The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 60 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing JIRA 18 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 2.273% 0.593% -
As % of the Development Applications category 14.63% 4.511% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 0
Average daily rate £307 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
All Development Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
123 133 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 15.53% 13.16% 11.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 81 33
Average daily rate £280 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £26.25
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 - £23.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.30 - £29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
JIRA
West Yorkshire

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds JIRA Hourly Rate Trend

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 17 (47.22%) C#
2 16 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 13 (36.11%) Agile Software Development
4 11 (30.56%) Perforce
4 11 (30.56%) .NET
5 10 (27.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 10 (27.78%) SharePoint
5 10 (27.78%) CMMI
5 10 (27.78%) Subversion
6 9 (25.00%) ASP
6 9 (25.00%) SQL
7 8 (22.22%) VB
7 8 (22.22%) Java
7 8 (22.22%) ASP.NET
7 8 (22.22%) WebLogic
7 8 (22.22%) Oracle
7 8 (22.22%) RUP
7 8 (22.22%) VB6
7 8 (22.22%) Selenium
8 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2008
8 7 (19.44%) MTS
8 7 (19.44%) MSMQ
8 7 (19.44%) COM+
8 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
8 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (16.67%) SOA
9 6 (16.67%) MVC
9 6 (16.67%) WinForms
9 6 (16.67%) UML
9 6 (16.67%) Test Automation

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (30.56%) .NET
2 9 (25.00%) ASP
3 8 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 7 (19.44%) MSMQ
4 7 (19.44%) COM+
5 6 (16.67%) WinForms
6 5 (13.89%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (11.11%) WCF
7 4 (11.11%) WPF
8 3 (8.333%) REST
8 3 (8.333%) XML
9 2 (5.556%) Web Services
9 2 (5.556%) .NET Framework
9 2 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (2.778%) soapUI
10 1 (2.778%) Dojo
10 1 (2.778%) Java EE
10 1 (2.778%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (22.22%) WebLogic
3 7 (19.44%) MTS
4 4 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (5.556%) IIS
5 2 (5.556%) Apache
5 2 (5.556%) SAS
6 1 (2.778%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (5.556%) MySQL
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (27.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 10 (27.78%) Subversion
2 8 (22.22%) Selenium
3 6 (16.67%) WebDriver
4 4 (11.11%) Maven
4 4 (11.11%) Jenkins
5 3 (8.333%) CruiseControl
5 3 (8.333%) Visual Studio
6 2 (5.556%) Git (software)
6 2 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (2.778%) GitHub
7 1 (2.778%) Hudson
7 1 (2.778%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (2.778%) WebSpeed
7 1 (2.778%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (2.778%) PVCS
7 1 (2.778%) Ant
7 1 (2.778%) JUnit
General
1 4 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (2.778%) Legal
2 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Developer
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) .NET Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Test Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Technical Leader
5 3 (8.333%) VB Developer
6 2 (5.556%) ASP Developer
6 2 (5.556%) Support Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.556%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.556%) QA Test Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) QA Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Agile Test Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Technical Developer
7 1 (2.778%) CRM Developer
7 1 (2.778%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (2.778%) ScrumMaster
7 1 (2.778%) VB6 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.778%) Mathematics
1 1 (2.778%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 3 (8.333%) Linux
3 1 (2.778%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (27.78%) CMMI
3 8 (22.22%) RUP
4 6 (16.67%) SOA
4 6 (16.67%) MVC
4 6 (16.67%) UML
4 6 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 5 (13.89%) CRM
5 5 (13.89%) Scrum
6 2 (5.556%) ITIL
6 2 (5.556%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.556%) OOD
6 2 (5.556%) Service Management
6 2 (5.556%) TDD
6 2 (5.556%) Problem Management
6 2 (5.556%) User Stories
7 1 (2.778%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.778%) BDD
7 1 (2.778%) Performance Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) C#
2 9 (25.00%) SQL
3 8 (22.22%) VB
3 8 (22.22%) Java
3 8 (22.22%) VB6
4 3 (8.333%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.556%) C++
6 1 (2.778%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.778%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
2 2 (5.556%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Perforce
2 8 (22.22%) Oracle
3 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.778%) Sculptor
4 1 (2.778%) Progress
4 1 (2.778%) Remedy
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