Atlassian JIRA
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 93 68
Rank change year-on-year -21 -25 +12
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,466 3,262 8,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.34% 3.44% 5.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.93% 24.43% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 1,973 3,977
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,875 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,509 13,350 39,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.03% 14.08% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,577 8,320 15,966
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JIRA.

Salary trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -14 2,137 £55,000 -8.33% 559
UK excluding London -11 1,755 £52,500 -4.55% 381
Work from Home -27 902 £57,500 -0.54% 261
London -30 625 £65,000 -3.70% 202
North of England +46 436 £56,500 +2.95% 85
South East -36 364 £52,500 -4.55% 97
South West +28 336 £50,000 - 52
North West +38 247 £61,250 +11.36% 58
Midlands -60 236 £45,000 -18.18% 79
Scotland -36 203 £62,500 +4.17% 39
West Midlands -73 145 £45,000 -18.18% 52
East of England -22 127 £45,000 -21.74% 24
Yorkshire +20 126 £55,000 +0.22% 22
East Midlands -4 87 £47,500 -13.64% 28
North East +19 63 £52,500 - 9
Wales +25 43 £45,000 +5.88% 7
Northern Ireland +30 13 £55,000 -24.14% 4

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 827 (33.54%) Confluence
2 131 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 63 (2.55%) CMS
4 35 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.01%) Apache
6 19 (0.77%) WordPress
7 13 (0.53%) nginx
8 12 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.49%) IIS
9 11 (0.45%) WebSphere
10 9 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 9 (0.36%) Drupal
10 9 (0.36%) SAS
11 6 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.24%) Captiva
11 6 (0.24%) FileNet
11 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.20%) Kentico
12 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 146 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.12%) Microsoft Project
4 73 (2.96%) MS Visio
5 67 (2.72%) Trello
6 33 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 24 (0.97%) Simulink
8 22 (0.89%) Stateflow
9 21 (0.85%) Photoshop
10 13 (0.53%) Sketch
11 7 (0.28%) CANalyzer
12 5 (0.20%) Doxygen
12 5 (0.20%) OrCAD
13 4 (0.16%) Maya
13 4 (0.16%) MotionBuilder
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.081%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 36 (1.46%) SDL Web 8
2 25 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.49%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.20%) CA PPM
5 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.16%) iTrent
6 4 (0.16%) Magento
6 4 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.16%) SAP MDM
6 4 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.081%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 546 (22.14%) Azure
2 389 (15.77%) AWS
3 182 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
4 179 (7.26%) Power Platform
5 160 (6.49%) GitHub
6 123 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
7 100 (4.06%) SaaS
8 85 (3.45%) GCP
9 65 (2.64%) Serverless
10 59 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
12 46 (1.87%) Miro
13 43 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
14 41 (1.66%) Entra ID
14 41 (1.66%) Figma
15 37 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (1.05%) Amazon S3
17 25 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
18 22 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
18 22 (0.89%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 95 (3.85%) Firewall
2 49 (1.99%) DNS
3 47 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (1.42%) VPN
6 32 (1.30%) DHCP
7 27 (1.09%) Wireless
8 20 (0.81%) Modbus
9 19 (0.77%) 5G
9 19 (0.77%) Network Security
10 18 (0.73%) HTTP
11 16 (0.65%) LAN
12 15 (0.61%) MPLS
12 15 (0.61%) WAN
13 14 (0.57%) J1939
14 13 (0.53%) RS-232
15 12 (0.49%) BGP
16 11 (0.45%) Bluetooth
16 11 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
16 11 (0.45%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (9.16%) SQL Server
2 168 (6.81%) Power BI
3 106 (4.30%) MySQL
4 82 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (2.47%) Relational Database
6 58 (2.35%) NoSQL
6 58 (2.35%) Tableau
7 48 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
8 47 (1.91%) Data Vault
9 34 (1.38%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.26%) Delta Lake
11 27 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 26 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 23 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (0.65%) Big Data
15 14 (0.57%) Looker
16 13 (0.53%) GIS
16 13 (0.53%) MariaDB
17 12 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 463 (18.78%) Git
2 207 (8.39%) Jenkins
3 188 (7.62%) Bitbucket
4 136 (5.52%) Visual Studio
5 120 (4.87%) GitLab
6 95 (3.85%) Selenium
7 85 (3.45%) Sourcetree
8 61 (2.47%) Cucumber
9 48 (1.95%) TeamCity
10 46 (1.87%) Team Foundation Server
11 45 (1.82%) Cypress.io
11 45 (1.82%) NUnit
12 43 (1.74%) Postman
13 36 (1.46%) Moq
14 32 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 32 (1.30%) SpecFlow
14 32 (1.30%) Subversion
15 28 (1.14%) TestRail
16 26 (1.05%) SonarQube
17 25 (1.01%) Zephyr
General
1 850 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 653 (26.48%) Finance
3 322 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (8.43%) Banking
5 202 (8.19%) Marketing
6 167 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 154 (6.24%) Law
8 149 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
9 135 (5.47%) Public Sector
10 104 (4.22%) Legal
11 101 (4.10%) Retail
12 96 (3.89%) Games
13 81 (3.28%) Aerospace
14 67 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
15 64 (2.60%) Automotive
16 62 (2.51%) Electronics
17 58 (2.35%) Manufacturing
18 48 (1.95%) Telecoms
19 31 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
20 27 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 435 (17.64%) Developer
2 389 (15.77%) Senior
3 344 (13.95%) Analyst
4 250 (10.14%) Lead
5 193 (7.83%) Software Engineer
6 186 (7.54%) Business Analyst
7 156 (6.33%) Project Manager
8 139 (5.64%) Senior Developer
9 107 (4.34%) Full Stack Developer
10 98 (3.97%) DevOps Engineer
11 80 (3.24%) Support Engineer
12 71 (2.88%) Applications Support
13 69 (2.80%) 3D Developer
13 69 (2.80%) Games Developer
13 69 (2.80%) Unity 3D Developer
14 65 (2.64%) Data Engineer
15 62 (2.51%) IT Manager
16 56 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
16 56 (2.27%) Test Engineer
17 55 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (10.06%) HTML
2 208 (8.43%) CSS
3 205 (8.31%) .NET
4 174 (7.06%) React
5 148 (6.00%) RESTful
6 128 (5.19%) REST
7 114 (4.62%) .NET Framework
8 112 (4.54%) SOAP
9 105 (4.26%) Web Services
10 99 (4.01%) Node.js
11 93 (3.77%) ASP.NET
12 92 (3.73%) XML
13 88 (3.57%) jQuery
14 87 (3.53%) JSON
15 80 (3.24%) AngularJS
16 79 (3.20%) Entity Framework
17 69 (2.80%) Unity (Game Engine)
18 65 (2.64%) Spring
19 61 (2.47%) Vue
20 51 (2.07%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 234 (9.49%) Product Ownership
2 73 (2.96%) Management Information System
3 71 (2.88%) Mobile App
4 69 (2.80%) Data Structures
4 69 (2.80%) Virtual Reality
5 56 (2.27%) IoT
6 55 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 54 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
8 53 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 53 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.62%) Cloud Native
10 40 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 38 (1.54%) Legacy Code
12 37 (1.50%) Reinsurance
13 36 (1.46%) Data Centre
13 36 (1.46%) Market Risk
14 28 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 352 (14.27%) Linux
2 224 (9.08%) Windows
3 79 (3.20%) Unix
4 69 (2.80%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.87%) Android
6 38 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 33 (1.34%) Mac OS
8 24 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 20 (0.81%) CentOS
10 18 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 16 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 14 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (0.24%) Debian
13 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
14 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,307 (53.00%) Agile
2 657 (26.64%) Scrum
3 633 (25.67%) DevOps
4 533 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
5 413 (16.75%) Project Management
6 372 (15.09%) Software Engineering
7 320 (12.98%) CI/CD
8 287 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 280 (11.35%) Test Automation
10 279 (11.31%) Roadmaps
11 255 (10.34%) Mentoring
12 243 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 229 (9.29%) Coaching
14 227 (9.21%) Kanban
14 227 (9.21%) User Stories
15 221 (8.96%) Software Testing
16 212 (8.60%) SDLC
17 203 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
18 186 (7.54%) Migration
19 183 (7.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 458 (18.57%) SQL
2 345 (13.99%) JavaScript
3 324 (13.14%) C#
4 306 (12.41%) Python
5 242 (9.81%) Java
6 108 (4.38%) PowerShell
7 98 (3.97%) C
8 75 (3.04%) C++
9 73 (2.96%) PHP
9 73 (2.96%) TypeScript
10 70 (2.84%) Bash
11 63 (2.55%) T-SQL
12 39 (1.58%) Perl
13 30 (1.22%) MATLAB
14 29 (1.18%) Ruby
15 28 (1.14%) Shell Script
16 25 (1.01%) Go
16 25 (1.01%) Kotlin
17 24 (0.97%) Embedded C
18 23 (0.93%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 572 (23.20%) Degree
2 302 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 225 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 92 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 68 (2.76%) PMI Certification
7 56 (2.27%) PMP
8 47 (1.91%) ISTQB
9 29 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 25 (1.01%) HND
11 25 (1.01%) ISEB
12 22 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.73%) CCNA
15 17 (0.69%) CSPO
15 17 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 15 (0.61%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (10.46%) QA
2 129 (5.23%) Data Quality
3 109 (4.42%) GDPR
4 68 (2.76%) PMO
5 57 (2.31%) SLA
6 50 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.01%) ISO 9001
8 21 (0.85%) MISRA
9 14 (0.57%) Automotive SPICE
9 14 (0.57%) ISO 26262
9 14 (0.57%) PSD2
10 12 (0.49%) NIST
11 11 (0.45%) NCSC
12 10 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 9 (0.36%) IEC 62304
13 9 (0.36%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.32%) AUTOSAR
14 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.16%) GRC
15 4 (0.16%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 207 (8.39%) Docker
2 77 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.82%) Firmware
4 40 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.41%) NFS
8 10 (0.41%) pfSense
9 9 (0.36%) vSphere
10 2 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.041%) iptables
11 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 193 (7.83%) Kubernetes
2 153 (6.20%) Terraform
3 123 (4.99%) Ansible
4 45 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.97%) Grafana
7 20 (0.81%) vCenter Server
8 18 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
9 15 (0.61%) Istio
10 13 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.49%) HP ALM
11 12 (0.49%) Packer
12 11 (0.45%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 10 (0.41%) SCDPM
13 10 (0.41%) SCOM
14 9 (0.36%) SCCM
15 8 (0.32%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.24%) Opsgenie
16 6 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 433 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 178 (7.22%) Atlassian
3 157 (6.37%) ServiceNow
4 114 (4.62%) Salesforce
5 105 (4.26%) Oracle
6 86 (3.49%) Google
7 76 (3.08%) VMware
8 60 (2.43%) SAP
9 54 (2.19%) Databricks
10 51 (2.07%) Informatica
11 49 (1.99%) IBM
12 47 (1.91%) Adobe
13 33 (1.34%) Cisco
14 27 (1.09%) Splunk
15 26 (1.05%) Apple
15 26 (1.05%) Veeam
16 24 (0.97%) Commvault
17 19 (0.77%) Cognizant
17 19 (0.77%) Sun
18 18 (0.73%) HP