JIRA Engineer Contracts

JIRA Engineer
UK

The median JIRA Engineer daily rate in the UK is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 692 837
Rank change year-on-year +137 +145 -113
Contract jobs requiring a JIRA Engineer 29 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.010% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 3 9
10th Percentile £438 £390 £358
25th Percentile £675 £431 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -4.76% +28.05%
75th Percentile £750 £588 £538
90th Percentile - £640 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

JIRA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured JIRA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA Engineer in the UK

JIRA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for JIRA Engineer in the UK

JIRA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA Engineer in the UK

JIRA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for JIRA Engineer in the UK

JIRA Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +43 16 £750 - 3
Scotland - 15 £750 - 3
England +95 14 £700 +40.00% 3
London +91 12 £713 +42.50% 3
Work from Home +125 11 £475 -7.32% 6
South East - 1 £300 -

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, JIRA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring JIRA Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) JIRA
2 28 (96.55%) Atlassian
3 25 (86.21%) Confluence
3 25 (86.21%) Data Centre
4 24 (82.76%) Security Cleared
5 22 (75.86%) Service Management
5 22 (75.86%) Workflow
6 20 (68.97%) SC Cleared
7 19 (65.52%) Kalman Filter
8 17 (58.62%) Analytics
8 17 (58.62%) Data Migration
8 17 (58.62%) Linux
8 17 (58.62%) Migration
9 16 (55.17%) Web Services
9 16 (55.17%) REST
10 15 (51.72%) Linux Command Line
11 14 (48.28%) Performance Metrics
12 11 (37.93%) Public Sector
13 4 (13.79%) Military
14 3 (10.34%) Agile
14 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
15 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (6.90%) Groovy
16 1 (3.45%) QA
16 1 (3.45%) TDD
16 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
16 1 (3.45%) Project Planning
16 1 (3.45%) Degree
16 1 (3.45%) SQL
16 1 (3.45%) CTC Cleared

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (86.21%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 29 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) TestRail
General
1 11 (37.93%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.79%) Military
3 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (55.17%) REST
1 16 (55.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (86.21%) Data Centre
2 15 (51.72%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) Service Management
1 22 (75.86%) Workflow
2 19 (65.52%) Kalman Filter
3 17 (58.62%) Analytics
3 17 (58.62%) Data Migration
3 17 (58.62%) Migration
4 14 (48.28%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
6 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.45%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Exploratory Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Functional Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Information Security
6 1 (3.45%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.45%) Scrum
6 1 (3.45%) SDLC
6 1 (3.45%) TDD
6 1 (3.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Groovy
2 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) Security Cleared
2 20 (68.97%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) HNC
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (96.55%) Atlassian