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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -11
Contract jobs citing JIRA 7 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 5.51% 1.50% 7.33%
As % of the Development Applications category 53.85% 18.18% 65.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile - - £343
25th Percentile - - £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £550 £512
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £400 - £530
90th Percentile £411 - £583
East of England median daily rate £400 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.71%
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 £72.50
% change year-on-year +11.67% -17.24% +45.00%

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 13 11 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 10.24% 8.27% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 17
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile £225 £213 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £225 £500
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -55.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £472 £530
90th Percentile - £550 £700
East of England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £53.00 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £16.99 £56.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £17.99 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +289.11% -68.71% -24.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £19.00 £58.75
90th Percentile - £19.60 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +0.77% -13.33% +25.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for JIRA 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 - 2
Basildon - 2 £413 - 2
JIRA
East of England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JMeter
1 1 (14.29%) Redmine
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) TestRail
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Defect Manager
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Tester
2 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA
1 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) API Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ECSS
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Ingenico