The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JIRA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JIRA over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

Atlassian JIRA
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank341375461
Rank change year-on-year
Up+34Up+86
Matching permanent IT job ads818667320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.678 %0.544 %0.335 %
As % of the Development Applications category4.775 %4.242 %3.112 %
Number of salaries quoted706558241
Average salary£47,500£47,500£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--13.63 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,500£31,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£80,000£87,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£38,000£38,000
% change year-on-year
+11.84 %-
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

JIRA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

JIRA Demand Trend

JIRA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK.

JIRA Salary Trend

JIRA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing JIRA over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

JIRA Salary Histogram

JIRA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+34784£47,500-
LondonDown-16475£50,000-5.21 %
South EastUp+49140£45,000+12.50 %
City of LondonUp+483£50,000+5.26 %
East of EnglandUp+2673£50,000+31.57 %
BerkshireDown-549£47,500+18.75 %
HampshireUp+2945£42,000-11.57 %
South WestDown-335£35,000+7.69 %
HertfordshireUp+3333£56,500-1.73 %
West MidlandsUp+1333£45,000-10.00 %
North WestUp+326£37,500+7.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+525£40,000+18.51 %
SomersetUp+621£35,000+7.69 %
ScotlandUp+1020£45,000+12.50 %
BasingstokeUp+620£42,000-
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-20£42,500-
StaffordshireNew entry-20£42,500-
BathDown-619£35,000+7.69 %
ManchesterUp+518£42,500+21.42 %
SloughDown-117£40,000-
SurreyDown-1315£42,500+29.77 %
StevenageNew entry-15£59,000-
GlasgowUp+512£45,000+12.50 %
CambridgeNo change012£50,000+66.66 %
SouthamptonNew entry-12£47,500-
EssexDown-510£47,500-11.86 %
ReadingDown-89£48,500+49.23 %
YorkshireDown-119£32,500-
BracknellNew entry-9£40,000-
BristolNew entry-9£32,500-

JIRA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA.

1722 (45.61 %)Java
2560 (35.38 %)SQL
3423 (26.72 %)Agile Software Development
4375 (23.69 %)Subversion
5365 (23.06 %)JavaScript
6350 (22.11 %)Scrum
7343 (21.67 %)Finance
8335 (21.16 %)QA
9327 (20.66 %)HTML
10323 (20.40 %)Linux
11317 (20.03 %)XML
12312 (19.71 %)E-Commerce
13311 (19.65 %)CSS
14308 (19.46 %)Degree
15307 (19.39 %)TDD
16296 (18.70 %)Oracle
17280 (17.69 %)C#
18272 (17.18 %)Selenium
19260 (16.42 %)Continuous Integration
20254 (16.05 %).NET
21252 (15.92 %)SQL Server
22244 (15.41 %)Windows
23242 (15.29 %)OO
24223 (14.09 %)Spring
25210 (13.27 %)Web Services
26198 (12.51 %)UNIX
27193 (12.19 %)Hibernate
28192 (12.13 %)Confluence
29188 (11.88 %)MySQL
30187 (11.81 %)JUnit

JIRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JIRA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1327 (20.66 %)HTML
2317 (20.03 %)XML
3311 (19.65 %)CSS
4254 (16.05 %).NET
5223 (14.09 %)Spring
6210 (13.27 %)Web Services
7193 (12.19 %)Hibernate
8185 (11.69 %)jQuery
9167 (10.55 %)J2EE
10164 (10.36 %)Ajax
11159 (10.04 %)SOAP
12136 (8.591 %)XHTML
13135 (8.528 %)REST
14123 (7.770 %)Flash
15118 (7.454 %)ASP.NET
16110 (6.949 %)Struts
17106 (6.696 %)Spring MVC
18104 (6.570 %)JSP
1998 (6.191 %)HTML5
2097 (6.128 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1192 (12.13 %)Confluence
2164 (10.36 %)Apache
3163 (10.30 %)Tomcat
457 (3.601 %)SharePoint
546 (2.906 %)Apache Solr
645 (2.843 %)WebLogic
742 (2.653 %)CMS
839 (2.464 %)Drupal
931 (1.958 %)WordPress
1030 (1.895 %)WebSphere MQ
1129 (1.832 %)IIS
1224 (1.516 %)Umbraco
1315 (0.948 %)Alfresco
1414 (0.884 %)Mule
1511 (0.695 %)Jetty
1511 (0.695 %)Amazon S3
1610 (0.632 %)Amazon AWS
1610 (0.632 %)ESB
1610 (0.632 %)ColdFusion
179 (0.569 %)Adobe CQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1112 (7.075 %)MS Excel
266 (4.169 %)MS Office
345 (2.843 %)MS Visio
345 (2.843 %)Mingle
428 (1.769 %)Photoshop
525 (1.579 %)MS Project
612 (0.758 %)Adobe Illustrator
710 (0.632 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (0.190 %)InfoPath
83 (0.190 %)FrameMaker
91 (0.063 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (0.948 %)RMDS
214 (0.884 %)Oracle Applications
313 (0.821 %)Movex
313 (0.821 %)Dynamics NAV
313 (0.821 %)Solarsoft Tropos
410 (0.632 %)CA Clarity
56 (0.379 %)Google Analytics
56 (0.379 %)Oracle BPM
65 (0.316 %)ION MarketView
72 (0.126 %)SAP BPC
72 (0.126 %)Oracle Retail
81 (0.063 %)SAP ERP
81 (0.063 %)Dynamics CRM
81 (0.063 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.063 %)Oracle ERP
81 (0.063 %)Teamcenter
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1101 (6.380 %)Internet
248 (3.032 %)DNS
342 (2.653 %)HTTP
433 (2.085 %)Intranet
530 (1.895 %)Wireless
530 (1.895 %)SSL
624 (1.516 %)SAN
722 (1.390 %)LTE
821 (1.327 %)3GPP
920 (1.263 %)SMTP
1018 (1.137 %)TCP/IP
1117 (1.074 %)Firewall
1214 (0.884 %)Ethernet
1214 (0.884 %)LAN
1313 (0.821 %)WAN
1411 (0.695 %)LDAP
1510 (0.632 %)Network Security
168 (0.505 %)NAS
168 (0.505 %)VoIP
177 (0.442 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1252 (15.92 %)SQL Server
2188 (11.88 %)MySQL
371 (4.485 %)SQL Server 2008
468 (4.296 %)PostgreSQL
553 (3.348 %)SQL Server 2005
643 (2.716 %)Oracle 10g
737 (2.337 %)SQL Server Integration Services
832 (2.021 %)Data Warehouse
929 (1.832 %)ETL
929 (1.832 %)RDBMS
1024 (1.516 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1121 (1.327 %)Oracle 11g
1121 (1.327 %)TOAD
1217 (1.074 %)GIS
1313 (0.821 %)Apache Cassandra
1313 (0.821 %)NoSQL
1411 (0.695 %)Oracle 8/8i
1510 (0.632 %)Hadoop
1510 (0.632 %)MongoDB
169 (0.569 %)Redis
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1375 (23.69 %)Subversion
2272 (17.18 %)Selenium
3187 (11.81 %)JUnit
4159 (10.04 %)Git (software)
5131 (8.275 %)Maven
6121 (7.644 %)Bugzilla
7118 (7.454 %)Cucumber
8101 (6.380 %)Hudson
994 (5.938 %)Ant
1087 (5.496 %)ClearCase
1178 (4.927 %)Eclipse
1270 (4.422 %)QuickTest Pro
1367 (4.232 %)jMock
1466 (4.169 %)RSpec
1466 (4.169 %)FishEye
1564 (4.043 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1660 (3.790 %)WebDriver
1759 (3.727 %)Mercurial
1852 (3.285 %)NUnit
1940 (2.527 %)JMeter
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1343 (21.67 %)Finance
2163 (10.30 %)Banking
3109 (6.886 %)Games
4105 (6.633 %)Telecoms
574 (4.675 %)Retail
668 (4.296 %)Investment Banking
765 (4.106 %)Marketing
843 (2.716 %)Front Office
937 (2.337 %)Back Office
1031 (1.958 %)Legal
1130 (1.895 %)Publishing
1229 (1.832 %)Online Betting
1322 (1.390 %)Advertising
1418 (1.137 %)Music
1517 (1.074 %)Electronics
1612 (0.758 %)Music Industry
1710 (0.632 %)Retail Banking
189 (0.569 %)Financial Institution
198 (0.505 %)Multimedia
207 (0.442 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1548 (34.62 %)Developer
2321 (20.28 %)Analyst
3247 (15.60 %)Java Developer
4148 (9.349 %)Tester
5140 (8.844 %)Test Analyst
6104 (6.570 %)Web Developer
783 (5.243 %)Senior Developer
877 (4.864 %)Applications Support
976 (4.801 %)Project Manager
1070 (4.422 %).NET Developer
1169 (4.359 %)C# Developer
1265 (4.106 %)Support Analyst
1361 (3.853 %)Test Engineer
1459 (3.727 %)C# .NET Developer
1557 (3.601 %)Business Analyst
1655 (3.474 %)Software Engineer
1747 (2.969 %)Senior Java Developer
1842 (2.653 %)Administrator
1941 (2.590 %)Applications Support Analyst
2039 (2.464 %)QA Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1177 (11.18 %)Open Source
2164 (10.36 %)Computer Science
383 (5.243 %)Derivative
482 (5.180 %)iPhone
567 (4.232 %)Wiki
648 (3.032 %)Online Games
745 (2.843 %)Social Media
838 (2.401 %)iPad
838 (2.401 %)Blackberry
934 (2.148 %)N-Tier
1032 (2.021 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1032 (2.021 %)Fixed Income
1127 (1.706 %)Management Information System
1226 (1.642 %)Client/Server
1226 (1.642 %)Digital Media
1226 (1.642 %)SaaS
1226 (1.642 %)Credit Risk
1323 (1.453 %)Clustering
1422 (1.390 %)Video Conferencing
1521 (1.327 %)Equities
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1323 (20.40 %)Linux
2244 (15.41 %)Windows
3198 (12.51 %)UNIX
4115 (7.265 %)Android
5108 (6.822 %)Apple iOS
656 (3.538 %)Solaris
746 (2.906 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
828 (1.769 %)BlackBerry OS
927 (1.706 %)Windows 7
927 (1.706 %)Windows Mobile
1022 (1.390 %)Debian
1118 (1.137 %)Windows Server 2003
1213 (0.821 %)Ubuntu
1311 (0.695 %)Mac OS
1410 (0.632 %)Mac OS X
159 (0.569 %)CentOS
168 (0.505 %)Windows Server 2008
173 (0.190 %)Windows XP
182 (0.126 %)Embedded Linux
191 (0.063 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1423 (26.72 %)Agile Software Development
2350 (22.11 %)Scrum
3312 (19.71 %)E-Commerce
4307 (19.39 %)TDD
5260 (16.42 %)Continuous Integration
6242 (15.29 %)OO
7174 (10.99 %)Automated Testing
8173 (10.93 %)MVC
9155 (9.792 %)Test Automation
10139 (8.781 %)Project Management
11124 (7.833 %)BDD
12109 (6.886 %)Configuration Management
13103 (6.507 %)Unit Testing
1493 (5.875 %)OOP
1582 (5.180 %)UML
1676 (4.801 %)Test Scripting
1772 (4.548 %)System Testing
1867 (4.232 %)Software Testing
1966 (4.169 %)User Acceptance Testing
1966 (4.169 %)Domain-Driven Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1722 (45.61 %)Java
2560 (35.38 %)SQL
3365 (23.06 %)JavaScript
4280 (17.69 %)C#
5173 (10.93 %)Perl
6142 (8.970 %)PHP
7136 (8.591 %)Ruby
8119 (7.517 %)C++
8119 (7.517 %)Python
9106 (6.696 %)Bash shell
10104 (6.570 %)PL/SQL
1173 (4.611 %)C
1268 (4.296 %)PHP5
1363 (3.980 %)VBScript
1455 (3.474 %)VB
1455 (3.474 %)T-SQL
1554 (3.411 %)VB.NET
1648 (3.032 %)ActionScript
1736 (2.274 %)VBA
1833 (2.085 %)Objective-C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1308 (19.46 %)Degree
2182 (11.50 %)ISEB
359 (3.727 %)ISTQB
434 (2.148 %)ISEB Practitioner
519 (1.200 %)Sun Certification
617 (1.074 %)RHCE
617 (1.074 %)HND
712 (0.758 %)PMI Certification
810 (0.632 %)ITIL Certification
98 (0.505 %)Microsoft Certification
107 (0.442 %)APMP
115 (0.316 %)Security Cleared
115 (0.316 %)PRINCE2 Certification
115 (0.316 %)PMP
124 (0.253 %)Postgraduate
132 (0.126 %)PhD
132 (0.126 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
132 (0.126 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1335 (21.16 %)QA
220 (1.263 %)SLA
38 (0.505 %)ISO/IEC 27001
44 (0.253 %)WCAG
44 (0.253 %)MiFID
52 (0.126 %)21 CFR Part 11
61 (0.063 %)ISO 9001
61 (0.063 %)ISO 14001
61 (0.063 %)Data Quality
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
123 (1.453 %)Varnish
220 (1.263 %)Xen
317 (1.074 %)NFS
415 (0.948 %)VMware Infrastructure
58 (0.505 %)Active Directory
66 (0.379 %)Samba
75 (0.316 %)Snort
75 (0.316 %)FreeRADIUS
81 (0.063 %)Nmap
81 (0.063 %)VirtualBox
81 (0.063 %)VMware Workstation
81 (0.063 %)Veritas Cluster Server
81 (0.063 %)vSphere
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
199 (6.254 %)HP Quality Center
258 (3.664 %)Nagios
339 (2.464 %)Puppet
419 (1.200 %)SCCM
517 (1.074 %)Ganglia
613 (0.821 %)OpenView
79 (0.569 %)ZABBIX
86 (0.379 %)Cacti
86 (0.379 %)OpenNMS
95 (0.316 %)BladeLogic
104 (0.253 %)MOM
104 (0.253 %)ServiceCenter
113 (0.190 %)Zenoss
113 (0.190 %)CA Wily
122 (0.126 %)Munin
122 (0.126 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
122 (0.126 %)Control-M
122 (0.126 %)SCOM
131 (0.063 %)Data Guard
131 (0.063 %)BMC Performance Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1296 (18.70 %)Oracle
2117 (7.391 %)JBoss
3108 (6.822 %)Atlassian
4106 (6.696 %)Microsoft
585 (5.370 %)Perforce
659 (3.727 %)ATG
751 (3.222 %)HP
847 (2.969 %)Facebook
944 (2.780 %)Red Hat
1038 (2.401 %)Symbian
1038 (2.401 %)Twitter
1038 (2.401 %)AccuRev
1136 (2.274 %)Google
1231 (1.958 %)Sybase
1324 (1.516 %)Adobe
1422 (1.390 %)Citrix
1422 (1.390 %)Remedy
1519 (1.200 %)VMware
1618 (1.137 %)Bloomberg
1717 (1.074 %)Reuters