The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 111 134 110
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -24
Contract jobs citing JIRA 9 1 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.376% 0.032% 0.638%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.529% 0.556% 6.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £500 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +64.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
255 180 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.65% 5.723% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 63 103
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £395 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £28.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.42% -37.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JIRA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Berkshire JIRA Jobs Demand Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JIRA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JIRA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire JIRA Hourly Rate Trend

JIRA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 5 - -
Newbury - 2 - -
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing JIRA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA.

1 19 (79.17%) Scrum
1 19 (79.17%) jQuery
2 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 16 (66.67%) TDD
3 16 (66.67%) Banking
3 16 (66.67%) MVC
3 16 (66.67%) WCF
3 16 (66.67%) C#
3 16 (66.67%) .NET
3 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 16 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 16 (66.67%) SOA
3 16 (66.67%) SpecFlow
4 15 (62.50%) BDD
5 14 (58.33%) Web Services
5 14 (58.33%) Middleware
6 13 (54.17%) CSS
7 12 (50.00%) HTML5
8 9 (37.50%) Finance
9 8 (33.33%) ESB
9 8 (33.33%) XML
9 8 (33.33%) UML
9 8 (33.33%) Automation Testing
10 7 (29.17%) Jenkins
10 7 (29.17%) SQL
10 7 (29.17%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (20.83%) HTML
11 5 (20.83%) Selenium
11 5 (20.83%) Automated Testing

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing JIRA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (79.17%) jQuery
2 16 (66.67%) WCF
2 16 (66.67%) .NET
2 16 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 14 (58.33%) Web Services
3 14 (58.33%) Middleware
4 13 (54.17%) CSS
5 12 (50.00%) HTML5
6 8 (33.33%) XML
7 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (20.83%) HTML
9 3 (12.50%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) ESB
2 4 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (4.167%) MSMQ
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (66.67%) SpecFlow
2 7 (29.17%) Jenkins
3 5 (20.83%) Selenium
4 3 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (8.333%) WinRunner
6 1 (4.167%) Bugzilla
6 1 (4.167%) Subversion
6 1 (4.167%) MSBuild
General
1 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 16 (66.67%) Banking
3 9 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 6 (25.00%) Programmer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Programmer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Web Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Test Coordinator
6 2 (8.333%) Coordinator
7 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.167%) Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Test Manager
7 1 (4.167%) Test Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) .NET Programmer
7 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET Programmer
7 1 (4.167%) Test Leader
7 1 (4.167%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) W3C
2 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.167%) PMI
2 1 (4.167%) Wiki
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Android
3 1 (4.167%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Scrum
2 16 (66.67%) TDD
2 16 (66.67%) MVC
2 16 (66.67%) SOA
3 15 (62.50%) BDD
4 8 (33.33%) UML
4 8 (33.33%) Automation Testing
5 7 (29.17%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (20.83%) Automated Testing
7 4 (16.67%) Software Architecture
7 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
8 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (8.333%) Test Management
9 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
10 1 (4.167%) Project Management
10 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
10 1 (4.167%) Manual Testing
10 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (4.167%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C#
2 7 (29.17%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.167%) APMP
System Software
1 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) VMware