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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing JIRA 12 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 7.55% 2.20% 4.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 75.00% 33.33% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile £474 £484 £424
25th Percentile £500 £497 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +12.30% -29.70%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £508
90th Percentile - £576 £537
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £509
% change year-on-year +5.56% -11.59% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +44.00% - -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 16 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.06% 6.59% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £300 £468 £409
25th Percentile £416 £475 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -8.57%
75th Percentile £544 - £514
90th Percentile £550 £553 £641
South East median daily rate £475 £476 £538
% change year-on-year -0.26% -11.40% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £59.13 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.48% -4.64% +0.26%

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 21 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 21 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 +3 6 £513 -2.38% 9
Thame - 1 £425 - 1
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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) GitHub
3 2 (16.67%) Lucidchart
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 2 (16.67%) ScriptRunner
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
1 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (25.00%) Smart Meter
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Life Science
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Educational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Analytics
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 4 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (25.00%) BPMN
5 3 (25.00%) Business Case
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) High Availability
5 3 (25.00%) Kanban
5 3 (25.00%) Presales
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
5 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) System Testing
5 3 (25.00%) UML
5 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Atlassian
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce