JIRA Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Atlassian JIRA
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JIRA 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 9.80% - 7.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.25% - 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £193
25th Percentile £650 - £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £325
75th Percentile £750 - £444
90th Percentile - - £508
Suffolk median daily rate £700 - £438

All Development Application Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 16 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 31.37% 6.12% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £390 £326 £208
25th Percentile £450 £366 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.94% -36.57%
75th Percentile £750 £447 £553
90th Percentile - £449 £559
Suffolk median daily rate £700 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +60.00% +2.94% -36.57%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Ipswich

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Engineering Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (20.00%) React Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (80.00%) Sprint Review
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared