The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank - - 49
Contract jobs citing JIRA 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - 0.444%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
All Development Applications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
19 50 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 7.917% 9.921% 27.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 34 43
Average daily rate £325 £385 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.58% -0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £290 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 31
Average hourly rate £32.25 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £21.00 £34.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
JIRA
South West

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire JIRA Daily 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tewkesbury - - - - 1
JIRA
South West

JIRA
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) SWT
2 5 (71.43%) C
2 5 (71.43%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) Eclipse
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Perforce
2 5 (71.43%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Kanban
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 5 (71.43%) SWT
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Eclipse
1 5 (71.43%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Java Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
2 1 (14.29%) System Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Kanban
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Perforce
2 1 (14.29%) HP