JIRA Contracts in the South East

Atlassian JIRA
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 49 40
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 200 234 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.68% 4.19% 5.28%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.45% 32.55% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 138 274
10th Percentile £300 £318 £347
25th Percentile £350 £407 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.83% +8.06%
75th Percentile £609 £591 £559
90th Percentile £676 £675 £638
England median daily rate £525 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -2.78% +3.85% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 13
10th Percentile £30.53 £22.16 £47.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £54.38 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +11.14% +6.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.38 £63.25
90th Percentile £75.75 £75.00 £65.43
England median hourly rate £60.00 £66.72 £44.69
% change year-on-year -10.07% +49.28% -14.88%

All Development Application Skills
South East

JIRA is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 534 719 990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.82% 12.87% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 476 647
10th Percentile £313 £363 £356
25th Percentile £400 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £698 £673
England median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 23
10th Percentile £40.55 £22.16 £41.65
25th Percentile £52.88 £50.00 £48.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +2.46% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £62.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.43
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +10.53%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the South East.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +5 98 £505 -2.98% 41
Berkshire -8 77 £525 +1.69% 15
Hampshire +4 57 £538 +13.16% 22
Surrey +3 31 £413 -14.51% 16
Buckinghamshire +34 14 £355 -32.38% 14
West Sussex -3 9 £500 -8.84% 9
Oxfordshire - 8 £468 - 12
Middlesex - 2 £538 -
Sussex -5 1 £350 -30.00%
Kent -5 1 - - 4
Home Counties - 1 - -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 94 (47.00%) Confluence
2 13 (6.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.50%) Apache
4 9 (4.50%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.50%) Appian
6 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.50%) SAS
7 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.50%) Sketch
4 1 (0.50%) FileZilla
4 1 (0.50%) InVision
4 1 (0.50%) Simulink
4 1 (0.50%) Trello
4 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (5.00%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.50%) Azure
2 31 (15.50%) AWS
3 19 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (6.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 8 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.00%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.50%) PaaS
7 5 (2.50%) SaaS
8 4 (2.00%) GitHub
9 3 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.50%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.50%) Figma
9 3 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.50%) IaaS
10 2 (1.00%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.00%) SNMP
2 15 (7.50%) Software-Defined Radio
3 14 (7.00%) BGP
3 14 (7.00%) MPLS
4 12 (6.00%) VPN
5 10 (5.00%) DHCP
5 10 (5.00%) DNS
6 9 (4.50%) Ethernet VPN
6 9 (4.50%) Radio Access Network
7 7 (3.50%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.50%) Wireless
9 3 (1.50%) Firewall
9 3 (1.50%) SSL
10 2 (1.00%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (1.00%) WebEx
11 1 (0.50%) FTP
11 1 (0.50%) HTTP
11 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.50%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.00%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.50%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.50%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.00%) Big Data
5 8 (4.00%) Power BI
6 3 (1.50%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.50%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.00%) CouchDB
7 2 (1.00%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.00%) MySQL
7 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.00%) Tableau
8 1 (0.50%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.50%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 40 (20.00%) Git
2 34 (17.00%) GitLab
3 27 (13.50%) Bitbucket
4 24 (12.00%) Jenkins
4 24 (12.00%) Robot Framework
5 18 (9.00%) Selenium
6 15 (7.50%) Eclipse
6 15 (7.50%) GoogleTest
7 14 (7.00%) Cucumber
8 13 (6.50%) SonarQube
8 13 (6.50%) TestRail
9 12 (6.00%) REST Assured
10 8 (4.00%) Subversion
11 5 (2.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (2.00%) Artifactory
13 3 (1.50%) JMeter
14 2 (1.00%) Maven
14 2 (1.00%) SoapUI
14 2 (1.00%) VersionOne
14 2 (1.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.00%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.00%) Finance
4 17 (8.50%) Telecoms
5 13 (6.50%) Aerospace
5 13 (6.50%) Retail
6 12 (6.00%) Military
7 9 (4.50%) Law
8 8 (4.00%) Marketing
8 8 (4.00%) Police
9 7 (3.50%) Banking
10 6 (3.00%) Automotive
11 5 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.50%) Publishing
12 4 (2.00%) Billing
12 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.00%) Aviation
13 2 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (1.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 38 (19.00%) Analyst
2 32 (16.00%) Test Engineer
3 28 (14.00%) Software Engineer
4 20 (10.00%) Senior
5 18 (9.00%) Developer
6 15 (7.50%) Business Analyst
6 15 (7.50%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.50%) C++ Software Engineer
7 13 (6.50%) Java Engineer
7 13 (6.50%) Java Software Engineer
8 11 (5.50%) Integration Engineer
8 11 (5.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Embedded Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Network Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.50%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (3.50%) Scrum Master
11 6 (3.00%) Lead
11 6 (3.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (15.50%) REST
2 26 (13.00%) HTML
3 21 (10.50%) CSS
4 15 (7.50%) SOAP
5 13 (6.50%) Java EE
6 12 (6.00%) ARM Templates
7 9 (4.50%) NETCONF
7 9 (4.50%) RESTCONF
7 9 (4.50%) XML
7 9 (4.50%) YANG
8 7 (3.50%) React
8 7 (3.50%) RESTful
9 5 (2.50%) GraphQL
9 5 (2.50%) Kafka
9 5 (2.50%) Node.js
10 4 (2.00%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.00%) JSON
11 3 (1.50%) gRPC
11 3 (1.50%) PySpark
11 3 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.50%) PKI
2 14 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.00%) Mainframe
4 6 (3.00%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.00%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.00%) Device Driver
5 4 (2.00%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.50%) Biopharmaceutical
6 3 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.50%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.50%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.00%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.00%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.00%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 38 (19.00%) Windows
2 32 (16.00%) Linux
3 18 (9.00%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.50%) Unix
6 3 (1.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.00%) VMS
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.50%) Android
8 1 (0.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (66.50%) Agile
2 58 (29.00%) Scrum
3 51 (25.50%) DevOps
4 44 (22.00%) Software Engineering
4 44 (22.00%) Test Automation
5 33 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (14.00%) CI/CD
6 28 (14.00%) Continuous Integration
7 27 (13.50%) Project Management
8 24 (12.00%) Validation
9 22 (11.00%) Containerisation
9 22 (11.00%) Regression Testing
10 20 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 20 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (10.00%) Test Scripting
10 20 (10.00%) Workflow
11 17 (8.50%) Decision-Making
11 17 (8.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (8.00%) Project Delivery
12 16 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.00%) SQL
2 31 (15.50%) Python
3 27 (13.50%) Java
4 24 (12.00%) C++
4 24 (12.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.50%) Go
5 9 (4.50%) Shell Script
6 8 (4.00%) C#
7 7 (3.50%) Scala
8 5 (2.50%) Assembly Language
8 5 (2.50%) C
8 5 (2.50%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.00%) F#
10 2 (1.00%) Bash
10 2 (1.00%) Groovy
11 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (19.50%) Security Cleared
2 37 (18.50%) Degree
3 31 (15.50%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.00%) MCSA
4 10 (5.00%) MCSE
4 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.00%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (2.00%) PhD
8 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.50%) HNC
8 3 (1.50%) PMP
9 2 (1.00%) CSPO
9 2 (1.00%) MBA
9 2 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.50%) IIBA
10 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.00%) QA
2 7 (3.50%) PMO
3 4 (2.00%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.00%) JTAG
4 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.00%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.00%) GxP
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.50%) NCSC
6 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (14.50%) Docker
2 19 (9.50%) Firmware
3 17 (8.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (8.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.00%) VirtualBox
6 4 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 20 (10.00%) Terraform
3 16 (8.00%) Ansible
4 12 (6.00%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (6.00%) Podman
5 3 (1.50%) Rancher
6 2 (1.00%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.50%) SCCM
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.50%) Atlassian
3 20 (10.00%) VMware
4 16 (8.00%) Google
4 16 (8.00%) SAP
5 13 (6.50%) Adobe
6 12 (6.00%) Oracle
6 12 (6.00%) ServiceNow
7 9 (4.50%) Salesforce
8 8 (4.00%) Dell
9 6 (3.00%) Databricks
10 5 (2.50%) HP
10 5 (2.50%) Juniper
11 3 (1.50%) Apple
11 3 (1.50%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (1.00%) Bloomberg
12 2 (1.00%) Citrix
12 2 (1.00%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.00%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.00%) Reuters