JIRA Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 41 46 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 +19
Contract jobs citing JIRA 645 1,217 2,786
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.32% 4.83% 6.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.13% 31.88% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 824 1,952
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +4.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - +0.10% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 76
10th Percentile £10.50 £36.20 -
25th Percentile £32.50 £48.78 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £66.69 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.02% +49.87% -1.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.69
90th Percentile - £84.99 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £45.88 £66.69 £44.85
% change year-on-year -31.20% +48.70% -2.51%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,785 3,817 8,261
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.95% 15.15% 18.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 2,734 5,956
10th Percentile £360 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +3.81% +9.03%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 109 109
10th Percentile £26.12 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £45.06 £52.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%
75th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - £82.96 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.55
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.04% +15.48%

JIRA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JIRA trend for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
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.

JIRA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JIRA over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

JIRA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

JIRA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JIRA over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

JIRA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JIRA
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
1 274 (42.48%) Confluence
2 37 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.64%) SharePoint Server
4 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.71%) CMS
6 7 (1.09%) nginx
7 4 (0.62%) IIS
7 4 (0.62%) JBoss
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.47%) Appian
9 2 (0.31%) Apache
9 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) Drupal
10 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Mule
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
10 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.57%) MS Visio
4 21 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (3.10%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.62%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.16%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 11 (1.71%) SAP Hybris
2 6 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.62%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.31%) Maximo
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 163 (25.27%) Azure
2 125 (19.38%) AWS
3 52 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (8.06%) GitHub
4 45 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.12%) GCP
6 30 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (3.41%) SaaS
8 20 (3.10%) PowerApps
9 18 (2.79%) Azure Stack
10 17 (2.64%) Slack
11 16 (2.48%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 15 (2.33%) Miro
12 15 (2.33%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.17%) Serverless
14 13 (2.02%) IaaS
15 11 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.13%) Firewall
2 24 (3.72%) TCP/IP
3 21 (3.26%) DNS
3 21 (3.26%) Intranet
4 19 (2.95%) BGP
5 12 (1.86%) VPN
6 10 (1.55%) DHCP
7 8 (1.24%) VLAN
8 7 (1.09%) HTTP
8 7 (1.09%) Kerberos
8 7 (1.09%) NAS
8 7 (1.09%) SAN
9 6 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.62%) FIX Connectivity
10 4 (0.62%) SSL
10 4 (0.62%) tcpdump
10 4 (0.62%) VSAN
10 4 (0.62%) Wireless
10 4 (0.62%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.74%) Power BI
1 37 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.95%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.02%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.86%) Tableau
6 10 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.24%) MySQL
9 7 (1.09%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.09%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.93%) PowerCenter
11 5 (0.78%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.78%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.78%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.78%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.62%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 85 (13.18%) Git
2 69 (10.70%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.05%) GitLab
4 30 (4.65%) Bitbucket
5 24 (3.72%) Selenium
6 20 (3.10%) TeamCity
7 19 (2.95%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.64%) Cucumber
9 15 (2.33%) JMeter
10 11 (1.71%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.40%) Postman
11 9 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 9 (1.40%) TestRail
12 8 (1.24%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (1.24%) Eclipse
12 8 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (1.09%) Appium
13 7 (1.09%) JUnit
13 7 (1.09%) Subversion
13 7 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 222 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 133 (20.62%) Finance
3 94 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (12.40%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.98%) Banking
6 23 (3.57%) Marketing
6 23 (3.57%) Retail
7 19 (2.95%) Front Office
7 19 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.79%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.55%) Law
12 9 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.24%) Police
14 6 (0.93%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.93%) Military
14 6 (0.93%) Publishing
15 5 (0.78%) French Language
Job Titles
1 121 (18.76%) Analyst
2 69 (10.70%) Senior
3 68 (10.54%) Developer
4 67 (10.39%) Business Analyst
5 44 (6.82%) Project Manager
6 36 (5.58%) Lead
7 34 (5.27%) Architect
8 27 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
10 21 (3.26%) Consultant
11 19 (2.95%) Test Engineer
12 18 (2.79%) Data Engineer
12 18 (2.79%) Technical Writer
13 17 (2.64%) Administrator
13 17 (2.64%) Microsoft Engineer
13 17 (2.64%) Software Engineer
14 16 (2.48%) Test Analyst
15 15 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
16 14 (2.17%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.67%) REST
2 39 (6.05%) HTML
3 35 (5.43%) CSS
4 28 (4.34%) React
5 24 (3.72%) XML
6 22 (3.41%) JSON
6 22 (3.41%) SOAP
7 17 (2.64%) Web Services
8 16 (2.48%) Middleware
9 15 (2.33%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.33%) RESTful
10 13 (2.02%) .NET
11 12 (1.86%) LDAP
12 11 (1.71%) Node.js
12 11 (1.71%) Spring
12 11 (1.71%) Spring Boot
13 9 (1.40%) Java EE
14 8 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
14 8 (1.24%) Kafka
14 8 (1.24%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.88%) Product Ownership
2 21 (3.26%) Private Cloud
3 17 (2.64%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.09%) Clustering
9 7 (1.09%) Replication
10 6 (0.93%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.62%) CMDB
12 4 (0.62%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.62%) Derivative
12 4 (0.62%) Device Driver
12 4 (0.62%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.54%) Windows
2 58 (8.99%) Linux
3 20 (3.10%) Unix
4 15 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.09%) Android
5 7 (1.09%) Oracle Linux
5 7 (1.09%) Solaris
6 6 (0.93%) AIX
7 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.31%) VMS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.31%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (51.78%) Agile
2 162 (25.12%) DevOps
3 101 (15.66%) Scrum
4 99 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 87 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (13.49%) Project Management
6 71 (11.01%) Test Automation
7 69 (10.70%) CI/CD
8 61 (9.46%) User Stories
9 58 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (8.53%) Migration
12 50 (7.75%) Software Engineering
13 49 (7.60%) Kanban
14 47 (7.29%) Continuous Integration
15 45 (6.98%) Analytics
15 45 (6.98%) ITIL
15 45 (6.98%) Project Delivery
15 45 (6.98%) Roadmaps
15 45 (6.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (15.04%) Python
2 85 (13.18%) SQL
3 75 (11.63%) JavaScript
4 56 (8.68%) Java
5 48 (7.44%) PowerShell
6 32 (4.96%) C#
7 26 (4.03%) Bash
8 23 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 22 (3.41%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.17%) C++
11 11 (1.71%) C
12 10 (1.55%) Go
13 9 (1.40%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.24%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.24%) Ruby
15 7 (1.09%) Perl
15 7 (1.09%) Scala
16 6 (0.93%) Groovy
17 5 (0.78%) F#
17 5 (0.78%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 156 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 123 (19.07%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.02%) Degree
4 26 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 12 (1.86%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.71%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.93%) CSPO
8 6 (0.93%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.93%) PMP
9 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.62%) ISEB
10 4 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.62%) PhD
11 3 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.31%) CBAP
12 2 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.61%) QA
2 32 (4.96%) PMO
3 21 (3.26%) Government Security Classifications
4 13 (2.02%) GDPR
5 11 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.55%) NIST
7 9 (1.40%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.24%) NCSC
9 7 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.93%) GxP
11 5 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.62%) JTAG
12 4 (0.62%) SLA
13 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.31%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (6.82%) Docker
2 31 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.86%) vSphere
5 8 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.78%) Firmware
9 4 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.62%) Snort
10 3 (0.47%) vCloud
10 3 (0.47%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.16%) HDFS
11 1 (0.16%) iptables
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 64 (9.92%) Terraform
2 57 (8.84%) Kubernetes
3 50 (7.75%) Ansible
4 17 (2.64%) SCOM
5 16 (2.48%) Kibana
6 14 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 13 (2.02%) Grafana
7 13 (2.02%) Puppet
8 12 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (1.40%) Packer
10 8 (1.24%) Podman
11 7 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
11 7 (1.09%) logstash
11 7 (1.09%) Netcool
11 7 (1.09%) Prometheus
11 7 (1.09%) Tivoli
11 7 (1.09%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 6 (0.93%) Data Guard
12 6 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 6 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 84 (13.02%) Atlassian
3 52 (8.06%) Oracle
4 37 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 36 (5.58%) SAP
6 29 (4.50%) Splunk
7 22 (3.41%) VMware
8 17 (2.64%) Google
8 17 (2.64%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.33%) Dell
10 13 (2.02%) IBM
11 12 (1.86%) Adobe
11 12 (1.86%) HP
12 11 (1.71%) Cisco
12 11 (1.71%) Databricks
12 11 (1.71%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.40%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.24%) Avaloq
14 8 (1.24%) CyberArk
14 8 (1.24%) Informatica