JIRA Contracts in Northern Ireland

Atlassian JIRA
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing JIRA 7 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.76% - 6.18%
As % of the Development Applications category 41.18% - 61.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £438 - £343
25th Percentile £555 - £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.23%
75th Percentile £606 - £526
90th Percentile £634 - £589
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -

All Development Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 17 12 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.14% 6.78% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 12
10th Percentile £299 £494 £358
25th Percentile £325 £522 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £366 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -38.96% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £583 £675 £629
90th Percentile £606 - £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in Northern Ireland

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in Northern Ireland

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Northern Ireland

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
County Antrim - 7 £588 - 135
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Market Risk Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Risk Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Credit Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Market Risk
2 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
2 2 (28.57%) Equities
3 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
3 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Change Management
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Validation
6 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (14.29%) Compliance Management
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
6 1 (14.29%) Proactive Management
6 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 1 (14.29%) Test Management
6 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
1 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
1 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
1 3 (42.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 2 (28.57%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft