JIRA Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

JIRA Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median JIRA Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 455 611
Rank change year-on-year +117 +156 -121
Contract jobs requiring a JIRA Engineer 7 2 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.048% 0.008% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.009% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £355 £389 £358
25th Percentile £475 £428 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £731 £603 £538
90th Percentile £735 £646 £545
UK median daily rate £725 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +45.00% -4.76% +12.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,749 23,373 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.31% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,288 16,533 30,788
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.98%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 539 596
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.46 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.48
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £64.77 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.35 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

JIRA Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured JIRA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JIRA Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JIRA Engineer.

JIRA Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JIRA Engineer over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

JIRA Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, JIRA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring JIRA Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) Confluence
2 6 (85.71%) Atlassian
2 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 5 (71.43%) Workflow
3 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) REST
4 4 (57.14%) Web Services
4 4 (57.14%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
6 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
6 1 (14.29%) Automotive
6 1 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (14.29%) Scrum
6 1 (14.29%) HNC
6 1 (14.29%) Unix
6 1 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
6 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) TestRail
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) REST
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
2 4 (57.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Service Management
1 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) HNC
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Atlassian