JIRA Contracts in Bristol

Atlassian JIRA
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 27 61
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 -30
DemandTrendContract jobs citing JIRA 29 53 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.18% 5.62% 1.94%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.37% 40.77% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 16
10th Percentile £319 £443 £338
25th Percentile £335 £513 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £446
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +23.53% -22.39%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £588
90th Percentile £600 £588 £645
South West median daily rate £557 £553 £550
% change year-on-year +0.81% +0.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £70.00 £67.34
% change year-on-year - +3.95% -15.83%

All Development Application Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 82 130 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 11.83% 13.79% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 51 95
10th Percentile £306 £413 £368
25th Percentile £384 £469 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £533 £468
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +14.01% -10.95%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £584
90th Percentile £638 £590 £688
South West median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 51 18
10th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £53.88
25th Percentile £71.25 £65.63 £57.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £73.75 £72.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.28 £77.50 £73.00
South West median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +2.20%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing JIRA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing JIRA

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Confluence
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (3.45%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Power Automate
3 4 (13.79%) AWS
4 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.45%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) HTTP
2 2 (6.90%) VoIP
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) Skype
3 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Git
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Programme Controller
2 5 (17.24%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
3 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Test Leader
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Integration Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) PMO Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) AngularJS
1 5 (17.24%) JMS
1 5 (17.24%) React
1 5 (17.24%) SOAP
1 5 (17.24%) XML
1 5 (17.24%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Agile
1 12 (41.38%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 7 (24.14%) Migration
4 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
5 5 (17.24%) OO
5 5 (17.24%) OOP
5 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
5 5 (17.24%) Scrum
6 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
8 2 (6.90%) Information Architecture
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Project Governance
8 2 (6.90%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (6.90%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) PMO
2 4 (13.79%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) ServiceNow
3 5 (17.24%) Blue Prism