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This section looks at the demand for Atlassian JIRA skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAtlassian JIRA
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank143131
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.286 %0.542 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£445-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Development Applications North WestDevelopment Applications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads350369
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.462 %0.391 %
Daily rates quoted6660
Average minimum daily rate£314£275
Average daily rate£334£287
% change on same period last year+16.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£299
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted4652
Average minimum hourly rate£23.72£27.45
Average hourly rate£25.70£29.21
% change on same period last year-12.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.68£30.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
JIRA EnglandJIRA
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing JIRA within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireNew entry-1--
JIRA EnglandJIRA
England

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

15 (71.43 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)HTML
23 (42.86 %)CSS
23 (42.86 %)SOAP
23 (42.86 %)WebServices
23 (42.86 %)XML
23 (42.86 %)WSDL
23 (42.86 %)JAX-RPC
23 (42.86 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
32 (28.57 %)TDD
32 (28.57 %)Banking
32 (28.57 %)Subversion
32 (28.57 %)Hibernate
32 (28.57 %)Linux
32 (28.57 %)Swing
32 (28.57 %)Tomcat
32 (28.57 %)Tuxedo
32 (28.57 %)Oracle
32 (28.57 %)C++
32 (28.57 %)SQL
32 (28.57 %)Middleware
32 (28.57 %)Spring
32 (28.57 %)AJAX
32 (28.57 %)XPath
32 (28.57 %)Atlassian
32 (28.57 %)JSP
41 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
41 (14.29 %)Test Management
41 (14.29 %)International Banking

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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
13 (42.86 %)HTML
13 (42.86 %)CSS
13 (42.86 %)SOAP
13 (42.86 %)WebServices
13 (42.86 %)XML
13 (42.86 %)WSDL
13 (42.86 %)JAX-RPC
22 (28.57 %)Middleware
22 (28.57 %)Hibernate
22 (28.57 %)Spring
22 (28.57 %)AJAX
22 (28.57 %)JSP
22 (28.57 %)Swing
31 (14.29 %)XSL
31 (14.29 %)JDBC
31 (14.29 %)J2EE
31 (14.29 %)EJB
Application Platforms
12 (28.57 %)Tomcat
12 (28.57 %)Tuxedo
21 (14.29 %)Apache
Communications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)HTTP
Development Applications
12 (28.57 %)Subversion
General
13 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Banking
31 (14.29 %)International Banking
Job Titles
13 (42.86 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Test Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Java Developer
22 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Developer
31 (14.29 %)Systems Test Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Linux Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Linux Support
31 (14.29 %)Integration Test Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Integration Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Systems Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
22 (28.57 %)TDD
31 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
31 (14.29 %)Test Management
31 (14.29 %)UML
Programming Languages
15 (71.43 %)Java
22 (28.57 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)XPath
22 (28.57 %)C++
Vendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle
12 (28.57 %)Atlassian
21 (14.29 %)HP
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