JIRA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Atlassian JIRA
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 45 32
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +3
Contract jobs citing JIRA 861 1,048 1,811
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.13% 4.60% 5.94%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.23% 34.35% 39.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 716 1,286
10th Percentile £334 £300 £350
25th Percentile £416 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.18% -3.04% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £639
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 41 42
10th Percentile £37.55 £41.80 £38.68
25th Percentile £40.94 £55.00 £51.99
Median hourly rate £60.00 £64.38 £64.13
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +0.39% +14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile - £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +34.83% -17.59%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

JIRA is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,252 3,051 4,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.81% 13.39% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 2,130 3,173
10th Percentile £350 £337 £360
25th Percentile £413 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £584
90th Percentile £660 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 165 110
10th Percentile £40.00 £47.75 £41.94
25th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £67.84
90th Percentile £78.00 £79.20 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +8.81%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the UK excluding London

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in the UK excluding London

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the UK excluding London

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in the UK excluding London

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the UK excluding London

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Scotland +24 201 £494 +10.77% 37
South East -7 191 £450 -10.00% 90
South West +30 187 £538 +2.38% 49
North of England -9 150 £500 - 83
North West +3 87 £500 +11.11% 56
Midlands -35 68 £460 +2.22% 77
Yorkshire +11 57 £450 -11.76% 21
East of England -31 53 £500 - 24
East Midlands +8 36 £445 +34.85% 26
West Midlands -53 32 £511 +7.63% 52
Wales +20 12 £515 +3.00% 8
North East -21 6 £575 +1.77% 10
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 355 (41.23%) Confluence
2 50 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (3.48%) SharePoint Server
5 19 (2.21%) Apache
6 15 (1.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 13 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (1.16%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.81%) JBoss
10 6 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.46%) Appian
12 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.23%) Mule
13 2 (0.23%) WildFly
14 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.12%) CMS
14 1 (0.12%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 52 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (3.25%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.79%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.70%) Trello
8 4 (0.46%) Windchill
9 3 (0.35%) Sketch
10 2 (0.23%) Simulink
11 1 (0.12%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) SAP Hybris
2 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.81%) SAP FI
3 7 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (0.81%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.46%) Maximo
5 4 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.35%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 159 (18.47%) Azure
2 112 (13.01%) AWS
3 51 (5.92%) GitHub
4 44 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (4.99%) Power Platform
6 35 (4.07%) GCP
7 30 (3.48%) Azure Stack
8 19 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (2.09%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.86%) Kong
11 14 (1.63%) Apigee
11 14 (1.63%) OpenShift
11 14 (1.63%) PaaS
11 14 (1.63%) SaaS
11 14 (1.63%) Serverless
12 13 (1.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 11 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.28%) Snowflake
14 10 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.16%) Firewall
2 46 (5.34%) BGP
3 31 (3.60%) DNS
4 29 (3.37%) TCP/IP
5 28 (3.25%) VPN
6 18 (2.09%) DHCP
7 17 (1.97%) SNMP
8 16 (1.86%) HTTP
8 16 (1.86%) Software-Defined Radio
9 15 (1.74%) MPLS
10 11 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
11 9 (1.05%) SSL
11 9 (1.05%) VSAN
12 7 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.81%) WAN
12 7 (0.81%) Wireless
13 6 (0.70%) 5G
13 6 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 6 (0.70%) FTP
13 6 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.95%) Power BI
2 24 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.79%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.67%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (1.86%) Big Data
6 14 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.51%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.05%) MySQL
10 7 (0.81%) Metadata
10 7 (0.81%) OLAP
10 7 (0.81%) OLTP
10 7 (0.81%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.81%) Tableau
11 6 (0.70%) Oracle OLAP
11 6 (0.70%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 125 (14.52%) Jenkins
2 120 (13.94%) Git
3 76 (8.83%) Bitbucket
4 50 (5.81%) GitLab
5 35 (4.07%) Selenium
6 34 (3.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 34 (3.95%) GoogleTest
7 31 (3.60%) Cucumber
8 24 (2.79%) Robot Framework
9 22 (2.56%) Eclipse
10 21 (2.44%) Subversion
11 17 (1.97%) SonarQube
12 15 (1.74%) JMeter
13 13 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (1.51%) TestRail
14 12 (1.39%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.05%) CircleCI
15 9 (1.05%) JUnit
15 9 (1.05%) Postman
15 9 (1.05%) Travis CI
General
1 307 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 156 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (17.89%) Finance
4 107 (12.43%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.11%) Aerospace
5 44 (5.11%) Banking
6 38 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (3.48%) Military
8 29 (3.37%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.25%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.90%) Retail
11 23 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.74%) Marketing
15 12 (1.39%) Automotive
15 12 (1.39%) Law
16 10 (1.16%) Legal
17 8 (0.93%) Police
18 5 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 131 (15.21%) Analyst
2 112 (13.01%) Developer
3 76 (8.83%) Senior
4 65 (7.55%) Lead
5 64 (7.43%) Project Manager
6 55 (6.39%) Architect
7 54 (6.27%) Software Engineer
8 52 (6.04%) Business Analyst
8 52 (6.04%) Test Engineer
9 34 (3.95%) Java Engineer
10 32 (3.72%) Data Analyst
11 31 (3.60%) Java Software Engineer
11 31 (3.60%) Project Leader
12 29 (3.37%) Java Developer
13 27 (3.14%) C++ Software Engineer
14 23 (2.67%) Consultant
14 23 (2.67%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (2.67%) DevOps Engineer
15 22 (2.56%) Product Manager
15 22 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.69%) REST
2 41 (4.76%) .NET
3 35 (4.07%) HTML
4 33 (3.83%) Kafka
5 30 (3.48%) CSS
6 27 (3.14%) .NET Core
6 27 (3.14%) Spring
6 27 (3.14%) XML
7 26 (3.02%) Web Services
8 24 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
8 24 (2.79%) JSON
9 23 (2.67%) SOAP
9 23 (2.67%) Spring Boot
10 20 (2.32%) React
11 19 (2.21%) Qt
12 16 (1.86%) Java EE
13 15 (1.74%) YAML
14 14 (1.63%) RESTful
15 12 (1.39%) J2EE
15 12 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.46%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.30%) Private Cloud
3 30 (3.48%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 25 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
6 24 (2.79%) PKI
7 20 (2.32%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.16%) Credit Risk
10 10 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.16%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.05%) Mainframe
12 8 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.81%) DataPower
14 6 (0.70%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 128 (14.87%) Linux
2 100 (11.61%) Windows
3 30 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.79%) Unix
5 22 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.70%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.58%) AIX
9 5 (0.58%) VMS
10 4 (0.46%) Android
10 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.35%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.12%) Solaris
12 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.12%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (55.17%) Agile
2 179 (20.79%) DevOps
3 168 (19.51%) Project Management
4 160 (18.58%) Scrum
5 157 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
6 138 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 114 (13.24%) CI/CD
8 103 (11.96%) Project Delivery
9 98 (11.38%) Software Engineering
10 84 (9.76%) Test Automation
11 82 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
12 68 (7.90%) Roadmaps
13 67 (7.78%) Service Management
14 66 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (7.67%) Migration
15 64 (7.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 63 (7.32%) ITIL
17 62 (7.20%) Workflow
18 58 (6.74%) Configuration Management
18 58 (6.74%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 136 (15.80%) Python
2 123 (14.29%) Java
3 111 (12.89%) SQL
4 67 (7.78%) PowerShell
5 62 (7.20%) C++
6 53 (6.16%) JavaScript
7 31 (3.60%) Shell Script
8 27 (3.14%) Bash
8 27 (3.14%) PL/SQL
9 22 (2.56%) C#
10 21 (2.44%) C
11 14 (1.63%) Groovy
12 12 (1.39%) Go
13 11 (1.28%) Perl
14 10 (1.16%) Scala
15 9 (1.05%) ABAP
16 8 (0.93%) Assembly Language
17 6 (0.70%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 273 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 189 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 102 (11.85%) Degree
4 69 (8.01%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.90%) APMP
6 24 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 18 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.09%) MCSA
8 18 (2.09%) MCSE
8 18 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.97%) PMP
10 13 (1.51%) ISTQB
11 9 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (0.93%) CCNA
12 8 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.46%) HNC
13 4 (0.46%) ISEB
13 4 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.16%) PMO
2 51 (5.92%) QA
3 33 (3.83%) Government Security Classifications
4 23 (2.67%) MISRA
5 13 (1.51%) Disclosure Scotland
6 9 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.05%) SLA
7 7 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.81%) GDPR
7 7 (0.81%) GxP
8 6 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
8 6 (0.70%) NIST
9 5 (0.58%) NCSC
10 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.46%) JTAG
10 4 (0.46%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS
System Software
1 66 (7.67%) Docker
2 47 (5.46%) Active Directory
3 45 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.44%) Firmware
5 14 (1.63%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (1.28%) vSphere
7 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.70%) VirtualBox
9 5 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.12%) HDFS
11 1 (0.12%) Snort
Systems Management
1 73 (8.48%) Ansible
2 67 (7.78%) Kubernetes
3 52 (6.04%) Terraform
4 27 (3.14%) PowerCLI
5 24 (2.79%) Progress Chef
6 22 (2.56%) Kibana
7 21 (2.44%) Docker Swarm
8 18 (2.09%) SCOM
9 13 (1.51%) Grafana
10 12 (1.39%) logstash
10 12 (1.39%) Podman
11 11 (1.28%) Prometheus
12 10 (1.16%) Puppet
12 10 (1.16%) vCenter Server
13 9 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.81%) Rancher
14 7 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.58%) HP Quality Center
16 4 (0.46%) Data Guard
16 4 (0.46%) OPNET
Vendors
1 160 (18.58%) Atlassian
2 145 (16.84%) Microsoft
3 51 (5.92%) VMware
4 47 (5.46%) SAP
5 45 (5.23%) Google
6 42 (4.88%) Oracle
7 33 (3.83%) Dell
8 30 (3.48%) Splunk
9 29 (3.37%) HP
10 27 (3.14%) ServiceNow
11 24 (2.79%) Cisco
12 21 (2.44%) Avaloq
12 21 (2.44%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.97%) Adobe
14 13 (1.51%) Juniper
15 12 (1.39%) IBM
16 10 (1.16%) Red Hat
17 9 (1.05%) Informatica
18 8 (0.93%) Cadence
18 8 (0.93%) F5