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This section looks at the demand for Atlassian JIRA skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAtlassian JIRA
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank529596
Rank change on same period last yearUp+67
Matching contract IT job ads5659
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.060 %
As % of the category below0.827 %0.686 %
Daily rates quoted1337
Average minimum daily rate£377£499
Average daily rate£385£533
% change on same period last year-27.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£567
UK excluding London average daily rate£386-
% 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-
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads67738600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.028 %8.701 %
Daily rates quoted22372632
Average minimum daily rate£336£356
Average daily rate£360£376
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted481600
Average minimum hourly rate£29.97£32.62
Average hourly rate£32.02£34.59
% change on same period last year-7.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.07£36.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JIRA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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 within the UK.

JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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 within the UK.

JIRA Hourly Rate Trend

JIRA
Top 14 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK over the 3 months to 25 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
EnglandUp+7055£385-27.72 %
LondonUp+4940£385-27.79 %
HertfordshireNew entry-11£393-
East of EnglandNew entry-11£393-
City of LondonDown-197£352-24.77 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-6--
RickmansworthNew entry-4£370-
WatfordNew entry-2--
ChesterNew entry-2£364-
CheshireNew entry-2£364-
North WestNew entry-2£364-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-1--

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

187 (64.93 %)Java
250 (37.31 %)Oracle
346 (34.33 %)Subversion
444 (32.84 %)SQL
542 (31.34 %)Banking
640 (29.85 %)Windows
734 (25.37 %)WebServices
832 (23.88 %)J2EE
832 (23.88 %)Finance
929 (21.64 %)Hibernate
1028 (20.90 %)Spring
1127 (20.15 %)Active Directory
1127 (20.15 %)C#
1226 (19.40 %)C++
1226 (19.40 %)Tomcat
1226 (19.40 %)ClearCase
1226 (19.40 %)Investment Banking
1325 (18.66 %).NET
1424 (17.91 %)ClearQuest
1523 (17.16 %)Visual Studio
1523 (17.16 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1622 (16.42 %)SQL Server
1622 (16.42 %)XML
1622 (16.42 %)Ant
1721 (15.67 %)UNIX
1820 (14.93 %)UML
1820 (14.93 %)OO
1820 (14.93 %)VB
1820 (14.93 %)WinForms
1919 (14.18 %)Linux

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (25.37 %)WebServices
232 (23.88 %)J2EE
329 (21.64 %)Hibernate
428 (20.90 %)Spring
525 (18.66 %).NET
622 (16.42 %)XML
720 (14.93 %)WinForms
814 (10.45 %)HTML
913 (9.701 %)Java EE
109 (6.716 %)JSP
109 (6.716 %)ODBC
118 (5.970 %)Middleware
127 (5.224 %)CSS
136 (4.478 %)SOAP
136 (4.478 %)Swing
136 (4.478 %)AJAX
144 (2.985 %)JMX
144 (2.985 %)WSDL
144 (2.985 %)JAX-RPC
144 (2.985 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (19.40 %)Tomcat
218 (13.43 %)Lotus Notes
315 (11.19 %)WebLogic
412 (8.955 %)Apache
57 (5.224 %)IIS
65 (3.731 %)JBoss
73 (2.239 %)Tuxedo
81 (0.746 %)CMS
81 (0.746 %)Alfresco
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (11.94 %)MS Excel
26 (4.478 %)MS Project
34 (2.985 %)MS Office
43 (2.239 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (6.716 %)LAN
19 (6.716 %)WAN
19 (6.716 %)DHCP
19 (6.716 %)TCP/IP
27 (5.224 %)Internet
32 (1.493 %)SMTP
41 (0.746 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (16.42 %)SQL Server
210 (7.463 %)RDBMS
37 (5.224 %)MySQL
45 (3.731 %)Datawarehouse
54 (2.985 %)Oracle 10g
54 (2.985 %)Oracle 9i
54 (2.985 %)TOAD
63 (2.239 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.493 %)DTS
81 (0.746 %)Data Mining
81 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (34.33 %)Subversion
226 (19.40 %)ClearCase
324 (17.91 %)ClearQuest
423 (17.16 %)Visual Studio
423 (17.16 %)VSS/SourceSafe
522 (16.42 %)Ant
619 (14.18 %)Eclipse
717 (12.69 %)JUnit
816 (11.94 %)MSI
915 (11.19 %)InstallShield
106 (4.478 %)Bugzilla
114 (2.985 %)Atlassian Bamboo
114 (2.985 %)TestDirector
114 (2.985 %)QuickTest Pro
122 (1.493 %)Rational Rose
131 (0.746 %)CheckStyle
131 (0.746 %)HttpUnit
131 (0.746 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (31.34 %)Banking
232 (23.88 %)Finance
326 (19.40 %)Investment Banking
412 (8.955 %)Back Office
55 (3.731 %)Publishing
64 (2.985 %)Telecoms
64 (2.985 %)Insurance
73 (2.239 %)Education
82 (1.493 %)Government
82 (1.493 %)International Banking
91 (0.746 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.746 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
157 (42.54 %)Developer
231 (23.13 %)Java Developer
326 (19.40 %)Analyst
411 (8.209 %)Test Analyst
57 (5.224 %)J2EE Developer
57 (5.224 %)Applications Developer
57 (5.224 %)Administrator
57 (5.224 %)Java/J2EE Developer
66 (4.478 %)Web Developer
75 (3.731 %)Senior Developer
75 (3.731 %)Release Manager
75 (3.731 %)C# Developer
75 (3.731 %)Technical Manager
84 (2.985 %)Configuration Management Engineer
84 (2.985 %)Oracle DBA
84 (2.985 %)Infrastructure Engineer
84 (2.985 %)Analyst Programmer
84 (2.985 %)Programmer
84 (2.985 %)DBA
93 (2.239 %)Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.731 %)Replication
24 (2.985 %)N-Tier
24 (2.985 %)Clustering
32 (1.493 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.746 %)Derivative
41 (0.746 %)Wiki
41 (0.746 %)Client/Server
41 (0.746 %)Fixed Income
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (29.85 %)Windows
221 (15.67 %)UNIX
319 (14.18 %)Linux
416 (11.94 %)Windows XP
514 (10.45 %)Windows 2000
64 (2.985 %)Solaris
71 (0.746 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (14.93 %)UML
120 (14.93 %)OO
218 (13.43 %)Configuration Management
218 (13.43 %)Agile Software Development
314 (10.45 %)User Acceptance Testing
412 (8.955 %)TDD
511 (8.209 %)RAD
511 (8.209 %)SOA
511 (8.209 %)ITIL
610 (7.463 %)Incident Management
76 (4.478 %)Test Management
85 (3.731 %)Test Scripting
85 (3.731 %)Continuous Integration
85 (3.731 %)Manual Testing
85 (3.731 %)Unit Testing
94 (2.985 %)Integration Testing
94 (2.985 %)Change Management
103 (2.239 %)Workflow
103 (2.239 %)PRINCE2
103 (2.239 %)Release Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
187 (64.93 %)Java
244 (32.84 %)SQL
327 (20.15 %)C#
426 (19.40 %)C++
520 (14.93 %)VB
615 (11.19 %)PL/SQL
713 (9.701 %)Shell Script
811 (8.209 %)Perl
99 (6.716 %)JavaScript
104 (2.985 %)XPath
113 (2.239 %)PHP4
113 (2.239 %)Ruby
113 (2.239 %)Korn
113 (2.239 %)PHP
121 (0.746 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.985 %)ISEB
21 (0.746 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (20.15 %)Active Directory
25 (3.731 %)MetaFrame
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
150 (37.31 %)Oracle
218 (13.43 %)Lotus
218 (13.43 %)Atlassian
316 (11.94 %)Microsoft
49 (6.716 %)Cisco
49 (6.716 %)VERITAS
49 (6.716 %)TIBCO
58 (5.970 %)Remedy
67 (5.224 %)Perforce
67 (5.224 %)Citrix
75 (3.731 %)Sybase
83 (2.239 %)BEA
92 (1.493 %)LANDesk
92 (1.493 %)Red Hat
101 (0.746 %)Yahoo!
101 (0.746 %)Google
101 (0.746 %)HP
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