JIRA Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Atlassian JIRA
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing JIRA 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 11.11% 5.66% 3.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 70.00% 75.00% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £501 £299 -
25th Percentile £503 £365 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -38.14%
75th Percentile £528 £531 -
90th Percentile £534 £565 -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £538 £475 £468
% change year-on-year +13.16% +1.60% -29.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00

All Development Application Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 10 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 15.87% 7.55% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £274 £321 £410
25th Percentile £291 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £509 £522 £469
90th Percentile £526 £561 £480
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +2.56% +14.71% -27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Oxford

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Lucidchart
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Educational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Mac OS
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Process Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Business Process Mapping
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (28.57%) Operations Management
4 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow