The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 200 213 196
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -17
Contract jobs citing JIRA 29 33 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.366% 0.319% 0.448%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.436% 3.575% 4.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 24
Average daily rate £366 £338 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.51% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £250 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £485 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
Average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
844 923 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.65% 8.923% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 476 433
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 54 116
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East JIRA Daily Rate Histogram

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire +22 9 - -
Hampshire +2 9 £354 -24.53%
East Sussex +10 4 £350 -3.44%
Oxfordshire +3 4 £335 -21.17%
Kent - 2 £463 -
M4 Corridor - 1 £390 -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 32 (42.11%) .NET
1 32 (42.11%) Scrum
2 31 (40.79%) C#
3 25 (32.89%) SOA
4 24 (31.58%) Telecoms
5 22 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
6 21 (27.63%) SQL Server
6 21 (27.63%) ASP.NET
6 21 (27.63%) jQuery
7 20 (26.32%) MVC
8 19 (25.00%) TDD
8 19 (25.00%) Banking
8 19 (25.00%) WCF
8 19 (25.00%) SpecFlow
9 18 (23.68%) BDD
9 18 (23.68%) Middleware
9 18 (23.68%) Web Services
10 16 (21.05%) CSS
11 15 (19.74%) UML
11 15 (19.74%) Finance
12 14 (18.42%) Oracle
12 14 (18.42%) HTML5
13 13 (17.11%) Confluence
14 12 (15.79%) SQL
15 10 (13.16%) Java
15 10 (13.16%) XML
15 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
15 10 (13.16%) Automation Testing
16 9 (11.84%) User Acceptance Testing
17 8 (10.53%) Subversion

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 32 (42.11%) .NET
2 21 (27.63%) ASP.NET
2 21 (27.63%) jQuery
3 19 (25.00%) WCF
4 18 (23.68%) Middleware
4 18 (23.68%) Web Services
5 16 (21.05%) CSS
6 14 (18.42%) HTML5
7 10 (13.16%) XML
8 7 (9.211%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (7.895%) HTML
10 3 (3.947%) CSS3
10 3 (3.947%) WPF
10 3 (3.947%) J2EE
10 3 (3.947%) Spring
11 2 (2.632%) JSP
11 2 (2.632%) SOAP
11 2 (2.632%) Cairngorm
11 2 (2.632%) JPA
11 2 (2.632%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 13 (17.11%) Confluence
2 8 (10.53%) ESB
3 4 (5.263%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.632%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.316%) Windows Azure
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.316%) MSMQ
5 1 (1.316%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (7.895%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.947%) MS Project
3 1 (1.316%) Mingle
3 1 (1.316%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.579%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (6.579%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) Internet
2 3 (3.947%) HTTP
3 1 (1.316%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (27.63%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.579%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.632%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.316%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (25.00%) SpecFlow
2 8 (10.53%) Subversion
2 8 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 7 (9.211%) Selenium
4 3 (3.947%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (3.947%) LoadRunner
4 3 (3.947%) JUnit
4 3 (3.947%) Maven
5 2 (2.632%) Bugzilla
5 2 (2.632%) NUnit
5 2 (2.632%) CruiseControl
5 2 (2.632%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.632%) WinRunner
5 2 (2.632%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (2.632%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (2.632%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.632%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.316%) Moq
6 1 (1.316%) StyleCop
6 1 (1.316%) MSTest
General
1 24 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 19 (25.00%) Banking
3 15 (19.74%) Finance
4 3 (3.947%) Games
5 2 (2.632%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.632%) Retail
6 1 (1.316%) Music
6 1 (1.316%) Billing
6 1 (1.316%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (38.16%) Developer
2 11 (14.47%) Analyst
2 11 (14.47%) .NET Developer
3 10 (13.16%) Project Manager
4 9 (11.84%) Test Analyst
5 8 (10.53%) Consultant
6 6 (7.895%) Programmer
7 5 (6.579%) Agile Project Manager
7 5 (6.579%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.263%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.263%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (5.263%) Technical Manager
8 4 (5.263%) Test Engineer
8 4 (5.263%) Senior Programmer
9 3 (3.947%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.947%) Java Developer
9 3 (3.947%) Web Developer
10 2 (2.632%) Coordinator
10 2 (2.632%) QA Engineer
10 2 (2.632%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.947%) SaaS
1 3 (3.947%) Mobile App
1 3 (3.947%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (3.947%) Wiki
1 3 (3.947%) Computer Science
1 3 (3.947%) W3C
1 3 (3.947%) PMI
2 2 (2.632%) Online Games
2 2 (2.632%) Social Media
3 1 (1.316%) Open Source
3 1 (1.316%) PaaS
3 1 (1.316%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.316%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.316%) Physics
3 1 (1.316%) NHS
3 1 (1.316%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.316%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.211%) Windows
2 6 (7.895%) Linux
3 1 (1.316%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.316%) Android
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.316%) Windows NT
3 1 (1.316%) UNIX
3 1 (1.316%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.11%) Scrum
2 25 (32.89%) SOA
3 22 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
4 20 (26.32%) MVC
5 19 (25.00%) TDD
6 18 (23.68%) BDD
7 15 (19.74%) UML
8 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
8 10 (13.16%) Automation Testing
9 9 (11.84%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (10.53%) Test Scripting
10 8 (10.53%) Automated Testing
11 7 (9.211%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (9.211%) Regression Testing
12 6 (7.895%) Project Management
12 6 (7.895%) Software Testing
13 5 (6.579%) User Stories
14 4 (5.263%) Configuration Management
14 4 (5.263%) Use Case
14 4 (5.263%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (40.79%) C#
2 12 (15.79%) SQL
3 10 (13.16%) Java
4 5 (6.579%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.632%) C
6 1 (1.316%) Bash shell
6 1 (1.316%) sed
6 1 (1.316%) Korn
6 1 (1.316%) XPath
6 1 (1.316%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.316%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.316%) Python
6 1 (1.316%) C++
6 1 (1.316%) Perl
6 1 (1.316%) AWK
Qualifications
1 5 (6.579%) ISTQB
1 5 (6.579%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.947%) APMP
2 3 (3.947%) Degree
2 3 (3.947%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.947%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.632%) SCJP
3 2 (2.632%) BC Cleared
3 2 (2.632%) SCJA
4 1 (1.316%) MCPD
4 1 (1.316%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.316%) MCSD
4 1 (1.316%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.211%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.895%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Oracle
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.263%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.632%) VMware
4 2 (2.632%) JBoss
4 2 (2.632%) Sybase
4 2 (2.632%) Adobe
4 2 (2.632%) Hyperion
4 2 (2.632%) Capita
5 1 (1.316%) WSO2
5 1 (1.316%) HP
5 1 (1.316%) IBM
5 1 (1.316%) Software AG
5 1 (1.316%) Teradata
5 1 (1.316%) webMethods
5 1 (1.316%) ATG
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