JIRA Contract Job Trends in Essex

Atlassian JIRA
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 18 27
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -15
Contract jobs citing JIRA 5 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 4.42% 2.38% 4.41%
As % of the Development Applications category 50.00% 25.00% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £149
25th Percentile - - £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £550 £433
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +27.17% -12.63%
75th Percentile £269 - £511
90th Percentile £348 - £550
East of England median daily rate £438 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% -9.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £75.00 - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.00 £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +11.67% -14.29% +40.00%

All Development Application Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 10 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 8.85% 9.52% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 11
10th Percentile - - £260
25th Percentile £225 £213 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £225 £490
Median % change year-on-year +92.22% -54.08% -2.00%
75th Percentile £550 £298 £600
90th Percentile - £434 £607
East of England median daily rate £475 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £66.00 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £67.50 £16.99 £56.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £17.99 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +303.00% -68.71% -24.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £19.00 £58.75
90th Percentile - £19.60 -
East of England median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% -13.33% +25.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Essex

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Essex over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Essex

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing JIRA

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Essex region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chelmsford - 4 £225 - 7
JIRA
East of England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JMeter
1 1 (20.00%) Redmine
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Tester
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ECSS
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Ingenico