JIRA Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

JIRA Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median JIRA Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 - 577
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs requiring a JIRA Engineer 6 0 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.049% - 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% - 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.50%
75th Percentile £513 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £340 £588
% change year-on-year +98.53% -42.13% +17.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

JIRA Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured JIRA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JIRA Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JIRA Engineer.

JIRA Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, JIRA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring JIRA Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
1 6 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Workflow
2 3 (50.00%) Confluence
2 3 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector

JIRA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) REST
1 3 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
1 3 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Atlassian