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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing JIRA 11 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 7.24% 2.70% 5.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 68.75% 66.67% 45.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £448 £294 £229
25th Percentile £500 £353 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% -16.73%
75th Percentile - £463 £543
90th Percentile - £470 £551
South East median daily rate £480 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% +5.00%
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 £55.00 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% -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 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.53% 4.05% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 15
10th Percentile £353 £314 -
25th Percentile £416 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% -26.09%
75th Percentile £550 £481 £494
90th Percentile - £493 £532
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £538
% change year-on-year - -11.63% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £71.60 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £58.50 £65.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -10.69% +13.91% -11.54%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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
Oxford 0 6 £500 +11.11% 7
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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (18.18%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DHCP
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
1 4 (36.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
General
1 11 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
3 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
4 3 (27.27%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Support Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (27.27%) Smart Meter
2 2 (18.18%) Life Science
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Mac OS
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 5 (45.45%) Analytics
4 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
4 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
4 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 4 (36.36%) ITSM
4 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) Service Management
4 4 (36.36%) Time Management
5 3 (27.27%) BPMN
5 3 (27.27%) Business Case
5 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (27.27%) Requirements Workshops
5 3 (27.27%) System Testing
5 3 (27.27%) UML
5 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) A+ Certification
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
2 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce