The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow 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 Hounslow 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JIRA 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 5.263% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £358
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Development Applications
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15 14 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 26.32% 17.95% 3.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 2
Average daily rate £400 £330 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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 Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (62.50%) Games
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (62.50%) Video on Demand
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) ISEB
4 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Web Development
4 3 (37.50%) Apache Flex
4 3 (37.50%) Selenium
4 3 (37.50%) Wireshark
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) STB
4 3 (37.50%) MVC
4 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) Manual Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Android
4 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
4 3 (37.50%) BDD
4 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
5 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
5 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 3 (37.50%) Apache Flex
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) Cocoa
2 2 (25.00%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
3 1 (12.50%) Middleware
3 1 (12.50%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireshark
2 1 (12.50%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) TOAD
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
1 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
2 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
3 1 (12.50%) Subversion
3 1 (12.50%) Maven
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (12.50%) Trac
General
1 5 (62.50%) Games
2 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Tester
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Tester
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Agile Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Manual Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Video on Demand
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) STB
3 2 (25.00%) IPTV
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (12.50%) Streaming Media
4 1 (12.50%) MPEG
4 1 (12.50%) DTV
4 1 (12.50%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Android
1 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) HPUX
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
2 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) Manual Testing
2 3 (37.50%) BDD
3 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (25.00%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) DRM
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 2 (25.00%) Ruby
3 2 (25.00%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ISEB
1 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA