JIRA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Atlassian JIRA
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 47 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -18 +17
Contract jobs citing JIRA 629 1,103 2,824
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.28% 4.60% 6.36%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.76% 32.04% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 726 1,969
10th Percentile £340 £322 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% +5.37%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 39 76
10th Percentile £10.50 £39.28 £38.88
25th Percentile £28.75 £51.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +39.33% -11.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £73.75 £65.14
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -7.26% +39.33% -16.43%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,759 3,443 8,164
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.96% 14.37% 18.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 2,484 5,866
10th Percentile £360 £375 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £540 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +1.89% +7.07%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 95 104
10th Percentile £23.12 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £51.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% +14.13%
75th Percentile £79.88 £70.00 £65.32
90th Percentile £90.00 £83.88 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +6.63%

JIRA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JIRA trend for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing JIRA over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing JIRA over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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
1 262 (41.65%) Confluence
2 36 (5.72%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.23%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.75%) CMS
6 7 (1.11%) nginx
7 5 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.64%) IIS
8 4 (0.64%) JBoss
9 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.48%) Appian
9 3 (0.48%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.32%) Apache
10 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) Mule
11 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 31 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.45%) MS Visio
4 22 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.95%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.16%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 11 (1.75%) SAP Hybris
2 7 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.95%) Maximo
4 5 (0.79%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.32%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.32%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 150 (23.85%) Azure
2 109 (17.33%) AWS
3 50 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (7.79%) GitHub
5 39 (6.20%) Power Platform
6 34 (5.41%) GCP
7 29 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (3.34%) SaaS
9 18 (2.86%) Slack
10 17 (2.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 15 (2.38%) Azure Stack
11 15 (2.38%) Miro
11 15 (2.38%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.07%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.75%) IaaS
14 10 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.59%) Serverless
15 9 (1.43%) Asana
15 9 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.43%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.52%) Firewall
2 23 (3.66%) TCP/IP
3 21 (3.34%) Intranet
4 20 (3.18%) DNS
5 16 (2.54%) BGP
6 11 (1.75%) VPN
7 10 (1.59%) DHCP
8 7 (1.11%) VLAN
9 6 (0.95%) HTTP
9 6 (0.95%) Internet
9 6 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.79%) NAS
10 5 (0.79%) SAN
10 5 (0.79%) Wireless
11 4 (0.64%) FIX Connectivity
11 4 (0.64%) tcpdump
11 4 (0.64%) VSAN
11 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.48%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.93%) Power BI
2 30 (4.77%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 16 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.07%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.59%) Tableau
8 8 (1.27%) MySQL
8 8 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (1.11%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.11%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.95%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.95%) PowerCenter
11 5 (0.79%) OLAP
11 5 (0.79%) OLTP
11 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 81 (12.88%) Git
2 71 (11.29%) Jenkins
3 37 (5.88%) Bitbucket
3 37 (5.88%) GitLab
4 24 (3.82%) Selenium
5 18 (2.86%) TeamCity
6 17 (2.70%) Cucumber
6 17 (2.70%) Cypress.io
6 17 (2.70%) JMeter
7 11 (1.75%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.59%) Postman
9 9 (1.43%) REST Assured
10 8 (1.27%) Appium
10 8 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
10 8 (1.27%) Maven
10 8 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.11%) Eclipse
11 7 (1.11%) JUnit
11 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (1.11%) Subversion
General
1 207 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 131 (20.83%) Finance
3 92 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.43%) Banking
6 22 (3.50%) Marketing
6 22 (3.50%) Retail
7 20 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 19 (3.02%) Front Office
9 16 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.59%) Law
13 8 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.11%) Police
15 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.95%) Military
15 6 (0.95%) Publishing
16 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 119 (18.92%) Analyst
2 71 (11.29%) Business Analyst
3 63 (10.02%) Developer
4 61 (9.70%) Senior
5 47 (7.47%) Project Manager
6 38 (6.04%) Lead
7 37 (5.88%) Architect
8 26 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (3.82%) Technical Analyst
10 22 (3.50%) Consultant
11 18 (2.86%) Technical Writer
12 17 (2.70%) Software Engineer
12 17 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (2.70%) Support Engineer
12 17 (2.70%) Test Engineer
13 16 (2.54%) Data Engineer
13 16 (2.54%) Test Analyst
14 14 (2.23%) Administrator
14 14 (2.23%) Full Stack Developer
14 14 (2.23%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.31%) REST
2 41 (6.52%) HTML
3 36 (5.72%) CSS
4 28 (4.45%) React
5 26 (4.13%) XML
6 22 (3.50%) SOAP
6 22 (3.50%) Web Services
7 21 (3.34%) JSON
8 18 (2.86%) Middleware
9 15 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.38%) RESTful
10 13 (2.07%) Spring Boot
11 12 (1.91%) Kafka
11 12 (1.91%) Spring
12 11 (1.75%) .NET
12 11 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (1.75%) Node.js
13 10 (1.59%) LDAP
14 9 (1.43%) Java EE
14 9 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.61%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.02%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.86%) Private Cloud
4 14 (2.23%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.23%) Onboarding
5 12 (1.91%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.91%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.43%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 6 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (0.79%) Clustering
9 5 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.79%) DataPower
9 5 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.79%) Replication
10 4 (0.64%) CMDB
10 4 (0.64%) Derivative
10 4 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.49%) Windows
2 55 (8.74%) Linux
3 22 (3.50%) Unix
4 15 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.11%) Android
7 6 (0.95%) AIX
7 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.79%) Solaris
8 5 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.32%) VMS
11 2 (0.32%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.32%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (52.15%) Agile
2 158 (25.12%) DevOps
3 107 (17.01%) Scrum
4 102 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 88 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (13.35%) Project Management
7 75 (11.92%) CI/CD
8 72 (11.45%) Test Automation
9 62 (9.86%) User Stories
10 54 (8.59%) Software Engineering
11 53 (8.43%) Migration
12 52 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (8.27%) Kanban
13 46 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (7.15%) Continuous Integration
14 45 (7.15%) Project Delivery
15 40 (6.36%) Roadmaps
15 40 (6.36%) Service Management
15 40 (6.36%) User Experience
15 40 (6.36%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 85 (13.51%) SQL
2 81 (12.88%) Python
3 69 (10.97%) JavaScript
4 56 (8.90%) Java
5 42 (6.68%) PowerShell
6 31 (4.93%) C#
7 24 (3.82%) Bash
8 23 (3.66%) TypeScript
9 22 (3.50%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.38%) C++
11 13 (2.07%) Go
12 11 (1.75%) C
13 9 (1.43%) Groovy
14 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.11%) Perl
16 6 (0.95%) Ruby
16 6 (0.95%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.79%) ABAP
17 5 (0.79%) F#
17 5 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 142 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 116 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 76 (12.08%) Degree
4 24 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 12 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.95%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.95%) PMP
10 4 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.64%) ISEB
10 4 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.64%) PhD
11 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.48%) CSPO
11 3 (0.48%) MCSA
11 3 (0.48%) MCSE
11 3 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.38%) QA
2 23 (3.66%) PMO
3 18 (2.86%) Government Security Classifications
4 13 (2.07%) GDPR
5 10 (1.59%) NIST
6 9 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.11%) NCSC
9 5 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.79%) GxP
9 5 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.64%) JTAG
11 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.32%) SLA
12 2 (0.32%) WCAG
13 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 48 (7.63%) Docker
2 32 (5.09%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.07%) vSphere
5 8 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.95%) Firmware
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.64%) Snort
9 3 (0.48%) vCloud
9 3 (0.48%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.16%) HDFS
10 1 (0.16%) iptables
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (9.54%) Terraform
2 58 (9.22%) Kubernetes
3 48 (7.63%) Ansible
4 16 (2.54%) Kibana
5 14 (2.23%) Progress Chef
5 14 (2.23%) Puppet
5 14 (2.23%) SCOM
6 13 (2.07%) Grafana
7 12 (1.91%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.43%) Packer
9 8 (1.27%) Podman
10 7 (1.11%) logstash
10 7 (1.11%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.95%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.95%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.95%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.79%) Consul
12 5 (0.79%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 97 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.72%) Atlassian
3 50 (7.95%) Oracle
4 31 (4.93%) SAP
5 29 (4.61%) ServiceNow
6 27 (4.29%) Splunk
7 23 (3.66%) VMware
8 21 (3.34%) Salesforce
9 20 (3.18%) Google
10 13 (2.07%) IBM
11 12 (1.91%) Adobe
11 12 (1.91%) Dell
12 11 (1.75%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.43%) Cisco
13 9 (1.43%) HP
14 8 (1.27%) Avaloq
14 8 (1.27%) Informatica
15 7 (1.11%) Red Hat
16 6 (0.95%) Bloomberg
16 6 (0.95%) Genesys