The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 114 158 159
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 91 55 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.446% 0.707% 0.884%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.61% 8.475% 8.640%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 40 55
Average daily rate £413 £440 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £530 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £358
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £41.50 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
784 649 1007
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.45% 8.342% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 476 751
Average daily rate £413 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 7
Average hourly rate £42.00 £37.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £15.80 £13.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.20 £39.60 £75.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JIRA
London

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London JIRA Daily Rate Histogram

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London JIRA Hourly Rate Trend

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London JIRA Hourly Rate Histogram

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 56 (33.73%) Agile Software Development
2 53 (31.93%) Finance
3 52 (31.33%) Banking
4 51 (30.72%) Java
5 47 (28.31%) SQL
6 45 (27.11%) Subversion
7 37 (22.29%) QA
8 36 (21.69%) Oracle
9 34 (20.48%) SQL Server
9 34 (20.48%) .NET
10 33 (19.88%) C#
11 30 (18.07%) Microsoft
12 28 (16.87%) UNIX
12 28 (16.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 28 (16.87%) Confluence
13 27 (16.27%) HP Quality Center
14 26 (15.66%) Investment Banking
15 23 (13.86%) Scrum
15 23 (13.86%) Derivative
16 22 (13.25%) TDD
16 22 (13.25%) Linux
17 21 (12.65%) Test Scripting
18 20 (12.05%) Maven
19 19 (11.45%) Apache
19 19 (11.45%) Selenium
20 18 (10.84%) HTML
20 18 (10.84%) JavaScript
20 18 (10.84%) CSS
21 17 (10.24%) Windows
21 17 (10.24%) Continuous Integration

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 34 (20.48%) .NET
2 18 (10.84%) HTML
2 18 (10.84%) CSS
3 16 (9.639%) J2EE
4 14 (8.434%) XML
5 13 (7.831%) Web Services
5 13 (7.831%) JMS
6 12 (7.229%) Spring
7 11 (6.627%) REST
8 10 (6.024%) HTML5
8 10 (6.024%) EJB
9 8 (4.819%) .NET Framework
10 7 (4.217%) Spring MVC
10 7 (4.217%) jQuery
10 7 (4.217%) Apache CXF
10 7 (4.217%) CSS3
10 7 (4.217%) SOAP
10 7 (4.217%) ASP.NET
10 7 (4.217%) Middleware
11 6 (3.614%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 28 (16.87%) Confluence
2 19 (11.45%) Apache
3 15 (9.036%) WebLogic
4 10 (6.024%) Tomcat
4 10 (6.024%) SharePoint
5 7 (4.217%) CMS
6 4 (2.410%) Windows Azure
6 4 (2.410%) Adobe CQ
7 3 (1.807%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.807%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (1.807%) IIS
8 2 (1.205%) SAS
8 2 (1.205%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.602%) TIBCO EMS
9 1 (0.602%) ESB
9 1 (0.602%) WordPress
9 1 (0.602%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.602%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.602%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.602%) Rendezvous
Applications
1 10 (6.024%) MS Office
1 10 (6.024%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.012%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.410%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.807%) MS Project
4 3 (1.807%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.602%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.229%) HTTP
2 6 (3.614%) Internet
3 5 (3.012%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.205%) DNS
4 2 (1.205%) LDAP
5 1 (0.602%) SMTP
5 1 (0.602%) SSL
5 1 (0.602%) Wireless
5 1 (0.602%) BSS
5 1 (0.602%) SSH
5 1 (0.602%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (20.48%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.627%) MySQL
3 6 (3.614%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.614%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.012%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (3.012%) ReportNet
4 5 (3.012%) BusinessObjects XI
4 5 (3.012%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.410%) MarkLogic
5 4 (2.410%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.807%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.807%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.807%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.807%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.205%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.205%) TOAD
7 2 (1.205%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.602%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.602%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.602%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 45 (27.11%) Subversion
2 20 (12.05%) Maven
3 19 (11.45%) Selenium
4 14 (8.434%) TeamCity
5 13 (7.831%) Git (software)
5 13 (7.831%) JUnit
5 13 (7.831%) Eclipse
6 11 (6.627%) Ant
6 11 (6.627%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (6.627%) Jenkins
7 7 (4.217%) ClearCase
8 6 (3.614%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (3.614%) Cucumber
8 6 (3.614%) SpecFlow
9 5 (3.012%) FishEye
9 5 (3.012%) QuickTest Pro
10 4 (2.410%) Dreamweaver
10 4 (2.410%) VisualAge
10 4 (2.410%) WATIR
11 3 (1.807%) AnthillPro
General
1 53 (31.93%) Finance
2 52 (31.33%) Banking
3 26 (15.66%) Investment Banking
4 13 (7.831%) Retail
5 9 (5.422%) Front Office
5 9 (5.422%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.217%) Publishing
7 5 (3.012%) Marketing
7 5 (3.012%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.807%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (1.807%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.602%) Games
9 1 (0.602%) Back Office
9 1 (0.602%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 53 (31.93%) Analyst
2 48 (28.92%) Developer
3 24 (14.46%) Test Analyst
4 21 (12.65%) Business Analyst
5 20 (12.05%) Java Developer
6 10 (6.024%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.422%) QA Engineer
8 7 (4.217%) Risk Analyst
8 7 (4.217%) QA Analyst
8 7 (4.217%) Tester
9 6 (3.614%) Test Manager
9 6 (3.614%) Market Risk Analyst
9 6 (3.614%) Market Risk Business Analyst
9 6 (3.614%) Front-End Developer
10 5 (3.012%) Market Analyst
10 5 (3.012%) Test Leader
10 5 (3.012%) Release Manager
10 5 (3.012%) C# Developer
11 4 (2.410%) QA Test Analyst
11 4 (2.410%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.86%) Derivative
2 7 (4.217%) N-Tier
2 7 (4.217%) Fixed Income
2 7 (4.217%) Market Risk
3 6 (3.614%) Computer Science
3 6 (3.614%) Credit Risk
4 4 (2.410%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.410%) Open Source
4 4 (2.410%) PaaS
4 4 (2.410%) W3C
4 4 (2.410%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.807%) Equities
5 3 (1.807%) Credit Derivative
5 3 (1.807%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.807%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.205%) Wiki
6 2 (1.205%) STB
6 2 (1.205%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (1.205%) MPEG
6 2 (1.205%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.87%) UNIX
2 22 (13.25%) Linux
3 17 (10.24%) Windows
4 4 (2.410%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.807%) Debian
6 2 (1.205%) Solaris
6 2 (1.205%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.602%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.602%) SUSE
7 1 (0.602%) Android
7 1 (0.602%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.602%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.602%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.602%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (33.73%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (16.87%) User Acceptance Testing
3 23 (13.86%) Scrum
4 22 (13.25%) TDD
5 21 (12.65%) Test Scripting
6 17 (10.24%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (9.639%) Multithreading
7 16 (9.639%) Manual Testing
7 16 (9.639%) UML
8 14 (8.434%) Test Management
8 14 (8.434%) Test Automation
9 13 (7.831%) Asset Management
9 13 (7.831%) MVC
10 12 (7.229%) Automated Testing
10 12 (7.229%) User Stories
11 11 (6.627%) Test Strategy
11 11 (6.627%) Configuration Management
12 10 (6.024%) Risk Management
12 10 (6.024%) Regression Testing
12 10 (6.024%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.72%) Java
2 47 (28.31%) SQL
3 33 (19.88%) C#
4 18 (10.84%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.627%) C++
6 9 (5.422%) T-SQL
7 6 (3.614%) VBA
8 5 (3.012%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.410%) Perl
9 4 (2.410%) Ruby
9 4 (2.410%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.410%) Bash shell
10 3 (1.807%) Python
10 3 (1.807%) VBScript
10 3 (1.807%) XQuery
10 3 (1.807%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.205%) PowerHouse
11 2 (1.205%) XAML
11 2 (1.205%) VB
11 2 (1.205%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (6.024%) ISEB
2 9 (5.422%) Degree
3 6 (3.614%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.807%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.807%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.602%) MCPD
5 1 (0.602%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (22.29%) QA
2 4 (2.410%) WAI
System Software
1 3 (1.807%) vCloud
2 1 (0.602%) NFS
2 1 (0.602%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 27 (16.27%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (3.012%) Puppet
3 1 (0.602%) Splunk
3 1 (0.602%) Control-M
3 1 (0.602%) Nagios
3 1 (0.602%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 36 (21.69%) Oracle
2 30 (18.07%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.627%) Atlassian
4 9 (5.422%) HP
5 8 (4.819%) Business Objects
6 7 (4.217%) JBoss
6 7 (4.217%) IBM
7 6 (3.614%) Sybase
8 5 (3.012%) SAP
8 5 (3.012%) Cognos
9 4 (2.410%) Adobe
9 4 (2.410%) hybris
9 4 (2.410%) Perforce
10 3 (1.807%) Symantec
10 3 (1.807%) VMware
10 3 (1.807%) BI-SAM
10 3 (1.807%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.807%) Salesforce.com
11 2 (1.205%) Bloomberg
11 2 (1.205%) Zend
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