JIRA Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Atlassian JIRA
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 34 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing JIRA 20 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 7.07% 1.86% 5.53%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.33% 9.38% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £310 £129
25th Percentile £363 £311 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £348 £350
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -0.71% -47.17%
75th Percentile £388 £411 £497
90th Percentile - £427 £581
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £348 £450
% change year-on-year +22.30% -22.78% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile £64.75 - £49.72
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £67.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - £73.13
90th Percentile - - £74.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £67.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Development Application Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 60 32 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 21.20% 19.88% 23.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £367 £311 £129
25th Percentile £373 £311 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.14% -34.85%
75th Percentile £411 £459 £497
90th Percentile £416 £472 £581
Hertfordshire median daily rate £440 £400 £431
% change year-on-year +10.14% -7.36% -21.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 45
10th Percentile - £62.50 £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £67.56
Median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -17.43% +21.12%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.38 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £78.73
% change year-on-year +2.31% -17.43% +21.12%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Stevenage

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JIRA

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (20.00%) Simulink
1 4 (20.00%) Windchill
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) npm
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Artifactory
1 9 (45.00%) GitLab
1 9 (45.00%) Visual Studio
2 8 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (20.00%) Git
3 4 (20.00%) PVCS
3 4 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (35.00%) Law
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 4 (20.00%) RF Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Development Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) .NET
1 9 (45.00%) .NET Framework
1 9 (45.00%) AngularJS
1 9 (45.00%) CSS
1 9 (45.00%) HTML
1 9 (45.00%) Node.js
1 9 (45.00%) React
1 9 (45.00%) Svelte
1 9 (45.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (45.00%) Data Structures
1 9 (45.00%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (20.00%) Synthetic Data
3 1 (5.00%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (45.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (45.00%) Containerisation
2 9 (45.00%) Design Patterns
2 9 (45.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (45.00%) Microservices
2 9 (45.00%) OOP
2 9 (45.00%) SDLC
2 9 (45.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (45.00%) TDD
3 7 (35.00%) DevOps
3 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C++
2 9 (45.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (45.00%) TypeScript
3 4 (20.00%) C
3 4 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Docker
2 4 (20.00%) Firmware
2 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) ANSYS
1 4 (20.00%) IBM
1 4 (20.00%) SAP
1 4 (20.00%) VMware