JIRA Contracts in England

Atlassian JIRA
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 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 48 47 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing JIRA 1,396 2,099 4,319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.74% 4.44% 6.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.73% 31.36% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,464 2,942
10th Percentile £321 £325 £375
25th Percentile £419 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +2.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £714 £759 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 54 88
10th Percentile £25.20 £51.25 £27.24
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +37.64% -19.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.14
90th Percentile - £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -7.26% +39.33% -16.43%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,399 6,694 12,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.79% 14.17% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,962 4,780 9,007
10th Percentile £350 £369 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 196 179
10th Percentile £31.97 £46.22 £38.20
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +23.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.05 £83.90 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +6.63%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in England.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in England.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in England

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 7 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
London -9 685 £533 -7.30% 178
South East -5 192 £450 -10.00% 92
South West +36 190 £538 -2.27% 52
North of England -2 166 £500 - 84
North West +10 98 £504 +11.83% 60
Midlands -33 74 £454 +0.83% 66
Yorkshire +10 59 £450 -10.00% 21
East of England -24 53 £500 - 26
East Midlands +10 41 £445 +34.85% 23
West Midlands -51 33 £500 +5.26% 43
North East -20 9 £546 -3.32% 5
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 549 (39.33%) Confluence
2 68 (4.87%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
4 27 (1.93%) CMS
5 24 (1.72%) Apache
6 17 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 16 (1.15%) Apache Spark
8 15 (1.07%) nginx
9 9 (0.64%) IIS
9 9 (0.64%) JBoss
10 8 (0.57%) Drupal
11 6 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.43%) SAS
12 4 (0.29%) Appian
12 4 (0.29%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.14%) Mule
13 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 88 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
4 50 (3.58%) MS Visio
5 35 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 25 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (1.22%) Trello
8 7 (0.50%) Windchill
9 4 (0.29%) Sketch
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) Mingle
10 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.14%) Simulink
11 1 (0.072%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.072%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.072%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 13 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.86%) SAP Hybris
3 8 (0.57%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.57%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.50%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.50%) SimCorp Dimension
4 7 (0.50%) Temenos T24
5 6 (0.43%) thinkFolio
5 6 (0.43%) Workfront
6 5 (0.36%) ION MarketView
7 4 (0.29%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.29%) Misys Midas
7 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.21%) ENOVIA
8 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.21%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.14%) Endur
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 245 (17.55%) Azure
2 217 (15.54%) AWS
3 104 (7.45%) GitHub
4 82 (5.87%) Power Platform
5 71 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (4.01%) GCP
7 52 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (2.58%) Slack
9 33 (2.36%) SaaS
10 32 (2.29%) Serverless
11 30 (2.15%) Azure Stack
12 25 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.72%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.58%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.58%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 20 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (1.36%) PaaS
17 18 (1.29%) Amazon S3
18 17 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
18 17 (1.22%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.09%) Firewall
2 48 (3.44%) BGP
3 47 (3.37%) DNS
4 41 (2.94%) VPN
5 39 (2.79%) TCP/IP
6 29 (2.08%) DHCP
7 23 (1.65%) HTTP
8 19 (1.36%) SNMP
9 17 (1.22%) MPLS
9 17 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
10 16 (1.15%) Internet
11 15 (1.07%) Wireless
12 11 (0.79%) 5G
12 11 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
12 11 (0.79%) VLAN
13 9 (0.64%) FIX Connectivity
13 9 (0.64%) NAS
13 9 (0.64%) SSH
13 9 (0.64%) SSL
14 8 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.94%) Power BI
2 66 (4.73%) SQL Server
3 45 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.72%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (2.08%) MongoDB
6 29 (2.08%) Tableau
7 28 (2.01%) NoSQL
8 25 (1.79%) Big Data
9 24 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.29%) MySQL
11 15 (1.07%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.93%) Metadata
13 12 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.72%) Hadoop
15 9 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (0.64%) Apache Hive
16 8 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 203 (14.54%) Git
2 200 (14.33%) Jenkins
3 107 (7.66%) Bitbucket
4 93 (6.66%) GitLab
5 65 (4.66%) Selenium
6 55 (3.94%) Cucumber
7 54 (3.87%) JMeter
8 41 (2.94%) GoogleTest
9 33 (2.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 33 (2.36%) Cypress.io
9 33 (2.36%) TeamCity
10 28 (2.01%) Eclipse
11 26 (1.86%) Robot Framework
12 25 (1.79%) JUnit
12 25 (1.79%) Postman
13 23 (1.65%) Subversion
14 21 (1.50%) TestRail
15 18 (1.29%) Maven
15 18 (1.29%) SonarQube
16 16 (1.15%) Appium
General
1 513 (36.75%) Social Skills
2 305 (21.85%) Finance
3 271 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (9.03%) Banking
5 71 (5.09%) Public Sector
6 59 (4.23%) Front Office
7 53 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (3.15%) Aerospace
9 42 (3.01%) Marketing
10 40 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.79%) Retail
12 37 (2.65%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.44%) Military
14 30 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
15 29 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.86%) Investment Banking
16 26 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (1.29%) Law
18 17 (1.22%) Back Office
18 17 (1.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 211 (15.11%) Analyst
2 188 (13.47%) Developer
3 122 (8.74%) Senior
4 115 (8.24%) Project Manager
5 97 (6.95%) Business Analyst
6 88 (6.30%) Architect
7 87 (6.23%) Lead
8 73 (5.23%) Software Engineer
9 71 (5.09%) Test Engineer
10 48 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
11 45 (3.22%) Java Developer
12 40 (2.87%) Tester
13 39 (2.79%) Support Engineer
14 37 (2.65%) Java Engineer
14 37 (2.65%) Test Analyst
15 35 (2.51%) Consultant
15 35 (2.51%) Java Software Engineer
16 33 (2.36%) C++ Software Engineer
16 33 (2.36%) Test Manager
17 30 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (7.23%) REST
2 61 (4.37%) React
3 59 (4.23%) XML
4 53 (3.80%) HTML
5 52 (3.72%) JSON
6 51 (3.65%) .NET
6 51 (3.65%) CSS
7 48 (3.44%) Web Services
8 44 (3.15%) SOAP
9 43 (3.08%) Spring
10 37 (2.65%) Kafka
11 32 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
12 31 (2.22%) AngularJS
13 30 (2.15%) .NET Core
14 27 (1.93%) ADO
14 27 (1.93%) LDAP
14 27 (1.93%) Spring Boot
15 25 (1.79%) JPA
15 25 (1.79%) Qt
16 23 (1.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.02%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 41 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 34 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 33 (2.36%) Private Cloud
6 31 (2.22%) Fixed Income
7 25 (1.79%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.79%) PKI
8 23 (1.65%) Algorithms
8 23 (1.65%) Virtual Team
9 22 (1.58%) Derivative
9 22 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.43%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.22%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.07%) Credit Risk
14 14 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (1.00%) Security Posture
15 13 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 181 (12.97%) Linux
2 155 (11.10%) Windows
3 67 (4.80%) Unix
4 50 (3.58%) Windows Server
5 26 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.07%) Windows 10
8 14 (1.00%) Android
9 12 (0.86%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.43%) Solaris
11 5 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (0.36%) VMS
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Windows 2000
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.21%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 773 (55.37%) Agile
2 292 (20.92%) DevOps
3 278 (19.91%) Scrum
4 250 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
5 229 (16.40%) Project Management
6 212 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 197 (14.11%) CI/CD
8 188 (13.47%) Test Automation
9 163 (11.68%) Software Engineering
10 126 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 126 (9.03%) Continuous Integration
11 109 (7.81%) Migration
12 105 (7.52%) Kanban
12 105 (7.52%) Project Delivery
13 93 (6.66%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 92 (6.59%) SDLC
15 89 (6.38%) User Stories
16 83 (5.95%) Waterfall
17 82 (5.87%) Workflow
18 81 (5.80%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 248 (17.77%) Python
2 207 (14.83%) Java
3 203 (14.54%) SQL
4 114 (8.17%) JavaScript
5 90 (6.45%) C++
6 88 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 61 (4.37%) C#
8 49 (3.51%) TypeScript
9 48 (3.44%) Bash
10 36 (2.58%) Shell Script
11 32 (2.29%) Go
12 29 (2.08%) C
13 24 (1.72%) Groovy
14 19 (1.36%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.22%) Perl
16 13 (0.93%) Ruby
17 12 (0.86%) ABAP
17 12 (0.86%) Scala
18 8 (0.57%) Assembly Language
18 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 315 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 231 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 176 (12.61%) Degree
4 73 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 38 (2.72%) Master's Degree
6 36 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (1.79%) APMP
8 23 (1.65%) ISTQB
9 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 20 (1.43%) PMP
11 19 (1.36%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.29%) MCSA
12 18 (1.29%) MCSE
13 13 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.57%) ISEB
15 7 (0.50%) CCNA
15 7 (0.50%) CISSP
16 6 (0.43%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (10.46%) QA
2 63 (4.51%) PMO
3 32 (2.29%) Government Security Classifications
4 30 (2.15%) MISRA
5 20 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.22%) GDPR
7 10 (0.72%) GxP
7 10 (0.72%) NIST
8 8 (0.57%) EMIR
9 7 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.50%) NCSC
10 6 (0.43%) MiFID
10 6 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
11 5 (0.36%) MISRA C
12 4 (0.29%) GRC
12 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.29%) JTAG
System Software
1 116 (8.31%) Docker
2 68 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 54 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.72%) Firmware
5 15 (1.07%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.72%) vSphere
8 6 (0.43%) HDFS
8 6 (0.43%) VirtualBox
9 4 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.072%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.072%) iptables
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.072%) Snort
11 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 125 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 107 (7.66%) Ansible
3 90 (6.45%) Terraform
4 29 (2.08%) Grafana
4 29 (2.08%) PowerCLI
5 28 (2.01%) Progress Chef
6 25 (1.79%) Kibana
7 23 (1.65%) Puppet
8 22 (1.58%) Docker Swarm
8 22 (1.58%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.22%) logstash
9 17 (1.22%) SCOM
10 14 (1.00%) Podman
10 14 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.93%) Packer
12 10 (0.72%) Consul
13 9 (0.64%) Rancher
14 6 (0.43%) Control-M
14 6 (0.43%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 226 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 169 (12.11%) Atlassian
3 85 (6.09%) Oracle
4 71 (5.09%) Google
5 68 (4.87%) VMware
6 60 (4.30%) ServiceNow
7 58 (4.15%) SAP
8 46 (3.30%) Splunk
9 42 (3.01%) Dell
10 34 (2.44%) HP
11 32 (2.29%) Salesforce
12 30 (2.15%) Cisco
13 19 (1.36%) Adobe
14 17 (1.22%) IBM
15 14 (1.00%) Bloomberg
15 14 (1.00%) Juniper
16 13 (0.93%) CyberArk
16 13 (0.93%) Okta
17 12 (0.86%) Palo Alto
18 11 (0.79%) ION Trading