JIRA Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Atlassian JIRA
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JIRA 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 5.62% - 6.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.25% - 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £208
25th Percentile £650 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £438
75th Percentile £750 - £578
90th Percentile - - £628
East of England median daily rate £463 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +12.12% -8.33% -13.25%

All Development Application Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 16 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 17.98% 4.90% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £390 £326 £149
25th Percentile £450 £366 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.94% -36.57%
75th Percentile £750 £447 £559
90th Percentile - £449 £612
East of England median daily rate £478 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +9.26% -7.89% -13.40%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Suffolk

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing JIRA

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 18 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
Ipswich - 5 £700 - 13
JIRA
East of England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Engineering Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (20.00%) React Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (80.00%) Sprint Review
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared