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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 76 94
Rank change year-on-year +44 +18 -11
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 105 40 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 5.05% 2.80% 2.59%
As % of the Development Applications category 64.81% 16.26% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 24 18 45
10th Percentile £32,575 £33,225 £41,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,313 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -31.48% -3.57%
75th Percentile £69,375 £50,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,125 £84,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -

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 162 246 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.79% 17.19% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43 124 241
10th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £48,438 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £70,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.85% +1.07% -
75th Percentile £65,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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
Windsor -3 31 £38,000 -20.00%
Slough +10 30 £35,000 +2.94%
Maidenhead -13 27 - -
Wokingham -2 4 £57,500 +15.00% 2
Reading -12 4 £47,500 +5.56% 7
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 8 (7.62%) Confluence
2 1 (0.95%) Apache
2 1 (0.95%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 69 (65.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (65.71%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (4.76%) Miro
3 2 (1.90%) AWS
3 2 (1.90%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (0.95%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.95%) GitHub
4 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) MySQL
2 1 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 69 (65.71%) eCATT
2 38 (36.19%) NeoLoad
3 10 (9.52%) SoapUI
4 9 (8.57%) Postman
4 9 (8.57%) Selenium
4 9 (8.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (8.57%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.90%) Subversion
6 1 (0.95%) Git
6 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.95%) JMeter
6 1 (0.95%) LoadRunner
General
1 81 (77.14%) Finance
2 76 (72.38%) Marketing
3 72 (68.57%) Manufacturing
4 56 (53.33%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (38.10%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 7 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (45.71%) Analyst
2 39 (37.14%) Senior
3 30 (28.57%) Lead
4 26 (24.76%) Test Analyst
4 26 (24.76%) Test Leader
5 16 (15.24%) Automation Test Lead
6 12 (11.43%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (11.43%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (11.43%) Testing Analyst
7 10 (9.52%) Performance Test Leader
8 9 (8.57%) Automation Test Analyst
9 6 (5.71%) Business Sales Executive
9 6 (5.71%) New Business Sales Executive
9 6 (5.71%) Sales Executive
9 6 (5.71%) Solutions Sales Executive
10 5 (4.76%) Tester
11 3 (2.86%) Business Analyst
11 3 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 3 (2.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.52%) SOAP
2 9 (8.57%) .NET
2 9 (8.57%) HTML
3 2 (1.90%) Laravel
3 2 (1.90%) Next.js
3 2 (1.90%) React
3 2 (1.90%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.95%) CSS
4 1 (0.95%) RESTful
4 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.76%) Life Science
3 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.86%) Linux
2 2 (1.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (74.29%) Test Management
2 69 (65.71%) Source to Pay
3 59 (56.19%) ERP
4 51 (48.57%) Roadmaps
5 50 (47.62%) Product Roadmap
5 50 (47.62%) Visualisation
6 44 (41.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (40.95%) Risk Management
8 41 (39.05%) Requirements Gathering
9 39 (37.14%) Performance Testing
10 38 (36.19%) Test Strategy
11 35 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
12 27 (25.71%) Test Automation
13 24 (22.86%) Programme Management
14 23 (21.90%) Agile
14 23 (21.90%) Defect Management
15 22 (20.95%) Test Scripting
16 21 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 19 (18.10%) User Experience
18 14 (13.33%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.33%) SQL
2 9 (8.57%) C#
2 9 (8.57%) Java
3 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (17.14%) Degree
2 11 (10.48%) ISTQB
3 9 (8.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.86%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) PMO
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.90%) Terminal Server
1 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 69 (65.71%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.90%) SCCM
2 2 (1.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 69 (65.71%) HP
1 69 (65.71%) SAP
2 6 (5.71%) BMC
2 6 (5.71%) HubSpot
2 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
2 6 (5.71%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco
4 2 (1.90%) Juniper
4 2 (1.90%) McAfee
4 2 (1.90%) VMware
5 1 (0.95%) Sitecore