JIRA Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Atlassian JIRA
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing JIRA 5 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 2.39% 3.75% 7.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.81% 54.55% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile £310 £230 £418
25th Percentile £313 £256 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £300 £625
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -52.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £506 £469 £638
90th Percentile £566 £570 -
County Antrim median daily rate £488 £300 £625
% change year-on-year +62.50% -52.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £73.23 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £73.23 -

All Development Application Skills
Belfast

JIRA falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 21 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 10.05% 6.88% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile £318 £248 £433
25th Percentile £391 £300 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -22.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £453 £575 £638
90th Percentile £506 £613 -
County Antrim median daily rate £400 £488 £625
% change year-on-year -17.95% -22.00% +27.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.86 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £57.86 -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

JIRA job vacancy trend in Belfast

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Belfast over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Belfast

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) TestRail
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Equities
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce