JIRA Contracts in the South West

Atlassian JIRA
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 50 37
Rank change year-on-year +25 -13 +5
Contract jobs citing JIRA 185 152 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.81% 4.30% 5.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 52.71% 33.63% 34.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 121 144
10th Percentile £456 £343 £356
25th Percentile £475 £400 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £720 £674
England median daily rate £525 £540 £518
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.20% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 1
10th Percentile £40.00 £57.13 -
25th Percentile £46.56 £62.42 £49.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £78.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +54.46% -10.22%
75th Percentile - £86.66 £51.75
90th Percentile - £89.01 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £66.69 £44.60
% change year-on-year -10.03% +49.54% -10.81%

All Development Application Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 351 452 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.03% 12.78% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 318 406
10th Percentile £425 £361 £370
25th Percentile £475 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £710 £649
England median daily rate £531 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 52 25
10th Percentile £56.25 £50.12 £42.00
25th Percentile £64.69 £54.69 £49.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £61.50 £55.84
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +10.14% +17.56%
75th Percentile £71.50 £70.29 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £82.25 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.59
% change year-on-year +5.69% +16.94% +10.79%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for JIRA in the South West

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in the South West

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wiltshire +24 85 £538 +7.50% 13
Gloucestershire +4 47 £550 -2.22% 7
Bristol +15 39 £566 +2.95% 28
Devon -6 6 £425 -10.53% 8
Somerset -7 4 £450 +16.13% 4
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 97 (52.43%) Confluence
2 44 (23.78%) SharePoint
3 35 (18.92%) SharePoint Server
4 12 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.54%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (17.84%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (14.05%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (12.97%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.54%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.54%) Magento
1 1 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.54%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 55 (29.73%) Azure
2 34 (18.38%) Azure Stack
3 16 (8.65%) GitHub
4 14 (7.57%) AWS
5 8 (4.32%) GCP
5 8 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.78%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.16%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.16%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.62%) PaaS
10 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.54%) Apigee
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.54%) Google Container Engine
11 1 (0.54%) IaaS
11 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (20.54%) Firewall
2 35 (18.92%) BGP
3 9 (4.86%) DNS
4 8 (4.32%) DHCP
5 6 (3.24%) VSAN
6 4 (2.16%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.08%) Tactical Data Link
7 2 (1.08%) VPN
8 1 (0.54%) Broadband
8 1 (0.54%) HbbTV
8 1 (0.54%) Internet
8 1 (0.54%) Skype
8 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.54%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.62%) MySQL
1 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.08%) Power BI
3 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (22.70%) Jenkins
2 30 (16.22%) Bitbucket
3 24 (12.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 12 (6.49%) GoogleTest
5 5 (2.70%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.70%) Selenium
6 3 (1.62%) Git
6 3 (1.62%) GitLab
7 2 (1.08%) JUnit
7 2 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.54%) GoCD
8 1 (0.54%) JMeter
8 1 (0.54%) Maven
8 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 123 (66.49%) Social Skills
2 68 (36.76%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (17.30%) Finance
4 25 (13.51%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (11.35%) Aerospace
6 19 (10.27%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (7.57%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.86%) Legal
9 8 (4.32%) Military
10 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Law
12 1 (0.54%) Automotive
12 1 (0.54%) Aviation
12 1 (0.54%) Electronics
12 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Marketing
12 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (17.30%) Lead
2 29 (15.68%) Developer
3 25 (13.51%) Analyst
4 24 (12.97%) Project Leader
5 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Engineer
5 17 (9.19%) Test Engineer
6 15 (8.11%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.57%) Java Engineer
7 14 (7.57%) Java Software Engineer
8 12 (6.49%) Senior
9 11 (5.95%) Architect
9 11 (5.95%) Integration Engineer
9 11 (5.95%) Test and Integration Engineer
10 10 (5.41%) C++ Software Engineer
11 9 (4.86%) Compliance Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Data Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Data Compliance Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.78%) Senior Test Engineer
13 6 (3.24%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.59%) .NET
2 25 (13.51%) .NET Core
3 13 (7.03%) Qt
4 5 (2.70%) Flash
5 3 (1.62%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.08%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.54%) CSS3
7 1 (0.54%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.54%) Kafka
7 1 (0.54%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.54%) OSGi
7 1 (0.54%) PySpark
7 1 (0.54%) React
7 1 (0.54%) Spring
7 1 (0.54%) Spring MVC
7 1 (0.54%) Swagger
7 1 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.46%) Private Cloud
2 17 (9.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (5.95%) PKI
4 9 (4.86%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (4.32%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.70%) Clustering
7 4 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.08%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (29.19%) Windows
2 45 (24.32%) Linux
3 8 (4.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.62%) Unix
4 3 (1.62%) VMS
4 3 (1.62%) Windows 2000
4 3 (1.62%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.54%) Android
5 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.54%) CentOS
5 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (44.86%) Agile
2 52 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (23.78%) Service Management
4 41 (22.16%) CI/CD
4 41 (22.16%) ITIL
5 37 (20.00%) Project Management
6 34 (18.38%) Capacity Management
6 34 (18.38%) Network Management
6 34 (18.38%) Security Monitoring
7 31 (16.76%) Project Delivery
7 31 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (15.68%) DevOps
8 29 (15.68%) ITSM
8 29 (15.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 27 (14.59%) Infrastructure Automation
10 26 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (13.51%) OO
11 25 (13.51%) Project Planning
11 25 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
12 24 (12.97%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 45 (24.32%) Python
2 39 (21.08%) PowerShell
3 20 (10.81%) Java
4 16 (8.65%) C++
5 11 (5.95%) SQL
6 7 (3.78%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.24%) Bash
8 5 (2.70%) C
9 3 (1.62%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.08%) C#
11 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 138 (74.59%) Security Cleared
2 69 (37.30%) SC Cleared
3 67 (36.22%) DV Cleared
4 24 (12.97%) APMP
4 24 (12.97%) Degree
5 12 (6.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (5.41%) Master's Degree
7 8 (4.32%) MCSE
7 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.78%) MCSA
9 6 (3.24%) CCNA
9 6 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.16%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.08%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.54%) CCNP
13 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (21.08%) Government Security Classifications
2 28 (15.14%) PMO
3 13 (7.03%) MISRA
4 4 (2.16%) NCSC
5 3 (1.62%) QA
6 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (11.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.03%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.86%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (3.24%) vSphere
5 5 (2.70%) Docker
6 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.54%) NFS
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (18.92%) Ansible
2 26 (14.05%) SCOM
3 25 (13.51%) PowerCLI
4 12 (6.49%) Terraform
5 7 (3.78%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.70%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.08%) OPNET
8 1 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.54%) Puppet
8 1 (0.54%) SCCM
8 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 76 (41.08%) Atlassian
2 75 (40.54%) Microsoft
3 24 (12.97%) VMware
4 22 (11.89%) Dell
4 22 (11.89%) HP
5 15 (8.11%) Google
6 9 (4.86%) Splunk
7 8 (4.32%) Cisco
8 4 (2.16%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.62%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.62%) Juniper
9 3 (1.62%) SAP
10 2 (1.08%) Adobe
11 1 (0.54%) Citrix
11 1 (0.54%) IBM
11 1 (0.54%) Oracle
11 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.54%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.54%) Veeam