JIRA Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Atlassian JIRA
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 19 28
Rank change year-on-year -35 +9 +40
Contract jobs citing JIRA 15 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.99% 6.67% 3.58%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.27% 46.15% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 12
10th Percentile £234 £197 -
25th Percentile £322 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £358
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +18.88% -31.90%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £450
90th Percentile £606 £588 £484
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £413 £425 £360
% change year-on-year -2.94% +18.06% -31.43%

All Development Application Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 55 26 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 7.31% 14.44% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 22 21
10th Percentile £314 £286 £308
25th Percentile £364 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.71% +2.94% -29.17%
75th Percentile £575 £522 £550
90th Percentile £610 £588 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £515 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +17.71% +2.94% -29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +171.43%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - +171.43%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing JIRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Milton Keynes

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing JIRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 7 (46.67%) Confluence
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) Anypoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Big Data
1 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (13.33%) Star Schema
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Bitbucket
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (13.33%) Selenium
1 2 (13.33%) SpecFlow
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
1 2 (13.33%) WebDriver
2 1 (6.67%) MSTest
2 1 (6.67%) NUnit
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Manual Tester
3 2 (13.33%) PMO Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Test Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Web Tester
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Project Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Educational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Budgeting
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Management
4 4 (26.67%) Validation
5 3 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) API Testing
6 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (13.33%) Cost Management
6 2 (13.33%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) APMP
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) ISEB
3 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (13.33%) PMO
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) MuleSoft
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint