JIRA Job Trends in Berkshire

Atlassian JIRA
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 48 89
Rank change year-on-year -41 +41 -6
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 44 102 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.22% 5.37% 2.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 52.38% 56.35% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 22 24 25
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,575 £41,263
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £46,250 £59,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £56,875 £73,750 £82,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%

All Development Application Skills
Berkshire

JIRA falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 84 181 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.33% 9.53% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 37 51 147
10th Percentile £33,850 £32,750 £47,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,875 £83,750
90th Percentile £69,250 £83,750 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Berkshire

JIRA
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Berkshire

JIRA
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough +1 9 £42,500 +21.43% 11
Reading -31 6 £64,250 -11.38% 11
Maidenhead +16 1 £65,000 - 5
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 12 (27.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Azure
2 12 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (18.18%) SaaS
4 4 (9.09%) Google Workspace
5 3 (6.82%) AWS
6 2 (4.55%) Serverless
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.27%) BrowserStack
7 1 (2.27%) GCP
7 1 (2.27%) GitHub
7 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) DHCP
1 1 (2.27%) DNS
1 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.27%) LAN
1 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.27%) VLAN
1 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.55%) MySQL
1 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.55%) Redis
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Git
2 6 (13.64%) IntelliJ
3 3 (6.82%) Selenium
4 2 (4.55%) GitLab
4 2 (4.55%) Mocha
5 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
5 1 (2.27%) CircleCI
5 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.27%) JMeter
5 1 (2.27%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (54.55%) Finance
2 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.73%) Telecoms
4 7 (15.91%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (13.64%) Aerospace
5 6 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (13.64%) Electronics
5 6 (13.64%) Manufacturing
6 5 (11.36%) Avionics
6 5 (11.36%) Banking
7 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.55%) Marketing
8 1 (2.27%) Advertising
8 1 (2.27%) Automotive
8 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Analyst
2 9 (20.45%) Technical Manager
3 8 (18.18%) Telecoms Manager
4 7 (15.91%) Business Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Business IT Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) IT Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) IT Business Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Project Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Customer Support Technician
5 5 (11.36%) OSS Project Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Repair Technician
5 5 (11.36%) Support Technician
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Customer Support
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Project Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Support
6 4 (9.09%) Network Delivery Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Product Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Salesforce Developer
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (13.64%) REST
2 4 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.55%) CSS
3 2 (4.55%) Express.js
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
3 2 (4.55%) HTML5
3 2 (4.55%) Jest
3 2 (4.55%) Node.js
3 2 (4.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Analogue Electronics
2 3 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.55%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Android
2 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.27%) Linux
2 1 (2.27%) macOS
2 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (61.36%) Agile
2 19 (43.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (34.09%) DevOps
4 15 (34.09%) Project Management
5 14 (31.82%) Scrum
6 11 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 11 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 10 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (20.45%) AI
8 9 (20.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 9 (20.45%) Change Control
8 9 (20.45%) PRINCE2
8 9 (20.45%) Release Management
8 9 (20.45%) Roadmaps
8 9 (20.45%) Supplier Management
9 8 (18.18%) Cost Management
9 8 (18.18%) SDLC
9 8 (18.18%) Test Automation
9 8 (18.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) Java
2 9 (20.45%) JavaScript
3 8 (18.18%) SQL
4 6 (13.64%) Apex Code
4 6 (13.64%) C#
4 6 (13.64%) SOQL
5 4 (9.09%) Python
6 1 (2.27%) Bash
6 1 (2.27%) C++
6 1 (2.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Degree
2 9 (20.45%) PMI Certification
2 9 (20.45%) PMP
3 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) CCNA
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) HNC
4 1 (2.27%) HND
4 1 (2.27%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) QA
2 4 (9.09%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 9 (20.45%) Pega
3 6 (13.64%) Oracle
3 6 (13.64%) Sage
4 4 (9.09%) Google
5 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.55%) Adobe
6 2 (4.55%) SAP
7 1 (2.27%) EMC
7 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow