JIRA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Atlassian JIRA
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 41 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -17
Contract jobs citing JIRA 550 629 1,084
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.64% 4.29% 4.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.53% 35.84% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 435 705
10th Percentile £323 £344 £324
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 40
10th Percentile £18.81 £10.50 £39.44
25th Percentile £27.50 £20.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -35.74% +39.89%
75th Percentile £70.16 £62.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.05 £65.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -3.23% +39.33%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

JIRA falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,548 1,755 3,417
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.88% 11.96% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 1,263 2,463
10th Percentile £331 £360 £375
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £536
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -5.50% -0.28%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 38 96
10th Percentile £25.93 £20.10 £39.60
25th Percentile £57.38 £40.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile £77.50 £76.94 £70.32
90th Percentile £88.58 £90.00 £87.40
UK median hourly rate £57.75 £65.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -11.15% +4.84% +23.51%

JIRA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JIRA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JIRA.

JIRA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing JIRA over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

JIRA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JIRA.

JIRA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing JIRA over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

JIRA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 229 (41.64%) Confluence
2 28 (5.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.00%) CMS
4 9 (1.64%) JBoss
5 7 (1.27%) Apache
5 7 (1.27%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.91%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.73%) Camunda
7 4 (0.73%) Drupal
7 4 (0.73%) IIS
7 4 (0.73%) WordPress
8 3 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.36%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.36%) Mendix
9 2 (0.36%) SAS
9 2 (0.36%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 46 (8.36%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.45%) Trello
3 28 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (4.91%) MS Visio
5 24 (4.36%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.18%) CATIA
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) Notion
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.36%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (19.45%) Azure
2 97 (17.64%) AWS
3 44 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (6.91%) GitHub
4 38 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.64%) GCP
6 17 (3.09%) SaaS
7 16 (2.91%) PowerApps
8 15 (2.73%) Asana
8 15 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.55%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (2.00%) npm
12 10 (1.82%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.82%) IaaS
12 10 (1.82%) Miro
12 10 (1.82%) Serverless
12 10 (1.82%) Slack
13 9 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.00%) DNS
2 17 (3.09%) VPN
3 12 (2.18%) HTTP
4 10 (1.82%) BGP
4 10 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.45%) DHCP
5 8 (1.45%) IPsec
5 8 (1.45%) MPLS
6 7 (1.27%) Unified Communications
7 6 (1.09%) Firewall
7 6 (1.09%) SSL
7 6 (1.09%) VLAN
8 5 (0.91%) Internet
8 5 (0.91%) SMTP
9 4 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.73%) Network Security
9 4 (0.73%) SNMP
10 3 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.36%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.82%) Power BI
2 23 (4.18%) Relational Database
3 21 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.09%) MySQL
6 16 (2.91%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.18%) Oracle Database
8 11 (2.00%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.82%) Big Data
10 9 (1.64%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.91%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.73%) Tableau
15 3 (0.55%) Neo4j
15 3 (0.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 86 (15.64%) Git
2 52 (9.45%) Jenkins
3 40 (7.27%) GitLab
4 30 (5.45%) Selenium
5 26 (4.73%) Bitbucket
6 21 (3.82%) Cypress.io
7 20 (3.64%) JUnit
7 20 (3.64%) SonarQube
8 18 (3.27%) REST Assured
9 16 (2.91%) Postman
9 16 (2.91%) Subversion
10 15 (2.73%) Cucumber
10 15 (2.73%) Visual Studio
11 12 (2.18%) Maven
12 9 (1.64%) JMeter
12 9 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (1.64%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.64%) webpack
13 8 (1.45%) ScriptRunner
14 7 (1.27%) TestRail
General
1 240 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 113 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (20.18%) Finance
4 68 (12.36%) Public Sector
5 54 (9.82%) Banking
6 21 (3.82%) Front Office
7 12 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.00%) Law
8 11 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.64%) Legal
10 8 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.45%) Marketing
10 8 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.27%) Retail
12 6 (1.09%) Automotive
12 6 (1.09%) Back Office
13 5 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 100 (18.18%) Developer
2 91 (16.55%) Analyst
3 57 (10.36%) Business Analyst
4 46 (8.36%) Project Manager
5 40 (7.27%) Senior
6 32 (5.82%) Lead
7 28 (5.09%) Tester
8 21 (3.82%) C# Developer
9 19 (3.45%) Java Developer
9 19 (3.45%) Software Engineer
10 17 (3.09%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
10 17 (3.09%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 17 (3.09%) Real Time Developer
11 16 (2.91%) .NET Developer
12 15 (2.73%) C# .NET Developer
12 15 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
12 15 (2.73%) Scrum Master
13 14 (2.55%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.36%) Architect
14 13 (2.36%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.55%) REST
2 48 (8.73%) AngularJS
3 34 (6.18%) .NET
4 29 (5.27%) CSS
4 29 (5.27%) HTML
5 27 (4.91%) SOAP
6 25 (4.55%) Spring Boot
7 23 (4.18%) React
8 22 (4.00%) Kafka
9 21 (3.82%) Web Services
10 17 (3.09%) Reactive Extensions
10 17 (3.09%) Spring
11 15 (2.73%) Node.js
11 15 (2.73%) Playwright
12 14 (2.55%) RESTful
13 12 (2.18%) Swagger
14 10 (1.82%) Flash
14 10 (1.82%) Hibernate
14 10 (1.82%) Java EE
15 9 (1.64%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.64%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.09%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.73%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.55%) SCADA
5 13 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.00%) Clustering
7 9 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.45%) PKI
9 7 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.91%) Derivative
11 5 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.91%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.64%) Windows
2 41 (7.45%) Linux
3 19 (3.45%) Unix
4 10 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.73%) Android
6 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.36%) zOS
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (58.91%) Agile
2 126 (22.91%) DevOps
3 109 (19.82%) Scrum
4 108 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (16.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (16.73%) CI/CD
7 85 (15.45%) Project Management
8 70 (12.73%) Test Automation
9 69 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (9.82%) User Stories
11 51 (9.27%) Sprint Planning
12 50 (9.09%) Microservices
13 45 (8.18%) Waterfall
14 42 (7.64%) Service Management
15 41 (7.45%) Kanban
15 41 (7.45%) Migration
15 41 (7.45%) SDLC
15 41 (7.45%) Validation
16 39 (7.09%) Roadmaps
17 38 (6.91%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 116 (21.09%) SQL
2 97 (17.64%) Java
3 72 (13.09%) JavaScript
4 65 (11.82%) Python
5 58 (10.55%) C#
6 41 (7.45%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.55%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.64%) Bash
8 20 (3.64%) PL/SQL
9 14 (2.55%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.00%) Groovy
11 8 (1.45%) Delphi
12 6 (1.09%) C
12 6 (1.09%) C++
13 4 (0.73%) Perl
13 4 (0.73%) PHP
13 4 (0.73%) ProC
14 3 (0.55%) Go
14 3 (0.55%) JCL
14 3 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 118 (21.45%) Security Cleared
2 110 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 61 (11.09%) Degree
4 18 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (2.73%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.55%) ISTQB
7 13 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.36%) PMP
7 13 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (2.00%) CCNA
8 11 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.27%) CCNP
10 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.55%) CBAP
11 3 (0.55%) CSPO
11 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.36%) IIBA
12 2 (0.36%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.73%) QA
2 27 (4.91%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.91%) PMO
4 14 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.64%) GDPR
6 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.91%) SEPA
7 5 (0.91%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.73%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.73%) MiFID
9 3 (0.55%) EMIR
9 3 (0.55%) GxP
9 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.55%) SLA
10 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
11 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (9.64%) Docker
2 26 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (3.45%) Active Directory
5 12 (2.18%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.45%) vSphere
7 5 (0.91%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.73%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 4 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (10.36%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.55%) Terraform
3 27 (4.91%) Ansible
4 13 (2.36%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.00%) HP ALM
6 9 (1.64%) Tivoli
7 8 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.91%) Podman
8 5 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.73%) Kibana
9 4 (0.73%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.55%) Grafana
10 3 (0.55%) Packer
10 3 (0.55%) PowerCLI
10 3 (0.55%) Puppet
11 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.36%) QRadar
11 2 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.18%) Oracle
3 52 (9.45%) Atlassian
4 32 (5.82%) VMware
5 31 (5.64%) ServiceNow
6 28 (5.09%) Cisco
7 17 (3.09%) SAP
8 15 (2.73%) IBM
9 14 (2.55%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.18%) Citrix
11 11 (2.00%) Google
11 11 (2.00%) HP
12 9 (1.64%) Splunk
13 8 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
14 7 (1.27%) Databricks
14 7 (1.27%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.27%) Palo Alto
14 7 (1.27%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.27%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.09%) Planview
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