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This section looks at the demand for Atlassian JIRA skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAtlassian JIRA
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank68-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.778 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£364-
Average daily rate£364-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£364-
UK excluding London average daily rate£386-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads7284
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted3024
Average minimum daily rate£304£277
Average daily rate£321£286
% change on same period last year+12.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£39.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£41.36£32.50
% change on same period last year+27.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.71£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
JIRA North WestJIRA
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

JIRA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JIRA across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Cheshire JIRA Demand Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterNew entry-2£364-
JIRA North WestJIRA
North West

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)Java
15 (100.00 %)WebServices
15 (100.00 %)XML
15 (100.00 %)Finance
15 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
24 (80.00 %)Hibernate
24 (80.00 %)XPath
24 (80.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)SOAP
24 (80.00 %)Swing
24 (80.00 %)WSDL
24 (80.00 %)JAX-RPC
33 (60.00 %)Middleware
33 (60.00 %)Tuxedo
33 (60.00 %)Oracle
33 (60.00 %)Spring
33 (60.00 %)AJAX
33 (60.00 %)C++
42 (40.00 %)International Banking
42 (40.00 %)Apache Axis
42 (40.00 %)Banking
42 (40.00 %)Perforce
51 (20.00 %)Client/Server
51 (20.00 %)HTTP
51 (20.00 %)EJB
51 (20.00 %)J2EE
51 (20.00 %)JDBC
51 (20.00 %)XSL

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)WebServices
15 (100.00 %)XML
24 (80.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)SOAP
24 (80.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)Swing
24 (80.00 %)WSDL
24 (80.00 %)JAX-RPC
24 (80.00 %)Hibernate
33 (60.00 %)Spring
33 (60.00 %)AJAX
33 (60.00 %)Middleware
42 (40.00 %)Apache Axis
51 (20.00 %)JDBC
51 (20.00 %)J2EE
51 (20.00 %)EJB
51 (20.00 %)XSL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)Tuxedo
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)HTTP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (40.00 %)Banking
22 (40.00 %)International Banking
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Software Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Java Developer
31 (20.00 %)Java Software Engineer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Client/Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (20.00 %)Integration Testing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)Java
24 (80.00 %)XPath
33 (60.00 %)C++
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (40.00 %)Perforce
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