The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 22 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 Kent 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JIRA 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.671% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 6.667% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £463 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -10.95%
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 27 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 10.07% 10.07% 8.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 15
Average daily rate £280 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.08% -1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £265 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £36.64 £33.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 22 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
Faversham - 2 £463 -
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) SCJP
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) SCJA
2 2 (50.00%) WPF
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) JPA
2 2 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Sybase
2 2 (50.00%) JUnit
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) PowerBuilder
2 2 (50.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) DSDM
3 1 (25.00%) MCSD
3 1 (25.00%) MCPD

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) WPF
1 2 (50.00%) JPA
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) JSP
1 2 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
1 2 (50.00%) Tomcat
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JUnit
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (50.00%) PowerBuilder
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) ScrumMaster
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (25.00%) Development Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SCJP
1 2 (50.00%) SCJA
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSD
2 1 (25.00%) MCPD
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) Sybase
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft