JIRA Job Trends in Birmingham

Atlassian JIRA
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 85 92
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -25
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 20 29 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.86% 2.01% 1.93%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.41% 32.58% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 35
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,022 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.96% -13.04% +3.14%
75th Percentile £46,067 £63,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £55,125 £72,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £44,543 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.47% +30.00% -2.91%

All Development Application Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 98 89 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.22% 6.18% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 81 66 197
10th Percentile - £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.53% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £66,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £88,750
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Birmingham

JIRA
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Birmingham

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Firebase
4 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Lucidchart
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (15.00%) MySQL
2 3 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (30.00%) Law
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Games
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Lead
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Data Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Junior
3 3 (15.00%) Junior Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Power BI Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
1 3 (15.00%) Laravel
1 3 (15.00%) Next.js
1 3 (15.00%) Node.js
1 3 (15.00%) React
1 3 (15.00%) React Native
1 3 (15.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) CRM
2 8 (40.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Analytics
3 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Data Analytics
5 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (15.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (15.00%) Numerical Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) PHP
3 2 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (10.00%) CITP
6 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (5.00%) PMP
6 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) GRC
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (5.00%) Planon
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce