JIRA Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Atlassian JIRA
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing JIRA 16 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 8.94% 3.13% 5.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 76.19% 42.86% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £474 £484 £229
25th Percentile £500 £497 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +16.67% -30.77%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £493
90th Percentile - £576 £531
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £505
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.89% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +43.41% - -3.85%

All Development Application Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 21 7 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 11.73% 7.29% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 10
10th Percentile £300 £468 £371
25th Percentile £416 £475 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -22.05%
75th Percentile £544 - £491
90th Percentile £550 £553 £506
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £59.02 £62.50
% change year-on-year +27.08% -5.57% -1.96%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing JIRA

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in Oxfordshire

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing JIRA

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. 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
Oxford +4 9 £513 -2.38% 9
Thame - 1 £425 -
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) Lucidchart
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) VPN
2 4 (25.00%) DHCP
2 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 2 (12.50%) ScriptRunner
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
4 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Support Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (18.75%) Smart Meter
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Life Science
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Educational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Mac OS
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
1 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Service Management
3 5 (31.25%) Analytics
3 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) ITIL
4 4 (25.00%) ITSM
4 4 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (25.00%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) BPMN
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
5 3 (18.75%) Kanban
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) System Testing
5 3 (18.75%) UML
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (12.50%) Atlassian
5 1 (6.25%) Salesforce