JIRA Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Atlassian JIRA
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring JIRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing JIRA 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 2.82% - 5.80%
As % of the Development Applications category 15.38% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £437
25th Percentile £563 - £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.81%
75th Percentile £588 - £688
90th Percentile - - £710
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -2.02% -5.71% -2.42%

All Development Application Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 26 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 18.31% 4.62% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 3 9
10th Percentile - - £436
25th Percentile £563 £669 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £688 £620
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.89% +1.64%
75th Percentile - £725 £660
90th Percentile £810 £736 £685
West Midlands median daily rate £503 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +5.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £68.00 £57.50 £66.59
% change year-on-year +18.26% -13.65% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

JIRA
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing JIRA

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Malvern - 2 £575 -
JIRA
West Midlands

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Bitbucket
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft