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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 40 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -6
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2,070 1,231 1,363
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.13% 5.06% 3.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.19% 37.24% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 800 908
10th Percentile £317 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £630
90th Percentile £700 £688 £752
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 63
10th Percentile £18.75 £48.40 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £53.75 £34.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +5.00% -16.47%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £62.75 £57.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year +8.66% +27.09% -30.09%

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 5,025 3,306 4,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.46% 13.59% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,349 2,218 2,905
10th Percentile £340 £350 £355
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £694 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 60 180
10th Percentile £38.62 £27.35 £31.71
25th Percentile £60.00 £51.77 £52.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -3.85% +5.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.90 £82.75
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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +5 927 £505 +1.00% 129
North of England -1 376 £449 -0.33% 59
Midlands +5 316 £450 -9.09% 56
West Midlands -4 249 £456 -8.80% 41
Yorkshire -7 190 £450 -10.00% 27
South East -22 189 £475 -5.00% 108
North West +3 171 £438 +2.94% 28
South West +7 159 £553 -0.45% 32
East Midlands +1 64 £393 -19.90% 15
East of England -9 62 £425 -6.85% 23
North East -11 18 £475 -9.52% 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
1 940 (45.41%) Confluence
2 106 (5.12%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.88%) SAS
4 32 (1.55%) nginx
5 28 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.87%) Apache
7 14 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.43%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.39%) 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%) JBoss
11 5 (0.24%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.19%) IIS
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 228 (11.01%) Microsoft Project
2 183 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
4 98 (4.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 89 (4.30%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.01%) Trello
7 9 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.29%) Notion
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.097%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.097%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.097%) CATIA
11 2 (0.097%) InVision
11 2 (0.097%) Revit
11 2 (0.097%) Sketch
12 1 (0.048%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 26 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
1 26 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 10 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.43%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.39%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.29%) Maximo
7 6 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 6 (0.29%) SAP MDG
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
9 4 (0.19%) Findur
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 423 (20.43%) Azure
2 319 (15.41%) AWS
3 241 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
4 163 (7.87%) GitHub
5 152 (7.34%) Power Platform
6 80 (3.86%) GCP
7 79 (3.82%) SaaS
8 73 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
9 68 (3.29%) Entra ID
10 55 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (2.56%) Amazon S3
12 51 (2.46%) Serverless
13 43 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
14 35 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 35 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
14 35 (1.69%) Figma
15 33 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 32 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 32 (1.55%) Miro
17 29 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.14%) Firewall
2 43 (2.08%) DNS
3 39 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 28 (1.35%) LAN
5 25 (1.21%) Network Security
5 25 (1.21%) WAN
6 24 (1.16%) VPN
7 19 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (0.87%) SSL
9 15 (0.72%) DHCP
9 15 (0.72%) HTTP
10 14 (0.68%) SAN
11 12 (0.58%) BIG-IP
11 12 (0.58%) Internet
12 11 (0.53%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.48%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.48%) FTP
13 10 (0.48%) NAS
13 10 (0.48%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.34%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (6.43%) Power BI
2 82 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 54 (2.61%) Tableau
6 39 (1.88%) MongoDB
7 36 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
8 32 (1.55%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.16%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.11%) Pentaho
12 21 (1.01%) Relational Database
13 18 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
14 15 (0.72%) Big Data
14 15 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
14 15 (0.72%) MySQL
14 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (0.68%) Metadata
16 12 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 255 (12.32%) Git
2 190 (9.18%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.17%) GitLab
4 102 (4.93%) Selenium
5 76 (3.67%) Postman
6 62 (3.00%) Bitbucket
7 61 (2.95%) Cucumber
8 60 (2.90%) Zephyr
9 52 (2.51%) JUnit
10 39 (1.88%) JMeter
10 39 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
11 32 (1.55%) REST Assured
12 30 (1.45%) TestRail
13 25 (1.21%) SonarQube
14 22 (1.06%) Cypress.io
15 21 (1.01%) WebDriver
16 16 (0.77%) Maven
17 15 (0.72%) Appium
18 14 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
19 13 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 848 (40.97%) Social Skills
2 604 (29.18%) Finance
3 419 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (12.66%) Banking
5 226 (10.92%) Public Sector
6 75 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 72 (3.48%) Retail
9 59 (2.85%) Military
10 40 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (1.79%) Legal
11 37 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 34 (1.64%) Investment Banking
14 25 (1.21%) Retail Banking
15 23 (1.11%) Front Office
16 21 (1.01%) Marketing
17 20 (0.97%) Telecoms
18 19 (0.92%) Law
19 17 (0.82%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 407 (19.66%) Analyst
2 256 (12.37%) Business Analyst
3 178 (8.60%) Developer
4 167 (8.07%) Lead
5 158 (7.63%) Senior
6 144 (6.96%) Project Manager
7 109 (5.27%) Architect
8 93 (4.49%) Tester
9 88 (4.25%) Delivery Manager
10 71 (3.43%) Data Engineer
10 71 (3.43%) Scrum Master
11 62 (3.00%) Consultant
12 52 (2.51%) Test Engineer
13 51 (2.46%) Test Analyst
14 49 (2.37%) IT Support
15 48 (2.32%) Support Engineer
16 44 (2.13%) Technical Manager
17 43 (2.08%) Software Engineer
17 43 (2.08%) Test Leader
18 40 (1.93%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (5.22%) REST
2 62 (3.00%) .NET
2 62 (3.00%) Spring
3 57 (2.75%) React
4 46 (2.22%) HTML
5 45 (2.17%) Kafka
6 40 (1.93%) JSON
6 40 (1.93%) Spring Boot
7 39 (1.88%) RESTful
8 36 (1.74%) CSS
9 32 (1.55%) Playwright
9 32 (1.55%) SOAP
10 30 (1.45%) ADO
10 30 (1.45%) XML
11 29 (1.40%) OpenID
12 27 (1.30%) LDAP
12 27 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
13 26 (1.26%) Middleware
14 25 (1.21%) AngularJS
14 25 (1.21%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 260 (12.56%) Product Ownership
2 95 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 48 (2.32%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 41 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
8 38 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 35 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 22 (1.06%) PMI
15 20 (0.97%) Mobile App
16 16 (0.77%) Public Cloud
17 15 (0.72%) SCADA
18 14 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 13 (0.63%) Operational Technology
19 13 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 160 (7.73%) Windows
2 142 (6.86%) Linux
3 33 (1.59%) Unix
4 20 (0.97%) Android
5 17 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.14%) AIX
9 3 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.048%) MVS
11 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.048%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,209 (58.41%) Agile
2 534 (25.80%) DevOps
3 517 (24.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 457 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
5 425 (20.53%) Scrum
6 387 (18.70%) CI/CD
7 368 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 319 (15.41%) Test Automation
9 299 (14.44%) Project Management
10 263 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 246 (11.88%) Migration
12 225 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
13 211 (10.19%) User Stories
14 201 (9.71%) Change Management
15 194 (9.37%) Project Delivery
16 186 (8.99%) ITIL
17 184 (8.89%) Acceptance Criteria
17 184 (8.89%) Validation
18 177 (8.55%) Analytics
19 169 (8.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 320 (15.46%) SQL
2 224 (10.82%) Python
3 186 (8.99%) Java
4 92 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 84 (4.06%) C#
6 63 (3.04%) PowerShell
7 61 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 42 (2.03%) Bash
9 30 (1.45%) C++
10 24 (1.16%) Shell Script
11 19 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.82%) C
13 16 (0.77%) Perl
14 14 (0.68%) Embedded C++
15 13 (0.63%) Apex Code
15 13 (0.63%) VBA
16 10 (0.48%) Embedded C
16 10 (0.48%) Go
17 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 576 (27.83%) Security Cleared
2 450 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 243 (11.74%) Degree
4 74 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 70 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 68 (3.29%) ISTQB
6 68 (3.29%) PMP
7 63 (3.04%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 35 (1.69%) 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
14 21 (1.01%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.97%) AWS Certification
15 20 (0.97%) IIBA
15 20 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
16 19 (0.92%) CBAP
17 14 (0.68%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (12.56%) QA
2 126 (6.09%) PMO
3 108 (5.22%) Data Quality
4 52 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.42%) GDPR
6 29 (1.40%) SLA
7 28 (1.35%) NIST
8 20 (0.97%) WCAG
9 18 (0.87%) GRC
9 18 (0.87%) 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 8 (0.39%) NCSC
12 8 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.34%) SEPA
14 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 165 (7.97%) Docker
2 93 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.16%) 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%) Virtual Servers
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
1 177 (8.55%) Kubernetes
2 127 (6.14%) Terraform
3 90 (4.35%) Ansible
4 67 (3.24%) Grafana
5 48 (2.32%) Prometheus
6 33 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (1.45%) OPNET
8 26 (1.26%) HP ALM
9 23 (1.11%) Consul
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%) Packer
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%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 252 (12.17%) ServiceNow
2 243 (11.74%) Microsoft
3 170 (8.21%) Oracle
4 140 (6.76%) Atlassian
5 97 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 76 (3.67%) SAP
7 64 (3.09%) Remedy
8 49 (2.37%) Google
9 36 (1.74%) Workday
10 30 (1.45%) IBM
11 29 (1.40%) Denodo
12 28 (1.35%) HP
12 28 (1.35%) Splunk
12 28 (1.35%) Talend
13 27 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 27 (1.30%) VMware
14 26 (1.26%) Databricks
14 26 (1.26%) Informatica
15 20 (0.97%) Adobe
15 20 (0.97%) MuleSoft