JIRA Contracts in the South East

Atlassian JIRA
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 52 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 -9
Contract jobs citing JIRA 201 232 408
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.67% 4.08% 5.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.71% 31.87% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 135 275
10th Percentile £300 £312 £347
25th Percentile £350 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +7.78%
75th Percentile £606 £596 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
England median daily rate £525 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -2.78% +3.85% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 20 13
10th Percentile £28.45 £22.16 £47.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.69 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.84 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +19.71% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.06 £63.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.00 £65.08
England median hourly rate £60.00 £66.69 £44.60
% change year-on-year -10.03% +49.54% -14.24%

All Development Application Skills
South East

JIRA is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 533 728 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.72% 12.79% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 482 649
10th Percentile £311 £376 £356
25th Percentile £400 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £698 £675
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 23
10th Percentile £39.60 £22.16 £41.65
25th Percentile £51.81 £50.00 £48.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +2.46% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.08
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.55
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.04% +10.62%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the South East.

Daily rate trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JIRA in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +14 100 £500 -3.15% 43
Berkshire -4 78 £525 +2.44% 20
Hampshire +9 56 £538 +13.16% 31
Surrey +4 31 £413 -11.29% 19
Buckinghamshire +36 15 £358 -31.90% 8
West Sussex -5 9 £500 -8.84% 10
Oxfordshire +13 8 £468 -6.50% 15
Middlesex - 2 £538 -
Sussex -5 1 £350 -30.00%
Kent -5 1 - - 4
Home Counties - 1 - -
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 94 (46.77%) Confluence
2 13 (6.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 12 (5.97%) Apache
3 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (4.98%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.49%) Appian
6 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.50%) SAS
7 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.99%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.49%) Sketch
4 1 (0.50%) FileZilla
4 1 (0.50%) InVision
4 1 (0.50%) Simulink
4 1 (0.50%) Trello
4 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (4.98%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.40%) Azure
2 32 (15.92%) AWS
3 19 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 8 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (2.99%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.49%) PaaS
7 5 (2.49%) SaaS
8 4 (1.99%) GitHub
9 3 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.49%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.49%) Figma
9 3 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.49%) IaaS
10 2 (1.00%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.00%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.00%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.46%) BGP
1 15 (7.46%) MPLS
1 15 (7.46%) SNMP
2 14 (6.97%) Software-Defined Radio
3 13 (6.47%) VPN
4 10 (4.98%) Ethernet VPN
4 10 (4.98%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (4.48%) DHCP
5 9 (4.48%) DNS
6 7 (3.48%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.49%) Wireless
8 3 (1.49%) Firewall
8 3 (1.49%) SSL
9 2 (1.00%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (1.00%) WebEx
10 1 (0.50%) FTP
10 1 (0.50%) HTTP
10 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.95%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.47%) NoSQL
3 12 (5.97%) MongoDB
4 10 (4.98%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.98%) Big Data
5 8 (3.98%) Power BI
6 3 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.49%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.00%) CouchDB
7 2 (1.00%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.00%) MySQL
7 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.00%) Tableau
8 1 (0.50%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.50%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 40 (19.90%) Git
2 35 (17.41%) GitLab
3 27 (13.43%) Bitbucket
4 24 (11.94%) Jenkins
4 24 (11.94%) Robot Framework
5 18 (8.96%) Selenium
6 14 (6.97%) Cucumber
6 14 (6.97%) Eclipse
6 14 (6.97%) GoogleTest
6 14 (6.97%) TestRail
7 13 (6.47%) SonarQube
8 12 (5.97%) REST Assured
9 8 (3.98%) Subversion
10 5 (2.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (1.99%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.49%) JMeter
12 3 (1.49%) Visual Studio
13 2 (1.00%) Maven
13 2 (1.00%) SoapUI
13 2 (1.00%) VersionOne
General
1 62 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.93%) Finance
4 16 (7.96%) Telecoms
5 13 (6.47%) Retail
6 12 (5.97%) Aerospace
7 11 (5.47%) Military
8 9 (4.48%) Law
9 8 (3.98%) Marketing
9 8 (3.98%) Police
10 7 (3.48%) Banking
11 6 (2.99%) Automotive
12 5 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.49%) Publishing
13 4 (1.99%) Billing
13 4 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.00%) Aviation
14 2 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (1.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 39 (19.40%) Analyst
2 32 (15.92%) Test Engineer
3 27 (13.43%) Software Engineer
4 20 (9.95%) Senior
5 19 (9.45%) Developer
6 16 (7.96%) Business Analyst
7 15 (7.46%) Project Manager
8 13 (6.47%) Java Engineer
8 13 (6.47%) Java Software Engineer
9 12 (5.97%) C++ Software Engineer
10 11 (5.47%) Integration Engineer
10 11 (5.47%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 9 (4.48%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.98%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.48%) Digital Analyst
13 7 (3.48%) Embedded Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) Scrum Master
14 6 (2.99%) Lead
14 6 (2.99%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.92%) REST
2 25 (12.44%) HTML
3 20 (9.95%) CSS
4 16 (7.96%) SOAP
5 13 (6.47%) Java EE
6 12 (5.97%) ARM Templates
7 10 (4.98%) NETCONF
7 10 (4.98%) RESTCONF
7 10 (4.98%) YANG
8 9 (4.48%) XML
9 8 (3.98%) React
10 7 (3.48%) RESTful
11 5 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.49%) GraphQL
11 5 (2.49%) Kafka
11 5 (2.49%) Node.js
12 4 (1.99%) .NET
12 4 (1.99%) JSON
13 3 (1.49%) gRPC
13 3 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.97%) PKI
1 14 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.48%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.99%) Mainframe
3 6 (2.99%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.99%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.99%) Credit Risk
4 4 (1.99%) Device Driver
4 4 (1.99%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.49%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.00%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.00%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.00%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.91%) Windows
2 32 (15.92%) Linux
3 17 (8.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.49%) Unix
6 3 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.00%) VMS
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.50%) Android
8 1 (0.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (66.67%) Agile
2 58 (28.86%) Scrum
3 51 (25.37%) DevOps
4 45 (22.39%) Test Automation
5 43 (21.39%) Software Engineering
6 33 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (14.43%) CI/CD
7 29 (14.43%) Continuous Integration
8 26 (12.94%) Project Management
9 24 (11.94%) Validation
10 23 (11.44%) Containerisation
11 22 (10.95%) Regression Testing
12 21 (10.45%) Workflow
13 20 (9.95%) Computer Science
13 20 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (9.45%) Test Scripting
15 17 (8.46%) Decision-Making
16 16 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 16 (7.96%) Project Delivery
16 16 (7.96%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.89%) SQL
2 32 (15.92%) Python
3 27 (13.43%) Java
4 23 (11.44%) C++
4 23 (11.44%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.48%) C#
5 9 (4.48%) Go
5 9 (4.48%) Shell Script
6 7 (3.48%) Scala
7 5 (2.49%) Assembly Language
7 5 (2.49%) C
7 5 (2.49%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.99%) F#
9 2 (1.00%) Bash
9 2 (1.00%) Groovy
10 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 37 (18.41%) Degree
3 30 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.98%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.48%) MCSA
5 9 (4.48%) MCSE
5 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.99%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.99%) PhD
9 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.49%) HNC
9 3 (1.49%) PMP
10 2 (1.00%) CSPO
10 2 (1.00%) MBA
10 2 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.50%) IIBA
11 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.45%) QA
2 7 (3.48%) PMO
3 4 (1.99%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.99%) JTAG
4 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.00%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.00%) GxP
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.50%) NCSC
6 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.93%) Docker
2 18 (8.96%) Firmware
3 16 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (7.46%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.99%) VirtualBox
6 4 (1.99%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (11.94%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.95%) Terraform
3 16 (7.96%) Ansible
4 12 (5.97%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (5.97%) Podman
5 3 (1.49%) Rancher
6 2 (1.00%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.50%) SCCM
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.44%) Atlassian
3 19 (9.45%) VMware
4 16 (7.96%) SAP
5 15 (7.46%) Google
6 13 (6.47%) Adobe
6 13 (6.47%) Oracle
7 12 (5.97%) ServiceNow
8 9 (4.48%) Salesforce
9 8 (3.98%) Dell
10 6 (2.99%) Databricks
11 5 (2.49%) HP
11 5 (2.49%) Juniper
12 3 (1.49%) Apple
12 3 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
13 2 (1.00%) Bloomberg
13 2 (1.00%) Citrix
13 2 (1.00%) Palo Alto
13 2 (1.00%) Red Hat
13 2 (1.00%) Reuters