The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 17 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 West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 82 84 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing JIRA 9 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.709% 0.618% -
As % of the Development Applications category 7.965% 8.130% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 0
Average daily rate £285 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.30% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £358
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Development Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
113 123 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 8.905% 7.602% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 71 54
Average daily rate £290 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JIRA
Yorkshire

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire JIRA Daily 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -8 8 £285 +5.55%
JIRA
Yorkshire

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (56.00%) C#
1 14 (56.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (52.00%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (40.00%) Subversion
3 10 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 9 (36.00%) SQL
5 8 (32.00%) VB
5 8 (32.00%) ASP
5 8 (32.00%) .NET
5 8 (32.00%) VB6
6 7 (28.00%) Selenium
6 7 (28.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (28.00%) COM+
6 7 (28.00%) MTS
6 7 (28.00%) MSMQ
6 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
6 7 (28.00%) SQL Server 2000
7 6 (24.00%) Scrum
7 6 (24.00%) SOA
7 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
7 6 (24.00%) WebDriver
8 5 (20.00%) RUP
8 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
8 5 (20.00%) CMMI
8 5 (20.00%) Perforce
8 5 (20.00%) QA
9 4 (16.00%) MVC
9 4 (16.00%) WinForms
9 4 (16.00%) UML
9 4 (16.00%) MS Excel

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 8 (32.00%) .NET
1 8 (32.00%) ASP
2 7 (28.00%) COM+
3 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (16.00%) WinForms
5 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (8.000%) WCF
6 2 (8.000%) WPF
6 2 (8.000%) REST
7 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (4.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
7 1 (4.000%) Java EE
7 1 (4.000%) Dojo
7 1 (4.000%) Web Services
7 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) MTS
1 7 (28.00%) MSMQ
1 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.000%) IIS
3 1 (4.000%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (56.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (28.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 7 (28.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.000%) MySQL
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 10 (40.00%) Subversion
2 7 (28.00%) Selenium
3 6 (24.00%) WebDriver
4 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
5 1 (4.000%) PVCS
5 1 (4.000%) Ant
5 1 (4.000%) JUnit
5 1 (4.000%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (4.000%) WebSpeed
5 1 (4.000%) CruiseControl
5 1 (4.000%) Hudson
5 1 (4.000%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Legal
2 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (12.00%) VB Developer
5 3 (12.00%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Software Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Lead Developer
6 2 (8.000%) ASP Developer
6 2 (8.000%) QA Test Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) QA Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) ScrumMaster
6 2 (8.000%) Agile Test Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Technical Developer
7 1 (4.000%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.000%) SQL Developer
7 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Progress Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Mathematics
1 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (24.00%) SOA
2 6 (24.00%) Scrum
3 5 (20.00%) RUP
3 5 (20.00%) CMMI
4 4 (16.00%) MVC
4 4 (16.00%) UML
5 3 (12.00%) CRM
6 2 (8.000%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.000%) OOD
6 2 (8.000%) Project Management
6 2 (8.000%) BDD
6 2 (8.000%) User Stories
7 1 (4.000%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.000%) TDD
7 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
7 1 (4.000%) Test Management
7 1 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) C#
2 9 (36.00%) SQL
3 8 (32.00%) VB
3 8 (32.00%) VB6
4 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.000%) Delphi
4 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) Degree
1 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Perforce
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.000%) Remedy
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle
3 1 (4.000%) Progress
3 1 (4.000%) Sculptor