Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the London region.

 Atlassian JIRA
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank216278379
Rank change year-on-year
Up+62Up+101
Matching contract IT job ads1652147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.637 %0.127 %0.128 %
As % of the Development Applications category6.757 %1.667 %1.674 %
Daily rates quoted1061035
Average daily rate£475£333£420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85 %-20.83 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£257£339
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£428£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£350£500
% change year-on-year
-17.85 %-30.00 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
244212602807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London9.427 %7.633 %7.660 %
Daily rates quoted13385631107
Average daily rate£425£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£290£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£340£350
% change year-on-year
-11.61 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted452786
Average hourly rate£35.00£32.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.690 %+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.50£20.00£15.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£40.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£31.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.080 %-9.280 %
JIRA EnglandJIRA
England

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.

JIRA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JIRA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London JIRA Demand Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JIRA across the London region.

London JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London JIRA Daily Rate Histogram

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London JIRA Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-1758£538+26.47 %
Canary WharfNew entry-6£475-
Docklands, LondonDown-52£438-2.66 %
JIRA EnglandJIRA
England

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1134 (47.52 %)Subversion
284 (29.79 %)Agile Software Development
382 (29.08 %)Banking
481 (28.72 %)Java
579 (28.01 %)Windows
678 (27.66 %)Confluence
773 (25.89 %)Oracle
868 (24.11 %)C#
966 (23.40 %)Investment Banking
1065 (23.05 %)Derivative
1162 (21.99 %)Linux
1254 (19.15 %)TDD
1353 (18.79 %)SQL
1451 (18.09 %)Finance
1451 (18.09 %)Unit Testing
1550 (17.73 %)OO
1648 (17.02 %).NET
1747 (16.67 %)Front Office
1845 (15.96 %)XML
1943 (15.25 %)Maven
2041 (14.54 %)Solaris
2139 (13.83 %)Interest Rate Derivative
2139 (13.83 %)QA
2238 (13.48 %)Web Services
2335 (12.41 %)ITIL
2335 (12.41 %)Continuous Integration
2432 (11.35 %)Windows Server 2003
2529 (10.28 %)Scrum
2529 (10.28 %)VMware
2529 (10.28 %)NUnit

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
148 (17.02 %).NET
245 (15.96 %)XML
338 (13.48 %)Web Services
427 (9.574 %)HTML
526 (9.220 %)CSS
625 (8.865 %)CORBA
723 (8.156 %)WebSphere
819 (6.738 %)WCF
918 (6.383 %)AJAX
1016 (5.674 %)WF
1016 (5.674 %)Flash
1114 (4.965 %)J2EE
1213 (4.610 %)DOM
1213 (4.610 %)XHTML
1213 (4.610 %)JSON
1213 (4.610 %)RESTful
1312 (4.255 %)Zend Framework
1411 (3.901 %)Spring
1411 (3.901 %)Adobe Flex
1510 (3.546 %)Middleware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
178 (27.66 %)Confluence
227 (9.574 %)SharePoint
39 (3.191 %)Apache
47 (2.482 %)TIBCO EMS
56 (2.128 %)LiveLink
64 (1.418 %)Tomcat
73 (1.064 %)IBM HTTP Server
73 (1.064 %)WebSphere Application Server
73 (1.064 %)WebLogic
73 (1.064 %)IIS
73 (1.064 %)Oracle HTTP Server
73 (1.064 %)Documentum
73 (1.064 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (0.709 %)SharePoint Server 2007
82 (0.709 %)CMS
91 (0.355 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.355 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.355 %)SonicMQ
91 (0.355 %)MS Exchange
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (5.674 %)MS Excel
213 (4.610 %)MS Project
312 (4.255 %)MS Office
411 (3.901 %)MS Visio
57 (2.482 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (1.064 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.709 %)MATLAB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.064 %)WebTrends
22 (0.709 %)Front Arena
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (5.674 %)HTTP
28 (2.837 %)Internet
33 (1.064 %)BIG-IP
33 (1.064 %)BSS
33 (1.064 %)GSM
42 (0.709 %)SNMP
42 (0.709 %)SSL
51 (0.355 %)DNS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (8.865 %)SQL Server
210 (3.546 %)MySQL
38 (2.837 %)DB2
45 (1.773 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.064 %)Oracle 10g
53 (1.064 %)RDBMS
53 (1.064 %)ETL
53 (1.064 %)BusinessObjects
62 (0.709 %)CouchDB
62 (0.709 %)TOAD
62 (0.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.709 %)InterSystems Cache
71 (0.355 %)OLAP
71 (0.355 %)Oracle OLAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1134 (47.52 %)Subversion
243 (15.25 %)Maven
329 (10.28 %)NUnit
427 (9.574 %)ClearQuest
522 (7.801 %)ClearCase
619 (6.738 %)Eclipse
715 (5.319 %)WinRunner
810 (3.546 %)TestDirector
810 (3.546 %)QuickTest Pro
810 (3.546 %)Visual Studio
98 (2.837 %)FitNesse
107 (2.482 %)Bugzilla
116 (2.128 %)Atlassian Bamboo
116 (2.128 %)TeamCity
124 (1.418 %)CruiseControl
133 (1.064 %)Selenium
142 (0.709 %)LoadRunner
142 (0.709 %)VSS/SourceSafe
142 (0.709 %)Ant
142 (0.709 %)JMeter
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
182 (29.08 %)Banking
266 (23.40 %)Investment Banking
351 (18.09 %)Finance
447 (16.67 %)Front Office
57 (2.482 %)Back Office
65 (1.773 %)Games
73 (1.064 %)Government
73 (1.064 %)Publishing
73 (1.064 %)Telecoms
73 (1.064 %)Multimedia
82 (0.709 %)Insurance
82 (0.709 %)Construction
82 (0.709 %)Education
82 (0.709 %)Electronics
91 (0.355 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.355 %)Music
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
180 (28.37 %)Developer
246 (16.31 %)C# Developer
339 (13.83 %)Analyst
430 (10.64 %)Tester
430 (10.64 %)Senior Developer
529 (10.28 %)Senior C# Developer
627 (9.574 %)GUI Developer
724 (8.511 %)Project Manager
821 (7.447 %)Test Analyst
912 (4.255 %)PHP Developer
912 (4.255 %)Business Analyst
1011 (3.901 %)Architect
1110 (3.546 %)Release Manager
129 (3.191 %)Test Manager
129 (3.191 %)Technical Support
129 (3.191 %)QA Tester
138 (2.837 %)Support Analyst
138 (2.837 %)Consultant
147 (2.482 %)Technical Project Manager
147 (2.482 %)Author
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (23.05 %)Derivative
239 (13.83 %)Interest Rate Derivative
329 (10.28 %)Wiki
419 (6.738 %)Fixed Income
419 (6.738 %)Equities
514 (4.965 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
611 (3.901 %)Credit Derivative
710 (3.546 %)Swaptions
89 (3.191 %)Social Network
89 (3.191 %)Equity Derivative
97 (2.482 %)Credit Risk
97 (2.482 %)Open Source
106 (2.128 %)Data Protection Act
106 (2.128 %)Blog
115 (1.773 %)Handset
124 (1.418 %)Multithreading
133 (1.064 %)Interactive TV
133 (1.064 %)iDTV
133 (1.064 %)DTV
133 (1.064 %)Blackberry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
179 (28.01 %)Windows
262 (21.99 %)Linux
341 (14.54 %)Solaris
432 (11.35 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (5.674 %)UNIX
64 (1.418 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (1.418 %)Android
73 (1.064 %)Windows Server 2008
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
184 (29.79 %)Agile Software Development
254 (19.15 %)TDD
351 (18.09 %)Unit Testing
450 (17.73 %)OO
535 (12.41 %)ITIL
535 (12.41 %)Continuous Integration
629 (10.28 %)Scrum
726 (9.220 %)Workflow
822 (7.801 %)Configuration Management
920 (7.092 %)SOA
1017 (6.028 %)OOP
1017 (6.028 %)Document Management
1017 (6.028 %)Risk Management
1017 (6.028 %)Software Testing
1116 (5.674 %)User Acceptance Testing
1116 (5.674 %)MVC
1116 (5.674 %)Automated Testing
1214 (4.965 %)Project Management
1312 (4.255 %)Test Automation
1312 (4.255 %)Integration Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
181 (28.72 %)Java
268 (24.11 %)C#
353 (18.79 %)SQL
429 (10.28 %)C++
527 (9.574 %)PHP
624 (8.511 %)JavaScript
716 (5.674 %)Perl
813 (4.610 %)Python
97 (2.482 %)ActionScript
97 (2.482 %)ActionScript 2.0
106 (2.128 %)ActionScript 3.0
114 (1.418 %)VBA
114 (1.418 %)C
114 (1.418 %)Ruby
123 (1.064 %)PL/SQL
123 (1.064 %)T-SQL
123 (1.064 %)Shell Script
123 (1.064 %)Bash shell
132 (0.709 %)VB
141 (0.355 %)Jython
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (2.837 %)Degree
18 (2.837 %)ISEB
21 (0.355 %)MCSE
21 (0.355 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.355 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (13.83 %)QA
22 (0.709 %)SLA
31 (0.355 %)COBIT
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
119 (6.738 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (1.773 %)Xen
32 (0.709 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (1.418 %)YUM
14 (1.418 %)MSI
22 (0.709 %)Zenoss
22 (0.709 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.709 %)ServiceCenter
22 (0.709 %)Tivoli
22 (0.709 %)AutoSys
31 (0.355 %)CA SiteMinder
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (25.89 %)Oracle
229 (10.28 %)VMware
322 (7.801 %)IBM
421 (7.447 %)Microsoft
520 (7.092 %)TIBCO
618 (6.383 %)JBoss
715 (5.319 %)Sybase
813 (4.610 %)HP
813 (4.610 %)Zend
910 (3.546 %)Perforce
106 (2.128 %)DataSynapse
115 (1.773 %)Bloomberg
115 (1.773 %)Tradeweb
124 (1.418 %)Red Hat
124 (1.418 %)Sun
133 (1.064 %)Business Objects
133 (1.064 %)Symbian
133 (1.064 %)Apple
133 (1.064 %)Nortel
133 (1.064 %)Fidessa