The first table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian JIRA
Rank 87 82 74
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -8
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.190% 0.410% 0.898%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.130% 3.509% 5.096%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 3
Average salary £32,500 £47,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.57% +58.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.11%
All Development Applications
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
177 114 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 16.78% 11.69% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 158 111 140
Average salary £37,500 £32,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.18% -14.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
JIRA
Wales

JIRA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales JIRA Jobs Demand Trend

JIRA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JIRA across the South Wales region.

South Wales JIRA Salary Trend

JIRA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newport - 2 £32,500 -
JIRA
Wales

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA.

1 10 (83.33%) SOAP
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (75.00%) CSS
3 7 (58.33%) RESTful
3 7 (58.33%) PHP
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) MySQL
3 7 (58.33%) OOP
3 7 (58.33%) OOD
3 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
3 7 (58.33%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (58.33%) Digital Media
4 5 (41.67%) iPad
4 5 (41.67%) Android
5 4 (33.33%) PHP5
6 3 (25.00%) Selenium
6 3 (25.00%) iPhone
6 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
6 3 (25.00%) soapUI
6 3 (25.00%) 4G
6 3 (25.00%) REST
6 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (25.00%) WebDriver
6 3 (25.00%) WordPress
6 3 (25.00%) Scrum
6 3 (25.00%) 2G
6 3 (25.00%) Web Services
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) 3G

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (83.33%) SOAP
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
2 9 (75.00%) CSS
3 7 (58.33%) RESTful
4 3 (25.00%) soapUI
4 3 (25.00%) REST
4 3 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) 4G
1 3 (25.00%) 2G
1 3 (25.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) MySQL
1 7 (58.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Selenium
1 3 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Applications Tester
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Tester
3 3 (25.00%) Mobile Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Digital Media
2 5 (41.67%) iPad
3 3 (25.00%) iPhone
3 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Android
2 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) OOP
1 7 (58.33%) OOD
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (58.33%) PHP
2 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) PHP5
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) MKS
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Posted: 23 April 2013