 470 (21.91%) CI/CD
6 420 (19.58%) Scrum
7 404 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 357 (16.64%) Test Automation
9 280 (13.05%) Migration
10 258 (12.03%) User Acceptance Testing
11 236 (11.00%) Project Management
11 236 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 231 (10.77%) User Stories
13 220 (10.26%) Validation
14 217 (10.12%) AI
15 214 (9.98%) Change Management
16 209 (9.74%) Sprint Planning
17 192 (8.95%) ITIL
17 192 (8.95%) Project Delivery
18 188 (8.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 341 (15.90%) SQL
2 264 (12.31%) Python
3 161 (7.51%) Java
4 94 (4.38%) C#
5 88 (4.10%) JavaScript
6 72 (3.36%) PowerShell
7 67 (3.12%) TypeScript
8 43 (2.00%) Bash
9 32 (1.49%) PL/SQL
10 19 (0.89%) VBA
11 16 (0.75%) Perl
12 15 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.65%) Shell Script
14 13 (0.61%) Bicep
14 13 (0.61%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.56%) C++
15 12 (0.56%) Groovy
16 11 (0.51%) ActionScript
17 7 (0.33%) C
17 7 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 555 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 425 (19.81%) SC Cleared
3 194 (9.04%) Degree
4 81 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 77 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 64 (2.98%) ISTQB
7 63 (2.94%) PMI Certification
8 51 (2.38%) PMP
9 32 (1.49%) CISSP
10 31 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.07%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.93%) CISM
15 18 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 18 (0.84%) SAFe Agilist
16 17 (0.79%) Master's Degree
17 16 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 11 (0.51%) CCNA
18 11 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (12.17%) QA
2 121 (5.64%) Data Quality
3 120 (5.59%) PMO
4 63 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 39 (1.82%) SLA
6 38 (1.77%) GDPR
7 26 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.21%) WCAG
8 22 (1.03%) NIST
9 17 (0.79%) GRC
9 17 (0.79%) NCSC
10 15 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.33%) SEPA
13 6 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.28%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.28%) MiFID
13 6 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 146 (6.81%) Docker
2 124 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.61%) Firmware
5 11 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.42%) Squid
8 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.14%) HDFS
10 2 (0.093%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.093%) Postfix
10 2 (0.093%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.047%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.047%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 167 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 153 (7.13%) Terraform
3 96 (4.48%) Ansible
4 72 (3.36%) Grafana
5 57 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (1.12%) Control-M
8 24 (1.12%) HP ALM
9 18 (0.84%) Nessus
10 17 (0.79%) IBM Guardium
11 14 (0.65%) Puppet
12 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
13 12 (0.56%) Consul
14 10 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
15 9 (0.42%) Packer
16 8 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
16 8 (0.37%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 308 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 264 (12.31%) ServiceNow
3 153 (7.13%) Oracle
4 107 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 93 (4.34%) Atlassian
6 85 (3.96%) SAP
7 53 (2.47%) Google
8 39 (1.82%) IBM
9 37 (1.72%) Denodo
9 37 (1.72%) Remedy
10 34 (1.59%) VMware
11 32 (1.49%) Talend
12 31 (1.45%) F5
12 31 (1.45%) Splunk
13 30 (1.40%) Workday
14 29 (1.35%) Red Hat
15 27 (1.26%) Databricks
15 27 (1.26%) HP
16 26 (1.21%) Informatica
17 24 (1.12%) MuleSoft