The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 96 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing JIRA 14 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.753% 0.448% -
As % of the Development Applications category 7.865% 5.650% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 0
Average daily rate £290 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
All Development Applications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
178 177 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.580% 7.923% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 105 88
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00% -39.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £25.00 £31.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £25.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire JIRA Daily Rate Trend

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JIRA across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire JIRA Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +3 10 £290 -10.76%
East Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £100 -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 19 (50.00%) C#
2 16 (42.11%) Scrum
3 15 (39.47%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (39.47%) SQL Server
4 14 (36.84%) SQL
4 14 (36.84%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 11 (28.95%) .NET
6 10 (26.32%) VB
6 10 (26.32%) SharePoint
6 10 (26.32%) VB6
6 10 (26.32%) Subversion
7 9 (23.68%) Selenium
8 8 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 8 (21.05%) WebDriver
8 8 (21.05%) ASP
9 7 (18.42%) COM+
9 7 (18.42%) MTS
9 7 (18.42%) MSMQ
9 7 (18.42%) SQL Server 2000
9 7 (18.42%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (18.42%) QA
10 6 (15.79%) CMMI
10 6 (15.79%) Progress
10 6 (15.79%) WebSpeed
10 6 (15.79%) SOA
10 6 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (13.16%) Sculptor
11 5 (13.16%) MS Excel
11 5 (13.16%) PVCS
11 5 (13.16%) RUP

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 11 (28.95%) .NET
2 8 (21.05%) ASP
3 7 (18.42%) COM+
4 5 (13.16%) ASP.NET
5 4 (10.53%) WinForms
6 3 (7.895%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (5.263%) WCF
7 2 (5.263%) WPF
7 2 (5.263%) REST
8 1 (2.632%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (2.632%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (2.632%) Middleware
8 1 (2.632%) HTML
8 1 (2.632%) CSS
8 1 (2.632%) Web Services
8 1 (2.632%) XML
8 1 (2.632%) Dojo
8 1 (2.632%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.632%) Java EE
8 1 (2.632%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 10 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 7 (18.42%) MTS
2 7 (18.42%) MSMQ
3 6 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (5.263%) Confluence
4 2 (5.263%) WebLogic
4 2 (5.263%) OpenEdge
5 1 (2.632%) SAS
5 1 (2.632%) IIS
5 1 (2.632%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.895%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.632%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (39.47%) SQL Server
2 7 (18.42%) SQL Server 2000
2 7 (18.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.895%) MySQL
4 1 (2.632%) MS Access
4 1 (2.632%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.632%) TOAD
4 1 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 14 (36.84%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 10 (26.32%) Subversion
3 9 (23.68%) Selenium
4 8 (21.05%) WebDriver
5 6 (15.79%) WebSpeed
6 5 (13.16%) PVCS
7 4 (10.53%) Visual Studio
7 4 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (5.263%) Jenkins
9 1 (2.632%) Hudson
9 1 (2.632%) WinRunner
9 1 (2.632%) TestDirector
9 1 (2.632%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (2.632%) LoadRunner
9 1 (2.632%) Ant
9 1 (2.632%) JUnit
9 1 (2.632%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (2.632%) Git (software)
9 1 (2.632%) CruiseControl
General
1 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Legal
3 2 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Developer
2 12 (31.58%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Test Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Technical Leader
4 4 (10.53%) Progress Developer
5 3 (7.895%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) QA Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) VB Developer
5 3 (7.895%) .NET Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.263%) ASP Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Agile Test Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Technical Developer
6 2 (5.263%) ScrumMaster
6 2 (5.263%) QA Test Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.632%) Programmer
7 1 (2.632%) Support Specialist
7 1 (2.632%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Mathematics
1 1 (2.632%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.895%) Windows
2 2 (5.263%) Windows 7
2 2 (5.263%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.632%) Windows 8
3 1 (2.632%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.632%) Linux
3 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000
3 1 (2.632%) UNIX
3 1 (2.632%) Windows Vista
3 1 (2.632%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Scrum
2 15 (39.47%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (21.05%) Test Automation
4 6 (15.79%) CMMI
4 6 (15.79%) SOA
5 5 (13.16%) RUP
5 5 (13.16%) UML
6 4 (10.53%) MVC
6 4 (10.53%) BDD
6 4 (10.53%) User Stories
7 3 (7.895%) CRM
7 3 (7.895%) TDD
7 3 (7.895%) Workflow
8 2 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.263%) Project Management
8 2 (5.263%) Data Modelling
8 2 (5.263%) OOD
9 1 (2.632%) Agile Project Management
9 1 (2.632%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (50.00%) C#
2 14 (36.84%) SQL
3 10 (26.32%) VB
3 10 (26.32%) VB6
4 4 (10.53%) VB.NET
4 4 (10.53%) Delphi
5 3 (7.895%) Java
6 2 (5.263%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (2.632%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.632%) PHP
7 1 (2.632%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.632%) ISEB
1 1 (2.632%) ISTQB
1 1 (2.632%) Degree
1 1 (2.632%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.632%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) QA
2 1 (2.632%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 3 (7.895%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Progress
2 5 (13.16%) Sculptor
2 5 (13.16%) Perforce
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.895%) Oracle
5 1 (2.632%) HP
5 1 (2.632%) Remedy
5 1 (2.632%) JBoss